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Devil’s Den of Sports 10 Athletes of the Month 11 Coaches Corner 12 Teacher Feature 12 From a Guy’s Eye 13 Choo Choo Chat 14 Advice 15 High School Highlights 2-3 Grade School Gossip 4 Middle School Mania 5-7 Student of the Month 8 Let’s Be Frank 8 Back in My Day... 9 Girl Gossip 16 Political Propaganda 17 18 Editorial 19 Music Mosaic 20 Book Review 20 Interesting Information 21-22 Local, State, and National News IN THIS ISSUE: Taco Talk 23 24 25 Celebrate and Honor May Mayhem Our Supporters 27-28 Senior Class Of 2012 Christopher Kutzlo, Alexis Laurine, Spencer Lloyd, Jacob Lohan, Greyson Loweecy, Theodore Lusk, Jessica Machovina, Brandon Mazgaj, Nickolas McEndree, Danielle Meddles, Christopher Milhoan, Christopher Miller, Luke Morrison, Janelle Mottle, Nicholas Mudrak, Brandon Nicholson, Ryan Nolte, Christopher Norman, Austin Pack, Megan Paglialunga, Devin Panepucci, Gregory Parker, James Parker, Kelsey Perkins, Emily Porter, Chase Pritchard, Alyssa Purman, Adam Rauschenberg, Brittanni Rauschenberg, Nathan Rauschenberg, Kaitlynn Rizzo, Benjamin Roten, Cory Runner, Kaci Rykowski, Dana Sandoval, Erin Schimmel, Hannah Scott, Kaitlyn Scott, William Seckman, Connor Sherman, Nickolas Sherman, Joshua Smerczynski, Alysha Smith, Lexie Smith, Travis Smith, Brandon Snider, Taryne Soukup, Taylor Stevens, Erica Strope, Paul Stubbs, Alexxis Tanley, Sebastian Tanley, Hanna Taylor, Megan Theaker, Andrew Thornburg, Michelle Toothman, Tyler Totterdale, Alyssa Tyree, Devin Verardi, Emily Vickers, Jasmine Vincent, Samuel Vincenzo, Rou Wang, Patrick Wrenn, Alex Young, Logan Young, Morgan Young, Megan Zambori, Carli Zavatsky Michelle Adamson, Brenden Alexander, Cole Antolak, Dylan Ashby, Drew Balcar, Mark Balcar, Kody Barnes, Taylor Baugh, Alex Beihl, Michael Blackwell, Bryce Bonnette, Brittany Boone, Kasey Boston, Brooke Bosworth, Tyler Brown, Kortney Bryant, Daniel Busby, Corianne Cain, Alex Cannon, John Carter, Ryan Cervelli, Chevez Chambliss, Erica Clark, Taylor Clark, Alexander Coe, Michael Cole, Alexis Comas, Fabio Cracolici, Angelo Curcione, Emily DeLong, Maelani Dennis, Anthony DeNoble, Amanda Derosa, Dustin Dierkes, Brooke Dulaney, Leroy Dunham, Emily Dutcher, Scott Dutton, Marisa Dwyer, Daniel Eaton, Eric Eaton, Alexis Emrisko, Allison Espen, Benjamin Evick, Isaac Filburn, Alanna Front, Chase Garan, Kylie Gray, James Green, Emily Griffith, Chalea Habig, Victoria Hall, Tylor Hammel, Melanie Hannan, Alexis Harvey, Megan Hendershot, Rebecca Higgins, Markie Hinkle, Brandon Hixenbaugh, Kevin Hochstrasser, John Holcomb, Brice Holler, Julie Jacob, Lauren Jeffries, Ethan Kleevic, Lucas Knight, Cory Kotopka, Anthony Kuhn, Paparazzi Pics 26

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Devilrsquos Den of Sports 10

Athletes of the Month 11

Coaches Corner 12

Teacher Feature 12

From a Guyrsquos Eye 13

Choo Choo Chat 14

Advice 15

High School

Highlights

2-3

Grade School Gossip 4

Middle School Mania 5-7

Student of the Month 8

Letrsquos Be Frank 8

Back in My Day 9

Girl Gossip 16

Political Propaganda 17

18

Editorial 19

Music Mosaic 20

Book Review 20

Interesting Information 21-22

Local State and National News

IN THIS

ISSUE

Taco Talk 23

24

25

Celebrate and Honor

May Mayhem

Our Supporters

27-28

Senior Class Of 2012

Christopher Kutzlo Alexis Laurine Spencer Lloyd Jacob Lohan Greyson Loweecy

Theodore Lusk Jessica Machovina Brandon Mazgaj Nickolas McEndree Danielle

Meddles Christopher Milhoan Christopher Miller Luke Morrison Janelle Mottle

Nicholas Mudrak Brandon Nicholson Ryan Nolte Christopher Norman Austin Pack

Megan Paglialunga Devin Panepucci Gregory Parker James Parker Kelsey Perkins

Emily Porter Chase Pritchard Alyssa Purman Adam Rauschenberg Brittanni

Rauschenberg Nathan Rauschenberg Kaitlynn Rizzo Benjamin Roten Cory Runner

Kaci Rykowski Dana Sandoval Erin Schimmel Hannah Scott Kaitlyn Scott William

Seckman Connor Sherman Nickolas Sherman Joshua Smerczynski Alysha Smith Lexie

Smith Travis Smith Brandon Snider Taryne Soukup Taylor Stevens Erica Strope Paul

Stubbs Alexxis Tanley Sebastian Tanley Hanna Taylor Megan Theaker Andrew

Thornburg Michelle Toothman Tyler Totterdale Alyssa Tyree Devin Verardi Emily

Vickers Jasmine Vincent Samuel Vincenzo Rou Wang Patrick Wrenn Alex Young

Logan Young Morgan Young Megan Zambori Carli Zavatsky

Michelle Adamson Brenden Alexander Cole Antolak Dylan Ashby Drew Balcar Mark

Balcar Kody Barnes Taylor Baugh Alex Beihl Michael Blackwell Bryce Bonnette

Brittany Boone Kasey Boston Brooke Bosworth Tyler Brown Kortney Bryant Daniel

Busby Corianne Cain Alex Cannon John Carter Ryan Cervelli Chevez Chambliss Erica

Clark Taylor Clark Alexander Coe Michael Cole Alexis Comas Fabio Cracolici Angelo

Curcione Emily DeLong Maelani Dennis Anthony DeNoble Amanda Derosa Dustin

Dierkes Brooke Dulaney Leroy Dunham Emily Dutcher Scott Dutton Marisa Dwyer

Daniel Eaton Eric Eaton Alexis Emrisko Allison Espen Benjamin Evick Isaac Filburn

Alanna Front Chase Garan Kylie Gray James Green Emily Griffith Chalea Habig

Victoria Hall Tylor Hammel Melanie Hannan Alexis Harvey Megan Hendershot

Rebecca Higgins Markie Hinkle Brandon Hixenbaugh Kevin Hochstrasser John

Holcomb Brice Holler Julie Jacob Lauren Jeffries Ethan Kleevic Lucas Knight Cory

Kotopka Anthony Kuhn

Paparazzi Pics

26

P A G E 2 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

By Kody Barnes

Senior year the year of last chances the year where

memories stay forever but repression may leave an

impression When school started I was already accepted into

college It wasnrsquot hard at all really Sadly enough many of my

friends had changed Some were cheating on their girlfriends

Others were leading guys on Some even started hanging out

with the wrong crowd It wasnrsquot all bad though

Some of my friends found true love good friends and

great opportunities I found all three of these Ashley Adams

and I have been dating for over a year and still going Her

friends along with my friends Travis Tyler Tom Rahul Chris

and Nick have been the best to me Even my job has perks I

made the Wilson Furniture website along with earning more

money than anyone in the school for it Though you canrsquot have

all sunny dayshellipa rainy day or two can change that

My girlfriend gave me quite a scare I was completely

devastated Then my one good friend is still being led on by

someone I thought was a friend but turned out to behellipwell I

canrsquot say here The senior year is meant to have good

memories something you want to tell your children but I want

to forget this year Times have changed indefinitely and every

Senior has started drama and this year is the worst yet

If you want advice then listen here if you start drama

then stop If you want to avoid it you will still start it Just lay

back and let things happen and Senior Year wonrsquot be as bad as

you think

Forgetting with a Senior

Kody truly forgetting like a Senior

Itrsquos almost summertime and that means vacations sun and some summer lovinrsquo I hope you went to see the St Crsquos Players production of Grease because itrsquos the perfect example of a summer relationship gone bad then good then terrible and then finally great I have to admit that I was extremely surprised by the authenticity and talent in the musical I thought that because of Greasersquos mature content that the production would be toned down and lame I can gladly say that I was mistaken because the details big and small were great There were so many costume and prop changes that were very elaborate but also very fast The crew obviously put in hours of time and dedication There was especially one small detail that made the play for me It may seem silly to most but I really appreciated how almost every ribbon in the girl characterrsquos hair was changed along with every outfit The live music played during was also spectacular I had the honor of sitting in front of the band and like the crew it was evident that they practiced very hard and were excited to be doing it

Overall the whole thing completely blew me away and I hoped it gave you some tips for some summertime lovinrsquo The only thing that could have made it better would be casting Frankie Berardi as Danny Sorry Austin

Get Ready For Some Summer Lovinrsquo By Sarah Holtsclaw

The Grease Program

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Get Ready For Some Summer Lovinrsquo By Sarah Holtsclaw

263 days ago my fellow peers and I walked into St

Clairsville High School knowing that this was our senior

year our last ldquohoorahrdquo before leaving the nest and heading

out into the real world I still remember that day and

walking into the school thinking ldquoOne more year thatrsquos all I

gotta make it throughrdquo Well they donrsquot lie when they say

senior year goes by much quicker than the three previous

years you spend in high school and itrsquos definitely the year

with the most memories at least it was for me

I now find myself saying ldquoWhere has the time

gonerdquo which is a much different thought compared to the

beginning of the year This year has been full of many

blessings tough times days that drug on forever and

memories that will last me a lifetime Itrsquos hard to believe that

senior year has come and gone I can still remember my first

day of Kindergarten cheering my first middle school football

game and going to my first homecoming But now that the

countdown is on it really makes you take the time to stop

and appreciate everything high school has given you I know

we all say we hate high school and we canrsquot wait to get out

but deep down we all secretly donrsquot want to leave

So hats off the class of 2012 Letrsquos take in every moment we have left and make this year go out with a bang

Hats are Off to the Class of 2012 By Alexis Laurine

Itrsquos graduation time again a day that we anticipate since the day we enter high school We are sending a farewell to the class of 2012 As usual the graduation will be held at the Ohio University Fitness Center on May 25th with the senior picnic held May 24th at Olegbay Park in Wheeling A senior Megan Hendershot says ldquo Right now Irsquom excited to spend the last few weeks with my classmates but I am also ready to move on to the next step and meet new peoplerdquo As ritual at St Clairsville High School Graduation the class president will speak the 2012 class president is Lexie Smith Mr Skaggs Principal Superintendent of St Clairsville High School describes the class as ldquoOverall an enthusiastic group Made my year back smooth and seamlessrdquo

This class will forever keep a memory in St Clairsville High School We wish the best with everything you do good luck

ldquoYolordquo ndash Tyler Totterdale

ldquoIrsquoll miss getting to sleep in those comfy desksrdquo- Sebastian Tanely

Congrats Class of 2012 By Kayla Dusz

ldquoIrsquod like to will my

baseball glove to

Zuke Jacob Hersquos in

desperate need of

onerdquo

- Sam Vincenzo

ldquoImma make pretty

pictures for a livingrdquo -

Connor Sherman

ldquoDonrsquot sweat the small

stuffrdquo- Lexie Smith

Any Last Words

ldquoDonrsquot hate

Appreciaterdquo

-Nick Murdoch

ldquoI wish I wouldrsquove been nicerrdquo

- Carli Zavatsky

ldquoTootlesrdquo- Melanie Hannan

P A G E 4

Oglebay Good Zoo a place where anyone can empty

themselves among the wildlife and activities Our

preschool has been working on their social skills so as

a means to test their social behavior in public they

were taken to Oglebay on May 3rd to experience its

beauty and animalistic wonders

This is an annual end of the year family field

trip for the youngsters and their respective families

The kids got to see the animals and play on the

playground It was a good time all around and is a

great way for them to end their school year

Zoo Gotta Be Kidding Me By Kody Barnes

Giving Kids the ldquoRight to

Readrdquo By Alexis Laurine

Reading has taken the elementary school by storm They recently participated in a ldquoRight to Readrdquo Week The purpose of this program is to highlight the importance of reading to children and its influences on childrenrsquos lives Some classes even had guest speakers come in and read to hem I had the pleasure of reading to Mrs Moweryrsquos class as a guest reader and I believe that this program is a wonderful thing It encourages children to

read and it helps them to enjoy it Reading is a very important skill that children should learn to love and the ldquoRight to Readrdquo program helps to accent that

Earth Day is basically a day off for the Earth We help

it relax get well and clean it up a good bit A lot of people

take advantage of Earth Day and fully respect it Because if

there werenrsquot people who we refer to as ldquotree huggersrdquo or

ldquohippiesrdquo trying to do everything they can to protect and

promote the Earth Earth Day would probably not exist and

would be filled with all types of pollution and contamination

more than it already has St Clairsville Elementary School

students also decided to be involved in Earth Day and plant

trees RDDs Cody Jackson interviewed some of the ldquolittle

gardenersrdquo on why they were changing the planet for the

better

Kambel says he did it simply for ldquoSpring and Earth

Dayrdquo ldquoBecause it takes care of the Earthrdquo Riley included

Kody planted the trees to have shade for the playground and

Kristen wants to have support for her playground project No

matter the reason these kids planted their trees and helped

the Earth People should take heed and do as these children

did that day Lets all continue to promote and take care of the

Earth that were living on and keep it rolling

So

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pre

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oo

lers

pla

nti

ng

tre

es

Why Canrsquot ldquoTreesrdquo Be Friends By Chalea Habig

Th

e p

resch

oo

lers p

lan

ting

a tre

es

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

March Madness Comes to St C By Cody L Jackson

Everyone knows what March Madness is itrsquos the NCAA basketball tournament consisting of 68 teams that compete to play in the National Championship Recently St Clairsville sixth graders had their own March Madness Mr Schwertfeger the band director held a playing tournament for his sixth grade band classes to see who was the best The tournament was conducted using a program called Smart Music which is an online program that records you and grades you on how well you do Out of the two sixth grade band classes there were four winners Kelsey Wright Shaina Thornton John Kasik and Taylor Henry Mr Schwertfeger in his second term as Director of Bands commented on the competition He was quoted in saying that ldquothe real NCAA tournament inspired [the competition] ldquoHe also said that the students performed ldquoreally wellrdquo and ldquoreally took to the competitionrdquo Mr S also said that he will be doing his version of march madness with other grade levels in the years to come Three of the four winners were interviewed on their thoughts RDD At the start of the tournament did you expect to win

Kelsey I wasnrsquot expecting to do badly but I wasnrsquot expecting to win Shaina No but I tried my hardest John No not really I just expected to get a few rounds in

The winners of the tournament

What did the Eight Graders do back at the hotel

An exciting day full of scenic views monumental stories and honorary museums eventually has to come to an end Each

evening the buses make their departure back to the hotel That is when the real fun beginshellip

A few students were asked about the nights spent in their hotel rooms

ldquoI accidentally microwaved a remoterdquo ndashAnonymous

ldquoWe tried to climb out of our hotel room windowrdquo ndashSavanna Woodford

ldquoChristian was texting his ladiesrdquo ndashLuke Slavik

ldquoAustin said that he loved merdquo ndashDaniel Trouten

ldquoI fell out of the showerrdquo ndashDallas DeLong

Washington DC Behind Closed Doors By Emily Eaton

P A G E 6

Wing Night By Trey Elerick

As you already know Mondays

are the worst days of the week

Especially when it comes down to the

last few of the school year However

since October of 2011 myself Zach

Bigelow Landen Thompson Jimmy Lodi

Joey Maroon Matt Cervelli and Logan

Williams have discovered an event that

has made Mondays just as important as

weekends It is Wing Night at West

Texas Roadhouse with forty-five cent

wings It may sound like a casual dinner

but we have so much fun there First of

all every time itrsquos one of our birthdays

we get an enormous brownie ice cream

sundae Not only that but before we all

get to dig in whoeverrsquos birthday it is has

to shove their face in the whole thing

Also we get the same waitress every

time we go there Her name is Gretchen

and she is so important to us that if all

seven of us have to squeeze into a booth

we will Yoursquore probably wondering why

she is so important Well Irsquoll gladly tell

you Gretchen provides our every need

whether it be ordering the most

ridiculous thing or letting us buy the

cook wings So if yoursquore ever going to

West Texas and want great service

request Gretchen Now Irsquove told the

food and service but what else has

happened Well a few weeks ago we

were all outside waiting for our rides

when this paving truck came pulling in

We didnrsquot think much of it but them

decided to go over and talk to the

driver The company was called Shawrsquos

so we asked the driver if his name was

Shawn He said ldquoNawrsquo my namersquos

Alfred Irsquom down from Missourirdquo He let

us climb up onto the truck and honk the

horn which was pretty cool Then he

was telling us how staring the next

morning he had to pave Lowersquos parking

lot So after we got a picture with him

even though he said he was camera shy

and ducked down to hide from the

camera we told him thank you for what

we got to do Alfred said ldquoA thank you

goes a long way boys now donrsquot you

forget thatrdquo With the school year

beginning to end we are still going to

attend Wing Night every Monday We

might even see you there

Most students look forward to one big trip at the

end of the school year It just so happens that this year the

fifth sixth and seventh grades are all traveling to

Pittsburg Pennsylvania to enjoy a day at Kennywood

First of all the seventh grade fieldtrip advisor and staff

held a grade-wide t-shirt design contest The winner

Noah Roscoe will receive between ten to twenty dollars

and the honor of having his design on the t-shirt Also the

students voted for a color for the t-shirt with safety (Neon

yellow) coming out on top On May twenty-first middle

school students (excluding eighth grade) will have fun

riding rollercoastrers chilling with friends and eating

lots of amusement park foods This trip also signifies the

end of the school year which meanshellip No SCHOOL

Kennywood Krazy By Paige Beckett

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

By Kody Barnes

Senior year the year of last chances the year where

memories stay forever but repression may leave an

impression When school started I was already accepted into

college It wasnrsquot hard at all really Sadly enough many of my

friends had changed Some were cheating on their girlfriends

Others were leading guys on Some even started hanging out

with the wrong crowd It wasnrsquot all bad though

Some of my friends found true love good friends and

great opportunities I found all three of these Ashley Adams

and I have been dating for over a year and still going Her

friends along with my friends Travis Tyler Tom Rahul Chris

and Nick have been the best to me Even my job has perks I

made the Wilson Furniture website along with earning more

money than anyone in the school for it Though you canrsquot have

all sunny dayshellipa rainy day or two can change that

My girlfriend gave me quite a scare I was completely

devastated Then my one good friend is still being led on by

someone I thought was a friend but turned out to behellipwell I

canrsquot say here The senior year is meant to have good

memories something you want to tell your children but I want

to forget this year Times have changed indefinitely and every

Senior has started drama and this year is the worst yet

If you want advice then listen here if you start drama

then stop If you want to avoid it you will still start it Just lay

back and let things happen and Senior Year wonrsquot be as bad as

you think

Forgetting with a Senior

Kody truly forgetting like a Senior

Itrsquos almost summertime and that means vacations sun and some summer lovinrsquo I hope you went to see the St Crsquos Players production of Grease because itrsquos the perfect example of a summer relationship gone bad then good then terrible and then finally great I have to admit that I was extremely surprised by the authenticity and talent in the musical I thought that because of Greasersquos mature content that the production would be toned down and lame I can gladly say that I was mistaken because the details big and small were great There were so many costume and prop changes that were very elaborate but also very fast The crew obviously put in hours of time and dedication There was especially one small detail that made the play for me It may seem silly to most but I really appreciated how almost every ribbon in the girl characterrsquos hair was changed along with every outfit The live music played during was also spectacular I had the honor of sitting in front of the band and like the crew it was evident that they practiced very hard and were excited to be doing it

Overall the whole thing completely blew me away and I hoped it gave you some tips for some summertime lovinrsquo The only thing that could have made it better would be casting Frankie Berardi as Danny Sorry Austin

Get Ready For Some Summer Lovinrsquo By Sarah Holtsclaw

The Grease Program

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Get Ready For Some Summer Lovinrsquo By Sarah Holtsclaw

263 days ago my fellow peers and I walked into St

Clairsville High School knowing that this was our senior

year our last ldquohoorahrdquo before leaving the nest and heading

out into the real world I still remember that day and

walking into the school thinking ldquoOne more year thatrsquos all I

gotta make it throughrdquo Well they donrsquot lie when they say

senior year goes by much quicker than the three previous

years you spend in high school and itrsquos definitely the year

with the most memories at least it was for me

I now find myself saying ldquoWhere has the time

gonerdquo which is a much different thought compared to the

beginning of the year This year has been full of many

blessings tough times days that drug on forever and

memories that will last me a lifetime Itrsquos hard to believe that

senior year has come and gone I can still remember my first

day of Kindergarten cheering my first middle school football

game and going to my first homecoming But now that the

countdown is on it really makes you take the time to stop

and appreciate everything high school has given you I know

we all say we hate high school and we canrsquot wait to get out

but deep down we all secretly donrsquot want to leave

So hats off the class of 2012 Letrsquos take in every moment we have left and make this year go out with a bang

Hats are Off to the Class of 2012 By Alexis Laurine

Itrsquos graduation time again a day that we anticipate since the day we enter high school We are sending a farewell to the class of 2012 As usual the graduation will be held at the Ohio University Fitness Center on May 25th with the senior picnic held May 24th at Olegbay Park in Wheeling A senior Megan Hendershot says ldquo Right now Irsquom excited to spend the last few weeks with my classmates but I am also ready to move on to the next step and meet new peoplerdquo As ritual at St Clairsville High School Graduation the class president will speak the 2012 class president is Lexie Smith Mr Skaggs Principal Superintendent of St Clairsville High School describes the class as ldquoOverall an enthusiastic group Made my year back smooth and seamlessrdquo

This class will forever keep a memory in St Clairsville High School We wish the best with everything you do good luck

ldquoYolordquo ndash Tyler Totterdale

ldquoIrsquoll miss getting to sleep in those comfy desksrdquo- Sebastian Tanely

Congrats Class of 2012 By Kayla Dusz

ldquoIrsquod like to will my

baseball glove to

Zuke Jacob Hersquos in

desperate need of

onerdquo

- Sam Vincenzo

ldquoImma make pretty

pictures for a livingrdquo -

Connor Sherman

ldquoDonrsquot sweat the small

stuffrdquo- Lexie Smith

Any Last Words

ldquoDonrsquot hate

Appreciaterdquo

-Nick Murdoch

ldquoI wish I wouldrsquove been nicerrdquo

- Carli Zavatsky

ldquoTootlesrdquo- Melanie Hannan

P A G E 4

Oglebay Good Zoo a place where anyone can empty

themselves among the wildlife and activities Our

preschool has been working on their social skills so as

a means to test their social behavior in public they

were taken to Oglebay on May 3rd to experience its

beauty and animalistic wonders

This is an annual end of the year family field

trip for the youngsters and their respective families

The kids got to see the animals and play on the

playground It was a good time all around and is a

great way for them to end their school year

Zoo Gotta Be Kidding Me By Kody Barnes

Giving Kids the ldquoRight to

Readrdquo By Alexis Laurine

Reading has taken the elementary school by storm They recently participated in a ldquoRight to Readrdquo Week The purpose of this program is to highlight the importance of reading to children and its influences on childrenrsquos lives Some classes even had guest speakers come in and read to hem I had the pleasure of reading to Mrs Moweryrsquos class as a guest reader and I believe that this program is a wonderful thing It encourages children to

read and it helps them to enjoy it Reading is a very important skill that children should learn to love and the ldquoRight to Readrdquo program helps to accent that

Earth Day is basically a day off for the Earth We help

it relax get well and clean it up a good bit A lot of people

take advantage of Earth Day and fully respect it Because if

there werenrsquot people who we refer to as ldquotree huggersrdquo or

ldquohippiesrdquo trying to do everything they can to protect and

promote the Earth Earth Day would probably not exist and

would be filled with all types of pollution and contamination

more than it already has St Clairsville Elementary School

students also decided to be involved in Earth Day and plant

trees RDDs Cody Jackson interviewed some of the ldquolittle

gardenersrdquo on why they were changing the planet for the

better

Kambel says he did it simply for ldquoSpring and Earth

Dayrdquo ldquoBecause it takes care of the Earthrdquo Riley included

Kody planted the trees to have shade for the playground and

Kristen wants to have support for her playground project No

matter the reason these kids planted their trees and helped

the Earth People should take heed and do as these children

did that day Lets all continue to promote and take care of the

Earth that were living on and keep it rolling

So

me

pre

sch

oo

lers

pla

nti

ng

tre

es

Why Canrsquot ldquoTreesrdquo Be Friends By Chalea Habig

Th

e p

resch

oo

lers p

lan

ting

a tre

es

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

March Madness Comes to St C By Cody L Jackson

Everyone knows what March Madness is itrsquos the NCAA basketball tournament consisting of 68 teams that compete to play in the National Championship Recently St Clairsville sixth graders had their own March Madness Mr Schwertfeger the band director held a playing tournament for his sixth grade band classes to see who was the best The tournament was conducted using a program called Smart Music which is an online program that records you and grades you on how well you do Out of the two sixth grade band classes there were four winners Kelsey Wright Shaina Thornton John Kasik and Taylor Henry Mr Schwertfeger in his second term as Director of Bands commented on the competition He was quoted in saying that ldquothe real NCAA tournament inspired [the competition] ldquoHe also said that the students performed ldquoreally wellrdquo and ldquoreally took to the competitionrdquo Mr S also said that he will be doing his version of march madness with other grade levels in the years to come Three of the four winners were interviewed on their thoughts RDD At the start of the tournament did you expect to win

Kelsey I wasnrsquot expecting to do badly but I wasnrsquot expecting to win Shaina No but I tried my hardest John No not really I just expected to get a few rounds in

The winners of the tournament

What did the Eight Graders do back at the hotel

An exciting day full of scenic views monumental stories and honorary museums eventually has to come to an end Each

evening the buses make their departure back to the hotel That is when the real fun beginshellip

A few students were asked about the nights spent in their hotel rooms

ldquoI accidentally microwaved a remoterdquo ndashAnonymous

ldquoWe tried to climb out of our hotel room windowrdquo ndashSavanna Woodford

ldquoChristian was texting his ladiesrdquo ndashLuke Slavik

ldquoAustin said that he loved merdquo ndashDaniel Trouten

ldquoI fell out of the showerrdquo ndashDallas DeLong

Washington DC Behind Closed Doors By Emily Eaton

P A G E 6

Wing Night By Trey Elerick

As you already know Mondays

are the worst days of the week

Especially when it comes down to the

last few of the school year However

since October of 2011 myself Zach

Bigelow Landen Thompson Jimmy Lodi

Joey Maroon Matt Cervelli and Logan

Williams have discovered an event that

has made Mondays just as important as

weekends It is Wing Night at West

Texas Roadhouse with forty-five cent

wings It may sound like a casual dinner

but we have so much fun there First of

all every time itrsquos one of our birthdays

we get an enormous brownie ice cream

sundae Not only that but before we all

get to dig in whoeverrsquos birthday it is has

to shove their face in the whole thing

Also we get the same waitress every

time we go there Her name is Gretchen

and she is so important to us that if all

seven of us have to squeeze into a booth

we will Yoursquore probably wondering why

she is so important Well Irsquoll gladly tell

you Gretchen provides our every need

whether it be ordering the most

ridiculous thing or letting us buy the

cook wings So if yoursquore ever going to

West Texas and want great service

request Gretchen Now Irsquove told the

food and service but what else has

happened Well a few weeks ago we

were all outside waiting for our rides

when this paving truck came pulling in

We didnrsquot think much of it but them

decided to go over and talk to the

driver The company was called Shawrsquos

so we asked the driver if his name was

Shawn He said ldquoNawrsquo my namersquos

Alfred Irsquom down from Missourirdquo He let

us climb up onto the truck and honk the

horn which was pretty cool Then he

was telling us how staring the next

morning he had to pave Lowersquos parking

lot So after we got a picture with him

even though he said he was camera shy

and ducked down to hide from the

camera we told him thank you for what

we got to do Alfred said ldquoA thank you

goes a long way boys now donrsquot you

forget thatrdquo With the school year

beginning to end we are still going to

attend Wing Night every Monday We

might even see you there

Most students look forward to one big trip at the

end of the school year It just so happens that this year the

fifth sixth and seventh grades are all traveling to

Pittsburg Pennsylvania to enjoy a day at Kennywood

First of all the seventh grade fieldtrip advisor and staff

held a grade-wide t-shirt design contest The winner

Noah Roscoe will receive between ten to twenty dollars

and the honor of having his design on the t-shirt Also the

students voted for a color for the t-shirt with safety (Neon

yellow) coming out on top On May twenty-first middle

school students (excluding eighth grade) will have fun

riding rollercoastrers chilling with friends and eating

lots of amusement park foods This trip also signifies the

end of the school year which meanshellip No SCHOOL

Kennywood Krazy By Paige Beckett

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Get Ready For Some Summer Lovinrsquo By Sarah Holtsclaw

263 days ago my fellow peers and I walked into St

Clairsville High School knowing that this was our senior

year our last ldquohoorahrdquo before leaving the nest and heading

out into the real world I still remember that day and

walking into the school thinking ldquoOne more year thatrsquos all I

gotta make it throughrdquo Well they donrsquot lie when they say

senior year goes by much quicker than the three previous

years you spend in high school and itrsquos definitely the year

with the most memories at least it was for me

I now find myself saying ldquoWhere has the time

gonerdquo which is a much different thought compared to the

beginning of the year This year has been full of many

blessings tough times days that drug on forever and

memories that will last me a lifetime Itrsquos hard to believe that

senior year has come and gone I can still remember my first

day of Kindergarten cheering my first middle school football

game and going to my first homecoming But now that the

countdown is on it really makes you take the time to stop

and appreciate everything high school has given you I know

we all say we hate high school and we canrsquot wait to get out

but deep down we all secretly donrsquot want to leave

So hats off the class of 2012 Letrsquos take in every moment we have left and make this year go out with a bang

Hats are Off to the Class of 2012 By Alexis Laurine

Itrsquos graduation time again a day that we anticipate since the day we enter high school We are sending a farewell to the class of 2012 As usual the graduation will be held at the Ohio University Fitness Center on May 25th with the senior picnic held May 24th at Olegbay Park in Wheeling A senior Megan Hendershot says ldquo Right now Irsquom excited to spend the last few weeks with my classmates but I am also ready to move on to the next step and meet new peoplerdquo As ritual at St Clairsville High School Graduation the class president will speak the 2012 class president is Lexie Smith Mr Skaggs Principal Superintendent of St Clairsville High School describes the class as ldquoOverall an enthusiastic group Made my year back smooth and seamlessrdquo

This class will forever keep a memory in St Clairsville High School We wish the best with everything you do good luck

ldquoYolordquo ndash Tyler Totterdale

ldquoIrsquoll miss getting to sleep in those comfy desksrdquo- Sebastian Tanely

Congrats Class of 2012 By Kayla Dusz

ldquoIrsquod like to will my

baseball glove to

Zuke Jacob Hersquos in

desperate need of

onerdquo

- Sam Vincenzo

ldquoImma make pretty

pictures for a livingrdquo -

Connor Sherman

ldquoDonrsquot sweat the small

stuffrdquo- Lexie Smith

Any Last Words

ldquoDonrsquot hate

Appreciaterdquo

-Nick Murdoch

ldquoI wish I wouldrsquove been nicerrdquo

- Carli Zavatsky

ldquoTootlesrdquo- Melanie Hannan

P A G E 4

Oglebay Good Zoo a place where anyone can empty

themselves among the wildlife and activities Our

preschool has been working on their social skills so as

a means to test their social behavior in public they

were taken to Oglebay on May 3rd to experience its

beauty and animalistic wonders

This is an annual end of the year family field

trip for the youngsters and their respective families

The kids got to see the animals and play on the

playground It was a good time all around and is a

great way for them to end their school year

Zoo Gotta Be Kidding Me By Kody Barnes

Giving Kids the ldquoRight to

Readrdquo By Alexis Laurine

Reading has taken the elementary school by storm They recently participated in a ldquoRight to Readrdquo Week The purpose of this program is to highlight the importance of reading to children and its influences on childrenrsquos lives Some classes even had guest speakers come in and read to hem I had the pleasure of reading to Mrs Moweryrsquos class as a guest reader and I believe that this program is a wonderful thing It encourages children to

read and it helps them to enjoy it Reading is a very important skill that children should learn to love and the ldquoRight to Readrdquo program helps to accent that

Earth Day is basically a day off for the Earth We help

it relax get well and clean it up a good bit A lot of people

take advantage of Earth Day and fully respect it Because if

there werenrsquot people who we refer to as ldquotree huggersrdquo or

ldquohippiesrdquo trying to do everything they can to protect and

promote the Earth Earth Day would probably not exist and

would be filled with all types of pollution and contamination

more than it already has St Clairsville Elementary School

students also decided to be involved in Earth Day and plant

trees RDDs Cody Jackson interviewed some of the ldquolittle

gardenersrdquo on why they were changing the planet for the

better

Kambel says he did it simply for ldquoSpring and Earth

Dayrdquo ldquoBecause it takes care of the Earthrdquo Riley included

Kody planted the trees to have shade for the playground and

Kristen wants to have support for her playground project No

matter the reason these kids planted their trees and helped

the Earth People should take heed and do as these children

did that day Lets all continue to promote and take care of the

Earth that were living on and keep it rolling

So

me

pre

sch

oo

lers

pla

nti

ng

tre

es

Why Canrsquot ldquoTreesrdquo Be Friends By Chalea Habig

Th

e p

resch

oo

lers p

lan

ting

a tre

es

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

March Madness Comes to St C By Cody L Jackson

Everyone knows what March Madness is itrsquos the NCAA basketball tournament consisting of 68 teams that compete to play in the National Championship Recently St Clairsville sixth graders had their own March Madness Mr Schwertfeger the band director held a playing tournament for his sixth grade band classes to see who was the best The tournament was conducted using a program called Smart Music which is an online program that records you and grades you on how well you do Out of the two sixth grade band classes there were four winners Kelsey Wright Shaina Thornton John Kasik and Taylor Henry Mr Schwertfeger in his second term as Director of Bands commented on the competition He was quoted in saying that ldquothe real NCAA tournament inspired [the competition] ldquoHe also said that the students performed ldquoreally wellrdquo and ldquoreally took to the competitionrdquo Mr S also said that he will be doing his version of march madness with other grade levels in the years to come Three of the four winners were interviewed on their thoughts RDD At the start of the tournament did you expect to win

Kelsey I wasnrsquot expecting to do badly but I wasnrsquot expecting to win Shaina No but I tried my hardest John No not really I just expected to get a few rounds in

The winners of the tournament

What did the Eight Graders do back at the hotel

An exciting day full of scenic views monumental stories and honorary museums eventually has to come to an end Each

evening the buses make their departure back to the hotel That is when the real fun beginshellip

A few students were asked about the nights spent in their hotel rooms

ldquoI accidentally microwaved a remoterdquo ndashAnonymous

ldquoWe tried to climb out of our hotel room windowrdquo ndashSavanna Woodford

ldquoChristian was texting his ladiesrdquo ndashLuke Slavik

ldquoAustin said that he loved merdquo ndashDaniel Trouten

ldquoI fell out of the showerrdquo ndashDallas DeLong

Washington DC Behind Closed Doors By Emily Eaton

P A G E 6

Wing Night By Trey Elerick

As you already know Mondays

are the worst days of the week

Especially when it comes down to the

last few of the school year However

since October of 2011 myself Zach

Bigelow Landen Thompson Jimmy Lodi

Joey Maroon Matt Cervelli and Logan

Williams have discovered an event that

has made Mondays just as important as

weekends It is Wing Night at West

Texas Roadhouse with forty-five cent

wings It may sound like a casual dinner

but we have so much fun there First of

all every time itrsquos one of our birthdays

we get an enormous brownie ice cream

sundae Not only that but before we all

get to dig in whoeverrsquos birthday it is has

to shove their face in the whole thing

Also we get the same waitress every

time we go there Her name is Gretchen

and she is so important to us that if all

seven of us have to squeeze into a booth

we will Yoursquore probably wondering why

she is so important Well Irsquoll gladly tell

you Gretchen provides our every need

whether it be ordering the most

ridiculous thing or letting us buy the

cook wings So if yoursquore ever going to

West Texas and want great service

request Gretchen Now Irsquove told the

food and service but what else has

happened Well a few weeks ago we

were all outside waiting for our rides

when this paving truck came pulling in

We didnrsquot think much of it but them

decided to go over and talk to the

driver The company was called Shawrsquos

so we asked the driver if his name was

Shawn He said ldquoNawrsquo my namersquos

Alfred Irsquom down from Missourirdquo He let

us climb up onto the truck and honk the

horn which was pretty cool Then he

was telling us how staring the next

morning he had to pave Lowersquos parking

lot So after we got a picture with him

even though he said he was camera shy

and ducked down to hide from the

camera we told him thank you for what

we got to do Alfred said ldquoA thank you

goes a long way boys now donrsquot you

forget thatrdquo With the school year

beginning to end we are still going to

attend Wing Night every Monday We

might even see you there

Most students look forward to one big trip at the

end of the school year It just so happens that this year the

fifth sixth and seventh grades are all traveling to

Pittsburg Pennsylvania to enjoy a day at Kennywood

First of all the seventh grade fieldtrip advisor and staff

held a grade-wide t-shirt design contest The winner

Noah Roscoe will receive between ten to twenty dollars

and the honor of having his design on the t-shirt Also the

students voted for a color for the t-shirt with safety (Neon

yellow) coming out on top On May twenty-first middle

school students (excluding eighth grade) will have fun

riding rollercoastrers chilling with friends and eating

lots of amusement park foods This trip also signifies the

end of the school year which meanshellip No SCHOOL

Kennywood Krazy By Paige Beckett

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 4

Oglebay Good Zoo a place where anyone can empty

themselves among the wildlife and activities Our

preschool has been working on their social skills so as

a means to test their social behavior in public they

were taken to Oglebay on May 3rd to experience its

beauty and animalistic wonders

This is an annual end of the year family field

trip for the youngsters and their respective families

The kids got to see the animals and play on the

playground It was a good time all around and is a

great way for them to end their school year

Zoo Gotta Be Kidding Me By Kody Barnes

Giving Kids the ldquoRight to

Readrdquo By Alexis Laurine

Reading has taken the elementary school by storm They recently participated in a ldquoRight to Readrdquo Week The purpose of this program is to highlight the importance of reading to children and its influences on childrenrsquos lives Some classes even had guest speakers come in and read to hem I had the pleasure of reading to Mrs Moweryrsquos class as a guest reader and I believe that this program is a wonderful thing It encourages children to

read and it helps them to enjoy it Reading is a very important skill that children should learn to love and the ldquoRight to Readrdquo program helps to accent that

Earth Day is basically a day off for the Earth We help

it relax get well and clean it up a good bit A lot of people

take advantage of Earth Day and fully respect it Because if

there werenrsquot people who we refer to as ldquotree huggersrdquo or

ldquohippiesrdquo trying to do everything they can to protect and

promote the Earth Earth Day would probably not exist and

would be filled with all types of pollution and contamination

more than it already has St Clairsville Elementary School

students also decided to be involved in Earth Day and plant

trees RDDs Cody Jackson interviewed some of the ldquolittle

gardenersrdquo on why they were changing the planet for the

better

Kambel says he did it simply for ldquoSpring and Earth

Dayrdquo ldquoBecause it takes care of the Earthrdquo Riley included

Kody planted the trees to have shade for the playground and

Kristen wants to have support for her playground project No

matter the reason these kids planted their trees and helped

the Earth People should take heed and do as these children

did that day Lets all continue to promote and take care of the

Earth that were living on and keep it rolling

So

me

pre

sch

oo

lers

pla

nti

ng

tre

es

Why Canrsquot ldquoTreesrdquo Be Friends By Chalea Habig

Th

e p

resch

oo

lers p

lan

ting

a tre

es

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

March Madness Comes to St C By Cody L Jackson

Everyone knows what March Madness is itrsquos the NCAA basketball tournament consisting of 68 teams that compete to play in the National Championship Recently St Clairsville sixth graders had their own March Madness Mr Schwertfeger the band director held a playing tournament for his sixth grade band classes to see who was the best The tournament was conducted using a program called Smart Music which is an online program that records you and grades you on how well you do Out of the two sixth grade band classes there were four winners Kelsey Wright Shaina Thornton John Kasik and Taylor Henry Mr Schwertfeger in his second term as Director of Bands commented on the competition He was quoted in saying that ldquothe real NCAA tournament inspired [the competition] ldquoHe also said that the students performed ldquoreally wellrdquo and ldquoreally took to the competitionrdquo Mr S also said that he will be doing his version of march madness with other grade levels in the years to come Three of the four winners were interviewed on their thoughts RDD At the start of the tournament did you expect to win

Kelsey I wasnrsquot expecting to do badly but I wasnrsquot expecting to win Shaina No but I tried my hardest John No not really I just expected to get a few rounds in

The winners of the tournament

What did the Eight Graders do back at the hotel

An exciting day full of scenic views monumental stories and honorary museums eventually has to come to an end Each

evening the buses make their departure back to the hotel That is when the real fun beginshellip

A few students were asked about the nights spent in their hotel rooms

ldquoI accidentally microwaved a remoterdquo ndashAnonymous

ldquoWe tried to climb out of our hotel room windowrdquo ndashSavanna Woodford

ldquoChristian was texting his ladiesrdquo ndashLuke Slavik

ldquoAustin said that he loved merdquo ndashDaniel Trouten

ldquoI fell out of the showerrdquo ndashDallas DeLong

Washington DC Behind Closed Doors By Emily Eaton

P A G E 6

Wing Night By Trey Elerick

As you already know Mondays

are the worst days of the week

Especially when it comes down to the

last few of the school year However

since October of 2011 myself Zach

Bigelow Landen Thompson Jimmy Lodi

Joey Maroon Matt Cervelli and Logan

Williams have discovered an event that

has made Mondays just as important as

weekends It is Wing Night at West

Texas Roadhouse with forty-five cent

wings It may sound like a casual dinner

but we have so much fun there First of

all every time itrsquos one of our birthdays

we get an enormous brownie ice cream

sundae Not only that but before we all

get to dig in whoeverrsquos birthday it is has

to shove their face in the whole thing

Also we get the same waitress every

time we go there Her name is Gretchen

and she is so important to us that if all

seven of us have to squeeze into a booth

we will Yoursquore probably wondering why

she is so important Well Irsquoll gladly tell

you Gretchen provides our every need

whether it be ordering the most

ridiculous thing or letting us buy the

cook wings So if yoursquore ever going to

West Texas and want great service

request Gretchen Now Irsquove told the

food and service but what else has

happened Well a few weeks ago we

were all outside waiting for our rides

when this paving truck came pulling in

We didnrsquot think much of it but them

decided to go over and talk to the

driver The company was called Shawrsquos

so we asked the driver if his name was

Shawn He said ldquoNawrsquo my namersquos

Alfred Irsquom down from Missourirdquo He let

us climb up onto the truck and honk the

horn which was pretty cool Then he

was telling us how staring the next

morning he had to pave Lowersquos parking

lot So after we got a picture with him

even though he said he was camera shy

and ducked down to hide from the

camera we told him thank you for what

we got to do Alfred said ldquoA thank you

goes a long way boys now donrsquot you

forget thatrdquo With the school year

beginning to end we are still going to

attend Wing Night every Monday We

might even see you there

Most students look forward to one big trip at the

end of the school year It just so happens that this year the

fifth sixth and seventh grades are all traveling to

Pittsburg Pennsylvania to enjoy a day at Kennywood

First of all the seventh grade fieldtrip advisor and staff

held a grade-wide t-shirt design contest The winner

Noah Roscoe will receive between ten to twenty dollars

and the honor of having his design on the t-shirt Also the

students voted for a color for the t-shirt with safety (Neon

yellow) coming out on top On May twenty-first middle

school students (excluding eighth grade) will have fun

riding rollercoastrers chilling with friends and eating

lots of amusement park foods This trip also signifies the

end of the school year which meanshellip No SCHOOL

Kennywood Krazy By Paige Beckett

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

March Madness Comes to St C By Cody L Jackson

Everyone knows what March Madness is itrsquos the NCAA basketball tournament consisting of 68 teams that compete to play in the National Championship Recently St Clairsville sixth graders had their own March Madness Mr Schwertfeger the band director held a playing tournament for his sixth grade band classes to see who was the best The tournament was conducted using a program called Smart Music which is an online program that records you and grades you on how well you do Out of the two sixth grade band classes there were four winners Kelsey Wright Shaina Thornton John Kasik and Taylor Henry Mr Schwertfeger in his second term as Director of Bands commented on the competition He was quoted in saying that ldquothe real NCAA tournament inspired [the competition] ldquoHe also said that the students performed ldquoreally wellrdquo and ldquoreally took to the competitionrdquo Mr S also said that he will be doing his version of march madness with other grade levels in the years to come Three of the four winners were interviewed on their thoughts RDD At the start of the tournament did you expect to win

Kelsey I wasnrsquot expecting to do badly but I wasnrsquot expecting to win Shaina No but I tried my hardest John No not really I just expected to get a few rounds in

The winners of the tournament

What did the Eight Graders do back at the hotel

An exciting day full of scenic views monumental stories and honorary museums eventually has to come to an end Each

evening the buses make their departure back to the hotel That is when the real fun beginshellip

A few students were asked about the nights spent in their hotel rooms

ldquoI accidentally microwaved a remoterdquo ndashAnonymous

ldquoWe tried to climb out of our hotel room windowrdquo ndashSavanna Woodford

ldquoChristian was texting his ladiesrdquo ndashLuke Slavik

ldquoAustin said that he loved merdquo ndashDaniel Trouten

ldquoI fell out of the showerrdquo ndashDallas DeLong

Washington DC Behind Closed Doors By Emily Eaton

P A G E 6

Wing Night By Trey Elerick

As you already know Mondays

are the worst days of the week

Especially when it comes down to the

last few of the school year However

since October of 2011 myself Zach

Bigelow Landen Thompson Jimmy Lodi

Joey Maroon Matt Cervelli and Logan

Williams have discovered an event that

has made Mondays just as important as

weekends It is Wing Night at West

Texas Roadhouse with forty-five cent

wings It may sound like a casual dinner

but we have so much fun there First of

all every time itrsquos one of our birthdays

we get an enormous brownie ice cream

sundae Not only that but before we all

get to dig in whoeverrsquos birthday it is has

to shove their face in the whole thing

Also we get the same waitress every

time we go there Her name is Gretchen

and she is so important to us that if all

seven of us have to squeeze into a booth

we will Yoursquore probably wondering why

she is so important Well Irsquoll gladly tell

you Gretchen provides our every need

whether it be ordering the most

ridiculous thing or letting us buy the

cook wings So if yoursquore ever going to

West Texas and want great service

request Gretchen Now Irsquove told the

food and service but what else has

happened Well a few weeks ago we

were all outside waiting for our rides

when this paving truck came pulling in

We didnrsquot think much of it but them

decided to go over and talk to the

driver The company was called Shawrsquos

so we asked the driver if his name was

Shawn He said ldquoNawrsquo my namersquos

Alfred Irsquom down from Missourirdquo He let

us climb up onto the truck and honk the

horn which was pretty cool Then he

was telling us how staring the next

morning he had to pave Lowersquos parking

lot So after we got a picture with him

even though he said he was camera shy

and ducked down to hide from the

camera we told him thank you for what

we got to do Alfred said ldquoA thank you

goes a long way boys now donrsquot you

forget thatrdquo With the school year

beginning to end we are still going to

attend Wing Night every Monday We

might even see you there

Most students look forward to one big trip at the

end of the school year It just so happens that this year the

fifth sixth and seventh grades are all traveling to

Pittsburg Pennsylvania to enjoy a day at Kennywood

First of all the seventh grade fieldtrip advisor and staff

held a grade-wide t-shirt design contest The winner

Noah Roscoe will receive between ten to twenty dollars

and the honor of having his design on the t-shirt Also the

students voted for a color for the t-shirt with safety (Neon

yellow) coming out on top On May twenty-first middle

school students (excluding eighth grade) will have fun

riding rollercoastrers chilling with friends and eating

lots of amusement park foods This trip also signifies the

end of the school year which meanshellip No SCHOOL

Kennywood Krazy By Paige Beckett

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 6

Wing Night By Trey Elerick

As you already know Mondays

are the worst days of the week

Especially when it comes down to the

last few of the school year However

since October of 2011 myself Zach

Bigelow Landen Thompson Jimmy Lodi

Joey Maroon Matt Cervelli and Logan

Williams have discovered an event that

has made Mondays just as important as

weekends It is Wing Night at West

Texas Roadhouse with forty-five cent

wings It may sound like a casual dinner

but we have so much fun there First of

all every time itrsquos one of our birthdays

we get an enormous brownie ice cream

sundae Not only that but before we all

get to dig in whoeverrsquos birthday it is has

to shove their face in the whole thing

Also we get the same waitress every

time we go there Her name is Gretchen

and she is so important to us that if all

seven of us have to squeeze into a booth

we will Yoursquore probably wondering why

she is so important Well Irsquoll gladly tell

you Gretchen provides our every need

whether it be ordering the most

ridiculous thing or letting us buy the

cook wings So if yoursquore ever going to

West Texas and want great service

request Gretchen Now Irsquove told the

food and service but what else has

happened Well a few weeks ago we

were all outside waiting for our rides

when this paving truck came pulling in

We didnrsquot think much of it but them

decided to go over and talk to the

driver The company was called Shawrsquos

so we asked the driver if his name was

Shawn He said ldquoNawrsquo my namersquos

Alfred Irsquom down from Missourirdquo He let

us climb up onto the truck and honk the

horn which was pretty cool Then he

was telling us how staring the next

morning he had to pave Lowersquos parking

lot So after we got a picture with him

even though he said he was camera shy

and ducked down to hide from the

camera we told him thank you for what

we got to do Alfred said ldquoA thank you

goes a long way boys now donrsquot you

forget thatrdquo With the school year

beginning to end we are still going to

attend Wing Night every Monday We

might even see you there

Most students look forward to one big trip at the

end of the school year It just so happens that this year the

fifth sixth and seventh grades are all traveling to

Pittsburg Pennsylvania to enjoy a day at Kennywood

First of all the seventh grade fieldtrip advisor and staff

held a grade-wide t-shirt design contest The winner

Noah Roscoe will receive between ten to twenty dollars

and the honor of having his design on the t-shirt Also the

students voted for a color for the t-shirt with safety (Neon

yellow) coming out on top On May twenty-first middle

school students (excluding eighth grade) will have fun

riding rollercoastrers chilling with friends and eating

lots of amusement park foods This trip also signifies the

end of the school year which meanshellip No SCHOOL

Kennywood Krazy By Paige Beckett

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoI canrsquot really pick a favorite teacher I like them allrdquo

ndash Deana Miller

ldquoMy Favorite Middle School teacher was Mrs Duncan because she inspires me to do

better and encourages me when I need itrdquo

ndashArica Zavatsy

ldquoI will miss the separation of all the grade levels and how close our class isrdquo

ndashLiz Kirkpatrick

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was when I won the OVAC cross country meetrdquo

- Logan McCort

My favorite teacher was Mr Verba because he was strict yet had a good sense of humorrdquo

ndashColton West

ldquoSome advice I would give to someone going into middle school would be to never

change your goals once yoursquove set themrdquo

ndashChris Blackwell

ldquoMy favorite middle school memory was during football season against Stuebenville and

I got two sacksrdquo

ndashMikey Berardi

ldquoI will miss the teacher I have gotten to know throughout middle schoolrdquo

ndashValerie Dobbs

Middle School is coming to a close for the current

eighth graders of St Clairsville Middle School They are

eager nervous and crazy about becoming freshman next

year The RDD caught up with some of them to get their

thoughts

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 8

By Frankie Berardi

She sings acts

dances and leads Senior

Lexie Smith does it all From

being Student Council and

National Honor Society

President to shining on the

stage in Singers and the

musicals I canrsquot help but ask

myself WHAT DOESNrsquoT SHE

DO

RDD ldquoWhat

extra-curriculars do you

participate inrdquo

Lexie ldquoCheering Sweet

Harmony St C Singers

Musicals NHS and Student

Councilrdquo

RDD ldquoWhich

extra-curricular is your

favoriterdquo

Lexie ldquoDefinitely Singers

because we are one big

family and all about having

funrdquo

RDD ldquoHow do you balance

all of your activitiesrdquo

Lexie I have worked really

hard to become good with

time management but I

make sure I put school firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWhen you do have

free time what do you like to

dordquo

Lexie ldquoSleeprdquo

RDD ldquoWho has been the

biggest influence on your

liferdquo

Lexie ldquoMy brother Tristenrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat are your plans

after high schoolrdquo

Lexie ldquoI plan to attend

Belmont University in

Nashville Tennessee with my

major being music businessrdquo

When they say the more the merrier theyrsquore not kidding And Lexie is the perfect example of that The more yoursquore involved in the more rewards yoursquoll get in return Who knows someday we just might see her on the Broadway stage or maybe

even the first woman President Congratulations on all of your achievements Lexie and we wish you all the luck on college

In the Senior Society

Over its opening weekend the

Avengers swept the box office but

although highly anticipated it lacked some

basic development The characters were

well depicted with emotions and their

thoughts unraveled as the story went on

but the plot was quite weak and was

missing the layered effect of a quest for

nothing more than a cube that would

destroy the earth

I commend the producers on their

ability to create a movie that encompassed

so many iconic characters and throughout

the story did not allow for any one of them

to lose their individuality by working in a

group quite ingenious They gave each

character a distinctive personality and ran

with their personas throughout the entire

show which caused the audience to be

able to relate well with the characters and

not lose interests by seeing the same

attributes in all the heroes

On the other hand aside from

character depiction the film lacked a

strong plot The whole story could

realistically be told in ten minutes The

villain the god Loki is after a blue cosmic

cube because he wants to destroy and rule

the world That is as deep as the plot gets

there are no betrayals no twists nothing

The whole story is about the villain going

after this cube and of course by the end

the heroes win and save the day They

could have improved upon the plot even if

they added one unexpected twist or turn

but no the story remained constant

The Avengers was indeed not the

worst film ever but it wasnrsquot good It was

told in a basic good versus evil sense and

certainly could have been improved but it

is one of the stronger movies that have

recently come out and I was at least able

to enjoy the film but was probably not one

that I would want to see too often I would

recommend at least watching it but it may

not be worth the money to see it in the

theaters

By Alexis Laurine

Lexie Smith

The Aftermath

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 9

hellip This is it The moment weve all been waiting for

The end of the school year Which can only mean ldquoSchools

out for the summerrdquo Even though its not exactly the same

for seniors For seniors ldquoSchools out foreverrdquo hellip besides

college Anyways high school comes to a complete end for

the seniors of 2012 and their life of anew starts and

continues with their decisions good or bad leading them

into inevitable directions taking them to many new

directions With this being said for the last time of this school

year RDD decided to interview the teachers of St Clairsville

High School to know about their senior year and graduation

ldquoBack in their dayrdquo

Mrs Maffet one of the Civic and Economic teachers

was our first interviewee She says her senior year of high

school was good but she wished she would have done

different things or took other classes ldquoI already knew that I

wanted to be a History teacher in the 8th graderdquo she stated

Her favorite memory was being close to her History teacher

who valued Mrs Maffet and her wants for being a History

teacher When given her diploma her first thoughts were ldquoI

can move on to collegerdquo Her senior year was what she

expected but she wished she would of valued it more All she

mainly thought about was getting out of school Mrs Maffets

Senior Prom was good but her boyfriend was in Iraq at the

time and she didnrsquot want to go with any other guy So she

went with her friends

Our second teacher we interviewed was Coach Stiles

Science 9 teacher His favorite memory of senior year in high

school was ldquoHanging out with friends and playing sportsrdquo

ldquoIrsquom glad to be moving on to college to start my education

and careerrdquo was Coach Stiles thoughts when we was given

his diploma Senior year was what he expected but it was to

him small and unimportant He wanted to go to ldquonew and

unexplored areasrdquo of his life Coach Stiles Prom was pretty

fun to plan and prepare for but as he says ldquoThe Prom was

more important to the females but not so much for the

malesrdquo

The final teacher we interviewed was Mr

Sauvageot He says ldquoIt was basically uneventfulrdquo when he

was asked ldquoHow did you enjoy your senior year of high

schoolrdquo His favorite memory was when he received a full

scholarship to Stentson University When he was given his

diploma Mr Sauvageots thoughts were ldquoI can finally start

living my liferdquo He says his senior year was what he expected

a lot of hard work and expectations For his Senior Prom he

stayed at home and chilled Ironically the one thing that he

regretted from senior year was not going to Senior Prom

As for now RDD would like to thank you all for

reading ldquoBack in My Dayrdquo Congrats to the soon to be

graduated Seniors of 2012 we wish you the best of fortune

Be sure to remember the good times and not the bad of

senior year and cherish it always Also make sure to be and

look completely awesome and successful when your High

School Reunion comes up Thanks again and enjoy your

summer

Senior YearGraduation By Chalea Habig

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 0

By Ashley Bailey

ldquoIntensityrdquo as head

coach Rachel Duncan would

say The Red Devil Varsity

softball team has brought

just that this entire season

by making it to sectionals

and winning the Buckeye 8

With a regular season record

of 13-11 the athletes that

made up the team this year

obviously had strive for

success Though the team

often had errors they

always came back together

to form an unbeatable

defense With inspirational

coaches and talented

athletes the team was a

phenomenal influence on

St Clairsville as a whole

They have worked hard for

years to reach success and

have earned respect among

the community

By Chris Baker

Cu

tesy

of G

oo

gle

Ima

ge

s

Go Hard or Go Home

St Clairsville high school is sometimes known for their

athletic prowess This is no exception with St Clairsvilles

high school tennis team Despite several issues that would

make any other schools tennis team crumble ours stayed in

it and pushed through to the end Before the season even

started the tennis team lost one of their best players AJ

DeNoble due to broken bones The loss of AJ somewhat

doomed our team from the start it forced us to push players

up and therefore made our team worse Izaac Wiley who

would have been our teams 3rd seed was forced to move up

to 2nd letrsquos just say he didnrsquot appreciate this too much so he

demanded to be back on third seed The tennis teamed faced

more problems than this though one of the worst was our

lack of players After the loss of AJ we had t recruit female

players from the girlrsquos team But this did not stop us with

the new arrives of Taylor Stephens and Danielle DeNoble

our team became anything but weaker After the season

progressed more issues with our team rose After Izaac de-

cided he didnrsquot want to play 2nd seed the team was forced to

move Chris Baker up to the spot This wasnrsquot good for the

team in the least Chris didnrsquot win single match all season

after getting moved up but did this stop our team no Even

in spite of these issues coupled with our teams losing record

we stayed strong and still never lost faith with all of the

problems it was no wonder the Coach Mr Verba and

assistant coach Mr Oberdick didnrsquot spontaneously combust

This was just some of the issues the St Clairsville tennis

team of 2012 had to face But we never gave up and we

pushed on until the end

Tennis Troubles

Photo Finish

The St Clairsville track team has accomplished many of the goals they sat out to do at the very beginning of the season Coach Ben Frye had stated before the season began that he would like for the track team to be the best at the Buckeye 8 and OVAC track meets this year The boys have done just

that They placed first in both the Buckeye 8 and the OVAC track meets Although the girls did not they still finished strong with coming in second in the Buckeye 8 track meet and coming in third for the OVAC track meet The season is going well so far and the team hopes to finish strong

St Clairsville Girls Varsity Softball Team

By Mattison Young

The team this year has been doing well with a 16-6

record Although we might have had some stupid mistakes I

think it all buff out in the end

I talked to baseball player Turner Provost about what

he sees happening in the future with this team He said ldquoI think

the next two seasons but we are loosing a lot of good players so

will wait and see

Baseball Talk By Nathan Teater

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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ipd

iao

rg

On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 1

Pole-vault Pro

When it comes to speed

Michael Eaton may have it in the pool

but when it comes to track his

specialty is pole-vault As a sophomore

in high school Michael has

accomplished many goals in track with

this activity and continues to exceed in

it

RDD ldquoWhat made you want to start

trackrdquo

Eaton ldquoPole-vault looked fun and I

thought I might be good at itrdquo

RDD ldquoIf you could play a sport that

you donrsquot already play what would it

be and whyrdquo

Eaton ldquoI would play lacrosse because

I think a sport like that would take a

lot of heartrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is something most people

donrsquot know about yourdquo

Eaton ldquoWhen I eat pop-tarts I eat the

edges firstrdquo

RDD ldquoWho is your biggest role

modelrdquo

Eaton ldquoMy swim coach Rick Riddel

because he has taught me so muchrdquo

RDD ldquoWhat is your favorite memory

of the seasonrdquo

Eaton ldquoThe first meet because I got to

see how much I improved from the

last seasonrdquo

And improving he has done Michael and the track team have all done really well this season and only hope to improve more Best of luck the rest of the season Michael

One uniquely talented athlete

who has been an important contributor

to the St Clairsville Varsity softball

team would be the one and only Lauren

Figura With an optimistic attitude and a

crave for success the starting pitcher

has definitely brought chorizema and

promise to the team In a recent

interview Lauren talks about softball on

and off the field and her inspiration to

become a better player and person for

her team

RDD Who is your top inspiration

LF ldquoMy dad and coaches are always

inspiring me to become betterrdquo

RDD What would be your favorite

pitch

LF ldquoI love pitching a dropballrdquo

RDD What are your thoughts on the

field

LF ldquoThat we are ready to win by any

meansrdquo

RDD Do you prefer offence or defense

LF ldquoDefinitely defense because I pitchrdquo

RDD Are you close to your team

LF ldquoIrsquom very close to my team this year

We have all been friends for years and

now we play togetherrdquo

RDD What do you do in your spare

time

LF ldquoIrsquom always with my friends and

familyrdquo

RDD Do you play any other position

LF ldquoYea I play 3rd base aside from

pitchingrdquo

RDD What would you consider your

teamrsquos most impressive win

LF ldquoIt was amazing to win Buckeye 8

for the first timerdquo

RDD What was your favorite year or

league you have played in

LF ldquoI love my summer travel teamrdquo

By interpreting this interview

of Lauren anybody can see the

humorous and talented qualities she

possesses She definitely has the love for

the game as well as her teammates She

is an honest caring fast-pitcher that

St Clairsville is proud to claim These

characteristics are what make Lauren

Figura the most obvious selection as our

Athlete of the Month

By Mattison Young

FIGures By Ashley Bailey

Michael Eaton

Lauren Figura

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 2

Irsquom sure any student whorsquos had her would agree that Mrs Underdonk is one of the most extraordinary teachers theyrsquove had this far She makes English easy to understand and relatable to our own lives while also teaching us how to live our lives to the fullest and most successful way possible She says to her the best part of teaching is ldquotrying to make a difference in teenagersrsquo livesrdquo

Mrs Underdonk went to John Marshall High School where her favorite subject was English When she started college she says ldquothe only thing I knew is that I

didnrsquot want to be a teacherrdquo However starting her sophomore year and still unable to decide on a major she followed in an excited friendrsquos footsteps going into teaching little kids It didnrsquot take her long to change to High School teaching and find that it was the thing for her

She has now been teaching at St Clairsville for 25 years and will be retiring after this year Shersquos looking forward to spending more time with her family As much as we will miss her we hope her retirement goes well and thank her for being such a great teacher

Teacher Feature Mrs Underdonk By Olivia DiBetta

Mrs Underdonk

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

The past several years for St Clairsville Red Devil baseball one man has been the key factor to success Coach Sliva head baseball coach He is one of the best men seen here at StClairsville He has helped shape up our players to become winning stars The Red Devil Dispatch sat down with him for an interview

RDD What is one thing your team needs to improve on before the playoffs

Sliva ldquoWe need to work on hittingrdquo

RDD Going throw the schedule what team do see being the biggest challenge

Sliva ldquoEvery day is your biggest challenge in baseballrdquo

RDD Do you talk smack to the other team when your on the field

Sliva ldquoNo I never allow stuff like thatrdquo

RDD What is one thing that you in joy the most about coaching

Sliva ldquoI love the sport of baseball and I like to working with kidsrdquo

Throwing To a Great Man By Sarah Holtsclaw

Coach Sliva

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

With the school year coming to an end you arenrsquot going to be able to see your girlfriend everyday at school For some guys not seeing their girlfriend could be a great thing Whoops did I say that But for others this could be very hard If you want your relationship to last or for some guys not to last then you should probably follow these steps below

As always the guys and the girls were both interviewed on where to take your girl over this summers break Ladies first Senior Megan Paglialunga was asked where she would like her boyfriend to take her over this summer and responded with ldquoPittsburgh to shop and go to the cheesecake factory would be awesomerdquo Okay so Megan is the big spender watch out for her guys When Senior Brooke Bosworth was asked the same question she responded with ldquoHead over to the drive-inrdquo Not a bad answer for the guys to hear a nice and cheap movie with your girl wouldnrsquot be too bad

The ldquocluelessrdquo men also had to be questioned on the topic of where to take the girls Senior Luke Morrison answered the same question but where he would take a girl over summer break and responded with ldquoTake her to Sandcastle water parkrdquo Okay so not too bad of an idea You get to hit up a water park all day and catch some rays might have to look into that one Sophomore lady killer Colby Lindsey was asked about where he felt that girls would want to be taken over summer break and responded with ldquoI think that she would want me to take her to the beach but it depends on how long wersquove been datingrdquo So having your girl with you at the beach doesnrsquot sound too bad at all

So in the beginning it was said that some guys are trying to get rid of their girls Now if you feel this way then I would not suggest following any of this information listed above To keep your girlfriend take her to some of the places and you have to spend some money on her Have a great summer everyone

What Women Want InhellipSummer Hangouts By Abbey Maroon

By Nathan Teater

Words of Wisdom

By Kody Barnes

This is your crush

This is what you go

through for her

What to do over the summer

Start a riot

Go night fishing

Lose some weight

Sleep

Become a drag racer

Become a street fighter

Go on vacation

Watch the PBS channel and learn about nothing

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 4

National Train Day is a holiday that not many out-side of the railfanning community know about but is still an important holiday The Amtrak-sponsored holiday was start-ed on May 10 2008 as a way to promote passenger rail travel which is dwindling in America mainly due to our outdated equipment May 10 is also a historic day in railroading On May 10 1869 the Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven connecting the Western

Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east in Promontory Utah National Train Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in May with celebrations all around the country the biggest of which in New York Washington Union Station and Chicago Even if railfans canrsquot attend these celebrations they still try to go out and do some railfanning to celebrate their hobby that not many understand

FoamershellipUnite By Cody L Jackson

NS 5425 leads a train across the Captina Creek

NS 5425 idling in Powhatan Point Taken with permission

Animal Activist Returns to St Clairsville By Cody L Jackson

Jack Hanna the Director

Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo

and the widely known animal

activist recently attended a rally

at the Captina Creek Watershed

Rally at Ohio University Eastern

He presented many animals

including a Siberian Lynx which

are extinct in the wild a Lesser

Anteater a Flamingo a baby Gray

Kangaroo a Jackass Penguin

African Porcupine a Bearcat and

most importantly a Cheetah

Jack the main point of the rally

talked for about half an hour

about Captina Creek and these

animals Other speakers included

the Ohio Division of Soil amp Water

Resources Chief Karl Gebhardt

and Captina Conservancy

Vice-President Jerry Whitmer

This is the third time

Jungle Jack has attended this

rally and hopefully will not be the

last as the Captina Conservancy

raises a lot of awareness thanks

to Jack Hanna A fast cheetah that Hanna introduced

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 1 5

Have a question for Penelope Feel

free to leave it in the Penelope box

inside the door in Room 309

Dear Penelope

Irsquom going on vacation with my

boyfriendrsquos family this summer Wersquore

flying six hours away to where his

familyrsquos from Irsquom sort of excited but I

really donrsquot want to leave my family for

a week Irsquom just nervous about it Should

I tell him I donrsquot want to go

Dear Girlfriend

I think if you donrsquot want to go

you should definitely tell him But if

therersquos a part of you that just canrsquot wait

to pack your bags and go you should go

It might be nerve-wracking to leave

your family for that long especially if

yoursquore not used to it but I think you

might have fun Just go with the flow

Dear Penelope

I cannot wait for summer

mainly because Irsquom able to get a job but

since Irsquove never tried to work before Irsquom

not sure how to approach the situation

and get a job Any ideas

Dear Money Maker

When I started my hunt for a

job I applied to one place and instantly

got the job I know thatrsquos not really

helpful but sometimes thatrsquos just how it

works But in your case since Irsquom

assuming you only work during the

summer I would apply for places that

are only open during the summer like

Kirkes Dairy Jean Dairy Dream Snobiz

or All For Fun That way you wonrsquot have

to worry about quitting when school

starts back up and yoursquoll have a better

chance at getting a job next summer

Dear Penelope

All of my friends are going away

for college in the fall when I have yet to

receive one acceptance letter from

anywhere I applied for I feel like crap

and my parents are so disappointed

How do I continue to do college without

getting an acceptance letter

Dear Tuition-Free

Have you applied for local

schools like the Tech or OUE Maybe try

applying to schools that you donrsquot really

want to go to That way you can begin

your first year of college and apply

again in the fall for the schools you

really want to go to

Dear Penelope

Irsquom excited for summer but I

have no idea what to do over it Therersquos

nothing really to do around here besides

hang around the mall see movies and

go putt putting Do you have any ideas

for things to do over the summer

Dear Nothing To Do

Therersquos a lot of things to do

around here if you look around Therersquos

a lot of local shows in Glendale

Limestone Martins Ferry and

Barnesville Sometimes therersquos even one

at the Rec Center And therersquos always

bowling and going to Barkcamp or the

bike trail Irsquom sure if you look closely

enough yoursquoll find something fun to do

Penny For Your Thoughts By Penelope

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

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By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

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P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 6

Confessions of a Beauty Queen By Alexis Laurine

When you first hear the word ldquopageantrdquo what do you

think If yoursquore like most people yoursquod think of TLCrsquos Toddlers

and Tiaras little girls all dressed up in expensive dresses

loaded with plenty of hairspray and make-up to last them a

lifetime Or maybe you think of Sandra Bullock in Miss

Congeniality with all of the beautiful but airhead women

competing for the crown However what people donrsquot know is

what really goes on behind all the glam and fashion of a

pageant

I started competing in pageants around seventh grade

and since then Irsquove witnessed it all From girls sword fighting

with their mothers (using hairbrushes) to having the pleasure

to meet some of the sweetest girls ever Irsquove been through it all I

know right now some of you are thinking ldquothis chickrsquos got to be

kidding me I know what goes on at pageantsrdquo well I can

guarantee you donrsquot For me pageants are a way to gain

connections and meet new people that will help me establish

where I want to go in life Whether it is the pageant director or a

judge you never know who is going to help you accomplish

what you want to do

In the movie Miss Congeniality pageant queens are portrayed as being ditzy airheads whose only goal in life is to accomplish ldquoworld peacerdquo but the titleholders today are intelligent gorgeous goal-oriented women that give back to society through in numerous ways They are way more than a pretty face Now Irsquom not saying there are no mean girls in the pageant world because there are the few who abuse the system and act like theyrsquore starring in the movie Mean Girls However the good definitely outnumber the mean So to close pageants are a way to express yourself and guide you to where you want to go

L to R Paige Hashman Alexis Comas Somer

Snowden Taylor Stevens

ldquoYour high school years are the best times of your liferdquo is a quote we as students hear often from our teachers and parents My parents always say it goes by fast and I

shouldnrsquot rush it away but I thought I couldnrsquot wait Now that Irsquom at the end of my junior year though I realize that I really am going to miss it Take advantage of being in high school because thinking about college is nothing but stress Take your grades seriously so that you can get scholarships I know yoursquove all heard this before but itrsquos the truth Donrsquot slack off at the end of the year it can kill your final grade Keep EVERYTHING You may think itrsquos a good idea to throw out Coach Stilesrsquo freshman science binder but yoursquore wrong Yoursquoll reference that binder a lot in Physics and Chemistry Use all of your resources even if you think its stupid Go to Mrs Maffett for your government project go to Mr Baum for math help go to Mrs Underdonk for help on writing or life any one of your teachers will help you All of the things you learn now will help in the future even if you donrsquot think it will Donrsquot rush away high school because when you get to your senior year yoursquoll regret it

Itrsquos Senior Year Already By Paige Hashman

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 7 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

Socialism Reigns Over France By Frankie Berardi

After months of campaigning and protesting the March election for Vladimir Putin in Russia

took place In the race for the power of the president Putin won another term of six years which

will extend his already twelve year term to 2018 Protesters gathered in the tens of thousands

during his campaign and they did the same miraculous stunts for the presidentrsquos inauguration

On May 7th Putin prepared to give his inaugural address to the people but some 20000

angry citizens did not share Putinrsquos enthusiasm The protesters began launching themselves upon

the police that guarded the commander in chief and the protesters with no avail succumbed to

Vladimir Putinrsquos security

It became nearly evident that the president was not to be toyed with and may take more

forceful measures against such demonstrations in the future now that his has obtained the power of

President and abdicated the prime minister position Putin believes that the protests will die down

and the nation will continue to prosper as a democracy With the evident example of Putinrsquos

superiority Russia as a nation will overcome the protesters and in the words of Putin ldquoWe want to

live and we will live in a democratic country that will offer opportunities and freedom for everyones

life and labor

Putin Assumes Control of Russia

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On May 7 2012 Franccedilois Hollande assumed control of France and defeated Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy to become the next socialistic power over the western Europe nation Hollande will officially take control of the country on May 15th and is already the talk around the world He has been invited to the White House intends to attend the G-8 and NATO summits and intends to address the nation at a World War II ceremony where he will speak alongside Sarkozy Hollande has already multiple plans for the nation to continue the socialistic motions of France set in motion by Franccedilois Mitterand who lost office back in 1995 The new President intends to pull all French troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the

year He also has expressed his concern for education and intends to hire more teachers to schools and increase spending in the education sector money that will come from the very wealthy Hollande wants to tax millionaires and billionaires 75 of their income The new president also wants to lower the retirement age from sixty-two to sixty for ldquosome peoplerdquo He also has plans to wean France off its dependence on nuclear energy he wants to legalize euthanasia and gay marriage Hollande also wants to renegotiate the budget-trimming treaty which served the purpose of bringing the European economies closer together He wants to allow for government-funded stimulus programs in hopes of restarting growth and development German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken out in reference to Hollandersquos new plans as she and Sarkozy were the main contributors to the budget-trimming and many

people fear that there may be animosity between Germany and France now with Hollande in office Merkel explained her views saying We in Germany and I personally believe the fiscal pact is not up for negotiation Despite the position that Hollande has assumed many people fear that his rise to power may not be in the best interest of the world and could corrupt the world economy With his new tax regulations the wealthy will desire to flee France and thus they will The nation will lose a huge part of their economic sector this could cause the fall of the French economy thus causing the decimation of the Euro and the demise of the world economies being that they are all interconnected The alternative would be for the Germans or collective efforts of the European nations and possibly even the United States to help France financially recover but this too could lead to further destruction of the world economy

Now France looks toward the parliamentary elections that are forthcoming in June for the elections are vital to the Conservatives and the Socialists The Socialists currently have control over the Presidency and the Senate and if Hollandersquos party can claim the lower house as well the socialists will have unquestioned power over France but should the Conservatives win the lower parliamentary house they would be capable of blocking the socialists and their reign of power It will be most Interesting to witness how such events will play out as next month two political parties will compete for a conquest of great power the shell game has begun

topnewscom

wblakgraycom

By Frankie Berardi

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 8

Recently in Bogota Colombia before Barrack Obamarsquos

arrival in Latin America Secret Service agents were involved in a

prostitution scandal Late night in a bar a young prostitute

named Dania Londono Suarez was offered 800 dollars for her

services from a Secret Service Agent After spending the night

together Dania was kicked out of the room the next morning

when asking for her money She only received 50 dollars Then

the police were involved

Dania says during the night the agent slept for 5 hours

When Dania appeared on the Today Show she said that she had

plenty of time to go through the suitcase wallet or any belong-

ings of the agent if she wanted to Luckily for them she did not

On April 17th - 19th we remember those fallen allies of the

Cuban Exiles trained by the US CIA to relieve the government of

Fidel Castrorsquos strong communist hold It occurred after only three

months of John F Kennedy in office The Cuban Armed Forces

quickly swept away the rebel force of 1500 militia It was a

strong reminder to Kennedy of why the US needed to put their

containment policy into action in order to stop the spread of com-

munism

The main invasion took place at the mouth of the bay also known as Playa Giron Here the small amount of rebel forces was easily swept away by the large number of Cuban Armed Forces All in all 118 US trained rebels were killed and 1202 were captured This was a large hit on any hope remaining of a free Democratic Cuba

Happy Anniversary Pigs By Bryce Burnett

Happy Endings in Bogota By Bryce Burnett

wwwguardiancouk

Wwwlatinamericanstudiesorg

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 1 9 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

The Angry Beaver

The Thoughts the Views and the Opinions of One Angry Mammal

By Addy Beaver

High school For some itrsquos the best years of their life For others itrsquos social torture chamber ruled by the elitists and

the adults For me itrsquos the latter My freshman year was god awful I lost all of my friends from middle school sat in the

cafeteria alone reading whatever book I could get my hands on and just flat-out didnrsquot try in any of my classes My

sophomore year was a little better I made new friends who incidentally graduated that year I found out how comfortable it

was to wear sweat pants every day I worked my butt off to make sure my GPA was high enough for me to get into PSEO And

I got a B in Mrs Sirbaughrsquos Algebra One class Irsquod have to say however that my junior year has been the best so far I realized

I donrsquot need friends but itrsquos nice to have the ones that I do have I finally came out of my shell and realized that therersquos no

point in keeping to myself And I learned that just because I didnrsquot like the person didnrsquot mean I couldnrsquot have a nice

conversation with them

I can only imagine what my senior year will be like Itrsquos weird to think that almost exactly a year from now Irsquoll be

putting on my cap and gown and leaving this place forever I feel like freshman year was just yesterday It gives me a weird

sense of nostalgia which doesnrsquot make sense to me at all because as many good memories Irsquove made here the bad ones still

prevail Irsquom not talking about just during the school hours but also outside of them (Irsquove literally had at least one person in

my family die every year Irsquove been in high school) But maybe thatrsquos just a sign of change The death of a person is a huge

change in anyonersquos life especially when itrsquos a close relative And high school is a big change in life as well So maybe the

changes just go hand in hand

Itrsquos just odd to think of how much Irsquove changed from my freshman year to now The skinny jeans and pink hair

turned into dresses and heels The black nail polish was exchanged for pastel colors I unlaced my chucks and slipped on

some Sperryrsquos The layers of black eye shadow have turned into almost no make-up at all Instead of not talking to anyone

Irsquom not familiar with I smile and talk to almost anyone I see

Maybe some of it has to do with growing up Maybe some of it has to do with my having to have good social skills at

work I just canrsquot imagine how much Irsquoll change next year Change is scary but I think in my case itrsquos a good thing Irsquom still the

same person to an extent I think Irsquove just become a better version of myself

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 0

By Lexie Pritchard A MUSIC MOSAIC

By Sarah Holtsclaw A BOOK REVIEW

First let me say that I know as soon as you see Stephanie Meyerrsquos name in this review that you will think ldquoyuck Twilightrdquo and flip to the next page Please donrsquot because her novel The Host is honestly one of the best books I have ever read This novel has a futuristic plot where this alien-like species takes over the world by inserting their worm-like bodies in humans hence the title It features a human Melanie who becomes a host for an alien Unlike most of the predators she cannot get Melaniersquos voice and thoughts out of her head This causes the alien to have confusing human emotions and they set off into the woods to find a group of surviving humans that Melaniersquos Uncle saved Upon arrival

Melanie is tortured until her ex Jared kisses her and realizes that Melanie is still present in her body Both of the bodyrsquos occupants discover feelings for Jared but the alien also falls for another human survivor Now I know that yoursquore think this is another stupid love triangle However I can promise you that it is ten times more complex than a sparkly vampire expressionless girl and angry werewolfrsquos love interest fiasco The novel has a surprise ending that you will never see coming Also it is set to become a movie in 2013 I am begging you to give Stephanie Meyer another chance because there is nothing more relaxing than laying out on a summer day with a good book

So I hate to be the one to bring it up but itrsquos a topic that needs to be addressed I know that no one wants to talk about it but itrsquos something everyone deals with at one point or another As a journalist itrsquos my job to talk about the hard-hitting topics So here it is finals How does one get through the dreaded end of the year exams For me it includes lots of caffeine focus and music But it has to be the right music Whorsquos with me

First off I always need to have music playing when I study or when I have to do assignments But if I have a big test to study for I always seem to turn to more serene music I sometimes even turn to classical A couple issues back I mentioned an iPhone app called ldquo8tracksrdquo and there are some amazing studying playlists on there that I would recommend But if Irsquom going to listen to a band when I study I love listening to The Civil Wars Something about this bandrsquos lead duo is just so calming Their songs ldquoPoison and Winerdquo and ldquoFallingrdquo are perfect when you want something subtle playing in the background when yoursquore studying

I also love listening to classical music It helps me focus sometimes whenever itrsquos midnight and Irsquom falling asleep but I still need to study If you want to jump on the classical bandwagon like me my favorite composers to listen to are Chopin and Tchaikovsky Both of them are pretty well-known and have composed quite a lot so you should find some piece that will help you stay motivated If you type either of them into the Pandora or 8tracks apps I know you will get plenty of songs to listen to

So after the initial easy studying come the tiredness and the feeling of senioritis You know you have to stay motivated but most importantly you have to stay awake Therefore to reawaken your body you need a couple fun songs to listen to I recommend the song ldquoExpressrdquo from the movie Burlesque That song makes me want to dance like crazy Plus Christina Aguilerarsquos voice is phenomenal in itself Another favorite is the Glee Castrsquos cover of ldquoItrsquos Not Right But Itrsquos Okayrdquo by Whitney Houston Irsquom usually not a big fan when people cover amazing songs sung by amazing singers but Glee did it a lot of justice

Now when yoursquore at the final stretch of studying and you need something to keep you awake I have a few picks that get me through I always end up resorting to some classic music Personally I love the song ldquoGimme Gimme Gimmerdquo by ABBA or ldquoI Hate Myself for Loving Yourdquo by Joan Jett My logic behind this is that if these bands can get through having hair like thathellip I can study for another 30 minutes

So this is the end for me and this column for the year With this being the last issue out before summer time I just want to say that I hope you discovered at least one song you enjoy out of these writings for I have sincerely enjoyed writing them So when yoursquore studying for finals my advice to you is to down that

last cup of coffee put your headphones in and study your little heart out Oh But for the mainstreamers the top five are ldquoSomebody That I Used to Knowrdquo by Gotye ldquoPayphonerdquo by Maroon 5 ldquoCall Me Mayberdquo by Carly Rae Jepsen ldquoBoyfriendrdquo by Justin Bieber and ldquoWild Onesrdquo by Flo Rida Happy Listening

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 1

Summer Swim By Olivia DiBetta

Summer swim is a program put on by the

St Clairsville Rec Center that takes place through

most of June and July The cost is $45 and anyone

between the ages of 5 and 18 can sign up at Allen

Pool May 29-30 or June 4-8 ldquoThe best part about

summer swim is hanging out with friends and

making memories at the meetsrdquo says Junior Ashley

Dunfee Summer swim is definitely a great way to

make new friends or spend time with old ones

while getting fresh air and exercise and keeping

cool at the same time

What have you done lately to help our community Maybe youve volunteered at your local hospital donated to chari-ty or maybe reffed a community soccer game it all adds up to helping out our community Saint Clairsville High School student council can proudly say they have taken action Over this past month of April the city of Saint Clairsville asked one of our teachers Ms Fitsimons if our high school student council and a few other helpful kids would participate in a bike trail clean up program This project was to get the bike trail ready and clean in time for the upcoming spring and summer On April 20th our student council took part in this clean up by shoveling mulch painted poles and picking up trash The project was a success and is now ready for the spring and summer The city and citizens really enjoy what you have done for our community

St Clairsville High School Student Council Takes Action

By Dakota Woodford

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 2

Throughout the world there are many strange

things such as why ducks canrsquot talk and why pigs canrsquot fly

but have you ever picked up on some of the strange things

we have right here in our own state of Ohio Strange laws

ranging from throwing snakes and buying cereal can be

forbidden Weird huh Sit back and check out how odd

some of these laws can be

Weird Laws in Ohio By Kayla Dusz and Abbey Maroon

Do you have a Twitter Do your parents have one Or how about your teacher do they have one How do you feel about adults and teachers having Twitter Should it only be a place for high school and college students These are questions everyone asks themselves when it comes to Twitter People would say that adults took over Facebook so now that all the kids have Twitter adults donrsquot need to invade on that social network too Current History teacher Ann Jefferies at St Clairsville High School disagrees though She says ldquoI think adults are already on it our president is on it so why wouldnrsquot they be Itrsquos a way to stay updated with the news and thatrsquos how I use itrdquo Students donrsquot really mind teachers being on Twitter and being able to post things for class but parents and other family members invading on their privacy is what gets everyone Miss Jefferies also states ldquoI found that thatrsquos the way kids communicate now and thatrsquos the way they learn and we need to adapt our style of teaching on how you guys learnrdquo which is 100 correct Participation and attention spans would

increase greatly I think if all teachers had the ability to access Twitter and acknowledge them with class work and assignments ldquoCollege teachers are already using this and we should be using it toordquo Ann Jefferies explains Teachers using Twitter is a huge benefit for current and former students of all ages If all of the teachers gave it a try they would find a significant change in classes each and every day

Canton It is a misdemeanor to play a game at a park

without superintendent permission

Toledo Itrsquos against the law to throw a snake at anyone

Marion You canlsquot eat a doughnut and walk backward on a

city street

Lima Any map that does not have Lima clearly stated on

it can not be sold

Fairview Park Itrsquos against the law to honk your horn

ldquoexcessivelyrdquo ( A grandma was fined for honking her horn

twice at a neighbor)

Columbus Itrsquos illegal to sell cornflake cereal on Sundays

Bay Village It rsquos illegal to walk a cow down ldquoLake Roadrdquo

Clinton County Any person who leans against a public

building will be subjected to fines

These are some crazy laws So if yoursquore in these

cities watch out You never know when you could be

buying corn flakes illegally

Teachers Using Twitter By Morgan Fincham

Miss Jeffries

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 3

Do teachers really grade This is something many

students question Students are aware of what teachers do

grade and what teachers do not Determining if a teacher

does or not isnrsquot rocket science Teachers who promptly

grade and return papers obviously grade their papers and

manage their time well However some teachers take weeks

to return a simple assignment or even update their grades

online Students like teachers who do grade or donrsquot grade

and take advantage of either when the chance arises

Teachers who do not grade are easily spotted and

taken advantage of at every given opportunity Students all

have that one teacher that takes a million years to give

grades back or update even the simplest of grades If

teachers do this it does not necessarily mean they donrsquot

grade but when it takes this long for a simple book

assignment in which everyone receives the same grade it is

pretty obvious What is the point in giving assignments but

never grading them until a week before grades are do for

mid-terms or the end of the nine-weeks Lazy teachers are

bad teachers How is a student supposed to know how they

are performing in their classes if the grades are so out of

date Teachers guilty of this confuse students to no end and

donrsquot have any rhyme or reason to their madness and lack of

responsibility Teachers always preach how students have to

be more responsible but in all reality the teacher isnrsquot

showing responsibility on their part hypocrite

The end of the year is I here and nobody wants to be

here whatsoever Teachers why do you feel the need to try

and teach by cramming lessons in that you should have

taught throughout the year but failed to do so in the last few

weeks of school Those teachers who obviously do not grade

but assign busy work every day should realize that they have

to grade the work There are a few weeks left and the

teacher still feels the need to assign more work even though

grades havenrsquot been updated in a coonrsquos age I have the

solution for teachers guilty of this Tests quizzes and any

other assignment in the class should be multiple choice

Problem solved Grading multiple choice is rather easy

because the student either has it right or they donrsquot

Teachers grading isnrsquot a hard task if you manage

your time correctly It is a pet peeve to many students when

their grades are not up to date and are so out of date there

isnrsquot any room for even guessing their current grade If you

are going to be a teacher you have to grade The grading

process for essays can be long that is a given but promptly

returning papers is also effective in gaining the respect of

students

ldquoThe End of the Year Rantrdquo By Izaac Wiley

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 4

The Day of the Headless Queen By Katelin Gandee

May 19 1536 is an important day in European

history What happened The first queen was beheaded Anne

Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England

was beheaded for treason adultery witchcraft and incest

but really all because she could only give Henry a daughter

Elizabeth I

In history Anne is looked at in many different ways

depending on peoplersquos opinions King Henry VIII divorced his

older wife Catherine of Aragon for Anne using the excuse that

she had been married to his brother Arthur before he died

Henry also destroyed all relationships with the Church and

the Pope creating the Church of England so he could marry

Anne But the day after she was dead he was engaged to Jane

Seymour and married to her shortly after

Annersquos siblings also had a lot to do with European

history Mary Boleyn Annersquos older sister was the Kingrsquos

mistress and it is rumored that her two children where the

Kingrsquos children George Boleyn on the other hand was a court

poet but was charged with incest with Anne which cannot be

considered fact since it was 476 years ago

Anne is very unknown in American history mainly

because she was a Queen in England and when you do read

about her they usually donrsquot mention her name Also what a

lot of people know about her is from The Other Boleyn Girl

and The Tudors both of which are works of fiction and people

take them as fact

In 2010 Claire Ridgeway author of The Anne Boleyn

Files and Elizabethan Files decided to make an Anne Boleyn

Day Every May 19 she would visit the Tower of London

where Annersquos memorial and body are Now she takes people

and talks about Anne and about the day

Anne Boleyn Collage

3 2 1hellipItrsquos summertime Three

days of school left Unreal This year

has gone by fast for everyone Wersquore all

ready for the long summer nights

staying up all night and sleeping all day

Tank tops cute shorts sun tans and

country music is all summer is about

Now for the couch potatoes get up and

get outside Donrsquot spend your whole

summer in the house and be back to

school before you know it You only live

once make it worth it Summer

romance hot dates and girlguy nights

with your best friends what else could

you ask for Especially for the seniors

live it up Itrsquos your last summer before

going off on your own and going to

college although we all know every

night at college is a good time Itrsquos

summer 2012 and itrsquoll be over before

you know it Three months is a short

period of time when yoursquore having fun

Go on vacation go to the park get

outside and shoot basketball because

who knows if the world ldquoendsrdquo it may

be the last one for all of us

No School No Problems By Morgan Fincham

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 5

National

Macaroon

Day

My Bucket Has

a Hole In It Day

End of the

Middle Ages

Day

National

Hamburger

Day and

Memorial Day

Body Painting

Arts Festival

Grey Day National Tap

Dance Day

National

Escargot Day

and Sarah

Holtsclawrsquos

Birthday

Penny Day

Buy-A-Musical

Instrument

Day

National

Memo Day

Eliza Dolittle

Day

Frog Jumping

Jubilee Day

and Armed

Forces Day

And

Anne Boleyn

Day

International

Museum Day

and Visit

Your

Relatives Day

Pack Rat Day

Wear Purple

for Peace

Day

National

Chocolate Chip

Day

National

Dance Like a

Chicken Day

Leprechaun

Day and

Motherrsquos day

Limerick

Day and

National

Train Day

Eat What You

Want Day

and Twilight

Zone Day

Clean Up Your

Room Day

Lost Sock

Memorial Day

No Socks Day

and Have a

Coke Day and

Frankie

Berardirsquos

Birthday

International

Tuba Day

Paste Up Day

and National

Roast Leg of

Lamb Day

Beverage Day

National

Hoagie Day

and Cinco de

Mayo

National

Candied

Orange Peel

Day

Lumpy Rug

Day Fire Day

Mother

Goose Day

and save the

Rhinosrsquo Day

Goofy May Holidays By Dakota Woodford

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

Chase Garan Fan Club

Dolores Pytlik

Joyce Zeiher

Justin Sleutz

Red devil Boysrsquo BaseBall

Red devil Boysrsquo BasketBall

Red Devil Football

Sarah Gibeaut

Susan Fitzsimmons

V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7 P A G E 2 6

Greg Bizzarri Richland Twp Trustee amp Family

Jacksonrsquos WReckeR seRvice

Ann Jeffries

Mr and Mrs Robert O Wagner

St Clairsville Track

st claiRsville GiRlsrsquo volleyBall

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 7

ldquoHigh school is short

and it goes by faster

than any of us realize

Enjoy every second

Those memories last a

lifetimerdquo

ndashKaitlynn Rizzo

ldquoDonrsquot text in Fitzyrsquos classrdquo

ndashAlysha Smith

ldquoIrsquoll miss the countless stories told

at lunchrdquo- Emily Porter

ldquoDonrsquot make

dumb

decisions and

let high school

consume yourdquo

-Spencer

Lloyd

ldquoAfter high school I

plan to take on an

apprenticeship to

become a tattoo

artist Oh and

become a pokemon

masterrdquo

ndash Taylor Stevens

ldquoIf I could redo one thing itrsquod be

my second to last physics testrdquo

-Brice Holler

ldquoObe is a bossrdquo

- Nick Sherman

ldquoGo Mountaineersrdquo- Greg Parker

ldquoLife begins May 25thrdquo- Kaci Rykowski

ldquoI would give my extraordinary

work ethic to Dan Monteroso

because hersquos lazyrdquo

- Chase Garan

ldquoNothing worth dwelling in what you

canrsquot changerdquo - Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoI wouldnrsquot have survived

without my parents They

pushed me to succeedrdquo

- Alexis Emrisko

ldquoHigh school is what you make it If you choose to be

unhappy then you wonrsquot enjoy it It you choose to be

happy then high school will be enjoyable

- Julie Jacobs

ldquoThank God Irsquom graduat-

ingrdquo ndash Amanda Derosa

ldquoIrsquod will my

katana to Jesse

Smith- Itrsquod good

for killing

Zombiesrdquo

Chris Kutzlo

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston

P A G E 2 8 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 7

ldquoGood luckrdquo Ethan Kleevic

ldquoIrsquoll miss the girlsrdquo

-AJ Denoble

ldquoI loved art because itrsquos relaxing and the environment is fun and easyrdquo

-Rebecca Higgins

ldquoI would will my

subwoofer-

bazooka- to the

underclassmen

to continue Dub

Clubrdquo

-Ben Roten

ldquoYOYO Yoursquore

On Your Ownrdquo

- Kody Barnes

ldquoJust have fun

and enjoy your

last few years

with everyonerdquo

-Brittanni

Rauschenberg

ldquoDonrsquot freak out itrsquos just high

schoolrdquo

-Markie Hinkle

ldquoI would will Brian Zani the curse of the bass

guitarrdquo- Kevin Hochstrasser

ldquoIrsquod will my hair to Brady

Frakowskirdquo- Cole Antalock

ldquoDo Post Secondaryrdquo-Lauren Jerfferies

ldquoI would will an

underclassman my

anatomy coloring bookrdquo

- Angelo Cruicione

ldquoMy favorite

teacher was Mrs

Maffett She treats

her students as if

they were her

own kidsrdquo

- Alexxis Tanely

ldquoDonrsquot wait until

the last minute to

get the important

things donerdquo

Brooke

Bosworth

ldquoDonrsquot stray

from your

goalsrdquo

- Alex Beihl

ldquoIrsquoll miss being with

everyone that you

grew up with every

dayrdquo

- Kasey Boston