Volume 46Issue 14BGuest Editor:Roxanne Glassenberg

Tongue TwisterBy Paige Doherty

This is this catThis is is catThis is how cat This is to catThis is keep catThis is an catThis is idiot catThis is busy catThis is for catThis is forty cat This is seconds cat

Now read the third word in each line out loud

Star Crossed GarbageBy Katie Predella

There was a point in time where recycling and trash were one. Now, they are separate. This made one particular Pepsi can very upset. It only wanted to be with its true love, the napkin. They were together for a short time, when united on a lunch tray. Now, they are pulled apart by the needs of the environment. They were placed into two separate cans, one for trash (the napkin) and one for recycling (the can). They were both extraordinarily sad. The 20 minutes they had spent together were the greatest 20 minutes of their inanimate lives. It broke their aluminum and paper hearts to be separate once more. The next time you have a napkin and a can, I beg you to stop this heart wrenching problem, and place them together, united in the recycling bin so that they can be together until the recycling guys have to destroy them to make new cans and napkins (sad).

Ask CooperBy Cooper the Cat

Hello again people! Today I only got another 3 questions. Still, 3 is three so lets start answering

1: Dear Cooper, Would you like to meet my cat? Here are some treats! -TippySure! I’d love to meet your cat, if I haven’t met him at Cat-Con ye-... Did you say treats? OM NOM NOM!

2: Why does the scary Walker have 6 fingers? What scary Walke-? *Sees picture* AAAHH!

3: How is life in Arizona?Um… I live in Newton. Arizona’s across the country so how should I know?

Well those are all the question I got today. Keep sending them!

Awkward Advice #4By Ryan Kane

Hello peoples! Today we got 4 questions! Let’s answer them.

Q: <blank>A: Mkay then…

Q: <blank>A: Hee hee hee…

Q: You’re lame, I’m Awesome!A: Boo hoo. :p

Q: Potato. - ChipA: HAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I GET IT!!!!!!!

Okay, that’s it - bye.

NINTENDO EQUALITYBy Katie Predella, Alex Wymer, Ethan Mamenta, David Martin

K: Hello, and today we’d like to talk about Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach, and Yoshi, the unrecognized heroes of the Mario world. First of all, we feel as though Luigi doesn’t get enough credit for all that he does. In most of the stories, Mario is the main hero, with Luigi as his “sidekick” almost.D: Luigi is definitely the raisin cookie of the Mario franchise. But, Luigi did get his own year, where he was blessed with his own games like Dr. Luigi, Luigi’s mansion dark moon, and New super luigi U. He’s been in Marios’ shadow for too long, recently, (8/10/15) I had been playing Paper Mario and there is a way you can read his diary, and is mostly about how much he look’s up to Mario as an super star, and Mario’s a total jerk to him. In new super Mario bros. wii, at the end of the game, Mario rescues Peach, blah blah whatever… Then the Toads and Luigi come to give them a lift in his hot air balloon, and after they get in, they totally forget about the poor oujiclose the basket door on him and fly away. And in the latest installment of ssb, Luigi’s side “b” move is described as, a sideways dive that can be charged… then it says, “it’s Luigi, so this move can backfire”K: Next, I think we should discuss Princess Peach. I’ve noticed that she’s not a playable character in some, if not most of the games. She is usually the princess that needs saving. I don’t agree with this at all. I think she should be able to fight for herself, and she should be included in some of the other games. I know in the 2009 version of New Super Mario Bros, she was captured by Bowser (yet again), and she was not a playable character in the game. I was upset by this, as I sort of like playing as princess Peach (she floats. You have to admit that’s pretty cool). However, she did have a role in New Super Mario Bros. 3D World (Yay!). I’ve been informed that she had her own game, but it was sexist. Her character also fits almost every female stereotype (she fights with her emotions… Really?). Seriously, girls can fight too!A: She does if you play Super SMAAAAAAAAAAAAASH

BRRRRROTHERSSSS!... Sorry. Otherwise however she NEVER seems to fight. K: True, and I liked her having a role in that.E: Don’t forget that Toad also does a lot for them, but dosn’t get any credit. Sure they get to be playable characters, but when have you been playing in a group of people (excluding when I’m in the group) playing Mario, and sombody says “I call playing Toad”. Think about it. If Toads weren’t around, Mario wouldn’t have gotten anywhare in Super Mario Galexy.A: I agree with this. TOAD 4 PREZK: I agree! when I’m playing with my family, no one calls playing Toad. Everyone wants to be Mario. Toad, Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach are all characters that few people would want to play. Although I’m an exception, I always call dibs on Luigi.A: Okay… What about Yoshi? He’s also in *ahem* Super SMAAAAAAAAAAAAASH BRRRRROTHERSSSS! and he is a good character in it. However, just like Peach, he gets zero credit from players. The green dinosaur does have his own games such as, the Yoshi’s Island series, Yoshi’s Wooly world, and… That’s kind of all he’s in. He is playable in Mario Kart but then again, so is everyone in the Mario series. He is in the Super Mario Bros series but… Well, Katie you can put your- K: ALRIGHT LISTEN UP. If you’re playing a level in a Super Mario game, and you ride a yoshi for most, if not all of the game, YOU HAD BETTER NOT THROW THE POOR YOSHI OFF A CLIFF OR YOU ARE A DISPICABLE PERSON AND YOU DESERVE TO BE THROWN OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND BANISHED TO JUPITER. (Unless you absolutely cannot finish the level without doing that, then it’s Nintendo’s fault)A: -Enraged letter to the world here...W: Yoshi is AWESOME he is the best character I wish he was is the orinshel super Mario bros Mario gets. Yoshi is the beset he should never be a secondary character Mario should be a secondaryA: WELP, I think that’s all we had to say about Totally discarded characters.; Nintendo, if you’re reading this. Then think about what we’ve said.K: Thanks for reading, and if theres any way you know that we can help, please submit those ideas to the Don’t Ask Us advice column box.A: Or the Ask Cooper advice colum. Thanks! (Note: Nintendo, if you ever read this, the two advice colums are at our camp, so don’t bother about this)

The right dog for youBy Sarah Bo

I was so excited the other day because I adopted a miniature schnauzer named Cupcake! she is currently 6 years old but still likes to run and play! I take her out for walks in my backyard when I get home for camp and before I go to camp.

TIP: walk your dogs every day even if they are lazyTIP: don’t over feed or under feed your petsTIP: you have to give your pet a bath or take them to a groomer(which I prefer)

Dear Sarah, My family just moved to California so I asked my friend to put this in for me.My family isnt sure sure they want a dog and Im alergic to dog drool, not a very active and in need for a loyal companion.WHATS THE RIGHT DOG FOR ME!From, Paris Girl

Dear Paris Girl,thank you so much for writing to me! I think that sometimes its hard to find a dog that doesnt drool. I say that because most dogs drool if you wave a treat around or you are eating something that they like for instance, my dog Simcha loves cheese and so if you eat cheese she will come over to you and drool on you (its really not that gross people). Anyway,there are no dogs that don’t drool so Im gonna have to say this…. Get a cat, fish, gerbal, hampster, or guinne pig. Im sorry, but there are just no dogs that don’t drool.Sorry, Sarah

Daily Double X-Tremes!By Roxanne Glassenberg

Extemely amount of advice columns.Extremely weird Walker.Extremely fabulous.Extreme members of the Emily fan club.Extremely hot!Extemely strange.Extremly cool CITs.Extremly extreme articles.Extremely radicool.Extremely distraced by Pusheen.Extreme loss of power.Extereme moldwarpishnessExtreme stockfish scent! (I think that’s Walker…)Extreme sheep biting![May] the worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. Extremely!(Shakespearen Insulter)Extremely onion eyed.Extremely awesome.

New Rules Made By The Board Of TrusteesBy Paige Doherty

1. Aaron has to rotate each day of where he rings the cowbell2. Groupies ages are normal and random (not in age)3. Roller coasters to class4. Fire Dante, David Baler, Gus, and Mike Casey5. Fire all male counselors and CITs 6. Rehire all male counselors and CITs exept Dante, David Baler, Gus, and Mike Casey7. Plant more trees8. Buy a koala as a mascot and keep it year round9. Sell swing sets for safety and buy new ones

COMEDY AND COMIC NEWSBy Cole Tometsko

Today, I am going to interview Gabe Levine, who is a Daily Double writer who went to Boston Comic Con and is here to talk about it.

Q: How did you like Boston Comic Con?A: Great! Awesome! Although, it was a bit overcrowded.

Q: Meet any cartoonists?A: No, but I met an actor named Billie Piper.

Q: Did you buy anything?A: Yes, I got an awesome shirt!

Q: Go to any panels?A: Yes, the Movie Debate. I was going to go to another one, but I didn’t have time.

Thanks a lot, Gabe, for letting me interview you. If you have anything related to Comedy and Comics you want me to interview you about, starting this week, I will be taking interviews to get put in the news. Until then, that is the Comedy and Comic news for today and I’ll see you tomorrow for more news.

How to eat a potatoBy Ryan Kane

1. Get a potato2. Eat it

Congratulations! You’ve successfully eaten a potato!

Poetrees: Imagery!!!By Angela “Nickname” WilsonToday I’d write some imagery to change it up a bit. also, here the definition of the word imagery from the internet’s: Full Definition of IMAGERY1:

a: the product of image makers : images; also : the art of making images

b: pictures produced by an imaging system2:

a: figurative language3:

a: mental images; especially : the products of imagination

credit to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imagery for the definition.As the smell of of the eternal fires is wafted down towards the earth, the flying woman prepares to fly. With a WHOOSH! She soars downward, leveling out as she draws towards the mortal world. Her gown of swan white silk bellows out around. Her face is perfect, angelic. Her golden hair is loose and shifts in the wind around her. Her eyes are purest white. She pulls back her arms and shoots off like a bullet. She rockets in a circle around the winter wonderland where everything is dipped in marshmallow fluff. She floats over lake and it is imcity below her in every widening stokes. As she flies, she paints a picture. A picture of a deep, lue coated in a layer of icy frosting. In the morning, the world gasps at the wonder the lies thickly around them.

IDEA BOXBy Francesca Lodovico

These are the actual spellings of the idea box notes. Let’s go!

*swirlswirlswirl*ok. * swirls around 3 times * there, done.

your favorite food and whyPasta because YUMMM

tatt on your arm and urite about i~WHAATT?!

write about if you died yuur hair.if I DIED my hair? I wouldn’t want to kill it! ( well, it’s not alive, but… whatever. )

The fluffiest thing EVERPUSHEENNNNNNN

Interview evil Dante.He’s not that evil!

a review of the DD roomIt’s cool

what color are you quiz1. what color are you?a) the color of my skin2) the color of my skind) the color of my skin

Bye ~ Bye!!!

Reasons Why Bowties Are Cool, Possibly The Coolest.By Rachel Alpert-Wisnia

1. They are the greatest shade of red.2. They are very handsome and flattering.3. They go with any outfit.4. They can save your life.5. In case of a robbery, they are very helpful in

choking the robber.6. They are magical.7. Because Amy Pond says they look good.8. Because The Doctor says so. 9. The Doctor gets to kiss Amy Pond because of

them.10. Because they are cool.

Which Billy Joel Album Should You Listen To?By Maia Kahn

The title is pretty much self-explanatory. Note: Only a few albums are on this list, as the Billy Joel discography consists of 12 albums! I’m using the three I know most well in this article.Here are the genres/types of music I will be basing these albums on:

RockRetroSoft RockPop RockJazz RockNew Wave

1. Rock + New Wave + Soft Rock = Glass HousesYear Released: 1980No. of Songs: 10Personal Faves: “Sometimes a Fantasy”, “I Don’t Want to be Alone”, “Sleeping with the Television On”, “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me”Notes: THIS ALBUM IS SO GOOD! It has a super upbeat, rock-n-roll vibe that makes you want to dance, sing and air-guitar along enthusiastically (listen to “Sometimes a Fantasy” and you’ll know what I’m talking about), yet slows down toward the end with nice songs like “C’etait Toi (You Were the One)” and “Through the Long Night”. There isn’t a single song I dislike on Glass Houses, and it’s one of my favorite albums ever.Fun Fact: The first track (“You May Be Right”) opens with the sound of glass breaking, coinciding with the album title and the cover picture of Joel aiming a rock at a glass house. Billy Joel also won a Grammy Award for “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” for his work on Glass Houses.

2. Retro + Pop Rock = An Innocent ManYear Released: 1983No. of Songs: 10Personal Faves: “An Innocent Man”, ‘Uptown Girl”, ‘The Longest Time”, “Easy Money” Notes: I honestly can’t believe this album didn’t come out in 1960. Billy Joel MASTERED the sound of 50s/60s hits with a series of incredibly accurate homages to various artists, including the Supremes and the Temptations (“Tell Her About It”), Bob Marley (“Keeping the Faith”), and Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (“Uptown Girl”). I also love “Easy Money” (a tribute to James Brown), and the do-woppy a capella track “The Longest Time”. This album has a lot of variety, and it’s fun to listen to. A+!Fun Fact: Billy Joel wrote the material on this album while remembering the music he listened to growing up, and said that during the process he “felt like a teenager all over again”.

3. Rock + Soft Rock + Jazz Rock = The StrangerYear Released: 1977No. of Songs: 9Personal Faves: “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”, “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”, “Only the Good Die Young”, “Vienna”Notes: I looooooove this album! No two songs on The Stranger sound alike, and it has some of my all-time favorite songs on it. It contains amazing tracks including its title song, which is a rock song sandwiched between two iterations of a haunting piano/whistle refrain, if that seems possible. The Stranger also features songs such as the jazzy, 7-and-a-half minute long “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”, rock-and-roll jam “Movin’ Out”, and the always lovely “Vienna”. I dare you not to love this album. It’s just that good.Fun Fact: This is Billy Joel’s best-selling non-compilation album, and was ranked #70 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 greatest albums of all time.

So, I guess that’s it for this article. I hope you take my opinions into consideration, as these are all amazing albums. Happy listening!

Ballet and Hip Hop By Emma Falkowski,Jessica Wen and Tahnyia BlackPhotos by Emma Falkowski, Jessica Wen and Tahnyia Black

On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, we went to Ballet and Hip Hop Junior to see what they were working on. In Ballet we got to see a beautiful performance done and then asked some questions like: what is the hardest dance move in your performance and in general for ballet? They responded with “Tour jete” and for ballet in general they said “arabesque.” We also asked: what are you working on and what are your goals for Festival Day? They stated that they were working on fixing up what they are working on and their goals are to present something that inspires people! In Hip Hop Jr. we got to witness a very entertaining day. It was obvious that they were having fun. We asked them questions to go with the pictures that we took! The first question that we asked was what their hardest move that they have learned in the dance? “Side split” was everyone’s answer. Then we asked them what they were working on at the moment. They said it was called “boom boom pow dance”! We also asked them what their goals were for Festival Day. They said all songs would be put together, which seems like an awesome idea! The last question we asked them was what their favorite part of the class was. They all answered with “the desk routine.”

Quiz: What Food Are You?By Livvy Segall

1. What kind of names do you like?a. top 10b. rare namesc. your named. fandom namese. names that are words

2. How do you break up a fight?a. you don’tb. talk it out carefullyc. talk about how you break up fightsd. refer to your favorite book charactere. Be creative

3. What do you look for in a friend?a. popularityb. caringnessc. liking youd. intelligencee. spunkiness

4. What’s your favorite at-home activity?a. sleepingb. taking walksc. screaming when you’re home aloned. SCIENCE!!!!!!!e. art

5. What’s your favorite electronic device?a. phoneb. iPadc. wi-fi routerd. gaming computere. camera

6. What’s your favorite place to visit?a. a big cityb. familyc. your housed. a librarye. a studio

Ask for AskBy Mr. Ask

Okay, so today I only got one question and I am very sad, but I need more! Here is the one question I got:

Q: Dear Ask for Ask,Should I ask you a question to ask you a question? What I need to know is: what is the best songin the world, or at least on planet earth?signed,Peace for Peace

A: Well… yes. And I think the best song is the campfire song song!

until next time...

If you have mostly…A’s: You are a hamburger and fries! People know who you are, but you can definitely be a pick-me-up.B’s: You are a foreign cuisine! You are wise beyond your years and people still are getting to know you.C’s: You are dessert! You can be annoying sometimes, but you know people just want to be with you. D’s: You are a failed science experiment that just happens to be edible! Self explanatory.E’s: You are a decorated and filled cake! You are always revealing new and artistic things about yourself.

The Chihuahua!By Abby Wilson

Known as the smallest dog in the world, the chihuahua is one of the best breeds of dog. Perfect to spoil and hug and kiss and to fit into a handbag, they come in many different colors like white, black, cream, and a mix of all those colors. The chihuahua has a stubborn but affectionate personality. Their country of origin is Mexico and their lifespan is 12-20 years, which means that if you get one of these fun-loving, tiny dogs, you have a great long time to love them!