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Congratulations to
the MEMS
Modified Cheer
Team on their great
win on November
10th at Elmira
College. Their
routine was
amazing and their
stunts were
unbelievable!! They
won 1st place in
senior rec division
and won grand
champion too. The
team did amazing-
all the flyers stuck
their stunts & stood
tight!! The seniors
for the Modified
Cheer Team that
are going to varsity
next year, are:
Klarissa Wankel,
Courtney
Keesler,
Tori
Mapes,
Jessica
Nicholson,
Courtney
Carr, Maria
Russo, and
me, Tori Edwards.
What a great year
we had girls, and I
can’t wait for next
year!! Thanks to all
our couches &
fans!!
Interview with Haley Ritter By Mackenzie Drum
Q: What was your favorite
book of The Hunger Games
trilogy?
A: ―The Hunger Games‖
Q: What do you like to do on
your free time?
A: Do extra-curricular music
activities
Q: What is your favorite
sport?
A: Basketball
Q: If you could change
anything, what would it
be?
A: … I have many
answers for that
Cheerleading 1
Student Interview 1
Holiday Items 2,3,4
Media & Entertainment 5,6,8,11,12
Feature Articles 7,8,10,13,14
Puzzles 2,3,4,9,12
Student Art 14
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Newspaper Club Members Casey Adrian Gracie Allen Yamilex Amador Allison Baumgart Haleigh Bodine Jay Bradley Jillian Bradley Madison Button Halie Carden Bradley Cook Gavin Demilio Mackenzie Drum Cameron Folejewski
Samantha Fowler Grace Goosman Alexandria Hegedis Kara McKilligan Sarah McKinney Paige Merrill Sarina Murcko Taylor Olson Alison Otis Maci Petrolle Madison Petrolle Genevieve Picciano Nick Picciano Victoria Reed Gavin Rice Haley Ritter
Joseph Scherer Justin Sweet Eli Taylor Hannah Weber Aaron Woodward Jarred Woodward New members are always welcome. See Miss Hitchcock in the Library to join.
By Tori Edwards
Thanksgiving is the most exciting
time of the year. The most
thankful moment would be when
you have a feast and all of your
family and friends come over. It
is when you laugh at their not-so-
funny jokes, when you give them
hugs to show you care. When
you eat like you just don’t
care. When they kiss you and
pinch your cheeks to show
that they care. These are all things part of
Thanksgiving. Some people don’t like Thanksgiving,
but my opinion is Thanksgiving is awesome.
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Holidays
Thanksgiving
By: Alexandria Hegedus
T HE M EMS TI ME S
Winter Poem By Maci Petrolle
Snow falling in the sky,
Falling far in sight,
All the nights you stay awake,
Watching snowflakes in your state
Waiting for tomorrow to come,
To play in the white soft snow.
By Halie Carden
The crunch of leaves satisfies me as I
walk along the trees.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Brown, and even green dot the trees.
Some of the trees are already bare. Signifying that winter is almost here.
As I breathe in deeply, I smell rain and leaves.
I pray that fall will never ever end.
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Winter Word Search By Madison Button
Find all the words and the
leftover letters will make a phrase.
Write the results at the bottom!
Christmas Word Search By Taylor Olson
CHRISTMAS
FROST
GIFTS
ICE
SNOW
VACATION
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CHIMNEY
CHRISTMAS
ELF
SANTA
SNOW
SNOWDAY
STAR
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Christmas Jumble By Kirstin Hyatt
T HE M EMS TI ME S
Winter Wordsearch By Kirstin Hyatt
ANGEL
BELLS
CHRISTMAS
MANTLE
ORNAMENTS
SANTA
SNOW
STAR
STOCKINGS
TREE
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dunk and shot 3 pointers. My
favorite NBA player is LeBron
James. So all I can say is that NBA
NBA 2k14 is about the ability to shot and
pass. I play the game as the Heat, which is
my favorite team. I like how LeBron
James gets better in each NBA
game. The graphics get better
each year. My favorite part
about NBA2k14 is you can
make your own shoes. I also
like to play 1v1. Also I like to
Duck Dynasty is an American
reality television series on A&E. It
shows the lives of the Robertson
family, who became wealthy from
their family-owned business, Duck
Commander, operated in West
Monroe, Louisiana, which makes
products for duck hunters,
primarily the duck call named
Duck Commander. The Robertson
men, brothers Phil, Si, and Phil's
sons Jase, Willie, and Jep, are
known for their long beards. The
business began in a family shed,
where Phil Robertson spent 25 years making duck calls
from Louisiana cedar trees. His son Willie is now the CEO
of the company. You should definitely check it out!!
cooler than everyone else. We
are role models for the 6th and 7th
graders. I have seen people
pushing 6th and 7th graders out of
the way saying 8th GRADE
PRIVELEGE! That’s just mean!
This is not all of the 8th graders,
but to the people who do these
I am an 8th grader, but I don’t go
around saying things like ―8th
GRADE PRIVELEGE! Like,
that is the stupidest thing I have
ever heard in my life. Some, not
all 8th graders do this and they
try to act cooler than everybody
else. Just because we are 8th
graders doesn’t mean we are
things, I say ―Think before you
do and act.‖
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NBA 2k14 get in the action By Eli Taylor
Duck Dynasty Biography By Samantha Fowler
Dear 8th Graders, by the Grey Boots
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Your Monthly Dose of Broadway
T HE M EMS TI ME S
This week’s featured musical:
NEWSIES
By Anonymous-Even-Though-You-Can-Most-Likely-Guess-Who-It-Is-But-Being-Anonymous-
Sounds-Cooler
Since I saw this most recently; just before school started, I
felt it fitting to make this a show the column focuses on.
The musical from the wonderful minds of Alan
Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein based on the
actual newsboy strike of 1899, only very recently took to
the Great White Way. The main character is a young man
named Jack Kelly, played (in the original cast) by Jeremy
Jordan. He has a job selling newspapers, along with many
other boys of various ages. The money he makes barely
allows him to survive. Jack has a dream of someday making
it to Santa Fe, but the harsh environment and working
conditions are not helpful in allowing him to achieve that
dream.
The plot thickens when the price of papers increases,
causing the “newsies” to go on strike. (Newsies have to buy
papers from a company to sell, and if the price increases,
they can’t buy- and therefore sell- as many newspapers).
Corey Cott, the actor that I saw as Jack Kelly, delivers a
magnificent, awe-inspiring performance in “The World Will Know” that I am
not able to do justice to simply using words. He shows such anger and such
passion that I was brought to tears upon witnessing this performance.
Act I ends with a reprise of “Santa Fe”, in which Jack sings of his dream.
The audience was left intrigued and empathetic for the characters as they
eagerly awaited the second act. Upon returning from the intermission, the cast
delivers a consistently phenomenal performance, with some of The best
choreography on Broadway today. Kara Lindsay plays Katherine, the female
lead, opposite Corey Cott. The two characters, of course fall in love. Act II
shows us the progress of the newsboys’ strike, and Jack’s inner conflicts; for he
must decide if he wishes to leave for Santa Fe or continue leading the strike.
Each performance leaves anyone watching
it feeling more and more compassion for
the characters.
“Newsies” is an entertaining and
inspiring musical with great music and
fantastic choreography, and a good show
for people of all ages to go see.
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to our friends or family members
because swearing is natural all
around the world. Some adult
started it and they passed it on
through the years to today. We
swear because of our parents
using foul language in front of
us. This is a bad example to us
and then to our kids/friends/
uncles/aunts, etc. We swear
because we think it’s funny and
awesome. Also is because we
swear naturally in our lives
because it’s funny. In
conclusion we swear because we
think we are very awesome and
swearing is funny, but we really
shouldn’t swear.
Many times
we swear
for no
reason at
all. We
swear when
we get mad or because we get
angry and out of control, but it
becomes a bad habit. And we
become to think it’s funny to do
Have you been bullied?
The school has been
trying to cut down on
bullying. So if you are
being bullied, don’t just
stand there and take it…
TAKE A
STAND!
speaks seems to cast an
unspoken spell over the receiver
of the miniscule vibrations
traveling, destination-bound,
through air currents.
The amazing powering of
verbalizing one’s thoughts
comes not from- contrary to
popular belief- an extensive
amount of knowledge, but
simply from a large vocabulary.
Building this vocabulary is far
from simple, for one must take
It is often disregarded in the
community in which youth dwell
that frequently peoples’ concern
focuses not on subject matter,
but in the way it is stated. When
one sounds literate, they
encompass the very essence of
every printed word; every
utterance ever to be muttered by
man. The admiration provided
by those that are able to hear
one’s simple articulation will
amaze you. That which one
an interest in learning and be
very dedicated to truly achieve
this excellent status. When I, for
example, come upon a word
which I am not familiar with, I
simply enter a search in the
internet (Google,
preferably) or a
dictionary, if
there is one
nearby. It is quite
simple.
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Why Do People Swear? By Joey Scherer
Take A Stand By Haleigh Bodine
Language
R5 is a band composed of the
Lynch family:
1. Ross Lynch is the lead vocalist
2. Riker Lynch is the guitarist
3. Rydell Lynch is keyboard/
vocals
4. Rocky Lynch is guitar/ vocals
5. Ratliff is the drummer
Before R5 entered the studio to
record their Hollywood Records
debut album no one told them
what to do. No one needed to.
The band knew exactly what
they wanted: to make an
album perfect for playing in
the car. And by that they
meant summer nights, with
the top down, cruising
down the highway and
cranking the music up. Not
just loud. Louder.
1. There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your
own way.
-Christopher Morley
2. The greatest results in life are usually attained by simply means
and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These for the most part be
summed in these two: common sense and perseverance.
-Owen Feltham
3. The difference between a successful person and others is not a
lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
-Vince Lombardi
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R5 By: Jarred Woodward
3 Important Life Quotes to Know Collected by Alexandria Hegedus
T HE M EMS TI ME S
Key:
Mostly A’s –You are an evil
minion that is very purple.
Also, you have very poofy hair.
Mostly B’s- You are a very
silly and very yellow. Also,
you barely have any hair.
What color do you prefer?
A. Purple
B. Yellow
Do you prefer? A. Poofy hair
B. Barely any hair
What are you
A. Mentally crazy
B. Funny
Do you like to be?
A. Grumpy
B. Happy
What minion are you? (from Despicable me 2) By Taylor Olson
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ART
BINDER
ENGLISH
FOLDER
FRIENDS
HEALTH
HOMECAREERS
HOMEWORK
LIBRARY
MATH
PREPARED
RESPONSIBLE
SCIENCE
SOCIALSTUDIES
TEACHERS
TECH
WORK
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School Word Search by Madison Button
Broadway Actors/
Actresses By Gracie Allen
down.
―The Little Prince‖ By: John
Merrick,
Sometimes I think my head is
so big because it is so full of
dreams.
―Beautiful Things‖ By: Andain
I forgot that I might to see so
many beautiful things, I forgot
that I might need to find out
what life could bring.
―Hamlet‖ By: Shakespeare,
What a piece of work is a man,
how noble in reason, How
infinite in faculty, In form and
moving how express and
admirable, In action how like
an angel, In apprehension how
like a god, The beauty of the
world.
―Beautiful Child‖ By: Eurythmic
You’re gonna reach the sky.
Fly, beautiful child.
―Wonder‖ By: Natalie Merchant,
Fate smiled and destiny laughed
as she came to my cradle.
―Space Oddity‖ By: David Bowie,
Far above the world planet
Earth is blue and there is
nothing I can do.
―Beautiful‖ By: Christina Aguilera,
You are beautiful no matter
what they say, Words can’t
bring you down, You are
beautiful in every single way,
Yes, words can’t bring you
Cassidy ran off. Later we found
her with a broken foot. Then we
got to the hospital. It took four
hours but we got a room.
Maggie was calm, but all the rest
of us were nervous. Then we
Hey there, Holly here. We were
at Boarding school, my friends
and I - Cassidy, Olivia, Maggie,
and now Yami. We escaped. It
took two tries but we escaped.
We were in the woods, then
saw it. In the window we saw…
SLENDER MAN AND
BLOODY MARY
To be continued...
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10 Seconds to Run, Part 2 By Haleigh Bodine
T HE M EMS TI ME S
School Word Find By: Madison Petrolle
ART
BOOKS
ENGLISH
FRIENDS
HEALTH
MATH
PAPER
PEN
PENCILS
QUIZZES
SCHOOL
SCIENCE
STUDY
TEACHERS
TECHNOLOGY
TESTS
TEXTBOOKS
Quotes of the Month from Wonder By Alexandria Hegedus
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Lorien, where the people that live
there have powers that we dream of
having, Strength, Speed, and other
hidden abilities called ―Legacies‖.
Number Four is in Florida with his
Cêpan, or a Protector of the Loric
and at a beach party. While on a
boat talking to a girl, Number Four
gets his third scar, signaling that
Number Three is dead and the
Mogadorians are coming after him
next. He jumps off the boat and
swims to his house, and Number
Four and his Cêpan, Henri leave
Florida and head to Ohio. John
meets a girl named Sarah and they
instantly fall in love. He also meets
his new best friend Sam Goode
while he is being picked on by
Mark James,
Sarah’s ex. To
find out what
happens, read the
amazing book I
Am Number
Four today!!!!
Now, most people might not know
what this book series is, so I’ll start
off with the first book and work my
way up the series. This is the first
book in the Lorien Legacies series,
and it is narrated in the perspective
of Number Four (or John Smith as
he is called in Ohio). Now you’re
probably wondering ―Who is Num-
ber Four?‖ and ―This is so confus-
ing.‖ Well I’m here to clear the air
of your confusion. The story starts
off explaining the Loric’s back-
ground. They come from the planet
1) What would you do if a
bolder is in your way?
a. BREAK IT!
b. Go around
c. Dig under
d. That won’t happen
2) What would you do if fire
is in your way?
a. WALK THROUGH!
b. Rock
c. Try ice
d. Leave me alone
3) What would you do if 2 annoying
blue and pink haired people were
in your way?
a. machamp brick break
b. dugtrio earthquake
c. Pikachu thunderbolt
d. I don’t care
4) A really hard gym leader is in your
way. What would you do?
a. DYNAMIC PUNCH!!!!!!!!!
b. Water gun
c. Thunder
d. I’m calling the cops if u don’t
leave me alone
ANSWERS
All a’s or mostly a’s: machamp. You’re a
big brute you do things your way.
All b’s or mostly b’s: dugtrio
All c’s or mostly c’s: Pikachu! You’re cute
but strong nothing can get in your way
All d’s or mostly d’s: You’re rude and
crude to all pokemon. See a picture of sad
togapi? You made him feel that way
Lab Rats is a show on Disney XD that
is about bionic kids (Chase, Bree, and
Adam) and their step brother Leo.
They have many adventures.
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I Am Number Four book review By Jarred Woodward
What are you? By: A Random MEMS Student
Lab Rats on Disney XD
Now I know that your hearts all must
be racing in excitement right now
because of this article. But fear not.
Your lives will be spared. I am here to
tell you everything on this current
season of the smash hit TV show:
GLEE!!!!!
Well, let us start off with the season
premiere. In the 2-part season premiere
it was a one and only Beatles tribute!
After the New Directions won at
Regionals against the Hoosierdaddies,
(I think the judges we’re picked at the
last minute, they should have tied at
least) Kurt stays in Lima for Blaine,
and when they are having a picnic in
the courtyard, Blaine and Kurt sing a
Beatles duet and then they get back
together. While Blaine try’s to find a
way to get the New Directions, The
Warblers, and Vocal Adrenaline to
prepare a number so Blaine can
propose to Kurt, Senior Prom is among
us and Tina and Kitty are prom queen
candidates, Kitty is determined to help
Tina win. In New York, Rachel is so
excited that she got her dream role on
Broadway, Funny Girl. But when prom
is finally here, the candidates are all
excited to find out who won and it
turns out its Tina! But when she gets
her crown, the new head Cheerio, Bree,
dumps a huge bucket of red dye slushy
all over her! Kitty lends Tina her dress
and they sing 2 last Beatle songs and
the episode ends. In the saddening third
episode, the wake of Finn's sudden
death has old friends return to
McKinley to grieve in the only way
they know, by singing. Kurt, Burt and
Carole sort out Finn's belongings; Sue,
Santana and Puck seek guidance as
their anger and pain over Finn's death
frustrates them; Will and Beiste assist
in helping everybody else grieve but
Emma realises that Will isn't allowing
himself time to cry and Rachel makes a
return to McKinley, presenting the
Glee Club with something meaningful.
It took about three weeks after that for
the 4th episode, ―A Katy or A Gaga":
Nationals is in six weeks and Mr.
Schue has just got the secret setlist of
the New Direction's competition at
Nationals. One of the show
choirs, Throat Explosion proves to be a
threat, and so, Will gives the Glee Club
an assignment: Katy Perry or Lady
Gaga. The Katy's will sing Gaga songs
while the Gaga's will sing Katy songs.
Given the assignment, Sam is eager to
use it to improve the chances of him
and Penny getting together, Marley
struggles to become a Gaga and
impress Jake and Sue and Bree have
bad plans, involving the Glee Club. In
New York, Kurt's Madonna Cover
band is in development as one stunning
performer, Elliott "Starchild" Gilbert
(a.k.a. ADAM LAMBERT!!) ,
auditions, causing Kurt to become
conflicted. But in the 5th episode, ―The
End of Twerk‖, Mr. Schue takes this
opportunity to let the Glee Club to
explore the ― ―dance of the century‖,
twerking. But Sue is already on her
way to ending the Twerk at McKinley,
igniting the war between her and Will
one step further. Furthermore, at
McKinley, tension and drama arises as
Unique continues to be harassed and
bullied as she enters the boy's bathroom
and Jake and Bree's affair is finally
revealed to Marley. In New York,
rebellion is in the air after Rachel takes
a risk with Funny Girl and convinces
Kurt to get tattoos, however, for both
Kurt and Rachel, rebellion often comes
with a risk. The Glee Club also does
another tribute to one Mister, Billy Joel
in the 6th episode. Graduation is coming
soon and Sue begins an annual Careers
Fair for students to explore careers and
dreams to pursue. However, there isn't
anything supporting the Arts and
Theatre and Will assigns the Glee Club
with Billy Joel music, a person who
struggled as an artist but managed to
pursue his dreams and become a well-
known star. At McKinley, Artie
attempts to help Becky take a chance
with college against Sue's decision to
keep her at McKinley and Jake's
attitude after Marley dumped him
worsens, with Ryder deciding to
interfere. Blaine and Sam depart to
New York for a week to prepare for
their careers: Blaine's audition for
NYADA and Sam's interview for his
scholarship at Hunter. However, due to
Sam's lack of passion for college,
Rachel assists in Sam's career in male-
modeling and Blaine has a change of
heart to what he wants to do in the
future. Then in the confusing, and
interesting 7th episode, Blaine becomes
incredibly controlling when the time
comes for the Glee Club to brainstorm
ideas for the upcoming National
Championships. When he decides to
ask Kurt for more advice, Kurt calls
him a "Puppet Master", forcing Blaine
to become more controlling and
furious. Back in New York, Kurt has
trouble, being a puppet master himself
as he attempts to find a venue for
Pamela Lansbury's first gig, to which
his other bandmates aren't too keen
about. At McKinley, Jake gets a
shocker from Bree and Sue struggles
with her femininity. They end with the
most dumbest song known to man,
―The Fox‖.
I hope that this was a catch-up on Glee
if you haven’t seen this season.
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Glee Season 5
T HE M EMS TI ME S
V OLU ME 1, ISS UE 1
Summertime Sadness- Lana
Del Rey & Cedric Gervais
Safe And Sound- Capital
Cities
Radioactive- Imagine Drag-
ons
Sail- Awolnation
Gorilla- Bruno Mars
Still In You- Paramore
Berzerk- Eminem
We Can’t Stop- Miley Cyrus
Mirrors- Justin Timberlake
Clarity- Zedd and Foxes
Brave- Sara Bareilles
Get Lucky- Daft Punk and
Pharrell Williams
TKO- Justin Timberlake
Give it to you- Robin Thicke
and Kendrick Lamar
Can’t Hold Us- Macklemore
and Ryan Lewis
Royals- Lorde
Roar- Katy Perry
Wrecking Ball- Miley Cyrus
Wake Me Up- Avicii
Holy Grail- Jay Z and Justin
Timberlake
Applause- Lady Gaga
Demons- Imagine Dragons
What does the fox say- Ylvis
Blurred Lines- Robin
Thicke, T.I, Pharrell
Habitat
Rainforest of central
and south America.
Also the Hawaiian
islands.
Diet in the wild
Spiders
Small insects-ants and termites
Diet in the zoo
Small crickets
Life span
Can live more than 10 years in captivity
FUN FACT
Did you know that the poison dart frog’s
beautiful colors are warnings to potential
predators that the frogs are poison?
around. She has very short, legs
and a weird, long, serpent-like
body. Her lower jaw is shorter
than her upper jaw, and her teeth
never grew in which is why her
tongue is always hanging outside
her mouth.
Lil bub is a ―perma-kitten‖, which
means she will stay kitten sized
and keep her kitten-like features
her entire life. She also has a case
of dwarfism, which means her
limbs are disproportionate relative
to the rest of her body and she
sometimes has difficulty moving
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Top Song List By Kirstin Hyatt
Poison Dart Frogs By Taylor Olson
Lil bub!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were pets owned
by Queen Victoria
They can be an
enlivening and
enchanting companion
In China they originally
known as the Foo
They have been
around for at least
2,000 years
They are intelligent
and can be quite
energetic
In European countries
they were called
―Mops‖
They can be black,
gray, or gold
They are said to
have saved the life
of William of
Orange by barking
at an assassin
Their stare looks
defiant and stern,
but it masks a
playful personality
Fun Facts on Pugs! By Mackenzie Drum
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By Sarah McKinney
Chibi Katniss Chibi Peeta
NYS Champs!