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Students can also access Power-School at any time.

“I check PowerSchool about once a week because it keeps me on top of grades,” freshman Caitlin Brock said. “If I have a borderline grade it lets me know how close I am to pull it up. My parents like it because they can monitor what I hand in and how well I do.”

Junior Anthony Nelson agreed. “I like it. It’s easy to use and I can

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And the benefi ts continue. “PowerSchool is great for both par-

ents and students because it enables parents to know their child’s grades without killing trees by printing out so many grade reports,” junior Johnathan Sharp said.

Besides helping the environment, some students like that PowerSchool can help teachers as well.

“I think its cool you can see grades and it saves teachers time from e-mail-ing grades,” freshman Zaynah Munir.

Previously those e-mails may have prevented students from keeping grades from their parents, but now Power-School keeps them informed. Howev-er, many students aren’t worried about parents’ total access to grades.

“Maybe I did care last year, but this year I don’t care because my parents can see how well I’m doing,” junior

Brandon Castillo said. “The good kids really don’t have to care. The bad kids have to worry because of grades and at-tendance,”

Yet some students still don’t like it. “It’s a way for my parents to stalk me

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Sophomore Mallory Hancock doesn’t like the idea of her parents having access to her grades either.

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Sophomore Danaka Stevens agreed. “I think that it ruins lives. My parents

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“First of all, I get to go nowhere be-cause I don’t have a life anymore and sec-ond of all, I don’t have a phone,” sopho-more Jerrica Nelson said.

Junior Shelby Brock used to like Pow-erSchool but is no longer a fan.

“My parents use the PowerSchool par-ent portal every day. It seemed cool at fi rst to be able to access your grades online, and I checked my grades every week,” Brock said. “But my parents went over-board and now I can’t stand it.”

However, most teachers like the new system.

“I think PowerSchool is a good tool, but I feel that we need more training on all

the aspects of PowerSchool,” English teacher Krista Kalbaugh said. “I

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Foreign language teacher Brandy Cox enjoys using PowerSchool.

“I like that parents can see the grades,” Cox said. “They can know what assignment it is, know what work we’re doing. There is no downside to it.”

PowerSchool has encouraged more parent contact.

“I try to stay on top of things, but now I really have to. Sometimes par-ents will complain if their kids’ grades go down and they want to know why,” Cox said.

Yet there are still a few rough spots to iron out.

“Right now with PowerSchool, we don’t have access to students’ discipline records like we did before in SASI. So we don’t know if students are just ab-sent or in ISS or OSS,” Kalbaugh said.

And not all teachers are fans of PowerSchool.

“I despise PowerSchool. It is no bet-ter than the previous program we used in Horry County. Its only advantage is that parents can access their child’s grades in real-time,” math teacher Me-gan Beattie said. “However, I don’t see that parents are using PowerSchool to access their children’s grades. Parents and students continue to constantly ask me for grade reports. I defi nitely pre-fer Integrade Pro and Sasi to Power-School.”

More than 500 parents have signed up for PowerSchool access. Parents who want to get their password and username can visit data quality clerk Lorry Sarvis, located in the front of-fi ce.

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blow your horns | The band’s first concert, “Spook-tacular,” was performed Oct. 27.

“Everyone’s favorite part about the concert was ‘Thriller,’” band director Chad Horsley said.

Band members wore costumes, and Horsley di-rected the band dressed as a referee.

At a competition at Loris High School Nov. 7, the band won first place in their class for color guard, percussion, drum major and horn line. They also won a superior rating. The band’s future plans in-clude the Christmas show Dec. 10 at 7p.m., with a dinner fundraiser beforehand. Different instru-ments and steel drums will also be included in the Christmas show. [Photo courtesy of Chad Horsley]

jazz hands | Performing to a variety of music, the Show Choir entertained crowds with their “Hol-lywood Hoedown” concert Nov. 13, 14, 15. “I think the show went really well,” sophomore Jasminn Johnson said. “It was like show choir reinvented because we had lots of new songs.” The shows for Friday and Saturday were sold out.

In other show choir news, 1,541 students from 77 schools tried out for the 2010 South Carolina State All- State Chorus. Eight students from CFHS were chosen: seniors Amberlyn Jones, Austin Jefferson, Duncan Singleton, Andrew Bettke, Anne Marie Martin Morgan Fire and sophomores Faye Goodwin and Jasminn Johnson. Future plans for the show choir include their “Happy Holiday Show” Dec. 16 and 17 from 7–8:30 p.m.[Photo courtesy of Robyn Sasser]

burning up| At the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ bonfire Nov. 17 sophomores Celina Rosales and Krissy Ryhal wait their turn to roast marshmallows. Students feasted on s’mores and hot dogs after listening to Coastal Carolina University tennis coach Jody Davis. Davis encouraged students to follow their faith and become leaders on and off the field.

The FCA meets every Thursday morning in the PE classroom on the Carolina side at 7:50. Everyone, not just athletes, may attend. Future plans include another bonfire, Christmas caroling at area nursing homes, a pre-Super Bowl pig picking and the FCA retreat in Garden City in March. Officers are: Matt Jolly, president; Hayley Twigg, vice president; Kaitlyn Ryhal, secretary. Advisors include Ann Twigg, Jack Jolly, Jen Seay and Jennifer Butkus. [Photo by Emily Wendland]

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PowerSchool has been quite the talking point since the beginning of this school year.

With parents now having constant open access to their students’ grades and attendance, there has been contention in whether the program is helpful or harmful.

The general consensus of the Prowler staff is that PowerSchool is a good addition to the school’s grade reporting tactics.

Students like that they can easily check up on their grades, especially in classes where the teach-er does not return graded papers quickly or give out progress reports. Students also keep track of tardies and absences more easily.

Parents enthusiastically welcome PowerSchool and their new ability to monitor their child’s prog-ress. In the past, students could easily not bring home a progress report or interim report, mean-ing some parents never saw students’ grades until

a mailed report card ar-rived.

Being able to see at-tendance and tardies as well means that parents can know of their child’s problems before having being called in to dis-cuss detention or OSS, hopefully preventing the problem from esca-

lating to that point.However, such access is what irks those dissent-

ing students. They think access to PowerSchool just gives parents one more thing to nag about.

Generally, though, both students and parents are happy with PowerSchool. Students like being up to date with their grades, and parents appreciate be-ing more included in students’ learning.

The Prowler staff voted as to whether or not they are happy with PowerSchool.

These are the results.

Staffers who like Power-• School: 23

Staffers who dislike Power-• School: 3

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More than 500 Parent Portal logins have • been assigned already.

While only in use in high schools and • middle schools now, PowerSchool is being looked at for district elementary schools.

Parents may request automatic progress • reports via e-mail through PowerSchool.

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the goodsSomething’s gotta give

em schassRemember when we were little kids?

Do you remember when we were little kids?

We use to get in so much trouble together. I love it when mom and dad tell everyone stories about our child-hood.

My favorite is the one about New York. You and I used to go up to New York every single summer, and it was our favorite place in the whole world. When it was time for us to leave, we told Nanny Mom beat us so we wouldn’t have to go back to Myrtle Beach, and Nanny called Mom and asked her if it was true.

Mom couldn’t believe she seriously called to ask that question. She knew we hated it in Myrtle Beach.

Remember when I cut my hair and you went down-stairs and told Mom you didn’t do it, but you just wouldn’t tell her what you didn’t do? She ran upstairs like a ma-niac and found me in her bathroom with scissors in my hand and my ponytail chopped off.

Remember when I got sent to timeout? Mom said I would follow her around in my chair all the time when she wasn’t looking but quickly sit back down whenever she turned around.

But you, you would fall asleep in your chair and Mom would forget about you and leave you there for hours.

Remember when we shared a room? Those were the days. We had our little wooden bunk beds.

Remember when one of your friends gave me a black eye because he got mad at you for taking away his golf ball, and he swung the golf club back? For some reason I

was standing right behind him.Remember when we use to take Fred out on dad’s golf

course and let him run while we followed on the golf cart, driving like crazy people?

Remember that one time you fell off your bike and you had to get stitches? Your hair turned red from all the blood.

Remember when my fi nger almost fell off because I was trying to be “one of the guys” and all of you were hanging from the basketball goal post so I tried it too, but fell and it came straight down on me?

Do you remember all these times we had together?We were some crazy little kids.And now we are growing up. I’m a sophomore and

you’re a senior. You’re going to be leaving me next year.

I know I don’t say it every day and I know we fi ght and argue a lot, but I love you and I’m going to miss you. I’ll miss your room being right across from mine.

I’ll miss riding to and from school with you. I’ll miss hanging out with all our friends. I’ll miss always know-ing you were right there in school with me.

But now you’re going to head off with Michael.Kevin left our little family group last year; next it’s

you and Michael. All that’s going to be left are Rob and I.

It’s not ever going to be the same. We’ve always been around each other, all of us family living right by each other.

Now I’m fi nally realizing that we’re not little kids anymore. And it’s weird to think that you’re going off to college next year because once you go off, things will never be the same.

by emilyschasslerschasslersportswriter

The very fi rst funeral I ever attended was last year.

Some may say I was lucky because it was so late in my life. It wasn’t a family member who died or even a close family friend. It was my friend, David Chung, one of my fi rst true friends.

I remember the fi rst day I met him. It was my seventh grade year and I was new at Carolina For-est. I only knew four people in the entire school.

At the end of the year, he wrote something in my yearbook that has more meaning today than it did back then: “The day we met was something special. I will never be able to forget you.”

High school came and not much changed. We still had our friendship, and he got me through ge-ometry.

After ninth grade things started to change. Slowly we drifted apart, but there was one thing that never changed about our friendship; he would always call me at least two or three times a week. Even when we started drifting apart, he would still randomly call me at 11:30 p.m. just to say he loved me.

I miss those calls. During spring break I got a phone call about David. I didn’t believe it was true at fi rst, but it was, and his was my fi rst funeral.

Then in September at work I checked my phone, only to fi nd numerous confusing text messages ask-ing where I was and if I knew. The sad thing was, I had this lingering feeling in the pit of my stomach.

I can’t really explain how I knew. I had just been thinking about Patrick McNeese a lot lately and get-ting these urges to text or call him, but I never did. He was the second friend that died. I played T-ball with Patrick for six years; we kind of grew up to-gether.

In seventh grade we became closer friends. We dated on and off throughout middle school and even into our ninth grade year. I guess you could say he was my middle school love.

I don’t have much to say about Patrick today because part of this still doesn’t feel real to me. If I have learned one thing in my four years of high school about life, it’s that things happen that you aren’t going to understand or be able to control.

The only thing I’m sure of is that parents aren’t supposed to bury their children, and high school students aren’t supposed to watch their friends be-ing buried.

“Emily!”“Yes?”“Not you, the other Em-

ily.”“Oh.”Not again. Emily in

Latin means rival, which fi ts it perfectly. It was the third most popular name in 1994, and I (along with hundreds of thousands of females) am stuck with the name.

When I was born, my parents had no clue what they were going to name me. I went a whole entire

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day without a name.

D u r i n g those 24 hours my mom came up with two names: Jenna and Katie. My dad didn’t like either of them. So what did he pick?

Emily, and there are at least fi ve different ways to spell my name. But, of course, my parents spelled it the normal way.

I’ll have to go through the rest of my life with the question “L-I-E?”

And my answer “L-Y.”

I am forever doomed with a boring name that is constantly called in hallways and classrooms. There are 11 Emilys in this school and three of them are in my newspaper

class. There were two on my softball team.

I have been sentenced to a lifetime of answer-ing for other Emilys and spinning in circles when someone shouts “Hey, Emily!” only to fi nd I was not the Emily who was needed. I’m stuck with

text messages that don’t make sense because they were for Emily #3, not Emily #4.

Other people have to go through the same thing. There are 14 Nicoles, 26 Ashleys, 25 Matts, and 29 Michaels in this school. Having the same name as just 10 other people in the school is hard; imag-ine what those kids go through.

If I have kids, I’m go-ing to save them from whiplash and give them weird names. Then they’ll never have to go through what I do now.

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sure and tanning beds. In fact, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) added tanning beds and sun lamps to the list of most dangerous form of cancer causing radiation.

“I’m defi nitely scared of what the sun can do to me,” senior Alex-andria Savage-Davis said. “I have a history of cancer in my family.”

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States and is caused by the exposure of the skin to UVA and UVB rays. This

creates a suntan, but also damages the DNA of the skin’s epidermal cells that can cause cell mutation which leads to cancer. While the sun gives off both UVA and UVB rays, tanning beds emit only UVA rays, which penetrate the skin deeper than UVB rays do.

However, some say the dangers of tanning are a small price to pay in order to have a deep tan year round.

“I tan in tanning beds and in the sun at least seven months out of

the year,” senior Kaitlin Swezey said. “I feel so much more confi -dent when I’m tan, and it relaxes me when I’m stressed out.”

And the practice of tanning through extraneous UV exposure is not a new routine. Just ask English teacher Ruthie Warren.

“When I was a teenager, we would all have contests to see who would get the darkest,” Warren said. “We would put on pure baby oil and go out at nine in the morning until the sun went down.”

And the need for a dark tan has become a near neces-sity, but the price one has to pay can put one’s

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skin couldn’t breathe. I developed huge abscess-

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However, some believe that natural sun exposure is much safer than subjecting themselves to synthetic rays in tan-

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er Krista Kalbaugh said. “I know it isn’t the safest thing, but I really only go to the tanning bed a few times at the beginning of spring to get a base tan. Other

than that, I really only get my tan from the sun. I think overall tanning in the sun is better for you.”

Although tanning in the sun is indeed better than tanning from synthetic rays, tan-ning in natural light is still a major contribution to developing skin cancer.

“One bad sun burn in your whole entire life doubles your risk of developing skin cancer,” RN care manager Melissa Leary said.

According to kidshealth.org, the best way to contract a tan without harming your health is by using sunless tanning products such as spray tans or tan lotions. In addi-

tion, the most preventative method against developing skin cancer is wearing sunscreen anytime you are exposed to the

sun’s rays. Sunscreen

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balm with an SPF of 15 should be worn.

In addition to sunscreen, sun protective clothing should be worn

when outside. This includes wearing wide brimmed hats, sunglasses and cloth-

ing with UV protection.“I wear sunscreen every time I go out in

the sun,” Savage-Davis said. “It gives me a good peace of mind knowing that I’m pro-tected.

“I obviously don’t need a tan because I have dark skin, but that doesn’t mean that

I can’t get sunburned. I’m really concerned with protecting my skin. I know that I can

guard myself against unsafe sun exposures, and that causes me to make smarter decisions about

the health of my skin.”

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• Skin cancer can be one of three types.

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• 2.3 million teenagers use tanning beds

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The Salvation Army Canned Food Drive

for Christmas

Nov. 16-Dec. 4

Panther Pasta NightAll you can eat

Dec. 5 4-6 p.m., cafeteria

Tickets $15Includes 3 pastas: Chicken marsala with brown sauce,

spaghetti and meatballs, and carbonara penne with a

whitesauce, salad, rolls, and drink

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Christmas cheer makes its way to Myrtle Beach

With dancing sweets, nutcrackers and snowfl akes the upcoming performance of “The Nutcracker” will have audiences from all around the Grand Strand feeling the Christmas spirit.

More than 100 dancers from Silver Lining Dance Academy will perform the Christmas tradition of “The Nutcracker” Dec. 3, 5 and 6 at The Father’s House in Myrtle Beach. Tickets are $6 in advance for general admission and $8 at the door.

“I saw it [The Nutcracker] when I was little, and ever since then I really wanted to be in it,” sophomore Alexis Wiseman said. “My dance requires me to be elegant and control the snow in the land of the snow.”

Wiseman, who dances the part of the Snow Queen, has been dancing for 13 years. She is the principle dancer among the other Snowfl akes. Her role is one of the four soloists that dance on Pointe in the show.

Others include the Dew Drop Fairy, Sugar Plum Fairy and the Marzipan Shep-herdess. Dancing en pointe is one of the highest forms of technique in ballet, and it requires dancers to wear shoes with a hard box at the base where they are able to stand on their toes.

“Pointe is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in dance. It honestly looks so much easier than it really is; the pain in your feet is unbelievable,” dancer and senior Lexy McNutt said.

Auditions for this performance began in early August. Dancers were required to be dressed in formal ballet attire: a solid black leotard, clean pink tights, bal-let shoes or pointe shoes and hair pulled back into a bun. They had to show off

their technique by going through barre work, sitting in each set of splits to check their fl exibility, and holding certain posi-tions such as Développé and Arabesque to make sure they had enough endurance.

Each dancer has put blood and sweat, literally into this dance. Those en pointe have to endure blisters, rips, bloody feet, exhaustion, and swollen ankles, just to get a third of the way to where they need to be.

“Auditions were really nerve-wreck-ing because Lexy and I were about to start Pointe and you start feeling like you com-pare yourself to the other dancers who have been en pointe for years but they’re really nice so my nerves went away,” se-nior Kelsie Pharr said.

Early Saturday morning rehearsals be-gan in early September and each performer had at least one hour long rehearsals with choreographer Laura Branfuhr, learning each intricate part of her dance. Branfuhr, who has been dancing for 18 years, has been in the Nutcracker nine times.

“I grew up dancing in the Nutcracker as well as shows like ‘Hansel and Gre-tel’ and ‘Snow White,’” Branfuhr said. “I have such a passion for it and it’s such a beautiful ballet. I’ve always wanted to choreograph it.”

Junior Lara Jane Roberts is the Span-ish soloist and McNutt is the Arabian so-loist, the fi rst two characters to perform after the Snow Queen, during Clara and the Nutcracker prince’s magical journey through the land of the sweets.

“My part in the Land of Sweets is to represent the Arabian coffee; each danc-er represents a different kind of candy,” McNutt said. “My solo requires a lot of muscle control and a lot of core and leg strength because I have to do a lot of kicks and sliding splits. I’ve been working on my dance since early September and re-

hearse it twice a week in class. I want it to be perfect.”

Aside from the designated rehearsals, performers practice on their own time.

“A lot of the older girls research their roles outside of class,” Branfuhr said. “Since each role has a very distinctive dance style and attitude, they will look up videos online and compare their dances to other Nutcracker performances. I also make sure that all the little girls and boys actually know the story of the Nutcrack-er so they know the importance of their roles.”

Though a popular annual ballet, the ac-tual execution of the show is a challenge.

“It’s defi nitely not easy,” Branfuhr said. “It requires so much patience, and the most diffi cult part for me is making sure everyone is participating. It’s really hard to conduct a successful rehearsal if a dance has 25 people in it, and seven show up to practice.”

Roberts, who has danced for three years and has been in numerous holiday shows, speaks highly of her fellow cast-mates.

“We’re like a big family. We just have a really good time hanging out and doing what we love,” Roberts said.

And when it comes time for the show, the performers must conceal their anxi-ety.

“Backstage before the show is full of excitement,” Branfuhr said. “We’re play-ing our dances over and over in our head, going over all the moves. It can be a little bit scary, but the adrenaline takes over.”

And once the performers hit the stage, they will show off all they’ve been work-ing on for months.

“It’s really amazing,” Branfuhr said. “Seeing all that you’ve imagined in your head come to life on stage is such an in-credible feeling. I’m so excited.”

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Nutcracker performance has students dreaming in December

Lara Jane RobertsAlexis Wiseman

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Your name on a waiting list for four weeks, some greedily fi ghting for the next one, some skipping people and trying to get a step ahead — things you would ex-pect at the House of Blues from fans vying for concert tickets for the newest band or in a Walmart when the newest iPod makes its premier, but not in the media center.

But that’s just what’s happened. Mak-ing its premier in September, “13 Reasons Why” was swept off the shelves the mo-ment it was placed in the library. It was immediately proclaimed as a book you could not put down, a book in which you would become addicted.

“You can relate yourself to at least one person in the book, and you can under-stand where they’re coming from because you’ve been there,” junior Allie Caspento said.

In “13 Reasons Why,” a teenage girl commits suicide and leaves 13 tapes which explain the 13 reasons why she

committed suicide. “My favorite part was when she was

talking to Clay, the guy that she liked, and she was telling him he didn’t deserve to be on the tape, but he had to be to com-plete her story,” Caspento said. “My least favorite was when she’s hiding in a closet while a girl’s getting raped.”

“13 Reasons Why” is the leading Young Adult Book Award book, better known as YABA, if you ask most avid readers. Cho-sen by a state-wide committee of parents and educators, “13 Reasons Why” is one of the 20 books selected from 150 other books and art teacher Jen Seay is on the committee.

“I get to read a lot of pretty cool books that I wouldn’t normally read, and when I see my students reading a similar book and get to talk about it, that’s the best part,” Seay said.

YABA books include those that would interest both boys and girls and range from fantasy to sports to reality.

“I think about what students across

Dec.12 was going be the best day of my life.He was going to perform at the

House of Blues. My obsession would fi nally be in front me. You better believe I was going to be fi rst in line to get inside on concert day in order to get so close that I could see the sweat droplets on his forehead.

I know every word of every one of his songs.

Any time his music video is on TV, if someone even touches the remote, I will cut off their fi ngers.

My eyes get really big and my heart starts pounding when he sends me an e-mail about his music and tours, even though more than a thousand other members of his online fan club get the same message.

I even watched a full episode of ABC Family’s “Lincoln Heights,” a show I can’t stand, just because he was appearing on it. If you haven’t fi gured it out yet, my favorite R&B artist is Trey Songz.

I listen to all his songs at least twice a day. I know it’s weird, but I fi nd myself sometimes staring at his album cover, which shows off his dark brown eyes, high cheek

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YABA books make impact on students

bones and smooth caramel skin, in a deep trance. His songs are addictive. Anytime I hear “LOL☺” and

“I Need a Girl,” I can’t help but start dancing and singing along no matter where I am or what I’m doing.

Not only do I tune into every performance, I also memorize his outfi ts. For example, black button up collared shirt and black pants at the Bet Awards will forever be in my mind.

In a checkered black and white collared shirt, jeans and Chuck Taylors at the VH1 Hip-Hop Honor, Trey Songz showed he can transition from classy to casual and still perform in the same ways.

And that’s just what he wears. That heartbreaking smile makes me melt every time I see it.

My friends used to say I was crazy, and my mom would tell me to get out of her face when I talked about him. Now they’ve given up; they just shake their heads.

It’s to the point where I now have a picture of him on my binder right next to my picture.

Sadly, my dream of meeting him Dec. 12 will not become a reality. He has dropped out of the concert. I am devastated because this was the concert I have looked forward to for the past two and a half months.

Oh, well, it’s back to his fan club Web site and dreaming of the day he’ll perform in Myrtle Beach or nearby so that I can fi nally see him in person.

Trey doesn’t need a girl...by ashantiedmondsonedmondson

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South Carolina would like and try to include books that boys and girls would like,” Seay said.

Another of this year’s favored books is “Twisted,” a book about a high school nerd who is transformed into a high school bully.

“The book “Twisted” is actually twist-ed,” Caspento said. “Its name is its mean-ing. It’s a really good book.”

Despite a drastic drop in interest in reading since 1982, research shows teens are beginning to read for leisure again.

"It's something interesting to do when you have nothing else to do. It lets you explore a different world," senior Bran-don White said. "I try to read at least 30 minutes every night."

Adult and teen reading rates are on the rise. Perhaps more young adult book collections such as YABA are one reason why.

“They are real world books and you can really relate to them,” junior Jordyn Hardwick said.

Rob Spallone[wrestling]

Julia Crews[basketball]

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With a No. 1 preseason ranking in the region, expectations are big for the boys varsity basketball team.

Anchoring the team are seniors Chris Ford and Mike Gray and junior Jor-dan Simbeck. Last year Coach Brian Brunson, in his fi rst full season with the Panthers, led the team to their fi rst Class AAAA region championship in school history.

In addition to another region champi-onship, the team has set their eyes on one more goal, a state championship.

“A lot of variables have to fall in place. I think we have a good inside game and a good outside game and we have good chemistry,” Brunson said. “We have to make some of our breaks along the way and you have to be at the right place at the right time. So how re-alistic is the state title? Anything could happen.”

Ford is aware of one pitfall they must avoid.

“The biggest challenge will not be playing down to the competition,” he said.

Big hype sparks Panther basketballBrunson agreed.“[The biggest chal-

lenge is] to maintain an attitude as a team that is hungry and not content or satisfi ed.”

Play begins Nov. 30 against Socastee, followed by three other games. The fi rst real test will be at the Gaston Day Classic tour-nament Dec. 11 against No. 2 ranked Oak Hill Academy from Virginia. They are considered one of the best high school teams in the nation year to year with seven national titles, and they have produced big time NBA talents such as Carmelo Anthony, Ste-phen Jackson, Ron Mer-cer, Rajon Rondo, Josh Smith, Tywon Lawson, Brandon Jennings, Steve Blake and Marcus Williams.

The Panthers have a reputation to pro-tect, but pressure doesn’t seem to be that big of a factor for them.

“Nah, I really love the pressure,” Gray said.

1. Movie quote you live by: • “I don’t know if you know this, but I’m kind of a big deal” –“Anchorman”

2. Favorite Movie: • “Dirty Dancing”

3. Favorite rivalry in sports: • Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets

4. Thing you can’t go a day without: • The ladies

1. What would you do for a Klondike bar: • Trade my brother’s dog

2. What do you want to be remembered for: • For being a nice, kind hearted person

3. Favorite rivalry in sports: • UNC vs. Duke

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nicoleortizortiz

Two baseball players fi nd new home

off he goes | A member of the varsity baseball team for four years, senior Justin Turbeville has found a new home. Turbeville committed to Francis Marion University on an academic and athletic scholarship Nov. 13. Turbeville is thinking about majoring in business. “Francis Marion has a very established baseball pro-gram, and I wasn’t ready to go far away just yet,” Turbeville said. [Photo by Kelsie Pharr]

hard to say goodbye | A pitcher and in-fi eld player, senior Matt Jolly signs to play college baseball for Newberry College Nov. 17. Some of the reasons why Jolly chose Newberry are the new baseball stadium and its reputation of being in the top 30 in education in the na-tion. “It is special when you get to see an ath-lete’s dreams come true not only as a coach, but as a dad,” Coach Jack Jolly said. [Photo by Emily Schassler]

Brunson, on the other hand, feels dif-ferently.

“There is a lot of pressure this year. There are a lot of high expectations placed on the team by many different sources,” Brunson said. “But that’s what you dream for. You want people to sense that potential can realistically be trans-ferred to performance.”

workin at the car wash,workin at the car wash, baby baby|| Raising money Raising money for the basketball team Nov. 7, seniors DaQuan Page, for the basketball team Nov. 7, seniors DaQuan Page, Chris Ford and Michael Gray attract passerbys to come Chris Ford and Michael Gray attract passerbys to come get their car washed. get their car washed. [Photo by Alicia Broughton][Photo by Alicia Broughton]

This fall sports season saw great suc-cess with fi ve out of eight varsity teams winning region and two teams placing in the region.

Girls swimming, boys swimming, girls golf, boys cross country and volleyball all earned the title of Region VI Class AAAA Champs, while girls tennis (6-4 in region) and girls cross country (2-5) placed third in the region.

The girls and boys swim teams (girls: 38-3, boys: 37-9) are used to winning re-gion. Throughout the history of the swim teams the girls have pulled off four Re-gion VII Class AAA and two Region VI Class AAAA victories, and the boys have achieved one Class AAA and two Class AAAA wins.

“We had some young talent this past

year which helped a lot. Lots of kids swam club and everyone wanted to win it; we were willing to defend our title,” girls swim captain Yuko Gruber said.

The volleyball team had a nearly unde-feated season as well.

The volleyball team ended their season with a region record of 9-1, and are co-region champs with Sumter. The team’s winning percentage of 81 percent gave them the fi rst seed and Sumter the second seed.

Even though the team tied with Sumter for fi rst place in the region, sophomore Katie Davis has bigger goals for next year.

“It felt really good and sealed the knot, but I’m hoping to get past the fi rst round of the playoffs next year,” Davis said.

The team lost to Berkeley in fi ve close sets in the fi rst round of the playoffs Oct. 27.

Davis was selected for All-State as one

of the top 18 players in Class AAAA in the state.

“It felt really good to be chosen as a sophomore because usually seniors get it,” Davis said. “I was really surprised.”

Girls golf and boys cross country stayed strong throughout their seasons as well.

Girls golf won region with a 14-1 re-cord and boys cross country won their second consecutive region title with a 7-0 record.

Girls golf coach Anthony Scorsone has bigger goals for next year despite this achievement.

“It felt pretty good to win region be-cause it was our fi rst Class AAAA re-gion title and there’s tough competition, but I am not content. I want to do better in states next year,” Scorsone said. “We were 13th this year, but my goal is to be in the top 10 in states next year.”

Stretching vital for athletes by emilyschasslerschassler

sportswriter

by mollyjohnsonjohnsonsportseditor

Fall sports dominateFive out of eight teams win region, two place in region

Most injuries could be prevented if only athletes would take the time out to stretch before and after prac-tice and games.

Whether you play all year round or just for one sea-son, stretching is vital.

Sophomore Kelsey Leary knows fi rst-hand how hard it is to fi nd time to stretch.

“Between school and softball my schedule is very busy, but stretching is so important because we don’t want to put ourselves in danger of getting hurt, espe-cially before a big game,” Leary said.

Varsity softball coach Sarah Ray said she usually gives her players the fi rst 20 minutes to go through the whole process of warming up with jogging, stretching and agilities.

Varsity boys basketball coach Brian Brunson gives his team a 20 to 25 minute total warm up.

Previous weight training teacher and now adminis-trator Maurice Murphy believes that stretching is a key component to an athlete’s performance.

“Stretching is very important because it warms up the muscles and prevents your muscles from being strained,” Murphy said.

Senior varsity baseball player

Matt Jolly tries to consistently stretch.“I try to be good about stretching, especially before

training or a game because I want to prevent injuries,” Jolly said. “It relaxes the body and helps us perform well. I need to be better about post stretching, however, be-cause it too is very important.”

Both boys and girls varsity cross country teams have their own warm up routines before practices and meets.

The boys team runs two laps around the track, stretch-es and then does agilities. After their meet they always have a cool down run and stretch.

Eric Sauthoff, in his seventh season as the boys cross country coach, has built the program by showing his run-ners that stretching is a key component in how you per-form.

“Stretching keeps the muscles/tendons loose, more pliable and it’s less likely they’ll tear,” Sauthoff said. “You must stretch when your muscles are warm. You could have a higher risk of straining something if trying to stretch prior to warm up.”

Sophomore DJ Hogan has run cross country for two years and has come to realize the importance of stretch-ing.

“I know that if I don’t stretch, I can hurt myself by pulling something, and it can affect my performance,” Hogan said.

The girls cross country team always runs a one-mile warm up run and then they stretch.

In his fi rst season as head cross country coach for the girls, Justin Foxworth has shown the girls that long warm ups are key if you want more success because the body needs to stay warm.

“How you stretch mostly depends on the athlete, but the most important thing is that you stretch every major muscle group that you will use,” Foxworth said.

Even stretching for just fi ve minutes could reduce your chances of getting hurt.

“You should always have at least a good fi ve minute warm-up,” Murphy said. “Your fl exibility and endur-ance will improve because stretching helps at many capacities, including strength.”

By not stretching you are preventing yourself from performing at your full performance level, Murphy said.

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stretch it out | While in PE 2 class, sophomore Mallory Hancock stretches her muscles. “Stretching helps improve fl exibility and keeps you from getting sore,” Hancock said. [Photo by Emily Schassler]

hole in one | Watching the ball soar through the air, senior Hayley Martin fol-lows up on her swing. Martin has been playing golf since she was 12 and has been on the team for two years. “I play be-cause it’s very relaxing and it’s something that you have to work at to be decent,” Martin said. [Photo courtesy of Anthony Scorsone]

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Buying name brand clothes for cheap prices isn’t just a fantasy anymore.

Consignment stores have opened the gateway for teens to save and even earn money. The concept is to sell old clothes which will then be resold for a fraction of their retail price.

Several consignment stores have opened along the Grand Strand recently.

Marsha Murphy opened Dragonfl ies Quality Consignment & Boutique in the Forest Crossing Shopping Center on Car-olina Forest Boulevard, and Murphy sees the effects of the economy, she said.

“A lot of people are looking to sell,” Murphy said. “Not only the community sells. Jewelry makers consign with us as well.”

Vicky and Ronnie Cauthen, owners of Pawley’s Island Golf Shop, opened Good Times Consignment on Ocean Highway in Pawley’s Island in May.

“We had a vacant space that we needed to use and with the economy bad, we saw that consignment stores were growing in popularity,” Vicky Cauthen said.

This venture proved profi table while other local stores saw the downside of the recession. And although economists claim the recession is over, Cauthen disagrees.

“We got a lot of new merchandise from stores that were closing,” Cauthen said. “We don’t think it [the recession] is over. People are still watching their dollars.”

Cauthen said consignment stores are good places for teens to shop.

“With a limited budget, they are really

great for teens,” Cauthen said. “They can fi nd good deals on gently worn clothes es-pecially with jeans.”

Plato’s Closet, located by Lowe’s Food on U.S. Highway 544, is another local consignment shop. It accepts name brand, lightly used clothing, including Aber-crombie & Fitch, Hollister and American Eagle.

Plato’s Closet manager Sherri Nor-ris approximated that 35 percent of their customers are teenagers. Senior Kendra Laster is one of them.

Laster goes to Plato’s Closet twice a month.

“The clothing is cheap and looks like new,” Laster said. “I like getting shirts and sometimes jeans.”

Plato’s accepts clothes and sorts through them to decide what to sell.

Norris found that the recession affected business, but hasn’t made a lasting effect for locals.

“Business picked up quite a bit, but it’s slowing down now due to winter,” Norris said. “Most of our sales went to tourists.”

Moozie’s Closet owner Alicia Piner agrees that the recession helped business.

“It made it [business] go sky high,” Piner said. “People started visiting resale and consignment stores because of the re-cession. And now that people realize how good they are, they continue shopping at them.”

Moozie’s is located on 27th Ave. N. on N. Kings Highway and sells anything from trendy to vintage clothing. Their bestsell-ers are “cutie” tops, jeans and tees.

While she sees customers of all ages, Piner also said consignment stores are

good for teens. “They can save money,” Piner said. “Teenagers should give it a try. I know when I was a teenager, it wasn’t very pop-ular, but they shouldn’t be scared.”

Senior Courtney Brock is one teen who isn’t afraid to go against the status quo of shopping only at name brand stores. Brock visits consignment stores once every two months.

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Consignment Chic Local stores offer deals on fashion

• Deja Vu404 Main St. # BNorth Myrtle Beach

• Dragonfl ies 4999 Carolina Forest Blvd.Myrtle Beach

• Good Times13291 Ocean Hwy.Pawleys Island

• Moozie’s Closet2701 N. Kings Hwy.Myrtle Beach

• Plato’s Closet1399 S Commons Dr.Myrtle Beach

• Serendipity Cosignment3320 4th Ave.Conway

• Twice as Nice Consignment4504 Socastee Blvd.Myrtle Beach

• Awesome Consignment Center1611 N. Kings Hwy.Myrtle Beach

• Beaches Consignment211 N. Kings Hwy.North Myrtle Beach

• Second Time Around361 Robert Grissom Pkwy.Myrtle Beach

• Salvation Army 400 N. Kings Hwy.Myrtle Beach

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“The clothes are are cheaper and are equally as good,” Brock said. While shirts at Hollister and American Eagle can cost around $35, a Hollis-ter shirt at Plato’s Closet ranges from $8-$16. Consignment stores, that made their prescence known during the recession will most likely stick around.

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Needy children fi tted for shoes

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by kelsiepharrpharrfeatureseditor

Head coach of the Presbyterian Blue Hose Harold Nickels ran barefoot out of the tunnel and onto the fi eld Oct. 24 before the homecoming game against Virginia Military Institute. That same week, the volleyball coach led her team to a win, coaching without any shoes from the sidelines.

Coaches are not the only ones participating in this barefoot phenomenon though. Student athletes like alumna Statia Price are too. Price, a junior at Presbyterian College, became involved with the Samaritan’s Feet organization after she was chosen Vice Chair of the Big South Conference. “I could not wait to get started promoting the leadership, character, growth and development, in and out of the sports arena, of my fellow athletes and in all Big South institutions,” Price said. Along with fellow student athletes, Price has raised awareness for the “Bare Foot for Barefeet” campaign by passing out information for the organization and collecting monetary donations and shoes at each home game. Price also has more collection drives and shoeless coaches planned for the future.

“Although the fi rst few events during homecoming and some of the other large aspirations were primarily my creations,

it [Samaritan’s Feet] has become and is going to be a great effort lead by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and will be made possible by the athletic department, the entire campus and community,” Price said.

In addition to Presbyterian, all other Big South Conference schools made commitments and set goals for a certain number of shoes to collect over the year.

Coastal Carolina hosted the band Hanson Oct. 23. The group, which was working to promote their Use Your Sole tour, walked one mile with students at Coastal’s track. When the amount of miles was totaled, Hanson and their fans had collectively

walked 25,000 miles.With so many working to aid

Samaritan’s Feet, the organization, which was founded by Emmanuel Ohonme is slowly reaching its goal of putting shoes on the feet of 10 million children all around the world within the next 10 years. Furthermore, Ohonme works to bring a life-changing message of hope to needy children as the shoes are placed on their feet. “Taking part in Samaritan’s Feet has been wonderful,” Price said. “Knowing the story behind its founding and actually having the opportunity to hear it from the

How many pairs of shoes are in your closet?

On average, female members of the Prowler staff had 39.3 pairs of shoes, while the males averaged 10 pairs.

creator himself has been such a blessing and made putting forth so much of my time and effort into it that much more rewarding, fruitful and fulfi lling.” For Price and others involved with Samaritan’s Feet, the joy they experience putting shoes on the feet of children has far outweighed any hardships. “Donating a pair of my own gently worn shoes that I hardly ever wear anyways is absolutely awe-inspiring and has been my continuous motivation for my efforts,” she said.

But colleges aren’t the only organizations involved. Four organizations in Horry County held “Shoes of Hope” shoe drives Nov. 14.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Conway, St. Stephen’s Episcopal in North Myrtle Beach, Finkley Career Center in Green Sea and Tabernacle of Meeting in Surfside gave away approximately 250 pairs of shoes to needy children. Each site

had 35 volunteers.But Samaritan’s Feet goes beyond just

giving away shoes and socks. They aim to bring an inspiring message of hope to each child as they wash each child’s feet before fi tting them for new shoes.

“We have to explain to some of the kids that they should have nice, clean feet to put into new shoes. A lot of them don’t understand that,” Samaritan’s Feet organizer for Horry County, Sue Harrison, said. Washing the children’s feet has a dual purpose.

“When we wash the children’s feet, we try to introduce them to the story of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples,” Harrison said. “Some children have never even heard of Jesus before.”

“God defi nitely had a hand in organizing all of this,” Harrison said. “It’s an amazing feeling, putting shoes on the feet of needy children.”

lace it uplace it up|| Washing feet, fi tting children for new shoes, and teach-Washing feet, fi tting children for new shoes, and teach-ing a message of hope, Ginny Biddle helped lace up a child’s ing a message of hope, Ginny Biddle helped lace up a child’s shoe. Exactly 250 children were given new socks and shoes at shoe. Exactly 250 children were given new socks and shoes at the “Shoes for Hope” shoe drive at St. Paul’s Episcopal on Nov. 14. the “Shoes for Hope” shoe drive at St. Paul’s Episcopal on Nov. 14. [Photo by Sam Langley][Photo by Sam Langley]“ We have to ex-

plain to some of the kids that they should have nice, clean feet to put into new shoes.”

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“Probably around 100. I have a lot.” – Novian Gore, senior

“Maybe fi ve.”– Caleb Montague, junior

“Probably 25 or so.” – Sidney Mathis, senior

“Oh, gosh. With all the pairs under my bed, probably 60.”– Courtney Bessant, senior

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