Hey THS -- Learn to Walk!

By Alexis Turner, Reporter

Are the hallways your worst nightmare? Have a hard time getting from class to class without bumping into someone or walking behind someone unbearably slow? How about the people who just stand in the middle of the hallway?

Well listen up, because you’re not the only one. Walking through these hallways for the past four years opened my eyes to how inconsiderate we are on a regular basis.
Personal experience: first day of school this year, just walking with a couple friends, and this underclassman comes running through the halls and knocks me side to side. You would think he would turn around and say something along the lines of “I’m sorry” ha, no, he just keeps running through people. Honestly, you will get to class. Trust me.

Then, we have the people who walk at a 0.5 miles per hour pace in the hallway. The “I don’t care about being late to class because I’m so cool” attitude does not make you cool; it makes you look pretty bad. If you want to walk like you’re sleepwalking, stay home, because you annoy half the people in the school who are actually trying to get to class.

Lastly, my favorite, the people who just stand in the middle of the hallway to talk. It doesn’t matter if you talk, but please just do it near a locker or something, instead of being a nuisance and taking up half the hallway, so people have squeeze by you.

I think it’s time we set some ground rules for the hallway.

1. Do not run in the hallway. It’s sad that we need to tell people in high school not to do so. Honestly, if you’re worried about being late, manage your time a little differently.
2. Walk at a moderate pace. There is no reason to walk at a snail’s pace. Just because you may not want to get to class, and you do not care, does not give you the right to make anyone else around you late too.
3. If you want to talk in the hallway, stand by a locker. Stop getting in the way of other people, and holding up traffic.

Teen Wolf - Not Just a Twilight Remake

By: Andy Serven, Reporter

Teen Wolf is a new show that has recently ended its first season on MTV. The show premiered June 5th of 2011, and had 12 episodes throughout the season. Tyler Posey, who appeared in the movies Lincoln Heights and Maid in Manhattan, and also the show Smallville in 2006, plays the main character.

The show is about a teenager in high school named Scott, who plays lacrosse and is bullied by a peer named Jackson. One night, Scott and his best friend Stiles are searching the woods for a dead body reported on the news, when Scott is suddenly attacked by a wolf and later on finds out he has become a werewolf.

He finds a love interest named Allison, and then the trouble begins. Scott faces tons of problems in this show. His girlfriends father and aunt are werewolf hunters, alpha wolf is trying to kill him and his friends, and he is the new captain of the lacrosse team because of his newly acquired speed and strength, but has trouble keeping his temper down without killing an opposing player. A lot of more problems appear just as soon as they all seem to go away in the season finale, and leaves you off with a giant cliffhanger.

I watched every episode of this new show, and actually began to enjoy it. At first I thought, it was just going to be another stupid show like Twilight, and all the girls would be obsessed with it. For me, someone who watched the show rarely saw any resemblance to Twilight.

Unfortunately for Teen Wolf, they are facing the same problem the rest of the movie business is facing. Our generation has assumed any movie with a vampire or werewolf is automatically a spin-off of Twilight. What about a movie like Fright Night (released on August 19th 2011) that is a part horror movie? Is it a Twilight copy because it has a vampire in it?

The new season of Teen Wolf is expected to come out in the summer of 2012. I suggest you watch it because it truly is a great show. It captures romance, fear, suspense, and thrillers all in one episode.

4 Simple Rules to Surviving THS

By: Amanda Welch, Co Editor

Hey Freshman! Welcome to high school! It might seem right now as if the low man on the totem pole, this is going to be the longest four years of your life, but in a blink of an eye it will all be gone. The ride might be a little bumpy and rough at times, but trust me, you will come out just fine. Just follow the simple rules.

            There are so many opportunities in high school, but your first focus is your school work. Don’t blow off a class just because you may not need it to graduate. Every class you take will help you later on in life, even if it doesn’t seem like it now. Take all classes seriously. Take notes in class. If the teacher puts it on the board, she or he is not doing it for their own health, they know it already. Pay attention at all times and do not waste time by socializing.

 Study a little bit every day for each class because this will help you retain the information and it means you will not be trying to learn 3 weeks worth of material the night before the test. Just look over your notes that you took for the day and the day before.

Do all your homework. It is only 10% of your grade, which doesn’t seem like much but that 10% is a difference between failing and passing. Failing behind on your assignments will lead to unneeded stress. Learning time management is extremely important.

Come to school every day, everyone has days where they don’t want to be here, but even if you come, you will learn something and have less work to make up.

Get involved; join a sport or a club or band. Dare to go out of your comfort zone and try something new. It is true that academics should be your top priority, but being a well-rounded student is also important. By joining extracurricular activities, you will meet many potential friends. Being involved gives you an edge in applying for scholarships, admission to colleges later. College is right around the corner, it’s never too early to start thinking about it.

Do not be afraid to branch out and try something new. Don’t think you are too cool for a club or because you join a club you will lose friends. If there isn’t a club that interests you then start a new one! Some of the clubs are: Ceramics Club, Guitar Club, Multicultural Diversity Club, Oceanography Club and many more!

Explore all your opinions. Think about your future, you don’t need to plan out your whole life right now as a freshman, but do everything possible to grow your knowledge. It might seem like college is far away and you have plenty of time before you need to start thinking, but the days will slip by you in a snap of a finger.

Remember the 4 rules:

1.School is work

2.Get Involved

3.Think about your future

4.Get to know your teachers

High school marks the beginning of your independence and eventual self-reliance. Good luck and enjoy the ride.

Pretty Little Liars Recap

By: Tiana DeLorge, Reporter

As summer started, Season 2 of “Pretty Little Liars” began. The four girls, Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily, were forced into therapy with the local therapist, Anne Sullivan, who was surprisingly understanding and willing to hear all of their problems, but most importantly their secrets.

            Yet, when she asks them to find other friends separately, the girls become upset and concerned, seeing as it couldn’t have come at a worse time.

Spencer still has a relationship with Toby while Aria and Ezra hope to go public with their relationship, as Ezra has moved to Hollis College to teach.

 Emily may move to Texas, and Hanna has some very confused feelings now that Caleb’s back in town.

Not to mention Ian may still be alive! Jason DiLaurentis has moved back into town, and Spencer’s sister Melissa has been acting strange since Ian has disappeared.

            Through all the crazy twists and turns of the summer from Emily moving in with Hanna, Dr. Sullivan’s office being trashed, and finding Ian’s dead body, to Hanna’s father coming back into town, and the fashion show disaster.

As Aria’s brother becomes distant and begins lashing out, “A” puts HGH in Emily’s shoulder cream and putting her in the hospital and threatening to expose the traces of HGH (that could put her in a lot of trouble for swimming in college.)

“A” even comes in contact and touches Emily, which leads to the season finale where Dr. Sullivan finds out who “A” is, only to be kidnapped and have the girls framed with Ali’s murder weapon. The girls find themselves in trouble with the police yet again, just as they were at the end of last season. 

            Check out the Pretty Little Liars Halloween event coming Wednesday, October 19^th!

Crossing the Bridge with Nick Collins

By Mr. Vergaro, Guest Reporter

Life was good, and it was about to get better. I was on my way to Green Bay, Wisconsin, for a Packers’ Shareholder meeting. Green Bay, the center of the football universe! For a fan, it was a bucket list trip. I had been to games years ago, but now I had a chance to attend a shareholder’s meeting at Lambeau Field and the in the Hall of Fame.

I had an exit row seat on the flight out of Detroit, and even better yet, I was alone in the exit row. Leg room and privacy were mine. The flight attendant offered a seat in the exit row to another passenger, assuring him that he would welcome the extra space. I made room for a twenty-something (28, in fact) black man wearing an Angles baseball cap (slightly sideways). The guy was obviously an athlete, and with training camp opening up in two days, I didn’t need to be a genius to figure out this was one of the Green Bay Packers.

The football player glanced over. He saw what I I see in the mirror every day. He saw a conservatively dressed, 55-year-old white guy with a military buzz cut. He immediately pulled out an iPod and put in his ear buds. Seriously, what could we have in common with each other? He sees a fan and expects the same tired questions, so he sends out the message with his ear buds. He wants his privacy. I respect his space, and pull out the book I was reading, A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin.

The professional athlete glanced over at my book, a nd then I see the double-take. Out come the ear buds. He asks me about the book. He is watching the adaptation of the book in the form of an HBO series. And so it begins. I get an hour and a half talking to Nick Collins, a Superbowl winner, and the starting safety on the Green Bay Packers.

The book was the bridge. We did have something in common. We had a story, a fictional world and a narrative that drew up both in. And once we crossed that bridge, we found that we had much more in common. At the end of the flight, when we shook hand and I said, “It’s been a pleasure,” he responded with a very genuine, “Yes, it really has been.”

The moral? Read. It will enrich life and provide connections that cut across age, race, professions, and every other barrier life tries to put up. Reading bridges our differences and provides one more piece of common ground.

Oh, and of course, “Go, Pack, Go!”