Medieval

Madness By: Destiny Stipe

On Friday

November 9th, Miss

Hollingsworth’s English

400 class left at six a.m.

for Medieval Times

located in Schaumburg,

Illinois. Mrs. Lorton

brought doughnuts from

Casey’s. The bus was

driven by Mama Sue,

who stopped at the

Casey’s in Georgetown to

get some eating utensils

for Hope’s biscuits and

gravy. At Medieval

Times, the seniors

looked around, and they

had old relics for sale.

Lorton bought everyone

a princess hat that lit up,

which each girl looked

stylish in. In the arena,

they had to support the

black and white knight.

The black and white

knight was more

superior in every aspect

than any other male

being in the competition,

and Miss Hollingsworth

made a point to cast

names for each player in

the tournament.

Nevertheless, the seniors

enjoyed their dinner and

show; the dinner

consisted of chicken

quarters, corn on the

cob, garlic bread, potato

wedges and a delicious

chocolate chip cookie.

According to the waiter,

the corn on the cob was

dragon necks and the

wedges were dragon

toes. The competition

consisted of four knights

who jousted and sword

fought to win the hand

of the princess. The

entire crowd was full of

energy and wanted their

knight to win. After the

black and white

knight used his

skillful knight

abilities to win, the

senior class jumped

for joy. Kelsey got a

rose from the

knight, and she

about melted to the

floor in happiness. They

then proceeded to go

home. The kids wanted

to eat Taco Bell, so they

stopped to get some.

While they were there,

the Taco Bell employee

pointed out that Mike

Cardona must be a

chaperone! Next time

you see him in the hall,

don’t forget to call him

Mr. Cardona. All in all,

the seniors, Mrs. Lorton,

Miss Hollingsworth, and

Mama Sue had a

fantastic, fun, and joyous

time on this field trip.

Mama Sue was quoted

saying, “Let’s make this

an every Friday

adventure.” No one

argued.

THE CARDINAL ~~~~ December 13, 2012 Issue: 3 Volume: 1 ~~~~~

Volleyball By: Ashley Malone

The Lady

Cardinals volleyball

season came to an end

Tuesday, October 23rd

during regional play.

Senior night was

October 18th, which

ended on a good note.

The JV team won, along

with a win for the Varsity

team.

This year’s JV

record was 18-0 going

undefeated for their

second year in a row to

make it 36 wins over the

past two years. The

Cardinals’ Varsity ended

their season with a 15-12

record. The ladies had a

great season and are

looking forward to next

year. The Volleyball

Banquet was held

Monday, November 26th

in the cafeteria.

AHS By: Victoria Hess

What is AHS?

This is a question asked

by many, even some who

are in it. AHS stands for

Academic Honors

Society. In order to join,

one must maintain a

GPA of a 3.7 or greater

and write a satisfactory

essay to Mrs. Frailey who

explains what you think

AHS is and include some

awesome ideas for the

group to do.

This year, we are

focusing on Autism. We

are

planning

on selling

puzzle

pieces at

some point to raise

money for Autism

Speaks, an organization

that helps with Autism

awareness.

Vehicle of the

Month By: Tyler Lowery

This little, red

SUV Ford Explorer Sport

is driven by Jacob Lewis.

Jacob has put flashing

lights on this SUV for

EMS calls. When asked

how long he has had this

vehicle, he replied with

“eight months.” The

good thing about this car

is that it is fast, off road

capable, and reliable, but

there are some

downsides too; this

vehicle needs work.

When asked if he had

the money to modify it

in anyway, he said he

would get more lights,

tune the engine, and add

a little more horses

under the hood. He may

like this vehicle, but

when asked if he would

sell or

trade

he

said

yes,

but he

would

only

trade for a newer Ford F-

150.

Editorial: A

Unique

Christmas

Break By: Victoria Hess

What is there to

do over Christmas

Break? You could do the

usual Christmas cookies,

build a snowman, go

crazy over gifts, and

spend time with family.

Another idea is to mix it

up a little. Build a snow

couch (and if you take a

picture bring it for the

newspaper). Hold an

ugly Christmas sweater

party. Make snow ice

cream (recipe included).

Plot ways to torture your

annoying families, but

don’t act on them. This

break is time to relax and

have fun after freaking

out about finals. ENJOY

IT!

Snow Ice Cream:

Ingredients: 8 cups-

fresh, clean (not yellow)

snow; 1 can (14 oz) -

sweetened condensed

milk; 1 teaspoon- vanilla

extract

Directions: Put the snow

in a large bowl. Pour the

condensed milk over the

snow. Add vanilla. Mix to

combine. Serve

immediately.

How To Be a

Superhero By: Kenny O'Brien &

Lilli Davis

Warning: This is a Satire, which is making

fun of something in a serious tone. In other

words, sarcasm. Do Not Attempt.

Do you like to

help people? Do you like

tight outfits with capes?

Then being a superhero

is the right job for you!!

The first rule on being a

superhero is always have

a super, unnecessarily

long cape. Remember

the saying for capes are,

“If you’re not tripin’ on

it, you’re not flying with

it.” You don’t need super

powers like Spiderman

or Superman. You can be

like Batman, a guy who

can’t do anything and

dresses up as a bat and

runs around in the

middle of the night

serving justice. A mask is

very important to keep

your identity safe.

Anything can be used as

a mask such as

underwear, fishnets,

cardboard, paper bags,

and, of course, sun

glasses. Gloves and

boots are very key to

being a superhero. You

can get gloves and boots

from just about

anywhere, but if you

cannot find any, you can

wear rubber boots and

latex hospital gloves.

Cool gadgets are also

very important. A rubber

band gun or boomerang

can be very effective

against common villains.

Last and most

importantly is to have an

arch-nemesis. An arch-

nemesis makes a super

hero’s life a lot more

interesting and fun. Start

your superhero career as

soon as possible, so you

can fight evil and save

lives of millions.

Zombie

Apocalypse By: Haylee Clayton

“When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.” –

Peter (Dawn of the Dead)

One of today’s

most popular modern

topics is the zombie

apocalypse, or at least

zombie video games.

Most people think that

this can’t happen, and,

for the most part, I

believe that. I don’t think

there’s going to be a

zombie apocalypse, but

some people like to think

otherwise. Anyway, I’ve

gathered some awesome

information about this

for my current writing

project, and I thought I’d

share.

Brain

parasites…Yup, they’re

real. They have the same

characteristics as the

common zombie. The

example that I found for

this is the toxoplasmosa

gondii. Apparently, it

infects rats, but breeds in

the intestines of cats.

They’re smart enough to

actually take over the

rat’s brain and force it to

get eaten by whatever

cat seems to come by.

Humans and rats aren’t

that different, you know?

Oh yeah, and half of the

human population

already has it. I know

what you’re thinking.

Small little things like

that will take a long time

to jump into effect,

right? Well, what about

the scientists that are

exposed to chemical

fumes every day? What if

they accidently find a

trigger for it? What will

happen then?

Neurotoxins are

another possible route

for zombies. Some

Japanese blowfish can

pass these into humans.

They slow the body

functions down so much

that the host is pretty

much considered dead.

A certain kind of weed,

called datura

stramonium, brings the

victim back under the

effects of the

neurotoxins. The drug,

like the sickness, leaves

the host with no

memory, although they

can still do everyday

things such as eating,

sleeping, moaning, and

moving around with

their arms outstretched.

Doesn’t that sound

familiar? This has

already happened in

Haiti. Soooo, next time

you think about going

swimming with some

Japanese blowfish,

remember, you might

turn into a zombie.

There are also

many brain disorders

that may lead to

someone having the

same characteristics as a

zombie. Mad Cow

Disease is a perfect

example of this. There is,

of course, a human

version of this disease,

which is called

Creutzfeldt-Jakob

disease (vCJD). This

happens when humans

eat the meat of an

infected cow. Some of

the symptoms are

changes in walking,

hallucinations, lack of

coordination (stumbling

zombies, anyone?),

muscle twitching,

muscle jerks, and rapidly

developing dementia.

Don’t worry though, the

disease is pretty rare.

Number four on

my list is neurogenesis.

This is pretty much just

re-growing dead brain

tissue. Scientists have

already found a way to

re-grow the brains

belonging to comatose

head trauma patients.

That’s until they wake up

and actually walk

around. This sounds like

an awesome thing, right?

We can bring back the

dead! Woo hoo! We just

need to get to them

within a certain amount

of time. Ha ha…no…we

can’t. Our body’s can

perform orderly

functions; we aren’t

really alive. It isn’t us.

Our brain is dead on the

outside in. The outside is

the cortex, which is

pretty much what makes

every single one of us

who we are. The stem is

all we need to survive.

We can still walk around

and do everything else.

We have no thoughts, no

personality, nothing.

Nanobots are yet

another real thing.

They’re these weird

looking, tiny robots that

scientists use. An

invention that has been

created is a nano-cyborg,

which can keep its host

alive for about a month

after it dies. The studies

show that brain

nanobots, which crawl

inside of your brain and

replace it, will be here

within a decade. They

can completely rewire

your thoughts. Isn’t that

comforting? Face it. One

day, we will be walking

around with these

terrifying things in our

heads, thinking that

they’re an every day,

completely harmless

thing. Weren’t bath salts

supposed to be

harmless? Anyway,

they’re going to have this

programming that keeps

living inside of our

bodies, even though

we’re dead. They’ll run

your body to the

bone…literally. Now,

since they’re

programmed to replicate

their host, they’ll need to

find a new host. After all,

how can you be someone

who’s dead? This will

force them to relocate.

How would they do this

exactly? That’s

right…biting. They’ll shut

down their new host’s

brain, just like with the

old host. It’ll just

continue on, and on, and

on, and on, and on, and

on.

A lot of things

have been used as

examples of the

beginning of the zombie

apocalypse, such as bath

salts and everything that

I listed before. As I said, I

really don’t think that

any of us will need to

worry about zombies

attacking. Most of the

things that I listed above

are out of our time

frame. Unless we’re

invaded by an army of

mutant, zombie-loving

nerds, we

won’t be

seeing any

zombies

around for

a while.

But, in

case

zombies

attack,

BUY ALL

THE TWINKIES YOU

CAN!!!!

Hate? By: Cassie Cantrell

I hate. You hate.

He hates. She hates. It

hates. We all hate.

Hate is one of the

most overused words, in

my opinion.

Everyone ‘hates’

something. School, heat,

cold weather, a specific

individual, multiple

individuals, reading,

doing homework, etc,

they don’t exactly

understand the strength

of the word. No one

takes that kind of stuff

into consideration.

You can believe

that you hate something

all you want, but really,

you don’t hate it, you

just strongly dislike it.

Just try to avoid

complaining, and saying

that you hate almost

everything, because it’s

very unbecoming.

I’ve had several

individuals claim that

they ‘hate their life.’

Does anyone try to

remind themselves of

people who have no

home? People who can’t

even afford clothing or

food? Or those children

who are constantly

abused, for no reason?

The people who truly

have a reason to dislike

the life they’re living? I

know for a fact that

hardly anyone reminds

themselves of that.

Hating people for

random things doesn’t

really get you anywhere

in life, either. You’re

sitting there, hating a

specific individual for

something so small, so

unimportant, and they’re

enjoying their life, and

not letting anything get

to them. Please, tell me,

who wins that battle?

Would you rather want

to sit around all day and

rage? Basically wasting

time that you’re never

going to get back? Or

would you rather want to

live happily, with no

regrets?

These are all

decisions that you as an

individual make on your

own. No one is telling

you what to be. You’re

the creator. You decide. I

mean, you only live once,

after all.

“Hating people is like

burning down your

house to get rid of a

rat.”

~Harry Emerson

Fosdick

Quote of the

Month By: Tyler Lowery

“I hooked up my

accelerator pedal in my

car to my brake lights. I

hit the gas, people

behind me stop, and I’m

gone.” – Steven Wright

Word of the

Month By: Tyler Owen

Learn It: Acronychal – literally refers to

something happening in the evening or at

nightfall

(Extra Credit Opportunity – use this word correctly in a

sentence in Ms. Hollingsworth’s class)

Parkland Trip By: Elora Thomas

On November 8,

the Computer Club went

to Parkland College and

met with professor Jonas

Dees. He spoke about

people who had

previously gone there,

and how many of them

had already become

successful Graphic

Designers. Many of his

own students had gone

on and some even

worked for Pixar. Then

Dave Bock came in and

showed us a program

called Maya. This

program allows you to

make images come to

life. He had us make an

apple out of nothing, and

it was a fun learning

experience. Later on in

the day, we met with a

guy named Anthony

Burkert. He showed us

some of his own

creations and the steps it

he took to make them

come alive. He then

explained to us that you

don’t

have

to be

an art

genius

to do these things; you

just have to have a good

imagination and the

inspiration to do it

Freshmen

Winners When the AHS

announced that they

were hosting a Christmas

tree competition on the

square, the Class of 2016

had firm belief they

would dominate. Ms.

Hollingsworth was given

the entry form on

Monday after school,

spoke to her freshmen

on Tuesday, and

began making plans

for the tree on

Wednesday. Many

individual pictures

were taken in the

hallways to insure

the perfect selection of

ornament supplies. The

ornaments are very

unique and one of a

kind. Each picture is

glittertized, framed,

and colored. Miss

Vineyard gave the

freshmen the

supplies to make this

art happen! That

Friday night,

Koraima and Brandon

Brinkley, along with Mrs.

Frailey and Miss

Hollingsworth created

the peak of perfection

when it comes to tree

decorating. In fact, the

great effort caused the

freshmen to win. What

did they win you ask?

They won town and

school pride! Great job

Freshmen! Keep up the

great, wonderful,

fantastic, creative, and

skillful abilities that you

exhibit everyday in the

classroom and out in the

world.

What Would You

Do? By: Sam Kirts

What would you

do if you saw someone

who was in a bad mood?

Would you help them?

Or would you just stand

there? People judge

people all the time for

what they look like or

what they do. You can

never know what a

person may be going

through. They could

have a bad home-life.

Some girl may be

walking through the

hallway of the school

crying, and people may

say that they are a baby.

Maybe she just broke up

with her boyfriend. Or

maybe she just found out

about someone in their

family having a health

issue, or maybe they are

just having a bad day.

The biggest fact here is

don’t judge.

People have issues

with judging all the time.

By doing this, it makes a

person feel bigger, or

they just feel more

powerful. You as a

person, the person being

judged, can’t let them do

that to you. You have to

stand up as a person and

as a tough guy/girl and

deal with the pain for a

while, even if it may be

the worst day of your

life. The person judging

you, or looking at you in

a bad way, just wants to

get to you, and you can’t

let them do that.

“You are beautiful

no matter what they say,

words can’t bring you

down,” said the famous

Christina Aguilera. This

song could mean so

much to a girl who is

going through a tough

time or maybe even a

guy. The video shows

two homosexual men

kissing in a crowd. No

one knew they were

together, but they didn’t

care, because they didn’t

let anyone judge them.

The video also shows a

girl looking in the

mirror, she is very

skinny, and she looks in

the mirror, and she looks

normal in her eyes. She

doesn’t care what people

say about her and she

doesn’t care when people

judge her.

The moral of the

story is this…don’t let

people judge you for

what you believe in,

what you do, or what

you feel is right. You are

you and you can be

whoever you want to be.

You can’t let anyone tell

you otherwise. They

aren’t you, they can’t tell

you what you do in life,

but they do effect how

you do it.

.

Staff

Victoria Hess – Opinion Editor

Destiny Stipe – Activities Editor

Elora Thomas – Games Editor

McKenzie LeLoup

Hope Weir

Cassie Cantrell

Haylee Clayton

Kenny O’Brien

Lilli Davis

Sam Kirts

Tyler Owen

Ashley Malone

Tyler Lowery

Dana Rose Mitchell

1. What activities/groups have you been involved

in during high school?

AHS, Volleyball, & Band 2. What have you enjoyed most about Chrisman

high school?

Getting to know everyone throughout the years

3. What is your favorite thing about Chrisman

High School?

How close everyone is 4. What are your plans after graduating from high

school?

I’m going to go to college to become an engineer, then find a husband and become rich!

5. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.

What are you touching?

Shelby Warner 6. Where do you see yourself in ten years?

In 10 years, I hope to have a husband and some kids and have invented something amazing!

7. If you could marry anyone in the senior class,

who would it be and why?

Michael Pinnell because if my house is on fire he would be able to save it. Also, because he argues with me a bunch and I always win!

8. If you were a superhero, what would your

nickname be?

Dynamic Dana 9. What advice would you give to underclassmen?

Don’t take drama seriously; it isn’t worth your time. Have fun and enjoy high school.

10. What is the cheesiest pickup line you know? Baby, if you were words on a page, you would be what they call FINE PRINT!

11. What are you looking forward to most about

senior trip? Having one final adventure with my class and for all the odd things that are going to happen.

12. What body part do you wash first? My arms

13. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever done while driving? I’ve changed clothes.

Dalton Waltz

1. What activities/groups have you been involved in

during high school?

Baseball, basketball, band, and yearbook 2. What have you enjoyed most about Chrisman high

school?

The interesting events 3. What is your favorite thing about Chrisman High

School?

R.J., Devon, Eric, and Mason 4. What are your plans after graduating from high

school?

Get my CDL and go to DACC for Wind Turbine Technology

5. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What

are you touching?

R.J. 6. Where do you see yourself in ten years?

Working with a good amount of money 7. If you could marry anyone in the senior class, who

would it be and why?

Dana because she is my wifey

8. If you were a superhero, what would your

nickname be?

The Big Package 9. What advice would you give to underclassmen?

Don’t waste a minute because it all flies by so

fast, and you don’t realize what you have

missed now that you’re a senior…

10. What is the cheesiest pickup line you know? Can I have your picture? I want to show Santa what I want for Christmas.

11. What are you looking forward to most about senior

trip? All the great memories we are going to make

12. What body part do you wash first? My hair

13. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever done while driving? Lit paper on fire and threw it at the car next to me

By: Hope Weir & McKenzie LeLoup

Horoscopes By: Elora Thomas

Aries- This month you should give a person who is taller than 5'6 a hug for good luck. Also, you might discover something in your room you've never seen before.

Lucky Numbers= 4, 78, 93,5, and 7

Taurus-This month you will have a good outcome with something you've been trying for awhile. To ensure this, high-five Shelby Warner.

Lucky Numbers= 2, 36, 49, 84, and 9

Gemini- Start finding those lucky pennies and rabbits feet because you’re going to need a lot of luck this month! Something good may happen to you.

Lucky Numbers= 56, 23, 100, 3, and 44

Cancer- The best thing for you to do is to have a fun month. The odds will be ever in your favor so try whatever you want.

Lucky Numbers= 34, 73,

18, and 29

Leo- This month has a good outcome for you. To make sure it's all you ever wanted hug, the first person to ask "What's up?"

Lucky Numbers=23, 48, 1, and 15

Virgo- You should have a good month. Everything looks great, but to be sure, use a green mechanical pencil.

Lucky Numbers=12, 66, 89, 52, and 99

Libra- Stay warm this month because you have a high chance of getting sick, but to prevent that drink pink milk.

Lucky Numbers= 45, 38, 58, 26, and 88

Scorpio- It’s a good month to hug! Give your friends hugs and good things will happen to you, or something you've been waiting to happen will happen soon.

Lucky Numbers= 19, 90, 30, 49, and 76

Sagittarius- This is the month for sports! Be athletic; try to achieve goals this month like finding a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!

Lucky Numbers= 43, 28, 10, 67, and 0

Capricorn-You may run into an old friend or a new one. You might feel friendlier than ever! That's good; just say hi to the person next to you!

Lucky Numbers=21, 79, 38, 2, and 8

Aquarius- You might want to hang with people soon; they could be slipping away, but don’t let that happen. Just start talking to them again.

Lucky Numbers=94, 83, 57, 5, and 50

Pisces- You might feel extra hungry today! You should eat pizza because you can’t go wrong with pizza.

Lucky Numbers=39, 47, 29, 9, and 55