The GHMS Insider Volume 2, Issue 2	7th & 8th Journalism Course	Published: Quarterly	Edition: Winter 2019

Why We Need More
African-American Teachers
At GHMS
By: Dawnelle Blake
Did you know there are only 18% of black	The students who were randomly assigned teachers making up the teaching workforce	one black teacher in third, fourth, or fifth in the US? I know, it’s not incredibly diverse.	grade were less likely to drop out. They were Black teachers are the minority at the	also 18% more likely to say they wanted to moment. If we keep sitting here, allowing	go on to college/university. The boys were them to become the minority, all the benefits	29%	more	likely	to	say	they	were that come with them will never be used to	considering going to college.
excel children. Black teachers have an                                                                               It’s essential to have black teachers. enormous impact on children, and it’s a                                                                      Black teachers reduce the rate of black tragedy it isn’t shared throughout the world.                                                                        students who decide to drop out. They also Numerous benefits come with recruiting                                                                      heighten the chance a black student will African-American educators. One of those                                                                      graduate high school with plans to go to benefits is having a role model of a similar                                                                      university and college. Here’s the despairing racial background. In the article titled, “We                                                                      truth; evidence shows the certification rules
demanding work. Also, according to a
study done by John Hopkins
University, posted by Rewire and
written by Katie Moritz, it states
during	the	experiment,	the
researchers studied 100,000 black
tomorrow.
need more black and brown teachers but not	for becoming a teacher are keeping a for the reasons you think”, written by Andre	multitudinous amount of potential teachers Perry, it states, “Black students certainly	of color out of jobs. Also, 6.5% of black need to have role models of smartness. The	teachers drop out anyways. This means experience of receiving white teachers	some black teachers aren’t even passing throughout students of color’s educational	the certification rules and black students trajectory imparts what, scholar Bell Hooks,	who have dropped out and don’t make an names the "hidden curriculum" – the	effort to go into college. That reduces the unexamined, implicit cultural values that are	number of black teachers. We have to make communicated to students. Not seeing black	use of the current black teachers we have and brown teachers insidiously puts a race	so we can inspire this generation to teach on smartness.” Another benefit that comes	and help out the next. Black teachers today from having black teachers is that having at	don’t even realize that the impact they put least one black teacher throughout your students going into the third grade in	on students today impacts the students of

As expressed, the lack of African
primary school experience escalates the North Carolina public schools from

2001-2005. About 13% of students
likelihood low-income black students will go
dropped out and half graduated
without a plan for college. The
students	who	were	randomly
assigned one black teacher in third,
fourth, or fifth grade were less likely
to drop out. They were also 18% more
likely to say they wanted to go on to
changes have to be done to improve
on to high school and college/university. It                                                                      American teachers is devastating, as I’ve also decreases the likeliness that black                                                                      clarified throughout this article, black males would drop out by 40%.                                                                                               teachers have a copious amount of benefits Did you know, students with two black                                                                      that could and are essential to learning and teachers were 32% more likely to enroll in                                                                      education as a whole. If the educating college. Furthermore, students with at least                                                                      workforce were more open and diverse, we one black teacher from kindergarten to third                                                                      would definitely see the golden era of grade were 10% more likely to be depicted by college/university. The boys were     education. It’s 2020, and I believe that more

29% more likely to say they were
their fourth-grade teacher as persistent,
relentless, and more willing to attempt more considering going to college.	education. This is an important first step.

Vape Companies Target

Teens Page: 3

Child Murderers

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GHCS Superintendent: Mr. Hanke

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By: Jaylah	By: Alyana Adegbite

We all have our secrets. However, your secret likely isn't that
you are a serial killer. Yet, there is a wide array of people that have	Celebrities get more attention than they know what to do killed, along with will continue to kill countless others. These are           with. Paparazzi follow celebrities around to the point that the people your parents warned you about. A serial killer may           they really seem more like stalkers in that they will do just appear to be a well-adjusted individual with an ordinary job a           about anything to get a picture of an A-list celebrity. Yet, happy family. A serial killer could also be that weirdo you see           these famous people often have actual stalkers...super-walking the streets at all hours of the day and night. Honestly, you           fans that will do nearly anything to be in the presence or never really know someone. Below are five of these devious,           home of the celebrities they often feel they are in love with. blood-thirsty men that have taken the lives of many people along           Some celebrity stalkers have done some pretty dangerous with shattered the lives of their families and loved ones.                            and completely illegal things in an attempt to gain the Ted Bundy went on a five-year killing rampage that started in           focus of their desired celeb. Below are five celebrity stalker nineteen seventy-four, Flordia. His murdering rampage didn't end           stories.
until he was captured in nineteen seventy-nine. Bundy admits to	Ashley Tisdale had a terrifying encounter with an alleged committing thirty murders upon his arrest. Yet, authorities think           stalker, Nick Fiore. Nick would send crazy tweets every day the actual he murdered around one hundred. Bundy would           to the celebrity. Ashley didn't think anything of it until she typically approach his victims in public places, feigning injury or           got over 18,000 tweets most of them were described as disability,	or	impersonating	an	authority	figure	before           delusional. Some of the things he said included guns and overpowering, raping along with murdering them in private areas.           threatening lyrics, it made Tisdale and her boyfriend, Bundy was given the death penalty for his crimes. The spent ten           Christopher French, scared for their lives. The young years in prison before being electrocuted in 1989.                                      actress filed for a restraining on June 4, 2016, soon after John Wayne Gacy is known as "The Killer Clown," raped, tortured,           nick was put in jail for two hundred and eight days for and also murdered at least thirty-three boys and men between           breaking the restraining order.
nineteen seventy-two -seventy-eight in Chicago, Illinois. He was	Kylie Jenner was home one night when an escaped found by the police to have twenty-nine bodies covert in the crawl           psychiatric patient tried to break into her home and was space of his home, then he confessed to having killed even more           put into custody. The man was arrested and has been men, which he got rid of in the river. He was slaughtered by lethal           ordered to stay one hundred yards away from kylie and her injection in 1989.                                                                                          Calabasas home, her workplace, and her car. The man who Jeffrey	Dahmer	murdered seventeen men in Milwaukee,           did this to Kylie was put in jail for a year and is still there Wisconsin, since the getaway of his would-be eighteenth victim           today.
led to his abduction. Dahmer is maybe best known for cutting up	Miley Cyrus had an alleged stalker, David Rumsey, he his victims and keeping parts of his victims, many of which were           would send tweets to the actress and singer and was found in his apartment at the time of his arrest. Dahmer died in           caught coming into one of her concerts. He even booked a prison as the result of a work detail beating in 1994.                                  room closest to hers and wanted to see her. David said he Gary Ridgway: For almost twenty years, Gary Ridgway, known as           wanted to impregnate the young star, he even waited "The Green River Killer," terrorized the areas surrounding the Green           before the show to see her and wanted to even meet up. River in Washington's States, King County, where he would lure,           Miley has even put him in jail before but he just never gave kill, and get rid of at least forty-nine victims before his capture in           up.
two thousand one. While the number of confirmed deaths number	Selena Gomez’s alleged stalker flew from Chicago to Los forty-nine, Ridgway confessed to killing as many as seventy-one	Angeles to find her. The young actress was having trouble women in his interviews after the arrest. He is currently serving	getting a permanent restraining order, so he stepped in and four hundred eighty years in a Washington prison without the	tried to help her. In a video he is recorded saying him and possibility of parole.	Selena are the holy ones chosen by God, he also said that Dr. H.H. Holmes confessed to twenty-seven killings and is believed	he's heard voices from God talking to him and ordering him to have murdered as many as two hundred people during the time	to kill the teen sensation. The pop star stalker Brawd Nicky period surrounding the eighteen ninety-three World's Fair in	was not put in jail and all restraining orders were dropped Chicago, Illinois. Holmes ran a motel called the murder castle,	in the end because with no explanation.
equipped for killing- with gas lines into guest rooms, huge	Kim Kardashian West was just coming back to her hotel furnaces, lime and acid pits, and large vaults- and would torture,           after her sister’s fashion show when three unidentified men suffocate, and strangle his victims before getting rid of them in           broke in. Kim was lying awake on her bed when they barged the facility. Holmes was arrested in Boston, Massachusettes, in           in, they tied her up and taped her mouth closed. They asked 1894. He died by hanging in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1899.              and asked for money so Kim gave them her 4.6 million
In conclusion, while it is true that we all keep some things	dollar ring. They took Kim and put her on the floor in the about ourselves hidden. Nonetheless, the majority of us are not	bathroom. The unknown suspects that got away before the hiding the fact that we are plotting out our next homicide. It may	police could get there are still on the loose today.
seem unbelievable that someone would create a motel for the sole	Now there are people that stalk people because they are purpose of killing people and then melting their bodies to nothing           obsessed with them, but celebrities, everyone knows where in acid. Still, that's precisely what Dr. H. H. Holmes did. Can you           they are at every moment of their lives and people get so imagine finding out your doctor is actually a serial killer? As I           obsessed that they go to their house and think they’re mentioned, you never really know someone. Understand that           dating and demand to see them. This can get so scary to these people do exist in the world and walk amongst us. So,           witch they get a restraining order or even end up in jail. consider yourself warned and be careful out there.

	

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Top 10 states Affected By The Opioid Crisis

By: Valerie Ortiz
Every day, about 130 Americans die from	overdose deaths and about 32 deaths per a drug overdose. This statistic has grown	100,000 persons, which is also two times drastically in the past six years. According	greater than the average rate. According to to the article, Changes in Opioid-involved	the Maryland Opioid Summary by the Overdose Deaths by Opioid Type posted by	National Institute on Drug Abuse, “From Medscape.com, it states, “The number of	2012 to 2017, the number of deaths opioid-involved overdose deaths (opioid	involving synthetic opioids rose from 52 to deaths) in the United States increased 90%,	1,542 deaths.” When it comes to pregnant from 25,052 to 47,600. This increase was	women taking drugs, the same article said primarily driven by substantial increases in	that “In the incidence of NAS/NOWS deaths	involving	illicitly	manufactured	between 2004 and 2014, from 1.5 cases per fentanyl (IMF) or fentanyl mixed with heroin,	1,000 hospital births to 8.0 cases per 1,000, sold as heroin, or pressed into fake	that is one baby born with NAS/NOWS
prescription pills.” While the growing opioid a chart that showed that Synthetic	every 15 minutes in the United States.” crisis has negatively impacted all 50 states, Opioids were the most used type of	6. Maine - For every 100,000 persons, 30 some states have been hit harder than opioid used in 2017, with a total of	people died, or a total of 360 deaths others. Below is a list of the states that about 3,500 varieties of opioids.	involving drugs. Demographics chart of have been most affected by the opioid 3. Washington DC - As of 2017, 35 per	Opioid Deaths in Maine given by LiveStories epidemic.	100,000 persons have died from the	statistics show that more men die from 1. West Virginia - With 50 people per crisis, making it the third-highest state	drugs by about 30 people per 100,000. The 100,000 persons dying from the opioid in the country. A state summary	same statistics show that there was a epidemic, the state of West Virginia has prepared by the National Institute on	substantial increase in deaths from 2014 to been affected more than any other state in Drug Abuse from the Washington DC	2017. The National Institute on Drug the US. A study of West Virginia’s opioid Opioid Summary states that “The	Abuse’s Maine Opioid Summary reports crisis completed by the National Center for greatest rise occurred among deaths	that “Heroin-involved deaths increased by Biotechnology Information and published by involving synthetic opioids other than	sixfold from 12 to 76 cases.” Also published the US National Library of Medicine	methadone (mainly fentanyl), with 13 to	by the NIDA, “A recent national study National     Institutes     of     Health     reports 182 cases between 2014-2017. In the	revealed a fivefold increase in the incidence shocking statistics regarding the significant same period, heroin-involved deaths	of NAS/NOWS between 2004 and 2014, increase in IV drug use from 2009 to 2018. tripled from 37 to 127, and prescription	from 1.5 cases per 1,000 hospital births to The	report      provides      the      following opioid-involved deaths tripled from 23	8.0 cases per 1,000 hospital births.” Babies information,     “The     number     of     people to 358 cases.” Also, many pregnant	born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome injecting drugs has increased from 36% in women used drugs, which caused their	increase five times in over ten years.
2005 to 54% in 2015.” The article further child to be born with NAS, which is	7. Massachusetts - With a rise of 67 deaths explains the possible reasons for the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.	to 1,649 deaths in five years, and a rate of increase in more than half of the state using 4. New Hampshire - Being one of the	about 30 people per 100,000, the state drugs illegally. According to the report, the top five states with 34 deaths per	makes the top ten due to their cases primary reasons for the rise in drug use 100,000 persons, which is more than	involving	synthetic	opioids.	A	data include “a combination of sociocultural twice the average rate. The New	visualization has given by The Chapter 55 factors, a depressed economy, lack of Hampshire Opioid Summary created by	Report analyzes, “Opioid-related deaths in education, and a high rate of prescribing the National Institute on Drug Abuse	the state were more than four times higher and dispensing of prescription opioids.”	briefly explains that “A significant	in 2015 than in 2000.” Another fact in the 2. Ohio - Making this state the second most increase was seen in cases involving	same article mentions that “2014 marked - affected by the opioid epidemic, is the synthetic opioids other than methadone	the first year since 1999 that the fatal average 40 per 100,000 people that die each (mainly fentanyl) with a rise from 30	overdose rate in the Bay State was more year. A fact stated by the Ohio Department deaths in 2013 to 374 deaths in 2017.”	than double the national average.”
of Health published by the ODC mentions State statistics that are given by Amfar:	8. Kentucky - Compared to the average that “In Ohio, there were 411 fatal Making Aids History, published by the	national rate of about 14 deaths per unintentional drug overdoses in the year Opioid and Health Indicators Database,	100,000 persons, Kentucky has had a rate 2000, growing to 4,854 deaths in 2017.” mention that there were “about 470	of about 28 deaths per 100,000 persons in Although the number of deaths dropped drug-related	deaths	as	of	2017.”	2017. Although the number of deaths about 30 percent after 2017, the deaths LiveStories statistics also show that “on	caused by heroin decreased, the number of quickly increased afterward. An article from average, more men died from the crisis	deaths	caused	by	synthetic	opioids the Ohio Opioid Summary made by the than women.”                                                dangerously increased. For women who National Institute on Drug Abuse included a 5.	Maryland     -	With     about     1,985	OPIOID continued on page 3

hospital	costs	for	NAS/NOWS	births
increased from $91 million to $563 million,
after adjusting for inflation.”
9. Connecticut
- This state has a rate that is
two times the average drug rate in the United
States, with about 27 deaths per 100,000.
Drugs	involving	synthetic	opioids
tremendously increased, with the study
made by the NIDA stating that “The greatest
increase in opioid deaths was seen in cases
involving synthetic opioids (mainly fentanyl):
a rise from 79 deaths in 2016 to 686 in 2017.”
In this state, the amount of heroin used also
increased from 98 deaths in 2012 to 450 in
2016. The same rate of 1.5 to eight hospital
births per 1,000 involving NAS/NOWS was
given from 2004 to 2014.
10. Rhode Island
- According to the NIDA, “In
2017, there were 277 overdose deaths
involving opioids in Rhode Island—an age-
rate of 14.6 deaths per 100,000 persons.”
Fentanyl-involved deaths rose while heroin-
involved deaths dropped. Also given by the
NIDA is the fact that, “The highest number of
deaths in 2017 involved prescription opioids
with 646 deaths reported.” The same article
stated that “There were 9.1 cases of
NAS/NOWS	per	1,000	hospital	births
reported in 2016 in Rhode Island.”
The opioid epidemic is dangerously
majority of these deaths, as well. Although
these numbers don’t seem significant, they
have a bigger death count than it seems. At
this rate, who knows what will happen with
quickly and is a significant problem.
seconds.”
you turn!
control.
Target Teens

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took drugs during their pregnancy, the rate of	Vape Companies babies being born with NAS/NOWS risen
from 1.5 cases to eight cases per 1,000
hospital births. An article written by the
National Institute on Drug Abuse briefly	By: Kamarr Lyle
summarizes that “During the same period,	Vaping was once considered a safe and beneficial alternative to smoking
cigarettes. However, over the past five years, the damaging effects of vaping have been easily seen in the media. Disturbingly, vape companies target teens into wanting to try, purchase, and become addicted to their products. These companies spend millions of dollars on advertising their products with multimillion-dollar returns. Much like cigarette companies, the vaping industry is aware of the health risks involved with their products yet still attempt to gain teen consumers in hopes of attaining lifelong clients and their money.
Vape companies do a phenomenal job advertising their products to be a safe alternative to smoking cigarettes. However, they don’t share the most crucial information with their consumers...which is the remarkably harmful effects that vaping can have on your body. Vaping has not been along for very long but long. Yet, long enough to take the lives of young and older people alike, every day. Parents and adults should be alerted that their teens might be at the risk of vaping. Vaping can cause the same thing as smoking cigarettes, CANCER! It is just as easy to get addicted to vaping as it is cigarettes. In fact, according to the article titled Nicotine Addiction From Vaping Is a Bigger Problem Than Teens Realize written by Kathleen Raven it states, “Nicotine can spell trouble at any life stage, but it is particularly dangerous before the brain is fully developed, which happens around 25. When a teen inhales vapor laced with nicotine, the drug is quickly absorbed
adjusted rate of 26.9 deaths per 100,000      through the blood vessels lining the lungs. It reaches the brain in about 10 persons, compared to the average national           The state of Ohio recently changed its laws regarding tobacco and tobacco-like products so that a buyer of the harmful products must be 21 years of age as
opposed to the old law in which you only needed to be 18 years old. Yet, you will see vape products in the hands of people much younger than 21. How are young people getting these products if it is against the law? Or what big companies are advertising? And where do these big vaping companies get this money from? First, these companies get there most attention from advertisements. In the eyes of kids, this makes them start vaping at such a young age. According to an article titled Governor Signs Vaping Epidemic Executive Order posted by Flavor Hook Kids, “Kids report vaping as early as 12 years old!” The vaping trend is mostly spread through
increasing as the years go by. Many people      the internet, radio, and even at venues and events. It is like vaping is everywhere are getting addicted and are causing a           The biggest and most famous vaping company is JUUL. Most teens have Juuls than any other vape’s. Over the years, there are still many vape companies rising
and still targeting teens. Juul Labs was founded in 2015 and was initially established to help stop adults from regular cigarettes. But ever since teens have
the death rates involving opioids. Drugs are      got a hold of the little black sticks with nicotine in it, Juul has spun out of something that you can get addicted to           According to the article titled Juul posted by Wikipedia, “Given the high nicotine concentrations in Juul, the nicotine-related consequences of its use by young
people could be more severe than those from their use of other e-cigarette products.” You can usually find vapes at your local drug store or any random gas station. The vape company is nearly worth 12.8 billion USD. That’s a lot of money spent on death!
Vaping, well known as e-cigarettes, once was supposed to help adults with smoking. These companies have been intending to head for the teen society in America for years now. They have been relying on teens to get hooked and obsessed to try their products. Companies, just like Juul, spend millions on millions on advertising these nicotine sticks. Over the years, there have been organizations to help stop nicotine addictions. These vape pods are one-way tickets to tragic causes or even fatality for these teens!

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What Happens When
You Catch A Case	Murderers By: Zaria Pitts

By: Taylor Draper
Have you ever been in trouble with the police or law?	In our society, we hear about gruesome murders and killers on a Have you been unfortunate enough to catch a case? There daily basis. We see and listen to things on the news and social media is a whole process that teens go through when breaking that explain the horrors of how the hands of another took some the law or committing an extreme crime. Once one is people's lives. We've all listened to tales of men and women of all ages charged with a crime, the second step is the arraignment and races that have committed implausible crimes against innocent process. The arraignment process requires a court hearing children. However, have you heard about young children that have with a judge. At the court hearing, the juvenile offender slaughtered people even younger than them? Below is a list of people enters a plea (delinquent or not delinquent, which is the that have carried out unspeakable crimes at an immensely young age. equivalent of an adult court plea of guilty or not guilty). If Eric Smith: Eric Smith was 13-years-old when he sexually abused and the offender pleads not guilty, there will potentially be a murdered Derrick Robie, age four, on August 2, 1993, in Steuben trial. Depending on whether or not the juvenile is found County, New York. Eric and Derrick lived in different parts of the city but delinquent or not delinquent determines the consequences went to the same recreation program a block away from Derrick's the youth obtains. Juvenile court proceedings may take a house. Derrick's mother was taking care of her youngest son and long period of time from beginning to end.                                couldn't walk Derrick to the end of the driveway like she usually did. Arraignment/hearing - At the arraignment/hearing, the teen That day, she let her son walk one block all by himself for the first time. will be told the charges that they were charged with. From During those quick five minutes, Derrick was lured from the sidewalk, there, a court date will be set, and the judge will then decide into the woods, and strangled by Eric. Eric sexually abused derrick. His whether the juvenile will wait for the court hearing date in belongings were dispersed around his body. Even the food in his the DH (detention center) or if the teen should go to their lunchbox was poured out and smashed near him. As the details household with a parent or guardian to await the court unfolded, Eric became the police's number one suspect. The "innocent-date. On the court date, the judge will ask the juvenile if looking" redhead with thick glasses admitted to killing Derrick, but they plead delinquent or not delinquent. If the teen pleads never gave any real reason why he did it. In 1994, Eric was tried and delinquent (guilty) of the crime, a later court date will be set convicted of second-degree murder and received sentencing of nine to determine the time the teen will serve in the DH and go years to life in prison, which was the maximum term given to juvenile into police custody. However, if the teen pleads not murderers.
delinquent (not guilty), a trial will be established.	Mary Bell and Norma Bell: In 1968, 11-year-old Mary Bell was convicted Trial - The trial is held at the Juvenile Justice Center of killing two young boys. Martin Brown was four years old, and Brian located on Quincy Avenue in Cleveland. Victims, witnesses, Howe, who was only three years old. Mary choked Martin Brown and the juvenile, and their families attend the trial. The left his dead body in an abandoned house in Newcastle, England. Two prosecutor and defense attorney present their cases to the weeks later, she and her 13-year-old friend Norma Bell who is not person who makes a ruling on the case, which is the judge related to Mary, strangled Brian Howe, carved the letter M into his or magistrate. After hearing both sides of the story, the stomach with scissors and disposed of his body on waste ground. judge then determines if the juvenile is delinquent or not They cut Howe's hair, and his genitals were cut up into pieces. The girls delinquent.	were tried and convicted of manslaughter, but Norma was let free. Sentences and post sentences - Doug Dillon, an officer here Mary received life in juvenile detention, but only served 12 years before at Garfield Heights Middle School, states, “If the juvenile is she was released and given lifelong anonymity.
found to be delinquent of committing the crime, he will Robert Thompson and Jon Venables: 10-year-old Robert Thompson usually be sentenced at a later date. The judge will order a and Jon Venables abducted and killed James Bulger only at the age of pre-sentence evaluation or counseling. If sentenced two in 1993. The young boys grabbed the toddler from a mall while his immediately, a post-sentencing may be ordered.” This mother was inside of a store. Then, they took him on a two and a half-means that the newly found guilty criminal won’t be mile walk across Liverpool. Someone saw the boys walking by about sentenced right away and that the judge will take into 38 people, but many of those people assumed he was their little consideration the past juvenile cases of the offender. Most brother. Robert and Jon took James to a railway line where they likely, if the offender has been in previous altercations or tormented and brutally attacked the little boy. James suffered multiple has other cases against them, time will be added. However, skull fractures from blows to the head and was sexually abused by the if this was the defendant’s first crime, the judge will two older boys. After the beatings, they left Bulger's lifeless body probably go light (not as harsh of a punishment) on the across the railway tracks so that his body would be cut in half by a lawbreaker.                                                                                  train. Police were able to figure out it was Robert and Jon who did it In conclusion, there is a whole process of doing a crime because of the security camera that captured James' abduction from and breaking the law. There is the arraignment/hearing the mall. DNA tests matched the blood found on the boys' shoes to process, a trial, sentencing, and post-sentencing. All of James' blood. Robert and Jon were arrested and controversially tried these things can have a considerable impact on your life. In and convicted in an adult court. They were both found guilty of murder
learning the process and what some teens have to go	and sentenced to custody until the age of 18.
through when they commit a crime, you should be mindful Joseph McVay: When police arrived at the McVay house that day, after of what you’re getting yourself into, you should always a 911 call by a neighbor, they found Joseph's mother, Deborah McVay, think before you act. Think of the consequences there are who was age 46, inside, lying face down on her living room floor with a of you doing something you have no business doing gunshot wound in her head. Deborah was already dead by the time the because the things you think aren’t a big deal could police and ambulance arrived. Her ten-year-old son, Joseph McVay, actually affect your life within a blink of an eye.	MURDERERS continued on page 5

he didn't want to do it, so he shot her.
Carl Newton Mahan:
Carl Newton Mahan was
only six-years-old when he killed his best
friend, Cecil Van Hoose, who was old eight
years old over a piece of scrap iron on May 18,
1929, in Paintsville, Kentucky. Because the
two boys came from an underprivileged
Cecil swung and hit Carl in the face with a
piece of scrap iron. Carl ran all the way home
with Cecil not far behind. When he got home,
The initial sentence was 15 years in reform
school, but it was later turned over, and the
judge issued a "writ of prohibition" that kept
him from going to reform school. Now, Carl
was the youngest murder defendant in the
state of Kentucky and the country.
Surprised? Shocked? It's hard to
comprehend that children barely old enough
to tie their shoes properly are capable of
anger and rage, but the thought of abusing
and mutilating toddlers that we do not even
know is likely not something we think
about...let alone actually carry out. As clearly
illustrated in this article, people who commit
While it is unlikely you are sitting next to a
murderer right now...who knows...stranger
things have happened.
cold?
Jack the Ripp r:
Experts think that Jack the Ripper lived
thirty years and ten months old.
Zodiac Killer:
The zodiac killer was known for killing
never caught and may still be out there.
The Black Dahl a:
The Black Dahlia was an Actress who
for seventy-one years and ten months.
Th Boy n T e Bo :
A little boy around four or five years

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MURDERERS continued from page 4 confessed to her death. He was to be arrested and charged with his mother's abominable murder. Joseph's 15-year-old sister, Shawna, witnessed her brother shoot her mother.
Joseph said he did it over an argument with	By: Tajz Frazier-Sullivan his mother about firewood. His mother
wanted him to bring some in the house, and		Have you ever wondered about murders that are still unsolved to this day? Some murderers are still on the loose. People like Jack the Ripper may not be alive, but his cases are still unsolved. Some killers manipulate and tease the police by leaving clues. Ever heard of the Boy in the Box? His corpse was found in the box. The murderer has never been brought to justice. What
family, the two young boys were out looking	happens when high profile cases like this simply go
for scrap metal to trade for money. They
started to argue over a piece of scrap iron.	in Flower andeDean street in East End London. He was
suspected of having killed five prostitutes and mutilated their bodies. The bodies were all found but
he grabbed his father's gun and threatened to	not Jack. The case has been unsolved for one hundred shoot Cecil — and he did. Carl went to trial for
the murder of his best friend, Cecil Van Hoose.	thirty-seven people and leaving clues for the police. The police only confirmed five of his murders and seven attacks. People tried to force the name Robert Emmet The Hippie and say this man was the Zodiac Killer because of a symbol they cracked. They executed the wrong man because that symbol was made with twenty characters; they made eighteen. Police cars zoomed right past him because they thought they were looking for a negro suspect instead of a caucasian suspect.
committing murder. How do people our age	This was forty-nine years and ten months ago. He was
even think up crimes like Mary Bell and Norma
Bell? While we've all had our moments of	was murderedi in Los Angeles, Californa on January
fifteenth nineteen forty-seven. Her naked body was found cut in half at Leimert Park. She was found on the west side of South Norton Avenue, between Coliseum and West 39th Street. This case is so big they closed
homicide do not need to be of a certain age. In	the case and reopened it. The case has been unsolved
fact, they can be in Kindergarten or even
someone sitting in your classroom right now.	ofeage. IHehwasxnaked and battered with bruises
everywhere. It was around winter, so his bruised face froze up so nobody could identify him. According to the article titled, “The Boy In The Box- Inside The Creepy Unsolved Mystery,” it states, “Given that the Boy was young, between three and seven years old, police were hopeful that he would be quickly identified. However, once they saw the body, their hopes were dashed. While people would surely be looking for a missing boy who was healthy, well cared for, and clearly loved, it was unlikely that they would be looking for a scrawny, dirty, malnourished one. Unfortunately, the Boy in the box was just that.” This case has been unsolved for sixty-two years and ten months.
Watch your back and don’t leave home after dark. Make sure you walk with plenty of friends. Lock windows and doors and always have some type of protection. This is a dangerous world with debilitated people so make sure you stay safe or maybe your case will be unsolved.

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Criminals... Many brilliant rule	JP Mellamphy. In a mini-mall parking lot in breakers	have	strategic	plans;	California, JP is shown riding a bike with a numerous are smart enough not to get	trailer attached. He stops his bike when he caught.      Maybe      these      particular	sees a green SUV and parks in front of it. criminals had no idea what they were	Apparently, he also didn’t see the many doing. Regardless, these criminals’	security cameras inside, outside, and in plans to get away with crimes were	front of the store that actually sells video absolutely      ignorant.	What      these	security systems. JP puts a hoodie on and specific delinquents did is unbelievably	thinks he’s unseen, and he breaks the

foolish. Seriously, what were these guys thinking?
Mark Eskelsen. A homeless man from

Oregon called 911 and asked for hot

SUV’s window and starts stealing things

inside of it. The security footage was later By: Kalesia Nesmith	put out on the news. JP’s own family rats

him out, leading to a 6-month sentence in

chocolate, towels, and a hug. It seems dumb, right? But not only did he call 911 for this, for he had also trespassed into a closed public pool with a hot tub while on the phone with a cop. Mark stated that he had been in the hot tub for ten hours at most. He had been arrested for misuse of 911, and trespassing. Police said that they had found illegal marijuana on him during the incident. Don’t do drugs kids, seriously.
Herman Justice. A man in his late fifty’s from Kentucky certainly had a screw loose after he gets arrested after posing as a cop with a fake badge. He flashed his red police lights on the victim, getting her to stop the car. Hesitantly, she got out and put her hands on her head. Justice held a gun to her head, and his girlfriend, who was asleep while he pulled the poor lady over, dialed 911 and told the real authorities that her boyfriend that is unquestionably not a cop had just pulled over a “drunken driver.” It turns
out when the real cops came, Herman

alive distressed cat marinating in crushed pepper, oil, and chili powder. Korkuc, the owner of this poor cat, was planning to eat this creature. When the police asked Korkuc if he was planning to eat it, Gary stated the cat just had a miscarriage, and the crushed pepper was the poor cat’s vital fluid. After taking the cat to a shelter, the shelter pointed out that the cat was a MALE. Gary gets arrested for animal cruelty and banned from any future pet adoptions ever.
Sean	Hagen.	During	a	Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Philly’s game, it takes a turn when a lunatic runs across the baseball field. He jukes the baseball players and guards trying to tackle him, but baseball player Bo Diaz tripped Hagen, causing him to fall, and for the guards to properly arrest him without having to chase him down. Hagen didn’t run across the field in red spandex because he was drunk; it was actually planned. Hagen’s sister admitted to him, asking her to pick him up if he gets himself arrested. Sean Hagen gets charged
with trespassing and disorderly conduct.

jail.

Sean South. Sean South from Arkansas decided to rob his friend’s house with one other unidentified individual. When Sean and his friend broke into the house, they stole 11,000 dollars worth of electronics and jewelry. On the security footage taken from behind the TV, which Sean was trying to steal, he bent down for a break from attempting to carry the heavy, stolen items. Luckily, for the victim, Sean bends down enough to get his entire face on camera. After his friend came home, she posts the video of these two criminals on her Facebook page. As it turns out, she finds out Sean South was also a friend of hers     on     Facebook.     Sean     and     his
companion are charged with theft and

had multiple weapons in his car. As	felony burglary.

frightening as this experience was for	Kevin Miller. In Sugarcreek, Ohio, this the victim, she wasn’t even intoxicated.	unusual, one of a kind man, had Nice job, Herman...not.	approached several citizens and asked Sheila	Marie	Brennan.     A security	what did they think of his outfit. Maybe it camera catches a woman from Florida	would’ve been fine if he wasn’t wearing a using an ATM. Nothing suspicious	one-piece green women’s bathing suit with

going on yet. Until she goes to a nearby trash can and pulls out a hat and a hammer she must’ve hidden earlier. She must’ve thought nobody just seen her literally put the hat on. After that, she takes the hammer and continuously beats the ATM. After a couple of minutes of smashing the ATM and failing miserably, she flees the crime scene. Police arrived soon after and charged	Brennan	with	criminal mischief. It wasn’t even troublesome trying to find her thanks to the security camera she wasn’t informed of. It turns out; she caused eight thousand dollars worth of damage to the ATM.
Gary Korkuc. Now this one is just disturbing. A policeman sitting in his car peacefully in Buffalo City, New York, hears odd noises coming from a trunk.
With further investigation, police find an

Waldo Soroa. Matrix Andaluz, Jose David Diaz Marrero, and two other unidentified males have been caught up in a burglary. These five males under the age of twenty broke into an unlucky Florida women’s house on December 15th. They burglarized jewelry, money, and a vase filled with ashes of 2 dogs and a dead husband. These five men thought the victim’s ashes of loved ones were illegal drugs to snort. They stated they were thinking of returning them once they realized the ashes were definitely not cocaine. Instead of returning them, they threw the remains in a nearby lake. Not only did they rob this women’s house, but they’ve also attempted to rob numerous other houses, and that’s how they were caught. They were charged with burglary
and a variety of other things.

long socks and winter boots on. Miller asked three young girls enjoying their day, “Hey girls, how do you like my bathing suit?” He then rubbed his chest and started jogging behind them. That’s when they started running. The girl’s dad called the authorities. Kevin Miller was arrested for harassment of multiple residents and was in jail for three years.
These criminals were not very intelligent ones. While many law-breakers come up with a rational way their crimes should be carried out, with the goal of NOT getting caught. These people obviously did not. Regardless, the things these criminals did are fantastic examples of what you should never do. Better yet, do not ever get involved in any criminal activity, and you can avoid what these “geniuses” went through as a direct result of their criminal
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By: Alaba Mack

Urban legends are stories that are usually passed around like a true story that generally has some element that creates fear in a specific group of people. Most urban legends are around for generations. Each generation may add a small twist to the story to make it more relevant to society at the time. You’re likely familiar with the urban legend of Bloody Mary. But, have you heard about Robert the Doll or La Mala Hora? Cultures of all kinds have their own urban legends. Below are a variety of urban legends of which you may not be aware of.
Robert the Doll - Even though a lot of dolls are pretty creepy, Robert the doll might be the most horrifying doll to this day. The story of Robert is still a big mystery, how the story goes no one knows how a family in Key West even ended up with him. On top of that, no one actually knows how the doll came about. His family did know that their youngest child Otto had an unhealthy relationship with the doll. The family would say that he would bring the doll everywhere he went, which turn into him dressing him in his old sailor suit, talking to him as if he was a real person plus, even giving him a room in his attic. Then things started going sideways to where things would start moving, items disappearing and reappearing Otta would start blaming it on Robert. But as most people would think they thought that he was just playing around until the day the hired a plumber who stated that. It seemed that he moved from one side of the room to the other on top of that he said that the toys on his lap looked as if it was thrown across the room. There were many times that people would swear that they would hear footsteps come from the attic including their things would randomly disappear. People would say that when they walk past the house, they would feel him watching them, one person would report that one day they walked past the house and seen the doll eyes turn red. He was watching him.
Skinwalkers - Skinwalkers came from a Native American tribe the Navajo who believe skinwalkers are witches who are supposed to disguise themselves as animals or turn into a human. Many people believe that skinwalkers are surprisingly real and are deadly creatures that will come to you usually as a helpless animal or in some story, someone you know. To become a skinwalker, you have to do bizarre things in the ritual. First, you have to kill someone close to you. Then eat some parts from the person because the Navajo people believe that skinwalker is more of a monster than they are human. Then the skinwalker can change into any animal or person they want. In most places in Europe, it’s believed that werewolves along with skinwalkers are the same or pretty identical because the ritual to become a werewolf was to also have to be completed by a powerful witch. After the ritual can turn into wild animals, also they both have a crazy carve for flesh.
La Mala Hora - La Mala Hora is a spine-chilling story that originated from Mexico, which is well known as The Evil One. La Mala Hora is considered to be a witch or a demon; some would even say she is the devil itself. Many people in Mexico believe that coming in contact with her will drive you insane. But when you look in her eyes, she will hypnotize and at some point will paralyze you. In one legend, a woman went to spend the night at her friend’s house when her husband was away. As going down the dark empty road, she would see a devil with evil red eyes and sharp teeth when she saw it, she immediately stepped on her brakes put in reverse the car down the road. The second she got to her friend’s house, she broke down telling her all that happened as she told her friend what happened, her friend replied, “It was The Evil One.”
Room 733 - Room 733 or known as suicide room, is a pretty known Internet urban legends that first got extremely popular from a Nosleep story, which some believe may or may not be legitimate. Room 733 caused over six suicides, whether it was jumping out the window or even one where someone hung themself. The university that room 733 resides in the University of Arizona in a dorm room called Reilly hall, where many say that this spirit has extremely bright yellow eyes that will stare in your soul. It’s known that the spirit will drive you completely insane when it stares at you, which is the reason why many people commit suicide in that room. The first thing that was reported to happen to all the victims was hearing whispering, bagging, on top of that when someone reported hearing crying. The urban legend goes that it was a girl’s first day of college she like most students had to get an assigned dorm room. Everything was fine up until she was told about all the stories of all the suicide she, as well as her roommate, honestly didn’t care much about as long as it wasn’t their room even if it was the one next door. One night they heard a big SLAM in room 733, then it happened again even louder to the point where one of them got up to tell the person next door to be quit by bagging back plus screaming. Over time, they heard banging on a daily and many unexplained noises happening to the point they were asking the office to change their room, but they got rejected over and over. Until one day, Alice goes again to see if she along with her roommate Lydia can get their room change when talking to the lady, and she stated that the room that they are in is room 733. When Alice heard that she ran to Lydia to see if she was okay, once she got there she was too late she was already at the window ready to jump.
In conclusion, urban legends are just fictional tales, passed on from generation to generation, by word of mouth. As time goes on, people who share these stories often add further exaggerations to keep them relevant to the time period. People often lie when sharing these tales by stating they knew someone who experienced the legend first hand or even that it happened to them. No one is coming out of the mirror to get you. No doll is going to come alive to hunt you down. No evil spirit is going to come to take your soul at the stroke of midnight. Don’t be fooled. Instead, be entertained.

	
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	The Romanticization of Mental Illness	The Harmful Effects of TV on Children

By: Xiomara Johnson	By: Ma'Rhanda Anderson
Mental illness is a variety of conditions that alter the way you feel,	When we were little kids, one of our favorite things to do the way you think, as well as the way that you act. According to the     was to come home and go straight to watching TV. Whether article, Five Surprising Mental Health Statistics, posted by Mental     it was Dora The Explorer or Chuggington, we all use to watch Health First Aid, it states, “In the United States, almost half of adults     our favorite shows. As a child, if your mother wanted you to (47% percent) will experience a mental illness during their lifetime.     leave her alone, she may have told you to watch TV. Yet, Half of all mental disorders begin by age fourteen and three-quarters     other times, a parent may have been frustrated with you by age twenty-four.” For centuries, people that suffered from a mental     because you were watching the television all day. Things like disorder were considered ‘crazy’ or at the least, less competent than     that sent us mixed messages about whether TV was an others. To decrease the stigma surrounding those diagnosed with a     appropriate thing or not. This is likely because while they mental illness, doctors and the media pushed for social awareness     might have wanted to be left alone, they were also aware that a mental health disorder was similar to having diabetes. In other     that a child watching television too much is not okay for your words, a health condition is a health condition, no matter where it is     health. But why isn’t it an okay thing? There are a variety of located in the body. However, some people believe that to make     reasons how TV negatively affects young people physically mental illness appear ordinary, it has gone too far, to the point of     and mentally.
romanticization.                                                                                                Have you ever taken a moment to consider what you are Mental Illnesses or mental health disorders are disorders that can     actually learning about when you watch TV? Chances are, affect the way you feel, think, interpret things, and your behavior.     you don’t think about how non-educational shows affect Some well-known examples of mental illness are schizophrenia,     your brain. According to the article, titled Effects Of bipolar disorder, anorexia nervosa, insomnia, depression, and anxiety.     Television On Teenagers, posted by Strategicia.com, it According to the article, Teens Fake Mental Health Issues, posted by     states, “Television can expose teenagers to violence, Mirror co.uk, it states, ”Mental illness affects around twenty-six     sexuality stereotypes, and lifestyle habits.” So, this is one percent of Americans eighteen and older”.                                                 reason why so many teenagers are prone to violence. It’s Romanticization is when someone makes a topic seem better than     possible because they believe fighting is acceptable
it is. The romanticism of mental illness, however, is when someone     behavior because they see it on TV. When it’s not okay to be makes mental illness seem glamorized or even as alluring. The     fighting, nor is it cute to be doing that. When children watch romanticizing of mental health can take away the chance of the     violence, it often makes children participate in aggressive opportunity to get help for those who are mentally ill. One alarming     acts. When this happens, it may make young people feel that statistic is that according to the article, Teens Fake Mental Health     they are untouchable and further lack fears for the things in Issues, posted by Mirror co.uk, a survey that was made available by     our society that should be taken seriously. Like all the menatline.com in 2010. The survey stated that “36% of surveyors     negative things that are happening in the world, bullying, gun admitted to lying about having a mental illness in the past.” People     violence, etc.those, are things that should be taken seriously. also do not realize that fibbing about possessing a mental illness,              Other things you may see while watching television can make it harder for others to seek proper treatment. According to     include obesity, drinking alcohol, smoking/vaping, using the article, Why Don’t People Seek Help for Mental Illness, posted by     illegal drugs, dressing in fashions that make you look “some High Watch Recovery, it states, “A study by the World Health     way” to other people, etc. As a result, young people are more Organization, or WHO found that between 30 and 80 percent of     likely to try things that are a negative influence because people with mental health issues don’t seek treatment.”                            they’ve seen them on TV, where it is perfectly reasonable to
There are many disturbing and disgraceful things that have been	smoke and do drugs. While watching the television, young done by the media. One of the largest injustices is how social media	children and those in their teen years tune out the reality of portrays mental illness. The media glorifies mental illness and turns it	their own lives and escape the real world. Which could lead something climactic. For instance, Netflix released the series "13	to terrible things happening and negative things to develop Reasons Why" in late March of 2017. The show is mainly about how a	at such a young age.
young woman named Hannah committed suicide to get back at all of          When watching television, or any other electronic screen, the people who have made her feel aggrieved. In this series, they     for a long time, more negative things may become an deliberately leave out mental illness, which can give younger viewers     influence. Countless studies have shown a wide array of misconceptions as to what contributed to reasons that affected     adverse effects that can happen as a result of too much Hannah’s decision to take her own life. One horrifying thing to note is     screen time. One thing that might happen if you watch TV for that a young woman, Emily Bragg, killed herself after watching the     too long is that it can stunt a child’s growth physically and first season of "13 Reasons Why.” Furthermore, she (Emily) was going     mentally. When young people watch television for an through treatment for bipolar disorder and the show was one of many     extended period of time, they could become overweight if things that pushed her over the edge.                                                         they watch Tv for too long. Watching television discouraged To conclude, the romanticizing of mental illness happens when     and make kids and teens replaced reading with television. someone glorifies mental illness. For example, romanticizing it has     According to the article titled, Television Has A Negative led to people thinking that they are depressed when they are sad. The     Influence On Kids. It should be limited, posted by Whyy.org romanticization of mental illness has affected others, due to it      they state, “kids from families that have the TV on a lot making it seem as though everyone can have a mental illness over     invest less time reading and being read to and are less likely simple things. The romanticizing of mental illness can impact people     to be able to read.” Also, TV can show risky behaviors that who have mental health issues a lot. The romanticization of mental     can affect a child’s behavior. The television set gives no illness can also make it harder for sufferers to find help.     The     educational benefits for children. Instead, they provide the romanticization of mental health has helped to bring more awareness     wrong information to children and teens. There are ways that to mental disorders, yet it has also glamourized it to the point that it     you can prevent yourself from being stunted emotionally and
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Love
By: Halie Stevens
TELEVISION continued from page 11	By the eighth grade, many people currently believe or have in the past believed that and move around every 20 to 30       they have found the love of their life. For some young people, this may be true. What you minutes and go for a quick walk. This       thought was love, at first, most likely wasn’t. If you believe you are in love right now, it would prevent you and your body from       might be real, or maybe not. Despite the possibilities, there are signs that you are falling getting messed up. According to the       in love or are currently in love. Do any of these signs make sense to you?
article titled Medical News Today,	According to the article, “It only takes 4 minutes to fall in ‘like’”, “Cupid’s arrow strikes posted by Medicalnewstoday.com, it       within up to four minutes. Give it 90 more minutes, and you fall in love.” There are many mentions, “Reduce the amount of time       ways to know you are falling in love or have already fallen in love. “You can’t stop staring spent binge-watching television and        at them.” According to an article written by Kristin Salaky on the website Independent, raise the amount of time that you       staring is one of many signs of falling in love. Just because you stare at someone does exercise.” Even if you are athletic, you       not automatically mean you are falling in love, are have already fallen. You may stare at shouldn’t ignore the potential harms of       someone because they appear different from everyone else, or because something they watching TV too. Just cause you are        did makes you see them differently. Just because you stare at someone, you shouldn’t athletic doesn’t mean you aren’t       undoubtedly believe you are in love.
capable of something going wrong	The same website and article also say, “You always think about them.”. If you are with your body and your process of       thinking of a future with a person and start planning some of the future, hat is a sign you your brain. According to the article       are falling in love or already have fallen. It could be thinking of you just spending some titled, How To Stop Watching So Much       time with them, or it could be thinking of something more serious with them. When you TV	posted	by                     start thinking of a person, and it is hard to concentrate or think of anything else, you are Devolopegoodhabits.com     it	states,       probably falling in love with them.
“There are also steps you can take to	An article written by Kristin Salaky on the website Independent, says, “You want them stop watching so much TV, for       to be happy.” You want them to be happy and you would and will do anything for them to instance, increase your productivity       become happy. No matter what. You want this person to be happy, even if that means it when you’re done watching TV set       is not with you. The article also says, “This means that you’re willing to go out of your focus on school or homework.” You       way to make your partner’s life easier and happier.” It could be as simple as letting them can also stop the habit by only       stand under your umbrella when it is raining, or as hard as giving up something you truly watching the television for no longer       love, admire, or care about.
than two hours per day. If you do that,	We all get disgusted by some things, but when you are falling for someone, according it will lower your chance of developing       to an article written by Kristin Salaky on the website Independent,” You’re okay with the brain	damage	and	becoming       gross stuff.” When they do gross things, you are okay with it. You are okay with them overweight.	When      you’re	done       chewing with their mouth open, maybe even talking with food in their mouths. An watching TV, you should do something       example from the article says, “So that means if you’re super attracted . . . you may just beneficial to help you and your health.       let them double-dip.” There are many other examples, but you are okay with anything you Such as reading a book or do       would find nasty or disgusting if someone else did.
something educational to get back	As you probably know, there is a bunch of different genres of music. In each genre, your knowledge back that you lost       there are also smaller branches. One of the sections is love. The top few love songs from when you were watching TV. If you       2019, according to the article “The 19 Best Love Songs Of 2019, “the website Elle were: follow these steps, you can prevent       “I’ll Kill You” by Summer Walker featuring Jhene Aiko
yourself from getting brain damage	“Lover” by Taylor Swift and bad things to develop in your	“The Most” by Miley Cirus brain.	“Cuz I Love You” by Lizzo
In conclusion, while the majority of	“Sucker” by Jonas Brothers us watch television or sit in front of	“Steady Love” India.Arie
some	screen	for	entertainment	“Shea Butter Baby” by Ari Lennox and J. Cole
purposes, we need to be aware of the	In conclusion, love is an extremely powerful thing. It does not take long to fall in love, as adverse effects that too much screen	a matter of fact, it’s honestly quite quick. All these signs are only possibilities that you time can have on our social, emotional,	are falling in love with. There might be a person, or maybe even multiple people you think and physical development. Television	about or catch yourself staring at constantly, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you are shows tend to promote violence, illicit	falling in love with them. All people want at least one other person to be happy, so don’t substance abuse, along with other	just assume you are in love with someone just because you want someone to be happy. poor manners and behaviors. Binge-
watching	television	for	extended periods also takes a toll on your physical health by greatly limiting the amount of exercise you get within a day. Although many of us have received mixed messages about the amount     of	TV	viewing     that	is acceptable, we are old enough now to make healthy decisions for ourselves.

	

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Mr. Hanke
Garfield Heights City Schools Superintendent

BY: NevaeH Dozier

Mr. Hanke is the new superintendent of the Garfield Heights City School District. Perhaps you are wondering what a superintendent is? What type of responsibilities does his job entail? What qualifications must you have to be superintendent? To become a superintendent, you need to have three years of experience in Ohio under a Principal License or Administrative Specialist License. In other words, you have to be a school principal for a minimum of three years before becoming a district superintendent. Some of the things you are responsible for as the superintendent include making rules for the schools because you are the boss of the whole district, including all students, teachers, and staff members. Being a superintendent is a huge and critical position.
How many kids do you have and how old are they? “I have one daughter. She’s four years old, and her name is Anna.”
Are you married? “I am married. Sara and I have been married for 11 years.”
If you could go to one place in the world, where would it be and why? “I would go to Ireland because of my mom’s side of the family is all from Ireland. Besides, it looks beautiful.”
What are your favorite foods? “French fries and pizza.”
What is your favorite snack? “Peanut butter pretzel nuggets.”
What was your favorite memory when you were in middle school? “My favorite memory in middle school was football.”
When is your birthday and how old are you? “My birthday is on August 29, and I am 42 years old.”
What colleges did you attend? “I attended two colleges. I attended Ohio University and Cleveland State.” What do you do in your free time? “In my free time, I do a lot of things with my wife and daughter like ice skating and tumbling. Also, my wife and I play a lot of golf together.”
When do you plan to retire, and what will you do once you retire? “I probably won’t retire till 20 years when I’m 60 or 62 years old when I retire I would like to do is I’m hoping I am in college and play more golf.” What was the process of becoming a superintendent (Did you get voted on, how to do that work)? “You have to have a state license — a master’s degree. Then you have to do more classes to get a license. After that, you have to look for a job, then you have to interview with the board of education, so there are five members on a board, then they make a decision on who to pick.”
What do you enjoy the most about being the superintendent of the Garfield Heights City School District? “I’m able to interact with people from every school and the state legislator and meet with the Mayor.”
At what age did you decide that you want to become a teacher? “When I was 20 years old.” When did you start working as a teacher, principal, now a superintendent?
“In 2001, I started working as a teacher. In 2010 I started working as a principal. Then this year, I started working as a superintendent, I spent my whole career in Garfield Hts.”
What are some things that you like about GHCSD as a whole?
“I love our student’s enthusiasm when they come to school, and everyone is happy.”
What are the most common complaints that you get from the community? “They like to know what’s going on in the district, so we have to make sure we connect with them.”
If you could change three things in or about this district, what?
“Build a new middle school. And a new football field. And all the parents at all of our events.”
What are three things that you’re most proud of in our district? “I’m proud of all our student’s accomplishments on the field and in the schools, and our students are able to go to good colleges. I’m proud of the teachers and their achievements.”
Who is or are an employee(s) that stand out the most / go above and beyond in this district? “A lot of our employees go above and beyond. The staff that really don’t get recognized are our bus drivers, cooks, janitors, and constituents as they are a big part of our district. They need to be recognized for their efforts.”
What are the biggest challenges that our district faces? “Making sure that we reach all of our students in the classrooms.”
What are the biggest challenges facing our students? “Sometimes, our students need to make sure that they are enjoying the class and that they are trying really hard.”
What are the biggest challenges for teachers? “To make sure that all teachers have the ability to reach all the students.”
What are the biggest challenges that staff members (lunch, busses, secretaries) face?“To make sure that all of the students are safe.”
What is the most common complaint from teachers? “They need help in reaching all of the students.” Where do you envision the Garfield Heights City School District in ten years?
“A new middle school and football field and every student graduate and be prepared to be successful.”
In conclusion, after speaking with Mr. Hanke, I realized his job is a ton of responsibility and very hard work. He is in charge of six schools, including the staff and students! Mr. Hanke is in and out of all of the
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If you are a student in GHMS you likely	read books ( Mystery books).”

have noticed there are several new	Mr.Wessel ( seventh & eighth grade Fin Lit teachers this year. We interviewed new	Teacher )
staff members. We interview these staff	As I walked into Mr.Wessel’s office, He had a members because I was interested in	good smile on his face and seemed very

finding out what brought them here to

Garfield Heights Middle School and how

nice.

How many grades and subjects have you

they felt now that they've been here half

the school year.

taught? He replied, “Seventh and eighth

grade.”

Mr.     Lubera     (eighth-grade     basketball coach & Gym teacher for sixth- eighth.)
As I interview him, he was very pleasant.

By: Aniya Curry

&

How many years of teaching experience do you have? He had, “One year of teaching
experience.”

How many grades and subjects have you taught? He stated, like “every single grade in health and gym. “
How many years of teaching experience do you have? He replied, “Five years.” What grade/subjects are you certified to teach? He declared, “Pre K through grade health and gym.”
Why did you choose to become a teacher? He said, “I really had a good teacher in high school and had a health teacher that was like a second dad” So that made him want to become a teacher and help other students.
When did you know you wanted to be a teacher? He responded, “Since fifth grade.”
At one time, did you want to be something besides a teacher? If yes, what? Before, he wanted to own his own business called barbecue shop/ Truck.
If you taught somewhere else, what is the difference between teaching here and teaching at other schools? He used to teach in Avon Lake tind to be more tough wish to have more opportunities.
How do you feel about being here? He said, “I l all the teachers are much younger some he would really like to hang like with, has a lot of fun with the job, really a sense of community here.” What grade have you tough before coming here? He replied, “every grade.” What other jobs did you have before being a teacher? He stated, “pool cashier, boxing trainer at The title boxing club. Why did you want to teach this grade level? He said, “Middle schoolers are way smarter but still young still able to have fun without worrying what people think.” What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today? He replied and said, “I think you guys have a lot more stress than we did,” and we are attached to social media.
What are three fun facts about you? He mentioned that he, “really likes to cook out on the weekends, really like kayaking and, he and his wife like taking their dogs for long walks.”
Ms.Newburger(	sixth	-	grade	math

teacher) As I walked in her classroom,

Devonne Munds	What grade/subjects are you certified to
she had a smile on her face and ready.	teach? He stated, that he is certified to How many grades and subjects have you teach “Seventh - twelfth any Social Studies.” taught? She replied, “Math and science.”	Why did you choose to become a teacher? How many years of teaching experience He meionted, “That he likes working with do you have? She declared, “Five years.”	people/students.
What grade/subjects are you certified to When did you know you wanted to become teach? She stated, “Fourth to ninth math a teacher? He when he was 13.
and science.”	At one time, did you want to be something Why did you choose to become a besides a teacher? If yes, what? He replied, teacher? She said, “When I was younger, I “No, always wanted to be a teacher.”
would play school with my friends, and, If you taught somewhere else, what is the one time in fourth grade, she helped the difference between teaching here and teacher.	teaching at other schools? He said that he, When did you know you wanted to be a “Likes the kids and the teachers he works teacher? She stated, “When I was in with.”
fourth grade.”	How do you feel about being here? He At one time, did you want to be something stated that he, “Feels welcomed.”
besides a teacher? If yes, what? She What other jobs did you have before being a replied,	teacher? He explained that, “He used to “No.”	work at a summer camp program for adult If you taught somewhere else, what is the disabilities and, Alternative school.” difference between teaching here and Why did you want to teach this grade level? teaching      at      other      schools?      She He replied, “Because it’s not easy being in mentioned that, “The last school she was middle school, and he wants to make it at that it was very small, with thirty kids in easier than he was.”
a grade, She was the only fifth-grade What do you think is the greatest challenge math and science teacher at the time, and facing students today? He remarked , she also wasn’t able to plan with other “Social media (Instagram, snap chat).” teachers.”	What are three fun facts about you? He How do you feel about being here? She mentioned, “Traveled across the united replied, “Enjoy waking up and knowing states by train, Plays volleyball every day that my students are going to learn and lived in Peru for three months.” something that will help in the future.”	Ms.Wiemken (sixth -grade math teacher) As What grade have you tough before I walked in her class, it was warm, and she coming here? She responds, “Fifth grade.” also had a good smile on her face.
What other jobs did you have before being How many grades and subjects have you a teacher? She told me she, “used to taught? She stated, “One Year sixth grade work at the library, putting books away, math.”
and sub shop many times a week.”	How many years of teaching experience do Why did you want to teach this grade you have? She replied, “One year.”
level? She said, “Certified to teach middle What grade/subjects are you certified to school and elementary for the last four teach? She said, “Fourth - ninth math and years and wanted a change.”	science.”
What do you think is the greatest Why did you choose to become a teacher? challenge facing students today? She She Declared, “My mom was a teacher who replied, “The lack of wanting to learn at always had a positive role model. She also school	and	the	lack	of	parental stated that she likes kids and used to coach involvement.”                                                 volleyball and softball.”
What are three fun facts about you? She When did you know you wanted to become a declared, “Love jigsaw puzzles 100, like to teacher? She stated, “Since elementary.”
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SPOTLIGHT continued from page 14	lot and since we’re here to help our students learn I guess At one time, did you want to be something besides a teacher? If yes,       and make this a safe learning environment for our what? She said, “Yes, she wanted to be a veterinarian.”                               students.
How do you feel here? She replied, “Very welcome, very great	Whos your favorite player, the number, and sports of your

community.”

What other jobs did you have before being a teacher? She stated that

she, “Used to work at the zoo and as a nanny.”

ideal sports position? He said, “That’s a hard one because I’m from Chicago, but I haven’t been following them cause
they are doing terrible this year, so let’s do Kevin Love, Cavs,

Why did you want to teach this grade level? She replied, “Had a	and if I had a number I would choose seventeenth cause

positive role model in 6th grade and like what they teach.”

What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today? She replied, “All love phones.”
What are three fun facts about you? She said, “Big Ohio State fan, love anything sweet/candy, love shoes. “
Mr. Balikia (sixth, seventh, and eighth grade band) When I walked room during the day every day he greets me with a smile and he’ll me how my day is and during class, he will be making sure every student
knows what they are doing, and if they don’t he will make sure he

that’s my birthday if I could choose any position It would be a football kicker.”
What’s your favorite type of Animal/Pet? He answered, “My favorite animal is Pangolins, My favorite pet would be a dog, but I have two cats. What do you think about the new Chargers team? He concluded, “I think it is great for the seventh grade as a whole because of the class sizes were getting bigger, and I think it will help with their individual
instruction.

teaches so they have a better understanding.	Ms.Charvat (seventh-grade math) Whenever I pass her

How has the middle school been so far? He replied that “This school for me has been great so far I feel like students have welcomed me, and they have also been eager to learn.”
What grades are you certified to teach? He stated that “I am certified to teach kindergarten, first grade. Also, band, choir and orchestra within my specialization is in band. “
How many years in teaching experience do you have? He declared, “This is my fifth year of teaching, so I’ve taught two years in Illinois, and then I moved to Ohio and taught two years at Wornsvile, and now this is my first year here in Garfield Heights.
What did you do before becoming a teacher? He said, “I went straight from college to teaching, but during summer in Illinois, I worked in some cornfields than in college. I was a stage manager, and I was on set up crew for the concert band.
What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today? He asserted that “there’s a lot of things competing for our students’ attention their cell phones social media other classes and sports. There’s a lot of things students can’t just be focused on one topic. There’s other stuff too, and in a lot of cases, they have a lot of options, you know there’s a lot more for students to work on. When I was a kid, we didn’t have a lot of things to do, and now we don’t have a lot of options. It’s kinda a blessing and a curse.”
Is there another subject that you would like to teach? He reported “If

I couldn’t be a music teacher, I feel like I would be a good math

room, I always see her welcoming students with a big smile telling the students to look at the board so she can get straight to her class. Which I’ve noticed she likes to get straight to work. Maybe its to make sure gets all her work done or maybe its because she would like to give the students some time in the end.
How has the middle school been so far? She replied, “It’s been very good teachers are very friendly and helpful since I’m the new teacher, and the students have been pretty awesome.”
What grades and subjects are you certified to teach? She said, “fourth grade through ninth and in language arts and science.
How many years in teaching experience do you have? She answered, “This is my first year, but I have subbed for a whole year.”
What did you do before becoming a teacher? She asserted, “I was a nanny, a nanny for five kids.”
What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today? She replied, “I would say building a relationship because we started off with so many kids, so I would say building relationships with the teacher and with a student because we all have these that we have to learn their name
and they have to learn ours too.

teacher I like to teach things very logically and there’s a lot of rules,	Is there another subject you would like to teach? She

and I feel like I would be good at explaining and I still use a lot of math in my music.
What grades have you taught already? He announced, “I have taught third through twelfth grade.
What was the first day of GHMS like? He explained, “The first day of Garfield Heights I mean it was exciting for me because it was a new start and new students. It was good getting to work with high school director so I already knew how to play and what I had instead of having to meet all the students I already knew what they knew how to play and what instruments they play and get advice on what type of music we should perform.”
What are your proudest moments as a teacher? He mentioned, “I think there are two different things when a student is struggling, and all of a sudden it clicks, and then they get that one topic, and I always think it’s exciting that they get better at songs and start
getting better than everyone around them. My other proud moments

responded, “not really, I enjoy language arts, but I could do science but not math or social studies because I suck at those.”
What grades have you already taught? She said, “I have taught sixth, seventh, and eight grade this year.
What was the first day of GHMS like? She asserted, “Well I was nervous since it was like my first time ever teaching, and I didn’t have a classroom, but I realized the kids here were great, and now I think I will have a great year.”
What are your proudest moments as a teacher? She replied, “I love when any of my students talk to me and visit me and when they like to be in my classroom, and they like the administer and really enjoy it.
What are the other teachers like? She mentioned, “Their very welcoming and fun. They are also super helpful with
anything I needed.

are when I know I helped a student not just academically but	Who is your favorite player, what’s the number of your

emotionally, whether that be helping them figure they’re behavior. They’re life and grades and stopping them from getting into fights.” What are the other teachers like? He answered, “In my three months
every other teacher has been nice, welcoming and has helped me a

favorite sports, and position? She stated, “I like Lebron James, number twenty three, point guard because of all their shooting. I will go with Cavs because I love Cavs even
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would teach sign language.”
fifth grade and then sixth and seventh.
hot.”
specific one.
very helpfu and welcoming.”
Evtz.”
favorite animal and pe .
administrator.
everyone is friendly, and the students make my days fun.”
“This is my fourth year of teaching.”
nanny, and I work d at Nike.”
She asserted, “staying motivated.”
“P.E.”
and seventh grade.”
and nerve-racking at the same time.
What are your proudest moments as a teacher? She reported,
papers. Our teachers don’t a ways know what’s going to
happen when they walk into their class each day. Yet, they
interviews I had with a sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade
school.
I walked into Ms. Kossman’s class with a smile on my face as
I was happy to see my old class never changed, and all the
teacher.
taught sixth grade.”
How many years of teaching experience do you have? She
replied, “This is my seventh year, and all of my teaching
experience has been at GHMS.”
How do you feel about the grade you currently teach? She
start, and they have the first everything.”
achievement was that I am using MAP data to guide my
lesson planning and also taking naps when I get home.”
great so far. The Phantoms have a great group of students
cheerleading squad.”
everyday fun.”
Are you certified to teach other ubjects/what are they? She
socia studies.”
a chocolaty treat.”
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SPOTLIGHT continued from page 15	Who’s your favorite player number and position? She though they suck now.	responded, “My favorite sports player is probably Lebron What’s your favorite type of animal/pet? She declared, “My favorite	James, number twenty three, and my favorite position is pet and animal would be a Goldendoodle.	Quarterback.”
What do you think about the new chargers team? She concluded, “I	What’s your favorite animal/pet? She explained, “Koala bear, think it’s a good move with the teachers and students because	and my favorite pet is a dog.”
before they had forty kids and thirty-five kids, I think it’s a good	What do you think about the new chargers team? She move, and it’s going to be a fun fun time.	concluded, “I am happy for them, and I think it’s good for the Ms.Doyle (seventh-grade math) She’s one of the nicest teachers	students.”
you could ever meet. She never stops smiling, always has a positive	There are several new faces around Garfield Heights attitude, gives all the information about what your learning will        Middle School this year. I got to know some of them as I provide you with what you need to start class, and she’s just an all-       interviewed them. New teachers want to be accepted and around great teacher.                                                                                  comfortable, just like new students to our school. I How has the middle school been so far? She replied, “I’d say it’s       encourage you to be welcoming to these new teachers. You been very hectic and enjoyable.”                                                                 could even stop and say hello and introduce yourself.
What grades and subjects are you certified to teach? She said, “I am certified to teach fourth-ninth math and social studies.”
How many years of teaching experience do you have? She asserted, “two.”
What did you do before becoming a teacher? She stated, “I played soccer and worked at a deli restaurant.”
What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today? She replied, “I would say the most significant problem is social
media affecting mental health.	By: Cheyanne Burge
Is there another subject you would like to teach? She reported, “I	Teachers don’t get recognized enough for what they do.
What grades have you already taught? She stated, “ninth grade,	Many teachers go beyond justlteaching lessons and grading

What was the first day of GHMS like? She said, “It was exciting and	deal with a wide variety of issues and get through their day so What are your proudest moments as a teacher? She declared, “I	they can support themselves and their families. The would say breakthrough moments with students I don’t have a	teacher allowed me to comprehend some of the things that What is the other teacher like? She told me, “The other teachers are	we don’t realize about our teachers’ lives both in and out of Whos yourlfavorite team, player, number, position? She asserted,	Ms. Kossman (Sixth grade/English Language Arts):
“My favorite number is nine, and my favorite sport is soccer, my
favorite position is defense and the eagles, my favorite player Julie	posters she had made it so evident that she was an ELA

What’s your favorite tpet/animal? She stated, “puppies are my	What grades have you taught? She responded, “I only ever ” What do you think about the new chargers team? She concluded,
“I love the Chargers Team and all the students and teachers.” Brenneman (sixth grade ELA) is a very nice teacher, and she always has a smile on her face when greeting anyone, whether its a
teacher-student of hers or a student that’s not hers and	stated, “I like teaching sixth grade because they have a fresh

How has the middle school been so far? She replied, “It is awesome	What is the most significant accomplishment do you feel you What grades and subjects are you certified to teach? She stated,	reached this year? She declared, “My most significant “grades fourth -ninth language arts and social studies.”
How many years of teaching experience do you have? She declared,	How is the year going so far? She claimed, “My year is going

What did you doebefore becoming a teacher? She said, “I was a	who are fun to work with. I also am having a lot of fun with my What do you think is the greatest challenge facing students today?	Do you get along with your coworkers? She explained, “Our Is there another subject you would like to teach? She answered,	GHMS family, we laugh a lot, and it makes coming to work

What grades have you already taught? She mentioned “fourth grade      said, “Yes, I’m certified to teachsone other subject, and it is What was the first day of GHMS like? She replied, “It was exciting      Whatldo you do on a stressful day at work/what do you do to calm yourself? She stated, “On a stressful day at work, I go to
“When my students finally learn something that has been	Starbucks for a little caffeine, “pick me up,” and if I can’t, I find challenging and when I catch my students being kind.”
What are the other teachers like? She said, “AMAZING.”

	

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	TEACHER continued from page 16	Mrs. Routh (Eighth grade/Social Studies):
What is your favorite place to eat? She replied, “I am really into As I walked into Mrs. Routh’s classroom, it felt welcoming like anywhere that has french onion soup.”	I’ve been there before, and it’s like she was very nice and sweet. What are three fun facts about you that I don’t know already? She I saw that she was a bit organized, and it was apparent that she responded, “I can fall asleep anywhere at any time, also my family was a teacher.
owns a yoga studio, and I have a senior dog named Felix, and its What grades have you taught? She responded, “I taught eighth nickname is Fefe.	grade my entire career.”
Are you married? She declared, “No, I am divorced and single.”	How many years of teaching experience do you have? She replied, “I have five years of teaching experience.”
How do you feel about the grade you currently teach? She explained, “I like that they are a little more mature than seventh grade and a lot more mature than sixth grade.”
What is the most significant accomplishment do you feel you reached this year? She stated, “My most notable achievement was adding even more historical thinking in my lessons.”
How is this year going so far? She explained, “They are having an excellent year, I have a good group, they are really funny, and she can make jokes with them because they are mature about it.”
Do you get along with your coworkers? She said, “Yes, we get along.”
Are you certified to teach other subjects/what are they? She declared, “Nope, I can only teach seventh through twelfth grade just social studies.”
What do you do on a stressful day at work? What do you to Ms. Kyser (Seventh Grade/English Language Arts):	calm yourself? She answered, “I take a walk on a free period or As I walked into Ms. Kyser’s room was very clean and neat, and try to find the humor in the situation because there is always she was very pleasant and welcoming, so I got right to, and it went something funny in every single thing that happens.”
smooth and very nice.	What is your favorite place to eat? She replied,” My favorite What grades have you taught? She stated, “I taught fourth grade, place to eat is Brassica.”
eighth grade, and seventh grade here at GHMS for two years.”	What are three fun facts about you think I don’t already know? How many years of teaching experience do you have? She She pleads, “I have three kids, two cats, and it takes twenty-six responded, “This is my second year in Garfield and one year in minutes to drive to school/work.”
Cleveland. This is my third year.”	Are you married? She said, “Yes, yes, she is.”
How do you feel about the grade you currently teach? She said, “I	These are only three of the teachers who were recognized for love teaching seventh grade. I think it’s fun and I really like the age this interview. I got to know these teachers a lot better than I group they are not too young or old, where you can give them fun did before. I had an excellent time talking to them. I encourage activities.”                                                                                               everyone to recognize the teachers at this school. Like What is the most significant accomplishment do you feel you students, teachers should be recognized for what they do on a reached this year? She explained, “I think the most significant daily base. We should make the teachers feel more welcome to achievement is seeing the kids grow year to year and seeing their the school than they already do not upset about their job makes testing scores improve, and all the little things turn into big them happy about where they work.
accomplishments.”
How is the year going so far? She remarked, “It’s good, there were a lot of changes, and each change also gave more opportunities, and it gave me a lot more people to get to know about.”
Do you get along with your coworkers? She acknowledged, “I do love the teachers that I work with, and I especially love the Cavalier’s team. I think they all bring something new to the table, and they go off each other’s strengths, and also, I feel more comfortable and meeting a lot of new teachers.”
Are you certified to teach other subjects/what are they? She pleads, “I can teach ELA and S.S. for grades four through nine.” What do you do on a stressful day at work/what do you do to calm yourself? She said, “I go and talk to other teachers, during my lunch, I destress and not think about what is causing the stress and usually talking to someone helps.”
What is your favorite place to eat? She stated, “I love Olive Garden. Olive Garden is my favorite place to eat also Cheesecake Factory. I love both of those.”
What are three fun facts about you that I don’t already know? She responded, “I work at the zoo in the summer and weekends sometimes (imma supervisor for guest survives), I play the clarinet, and I’m a big sports fan, I love baseball, hockey, and football.”
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Mr. Friellino

By: Ayrinn Davis

Have you ever wondered what one of your principals do daily? Well, now you can find out about these things. Mr. Freillino our principal is working all day. Whether it’s with people, or on the computer, the phone, or paper. First, in the morning, he lets all the kids in. Then he goes downstairs and checks the boys’ bathrooms. After that, he walks around and checks on everything and helps with lockers. All-day, Mr. Freillino is working in the building. He checks some rooms and sometimes sits in them to see them work and see how the teachers teach their class, also he sits to see what their learning about. When he is in lunch for each grade, he helps with the trash, the kids that need things, go to the showcase for the blue, gold, and white tickets. Throughout the day, I asked some questions to see if he had any interesting answers.
How many years have you been the principal? He said, “This year is my 5th year as an Assistant Principal.”
What made you decide to become a principal? He replied, ”At first, I didn’t want to be a principal, but the more experience teaching I got, the more I wanted to be responsible for more students. Both my parents were principals, so I used to hear how difficult it was, but it could also be a lot of fun!”
What kind of schooling do you need to become a principal? He acknowledged, “First, you need a four-year degree from college and a teaching license. You need a few years of teaching experience. Then you have to take more college classes. After you take more classes to become an administrator, you have to take a test to get a license to be a principal.”
Were you a teacher prior to being a principal? He declared “I taught for four years in a sixth, seventh, and eighth grade ELA classroom at H. Barbara Booker in Cleveland and four years teaching ninth-grade English at John Hay in Cleveland. I also taught in the Learning Center for three years.”
In your current position, here at the middle school, what are you in charge of? He responded “PBIS-positive behavior interventions and supports (blue tickets, quarterly awards, positive referrals, etc.), building processes and operations, student issues.”
What do you miss about teaching? He stated “Getting to know a smaller group of students, also having ownership over a classroom, and seeing my students be successful.”
What are the differences between being a principal and being a teacher? He answered, “As a teacher, I was responsible for 130 students as an administrator, and now I am responsible for 850 students!”
Do you feel you have a relationship with the teachers? He claims “I try to talk with as many teachers as possible to get to know them better, but I don’t have too much time to do that but I do feel like I have a positive rapport.”
What do you enjoy most about being principal? He replied, “I enjoy learning about the internal operations of a building and community and the experience about life it brings; I also like to see when students or staff experience successes.”
What are some of the most frustrating things about being a principal? He said, “Making decisions that not everyone agrees with.” Do you get any perks from being principal? He exclaimed, “The benefit of seeing all the good things students do.”
Would you ever want to be a principal in the learning center? He says, “Elementary school? High school? I’m not sure anyone can do a better job than Mr. Bradford! He taught me a lot when he hired me. I can see myself anywhere at any time- when you’re a teacher or a principal, you must be flexible and ready for anything.”
Are you married or in a relationship? He replies, “I’ve been married for 13 years.”
Do you have children? He answered, “I have four children- 13 yr. Old boy, nine-year-old girl, seven-year-old twins (boy & girl).”
What do you do in your free time? “He said, breathe in the fresh air; work in the yard (which I love); transport my kids to events; listen to music; stay active; TRY TO HAVE FUN ALL THE TIME!!!”
what is your favorite snack? He continued to say “N/A” in other words he doesn’t have one. What’s your favorite food? He replies, “Pizza.”
What is something you look forward to every year? He says, “At All school: a fresh start with every new year. In general: Winter: Lots of snow. Fall: The Fall. Summer: walking around in bare feet.”
What is your best middle school memory? He responded, “When I was in middle school? I really enjoyed U.S. History and writing about daily journal topics in my language arts classes.”
If you could magically change anything about this school, what would it be? He told me, “To have the hallways free and clear of trash, to have all students in the classroom learning, to have no one get in trouble.”
In conclusion, Mr. Freillino has pretty busy days with all the students here at GHMS. Following him around all day showed me how being an administrator at GHMS is really is done and done right. If you’ve ever thought about being a principal, Mr. Frielino is a great example of how to be a hard worker. I not only learned about what it’s like to be a principal but also more about Mr. Freillino as a more than just a person that puts people in IHP or suspends them. This was a great experience.

	

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Group Work
Love it?	Lying to Your Parents Or                                                 Survey

Hate It?
By: Avah Robinson	By: Imani Moore

By the time you reached middle school, you’ve	Lying to your parents is not a great idea but, everyone lies to their parents inevitably been assigned at least one group project       every once in a while. I am looking forward to seeing what they lie about. in which you received a group grade. Some of us       Most kids don’t lie about something significant. I lie to my parents a lot, and enjoy group work and view it as an opportunity to       most of the time, I don’t get caught. I know how to lie, and before I do lie, I socialize with classmates. On the other hand, some       make a plan to make sure I don’t get caught. When you are getting ready to of us dread group work because we know there may       lie, you need to know precisely what you are going to say. Think of questions be some group members that don’t do any of the        you know they will ask after you speak to them. You need to always have a work at all and will ultimately lower our grade on the       backup plan. Make sure you think fast, so while there asking you questions, group assignment. Whether you like group work or       you’re thinking of answers.
not, you will undoubtedly continue to get it as you             Did you know almost half of GHMS lie to their parents? There are 54.6% go through your career as a student in middle       in 6th grade. There are 7.5% in 7th grade. There are 37.9% in 8th grade. I school, high school, and even college. Below are the       asked, do you lie to your parents? 5.2% of people lie to their parents or results of the survey on what students at GHMS        family “YES ALL THE TIME”! 30.5% lie to their pants very rarely. 50.6% of think about group work.                                                     people lie to their parents, but just not often. 13.8% of people don’t lie to One hundred seventy students at Garfield Heights       their parents. Most people lie to their parents about having a boyfriend or Middle School took a survey about liking or disliking       girlfriend, going to bed on time, or not picking up their phone when their group work. The students say that they love working       parents were calling. I said, who do you lie to the most? 33.9% of people lie in groups (41%), sometimes they like working with       to their mom. 29.9% of people lie to there both. 12.1% lie to their dad. How other people (53%), and they dislike working in       often do you lie to your parents? They lie to their parents numerous times a groups (5%). Most of the students explained that       day they can’t count. You need to make sure If you are going to lie, you have they don’t like working in groups all the time       a plan, and you know how our going to lie. So you don’t get caught and get because they “get distracted by talking to their       in trouble. 9.7% of people lie to their parents at least once a day. 8.5% of friends, but they like it because it’s fun to do.” The       people lie to their parents A few times a week. 10.8% of people lie to their students who said that they dislike working with       parents at least once a week. I want to see how amazing of a liar you are other people say that they “Love being independent       and if you will get caught. So 7.4% says, “I’m an AMAZING liar! I NEVER get instead of relying on other people.”                                    caught lying to my parents.” 6.2% says I’m assuming I’m a fantastic liar...my Multiple of the students state that they prefer       parents believe every word that comes out of my mouth. If my parents working alone instead of in groups. The reason for       found out the things lie to them, they will not think of me differently. I don’t
this is that the students feel as if they get distracted	lie to my parents about major things. They would just be mad at me.
easily and that they can focus more when they’re	I looked at the results of the question I asked, which is “lying to your alone. The 8% of students who prefer working in       parents resulted in them not trusting you most of the time.” When I lie about groups say, “It’s more fun than regular classroom       things I know I shouldn’t have and my parents find out most of the time, work.” Yet,	in the previous questions, they also       they don’t trust me. 23.3% said yes, that means they lied about something stated that they “Get too distracted by others during       horrible 42.6% said no. 22.2% said maybe. 11.9% said I don’t lie to my the working process.”                                                         parents. I am surprised they don’t lie to their parents. I can’t believe
Along with the working process in the groups,	that.
the whole group has to figure things out. Half of the	Everyone lies to their parents. I asked another question, do your parents kids in the school say, “Sometimes they feel as if       say you can’t something or go somewhere because they don’t trust you. My they usually do all of the work by themselves.”       parents sometimes say I can’t go anywhere or do anything for no reason Thirty-one percent of the kids in GHMS say that they       when I did not do anything. I just think they don’t believe me for no reason. also have, ”Done little to nothing for their group and       31.1% said yes 59.7% said no. 9.1% said I don’t lie to my parents. Shanen let their partners do it,” The 50% state that, ”They       Rosemond (sixth grade ), Bernard Melton (sixth grade) lied about doing their have failed a project because of their partner not       homework. If you don’t do your homework, you are going to get a horrible doing their share of work.” These statistics are       grade and not fail the class. I did this essay to see what kids lie to their alarming to those of us that really do try to do the       parents about. Most of them were a bit crazy.
best they can on all assignments.
In conclusion, whether you find group work to be a fun time to socialize and allow other people to do your work or you take it just as seriously as any other assignment, students at GHMS definitely have strong opinions about being assigned group work. Regardless of which side you choose, you are bound to receive many more group assignments in
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Top 10 Largest Spiders in the World!

By: Nicholas Lovano

Have you ever wondered what some of the biggest spiders in the world are? Maybe what the most gigantic spider is called? Possibly even how huge they can get? What about what they do to survive and catch your prey? Each of these massive arachnids has unique traits that help them hunt for their prey.
10. White Lady Huntsman Spider – (Cerbalus Aravensis). It has a length of five and a half inches. You can find them primarily in the southern Arava Valley of Israel and Jordan. They have a light tan and black colors. Its unique trait is its high contrast black markings on its legs. The White Lady Huntsman Spider is known to make burrows with trapdoors made of sand for camouflage to come out and snap at their prey and bring them into its burrow.
9. Brazilian Wandering Spider - Its length is six inches. You’ll find them mainly in South America. They are a light golden to dark brown. And be careful, because they are highly poisonous. The Brazilian Wandering Spider belongs to the Phoneutria, which just so happens to be the Greek word for “murderous.” True to its name, this arachnid is said to be the most venomous spider in the world and delivers a powerful bite that can be deadly to humans if left untreated. This spider is also highly aggressive and quick to bite if disturbed.
8. Camel Spide , which actually isn’t considered a spider. It has eight legs and two arms. Their length is six inches, only slightly bigger than the Brazilian Wandering Spider. It lives in deserts in the Middle East and Mexico. It’s a light yellowish-brown and black. It has extremely pronounced mandibles, which is its unique trait. As said in the website, “Camel Spiders, despite their name and confirmed status as arachnids, are not even technically considered spiders–they officially belong to the order Solifugae. In addition to their impressive sets of legs, they are recognized by their striking jaws, which can comprise up to one-third of their entire length.”
7. King Baboon Spider. It is seven and a half inches in length. It can be found in East Africa. It is a rusty red, bronze, and brown. It makes burrows to come out and snatch prey on the surface with a surprise. It is a highly popular pet, although they are highly aggressive, possibly being able to break out their cage or wherever you put it and cause havoc. They bite quickly, often without warning, and inject a nasty venom. So I’d advise you to be cautious feeding one and give them fresh water if you ever want to get one as a pet.
6. Face-Sized Tarantula. It is eight inches in length. You can find them in India and Sri Lanka. It was discovered in 2013 in northern Sri Lanka. They are a mottled grey and brown. They are difficult to find since they have a camouflaged appearance. They like to inhabit sturdy old trees, where they blend in best, although deforestation has driven them to more frequently occupy old buildings, like the hospital quarters they were discovered.
5. Colombian Giant Tarantula. And by its name, you can tell where they can be found, well at least one place, Colombia and Brazil. It is eight inches long. They have a black abdomen with rusty red hairs on it, the middle and half of the legs are black and white with red and white at the end of the legs. The website that I had gotten most of this information from states about this spider, “While most tarantulas will rear aggressively when feeling threatened, the Eye-Candy Tarantula has coined a unique move of its own: it will twirl in circles to confuse its enemies, a trait that has been nicknamed ‘the cartwheel of death.’
4. Grammostola Anthracina. They are ten+ inches in length. It can be found in Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. It can be black or reddish-brown. They have a long lifespan of thirty years, the longest lifespan of all tarantulas, being its unique traits. This species was first called the Mygale Anthracina in 1842 by German arachnologist and entomologist Carl Ludwig Koch.
3. Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-Eater. It is eleven inches long. You will find them in Brazil. It is called the Brazilian Salmon Pink Bird-Eater because they are found in Brazil, and are black with pink hairs. Their unique trait is a powerful bite when provoked. They come out at night to hunt. Like other spiders, they can produce silk, but unlike other spiders, they do not use their silk to catch their prey. Instead, they prefer to ambush their meals and dispatch them with venom.
2. Giant Huntsman Spider. They get as big as twelve inches, just as big as the spider next on this list. This spider is the only spider found in caves. It is located in Laotian Caves. It is light brown with black stripes on its legs. Its unique trait is that it makes “ticking” noises. They are the size of a dinner plate. This fast-moving spider gets its name from the fact that it stalks and hunts down its prey, rather than catching its food in webs.
1. The Goliath Bird-Eater. It is twelve inches long. You can find them in South America, also where the Brazilian Wandering Spider is located. It is black and brown. They have a burrowing habit, also like the King Baboon Spider. The Goliath Bird-Eating Spider is the most enormous spider in the world. While it’s comparable in length to the Giant Huntsman Spider, which countless people consider to be the largest on the planet, the Birdeater weighs as much as six ounces. These spiders can apparently be blue too, like the picture next to the regular Goliath Bird-Eater.
These spiders are the largest in the world. They are all different from each other and have unique traits that help them survive. They live all around the world. Most people think that spiders are horrifying, but some people like them and think they are interesting. These arachnids are big and creepy and live in different places.

	

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The Most Poisonous Snakes in the world!
By: Mychale Gibson
There are approximately 3,000 different varieties of snakes	Inland Taipan	Average Size: 5.9 feet
in the world. In fact, 20% of all snakes carry venom. Yet, only	Geographical Range: West and Southwest of about seven percent carry venom, poisonous enough to harm	Queensland, far west of New South Wales into the or kill a person seriously. However, the seven percent that are	Northeast corner of South Australia, and the capable of harming you with one bite can lead you down a	Southeast of the Northern Territory
painful road to your death. Below are the ten most poisonous	About: Inland Taipan snakes are apart of the elapid snakes in the entire world!	snake family, which is a combination of Cobras and Mojave Rattlesnake	Average Size: 3.3 feet	Inland Taipans. The Inland Taipan first choices of Geographical Range: the Southwestern United States and	food to go to are rats, bandicoots, along with other Central Mexico                                                                                                            small mammals. The effects of getting bitten by an About: This Snake is from the desert part of the southwest	Inland Taipan is paralysis of the nervous system, United States. The Mojave Rattlesnake change between the	stop steady blood flow, headache, throwing up, and colors light green to brown, furthermore it helps them use	nausea.
camouflage. The Mojave snake has a fake twin called the	Eastern Brown	Average Size: 4.9-6.6 feet
Western Diamondback Rattler. This snake has some dangerous	Geographical Range: Eastern and Central Australia, venom. Within hours from getting a bite from a Mojave	Southern New Guinea
Rattlesnake, you start to get blurry vision, it’s hard to swallow	About: Eastern Brown Snakes are often found food, speaking, and your muscles get weak.	everywhere around Australia except for dense Philippine Cobra	Average Size: 3.3 feet	forest. Usually, you will find them in barns because Geographical Range: Northern Philippines	that is where their common prey the populous About: You would usually find a Philippine Cobra by clean	house mouse. Eastern Brown Snakes have one of water, often in a forest area. Philippine Cobras are brown, and	the deadliest venoms in the world. There is little when they age, their scales change to a lighter brown. If bitten,	chance of you surviving an Eastern Brown you could be paralyzed. After 30 minutes, the side effects of	Snakebite.	Once	the	venom	enters	your getting bitten by a Philippine Cobra is getting dizzy, throwing	bloodstream, your kidneys shut down as well as up, awful headaches, pooping exceedingly, and it’s hard to	your heart.
speak or breath.	Blue Krait	Average Size: 3.6 feet
Death Adder	Average Size: 1.3 feet	Geographical Range: throughout Thailand and most Geographical Range: Eastern and Coastal Australia	of Southeast Asia
About: One of the deadliest snakes known to humankind. If you	About: Blue Krait is also apart of the elapid family get bitten by a Death Adder, you will die within six hours, so	just like the Inland Taipan. Blue Kraits are nocturnal make sure to be careful. This snake often causes paralysis if	snakes. Blue Kraits have super harmful neurotoxins bitten, and it causes your respiratory system to shut down.	that paralyze a person’s muscular system. If bitten Tiger Snake	Average Size: 3.9 feet	by a Blue Krait, you will start to suffocate within Geographical Range: Southern portions of Australia	four hours. Other symptoms from getting bitten by About: These types of snakes are found in wetlands, marshes,	a Blue Krait snake are paralysis, atrocious stomach as well as coastal regions because there is no prey where	cramps. Your face muscles will begin to get all these snakes live. If you get bitten by a Tiger Snake, you will	bunched up. The Blue Krait will produce 10 have severe pain in your foot, your neck, numbness, quickly	milligrams of venom inside of you.
sweating, hard breathing, including paralysis, but you could get	Belcher’s Sea Snake	Average Size: 1.5 and 3.3 cured.	feet
Russell’s Viper	Average Size: 4 feet	Geographical Range: Near tropical reefs in the Geographical Range: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal,	Indian Ocean, Gulf of Thailand, New Guinea, Myanmar, Thailand, Pakistan, Cambodia, Tibet, China (Guangxi,	Indonesia
Guangdong), Taiwan, and Indonesia	About: Belcher’s sea snakes are also apart of the About: Russell’s vipers will never be found in forest areas,	elapid family along with Blue Kraits, Inland Taipan. marshes, and swamps. Russell’s Vipers will often eat rodents.	Did you know that Belcher’s Sea snakes can hold If you have ever been bitten by Russell’s viper snake before,	their breath under the surface for eight hours? Don’t you will start bleeding out fast. Your blood pressure will drop.	worry because Belcher’s Sea snake will not eat you You will begin to vomit. Also, your kidneys will start to fail.	because they eat small fish and eel. The Belcher’s Black Mamba	Average Size: 6.6-10 feet	Sea snake is so poisonous to the point where you Geographical Range: Southern and Eastern Africa	would die in less than 30 minutes. Did you know About: Black Mambas can slither extremely fast; they can	that a Belcher’s Sea snakes venom is 100 times slither up to 10 miles per hour. Did you know that a Black	stronger than an Inland Taipan? This kind of snake Mamba is one of the longest poisonous snakes? When bitten	has a strong effect on neurotoxin and mycotoxins, by a Black Mamba, you will notice that the Black Mamba bites	which makes there venom strong enough to kill you more then once, the venom shoots through your body	1,800 people.
within 30 minutes-three hours you start to die if you haven’t	With one in five varieties of snakes carrying gotten checked by a doctor. The symptoms you get from                              harmful venom, it is essential to be aware of what getting bitten by a Black Mamba are metal taste buds, tingling                              they look like and what they can do when you travel in the body, neurological dysfunction, and paralysis in the                              to different regions in the world. Generally, snakes respiratory system.                                                                                                     will not attack a human unless they feel threatened
or feel that you are threatening their babies.

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The Difficult Life of KPop Idols By: Desire Goodwin

K-pop, or Korean pop music, has grown in popularity over the past few years. Groups like BTS, Black Pink, and EXO are a part of the mainstream American music scene. However, did you know how difficult it is to be a K-pop trainee? Unlike the American music scene where people get together to create a band, K-pop trainees go through a strict auditioning process. The process begins by either being spotted by a scout, video submission, or open auditions. If one is chosen, he/she signs with an entertainment company. The entertainment company prepares the trainees for K-pop idol life. This training can be physically and emotionally draining.
Being chosen as a K-pop trainee is an honor. Yet, just because you’ve been signed, doesn’t mean you’re entitled to stay. Once you start training, you have monthly tests on your dancing, singing, rapping, and acting skills. The thing is, you are going up against millions of other trainee’s that may be better than you in one of those categories, so if you don’t stick out in one of those things you better be ready to either get cut from the company or train for years and still not debut. Most trainees don’t know what they are getting themselves into. For female trainees, you have to be able to do a split, and if you don’t, they will have someone “help” you get into one. Female trainees are always pressured to be a certain weight, the company holds a weigh-in every few months, and if you are above the weight, they want you to be you are put on a very strict diet so that you can be that weight. The companies really don’t care if the trainees feel well or not, there have been cases were five trainees drop all at once just because they were eating properly. The thing is, after all this hard work, you are rewarded with becoming an idol. Once your debut, you need a fanbase. Once you have that, you have the world.
This way of life may look promising because of what I just said happens after you debut but what you need to realize is not everyone can handle the stress of the idol life. Many idols have been overwhelmed by the stress of dancing for eight hours a day or being in the spotlight of billions of people to the point where they take their own lives. Many of our favorite idols, such as Jonghyun from Shinee, Sulli of former group f(x), KARA’s Goo Ha-Ra, these idols never gave warning to what they were going to do, but they are missed. There is always a dark side to idol life, it may not be an idol taking their life, but it could be a company abusing their trainees and idols. An interviewer talked to a former idol and his father that is a cop and asked about what his idol life was like, the father explained that his son would come home with bruises all over and he had become worried about his son’s health. The son, on the other hand, went into detail about how he was abused, the director would strangle the group if they got anything wrong.
Along with all of this, idols have to worry about their weight. Their extreme diets have caused some idols to develop eating disorders, people like the beautiful IU, former Oh My Girl member JinE, Ladies Code Sojung, and many more. The pressure from fans and media for these idols to be perfect is extreme. If an idol gains weight, they are considered to be obsessed and disgusting. If they lose weight, they are considered bad influencers on the young Korean teens and their international fans. Some idols dye their hair more than the average person does. Some young idols are already going bald from the stress their hair sees. The idols try everything they can to keep their hair and skin looking lively, but sometimes the damage is too much to repair.
The idol life is hard, and many people don’t know what they are getting into when they become a trainee. The fact of the matter is that before you hate on these hard-working individuals understand what they had to do to get to where they are in the K-pop industry.

At this point, everyone has heard of the K-pop group BTS. They are one of the most influential K-pop groups in Korea. Whether you like them or not, this group’s fame and popularity have grown substantially over the past two years. Jeon Jeong-guk, stage name Jungkook, is 22 years old, the youngest member of the group (also known as the “golden	maknae”).	Jungkook	was	a freshman in high school when he realized that he wanted to be a singer. Not only is he a member of BTS, but he also has a successful solo career. Although he is a member of one of the most outstanding pop groups in Korea, he is still down to earth. Like all of us, he is unique in his likes and dislikes. With all of Jungkook’s singing, rapping, and dancing abilities, he is sure to be someone that stays in the spotlight for years to come.
Jungkook was born on September 1, 1997, and was born in Busan, South Korea. His zodiac sign is a Virgo. Jungkook also has an older brother who’s name is Jeon Jung Hyun. When he was younger, he lived with his mother, father, and older brother. As a child, he studied at Baek Yang Middle School, and he also went to Seoul School of Performing Arts. Jungkook graduated from Seoul School of Performing Arts in February 2017.
Jungkook is 5’10” and weighs 150 pounds.

Jungkook has three favorite colors, which

Jungkook of BTS By: Carlee Stevens

are red, black, and white. Jungkook’s most favored number is one. His f food consists of bread, pizza, pork soup rice, sashimi, sea eel, and everything that has flour in it. Jungkook speaks three languages, which are Korean, Japanese, and English. He doesn’t like bugs, getting injured, things that don’t have a taste, and studying. Jungkook has a black belt in Taekwondo. He likes sunny weather but with a gentle cooling breeze. He enjoys reading comic books, drawing, playing soccer, and playing games on the computer. Jungkook gets angry when he can’t sing or dance very well. Jungkook is a fan of the movie Iron	Man	and	thinks	he	is	a professional gamer. Jungkook can play games on two computers at the same
time. He happens to be very close to

Park Jimin, who is also a member of BTS. Jungkook goes by two quotes every day. These quotes are, “Living without a passion is like being dead” and “Rather be dead than cool.” Jungkook also likes shoes and makeup. Jungkook and his family have a Gureum dog, which means the cloud. Jungkook happens to like collecting Bluetooth speakers. When Jungkook was in school, he disliked every subject except gym, art, and music class.
Jungkook is the leading vocalist in BTS. He also happens to be the lead dancer of the group. Jungkook is a sub rapper and center of BTS. He is also the maknae of the group. Jungkook released a few of his own songs as well as songs with BTS. He has done covers of songs that are by Justin Bieber. Jungkook made his first appearance as a BTS member on June 12, 2013, and became a huge hit.
In closing, everybody has heard of the K-pop group BTS by now. They are one of the most famous K-pop groups in Korea. Whether you dislike them or like them, the group’s reputation has grown substantially during the past two years. Jungkook is the “golden maknae” of the group. He was just a freshman in high school when he discovered he wanted to be in the music industry. Even though he is a member of BTS, he has his own successful solo career. He is still very down to earth even though he is a member of BTS. Like many of us, he is different in his dislikes and his likes. With all of Jungkook’s abilities, he most likely will stay in the spotlight for many more years ahead. There is much more to come from this up and
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Popular 80s Music
By: KelcieMcArdle	 Beyonce By: Kiarrah Hall
TThe tunes of the 1980s shaped much of the music we	Each and every student at GHMS knows Beyonce is a fantastic listen to today. Some of the most well-known artists like singer and talented songwriter. She had a fairly common childhood in Michael Jackson, Madonna, and many more started their which both of her parents worked very hard and supported her. music careers in the 80s. Music genres of the 80s range Beyonce was interested in and began singing and dancing in her from pop, rock, disco, alternative, and more. Most modern private elementary school. By the early age of nine years old, Beyonce artists grew up listening to and were influenced by 80s was in her first singing group called Girl’s Tyme, which later became artists. The 80s witnessed the emergence of rap, hip-hop, Destiny’s Child. While her group was quite successful, she chose to go grunge, and punk rock. Like other music eras, the 80s saw out on her own as a solo artist in 2002, five years after Destiny’s Child its share of one-hit wonders as well as groups that are still was signed to a record label. As a solo artist, she has won a variety of working their musical magic to this day!                                    awards. Beyonce married Jay-Z in 2008 and started a family shortly
The world of rap came into light in the 70s but did not after that. Beyonce is more than another singer. She’s a legend. become popular until the mid-80s. At this time, rappers like	Beyonce came into the world on September 4, 1981, and given the Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy E were putting out music that     name as Beyonce Giselle Knowles. She grew up in Houston, Texas, would change and develop the rap world into what we see with her parents and four siblings. Beyonce’s parents realized she had it as today. In 1986 the New Kids on the Block became one strong singing and dancing abilities at a sheer age. As a result, they of the most well-known boy bands to date, first disbanding entered her in a variety of talent shows around Texas. She proved to be in 1994 only to reconcile later in 2007. The 80s paved the so talented that her father went as far as to create a singing group for way for underground punk rock in the 90s, with Green Day his daughter and a couple of her friends, first known as Girl’s Tyme forming in 1986 and releasing their first single in 1989. when she was only nine years old. The group later changed their name Madonna’s opening song and first hit single “Everybody” to Destiny’s Child and went on to have tremendous success both in the was released in 1982, giving her a taste of the spotlight she US and around the world.
would be in for the rest of her career.                                               The group was first called Girl’s Tyme. After a short time went on, This Christmas, you might hear the song “Last they later called their group Destiny’s Child. The group was made in Christmas,” one of the most listened to Christmas songs of 1990 in Houston, Texas after the time of success in 1997 they got all time. This Christmas classic was released in December signed by Columbia Records as Destiny Child. In 1999 their best-selling
1984 by Wham! and is the tenth-best-selling Christmas second album, The Writing’s On The Wall which released several single in the U.S. by digital download (751,000). Featured in number-one singles including “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Say My Name.” seasons one and two of one of Netflix’s most popular	Destiny Child has sold more than sixty million records worldwide. The series, “Stranger Things,” the song “Should I Stay Stay Or group was nominated for fourteen Grammy awards winning twice for Should I Go” was a hard rock classic, uniting punks and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with vocals.
rockers together in the early 80s. Whitney Houston’s 1987          Beyonce was 18 when she met Jay Z. After two years of dating, in hit “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is a rally cry to all 2008, Jay Z and Beyonce got married in a private ceremony. In 2011, wallflowers to step out on the dance floor. The song won a Beyonce gave birth to her first child, Blue Ivy Carter. In 2017, she had Grammy for best female pop vocal performance and has twins, Sir and Rumi Carter. In 2014, Beyonce’s sister, Solange Knowles, remained a legacy upon Houston’s death. Michael Jackson physically attacked Jay Z in an elevator after Met Gala for hearing the was the king of the 80s, with iconic smash hits like “Beat     rumors about Jay Z cheating on Beyonce. Beyonce’s 2016 Lemonade it,” “Billie Jean,” “P.Y.T.,” and “Thriller.”                                          album had plenty of songs about deception, betrayal, and forgiveness. Many artists today, like Tame Impala, Lady Gaga, and In 2017, Jay Z finally admitted to cheating and stated that he regretted Justin Timberlake have made music inspired by the 80s. it. Through all of this, Beyonce stayed with Jay Z and kept the family
Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know The Better” uses classic together.
80s synths and 70s drumlines. “Perfect Illusion” by Lady	Beyonce is an incredibly talented artist and entertainer. She grew up Gaga has heavy electro-pop vocals that resemble with a supportive family that encouraged her to set goals and pursue Madonna’s early music. In Justin Timberlake’s 2013 album her dreams. While Destiny’s Child was a wildly successful group, The 20/20 Experience, Timberlake stated his inspiration for Beyonce reached more fame by expanding out into her solo career. the album was Prince. After Prince’s untimely death in     Although her marriage to Jay-Z hasn’t been perfect, she’s made the 2016, Timberlake said, “He’s somewhere within every song best out of her situation and continues to hold her family together. At I’ve ever written.” Other present-day artists like The1975, age 38, Beyonce doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon as she Charli X.C.X., and Vince Staples borrow the sounds of the continues to amaze us with her beautiful voice.
80s.
The 80s was a time when pop, rock, and many more artists dared to be different and experimental. Looking back on the 80s, we can see how innovative the decade was for future generations. From the iconic songs to the fresh artists, the 80s was a musical roller coaster ride from the first of the decade to the last songs of the decade.

has a lengthy gymnast career ahead of her.
Simone Biles was born in Columbus, Oh o, on March 14, 1997. She
showed potential in g mnastics. By age eight Simone Biles had a
college to go pro.
Only two years after being introduced to gymnastics, Simone was
2016, she was chosen as one of the BBC's 100 Women
2016, one of ESPNW's Impact 25
Nike shoe brand did not start with the brand name Nike.
Company, which was headed by Bill Bowerman a track and
Bowerman en isted the help of a former student a the
came to Bowe man and Knight with his pitch for a name for their
conc uded that their company name was too long because most
three names, including Dimension X, Falcon, and Nike. Johnson
to experiment with rubber in the waffle iron. With his mind made up,
Nike shoe included the Beatles song “Revolution.” The
following year the company’s slogan “Just Do It” was coined.
Surprisingly, it was inspired by a serial killer named Gary
Gilmore. A few months later, that same year, the first “Just Do
revenue to their already established financial success.
most valued brand among sports businesses.
In conclusion, Nike has been able to continue its thriving
business and grow in demand despite any challenge or
Nike

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The History Simone Biles	of

By: Jah'Mera	By: Danielle
Banks	Ballard Simone Biles is a US gold medal gymnast. Her grandparents raised         We all know the Nike shoe brand. Nike has been in the retail
her as the outcome of her mom suffering from an addiction problem. business for 55 years! During that time, the brand has seen and Simone got her first taste of gymnastics when she was only six years made a lot of changes. Yet, they remain one of the most
old. By age 19, Simone already won her first Olympic gold medal. famous and profitable sporting good companies in the However, she has won plenty of other awards that are not directly industry.
attributed to her gymnastics skills. At the age of 22, Simone Biles still Nike was once known simply as the Blue Ribbon Sports
has three siblings. Her mother struggled withidrug addiction. As a result, field coach forlthe University of Oregon in 1964.,At thatttime, she did not have custody of her children. All four kids were placed into university named Phil Night. Phil Knight was the first person to foster care until her grandfather adopted Simone and her younger sister try on Bowerman’s shoes. Phil Knight later became the co-
in 2003. While one of her grandfather’s sisters adopted the older two founder of the brand. The two eventually applied for a patent siblings. When she was six years old, Simone’s daycare took a field trip for their shoes.
to a local gymnastics training gym. She immediately enjoyed and         In 1971, Jeff Johnson, the first employee of Blue Ribbon Sports, professional trainer. Byythe time she made it to, high school, she was soonlto be therpatented shoe. The three of them, along with others,
training so many hours per day that it was easier for her to be successful companies of that time had one to two-syllable names homeschooled. Although she was called up and signed with UCLA such as Kleenex, Clorox, and Xerox. The men were deciding on one of (University of California, Los Angeles). However, she decided to put off convinced his colleagues the name should be Nike because he saw it in a dream. But it just so happens that Nike is the Greek goddess of
victory. The Nike swoosh sign is said to be wing(s). That same year already winning the best all-around gymnast titles at gymnastic Bill Bowerman’s wife made him some waffles, and he started to think
invitationals around the country and eventually around the world. In fact, about the patterns of the waffle along with what design would look she was the first black female to win a gold medal for her all-around great at the bottom of a Nike shoe. At that point, Bowerman decided
performance in gymnastics. This trend of winning gold medals around Bowerman purchased a new waffle iron and some amazing non-the country and world continued through 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro sticking spray. He was able to mold the rubber to look like waffles.
Summer Olympics. Biles led the US Olympic gymnastics team to win the	Nike soon began to start signing famous and professional gold medal for the USA. This was only the third time that the US won a athletes to their label in 1972, beginning with Ilie Nastase, a gold medal for the women’s gymnastics team. After her team won, she gold medal track and field runner. Then twelve years later, in
Tweeted, “dreams DO come true.” Biles’s dreams did come true at the 1984, Nike signed a top-rated basketball player named Michael 2016 Olympic Games. Even though she won five gold medals. She Jordan. Nike didn’t stop there because, in 1987, Nike’s ad for
became the first female in over 20 years to win back to back Olympic world and all-around titles. After the 2016 Olympics, Biles took most of 2017 off. However, she returned in the summer of 2018 and remained the
one to beat in the world of gymnastics. As of 2019, Biles now has 25     It” campaign takes off with running-icon Walt Stack. Nike then World Championship Medals.                                                                           signs a contract with the NFL in 1995, initially outfitting a few Simone Biles won plenty of awards throughout her career.                        teams. In 1996 Nike signs an American professional golfer
December 2015, Team USA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year	named Tiger Woods. After that, Nike revenues reached $6.74 December 2016, Biles was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US billion!
Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise	Starting in 2002, Nike’s scientists developed an eco-friendly
2016, Simone Biles won the Glamour Award for the Record Breaker              rubber for footwear that’s good for the environment. This rubber happens to have 96% fewer toxins than the average
rubber used for footwear. That same year, Nike bought the Surf 2016, Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation	Apparel Company, Hurley International, which brought in more
2016, finalists for Time magazine's 2016 Person of the Year                          Exactly one year later, in 2003, Nike signs professional NBA 2017, ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete                                                     player Lebron James. Not too long after, Nike pays $309 million
2017, Shorty Awards for the best in sports                                                      to own Converse. Shortly after that, in 2008, Nike introduced 2017, Teen Choice Awards                                                                               their Air Jordan shoes that were made to be eco-friendly Then 2018, Arthur Ashe Courage Award                                                                   gets to sign Derek Jeter. In 1995, when Nike had outfitted a few 2019, Laureus' Sportswoman of the Year                                                         teams on the NFL, they did such a good job that in the year
In conclusion, Simone Biles is an extraordinarily talented and 2012, they had become the NFL’s official uniform supplier for
successful gymnast that has taken the world of gymnastics by storm. players on the field and practice wear. Two years later, in 2014, Although she did live through a childhood that included a parent Nike is valued at a whopping $19 billion! Which made it the
addicted to drugs and moving from foster home to foster home, she managed to maintain and accomplish many goals. Simone has been
faced in gymnastics for 16 years and has won a wide range of awards. setback. Yet, it is worth mentioning; the company wouldn’t be There is no doubt we will see Simone Biles in the upcoming 2020 where they are today if it weren’t for the help of multiple Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.	professional athletes, dedicated employees, and creative ideas.

The Ten
Richest people
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Some people are lucky enough to have a	Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Fenty couple of thousand dollars. However, these	Beauty, Givenchy Parfums, Kat Von D Beauty, people are blessed with billions of dollars! They	Marc Jacobs Beauty, Parfums Christian Dior, earned their riches through a variety of ways	Tiffany & Co., Sephora, and much more. Arnault ranging	anywhere	from	e-commerce	to	acquired the Financière Agache, which let him, in technology. In fact, they even have more money	turn, acquire Christian Dior. In 1999 he invested than there are people on this earth! The ten men	into Netflix. As of this list, Bernard Arnault’s net listed below are considered the ten most	worth is 76 billion.
wealthy people in the world.	2. Bill Gates: William Henry Gates III is an 10. Larry Page: Larry Edward Page is an        By: Latricia Lowe	American business magnate, software developer, American computer scientist and internet	and investor who was born on October 28, 1955, entrepreneur who was born on March 26, 1973, for one term. He is the co-founder, in Seattle, Washington. At age 13, he was in Lansing, Michigan. Page graduated from the executive chairman, and chief technology enrolled in Lakeside Prep School, where he wrote University of Michigan with a Bachelor of officer of Oracle Corporation. In 2018, his first software program. He enrolled in Science in computer engineering and honors. He Oracle was ranked third in a list of the Harvard College with a pre-law major but left also went to Stanford University with a Master largest software company by revenue. He after two years as he didn’t have a definite study of Science in computer science. In 1998, Page also joined Tesla’s board in 2018 after plan. Nobody knew that this man would later go would go on to found Google Inc. with Sergey purchasing 3 million Tesla shares. As of on to co-found Microsoft. Through the success Brin. Google is one of the biggest technology this list, Larry Ellison’s net worth is 62.5 that is Microsoft, it is no wonder that he is one of companies, and with Page at the head of it, it is billion.	the richest men in the world. He also holds no wonder he has made quite tons of money. 6. Amancio Ortega: Amancio Ortega Gaona stakes on businesses such as the Four Seasons Larry Page is now the CEO of Alphabet, the is a Spanish businessman who was born Hotels and Resorts. As of this list, Bill Gates’ net parent company of Google, a healthcare firm on March 28, 1936, in Busdongo de Arbás, worth is 96.5 billion.
named Verily, an autonomous vehicle unit called Castile and León, Spain. When he was only 1. Jeff Bezos: Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an Waymo, and other subsidiaries. As of this list, 14, he left school and moved to A Coruña American businessman and investor who was Larry Page’s net worth is 50.8 billion.	and found a job as a shop hand for a local born on January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New 9.	Michael	Bloomberg:	Michael     Rubens shirtmaker where he learned how to make Mexico. He graduated summa cum laude from Bloomberg is an American businessman and clothes by hand. Things only escalated for Princeton University with a 4.2 grade point politician who was born on February 14, 1942, in Ortego from there. He has founded average and Bachelor of Science degrees in Brighton, Massachusetts. Bloomberg attended companies such as Confecciones Goa, a electrical engineering and computer science. He Johns Hopkins University and graduated in 1964 store that sells quilted bathrobes, and the is most well known for being the founder, CEO, with a Bachelor of Science in electrical	more popular Zara with his wife in his home and president of Amazon. Amazon is the world’s engineering, and in 1966 he graduated from country of Spain. Zara is the world’s largest largest online sales company, the largest internet Harvard Business School with a Master of apparel retailer. Zara has over 10,000 stores company by revenue, and the world’s largest Business Administration. He then went on to co- worldwide. He owns about 60% of the	provider	of	AI	assistance	and	cloud found financial information and media company Inditex group which includes brands like infrastructure services thanks to its Amazon Bloomberg LP in 1981. Bloomberg LP has over Zara, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Zara Home, Web Services arm. Bezos has other business 167 offices as of 2019. Bloomberg has acquired Kiddy’s Class, Tempe, Stradivarius, Pull and ventures such as the aerospace manufacturer things	like     Bloomberg     Radio,     Bloomberg Bear, Bershka, and more. As of this list, and sub-orbital spaceflight services company BusinessWeek, New Energy Finance, Bureau of Amancio Ortega’s net worth is 62.7 billion.	Blue Origin that he founded in 2000. After a National Affairs, Bloomberg PolarLake, Barclays 5. Carlos Slim Helú: Carlos Slim Helú is a successful test flight in 2015, the company had Indices     Business,	and     Bloomberg     Sports Mexican business magnate, engineer, and plans to begin commercial suborbital human Analysis. He even dabbled in politics and investor who was born on January 28, spaceflight in 2019. In 2013, he purchased became the 108th Mayor of New York City and 1940, in Mexico City, Mexico. Since a child, significant American newspaper publisher The was in office from January 1, 2002, to December Carlos was interested in business and at 12 Washington Post for 250 million dollars. He 31, 2013. As of this list, Michael Bloomberg’s net purchased his first stock. At age 15, he manages all of his businesses and investments worth is 55.5 billion.                                                 became a shareholder, and at 17, he was through     his     venture	capital     firm,     Bezos 8. Mark Zuckerberg: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an earning 200 pesos ($10.47) a week working Expeditions. He is a shareholder of Google after American technology entrepreneur who was for his father’s company. He studied civil investing $250,000 in 1998. As of this list, Jeff born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York. engineering at the National Autonomous Bezos’ net worth is 131 billion.
Zuckerberg attended Harvard, where he studied University of Mexico. He and his family psychology and computer science, and during control America Movil, Latin America’s that time, made many sites the most significant most prominent mobile telecom firm. being Facebook. Zuckerberg later dropped out of America Movil is the seventh-largest mobile Havard because three people were suing him for network operator in terms of equity stealing ideas to create Facebook. In 2017 subscribers	and	one	of	the	largest Zuckerberg received an honorary degree from corporations in the world. As of 2019, Harvard. Facebook became the most prominent America Movil had 277.4 million wireless social network after 2008 and is still going subscribers and 84.3 million fixed revenue-strong today. Your parents might even still use it. generating units. He bought a stake in
Zuckerberg has launched other sites like	Telmex, Mexico’s only phone company. As	While all of the people mentioned above are Internet.org, Facebook Platform, Beacon, and of this list, Carlos Slim Helú’s net worth is billionaires, their spot in the top ten changes Facebook Connect. As of this list, Mark 64 billion.                                                           rapidly. The changes happen quickly due to Zuckerberg’s net worth is 62.3 billion.	4. Bernard Arnault: Bernard Jean Étienne falling and increasing stock prices, which all of 7. Larry Ellison: Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an Arnault is a French business magnate who these men play a part. Regardless of what American businessman and entrepreneur who was born on March 5, 1949, in Roubaix, business and stock opportunities these men was born on August 17, 1944, in New York City, France. Arnault graduated from École invested in, their success and riches are not all a New York. Ellison first studied at the University Polytechnique in 1971. He is the chairman matter of chance and luck. These people have of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but he withdrew and	chief	executive	of	LVMH	Moët intelligence and a support system of competent his second year because his adoptive mother Hennessy, which is the largest luxury-goods employees that help them maintain their billions. had just died. He then attended the University of company. LVMH subsidiaries are Hennessy, Through many wise decisions, it is no wonder
Mercier, Christian Dior, Fendi, Fenty,	why these ten men are the richest in the world.

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Is Siri Watching You?                World's Most Extreme By: Ayana Keaton                                    r By: Jalee Prybor s
		
As we all know, iPhones have a little assistant that helps with several things like setting alarms, calling people, and searching for something with a voice command. This “person” is mostly known as Siri. If you ever started to wonder about the hazards or dangers of the virtual assistant? Have you ever thought about what happens after you have a conversation with Siri? What happens to the information after conversations? Just because it’s your iPhone, doesn’t mean the private questions that you ask Siri are safe. Let me break it down for the top three reasons why you should be mindful when using Apple products. At the end of this article, look down at the bottom for tips to keep yours and others’ information safe.
1. She Targets Your Search History. Siri watches your search history through your screen, recording everything you search and uses that against you. Apple takes that newly found information and puts them into advertisements and put them in a pattern until you decide to buy that product. Apple says that Siri uses your search history to improve the technology to help it get more knowledgeable about the world around them. I think that is false information to cover up the fact that they track everything that happens around us that involves all people with Apple products. So this shows your search history is not safe on your iPhone.
2. Just like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri is always listening. Siri never shuts down or turns off even when you have your phone screen turned off. It is always listening. In an article, it states, “there have been countless instances of recordings featuring private discussions between doctors and patients, business deals, and criminal dealings. These recordings are accompanied by user data showing the location, contact details, and app data.” With all this known information, it might be useful to police officers who are trying to discover mysteries or solve unknown cases. But, it also might pick up some information that should be private and should be kept hidden to others.
3. It makes you and others block out society. It’s not only Siri but all devices. We slowly get more and more attached to our phones. We barely talk to our loved ones or go out to see friends. Instead, we stay at home, in the car, wherever you are, and we don’t talk to anyone. It is basically like saying, “Connect to phone, disconnect the world.” We need to help each other. Staying on your phone for too long is bad for your health. It starts to create a disorder called FOMO (fear of missing out). With this disorder, it is hard to look away from social media, and you are always looking at social media for new events or new posts to like and comment. It also might give you a lack of sleep at night, which is harmful to your health mentally and physically.
In conclusion, there are many bad things that cellphones, but this article is about iPhones, do to us. They do things like listen to our conversations, track our search history, and make us blackout society and become bad people. There are many ways you can protect yourself from getting your information stolen or become a victim of identity theft. There are two main tasks that you can do to keep yourself and others safe from getting your information stolen. They are: Turn off/ disable Siri. Turning Siri off would be very effective in keeping your data and private information secure. Here are the steps how:
1 Tap on Settings.
2. Tap on Siri & Search.
3. Toggle off Listen for “Hey Siri”, Press Side Button For Siri
	Have you ever wondered where the tallest or fastest roller coasters are located in the world? While we are lucky to have Cedar Point, with fantastic roller coasters, so closeby. However, did you know there are even taller and faster coasters in the world? For those of you that enjoy the thrill of riding the metal or wooden rails, the roller coasters listed below are ones you must ride!
The Formula Rossa is the fastest roller coaster in the world. This roller coaster has a speed of 150 miles per hour. It is located in the Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi. This ride has four trains with four-passenger cars. This ride is 171 feet high. It’s 7,217 feet in length. Kingda Ka. This roller coaster is at Six Flags Great Adventure, located in New Jersey. It is the fastest roller coaster in the United States. This ride reaches a speed of 128 miles per hour. Kingda Ka is 456 feet high. When the roller coaster goes down, it has an angle of 270 degrees. Due to its super-fast speed, the ride only lasts 28 seconds.
The Top Thrill Dragster. It’s located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. It has a maximum speed of 120 miles per hour. This roller coaster is 420 feet high. You must be at least four feet, two inches tall but not taller than six feet five inches in order to ride this coaster. This ride accelerates from 0 to 120 mph in just four seconds. This roller coaster is made out of steel with its first hill being a 90-degree angle.
Doponda. This roller coaster is located in Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park in Yamanashi, Japan. It has a maximum speed of 107 miles per hour. This ride is 171 feet high. The ride duration is precisely 55 seconds. The height restriction is four feet. Also, impressively, this ride is 2.7 times faster than the acceleration due to gravity. The exact total length is 1189 meters.
The Superman. This roller coaster is located at Six Flags Magic Mountain park in Valencia, California. It’s 415 feet high. The ride duration is 56 seconds. The exact height restriction was 1.37 meters. This high maximum speed is 100 miles per hour.
Tower of Terror. It’s located in Queensland, Australia. This ride has a maximum speed of 100 miles per hour. If you love heights, this is the ride for you because this roller coaster is 377 feet high. The height restriction is four feet. The ride duration is 28 seconds.	It	also	presents	a	mind-blowing experience.
The Ring Racer. It’s located in Nurburgring, Rhineland-palatinate, Germany. The maximum speed of this roller coaster is 99.4 miles per hour. The ring racer is 123 feet high. The ride duration is one minute and 25 seconds. This ride was designed to actually accelerate from 0 to 217 km in just 2.5 seconds. This roller coaster is going to run parallel from now on.
The Steel Dragon. It’s located in Nagashima Spa Land Amusement Park, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It impressively has a ride duration of four minutes. The height is approximately 318 feet high. The maximum speed is 95 miles per hour. And last but not least, it’s the second-fastest roller coaster in Japan.
In conclusion, all the great information about the tallest and fastest roller coasters in the world are here. The whole point of all of this was to list the top 8 fastest and highest roller coasters ever. One last great thing to say about this if anyone goes to any of these roller coasters it’s an excellent exercise for your body because you will be on your feet all day.

	

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Lying is such an insane thing. Your keeping in the truth my bending it just a little or a lot. It can be straightforward or hard to do, but mostly, it depends on
the person. Lying without being caught

How to Get Away With

Lying

Finally, make sure you seal the deal and either tell them or never and hope they forget about it. Sure you might say to them in the future and say, "Remember when I
told you that? It was a lie..", or that sort of

is one of the most challenging parts, but you most likely need to know how to lie better. One of the commonly asked questions by scientists is, “Why do humans lie?”, It’s honestly a puzzling question. Of course, there are some cons to lying, but there are many pros that can help a person to lie. Such as a con being you having deep guilt. The	advantage	would	be	having someone around you feeling better about themselves.
Ever question how to lie the right and well-done way? Ever thought what a lie meant? Well, a lie is a statement that one knows is wrong, and the other thinks it is true. Lies can be twisted a little or a lot. The main question is, “How do you lie?” Well, You need to act calm and act like your telling the truth. For example, say someone had to lie to a friend over something that could be embarrassing for them. If she hints or tries to bring it up, act calm, and deny the truth. Maybe, later on, you could tell them, but make sure it’s in a private space	anywhere	you	won’t	draw attention. There are a lot of techniques you can use to lie, such as not causing too much attention, not making a big deal out of it, or staying calm. Of course, you could break out and blurt out the truth, but some might say, “The truth will set you free.” which most people beg to differ. I feel like sometimes there are just moments you have to keep in the truth to bypass bad things. I think deception is an excellent solution to most things even though it might not sound that great but lying temporarily may be the best option for certain things.
People often wonder why people lie. Is it to protect ourselves from the truth? Is it to make fun of a situation? These are useful observations, but it may only be part of the truth. According to The Washington Post, it states Researchers think “pretty much as soon as humans could speak, we were bending the truth.” Which is very true. Here are two steps and some tips you can use for your next lie. According to an article on Wikihow called, “How
To Tell A Lie Without Being Caught” by

By: Gabriella Castillo

other people that the person you’re telling a lie might know, act confident, and move your body naturally. Make sure you use those useful tips to help you in your next lie.
Experts still ask the same questions. One of the questions they ask is, why do we lie? Think of how many times you have lied. You have probably done it too many times, you can't remember. Scientists think we lie to help ourselves. According to the Washington Post, ”We do it to promote ourselves or protect ourselves. We do it to affect others, either to be kind or cruel. And then there are the inexplicable situations, even to us.” So what this is explaining is how we lie for someone else or even yourself. Some other scientists think its to help other people. This is partly true because of the lies we tell. For example, say you want to go hang out with your friends after school. What you should do is make sure you tell a believable lie to your parents, and she has to do the same to hers. Smart tactics are to find where you are hanging out and get together and make up an understandable lie that your parents can’t say no to. Some convincing lies are you going to a study group at the library or going over a friend’s house to study for a big test. If you are going to tell a lie to your parents, make sure it has something to do with academics, and they will have to say yes. Good lies have to be thought out and planned, but if you lie often, you could probably make a lie up off the top of your head. I’m guessing it depends on what the lie is.
So what are the wise steps to lying? Well, the first step is to come up with the lie and make it believable. Next is to tell that person the lie. Make sure to act how you would if you were Qqgiving them other information. Then, you have to cover up your tracks. This person would seemingly tell or ask other people. So tell their friends to go along with it. Finally, make sure you seal the deal and either tell them or never and hope they forget about it. Sure you might say to them in the future and say, "Remember when I told you that? It was a lie..", or that sort of thing. The main thing is to
act naturally like you’re telling the truth.

thing. The main thing is to act naturally like you’re telling the truth.
Experts still ask the same questions. Well, one of the questions they ask is, why do we lie? Think of how many times you have lied. You have probably done it too many times, you can remember. Scientists think we lie to help ourselves. According to the Washington Post, “We do it to promote ourselves or protect ourselves. We do it to affect others, either to be kind or cruel. And then there are the inexplicable situations, even to us.” So what this is explaining is how we lie for someone else or even yourself. I’m guessing it depends on what the lie is.
Even after reading some of this article about Lying, You would presumably think I’m encouraging you to lie. But, a lot of times, lying could be wrong. The cons of lying are honestly self-explanatory. Such as not	getting	away with it, Getting depression and anxiety, and not being relaxed at the moment. As stated by Quora, “You should be skilled to act with our body language and postures, you should be ready to manage until to person standing opposite accept your lies should have different answers for different persons for a single question, and if we are lying, we are supposed to lie many times to hide a single lie.” Which all of these named right here are pretty hard to do.
When you can have cons, you can have pros. Which there are multiple luckily. Some advantages could be like you taking it easier on people. It is more accessible taking risks more than discouraging people and getting the person doing the confronting pacified or calmed down. According to Renee Hoekstra, it states, "It may mean paying attention to and interrupting a history of automatic pilot behavior.	Over	time,	being	able	to accurately put words on experience, be assertive, and have a legitimate “voice” can be rewarding.” You can tell a good lie as long as your stealthy with it. You need to be focused and natural. When you have to lie, you need to think about why you do it. You most likely would get a benefit from it. Make it your goal.
In conclusion, lying is a difficult skill that people fight to accomplish. From what
a lie is, why we lie, and how to lie better.

Wikihow staff, it states, “Eliminate as                                                                                  Plus, the steps, pros, and cons. Even much of the mental effort as you can                                                                                  though lying is frowned upon to some

by knowing the lie before you tell it. Try to bend the truth instead of making up an entire story. Expressing, when you are about to lie, you need to plan it. The second step is to tell a lie. Some tips
for telling a genuine lie is not to involve

people, it is still an excellent way to hide something. So if you are going to lie, be smart about it and master the tips and steps. Chances are, you might get away with it. But if you don’t get away with it,
you did not hear it from me.

to find peace.
I am overworked	Every night
I get to dreamland
streetlights
Shining on the city
Nightmares interrupt this
peaceful time for me
And come after me
They come from all sides
“You should die.”
peace tonight

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The Desire to Escape A Collection of Poetry By: Gionni Siggers
Life can be filled with so many stressful things. School and even your social life can drown you with the weight of feeling as though you are not enough and other self-defeating thoughts. Sleep is one of the things that people use to escape the burden of their daily lives. Sometimes, the peace of sleep may be interrupted by terrifying nightmares.
It piles up	Here are nine poems about falling asleep and trying	I visit dreamland Without warning                                                                                                      To see peace
It consumes me	So it can give me Until there’s nothing left                    I lay my head down to sleep                                 A warm hug
With my blankets and sheets	I need this hug
And let sleep consume me	To make it through the next day To the fullest
So that I can get to Dreamland

Even though life is unfair
It’s sometimes fluffy clouds	Dreamland can be like that too	They attack me every time Sometimes it's on a Ferris wheel                                                                               “You aren’t worth anything.”
And other times beautiful	They will sprout out of nowhere	“Everybody hates you.”
It truly brings me joy	Why must everything be so unfair	I thought I was supposed to get To see these places every night

I’m huffing and puffing Where am I?
I think this is my room
I woke up	Why is it when you need They’re coming closer	My throat is closed up                                       Peace
And closer	My headaches	It’s always interrupted And even closer                                         And I’m crying                                           By stress
Till they were all around me	It’s almost like it’s
I was losing focus	Out of reach I was suffocating                                 I’m finally breathing again
I'm out cold		I hope luck is on my side When I lay my head back down
To try to reach peace Once more

In conclusion, even though you may want peace and it’s in your grasp, it can quickly be taken away from you. Nightmares aren’t curable. They are just as natural as pleasant dreams. Sometimes you have to stick with the bad to get the good. You’ll get nightmares, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have sweet dreams.

Who is
Hill-

By:
Krampus?	Savannah	Most Popular Harris                       Christmas Movies &
Shows
By: Zaina St. Clair

Do you remember the movie Krampus? You know, the horror	It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With Christmas movie where Krampus came to visit all the boys and girls     Christmas around the corner, television and streaming that didn't believe in Santa Claus? He would come down the chimney (if     services are packed with holiday cartoons, shows, and there were no fire lit) to teach non-believers of Santa a lesson. If the      movies. Christmas wouldn’t be the same without 24 hours lesson wasn’t learned, the children faced being imprisoned in a     of the film A Christmas Story on both TNT and TBS. snowglobe, forever. However, this was only the mythical part of the tale.     Chances are, you have your favorites and look forward to Krampus is something that children across Europe and Australia were      seeing them each holiday season. Christmas shows are a taught to believe in, just like they were taught to believe in Santa Claus.     part of most of our family traditions and are near and dear In fact, there are parades devoted to the legend of Krampus across the     to our hearts. Many of you took a survey regarding your region to this day!                                                                                            favorite Christmas shows. The results of that survey are
Krampus is a very brutal and insane tale. This tale starts as a demon	below.
who tagged along with St Nick on December 25. Leanne Smith of Vocal             Most people watch Christmas movies as a tradition says, “Krampus is a Christmas demon, and child-eater said to be one of      every year. The majority of people’s favorite Christmas the companions of Saint Nicholas, who is known to give gifts to the      movie is Home Alone, winning 38.4% of your votes. The poor and well-behaved. Krampus, on the other hand, comes during the     Polar Express is the second most favorite movie, ranking Christmas period to kidnap children who misbehave as a form of     16.6%. In third place came, The Grinch, which won 13.7% punishment,” says Leanne Smith.                                                                    of your votes. There was one response that surprised me. There are many stories about the infamous Krampus. However, there     One of you said that your favorite movies to watch are
is only one true story. Krampus originally had nothing to do with	scary or creepy movies, and a handful of you said that you Christmas. His origin is of European Folklore. This half-man half-goat	liked a movie called Krampus the best. But Krampus is creature with bloodshot eyes and a black body. It states in the article	considered a horror movie. Most of you said that you liked Atlas Al Ridenour of Obscura states that it “would go out the night of	all of these movies because they were funny and December 25, tagging along with St. Nicholas. He visits houses all	entertaining.
night with his saintly pal. While St. Nick is on hand to put candy in the shoes of good kids and birch twigs in the shoes of the awful. Krampus’ particular specialty is punishing naughty children. Legend has it that throughout the Christmas season, misbehaved kids are beaten with birch branches or can disappear, stuffed into Krampus’ sack, and hauled off to his lair to be or eaten.”
Many places in the world celebrate Krampus. One place they	People like they enjoy watching Christmas movies, they celebrate Krampus is Munchen, Minnesota. In Munchen, they use a	also enjoy watching Christmas cartoons. Most of you wooden mask and full body hair suits to celebrate. Minnesota Krampus	enjoy watching It’s a SpongeBob Christmas because it was founded in 2019 to promote its customs and culture. Another	won 33.5% of your votes. How the Grinch Stole Christmas place they celebrate Krampus is Bloomington, Arizona. In Bloomington,	(Dr. Seuss’s) got 20.8% of votes. In third place came they follow angels in a parade giving out naughty and nice stickers for	Charlie Brown’s Christmas with 13.7% of votes. Most what they call “self-identity.” krampusminisota.org states, “Saint	people said that they didn’t know why they liked this Nicholas then follows with the feisty Krampus under his control. Saint	cartoon. Other people just loved the movie because it was Nicolas gives treats to the “nice” children, while the Krampus gives a	funny or goofy. Or they like the characters that are from playful scare to the “naughty” ones. The night is filled with cheers of joy	the cartoon.
and a few squeals of fear.”
In conclusion, Krampus was not just a scary movie that most of us have seen. Krampus is a European legend that could be considered one of Santa’s sick little helpers. Krampus was created by adults to scare their children into continuing to believe in Santa...out of fear. Krampus is so prevalent in some regions of the world that they have parades and
festivals devoted just to him. No reason to be afraid, though, because            A lot of you don’t have a holiday tradition, but the ones he is a fictitious character. It’s crazy what lengths some parents will go     that do have very interesting ones. One person said that to make their children believe in someone that they know doesn’t even     they watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and exist.                                                                                                                decorate. Then they watch it over and over until they have to go to bed. Then they go to their grandparent’s house
and watch A Christmas Story. They have souvenirs form the movie. One person said that they don’t celebrate Christmas.
In conclusion, Christmas is a special time of year filled with family, friends, loved ones, and an abundance of holiday movies and cartoons. Whether you are a fan of The Grinch or Spongebob, it is clear that the students at Garfield Heights Middle School truly enjoy their fair share of festive films. The holiday season wouldn’t be the same without these Christmas classics!

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