May 7, 2008 131 High School Road Latrobe, PA Volume 85 Issue 13

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PANA emulatesthe need for

exerciseCourtney Briggs

Staff WriterPennsylvanian Advocates for Nutrition and Activity also

known as PANA, hosted Move it Outside Day which occurred on April23, 2008. Move it Outside day encouraged students to go outsideinstead of just sitting inside the house. Also, Move it Outside Day con-tributed as a celebration that occurred during National Turn off the TVWeek to encourage school-age students to be active.

On April 23, teachers were to come to school dressed in activewear to encourage the plan. They were also to participate in this activ-ity with the students. For GLSD specifically, a wellness committee wascreated which meets twice a year. They talk about new initiatives tohelp deal with health and diet, and created a program to help improvefitness for GLSD. PANA began operating in January 2003 and has beenstrong ever since. Mrs. Rost, the school nurse was in full support of theday to help increase students activity.

Move it Outside Day was a nationwide event for any schoolthat wishes to participate. The purpose is to help kids get outside.PANA’s mission statement is that they “work collectively to make iteasier to be healthy in the places we live, learn, work and play bychanging environments to support healthier eating and physical activi-ty options.”

On Wednesday, most teachers planned their curriculumaround the special fitness day. The teachers could have let their stu-dents go outside for physical fitness, by either walking around theschool or jogging. The teacher could have also made a choice to havetheir students participate in other fitness activities. The teachers werenot all required to participate, but it was considered extra support forthe day itself. Teachers such as Miss. Harvey, Mrs. Ryder, Mrs.Bronson, Miss. McLaughlin, and Mrs. Bryner took their students out-side to go on a walk for fitness.

Mr. Duda, Academic English 3 teacher was noticed outsidewith his students sitting in chairs while doing a school-related activity.

Miss Harvey, a Spanish teacher took her classes outside aswell. She incorporated Spanish into her classes’ day outside by havingthem learn words to describe the outdoors. Harvey says, “We learned afew words in Spanish and then would run outside from for example atree to the building.”

Mrs. Bryner, a math teacher taking advantage of the day says,“The weather was excellent, and it was a good opportunity to get out ofthe classroom and to take pictures for the geometry digital photo proj-ect. It was enjoyed and appreciated by all.”

Junior Rachel DeFelice, a student in Academic English 3 says,“Mr. Duda let us go outside to have a group discussion. This was nicebecause it gave us the opportunity to be outside in the fresh air insteadof being cooped up inside like we do everyday.”

Senior Josh Pratt also participated in the Move it Outside dayby going outside for most of his classes. Pratt thought the program wasa success and said, “It gave students a change to get some fresh air andexercise.”

Although the program only lasts one day, any students thatwill be outside and exercise as a part of a daily routine will result inpositive changes. With summer coming soon, the weather should warmup and most students will have free time. This will result in studentsspending more time outside, and some may even participate in activi-ties to help eliminate obesity.

Every spring, juniorsprepare to take the PSSA tests.Normally they just need tocatch up on their reading andmath skills but this year for thefirst time they will need to lookover their sciences as well. OnApril 29 and May 1 the juniors,eighth graders and fourthgraders of the Greater LatrobeSchool District will take thescience part of the PSSA’s.Students have already complet-ed the English and Math partsof the test in March.

Last year a variety offield tests were given in orderto come up with a series ofquestions that were considered‘good’ questions. After sam-pling over a dozen versions ofthe test, the best questions were

used to form the final SciencePSSA exam.

What makes theScience test different from theEnglish and Math of the tests isthat there are so many differentfields of science taught by avariety of different teachers.The test included all the differ-ent areas of Science such asBiology, Chemistry, Earth andSpace including Astronomy,Physical, Environment, lowerlevel Physics, and the ability toread charts and graphs. Thequestions are divided upbetween multiple choice andshort and long open ended.Some science teachers willgive a review packet to the stu-dents to help refresh theirmemories of material theylearned a few years ago.

“The Science topics

included in the PSSAs areareas in which I can not recallas easily as I can Math andEnglish. So I do not think that Iwill do very well on them,”said junior Connor Kuntz.

Science departmenthead Mr. Brandt said, “I’mvery curious to see how ourstudents do on the testsbecause traditionally we’vedone very well on the APSciences tests. So it will beinteresting to see how the jun-ior class as a whole does over-all.” By adding the new science partof the PSSA test the state willget a better understanding ofthe knowledge level of eachstudent. “The state said weneed to do the test so we’regiving the test. There’s notmuch we can do about it but try

our best,” said Brandt. Onenegative area about the test isthat they contain material thatstudents following the lab sci-ence schedule have notlearned.

“I don’t think it is fairbecause I haven’t had thechance to take astronomybecause I am in the higherlevel science class,” said juniorRenee Lundquist. Studentswho started their lab sciencesin 9th grade with biology havenot yet taken classes such asastronomy by their junior year.However this seems to be theonly negative side of the test.By establishing how much stu-dents know, teachers will beable to advance the studies andfocus on what each studentneeds help with.

Mary MaattaStaff Writer

Juniors take new science PSSA testThroughout the school

year, GLSHS students experi-enced an unusual smell whenwalking through the s-hallway.The same smell was commonlast year, but an explanationwas not provided as to whatwas causing it. Everyone fromteachers to students had a the-ory as to what was causing thesmell, but it was not until acouple months ago that theproblem was fixed.

There were problemsas students had to sit throughclasses while the smell lin-gered around them. For manystudents this was a challengebut agree that they eventuallygot used to it. Walking throughthe s-hall to adjoining hall-ways and going to lockersbothered students who did not

want to put up with the smell. Putting rumors to rest,

Dr. Teppert explains the smellwas caused by a lack of waterrunning through the air condi-tioning pipes which wereturned off during the wintermonths. “As soon as the prob-lem was made aware to me Imade a call the Director ofMaintenance and the problemwas solved,” said Teppert.

Once it was time forthe air conditioning to beturned on water was placedinto the pipes. The smell hassince gone, but is still a com-mon topic in conversations.For now the problem has beensolved and everyone hopesthat the solution of water keepsthe smell from coming back.

Kaitlin ZurawskyStaff Writer

Students prepare for prom“A night to treasure”

The junior and seniorclass officers and advisors,Mrs. Kalp and Mrs. Burford,will host Greater Latrobe’sprom on May 9-10 in the highschool gymnasium. The grandmarch will be held at 8:30 pmand the doors will open forstudents to leave at 5:00 am.

This year’s theme forprom is “A Night to Treasure,”which was chosen by the jun-ior class officers, PaigeBlawas, Alicia Kolling, KatieGettemy, Connor Shields, andsenior class officers TommyNemunaitis, Mike Roach,Heather Prah, and LaurenTaylor. The decorations willportray pirates and provide atropical feel with palm trees,lanterns, and a silhouette of a

pirate ship as a backdrop. Ifthe night provides nice weath-er, the courtyard will possiblybe open for the students tospend time in.

Tickets cost $85 percouple and the activities sup-plied will make the cost wellworth it. Throughout the nightthe prom will feature a balloontwister, handwriting analyst,palm reader, and a caricaturist.Movies in the auxiliary gymwill also be shown. A DJ, whohas been coming to theGLSHS prom for about tenyears, will be appearing also.

Prom king and queenwill be chosen randomly.When students buy their tick-ets, they will be given thechance to enter a raffle forprom king and queen, whichwill then be picked at the

beginning of the prom. This isdone so that all students have afair chance to be chosen.

“We are having aboutthree times as much food thanat last year’s prom,” saidKolling. In the commons areaafter the grand march,Chocolate Dipping Stationswill be available with manyitems included to dip in them.From midnight to 2:30 am,dinner will be held in a buffetstyle. Four stations will be atthis buffet, and students willhave plenty of time to enjoy it.The first station is American,which will have items such aspotatoes and chicken. TheAsian station will provideshrimp and different types ofrice, while the Mexican stationwill have tacos, nachos, andtoppings. Finally, the Italian

station will have sauces, noo-dles, and meatballs. Pop andjuice will also be provided.After the buffet from 2:30 to4:30 an Ice Cream SundaeStation with ice cream and tendifferent toppings will be setup to finish the night.

Students attending willonly be able to take a changeof shoes. All school rules andregulations apply. Studentsare not allowed to leave at anytime throughout the prom andattendance will be limited to500 people, or 250 couples.Tickets were sold from April21 to April 25. A registrationform was required to purchasea ticket.

“A Night to Treasure”will be an unforgettable andenjoyable night for everyonewho jumps at the chance to go.

Success at Wildcat MallOn Friday, April 25, 2008 junior

Joey Churbock visited the Ice Ice Babystand at the Wildcat Mall by NatalieSnizaski and Connor Shields. TheGLSHS Commons area was bustling withexcitement and students throughout theday.

“The subs were the best prod-uct,” said sophomore Julie Hendrickson.

During the mall, Nick Loyaconaof Dunk A Nade said, “Business is goingreally well, we are having a lot of fun.”Loyacona and his business partner JeffSmail saw that the Sub Zero and JuicyNugs were their biggest competition, butthey attracted customers by being friend-ly and getting the attention of people asthey walk by. Smail believed they, “Hadan edge selling a product not available ingrocery stores.”

Ariana Richards of Sweet n’Salty said, “The morning started off slowbut during lunches we began makinggood money.” Reflecting on the experi-ence throughout the day she felt prepared,saying, “The booth ran very smoothly.”

“It’s a great day, we’re makingmoney,” said Curtis Colaianne of DaintyDelights. His business partner AndrewOshnock believed Baked Arcade was thebiggest competition, but the cookies“speak for themselves” attracting cus-

tomers.Overall the mall was a success

staying busy throughout the day, provid-ing entertainment for visiting students

and also a real life experience of runningtheir own business for the students ofEntrepreneurship class.

Kristina WigginsStaff Writer

Photo submitted by: Mr. Krack

Senior Alyssa Hennessy, Junior Connor Shields, and Sophomore Natalie Snizaski from Mrs.Kalp’s Real Entrepreneurship classes participate in running booths during the first sessionof the Wildcat Mall. A second session will be held on May 16, 2008. Hennessy ran theSweet n’ Salty booth while Shields and Snizaski participated in the IceIce Baby booth.

Anna SylvesterStaff Writer

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Pennsylvania Free EnterpriseWeek On Thursday April 17, 2008Michelle Warofka came to GreaterLatrobe High School to speakabout Pennsylvania Free EnterpriseWeek. Pennsylvania FreeEnterprise Week is considered oneof the top ranked summer camps inPennsylvania. The students stay atLycoming College and workedwith 17 other to run their own busi-ness. Applications for this greatopportunity are due on Monday,May 5, 2008.

SAT Study Help All students that plan on taking theAP, SAT, or ACT tests have theopportunity to use the library. Thelibrary has a collection of a varietyof study guides, practice Art Field TripOn Friday April 25, 2008 Mrs.Gaudino took seniors AllisonKinney, Ashley Sherback, juniors,Anne Penrose, Kelsey Owen andKinzie Deglau to a Pittsburgh fash-ion tour. The girls had a uniqueopportunity to meet various bou-tique owners in the Southside andShadyside. They will also have thechance to ask questions they have

on the fashion industry.Westmoreland Youth SymphonyOrchestraThe Westmoreland YouthSymphony Orchestra held a con-cert at Seton Hill on WednesdayApril 30, 2008 at seven thirty in theevening. Admission was free, andwas the concert was open to any-one. The musically talented groupplayed selections fromBeethoven’s Symphony No.5,along with Aaron Copland’sVariations on a Shaker Melody andthe Saint-Saens Bacchanale fromSamson and Delilah.

Librarian Miss Riebelcelebrated National LibraryWeek, an annual event whichschool, public, academic, andspecial libraries participate ineach year, from April 13 to April19, 2008.

National Library Weekis sponsored by the AmericanLibrary Association and hasbeen held each year since 1958.It celebrates contributions fromour nation’s libraries, librarians,and encourages and supportslibrary usage. This year’snational theme was “Join theCircle of Knowledge at yourLibrary.” Actress Julie Andrewswas named 2008’s NationalLibrary Week’s honorary chair-person.

At GLSHS, Riebel usedas way to celebrate libraries andpromote library usage. She helda raffle to encourage students tovisit the library more. Withevery book a student checkedout, they got an opportunity towin a raffle basket containingthe book and DVD versions of“Pride and Prejudice” and“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone,” and candy, popcorn, andbookmarks. The winner of theraffle basket and all of its good-ies was senior Melanie Perna.Candies were also distributedwith pro-library messages.

A student-selected bookwas broadcasted each morningon the announcements.Monday’s book was Echo, cho-sen by senior Cara Metz.Twilight was chosen forTuesday by seniors SarahBarlock, Abby Binkey, EmilyButina, Metz, and sophomoreJoan Catinchi. Wednesday’sfeatured book, Shattering Glass,was chosen by HeatherSullenberger. Marie Kunkelchose Return of the King forThursday, and Friday’s JustListen was picked by Catinchi.

The library is an impor-tant part of our school that manystudents take for granted as a place to spend time withfriends, but National LibraryWeek shows that importancelibraries have in everyone’slives.

GL promotesLibrary

Awareness Anna Sylvester

Staff Writer

Students participate in second annual Coffeehouse

“And now on thestage…” An Open Mic NightCoffee House an, “opportunityfor students to perform.” Theevent was held on April 11 inthe GLSH Center for StudentCreativity attracting a crowd ofalmost 100 people throughoutthe night.

Performances includedThe Fifth Act, an improve com-edy group performing a skitcalled “Freeze Improvisation”.This is where two actors begin ascene and a third actor calls,“freeze.” The third actor thenjumps in and starts a new sceneuntil someone else calls,“freeze” the process continuesover again. Students participat-ing include seniors LaurenTaylor, Josh Helfferich, Amy

Greek, Julia Smolka, ZackConway, juniors PeggyAnnShaffer, Vicki Obarto, MaraGreiner, Jack Denny, TheresaBaughman, Thea McCaver,sophomores Cate Thomas,Amanda Gregg and freshmanRebecca Rudy.

Performing solo stand-up comedy acts were juniorsDenny and Obarto. Denny com-mented on his experience say-ing, “It was fun, I liked hearingpeople laugh. It felt good toknow that people liked myjokes.”

Obarto said, “The bestpart, hands down was FreezeImprovisation, and the Fifth Actwas at its height. I was reallyhappy so many people came outto display their talent. It wasdefinitely a fun evening.”

Other performancesinclude voice solos by juniorsCandida Sylvania and ShelbyMcAdams. A performance byNational Catfish with bandmembers seniors JustinMcKeel, Zack Ray and ChrisAnna who entertained thecrowd. Sophomores LucasSweeny and Gregg sang a duettogether. Showing their talentswith the guitar was seniorCollins Carlin, juniors ZackEarhardt and Zach Levickas,and sophomore Jake Penzera.Freshman Jessica Saenz dis-played her talent by singing andplaying piano. Even Mr. Kracksang a duet with a friend, MiaPerillo, performing a song fromthe musical “Little Shop ofHorrors.”

Concessions including

Starbucks Coffee, bottled waterand juices, home baked cookiesand cakes. Krack hosted theevent and was assisted by Mrs.Debbie Shannon and Ms.Michelle Obarto. Theater Artsstudents were responsible forbaking and selling concessions.The profits of the event willhelp fund the fall play.

Junior Kaleb Yandrickenjoyed the show saying, “Itwas very entertaining with anice atmosphere.” Yandrick alsosaid, “It’s a good way for localkids to show their talent.”

Krack was pleasedwith the outcome saying, “All Ireally wanted was for studentsto perform and to enjoy them-selves. Even though we were upagainst the Penguins game thatnight, it was still a success.”

Kristina WigginsStaff Writer

The Classic ComedyFilm Festival on Thursday April17, 2008 held by Latrobe KeyClub raised money for theLatrobe and Ligonier Relay forLife, a benefit for the AmericanCancer Society. The festivalwas free and open to the publicwith concessions available forpurchase and donations accept-ed.

The idea for the filmfestival originally came fromKey Club Advisor Mr. Snyder,who has, a love for classic com-edy films. Snyder passed the

idea onto juniors Paige Blawas,Alex Battaglia, and MarissaBrasile who developed the con-cept to use as a part of their sen-ior project as well as to benefitthe Relay for Life.

The format of the festi-val was similar to a typical1940s theatre featuring shortsubject films. In Snyder’s opin-ion, “The films chosen repre-sent some of the greatestcomedic films of all time.” Thethree films shown, In the SweetPie and Pie, Mr. Blabbermouth,and Duck Soup were by TheThree Stooges and The Marx

Brothers. Just like in a 1940stheatre an intermission in theprogram allowed viewers topurchase concessions of a vari-ety of baked goods, popcornand drinks.

Sophomore AnnieCavalier attended the event andsaid, “It wasn’t what I expected,it was better. Its not comedy liketoday’s with violence, its justsilly.”

The festival was a suc-cess attracting at least thirtypeople. Blawas says, “It wasn’tas much as we had hoped, but Iam still excited about the turn

out.” President of Key Club

senior Liz Perrone said “Peoplewere laughing they seemed toenjoy it.” Keep an eye out forthe possibility of Key Clubhosting a classic horror film fes-tival in the fall.

To increase their pro-ject’s involvement in the Relayof Life, Key Club is also sellingfashionable magnetic braceletsfor $8 each. The project is goingwell, already selling 70 pieces.Also to add to their contributionin May they plan to hold two carwashes.

Classic comedy festival heldKristina Wiggins

Staff Writer

When you think Latrobe Softball the first person thatcomes to mind is senior phenomenon Alexa Bryson. The “Mrs.Clutch”, who led their team to states but unfortunately dropped toPennsbury. Unfortunately for the rest of the WPIAL, the team hassome unfinished business to take care of.

Going into her senior season, she has set nothing but highexpectations for herself, the coaches, and the players. Last year,Bryson was 18-3 on the hill for the Cats and had 277 strike outswith ERA of .032. Even more mind boggling is the fact that herarm is still attached to her body after throwing in 150 innings lastyear. During those innings, opposing base runners came few and farbetween, as Bryson walked only 19 batters. With her ability toeliminate free passes for hitters, Bryson allowed just 18 runs in21games. “My pitching goal is to reach the 300 K mark,” Brysonsaid.

It does not seem that that will be much of a problem con-sidering the fact that she almost did it last year as a junior. The Catsshould be just as strong as they were last year as they are confidentin making it to states once more. What people don’t realize is whyBryson is such a success with her 6 pitches. She throws a fastball,changeup, rise, drop, curve, and a screw ball. With a fastball thathovers around 65mph, many people would initially view Bryson asa power pitcher. As it turns out, she actually plays more of a fitnessgame while on the mound. “I mostly go with the off speed pitches,but it all depends on the course of the game.” Commented Bryson.Well whatever it is, it must all be working for Bryson as she looksfor a solid future in college as she choose RMU.

“I feel that I made a good choice because it is a solid col-lege for softball, I am planning on majoring in business, and mostimportantly, it is close to home.”

Bryson isn’t thinking too far ahead though as she is stillconcentrating on this year and doing as best as she can but it isgoing to have to take more than just her. “We need to work as ateam and manage to get the job done.”

Sports Sports 33 May 7, 2008May 7, 2008

Ryan LaDuke and Tyler BalohColumnists

Face Off

NBA playoff predictions

Mens VolleyballWith a win over South Park, theMen’s Volleyball team is well ontheir way to winning Section 3 ofthe WPIAL Class AA as theyboast an undefeated conferencerecord of 6-0. The rally overSouth Park also propelled the Catsto an outstanding 8-1 record over-all.

SoftballThe Wildcat Girls’ Softball teamremained on top of Section 1 inWPIAL Class AAAA even thoughthey suffered a hard fought 1-0loss to Albert Gallatin. The lossmarks pitcher Alexa Bryson’s firstdefeat since the team fell toPennsbury in the State Finals lastseason.

BaseballThe baseball team has had anexceptional start to the 2008 cam-paign but has fallen twice to theFranklin Regional Panthers. TheCats now find themselves in sec-ond place behind FranklinRegional in Section 2 of theWPIAL Class AAAA with a 7-2section record (12-4 overall).

WildcatSportswire

Justin DownsStaff writer

LaDuke: The 82-game NBA sea-son is over and the journey to theFinals has begun for the sixteenteams that made the playoffs.Last year’s playoffs were excitingas ever as the eight seed GoldenState Warriors upset the numberone seed Dallas Mavericks. Idon’t expect any major upsetslike that to occur, but I will tellyou who will be playing in theNBA Finals.

Representing theEastern Conference in the Finalswill be the Detroit Pistons. Notonly are the Pistons the mostcomplete team entering the play-offs, but they also play the bestdefense. And you know whatthey say, defense wins champi-onships. Point Guard ChaunceyBillups is an amazing leader andrun the Pistons offense, averaging6.8 assists per game in the regularseason. He is also a stout defen-sive player as he led the teamwith 1.3 steals per game.

The Los AngelesLakers will be coming out of theWestern Conference. The Lakershave gotten back to the days ofold when they three-peated asNBA champs. After getting rid ofShaq, superstar Kobe Bryantfinally has someone to comple-ment his game in Pau Gasol.With acquisition of Gasol, theLakers will not have to rely com-pletely on Bryant, but Bryant willstill be the main reason why theymake the playoffs. Bryant fin-ished the regular season second inall of the NBA in points per gamewith 28.3. The Lakers also havegreat players coming off thebench in Luke Walton and JordanFarmar.

In the Finals, I like the

Pistons to defeat the Lakers in sixgames. Baloh: The team I am picking togo from the Eastern Conference iseasy. The Boston Celetics have itall. They made a huge off seasonmove last year by aquiring KevinGarnett from the Timberwolveswhere he has a field goal percent-age of .541. Along with Garnettis Ray Allen who is usually his goto guy as he puts up respectablenumbers averaging close to 40%from three point range. Theyhave all the ingredients to win achampionship with all these keyplayers working together. Expectthe Celtics to be there in thefinals. As for the WesternConference goes, the DenverNuggets are the team to beatgoing into the playoffs. FromCarmello Anthony to AI, theyhave the best duo in the NBA andthey are simply unstoppable.Carmello averaged 25.7 pointsper game as for his wing manAllen Iverson averaged 26.4points per game. Their defense isjust as key as their offense is asthree of their five starters averagehigher than five rebounds pergame on the boards on the defen-sive side of the ball. This wouldbe a great team to pick for thechampionship. Now the questionis who would it be Nuggets orCeltics? I go with Nuggetsbecause it comes down to experi-ence and both Carmello andIverson have been in the playoffsbefore and know what it takes towin. The Celtics are a young andbuilding team and don’t have toomany veterens other than KG.Look for the Denver Nuggets totake it all the way come June.

Latrobe athletes get recognized for outstanding play

Six section titles, two W.P.I.A.L.champions, one individual state champion,and one team state champion. The Latrobeathletics program has been very successfulthroughout the 2007-2008 school year. Inaddition, the spring sports teams are havingflourishing seasons thus far. That successhas earned the Wildcats a fair share ofrecent recognition in the newspapers. Notonly has the prestigious High Post andLatrobe Bulletin been covering the thrivingathletes and teams of Latrobe, but the morewell-renowned newspapers like thePittsburgh Tribune-Review and PittsburghPost-Gazette have publicized the Wildcats’achievements.

The superb press coverage beganwhen the Latrobe Icecats made their playoffrun to a state championship. Reporterswaited outside the locker room after eachplayoff game to ask the players questions.Plenty of articles were featured in both theTribune-Review and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that previewed and overviewedeach of the Icecats’ playoff games. At theconclusion of the season, the PittsburghPost-Gazette selects a Stellar Six of playersfrom all of the PIHL. Not only was junior

forward JeffJoe Regula named to the selec-tive team, he was also named the PittsburghPost-Gazette’s Player of the Year. “It feelsawesome. It is a great honor to be recog-nized as the top player among all highschool hockey players in Western PA,” saidRegula of the accomplishment. He earnedthe high regard after accumulating 37 goalsand 27 assists throughout his junior season.

Regula is actually the second ath-lete from Latrobe to be named thePittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Year,as senior softball pitcher Alexa Brysonreceived this honor after last year’s softballseason.

Another member of Latrobe’sremarkable hockey team that receivedacknowledgment was junior goaltenderNick Loyacona. After posting 33 saves tohelp the Icecats defeat Conestoga 3-2 in thestate championship, Loyacona was namedAthlete of the Week in both the Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Following a state runner-up sea-son last year, the Latrobe softball team hasbeen publicized quite a bit in the papers.The Lady Wildcats were the main feature inthe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s softball sea-son preview, as they picked the Cats fortheir number one ranked team in theWPIAL. They also named Alexa Bryson

and Meghan Kozusko as players to watch. Another softball player who

recently received recognition from theTribune-Review was senior shortstop EmilyFenton. She was named Athlete of theWeek after going 5 for 7 in two games. OnApril 1 against Norwin, Fenton went 4 for 4with a double, grand slam, and seven RBIs.Fenton was also named Tribune-ReviewAthlete of the Week during basketball sea-son this year.

In addition, the mens volleyballteam has been very successful thus far inClass AA. They have received the numbertwo ranking in the WPIAL from thePittsburgh Post-Gazette and Tribune-Review.

The press coverage will not stopfor the Cats as the spring sports teams arestill in play and doing great.

Athletes from GLSH that have beennamed Tribune-Review Athlete of theWeek this Year:

Nick Loyacona, Ice Hockey Emily Fenton, Varsity Softball & Basketball Joey Walters, Wrestling Natalie Bower, Cross Country Hilary Bastin, Girls’ Soccer Kelly Feiertag, Girls’ Volleyball

Bryson commits to RMU

Teachers winsoftball tournament

Latrobe’s mens and womens trackteams have gotten off to great starts in theirseasons. After many section meets, the Catstook their speed to bigger and better compe-tition at the respected invitationals. Themen raced in the Sixth Annual GreaterLatrobe Invitational at Latrobe MemorialStadium on Friday, April 18, while the girlscompeted in the Lady Spartan Invitationalat Hempfield Spartan Stadium on SaturdayApril 19.

The men left it all on the track andfinished in 7th place among the fifteenteams that participated in the event. NorthAllegheny ended up winning the meet with98 total points, which was 25.5 more thansecond place Kiski Area. Each team wasallowed to enter three athletes into eachindividual event and one relay team intoeach relay event. Latrobe had eight teammembers medal for placing in the top six.

Senior Matt Molitor led the way by

breaking two school records and placingfirst in the 1600 (mile) and fourth in the3200 (two mile). Molitor broke his oldrecord in the 1600 with a time of 4:21.01.The old 3200 was held by Coach MikeScaffardi, but Molitor erased it from therecord books with his blistering time of9:43.43.

Molitor also teamed up with CoreyMcGuire, Ryan LaDuke, and NathanielHelfferich to place third in the 1600 meterrelay. The 400 relay team of McGuire,Helfferich, Ryan Kissell, and MatthewBatis took fifth place. Other individualplace winners included Helfferich placingfifth in the 400, Kissell placing fourth in thetriple jump, Jason Timmons placing third inthe pole vault and Tony Lamosek placingthird in the discus.

The Lady Cats just missed firstplace by 1.5 points to host Hempfield at theLady Spartan Invitational. Natalie Bowertook home four medals as she won the 1600and 3200, and anchored the third place 1600

relay and second place 3200 relay. Sheearned gold with times of 5:08.75 in the1600 and 11:22.67 in the 3200. The 3200relay team of Bower, Lizzie Harkins, AbbyHewitt, and Nicole Egan placed secondwith a time of 9:41.26 and the 1600 relayteam of Bower, Carly Meholic, MelissaSeagraves, and Amanda Winkleman tookthird with a time of 4:21.80. Winklemanplaced in two other events as she won the400 with a time of 1:00.48 and was a mem-ber of the 400 relay along with Seagraves,Meholic, and Kim Kuhn that took fifthplace in 53.15. Latrobe got one other firstplace from Taylor Thompson in the triplejump (34’-2’’). Other place winners for theLady Cats included Hewitt placing third inthe 1600, Mary Jo Jakubek placing fourth inthe 3200, Kuhn placing fourth in the longjump, Lindsey Kramer placing fourth in thejavelin, Seagraves placing fifth in the 100,Katie Blank placing fifth in the pole vault,and Emily Wood placing sixth in the highjump.

Ryan LaDukeStaff Writer

Every year studentsfrom GLSHS participated in afitness day. However, this yearMr. Mains and Mr. Evans set upa softball tournament onWednesday May 23 to put anew spin on this event.

On a hot but dewyWednesday morning twelveteams made their way to RotaryField to participate in the firstever student softball tourna-ment. Throughout the day thestudents missed class to play inthis tournament. Scorching heatand humidity plagued the ath-letes all day long.

The Kekambas werethe top student team even withtheir questionable pitching fromJunior David Duhaim whowalked eight consecutive runshome. But his special pitchtended to squeak by the batters.Junior Tony Lonigro led histeam in the outfield by makingcircus catches in almost everyinning and crushing the ball onoffense. Another big componenton the team was Sophomore-Eric Shaffer who had tremen-dous fielding ability along witha powerful bat. The rest of thelineup was filled by DerrickDominic, Andrew Fisher, DylanNowe, Ryan LaDuke, NathanPennesi, Connor Shields, andJeff Yunetz. Even with thestacked talent the Kekambasfailed to edge the teacher teamwho blew them away with ascore of 27-4. The teacher team

was taken lightly all day by allof the contestants until theyshowed up at Rotary field andstomped down the best studentteam entered in the tournament.

Perhaps the biggestupset of the day was the girl’ssoftball team losing toPolanco’s Posse in the firstround. Polanco’s Posseadvanced the whole way to thefinals where they were defeatedby the Kekambas. The StateChamps were also a surprisingteam making its way to the semifinals only to lose to theKekambas. They dominatedThe Alpha Dogs with a score on15-0 in two innings led by JeffRossi in the outfield who mademany highlight plays. TheAlpha Dogs had one hit due toan error by the State Champ’sthird basemen. The Goldenboys expected to make a rundeep into the tournament afterwinning their first game 24-0 insix innings but they werestopped early.

The tournament wasorganized by Mr. Mains and Mr.Evans. They both worked for asolid week to organize theevent. Having to pass the ideathrough administration andreserve the softball fields alongwith making the contests runsmoothly both teachers endedup with tremendous sunburnand a great sense of pride. Thetournament should be on againfor next year.

Ryan LaDukeStaff Writer

ScoreboardCompiled by Justin Downs, Staff writer

Girls Lacrosse10-4

Mens Lacrosse7-2

Girls Track & Field6-2

Boys Track & Field4-4

Baseball12-4

Softball14-1

Tennis8-2

Mens Volleyball8-1 Overall | 7-0 Section

Pat LynchStaff Writer

Cats perform well at Latrobeand Lady Spartan Track Invitationals

Tyler BalohStaff Writer

Opinion Opinion 55May 7, 2008May 7, 2008

in June and cannot wait for yet again, to see if it matches myexpectations. But what I am worried about right now is how I haveto go in and pay for gas at the station whereas if I had a debit card,I could pay at the pump and go in and out quickly! So getting adebit card that’s exactly what I did.

I entered the bank to get my first checking account andwas thinking about what advantages I would have once I had acard. Most importantly, paying at the pump. I checked in with theregister and she escorted me to her desk. As she asked me ques-tions about why I wanted an account and who directed me to thisbank I didn’t have to think twice. Easy questions, easy answers.Who knew the easiest of all would cause the most trouble. Sheasked me for my social security number. I rambled off my numberlike nothing as I sat back in my chair. As she typed it into the com-puter, I waited for her next remark. After waiting for a long minuteshe quickly got up from her chair and went over to the next teller.When she came back she started with the word “Unfortunately.”My stomach sank.

I was then informed that my social security number wascoming up with fraudulent activity. I thought of the awful storiesyou hear about identity theft. The crazy commercials on TV withthe young woman who starts to talk and a man’s voice comes outof “her” mouth, indicating identity theft. “Who or where wasthe invalid activity coming from?” I asked frantically. I ended upwalking out with a list of number that I needed to get in contactwith that was a page long.

Saturday that afternoon my dad called most of the num-bers which made me panic even more because none of the locationswere open on the weekends. Therefore, I had to stress till Monday.

On Monday the places I needed to call such as; FederalTrade Commission and credit report companies said that my num-ber was cross referencing my name, which told me that it was mysocial. It was also bringing up another name with my number. Andto add to that, it was a foreign name and it was a male, which mademe chuckle at those commercials even though I had a lot to be con-cerned about. The bad part about it still lingered, somebody wasusing my number in their name and charging money to my creditcard that I hadn’t even opened! I still had to ask myself. How didthey get my number? Where would they have gotten it from? I amsupposed to leave the country in June to take a trip to Europe. Ineeded to use my passport to leave and enter the country again inJune. The passport contains my coveted, personal, individual socialsecurity number. I then had realized that this process was going totake longer than I thought but also knew that this had to beresolved by June 10, the day I leave for Germany. I was worried. Iwas thinking about loans for college in the fall. If my credit scoreis low and I have a bad credit, I may not be able to get loans forschool.

The social security office informed me that I had to file apolice report stating that someone. I am a victim of identity theft.So, how really does this effect me? Well it depends of the intensityof the damage that this person has done. Stating the worst possiblesituation, should they have opened a credit card in my name, theycould have charged an enormous amount of money and then whenthe bill arrives they fail to pay it, making the credit score look hor-rific. Once the credit score is low and looks bad, banks will notgive you loans, therefore affecting my college loans, house loansand business loans for the future. Ultimately this could affect mefor the rest of my life, no exaggeration. If the credit does not getcleared, I may never be able to open an account at my bank. Withfraudulent activity, tellers are unable and unauthorized to clear anyfraudulent activity and it must be cleared by the government. So, Iwas stuck.

What to do when all you get over the phone is strong, out-landish accents that are hard to understand? Email works but theuncertainty of receiving it is scary. Mail works but it also takes acouple extra days.

My situation is still not resolved, but we have receive con-firmation that they know who the person is and the police will soonbe approaching him to see what is going on. For all I know, someguy is walking around town in Austin, Texas shouting “Didja everuse your credit card at the pump,” and his buddy hootin and holler-ing back “Yessum! Shore I did.” “I auda do at. I gotta skedaddlelickity split.” And in the back of his mind he thinks that he won’tpay for it anyways. Yet, he doesn’t know what’s coming his way.

Identity theftchanged my life

Natalie SchadeStaff Writer

Celebrity endorsements

Throughout the past four decades of presi-dential elections, only 54 percent of eligi-ble voters actually did so. On Friday, April18, 2008, when several former PittsburghSteeler players made an appearance at arally at the Greensburg County Courthouseto endorse democratic presidential candi-date Barrack Obama, their attempts arefrowned upon by some. But if sport stars,movie stars and rock stars can getAmericans to vote, then more power tothem. Not to mention the fact that celebri-ties influence young people the most. Bytaking the time to share their opinions onthe presidential election with people, thelesson is that the NFL and other entertain-ment sources are not more important thanthe people who make decisions about thecountry. If anything, exciting the youngpopulation about politics is a positiverepercussion.

Volunteers in control are preparedto work for Obama. Kenny Blake and hisband kick off the event with jazz forObama. Men and women of all ages andraces spread out to dance for Obama.While groups of people rally in the court-yard with black and gold jerseys and signsthat read, “Teamsters for Obama”, they areopposed on either corner of the block byClinton supporters with signs requestingpassing traffic to, “Honk for Hilary.”

Then, out of reverence, the noisefrom one end of the street to the other sub-sists momentarily as a local minister singsout our National Anthem—a song that rep-resents freedom. “The Freedom ofSpeech,” one volunteer explains in regardsto celebrities endorsing politicians.“Freedom—something we haven’t had in awhile,” she says with an earnest face. Andrightfully so as she explains that she losther job thanks to the Patriot Act’s intrusionon her activism.

Subsequently several ex-Steelersbrought their opinions to the microphone.They included Dwight White, Robin Cole,and Franco Harris who recounted the greatteams of Pittsburgh and explained, “We’reteaming up for another victory.” Eachplayer spoke genuinely and passionatelyfor their cause at hand before Harrisworked the Steelers into politics again bydeclaring, “[Clinton] doesn’t know Steelerfans; we never throw in the towel.

Skeptics might claim that celebri-ties should not endorse politicians becausethey will influence people to vote based ontheir sports fan-hood. But if Hines Wardsays, “Vote for Obama because I am thebest wide receiver in the NFL,” voters havethe common sense to recognize this loadedstatement and not to listen to Ward basedon it. Just like any commercial or ad per-taining to a specific candidates campaign,if Heinz says, “you should vote for Obamabecause he will lower taxes,” people shouldknow not to hold much stock in this state-ment either before proof is presented toback it up.

The point is, while “The Steelers”cannot develop an opinion, BenRoethlisberger, along with every other indi-vidual person in this country is entitled tohis own opinion. And as long as he is notflashing his pistol at the voting booths, heis entitled and should be encouraged tovoice his opinion to whom ever he chooses.

Andy SmithhammerStaff Writer At GLSHS,

many students are turningthe legal age to votewhich in turn enablesthem to participate in theprimary elections. Theyuse their new freedom ofchoice in a way that moststudents personally havenot had the opportunity todo so before. Since eachof the students get to votefor a candidate of theirchoice, how will theydecide? Celebrityendorsements are every-where from Halle Berrywearing a “Obama forChange,” t-shirt to bandsperforming concerts insupport of Obama such asNe-Yo, and the Goo GooDolls, to the PittsburghSteelers attending rally’sto speak for Obama him-self. In each case, free-dom is being eliminateddue to people not beingable to formulate theirown opinions. People arechoosing to listen to“entertainers,” who arenot exactly educated inthe politics field to helpmake their decision. Thiscreates confusion sincethe candidate is unable tospeak for himself.

Being grantedthe freedom to stand up toa microphone and bashthe other candidates, ortell people who theyshould vote for is not ille-gal, but it is wrong. Thepeople have the power todo these things, but howdoes a person understandwhat is wrong? Of coursethe Pittsburgh Steelers areallowed to share theirideas with the publicthrough endorsement forObama, but they areinfluencing the public,taking away their person-al freedom. Each individ-ual should vote for whothey want to. Celebrityendorsements can helpthe public learn about thecandidates, but should notconvince a person tochange their mind, ormake a selection based ona celebrity having such a“high name.”

Candidates suchas Obama acceptsendorsement, why would-n’t he? It is free publicity.With many names andfamous faces craving theviewer’s attention, whatwrongs could come fromendorsement? The highprofile celebrities makethe candidates look attrac-tive, luring undecidedvoters their way. Forexample, a rural town thatbrings in a high profilecelebrity or movie starwill make the voters deci-

sion. Also with this, whywould an individual hop-ing to become presidentof our country wantsomeone else to speak forhim? Why choose theSteelers who are not edu-cated with politicalknowledge to help lurevoters his way. Thisshows a lack of confi-dence in Obama, if he ispicking almost randomindividuals to speak forthe favor of his campaign.

Endor semen t sturn into votes. Voting fora politician based onwhich celebrities decideto have their back resultsin a non-thought out vote.All the vote is doing ishelping the celebrity andmaking the chances oftheir candidate of choicewinning increase. Thebeliefs and thoughts of apolitician are what isimportant, not whatcelebrities are there. Theyare allowing the public tohave great photo opportu-nities, but they are not theones who will be decidingwhat is best for our coun-try.

Obama usescelebrity endorsementwhich takes away thepublic’s freedom. Havinga high profile celebrityendorse a candidate, peo-ple are unable to formu-late their own opinionsbecause they are caughtup listening to their idol’sopinions. Celebrityendorsements are takingaway people’s opinionsby having them merelylisten to their idol. Thisruns back to the question;what is the point of evenvoting? Learning aboutthe celebrities choices andmaking your own basedon theirs makes votingpointless.

Whenever itcomes down to it, docelebrity endorsementswork? Is an average 45year old male going to goagainst their values andvote for Barack becauseJennifer Aniston donated$2,300 to his campaign?There are multiplecelebrities endorsingObama, so the averageperson is bound to findtheir idol on the list ofObama Fanatics. GeorgeClooney, attended a panelwith Obama sticking tohis side throughout therace. Ben Affleck and hiswife Jennifer Garnerthrew a fundraiser forObama. Finally there isOprah who also threw afundraiser at herCalifornia home raisingabout $3 million in prof-

its. The list goes on ofsupporters, so what hap-pens next when the publicfinds their idol on the list?They vote for them notcaring at all about thecandidates values them-selves.

Contrary to hisstatement, ...” They don'trepresent ordinaryAmericans, they don'tfund my campaign, andthey won't drown out thevoices of working fami-lies when I am President,”which was duringObama’s EconomicPolicy Address at theJanesville GM AssemblyPlant, he makes his cam-paign unclear. He doesnot want to acceptendorsements from thesepeople, but yet he is stillaccepting celebrityendorsements with openarms.

Obama held arally on Friday, March 18,2008 at the GreensburgCourt House; it was locat-ed outside, and open tothe public. At the rally,free food was available toeveryone, consistent withObama’s message abouteveryone being involvedin government. FormerPittsburgh Steelers sharedtheir speeches with thepublic trying to convincepeople to vote for theircandidate of choice,Obama. A person mayhave their own votedeclared until they attendsuch a rally where FrancoHarris states,“Pennsylvania has neededa life preserver for thirtyyears, nobody has thrownus anything or anyone ourway.” Harris may leadthem to believe thatObama will be that life-saver. Celebrity endorsementsare everywhere. In eachcase, freedom is beingeliminated due to peoplenot being able to formu-late their own opinions.People are choosing tolisten to “entertainers,”who are not exactly edu-cated in the politics fieldto help make their deci-sion. This creates confu-sion since the candidate isunable to speak for him-self. Obama, an IllinoisSenator currently runningfor president uses celebri-ty endorsement to helpvoters make their deci-sion. Are these candidatesnot confident in them-selves that they need extrahelp? If so, maybe votersshould reconsider votingfor Obama.

Courtney BriggsStaff Writer

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Opinion Opinion 66 May 7, 2008May 7, 2008

With May 9 growingcloser, prom season is now infull swing. I have learned thatthe process of attending promis not always glamorous. Weassume that girls have somuch preparation leading upto the big night, and that maybe true, but guys don’t exactlyhave it easy either. Althoughexcited about getting to attendperhaps the biggest night ofmy high school career, prommight just not deserve all thehype it gets. After all thepreparation leading up to theevent, will it really be worthit?

The first step in thisever-lasting process is findinga date. This task can generatemigraines no matter what yourstatus; single or taken. Singlegirls anxiously wait for thatsingle male classmate to ask.Some girls rack up enoughcourage to ask their crush.Finding a date for couplesshould be no problem, but thefact that a couple will beattending prom still needs tobe established. Some guysmight at first refuse to attendprom, but usually girlfriendscan persuade them otherwise.And guys, even if you are in arelationship, your girl stillwants, may even expect you tofind a cute way to ask her to beyour prom date. This bit ofadvice might just help avoidan unnecessary argument,while earning you browniepoints with your girl.

While attending promwith a “sweetheart” may seemromantic, I would definitelyrecommend attending as “justfriends.” I promise it can stillmake your night “one to treas-ure,” because having fun doesnot necessarily mean fallinghead over heals for an amaz-ingly cute boy. In fact, goingas just friends sometimesworks out better. Since somegirls start shopping for dressesin January, finding a date earlyis necessary, no one likes wait-ing until the last minute.

A t t e n d i n gprom as friends eliminates thepossibility that a couple willbreak up. That break up mayend peacefully or terribly. Youmay or may not still attend thedance with your “ex.”However, a girl with a dressmust attend with someone. Ifthe broken relationship leavesone dateless a mere monthbefore prom, the entireprocess starts over again, andis much more difficult. Bythis time, any interested candi-dates are usually taken, butyou might just be able to finda needle in the haystack. After a date is secured, attiremust be purchased.Obviously, girls must select adress and guys a tux. We’llbegin with dress shopping.Every girl dreams of findingthat perfect dress, but I’m here

to tell you that the process isnot always as pleasant as oneenvisions. Sure, excitinglysearching the racks for a gazil-lion dresses is fun, but thenyou must try all those gazil-lion dresses on! And you canrest assure that moms andgrandmas will make you tryon every one. Even if you arein love with the third one, youmust try them all on, “just tobe sure.” So, you have the dress pickedout. If it fits as is, that’s great!However, this is rarely thecase. Usually the dress mustbe ordered in a correct sizeand many alterations need tobe made. So basically youspend weeks or months hop-ing it arrives on time and thenyou finally receive it, but mustnow take it for fittings whenall you want to do is hold it inyour hands!

A girl’s journey doesnot end here. She has aresponsibility to help the guymake decisions as well. I willadmit that before being activein this process of selection, Inever realized that many deci-sions must also be made for atux. For example, vest orcummerbund, bowtie or tie,which style of shoe, and lastlywhich color matches the dressexactly right. Although theguys must also purchase flow-ers, girls and mothers prettymuch take care of this.

Girls however, stillneed to worry about hair, nails(manicures and pedicures),hair styles, make-up, andmuch more. We must practicewalking in our heels so thatthe walk down the GrandMarch doesn’t turn into anOMG moment! So basically,since the very start of the NewYear, girls have been prepar-ing non-stop for this one night.One night, held in our schoolgymnasium. Other schools goon boats or, like our rivalDerry, to Dave and Busters,but we stay in our gym, lockedin until five am.

I’m already bored ofProm, and the day hasn’t evenarrived yet. The process ofpreparing for prom will noteven be over the day of the bigevent! Also frustrating is thefact that the APUSH (USHistory) examination is on themorning of prom at 8am.Directly from the test I mustgo to my hair appointment.Can you say grumpy?Because that is what I will be.Grumpy in a packed gymnasi-um all night. So am I excitedfor prom? Yes and no. I wishprom was an event we attend-ed without all the frustratingdetails that need to be final-ized. However, I would stillsuggest every eligible studentattend, the opportunity mightnot come around again.

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At GLSHS the policyon failing grades and athleticsis to the point and rightfullystrict: if you’re failing, youdon’t play. But what aboutthose student athletes who sus-tain just average grades? Forthose athletes at GLSHS whodo not maintain a grade pointaverage of 2.76 or above,attendance at the athletic studyhall is mandatory. This studyhall, which takes place afterschool and before practice for25 minutes, was instated bythe athletic department lastyear.

Unlike some policiesand procedures by whichGLSD abides, the athleticstudy hall was added to all ath-letic programs with best inter-ests in mind. While someheadstrong athletes may beg todiffer, the twenty five minutesof extra academic time before

the start of extra-curricularactivities actually benefitseveryone involved.

The coaches, many ofwhom initially had quarrelsover waiting a half hour tobegin practice, have come tonotice the advantages of thefree time. Not only do theyhave a moment to collectthemselves after their lastclasses but also they can uti-lize the athletes who are notrequired to attend the studyhall to set up equipment. Thatway practice can run smoothlyand uninterrupted without los-ing a minute of concentratedtraining time. And what goodcoach would not to be part ofthe effort to progress his play-ers in academic as well as ath-letic performance?

As for student ath-letes—the intended effect addscompliments and caters to theprinciples of high school.

While some

adoptions in school policyquestionably place disciplineand dominion over education,this concept is pure in advanc-ing students and is an effectiveway to motivate students tokeep up. In the words ofGLSHS Athletic Director andco-creator of the study time,Mr. Smith: “the [study hall] isnot meant to be a punishmentand that was never the inten-tion.” He explains that initial-ly the study hall was to pro-vide every athlete with decom-pression time to focus in forpractice and be competentabout his day’s studies. Butwith over three hundred par-ticipating student athletes inthe Fall and Spring seasons,the school could not accom-modate space and supervisionfor each one of them.

Athlete’s improve-ment in academic performanceafter attending the study hall isdocumented and clear. Of the

167 athletes whose attendanceat the session was mandatoryin the past two years, 111increased their grade pointaverage. Twenty-six uppedtheir GPA to above a 3.0—put-ting them on the school’shonor roll. Finally, while theywere involved in after-schoolsports, 12 student athletes’GPAs went up an entire gradepoint.

The numbers verifythe effectiveness of addingthis extra study hall to theschedules of many studentsthroughout the year. Thismight make some wonder whyin the same year of its institu-tion, the administration alsoput a stiff limit on the numberof study halls all students areallowed to have weekly.

Athletic study hallproves worthiness

Andy SmithhammerStaff Writer

Prom Preparation

Voicebox

Has Senioritis effectedyour attitude or work?

I’m infected.- Sam Gaten

The whole coming to school thing is hard.-Nicole Wajdic

Take it easy and ifit’s easy take it twice.

- Matt Zitterbart

I either don’t come intoschool or I come in late.

- Jess Pennavaria

I have tripled my tardies, I have quadrupled myabsences, I have doubled my early dismissalsand everything seems worthless these days.

- Andrea Dalton

I’ve become a procrastinator; Ididn’t think it would be this bad.

- Hannah Straight

It’s really hard to be motivated in theselast few weeks of school because I

know I already got into college.- Marissa Milchak

“I’ve have senioritis since sophomore year.”- Patrick Memari

I don’t want to get out ofbed in the morning.

- Emily Fenton

Since senioritis has set in I’ve beengetting headaches, my blood pressurehas one up. They put me on penicillinand I’ve been in quarantine at home

so I don’t pass it on.- Josh Helfferich

Compiled by Lindsey Yelenic, Staff Writer

Written by J.S. Cardoneand directed by NelsonMcCormick, Prom Night was ahuge disappointment in my opin-ion. Going into the movie I feltlike I would be on the edge of myseat in thrill and excitement fromseeing the previews and hearinghype like Prom Night being thenext big horror. That was defi-nitely not the case for me. Ithought the movie was boringand I really had a hard time evenpaying attention sometimes.Whenever something surprisinghappened, what was coming waseasy to see right through. Due tothis I thought the movie wasn’t as“jumpy” as I initially thought itwould be.

The storyline was sim-ple and nothing special. Donna, asenior, is excited for her lastprom night and feels it should be

the night of her life. She is withher best friends and the love ofher life. But when a formerteacher who obsessed overDonna and was imprisoned for it,escapes from the jail three daysbefore Prom, the night turns frommagic to murder.

After seeing this so-called horror and thriller, I feelthat it doesn’t even deserve eitherof those genre titles. I feel thismainly because of the lack of sus-pense. Although the sound andmusic was appropriate, I don’tthink this crew did their best onthis movie. Many of the specialaffects were corny and sadattempts to create horror. As I seeit, Prom Night was a total failureand an embarrassment to the hor-ror class. I would only rate PromNight with a mere one star.

Critics Corner

Cartoon by Brianna Saddler, Staff Writer

Dear Editor, On April 29, 2007, Justin Smetak, who was to be a 2010

graduate, was taken away by a horrible illness, cancer. This greatlyaffected his classmates, and everyone in the community. LastTuesday marked the first anniversary of that tragic day. However, theschool day came and went without a single acknowledgement, not asingle moment of silence in Justin’s Memory. Many students of theclass of 2010 were devastated that no recognition was made, and donot want Justin to be forgotten. Please keep Justin and his family inyour thoughts, hearts, and prayers.

Sincerely,Anne Pynos, Meghin Kerila, and the class of 2010.

Prom Night

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Submission deadline for plans is May 16.

Full Name: Jennifer Leigh HarroldBirth Date: January 2, 1990Age: EighteenNicknames: JenHobbies: 4-HJob: Shop N’ SaveHardest Class: “Any math”Favorite Class: AP BioFavorite TV Show: Gilmour GirlsFavorite Movie: Step UpPlans after High School: CollegeCurrent Car: Ford Taurus Music Genre: CountrySports/Activities: Color guard and Winter GuardFavorite Restaurant: Steak N’ ShakeFavorite Season: FallPets: Cat, market lambs, and pigProudest Moment: Farm ShowPet Peeves: Annoying people Describes self as: “Enjoyable to be around.”Dream Vacation: SpainQualities you strive to have: Faithfulness Pessimist or Optimist: PessimistFavorite Quote: "Live, Laugh, Love.”Role Model or Hero: “My Grandfather” Do you have a motto that you live your life by?

“Cherish every moment”Something you can’t live without: FriendsAfter a long day to relax you do:

Drink hot chocolate and watch a movie

First band you saw in concert: SwitchfootNever go anywhere without & why:

“Cell phone it’s a necessity of life.”If you could live your life as someone else whowould it be & why:

“Reba McEntire because she's anadmirable person”When I was ten I wanted to be: TeacherDeathly afraid of?: Ghosts Dog or a cat person?: Dog People would be surprised to know:

Majoring in AgricultureLife would be better without: Drama

Feature Feature 77May 7, 2008May 7, 2008

Art show displays student work

The annual Greater Latrobe Senior Highart show was held on the week of April 21-25, 2008in the Center for Student Creativity. Students wereencouraged in all of the art classes to submit their“A” work. Mrs. Balko one of the art teachers says,“I think it’s a wonderful exhibit of student creativityand self expression.”

Any seniors who submitted their workwere given an entire window to display their artcareer.

Senior Tommy Nemunatis says, “You cantell everyone has their own style from their own art.”Nemunatis had his very own special display includ-ing a range of art from abstract to reality.

Senior Katie Barcheskey says that shelikes being in the art show because it gives her achance to show her progress. Barchesky also said,“Alot of people don’t know this is my first year tak-ing art classes.”

Senior Lindsay Kramer, expresses herself

through facial portraits and graphite medium. Shealso recreates famous faces through her art.

Senior Lauren Taylor, has unique ideas for her artwork such as using mosaic techniques.

Senior Abby Diamond creates prodominathuman figures through her perspectives.

On Thursday April 24 from 6-8, the CSCwas open to the community and parents to see all ofthe art work being displayed by all of the students. Itwas a chance for the community to see how creativethe students are at Latrobe High School.

The art show gives out awards for first sec-ond and third places. The awards are given for 2Ddesign which included paintings and drawings, 3Ddesign which included ceramic things, glass art, andbooks and the last category photography. Studentsvoted while attending the art show or during theirclass. The awards are going to be given at the end ofthe year during the entire senior high awards cere-mony.

Brianna Saddler and Courtney BriggsStaff Writers

Team Domo Arigato competesonce again in the stateBots IQ competition

On March 28 and 29, Greater LatrobeHigh School’s Bots IQ team attended the BattleRoyal Competition held at Century Three Mall inMonroeville, PA. Members Jacob Bucci, TylerDietrick, Jacob Gibas, Greg Krall, Ryan Repko,Charlie Zera were led by Captain Robert Lewis.Mr. Brandt and Mr. Repko served as the advisorsfor team Domo Arigato, which translates fromJapanese to mean thank you. The team chose thename from the main line of a famous Styx songcalled Mr. Roboto. The title of this song thenbecame the name of their Battlebot.

When it first began, the organization wascalled Battlebots, but the named changed to BotsIQ. According to Mr. Brandt, “The name Battlebots could sometimes have a negative connota-tion. Bots IQ is friendlier to high school admin-istrators and just more high school sounding.”The original name was derived from the hit TVshow.

Students began meeting in Novemberand worked after school for two hours twice aweek to plan and construct the robot. The projectwasn’t completed until March. A Battlebot is afifteen pound, radio controlled robot whose sole

purpose is to knock out, or defeat the opposingrobot with the use of such tools as hammers andcircular saws. Smart Parts sponsored the GLHSteam, providing them with a $1000 budget. LenPerry, an employee at the company, attendedmeetings, taking the students designs back to theshop and created them from metal scraps. This isnecessary because at the current time, the highschool does not possess the proper machineryrequired to create a bot from scrap.

The event was double elimination andcompetitors included Plum, West Mifflin, andEastern Westmoreland Career and TechnologyCenter. A winner is determined once one of therobots has been completely demolished.However, if this does not happen, judges thendecide whose bot was most aggressive. In otherwords, who inflicted the most damage?

Team Domo Arigato lost to the champi-on in the first round and also lost in the secondround as well. They ended with an identicalrecord to last years, 1-4. However, according toMr. Brandt, “The robot they built this year was farsuperior.”

Carmella StankoStaff Writer

Many students at GLSHS take advan-tage of opportunities around them to expand theirlearning outside of school walls. Numerousteachers offer field trips to take their student’sknowledge out of the classroom.

Mrs. Curci and Mr. Repko took fourteenstudents spelunking. “Spelunking is actually caveexploration which is a very physical and strenu-ous activity. Our trip takes place in the unex-plored portion of Laurel Caverns and we usuallycrawl and climb for 3-4 miles during a 3 hourexcursion 480 ft. under the earth,” said Curci.“We always have a professional guide or else wewould get lost. We are not sitting. We are mov-ing and sweating and using our muscles and thatis how it is definitely related to any PhysicalEducation class.”

Mrs. Ryder and Miss Harvey went withover one hundred Spanish students to SomersetHigh School for an educational concert by JustoLamas. Lamas is a Spanish singer from Argentinawho tours the US and sings to high school studentSpanish students to inspire them to learn moreabout the language and culture. “We retain over80% of what we sing,” said Ryder. “As long asthe song is grammatically correct, we are learningthe language in the easiest way possible. Plus theconcert is totally in Spanish. Your listening skillsare sharpened as you listen to a native singer talkabout his native Argentina and to the audienceabout whatever.”

Students from clothing classes, taught by

Mrs. Gaudino, visited clothing boutiques inPittsburgh on April 25. The students visited Jupe,a woman’s boutique on the Southside. They alsowent to Sugar, a boutique that only acceptsclothes from local manufacturers, and Hiptique, ahigh-end women’s boutique, both located inShadyside. The classes interviewed the owners ofthese stores about how they got started and whatit is like to own a business and be in the fashionindustry. This trip was a fun way for the clothingstudents to experience what it is like is this line ofbusiness. During the interviews, students learnedwhat king of school they went to, what kind ofdemands are important to the field, the long daysthat theu experience. The students who are inter-ested in a fashion career also learned that thebackground they need for a good business is fash-ion merchandising, fashion design, art school.

Ten of Mrs. Rost’s art history studentsvisited Fallingwater and Kentucky Knob on April28. The classes have learned about all of the timeperiods through art, and this trip will teach themmore about pop culture and contemporary art.“Because we learned about architecture andsculptures in class, visiting these places will helpme understand better,” said senior Felicia Hunter.“I’ve visited them before, but never to actuallylook at it critically and be aware of the art.”

Field trips are a great way for students toincrease their knowledge and skills outside ofschool doors and enjoy themselves doing it.

Out of class learning becomes a uniqueway for students to learn life skills

Anna SylvesterStaff Writer

Angela Palombo receives firstplace and a $1,000 scholarshipin the annual heart fair contest

Courtney BriggsStaff Writer

Angela Palombo, ajunior in Mrs. Levan’s anatomyclass, created a project for theheart fair in February. Her proj-ect was of such good qualitythat it was chosen as first placein the heart fair, and shereceived a $1,000 scholarship.Her project is currently in Mr.Dougherty’s room for anyone toexam.

Palombo’s project con-sists of an album with a heartthat is velcro on the front. It canbe taken apart so that the insideof the heart can be seen. Sheused velcro to make it interac-tive and gave directions tomatch the picture with thesymptom.

For the 9th year,including 9 school, Excelahealth gave guidelines to createthe project, and gave the criteriathat the projects required to win.Excela provided the judges topick a project that best fit theguidelines and could be award-ed the scholarship. Excela gavePalombo a $1000 scholarshipfor college and senior JessicaGrist’s project was awarded sec-ond place. An award ceremonywas held at the hospital. Thescholarship is not given to herdirectly, but it goes toward hercollege tuition. She will receivethe scholarship at the award cer-

emony in her senior year. I nMrs. Levan’s anatomy class,each student completed a heartfair project. The projectaccounted for 25% of each stu-dents grade for the quarter.Since it was worth so manypoints, it had a strict criteria andwas extremely time consuming.The project had to be on theGolden Hour which is the firsthour after a heart attack. Herproject was later sent to ExcelaHealth for a bigger competition.

Mrs. Levan gave her

students a rubric they had to fol-low, and then the two highestscores from each school wereawarded $100. Senior JessicaGrist won second prize.

The project was a goodopportunity for Palombobecause she plans to pursue acareer in the medical field.Palombo says, “I hope to be anurse practitioner for obstetricswhich are babies, or somethingalong those lines.”

Photo By: Angela Repko, Photo Editor

Woodshop classes put their own style into their projects

Brian NoelStaff Writer

Throughout the course of the year, thestudents in woodshop take part in two projects.First year Wood I Students make a stool. Wood IIand Wood III students, they pick their own projectto plan and create out of wood. All three wood-shop courses taught by Mr. Hudock instill a levelof confidence and skill ability that the studentscan take with them for the rest of their lives.

First year students, as an intro to woodmake projects planned by Mr. Hudock. “I thinkmaking a stool was a pretty cool project, to do, itreminded me of ninth grade wood shop with Mr.Pletcher where we made a chair,” said junior JoshScanlon.

The second and third year students havethe luxury of choosing what kind of project theywould like to do. Projects range from baseballbats to gun cabinets. “When students enter theirolder years of woodshop, they take on moreresponsibility, they are able to pick their projectbased on a wide set of proposals, they truly havea lot of freedom for choice,” said Mr. Hudock.

Based on the freedoms that Wood I andWood II students have for the projects theychoose, one would think that it would be difficultto grade the projects. “I grade the projects basedon the quality of the work that they turn in as their

project, if there are imperfections, I dock points,but most students will agree that I’m fair in mygrading,” Hudock said. With this style of grad-ing, and the choice that is very rare in other class-es woodshop is a must take for any person look-ing to express their individuality in a differentway.

Photo By: Angela Repko, Photo Editor

Senior Spotlight: Jennifer HarroldKristina Wiggins

Staff Writer

Members of the community admire the student-created ceramic art displayed in the Center forStudent Creativity at the annual art show on Thursday April 24, 2008.

Photo By: Angela Repko, Photo Editor

Photo Submitted By: Jennifer Harrold

Shown above is Brett Bumar creating his seniorwood shop project.

Mr. Dougherty reads through Angela Palombo’s first place heartfair project. The project won a $1.000 scholarship and is nowdisplayed in his room.

Feature Feature 88 May 7, 2008May 7, 2008

Not So Shady:Jessica Verbanic

Natalie SchadeStaff Writer

Junior Jessica Verbanic knows what is most important inher life as a high school student. She knows how to prioritize andget the things done that need to be done. Focused and hardworkingare great words to describe Verbanic.

Jessica Verbanic takes several AP classes. You do notcome across a junior in AP calculus very often. Jess is not just in anaccelerated math class but also an accelerated English class, APLanguage. “I've always liked to challenge myself I knew going intothis year that I may not get straight A's, but I took them anyways,”said Verbanic. She strives for perfection and knows that eventhough it might not come as easy as she would like it to, she workshard at it and in the end it pays off. “I hate making mistakes and Ihate failing at something,” commented Jess. Now that the weatheris getting warmer she said that it’s getting harder and harder to con-centrate on her grades but doesn’t want her GPA to slip just becauseshe gets lazy. “I try to go home and just get my homework done andnot make excuses for me,” said Verbanic.

Her favorite class has always been math but right now shesaid it would have to be drawing and painting. “I like art because Iam creative and have it first period so it’s a great way to start theday.” Even though she likes her art class, math is still one of herfavorite subjects and one of the most important.

Jessica also plays on the school’s volleyball team. She hasbeen playing since 8th grade. “I was really was not athlete, butthought I should experiment with some kind of sport,” saidVerbanic. Her friends Sarah Moss and Mallory Muller got hergoing to open gyms. Her friends made it look fun and that’s howshe started playing the game. What she likes most about the sportshe mentioned is defiantly the team aspect. “I like the friendshipsthat grow.”

In addition, Verbanic just got a job as a waitress at RedBrick restaurant in West Point, therefore she does not have muchfree time. When she does, she likes to hang out with her friends.Jessie has also been taking piano lesson off and on for about 5 yearsbut lately has not had time to keep up with them. She hopes to beable to start back up with lessons in the near future. In the future,Verbanic plans on becoming an architect, where she can use herstrong work ethic to the fullest. She has known what she wanted todo since fourth grade. Kent State, Carnegie Mellon, Syracuse, andPenn State are prospective colleges for her in the future.

Jessica Verbanic has developed full concentration anddedication when it comes to grades. She tries to be successful ineverything she starts in her life. She participates in a sport whilekeeping up with her grades and has many hobbies that she enjoys.

Broadcast and PublicationsStudents receive awards

Ben BattagliaStaff Writer

Sixth Grade campStudents go from being a camper tobecoming a counselor six years later

Back in sixth grade thehighlight of the year was goingto sixth grade camp and spend-ing three days with all yourfriends at Camp Soles. Nowgoing back five years later, sixthgrade camp once again was thehighlight of my year. For the32nd year in a row, GreaterLatrobe School District heldtheir annual sixth grade campfor all three elementary schools.A group of 60 volunteer highschool juniors and seniors alongwith 70 teachers from eachschool headed up to Camp Solesto provide the 300 sixth gradestudents with a three day breakthat they will never forget.

By using the seniorhigh students as counselors, theyoung teenagers learn what itslike to have a leadership role.Assistant Principal at the seniorhigh, Mr. Krehlik said, “I thinkwhat I like best about having thesenior high students help out atthe camp is that the reason theywant to go back is because ofthe experience they had whenthey were sixth graders atcamp.”

Each student whowanted to be chosen as a campcounselor had to write a shortessay explaining why he/she feltthey would be a good leader tothe students and why theyshould be selected. “I like thewhole concept of them givingback something positive thatthey experienced from theirchildhood. It was refreshing to

see the high school students act-ing mature and responsible forthe sixth grade students. Theyreally look up to them and try toact like they do, so they justhave to remember to be a posi-tive role model for them anddemonstrate good behavior,”said Mr. Krehlik.

Camp coordinatorMrs. Bates said, “The highschool students are an essentialpiece to this operation. We can-not do it without them. Theyreally are the pieces to the puz-zle of camp.” Because of thiseach high school counselorreceived a name tag with a jigsaw puzzle piece attached to

symbolize how they are a keypiece to the success of the camp.

Once at camp, the stu-dents get to take part in typicalcamp activities such as archery,campfire sing-along, canoeing,fishing, hiking, ice cream mak-ing, kickball, kite-making,night-walking, rifle, ropecourse, tie-dying, tug-o-war,and volleyball. Most people donot understand the amount ofeducation that these kids attainwhile at camp. It is not just athree day vacation from booksand tests, because while at campthe kids are taught social studiesby using compasses and havinga balloon launch, sciences byinvestigating streams and theenvironment, math by calculat-ing different times of a 50 yarddash and of course physicaleducation by taking a three mile

hike, rope courses and boating.But above all else, they get thechance to develop relationshipswith their fellow students, coun-selors and teachers.

Mrs. Bates said, “Myfavorite part about camp is therelationships that are developedbetween teacher and students,student and student, and coun-selor and student. Also to get tosee the students experiencesomething they’ve never seenbefore. I truly believe that it isone of the best opportunitiesthat they school district offersour students. Not just because Iam in charge of it all butbecause I have seen what it hasdone so far for theses studentsand the high school students.”

Senior Jordann Westwho has been a two year coun-selor said, “I like being able tointeract with the kids and just

reliving my sixth grade campexperience and of course spend-ing time with all my amazingfriend counselors.” Each counselor had the chanceto relive their memories at campbut for one counselor, juniorBree Piper, it was all new to her.“My favorite part about campwas everything!” said Piper. “Inever had the chance to gowhen I was in sixth gradebecause I went to Sacred Heartso all the activities were fun andnew to me. I especially liked tiedying and I made so much ofit.”

Sixth grade is not justenjoyable for the kids but alsofor everyone involved. It is alearning experience that is edu-cational and also memorable. Itcreates lasting memories andlife long relationships.

Broadcast and publication students put their talents on dis-play at West Virginia University, Point Park University, and RobertMorris University.

Students who received Certificates from WVU: KelseyBorza, Mike DeFabo, Matt Zitt, Annie Maroon, Andrew Williams,Courtney Briggs, Brianna Saddler, Carmella Stanko, AnnaSylvester, Kristina Wiggins, Kaitlin Zurawsky, Tyler Baloh, RyanLaDuke, Montana MillerMarch 19 at W.V.U.:Broadcast News Competition - 1st- Kelsey Borza, Critical ReviewWriting Competition- Division I- 1st- Annie Maroon- 2nd- AndrewWilliamsMarch 28 at Point Park University:Layout and Design- 1st- Nicholas BaughPhotography- 1st- Angela Repko; Broadcast Best News Anchor-1st- Kelsey Borza and Justin Downs; Sports Article- HonorableMention- Tyler Baloh and Ryan LaDuke; Best Newscast- 2nd-Acacia Houck; Best Broadcast News Package- 2nd- Justin Downs-Runner Up- Kelsey BorzaApril 15 at R.M.U.:Student Judged PSA- Jack Denny, Commercial- Mike DeFabo andJosh Helfferich, News- Kelsey Borza, School Announcements-Broadcast II Students, Documentary- Emily Stewart

Recently, GreaterLatrobe High School hosted aspeaker, although most studentswere not aware of his speech, hewas of high significance. Tospeak to students, Mrs.Wydareny, and Mrs. Lear, wereable to bring 2004 GreaterLatrobe graduate James Fox.Several students from EnglishIII and English IV had theopportunity to see Fox speakand were impressed with thenature, theme, and outcome ofhis speech.

Business, Business,Business was Fox’s theme of hisspeech. Fox explained the traitsthat employers are looking forwhen they hire a perspectiveemployee, such as how muchthe appearance of an applicantaffects the owners or the inter-viewers look for on the person.In addition to Fox’s explanationon the ins and the outs of gettinghired, he also addressed the everso important issue to juniors:

getting into college. Foxexplained that an effective col-lege essay is vital to any appli-cant’s chances of making it intoa good college.

Students from theEnglish classes who attendedthe speech all agreed that Foxwas an effective speaker. Theyfelt that James Fox was notspeaking to a group, but ratherthey felt like he was speaking toan individual. Teachers wereequally impressed with Fox’scapabilites “Fox displayed athorough knowledge of employ-ers, he really impressed me.”said Mrs. Wydareny. Thecharisma displayed by Foxresembled not public speech,but rather as if it was a simpleconversation betwixt twofriends. “I was really impressedwith Fox’s speech capabili-ties…I thought I would bebored out of my mind, but Istayed interested through outthe course of the presentation,”

said junior Josh Clark, whoattended the speech with Ms.Mihalco’s English III class.Fox does indeed use the inter-esting tactic of a short power

point slide presentation alongwith detailed explanations thattruly creates an interestingspeech.

Latrobe graduate James Fox shares business importance with students

Brian NoelStaff Writer

Photo By: Angela Repko, Photo Editor

Photo By: Angela Repko, Photo Editor

This group of counselors who attended Camp Soles on April 23-25 with L.E.S. were ready to go kayaking with their lifejackets.The Counselors got to hang out together during free time awayfrom the campers after dinner was over.

Photo By: Angela Repko, Photo Editor

Verbanic practices playing the piano in what little free time she can find.

Photo submitted by: Mrs. Houck

Mary MaattaStaff Writer

This year, Jenny and Courtney returned back to Camp Solesremainging best friends six years later but this time as counselors.

Seniors Courtney Furwa and Jenny Fyalkowski attended 6thgrade camp as best friends in 2002 when they attended L.E.S.

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Graduate James Fox gives a presentation to a group of students toprepare them for a business career.

Photo Submitted By: Courtney Furwa

Photo Submitted By: Courtney Furwa