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Panthers sack Tigers in double
overtime!
celebration | The student section bursts into cheers and celebration as the fi rst touchdown of the game is scored. The Black Hole dressed in all red Nov. 2 to support the American Heart Association. The previous week money was raised for the association in second block classes. The game was also played in memory of Coach Edward Armstrong who passed away two years ago from heart issues. The Panthers won in the second overtime 27-24 against the Conway Tigers for the second time in school history. [Photo by Gunner Huggins]
save the date
• Dec. 6 – Interim reports issued• Dec. 14–16 – Show Choir Show• Dec. 19–Jan. 2 – Winter Break
• Dec. 3 – Band Concert
hall talk
“A scarf is a personal heater for your neck.”
— Senior
“You know my doctor. He’s hot.”
— Sophomore
“You smell like 40 chickens.” — Freshman
“Like on the Olympics, they do fl ipity do-das.”
— Senior
“I can’t get my brain to stop being stupid.”
— Junior
If you don’t like yourself, you can fi x your-self on Photoshop.”“
teacherisms
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by the numbers• 120,871,974 Americans voted in the 2012 presi- dential election.
• The tallest lighted living Christmas tree in the world was 160 feet tall.
• The average American gains .8 pounds during the six week between Thanks- giving and New Year’s day.
Teacher cadets observe, mentor, sometimes teachby kyleigh cozenecozene
news editor
It’s a mixture of psychology, health, anatomy and English.
It’s teacher cadet and it is only open to seniors.
“Teacher cadet is a very benefi cial class for any students who think they want to be a teacher or have a job with a leader-ship position,” teacher cadet and English teacher Ann Twigg said.
There’s an application process to get into the class. To begin students must have a 3.0 GPA, they have to have teacher recommendations and they must write an essay. They apply in the spring of their ju-nior year.
“I like that we get to do so many hands-on experience things,” senior Kirsten Hobbs said. “I like visiting the elementary and middle schools and sitting in on special education classes.”
Despite being one of the few boys in the class, senior Jesse Patrick said he enjoys the work he does.
“I’m taking the class because I’m learning a lot more about teachers and students,” Patrick said. “The best thing about the class is it’s very related, but very informative.”
During the class students take part in a three week fi eld experience where they observe elementary or middle school classes, mentor students and sometimes even get to teach the class.
“Teacher cadet is only hard if you make it,” Hobbs said. “We all have our own levels of fun in the class.”
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During an average school day, teachers spend:• an average of almost 5 hours on instruction
• approximately 36 minutes on student supervision and disci- pline
• 24 minutes planning, preparing or collabo rating with colleagues
This class also takes more fi eld trips than the average class. The visits different schools and goes to CCU.
“They have a chance to meet a lot of different people in the community,” Twigg said. “They learn about special needs and disabilities, not just with people but in general and how all people have them.”
Even though teacher cadets get to meet a lot of people in the community, some don’t know much, if anything, about the program.
“I don’t like that most students don’t know who we are and what were about. We need to be advertised,” Hobbs said.
One thing the teacher cadets want to do is to attend a faculty meeting and give a
presentation on room deco-rations.
“The best advice I can give students who want to be in it is the turn your work in on time and really give it you all,” Patrick said.
The teacher cadet pro-gram was actually created by English teacher Ruthie Warren with three other teachers in 1985, at Con-way High. Now the teacher cadet program is interna-
tional. Warren was the fi rst teacher to
teach the teacher cadet class for the pro-gram. Warren actually won an award at the state level for innovation action.
At one point at Carolina Forest 10 teachers were either Warren’s former teacher cadets or her former students in general. Assistant principal Quintina Liv-ingston was one of them
“Teacher Cadet is the best class ever. Due to the nature of the class, we be-come a family, we get to know each other very well,” Twigg said.
“ The best advice I can give students who want to be in it is the turn your work in on time and really give it you all.”
Jesse PatrickJesse Patrick senior senior
teacherfactsfacts
• 36 minutes on grad- ing, documenting and analyzing student work
• almost 15 minutes communicating with parents via email, phone or face-to-face meetings• That left the surveyed teachers with a whop
ping 23 minutes for lunch and personal time
• Source: http://www.teachhub.com/teacher-facts
watching, waiting | While in teacher cadet class seniors Emily Alonzi and Cody Buchanan listen to Ann Twigg, teacher cadet teacher. Only seniors are eligible for the class. An application process is required in the spring of their junior year. For three weeks of the class students actually observe at classes at an elementary or middle school. [Photo by Kirsten Hobbs]
by eric mortonmortonnews writer
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
Because of the Healthy, Hun-ger-Free Kids Act, which took effect in August, the amount of calories public schools can serve during
breakfast and lunch are limited.High school lunches contained 1,200
calories before. Now they are limited to 850 calories. Some students say that 850 calories isn’t enough.
A group of Wisconsin high school stu-dents even went as far as to boycott their school lunch over the changes.
A group of Kansas high school stu-dents created a parody music video titled “We Are Hungry,” which went viral with 1,060,160 views so far. Sung to the tune of “We Are Young,” athletes pass out from hunger during practice. Other humorous sketches include a bully taking part of a student’s lunch and students falling asleep in class.
Calories aren’t the only thing reduced. The act requires less proteins and car-bohydrates and twice as many fruits and vegetables.
“I don’t get enough energy from school’s lunch,” freshman Victory Woods said.
He eats all his vegetables and fruits and yet he is still hungry.
“When I go to practice or go to work out, I feel like I have less energy. I’m not running around like I usually am,” he said.
Freshman Tyler Rollins agreed. “I don’t get enough from school’s
lunches,” he said. “That’s why I bring my own lunch some days.”
Sophomore Sabrina Prince also said she’s sometimes hungry after lunch, but she does not eat the vegetables and fruit.
“It wasn’t like this last year,” she said. “I think it’s a little bit of both: the taste and the portions. I never see French
fries. I miss those. Last year, I think they gave us bigger portions and gave us more choices and this year we don’t have as many choices.”
Prince, a cheerleader, said she is usu-ally hungry before practice as a result of eating less at lunch.
“Normally my coach has to bring in snacks so we’re not as tired,” Prince said. “She brings in cookies and crackers, the healthy kind, and fruits too.”
The act’s guidelines include the recom-mendation of giving athletes a nutritious snack before practice so complaints like Woods’s and Prince’s aren’t an issue.
The act was prompted because of the increase in childhood obesity in Ameri-ca.
More than one in fi ve kids between the age of 6 and 17 are considered over-weight. That’s triple the amount of kids than in the early 1970s. Childhood obe-sity has been linked to diabetes, high blood pressure, depression, anxiety and poor academic performance.
If American obesity keeps on its same steady incline, by 2030 all 50 states could have obesity rates above 44 percent.
School nurse Carol Caroso said educa-tion is the key.
“The act is trying to teach kids to eat healthier,” Caroso said.
“It’s too expensive to eat healthy so many families go to McDonalds or other fast food restaurants and order off the dol-lar menu.”
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., the bill’s sponsor and the chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is hopeful.
“The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act will fi nally put us on a path toward improving the health of the next genera-tion of Americans, providing common-sense solutions to tackling childhood hunger and obesity,” Lincoln said in an ABC online news article. “This is a re-sounding victory for our nation’s chil-dren and an investment that will last a lifetime.”
LUNCH DIETARY SPECIFICATIONS
► Calorie Ranges ● Grades K-5 : 550-650 ● Grades 6-8 : 600-700 ● Grades 9-12 : 750-850 ►Saturated Fat ● <10% of total calories ►Trans Fat ● Nutrition facts label or manufacturer’s specs. must specify 0 grams (<0.5 grams) per serving ● Naturally occurring trans-fats (e.g. in meat and dairy products) are OK.
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Source: Offi ce of Health and Nutrition, S.C. Dept. of Education
CHANGES IN LUNCH (2012-2013)
● Fruits and vegetables sepa- rated● New vegetable subgroups● Maximum amount of grains and meats● 1/2 of all grains must be whole grain-rich● Only non-fat (fl avored or unfl avored) and low-fat (unfl a- vored) milk allowed
CHANGES IN BREAKFAST (2012-2013)
● Only non-fat (fl avored or unfl avored) and low fat (unfl a- vored) milk is allowed● Serve at least 2 different milks
Some complain newly enforced act leaves them hungry after lunch
what’s newwith lunchwith lunch
ew, yucky, gross| Say some students who would rather eat more than eat healthy. Is cutting down on quantity for quality working or hindering students’ health? “The food isn’t as appeal-ing as last year,” sophomore Ali Goodwin said. [Photo by Micheal Curry]
“I’m Santa Claus! You can’t touch me like that.”
– Freshman
“Cookies make me happy, just like Bob Ross.”
– Sophomore
“You know how many honey buns I can buy with $400?”
– Senior
“Has Oprah told you that?”– Senior
“Are we allowed to use our notes on our take home tests?”
– Senior
“That tree looks like it’s made of money.”
– Junior
“There’s nothing funnier than a goat with braces.”
– Sophomore
“This sweater feels like I’m rolling around in a pile of puppies.”
– Sophomore
“If you don’t like someone, you could just jack them up on Photoshop.”
– Junior
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ads by kaeli weeks
compiled by grace timmons
halltalktalk
“A scarf is a personal heater for your neck!”
– Senior
My mom is my role model
I talk too much.I eat too much. I laugh too much. I think too much.I try too hard on things that don’t matter. I care about
things I shouldn’t.I’m nosy.Sometimes I forget to do my homework. Sometimes
I wear sweatpants to school. Sometimes I don’t pay at-tention.
People say my face is easy to read. Some think I’m a nerd because I try in my classes. Some think I don’t try because I don’t understand.
I get a dorky smile when I remember something fun-ny. I laugh for no reason. Sometimes I snort.
I still jump when the fi re alarm goes off and I still get mad about going outside, no matter the temperature.
I’m not athletic.I complain about running pacers in gym. I hate push-
ups. And I despise the mile.Sometimes I say the wrong things. Often I blurt out
awkward things. Some days I feel like nothing I do is right.
But that’s who I am; the nonathletic, awkward, nosy, jumpy sophomore searching for where I belong. My name is Katelyn Rooks and I am proud of what I’ve be-come over the years.
I talk about her nonstop. I follow her everywhere. And I have her picture
in my phone. Some people would consider this stalk-ing, that is, if she wasn’t my mom.
Being a moody teenager I tend to take a lot of my problems out on my mom. I yell and lock myself in my room for hours. I get mad when she says no to something, and I know sometimes she thinks I hate her.
And deep down I know she doesn’t deserve it. She’s my role model.
No matter how many mistakes I make, she always sees that silver lining. I honestly don’t know where I’d be without my mom. All I know is it wouldn’t be pretty.
No matter what my mom has going on, she al-ways makes sure she makes time for me.
A lot of times she yells at me for doing careless things or for letting my grades slip. But I know she only does it because she wants me to be the best I can be. She sees potential in me that I don’t always see in myself.
My mom has basically raised me herself since I can remember. She was there for every skinned knee and every school play. Even as I get older, she’s there for every failed test and every heartbreak.
I’m me, faults and all
Take control of your health now
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Volume 16, Issue 3: Now. 29, 2012
TheprowlerCarolina Forest High School
700 Gardner Lacy Rd.Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
SCSPA – SuperiorSIPA – Superior
ADVISER: Martha Herring AndersonPRINCIPAL: Gaye Driggers
EDITOR IN CHIEF: Kaeli WeeksMANAGING EDITOR: Gunner Huggins ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Katelyn RooksWriters: Grace Timmons, Miller ReddingFEATURE/STUDENT LIFE EDITOR: Austin Van den Wijngaard Writers: Sarah Causey, Megan Berry CENTERSPREAD EDITOR: Tori CreekmoreWriter: Libby PenceNEWS EDITOR: Kyleigh CozeneWriters: Micheal Curry, Eric MortonSPORTS EDITORS: Sophia Bookhultz, Meaghan Weiss
expect the unexpectedthe unexpected
bykatelyn rooks
entertainment editor
bysophia bookhultz
sports writer staffeditorialeditorial
Let’s face it; we’re not getting enough for lunch to satisfy the savage beast within.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Act which went into effect this year has put a calorie restriction on lunches in order to fi ght obesity.
That means a 750-850 calorie limit, twice as many servings of fruits and vegetables while proteins and carbohydrates have been reduced.
Many of us know the hunger after lunch during our third and fourth block class. We can hardly keep our-selves awake, let alone take notes or do our classwork.
It’s respectable that the government is making an ef-fort to make students healthy and fi ght obesity, but they can’t restrict what we bring to school or what we eat when we get home. So with the lunch we’ve been given at school, we’re probably going to start stuffi ng our faces with whatever we can get our hands on, and see how much of those denied indulgences we can fi t into our
book bags at the sacrifi ce of our binders and text books. Yet in the end, power in what we eat belongs to the
students themselves. We are the ones who decide. We are the ones who eat the food so we are the ones who have to make the changes.
We should also consider increasing phys-ical activity. In high school you only need
one P. E. credit for all four years. One semester of physi-cal activity for all your time in here is not near enough to have any benefi ts at all.
We need to realize the benefi ts of healthy eating and exercising and commit to it. Instead of being stuck on our phones or on our laptops for seven hours a day, we need to spend at least an hour of that time on exercise.
Obesity levels are on the rise, and we need to act now, take ownership of our health and not rely on the govern-ment to do it for us. We need to get up and move, eat healthier and fi ght obesity before it kills us.
do what?what?
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road to recovery | At the fundraiser Nov. 11 at Boston Pizza Plus in Carolina Forest, senior Morgen May is surrounded by friends and supporters. Collections are still being taken at any Horry County State Bank branch in May’s name. [Photo by Austin van den Wijngaard]
Senior’s life put on hold after work-related mishap
It was a normal day at work for senior Morgen May as activities coordinator at a hotel resort in Myrtle Beach.
It was the Fourth of July weekend and May was in charge of children’s activi-ties with the children staying at the resort. After a short time in the swimming pool, May began to feel pain in her legs, as did some of the children and her coworker.
“Nobody told us the automatic chemi-cal feeder wasn’t working. My legs start-ed burning and itching really badly,” May said. “When I got out of the pool, the pain got worse.”
After a PH test was conducted on the resort pool, it was discovered that the chemical levels were much too high. Doctors believe that May was standing in close proximity to the chemical feed, causing her body to react in such an ex-treme way.
Only a year ago, May was living a completely different life – the life of a normal high school student.
“I ran track, I danced, I played basket-ball, I was in color guard,” May said.
May’s mother, Laura May, agrees that Morgen’s life has changed drastically.
“This has been devastating to Morgen, a teenager who was looking forward to being active in all that Carolina Forest has to offer in her senior year,” Laura May said. “Being a senior should be a year of exploring a young adult’s future. As many can imagine, future plans have to be put on hold as we focus on Morgen’s health.”
As time passed after the incident, May’s condition worsened. Her legs were swollen and purple. Moving around be-came increasingly painful.
After tests, the Emergency Room de-cided that May suffers from severe chem-ical burns. Because of lack of funds and insurance, she cannot afford the treatment she needs to heal; therefore her symptoms and pain grow worse each day.
“I hope I can get better, but right now we’re not sure how soon that will be,”
May said. May tries to come in to school as much
as possible, but sometimes the pain in her legs makes it diffi cult to last throughout the day, even with the use of a wheelchair. Because of this, she has just received ap-proval for homebound instruction.
“Just trying to focus on studying, homework and tests while you don’t know what tomorrow will bring is a true challenge,” Laura May said. “Trying to get to school and around to the classes is exhausting and very painful; not to men-tion all of her symptoms which get worse as the school day progresses.”
Although May’s hardship has no fore-seeable end, the possibility of a cure in-creases as the community has become involved.
“This has been an immensely diffi -cult and struggling fi nancial hardship for us,” Laura May said. “The community has been so wonderful and so many from Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest, Pawleys Island, Georgetown and Charleston are coming forward to join the fi ght for a cure for Morgen. What was once the fi ght of a single mother and teenager is grow-ing, and I am so impressed with how the community is making a difference in our fi ght.”
On Nov. 11, a local charity called Wing’s and Halo’s hosted a fundraiser at Boston Pizza Plus in Carolina Forest. About 230 people came out to support Morgen and raised almost $3,700. Do-nations are still being accepted at Horry County State Bank where a fund raising account has been set up.
May has realized that negative emo-tions will not change the situation.
“I have to stay positive or I will get really depressed,” May said. “I try to fo-cus on the things I can do, rather than the things I can’t.”
May also tries to fi nd other things to keep her mind off the situation at hand.
“I never realized how much I love mu-sic,” May said. “It’s helped me through a lot. I also learned that I have very strong faith.”
As a mother, Laura May is deeply con-cerned not only for her daughter, but for the safety of others as well.
“Since this all started with a chemical burn from working in a hotel resort pool, I have been constantly asking what chemi-cals my daughter has been exposed to and am extremely worried about what is hap-pening to her body,” Laura May said. “We are deeply concerned for the public and anyone using a public pool is in danger of this happening to someone else.”
Along with the struggle of her present
condition, May also deals with the com-ments made by some of her peers.
“Some people look down on me. They think I’m handicapped,” May said. “It bothers me that people can be so rude. If you know someone who is in a wheel chair, treat them the same as you would if they weren’t. Treat them with respect.”
May also offers advice to anyone else presented with hardships in life such as hers.
“Stay positive and something will come along. Have faith,” May said.
byaustin van den wijngaard
features writer
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The average medium • size piano has about 230 strings, each string hav-ing 165 pounds of tension, with the combined pull of all strings equaling ap-proximately 18 tons. The term “tickle the ivo-• rys” refers to playing the ivory keys on the piano.All except three presidents • (Gerald Ford, George Bush and George W. Bush.) had their own per-sonal piano.
by megan berryberryfeatures writer
Those in Dr. Matt Ward’s piano class don’t have to worry about tests. Paper and pencil ones, that is.
There’s only a mid-term and a fi nal at the end of the semester, both played on piano. But that’s not to say that Ward only sees progress these two times.
“I really enjoy teach-ing piano because you can see on a daily basis the growth that takes skill with not only both hands but also the eyes and mind,” Ward said. “It excites me when I see every student get excited about the music, even if they can play by ear. Also I like seeing when they fi nally fi gure something out that has
been giving them trouble.”No previous experience is required. “I just ask that everyone comes with
an open mind and willing to read music, even if they can play by ear,” Ward said.
There are a couple reasons why student joined this class.
“I joined this class because I played piano when I was younger and wanted to play again,” sophomore Dorothy Huther said.
Senior Kasey Barn-hart signed up for the class because she likes music.
“The best thing about taking this class is the test because all it is is playing scales, and it isn’t hard as long as you practice,” Barnhart said.
Sophomore Tj Brister agreed.
“I love the piano class because we are able to play with our friends and I like performing for the class,” Brister said.
Each student should be able to play a major scale and also able to perform the music on the intermediate level composed of classical songs and also some songs heard on TV or the radio.
There is only one frustrating aspect for Ward.
“It frustrates me when students give up,” Ward said. “I believe every student can do whatever I ask them to play and seeing them give up is very frustrating,”
Some like working independently.“We learn by reading the music, fi gur-
ing out the notes and fi nding them on the piano,” Barnhart said.
Others depend more on Ward. “I learn best with my teacher guiding
and helping me,” Brister said. Barnhart urges others to take the
class. “I recommend people who like music
and hands on stuff should take this class because it’s not hard when you get the hang of it, and it’s lots of fun,” she said.
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“ “It excites me when I see every student get excited about the music, even if they can play by ear. Also I like seeing when they fi nally fi gure some-thing out that has been giving them troubles.”
Dr. Matt WardDr. Matt Ward piano teacher piano teacher
Students learn to read music, play piano
PIANO FAST FACTS
practicing makes per-
fect | For most students first block is an attempt to stay awake, but for seniors Malachi Cleary, Ana Vieira and sopho-more Tj Brister, it’s full of beautiful melodies in piano class.
“I joined because I have always been interested in playing an instrument, and the piano is one I clicked with,” Brister said.
Dr. Ward makes sure they understand how to play each piece fluently.
“It’s fun being clueless about a song and then two weeks later being able to play it perfectly,” Vieira said. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
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Holiday Festivities
It’s almost Decem-ber! The holiday fun
is only beginning. Stick by old holiday standards like your family recipes. Add some seasonal fl air with fun party ideas
and decorations. From gifts to food, everything can be made easy for an
enjoyable, relaxing holiday season.
Semi-HomemadeA few low-effort snack ideas.
Peanut Butter Kisses
Bake one package of peanut butter cookies. Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie immediately after removal from the oven. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve.
TOTAL TIME: 15 MINUTES | YIELDS: 20
Reindeer Feed
Melt a whole jar of peanut butter and half a bag of chocolate chips. Mix to-gether with a box of rice chex cereal and a box of powdered sugar. Let cool and serve.
TOTAL TIME: 10 MINUTES | SERVES: 12
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Bake one package of peanut butter cookies in mini muffi n pans. Press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie immediately after removal from the oven. Let cool for 5 minutes and serve.
TOTAL TIME: 12 MINUTES | YIELDS: 20
Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate
Make a package of hot chocolate mix. Add 3 tablespoons caramel sauce and a pinch of sea salt. Top with whipped cream, drizzle with caramel sauce and add a sprinkle of sea salt on top. Serve hot.
TOTAL TIME: 8 MINUTES | SERVES: 1
Loaded Pretzels
Lay mini pretzels out fl at on a cookie sheet and place a chocolate kiss on top of each pretzel. Bake at 170 degrees for 4 to 6 minutes. Press a M&M in the kiss immediately after removal from the oven. Let cool and serve.
TOTAL TIME: 8 MINUTES | YIELDS: 30
Mini Chocolate Trifl es
Bake a chocolate cake. Let cool and cut into small chunks. Layer 12 wine glasses with cake, pudding and Cool Whip. Top with caramel sauce and colored sugar.
TOTAL TIME: 25 MINUTES | SERVES: 12
Stuff the Stockings!
Small gifts to fi ll for the family.
HeadphonesGift CardsCell Phone CoverPerfumeMakeupNail PolishMovie TicketsLotionHand SanitizerJewelryChocolateGumSlipper SocksConcert TicketsWalletBody WashMintsTic-TacsEarbud NecklaceHandmade SoapsEOS Lip Balm
Save the DateEvery year in mid December, select stores hold a free ship-
ping day. Some of these stores include Charlotte Rouse, Tervis,
jcpenney and many others. This year, the fourth annual last
minute holiday gift shopping event, will be Dec. 17. Even
if you haven’t started shop-ping, online orders are not ruled
out! They promise delivery by Christmas Eve so even the pro-
crastinators are prepared. See freeshippingday.com for more
store participants.
Gifts for All
The Season of Giving
For the Artsy Friend: Pantone iPhone case ($30)For the Chef: Cake pop maker ($25)For the Techy Friend: Solar powered phone charger ($25)For the Funky Friend: Key-board Cover ($20)For the Bookworm: Kindle Cover ($25)For the Prep: Ties ($20), Scarves ($25)For the Sporty Friend: Bike Speakers ($30)For your Pets: Homemade pet treats ($10)
Starbucks seasonal drinks are back. No matter how good it is, do you realize you’re drinking the same number of calories as a cheeseburger through those trendy green straws?
Calories aren’t the only concern. Prices can be detrimental as well. Instead of buying a small Pumpkin Spice drink for $4, you could substitute it with your own coffee and pumpkin spice favoring. It’s economical and innovative.
Making your own coffee doesn’t only save money, but it guarantees free refi lls. Ho-ho-ho!
Take advantage of holiday seasonal drinks while you can. There are new bold and fl avor bursting coffees that can make for a very scrumptious and jolly season. Make your holidays a variety of sweet treats and delicious drinks.
Holiday in the Café
compiled by libby pence
& grace timmons
Holiday Countdown
By Nov. 30:By Dec. 5:By Dec. 7:
(stores are least crowded Tue. and Wed.)By Dec. 13:By Dec. 15:
By Dec. 17:By Dec. 20:
By Dec. 23:By Dec. 24:
(Hanukkah begins Dec. 8)By Dec. 11:
Know what you give.1. Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
2. Grand Strand Humane Society
3. Boys and Girls Club of Horry County
4. Caring 4 Kids
5. Coastal Rescue Mission Inc.
To ensure education for underprivileged children.
To care for and protect animals from cruelty.
To help families with health, nutrition and shelter.
To care for neglected children.
To deliver food boxes for underprivileged on the last Saturday of every month. This year they are in dire need of donations; they are completely out of food for the holiday season.
designed by tori creekmore
centerspread editor
Order holiday cardsBuy holiday party outfi tsFinish Hanukkah shopping
In store gift shopping
Mail Christmas giftsStart baking Christmas cookiesFree shipping dayFinish Christmas gift shop-pingFinish wrapping presentsBegin cooking Christmas dinner
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Holiday sweaters are the greatest. Some may call them cheesy, but I call them beautiful. No matter who you are, I know there‘s a weakness in your holiday heart for some festive sweaters. Maybe that is an exaggeration, but don’t tell me that when you see an old woman, soccer mom or even a teacher wearing holiday lights with reindeers dancing on their sweater that you don’t get the feeling of cheer and excitement. My friends and I are obsessed with sweaters in general, but add a decora-tive tree on there, and we’ll be fl ipping out. We are absolutely not ashamed of it either. I mean, why be a closet sweater-wearing lover?
The more seasonal looking the sweater the better. When I dress for the season, I want to look like Will Ferrell in “Elf.” Now that the holiday season is here, I bask in the opportunity to see holiday sweaters in their full glory. The moment I see my mom in her sweaters I know tree decorations and sugar cookies are soon to come. Holidays are about making memories that can never be replaced. Even if you fi nd your mom’s sweaters embarrassing, just remember that this will be a memory later on. If you love tacky holiday sweaters as much as my friends and I do, don’t hide it. EXPOSE IT.
Holiday fashion makes a statement
With Halloween passed, I am settling into my nest of mid-autumn sweater-wearing and seasonal coffee drinking. There is nothing that ruins this pleas-ant experience more that getting into the car and hearing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” in November. This offends me. I have to spread my festiveness throughout the year. If it starts getting thrown in my face so early on, I will have none left when it is necessary. Aside from the cheerful music as-saulting my ears, I am constantly being slapped in the face by bright, twinkling lights and obnoxious infl atable charac-ters. I am calling shenanigans on this tradition. There is a time and a place for
tackiness in good fun, but not so early! I don’t want to see your huge infl at-able snowmen blowing around your front yard, and I defi nitely don’t want to see your stupid plastic reindeers bob-bing their stupid heads, standing in your stupid fake snow in the middle of stupid November. I will not tolerate this tom-foolery before its given time! I just really want to know why companies try to sell out the holidays so early on. Aside from the whole “Tis the season” nonsense, that is. By the time the holidays come around I am burnt out. I just want to wear my sweaters and read Harry Potter in front of the fi replace. Rudolph can wait.
Do not force the holidays on me
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• More than 5,000 actors auditioned to play the role of Edward. The direc- tor’s fi rst choice was Henry Cavill, but by the time shooting started, he was too old for the role, being 24.
• During the opening week of “Twilight,” the movie grossed $69.6 million. This was the biggest opening for both a movie directed by a woman and a movie starring a woman.
• When Stephanie Meyer began to write “Twilight,” she didn’t have names for Bella and Edward so she called them “he” and “she” in the fi rst chapter.
• Robert Pattinson has said that up until the age of 12 his sisters would dress him up as a girl and introduce him as Claudia.
A book can be the one thing that comforts someone in a time of loneliness.
This was especially true for me in my middle school years. More specifi cally, my sixth grade year.
Sixth grade was defi nitely not the best time for me. I had no friends, no confi dence and nothing to look for-ward to. That was until my brother convinced me to go see “Twilight.”
Now I know many say “Twilight” is dumb. They think it’s a bad movie and a stupid book even though I’m pretty sure most of the critics have never even picked up a copy.
But those who have actually read and gotten into the book will probably tell you of just how great of a novel it really is.
After I saw the movie, I got the book for Christmas
and began my intellectual journey. I became completely immersed in the words of Stephanie Meyer.
I was mesmerized by the story of Edward and Bella and the tale of their forbidden love. I became infatuated with the mystery of vampires and their lifestyle.
I got in trouble every day in science for reading in-stead of doing my classwork. I remember dropping ev-erything else to read for hours before dinner.
I also remember the slight criticism from my class-mates for being “obsessed” with a book.
After I read “Twilight” a few times, making sure not to miss any details, on to the next book I went. And, of course, I fell in love with the whole series.
The dynamics of the love triangle between Bella, Ed-ward and Jacob became the subject of many of my con-versations. I was also one of the many girls who fell in
love with Jacob [Taylor Lautner].I’m not exactly sure what it was that was so comfort-
ing about the book. It could’ve been the puzzling life of the characters or it could’ve been the way that they were outcasts, just like I felt as a sixth grader.
At times it was easier just to hide away with a book than it was to go up to someone and start a conversation. I didn’t have to worry about getting judgments from a book.
The love of “Twilight” eventually led to my general love of vampires. Books about the supernatural were pretty much all that I read up until eighth grade, which was when I fell in love with “The Outsiders” and started reading about reality in my free time.
My fascination with vampires and “Twilight” did start to fade.
But I do still keep up with the “Twilight” movies. I’m very excited about the premiere of “Breaking Dawn Part 2.”
I’m going to miss the anticipation of a new movie ev-ery year and rooting for the actors at award shows.
The scandals between the cast keep me interested. I also watch “The Vampire Diaries” religiously.
It may seem pathetic to some, but I honestly thank “Twilight” for getting me through a good portion of mid-dle school. The trying tale was an ember of hope and trust when I had no other friends to rely on.
I relied on a book in my world of uncertainty
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Today’s teens have begun to write lyk dis.Teachers see the effect in some students’ work. “Text spelling ends up in students’ papers a lot,” Eng-
lish teacher Patrick Rabon said. “Some kids can’t catch the mistakes because they’re so used to autocorrect. It’s made them less focused on punctuation and grammar.”
Some teachers are frustrated with the text lingo they see in students papers.
“Some kids try to use it all the time, and I feel like I have to reteach things over again, and the semicolon is more than just part of a winky face,” English teacher Laura Hamelman said.
Rabon looks at the long term effects as well.“(Text messaging) worries me because when these
students get to the professional world, it’s going to hurt them and make it seem like they haven’t been prepared for that environment,” Rabon said.
Sophomore Emily Rabon sends and receives about 18,000 texts a month, while the average teen in America sends and receives about 3,339 texts a month, according to NBC news. Emily Rabon said she sends so many more than the average teen because her cell phone plan limits her minutes on phone calls.
In spite of Emily Rabon’s number of texts, most are grammatically correct.
“The only time I text grammatically incorrectly is if I’m trying to spell it out the way I’m saying it in my head,” she said.
Emily Rabon is not a fan of grammatically incorrect text messages.
“I think its so annoying. Just about everyone has a full keyboard so it’s not hard to spell words out,” she said. “I guess people do it because they’re lazy. It takes me longer to read it when there are not punctuation marks and nothing is spelled right.”
Freshman Lauren Drake said it’s easier to text cor-rectly.
“I text grammatically correct because it takes more effort to type weird,” Drake said.
Some use the lingo just to mess with their friends.“I text correctly unless I’m joking,” junior Quevada
Warner said. “I bug my friends with them, but weird texts can become annoying.”
Some are apathetic about text lingo. “If I cared about how the text message looked, I
wouldn’t text as many people as I do,” sophomore Dan-iel Rollins said.
Text lingo can be hard to read and frustrates some.“When I can’t read a text, it makes me mad,” sopho-
more Austin Copley said.Junior CJ Reyes agreed.“I hate them!” Reyes said, “I only text grammatically
correct, commas and everything.”No matter what, text lingo keeps fi nding its way into
today’s teens’ work.“Language is forever changing and I feel like some
texting lingo will eventually become part of the accepted language,” Hamelman said. “But I also have a duty be-tween now and then to teach both worlds, the academic and casual.”
Sometimes texting quickly comes in handy, but it just might affect your grade.
Text lingo pops up in students’ writingby katelyn rooks & rooks & miller reddingredding
entertainment editor & writer
facts on txting
text lingo in use | More and more teens text like the above illustration. The lingo is used to quickly say what the writer wants to say, but it ends up being hard to interpret for the reader.
According to a survey by the Pew Institute, 66 percent of teens admit to using their phone when their school requires them to be turned off. But when schools allow students to use their phones, only 72 percent actually do. Twenty-three percent of students don’t think it’s cheating to send test ques-tions to their friends, and 19 percent of teens don’t think it’s cheating to use their phones to search the internet for answers during a test.
Seventy-five percent of teens text. Forty-five per-cent of teens say their cell phone is the key to their social life. Forty-seven percent say it would destroy their social life if they could no longer text on their cell phone. Only 14 percent of teens say they talk daily on a landline phone. Juniors and seniors are more likely to have cell phones than underclassmen. Girls are more likely to have cell phones than boys.[Illustration by Katelyn Rooks and Miller Redding]
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• 63 percent of teens text every day.• Teens send an average of 60 texts
per day.• Older girls send an average of 100
texts per day, older boys only send 50.
• Only 39 percent of teens make phone calls every day.
• 77 percent of teens have a cell phone.
• In an average week, teens send 440 messages, 110 of them sent in
school.• More than 18.5 billion texts are sent
each month.• There are more than 68.7 million
text message users.• Text messages are usually read
within 15 minutes of being received and responded to within one hour.
• Teens who text more than 20 mes- sages a day are more likely to have a smart phone.
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• 63 percent of teens text every day.• Teens send an average of 60 texts
per day.• Older girls send an average of 100
texts per day, older boys only send 50.
• Only 39 percent of teens make phone calls every day.
• 77 percent of teens have a cell phone.
• In an average week, teens send 440 messages, 110 of them sent in
school.• More than 18.5 billion texts are sent
each month.• There are more than 68.7 million
text message users.• Text messages are usually read
within 15 minutes of being received and responded to within one hour.
• Teens who text more than 20 mes- sages a day are more likely to have a smart phone.
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Hollywood martial arts fi lms tend to portray karate as an easy way to kick someone’s butt, but for junior Coby Haigh karate has always been about more than fi ghting.
Haigh has taken karate for 11 years. He has trained in more than fi ve types and devoted time and money to it. He practices about four times a week with his master for every session and on average pays $1,500 a year for lessons and uniforms. Yet he continues karate because he says he enjoys the exercise.
Haigh started in California, training in Taekwondo. He moved and took Shotokan for fi ve years and earned his brown belt. He tried other types but didn’t fi nd interest in them.
“Mai Tai and Brazilian Jiu Jistu were just about fi ghting, and I didn’t like that,” Haigh said.
He now trains in Wado Ryu, which is a form of Japanese martial arts. He’s a third degree black belt in Wado Ryu and Japanese Jiu Jistu.
“It’s a very challenging and active sport,” Haigh said.
Haigh said he likes it because it’s about more than just fi ghting. It’s about learning the technique and self defense. Karate teaches you self discipline and control and how to protect yourself without excessive force.
“We don’t just try to kill each other,”
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learning from the best | At practice junior Coby Haigh trains with Master Kaz. Haigh prac-tices three times a week with Master Kaz for on an average of two hours a day. Master Kaz is one of the few samurais in the United States. “Practice is tiring, but karate is great exercise,” Haigh said. [Photo by Coby Haigh]
Haigh said. In Wado Ryu, Haigh fi ghts full contact with no gear besides gloves.
“We control our strikes,” Haigh said. “We do get hurt sometimes, but nothing too bad.”
According to Haigh, it’s not that dangerous if you have self discipline. As for injuries, he’s never had anything
worse than jammed fi ngers and toes. Even if you are infl exible and weak, it’s
never too late to start karate. According to Haigh, you just have to stick with it and all your work will pay off.
Haigh plans to continue with karate as long as he is physically able to.
“I love doing it,” Haigh said.“It’s a big stress reliever.”
‘bama here she comes | Signing to play softball for the University of Alabama, senior Marisa Runyon secures her future by becoming a member of the Crimson Tide.
“I knew as I stepped on campus it’s where I belonged,”Runyon said.“It feels like a fam-ily away from home.” [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
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sign on the dotted line | In front of family, friends and her teammates, senior Ange-lina Santoro signs with Coker College for a softball scholar-ship.
“I wanted a small school and Coker felt like a good fi t,” Santoro said.
Santoro has played soft-ball for 12 years.
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go, fi ght, fundraise | The afternoon of Nov. 17, the lacrosse team held a $10 all-you-can-eat-wings fundrasier at Handleys in hope to raise money for the upcoming season. The team successfully cleared $1,540. However, in order for the team to be successful they must raise $12,500 before the start of the season. The season begins Jan. 21 and the fi rst game is Feb. 18. [Photo by Meaghan Weiss]
The wait is over.After years of trying, teacher Zachary McQuigg has
turned his dream of creating a lacrosse team into a real-ity.
“I have been fi ghting for four of fi ve years now for it to become a sport,” McQuigg said.
Prior to this year any high school student interested in playing lacrosse had to play for Socastee.
“Ms. Driggers and I were seeing kids in Socastee gear and we wanted them to have an opportunity to play here,” Mc-Quigg said.
Former Socastee player Sal Cataldo shares McQuigg’s enthusiasm.
“I feel great,” Cataldo said. “I feel like I’m the start of the future.”
However no one should get too ex-cited because the lacrosse team needs to raise $12,500 before 2013 for play-
Lacrosse team works on raising fundsers’ uniforms, equipment and travel for away games to Charleston and Columbia.
Even with the pressure to raise a suffi cient amount of money McQuigg and the future players aren’t throwing in the towel. The team held a fi ve kilometer (3.1 miles) run the morning of Nov. 17 and a $10 all-you-can-eat-wings fundraiser at Handleys that afternoon.
The team successfully raised $1,540.Junior Abel Wilson did a little ex-
tra. “I went to Florida actually to get 15
practice helmets,” Wilson said. “It’s helped us out greatly.”
If you didn’t make it to either of the fundraisers, no worries. You can make donations to the team or players indi-vidually.
However, if you can’t fi nancially support the team, you can show your support by going to the games that be-gin Feb. 18.
“Come out to every game and bring friends to the games,” Cataldo said.
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“ Ms.Dr iggers and I were seeing kids in Socastee gear and we want-ed them to have an opportunity to play here.”
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honoring our veterans | As the Honor Flight veterans return to Myrtle Beach International Airport from Washington D.C., National Honor Society senior Pooja Patel shows her appreciation for their service.
The fi fth Honor Flight out of Myrtle Beach had 78 WWII veterans, compared to the previous fl ights of approximately 90 WWII veterans attended. This is partly because WWII veterans are dying at a rate of 750 to 1,000 a day, causing some areas to drop the fl ights.
Horry County has more than 1,000 WWII veterans. So far 600 have taken the fl ight leaving 400 more to participate. Another fl ight is being planned for the spring. It is free for the veterans so $60,000 has to be raised through donations and fund-raisers for this fl ight to be successful.
If you know of any WWII veterans in Horry County, who have not taken the fl ight to visit the WWII memorial, please contact the Prowler staff. [Photo courtesy of Ruthie Warren]
a school of excellence | After waiting in line for cake, fresh-man Ariss Hill accepts his piece from guidance counselor Pam Bosselait. Students were treated to cake Nov. 13 after the school’s report card rating of excellent was announced. [Photo by Gunner Huggins]
njrotc raises money| NJROTC members Micheal Holden, Sean Newbauer and Jor-dan Valencia accept money from freshman Liam Zeugolis for the Wounded Warrior and the Canine Angel projects. NJROTC collected donations from fi rst block classes. This is the fi rst year the NJROTC has raised money for this project. They collected $1686 for Wounded Warriors and $418 for the Canine Angel project. [Photo by Gunner Huggins]
the ‘harvey’ set comes to life | Adding the fi nishing touches to the “Harvey” set, freshmen Alyna Estes and Kayla Adcock move a window frame. Rehearsal and set construction began in September. “Harvey” was performed Nov. 17-18. [Photo by Grace Timmons]
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bygunner huggins
managing editor