Issue 1 Volume 31 FALL 2011 MORRIS KNOLLS STUDENT NEWSPAPER

Morris Knolls’ Take on The TempestKrystina Hay & Megan GoodsonStaff Writer

NJ Sees White Halloween

Table of Contents

UPCOMING EVENTS

DECEMBER

8 Choral Winter Concert 7:30 PM

13 Early Dismissal

15 Mid-Quarter MP #2

16 Winter Pep Rally

26 - 30 Holiday Break

Most are familiar with the term “White Christmas,” but “White Halloween” has only recently slipped its way into northeasterners’ vocabularies. In the aftermath of the October 29th Nor’easter, front-step pumpkins could barely poke their stems through the snow, which left scarecrows and plastic zombies buried knee-deep, their disturbed faces even more appropriate. The snowstorm dumped many inches of snow in the Rocka-way-Denville area, but the damage might be better measured in fallen trees, power outages, and frustra-tion. As snow accumulated on the trees—many still with foliage—sev-eral branches snapped, falling onto power lines and roads. Stepping outside the door at night meant stepping into complete darkness. Even days after the last snowflake

Cindy JiStaff Writer

fell, traffic cones blocked off roads littered with tree limbs and func-tioned as traffic lights at intersec-tions without power. “I could not drive out of my street,” says Dugan Walsh, a junior from Denville. He had to walk to the end of the street to be picked up by a car and had no power for about a week. “Trees and downed power lines remained on my street until a crew of electrical workers from Ala-bama cleaned [them] up.” With so many live power lines and uncontrolled intersec-tions, several towns postponed Halloween until November 4th, and the Morris Hills Regional Dis-trict closed on Monday and Tues-day. Many other school districts remained closed until Thursday or even Friday. An ordinary weekend turned into a hectic one as seniors scrambled to submit college ap-plications, families packed up and left for relatives’ homes with power, and employees waited anxiously to

return to work. Without power, many passed time by sitting in front of the fireplace or driving out. Fam-ilies sought warmth and food filled restaurants and stores, particularly Starbucks, which offers free Wi-Fi. “We spent a lot of time in the car going from place to place to be able to do something,” says Shan-non Hughes, a senior from Den-ville who had to move in with her grandmother and later with family friends. “My house was colder than it was outside.” Others enjoyed less-stress-ful weekends. Alejandra Escobar, a senior from Rockaway, stated, “To stay warm, I wrapped myself up in blankets and stayed in bed eating cereal until the power returned.” Despite these unprecedent-ed effects, Northern New Jersey was not the hardest hit region. The storm broke snowfall records in numerous cities, including Jaffrey, New Hampshire, which received (continued on page 3)

MK Junior Jon-Luc Bourget as Caliban Photo by, Ms. Maier

“Keep hands and feet inside the boat at all times,” announced As-sistant Director Sara Munson as the opening to this year’s fall production, The Tempest. This functioned not only as a comical introduction, but as a warning for audience members that the opening scene would soon rattle their senses. Darkness enveloped the stage as flashes of lightning accom-panied the powerful crashing of waves, sending the audience on its vehement journey: a battle between a boat and a truly violent tempest. Prospero (Leslie Pyo), the play’s pro-tagonist, overlooked from a distance as Boatswain (Cristian Caporallini) overwhelmed the audience with hys-terical instruction to fellow passen-gers who frantically ran around and across the stage, begging for “mercy on us.” This powerful and lively performance plummeted onlookers into the plot of the play, encompass-ing the intimacy of onstage seat-ing. Audience members were not simply watching the performance, but were forced to become a part of the storm scene, becoming aware of their relationship with the actors. Consequently, those watching began to feel the play, swallowed by their surroundings and in a sense becom-ing one of the onstage actors. Direc-tor Ms. Mazur says that by creating such a close relationship between the

audience and the performers, the ac-tors get “good experience… [while] perform[ing] in a more intimate space.” William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a story of revenge, en-slavement, magic, and forgiveness. The opening shipwreck that propels audience members into the story is that of a vessel on its way back to Italy from a wedding in Africa. On this ship are Alonso, King of Naples (Thom-as Schreck), his brother Sebastian (Bryan Richards), his son Ferdinand (Owen Dachisen), Antonio the usurp-ing Duke of Milan (Theo Lowrey), Gonzalo, a trustworthy advisor (Amit Gupta) and several others. After the storm, a tranquil, almost mystical tune lulls the audience into a more soothing scene as they are brought to a mysterious island and introduced to mother and daughter Prospero and Miranda (Brooke Buonauro) who watch over the storm. The play circles around multiple sub-plots: one being the depiction of Prospero’s power over the other characters as carried out through her bidding directed toward Ariel, the second is a romance that brews between Miranda and Ferdi-nand, the third includes the drunken wanderings of Trinculo, Stefano and Caliban, and the final is the plotting of Antonio and Sebastian to kill Alonso. As Prospero, Leslie Pyo gave a standout performance, seamlessly making the change from Shakespeare’s original play in which Prospero is a male. Her delivery and timing were immacu-late, truly giving off the aura of a bitter sister who has been wronged.

Pyo’s facial expressions on stage were exceptional both during line delivery and, as her character was wont to do, standing aside listen-ing in on conversations that take place throughout the island. Dur-

ing a conversation over the subject of Ariel’s liberty, Prospero explains that Ariel must serve her a bit lon-ger. As she delivered her lines, a slight grin played on Pyo’s (cont. on p. 4)

At the October 4th club coun-cil meeting, the prospect of a po-tential spring pep rally was a hot topic. A majority of students were all for the idea, but some weren’t as excited. “We have two this year. Another would be too much,” says Mor-ris Knolls Junior Nicole Kalucki. Those who voiced similar feel-ings say that having an additional pep rally would take time away from academics, since it would be around the time of HSPAs. Stu-dent council members would also have to endure ten times more work organizing, publicizing, and pumping up school spirit for an-other pep rally. “It’s pointless. It would take away from school, and pep rallies are too noisy. It makes it worse for kids who don’t want to be in school,” says junior CJ Oberai.

Spring Pep Rally Considered at MK

Some spring sport participants are excited at the prospect of hav-ing another pep rally because they feel left out without a day to celebrate spring sports. Junior, Tiana Ulversoy, a softball player, explained that she is annoyed that her team does not receive recogni-tion in a pep rally. School librarian Mrs. Peterson agrees saying, “The spring sports are being left out; it’s just not fair.” Vice Principle Mr. Devlin, feels that teacher’s opinions will be split concerning the issue. He believes the level that a teachers’ instructs may have an impact on his/her opinion. AP teachers will be preparing for AP exams at the start of spring, so they might not support another pep rally. It seems like a toss-up as to how MK feels about a spring pep rally. Surveys have been sent out to teachers, and the student coun-cil will be kept in the loop about any decisions, but the final result is yet to be seen.

Arianna GarciaStaff Writer

On October 13th, Mike Reggiani, Nick Westergaard, Jer-maine Eluemunor, Adam Engel-son, Niko Kotoulas, Adam Halp-ern, Kevin Luo, Victor Vuong, James Aliotta, and Cristian Ca-porallini competed for Mr. Mor-ris Knolls. These ten, who had fundraised the most money for Hurricane Relief of all entrants, came together in the auditorium to prove themselves to the judges, student body, and staff alike. After the contestants walked out with their lovely es-corts, the talent portion of the show began. Participants dis-played ability in an array of perfor-mances, from the crowd-favorite “Hips Don’t Lie” collaboration between Jermaine and Nick to

Kotoulas Crowned Mr. Morris KnollsLauren GuiltinanStaff Writer

Christian’s stand-up routine; from Adam Engelson’s original rap to a choreographed cover of OK Go’s “Here We Go Again” on treadmills by Mike, featuring Stevo Rosen, Kevin Devito, and Mike Sweetser. “Vote Myers,” judge Ms. Rosen voiced at intermission when asked how she felt the competition was going. “Just kidding, the talent is better than ever.” The announcers seemed similarly at a loss as to who would win. Steven Weis summed up the general opinion with, “It’s any-one’s game.” The question and answer portion of the competition be-gan after the audience voted for their competitor of choice. Some audience favorites included Jer-maine’s pick of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” as his favor-

AP Students Visit Bodies Exhibit

Zach FridStaff Writer

“If it smells bad, don’t eat it.”

“Work hard, and good things will pay off.”

“Just clothe yourselves.”

Emily Kohler On Cafeteria Food

Cody GreenhagenOn Classes

Arielle TestaOn Dress Code

“Advice for freshmen in 2011-2012”

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ite song and Reggie’s backward-alphabet recitation. Tension gathered in the room as the runners-up were an-nounced in order of fourth to first as Cristian, Adam H., Victor and James (tied), and Reggie. In the end, the winner was senior class president Niko Kotoulas, whose facial expression reflected his shock and excitement. “It was very difficult, and I wouldn’t have minded it going to any of the guys,” he explained, before pausing from the inter-view to shake the hand of Mr. Rizzo, senior class coordinator. “It took a lot of practice, but I think the treadmill guys had the best talent. I raised a lot of mon-ey, which was very helpful. I’m happy to win, but it doesn’t real-ly matter; I’m just happy to have raised money for the [senior] class.” He wishes to thank Sarah

for singing, Agni Kotoulas and Alex Chow for fundrais-ing, Alyssa Brindle for being the best es-cort he c o u l d h a v e a s k e d for, Ste-ven and KC for an-nouncing, and Mr. Rizzo and the Judges. With the hype around Morris Knolls that the annual Mr. MK never fails to create, it is even more impressive that candidates managed to surpass already high expectations, leaving all to won-der what will be seen next year.

Photo By Allie Campbell

On October 27th Morris Knolls’ AP Psychology classes took a field trip to New York to check out Bodies: The Exhibition. This scien-tific showing features real human cadavers, organs, and fetuses. The further students tra-versed the exhibit, the more they were amazed at how complex, intri-cate, and incredible the human body is. In fact, Senior, Kat McGlynn said, “It was interesting to get such a close look at what actually makes us func-tion as human beings.” One might wonder how these bodies were transported to the exhibit in South Street Seaport, yet preserved so perfectly. The tour guide explained that this was possible through a pro-cess called plastination. The bodies are stripped of their skin and fat and are dissected. To complete the effect, they are then posed, injected with

silicone, and hardened to keep them from falling apart. The bodies on display are presented in a variety of positions, such as shooting a basketball, pitch-ing a baseball, and even sitting in a school desk. This allows those who visit to see the way each muscle works during every day activities and sports. Initially, students ques-tioned the treatment of the bodies, as this is an issue of respect for many. However, the tour guide explained that the bodies were all unclaimed and sent from a medical university in China. Almost everything in the exhibit is real, from the muscles and bones, to the nerves and organs. The one exception is the eyes which are prosthetic. At the end of the exhibit, one can even hold a real, preserved or-gan. AP Psych students agree that The Bodies Exhibit is a must-see for any anatomy and physiology enthu-siast.

“Start looking at colleg-es your freshman year.”

Marguerite BeckmannOn Planning Ahead

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“Be active in clubs.”

Victor VuongOn School Life

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“Grab the bull by the horns and get the job done.”

Mr. CemelliOn Homework

“Advice for freshmen in 2011-2012”

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On September 23, 2011, students celebrated the beginning of the new school year and the fall sports season at the Fall Pep Rally in the MK gymnasium. Clad in bright class colors, each class showed its school spirit by cheering on the varsity teams: football, volleyball, field hockey, girls’ tennis, cross country, girls’ and boys’ soccer, and cheerleading. Each team walked out to a song of its choice, and the cheerlead-ers performed throughout the event to pump up the crowd’s spirit. Cheerleader Marisa Rosano said, “When I looked up into the crowd, ev-eryone was up on their feet cheering with us.” Patrycja Mioduszewski added, “Out of my three years in Knolls, this Pep

S t u d e n t S p i r i t Shines @

Fall Pep Rally

JenniferMele&LeannO’ConnorStaff Writers

Rally had to be my favorite.” Although the junior class made for a tight competition, the senior class of 2012 defeated the underclassmen. In addition to the traditional t-shirt toss and the tug-of-war, which the teachers and senior class won respectively, the SGA added a new pie eating con-test, which the seniors also won. The students enjoyed their time at the 2011 Fall Pep Rally, and their spirit energized the fall teams for the upcoming season.

KatMcGlynnStaff Writer

On August 28th 2011 Hurricane Irene struck New Jer-sey in her rampage up the East Coast. Homes all over the state lost power and sustained mas-sive amounts of damage from the flooding caused by the storm. The Rockaway River swallowed up houses and local businesses, causing millions of dollars in damage and shutting down the center of Denville. Stores and homeowners received ample aid through insurance companies and FEMA, but the storm caused so much widespread devastation that it was impossible for all costs to be covered. After the storm passed, Denville residents were left in a state of panic because the town had never dealt with such a degree of flooding and power outages. In an attempt to bring some order to the confusion, the website, www.hurricanerelieffordenville.org was created. It lists ongoing and future events that contribute to-wards the relief effort. One of the largest and most successful events was the “Denville: Up and Running” event, held on Sunday, October 16th and organized by Dan Lef-sky, Councilman Tom Andes, and

the Denville Police Department. The event was truly a community effort: several members of clubs and sports at Morris Knolls vol-unteered, citizens of Denville and Rockaway prepared the down-town for the day of the event, and people from Denville, Rockaway, and other surrounding commu-nities attended. The two main activities of the day were the 5k run/walk in the morning and the “Band-Aid on Broadway” benefit concert series that lasted all day. A total of 1472 individu-als registered for the 5k, and a handful of local artists provided attendees with musical entertain-ment. Local merchants affected by the hurricane set up stands all over Broadway, which was blocked off from traffic for the fundraiser . Residents were happy to be able to grab lunch from their favorite local restaurants, whose businesses had been on hold since the hurricane hit. After the last act finished playing, the last of the tables were folded up, the last few families went home, and the task of count-ing the event’s profits began. The coordinators were shocked at the amount of support the event had garnered. Denville: Up and Run-ning raised $189,000 in just one day, thanks to the efforts of dedi-cated citizens and the support of a caring community.

Denville Residents, “Up and Running”

“Don’t set a bad rep for yourself. It’ll carry with you.”

Mr. MyersOn Planning Ahead

Above: Juniors pose at the Pep RallyBelow: Seniors fight for the win in tug-of-war Photos by, Jennifer Mele

White Halloween (cont.)31.4” of snow, and Concord, New Hampshire, which dealt with 22.5”. Many areas, such as Newark, NJ and Central Park, recorded snow totals over 1” in the month of Octo-ber for the first time since the beginning of weather record-keeping. The storm caused a total of approximately three million power outages in homes and businesses. Connecticut suf-fered the worst power outages,

with 804,790 without power. About 600,000 in New Jersey lost power, followed by Mas-sachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York, with outage to-tals of 430,000, 400,819, and 400,000 respectively. A real-life tempest indeed. After a summer earth-quake, Hurricane Irene, and an October snowstorm, many in the northeast wonder not only, “What’s next?” but also, “Why is this happening?”

“Figure out an organiza-tional system that works for you.”

Ms. MazurOn Academic Success

“Don’t procrastinate.” “Participate in class.”

Meghan ClarkOn Classes

Antonio EspositoOn Classes

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MK Fall FashionZachFrid&BrookeBuonauroStaff Writer

As patrons flocked trendy frozen yogurt venues this past sum-mer customers at Morristown’s local fro-yo scene, Tart & Tufo, were tanta-lized by both the creamy dairy treats and a showing of work by local, young photographers. Artists from Mor-ris Knolls High School in Rockaway were presented with the opportunity to display their photographs through show coordinator and art teacher Tri-cia Goginsky. As of July, two cycles of photos had been shown. The third

Knolls’ Young Photographers Showcycle of photos is being showcased from now until November 15. The photos have been graciously displayed by Tart & Tufo owner, Jun Yoon, who according to Ms. Goginsky, “has been immensely supportive throughout the entire pro-cess.” A former Morris Knolls stu-dent, Elizabeth Luderer, arranged the space at Tart & Tufo for past shows and, upon leaving for new opportuni-ties in California, asked Ms. Goginksy to take over the venue. Enthusiasti-cally, Ms. Goginsky explained that she wished to “encourage future stu-dents like Liz and to celebrate her

DanDawsonEditor-in-Chief

Plaid shirts, paisley-pattered prints, and floral skirts mesh with and mimic the autumn spirit in the halls of Morris Knolls. This fall, there seemed to be a lot of trends - for girls and guys - that stood out. The ladies at Morris Knolls, it seems, have gone feather-hap-py. Whether at-tached to flowing locks, printed and bedazzled upon a graphic tee, or even hanging from earlobes, many girls worked the tribal trend into their wardrobes. Its origins suggest bo-hemian vibes and sentiments of the summertime, or the care-free “hippie” attitude of the sixties and seventies. On a simpler note, Junior Amy Clackner states, “The [feathers] can make a simple outfit look more exciting.” Senior, Kath-leen Deleasa, was spot-ted wearing a short-sleeved cardigan over an electrifying blue dress. The tribal patterns on the dress play up the boho theme that’s making a comeback. She ties to-gether the outfit, match-ing her heeled boots with the cardigan. What could be more exciting than feathers? Vin-tage sweaters! Perhaps the trend is fueled by the feel-ing of nostalgia wearing the sweaters gives and the cold weather. Whatever the case, sweaters are prevalent from the runway to the hallway.

Big-name designers like Gucci and Jill Stuart brought the seventies back, using warm autumn colors and soft textures, while lovers of this retro style at Knolls resorted to vintage originals at Goodwill or look-alikes at stores like Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters. It mustn’t be forgotten

that fashion is not only for gals, but guys can also follow fashionable trends. Sophomore Lucas Cuatreca-sas enjoys high-top shoes and skinny jeans, “but not too skinny,” he clarifies.

“For fall,” he continues, “hoodies are cool.” Similar to the womens’ trends, seventies inspired wool ski blazers

were popular on the men’s runway this fall, like the ones designed by Junya Watanabe. Wata-nabe skillfully bal-anced the size and shape of the blazer

with wool mate-rial and fun

a u t u m n patterns.

It’s im-portant to

r e m e m b e r when follow-ing popular trends that one shouldn’t lose the originality of style to sim-

ply go with the fashionable flow. The students pic-tured are only some examples of the both unique and contemporary fash-ions at Morris Knolls.

Katie Delesea (Junior) pictured left. Mrs. Tunon (Staff) is shown in the bottom middle wearing professional, yet colorful fall attire. Ariel Swenson (Senior) sports a trendy cross body bag which she accents with a draped turquoise scarf and a wood bracelet. Dan Dawson & Allie Campbell (Se-niors) wearing a preppy and bohemiam outfit, respectively are shown at the top. Photos by Zach Frid

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Dolphin Tale Makes a SplashKennyHegartyStaff Writer

The family film genre has had its ups and downs through the years. On one hand there are movies like E.T.: the Extra-Ter-restrial and Home Alone which de-liver some fun for the kids and cin-ematic excellence for the adults. On the other hand, there are films like Big Momma’s House 2that fail to entertain the audi-ence in either insulting its in-

telligence or being too one-di-mensional in terms of humor or character development. However, if done right, family films can be-come classics by containing some-thing for everybody. This is the case with Dolphin Tale, a film directed

by Charles Martin Smith which stars Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, and Morgan Freeman. Inspired by a true story, the movie tells the tale of a boy named Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) who befriends an injured bottlenose dolphin named Winter. After being trapped in a crab trap in the Indian River in Fort Pierce, Florida, the dol-phin’s tail must be cut off because of the injuries she has. Sawyer and a family of a vets who work in a ma-rine hospital motivate everyone to help save Winter. A doctor named Cameron McCarthy (Morgan Free-man) comes into the story and tries to make a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin’s tail. It’s full of drama and suspense as Nathan and the vets try to save Winter from being killed by the effects of her wounds.

Morris Knolls’ Take on the Tempest (cont.)lips and she threw side long glances at the sprite, giving off an air of deviousness. Sar-ah Panayiotou, played the part of the “airy sprite” with near perfection- dancing lightly around the stage and projecting a believable image of her character as she did Prospero’s bidding. Her movements made it seem as though she truly was casting spells on each character. Prospero watched from above as Dachisen played the part of the love-struck Ferdinand with ease, convincingly falling for the beautiful Miranda. Simultaneously, Al-lison Miller playing the part of Trinculo and Meredith Knox as Stephano, two members of the shipwrecked party, stomped over and around the stage comically accompanied by Caliban. In a heartfelt concluding scene Prospero forgave her brother, Antonio, and decided to reclaim her place as the rightful Duke of Milan. She set Ariel free and forgave Caliban, Trinculo, and Stephano for their actions. When sailors came to tell them that the ship had not been destroyed, all re-turned to Naples, apart from Caliban who moved forward to take control of the island once again. He was portrayed with purpose in the final scene as Bourget moved quietly but dramatically toward the central rock of the island, magical staff in hand against the backdrop of faded lighting. In addition to the acting, the play boasted a central piece of scenery, a giant rock resembling a mountain on one side and a cave on the other, which was rotated by

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Knolls’ Young Photographers Showpassing through,” with the vibrant vi-sions of young artists. The pieces sub-mitted were only required to be school appropriate, to which Goginsky com-mented, “I was initially worried about the open call, but was outrageously im-pressed by the level of work I received.” Participants were asked to provide ten images. From them, Goginsky pulled individual pieces that were cohesive in a style such as portraiture or subject matter into one series for every artist. Each show possessed its own dynamic accredited to the diversity and creativity of the artists. Even as the summer heat sim-

Officer Scott TorkosPhoto by Ms. Schreiner

Prevent iPod TheftOfficerTorkosSRO

to resell your personalized iPod.5. When you purchase your iPod, consider registering it with “lo-jack” applications. These are great if it is stolen or lost. 6. If you store your iPod in your locker, LOCK IT!!! Far too many times students leave their locker open, especially in gym.7. If you see someone act-ing suspicious around a locker room or student’s belongings, re-port the person to nearby staff. 8. In the event that your iPod is missing or stolen, re-port it immediately to a police of-ficer or school staff member.Let’s make this a theft free winter! Remember: protect yourself, protect each other, and protect this house!

Winter is approaching quickly, which means that a rise in iPod thefts may occur. Accord-ing to statistics complied over sev-en years here at Knolls, winter is the peak time for iPod theft. Many times, this occurs after school hours or during sporting events. Most of-ten, the iPod will be taken out of a book bag or an unlocked locker. To help minimize the amount of iPods being stolen, here are sev-eral iPod theft prevention tips: 1. Don’t bring your iPod to school. (That probably will not happen)2. If you are involved in extracur-ricular activates, have a friend or staff member hold onto the iPod for you. 3. Store your iPod in a bulky case (make up bag or plastic con-tainer). It will be harder for a potential thief to steal it this way without someone noticing.4. Take advantage of the iPod engraving service offered through Apple or engrave it yourself. It will make it harder for thieves

Cop’s CornerDolphin Tale Makes a Splashby Charles Martin Smith which stars Harry Connick Jr., Nathan Gamble, Ashley Judd, and Morgan Freeman. Inspired by a true story, the movie tells the tale of a boy named Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) who befriends an injured bottlenose dolphin named Winter. After being trapped in a crab trap in the Indian River in Fort Pierce, Florida, the dol-phin’s tail must be cut off because of the injuries she has. Sawyer and a family of a vets who work in a ma-rine hospital motivate everyone to help save Winter. A doctor named Cameron McCarthy (Morgan Free-man) comes into the story and tries to make a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin’s tail. It’s full of drama and suspense as Nathan and the vets try to save Winter from being killed by the effects of her wounds.

Dolphin Tale is by far the best film to come out this year. The film succeeds in making viewers sym-pathize with the characters through scenes that portray horrific events. The acting is spot on perfect by Mor-gan Freeman and Harry Connick Jr., who bring so much energy and emo-tion to their characters. Even the child actors like Nathan Gamble do on a good job. The film’s cinemotog-raphy by Karl Walter Lidenlaub is beauitful with crystal clear shots of Winter swimming in the water tank, but, the highlight of the film is its mes-sage. It teaches that even though you have disability or other disadvantag-es, he can still be able to achieve his dreams. So, if you want a film that has something the entire family can enjoy, go check out Dolphin Tale, an experience viewers will never forget.

mers to an autumn cool, Tart & Tufo continues serving their signature yogurt along with more seasonably suited baked goods and coffee. The last cycle of the young photographer show is nearly over, but it isn’t the last of the local business’ taste for artistic flair. Ms. Goginsky eagerly anticipates future art shows—some with a periodic theme, others rely-ing on the whim of the submissions. Her masterful eye and passion for art accompanied by the everlasting support from Mr. Yoon, guarantees a quality display for the art enthusi-asts.

MK Comicsby Emily Kovach & Abigail Schaeffer

Morris Knolls’ Take on the Tempest (cont.)lips and she threw side long glances at the sprite, giving off an air of deviousness. Sar-ah Panayiotou, played the part of the “airy sprite” with near perfection- dancing lightly around the stage and projecting a believable image of her character as she did Prospero’s bidding. Her movements made it seem as though she truly was casting spells on each character. Prospero watched from above as Dachisen played the part of the love-struck Ferdinand with ease, convincingly falling for the beautiful Miranda. Simultaneously, Al-lison Miller playing the part of Trinculo and Meredith Knox as Stephano, two members of the shipwrecked party, stomped over and around the stage comically accompanied by Caliban. In a heartfelt concluding scene Prospero forgave her brother, Antonio, and decided to reclaim her place as the rightful Duke of Milan. She set Ariel free and forgave Caliban, Trinculo, and Stephano for their actions. When sailors came to tell them that the ship had not been destroyed, all re-turned to Naples, apart from Caliban who moved forward to take control of the island once again. He was portrayed with purpose in the final scene as Bourget moved quietly but dramatically toward the central rock of the island, magical staff in hand against the backdrop of faded lighting. In addition to the acting, the play boasted a central piece of scenery, a giant rock resembling a mountain on one side and a cave on the other, which was rotated by

the stage crew with per-fection between scenes. The lighting and sound effects added to the fan-tasticality of the play causing audiences to get lost amongst the storm and feel surrounded by mysticism throughout. The pit was excellent, and to be noted especial-ly for the flutist whose playing announced the arrival of the spirit Ariel with perfection. Prospero ended the audience’s journey with the line, “Our revels now are ended. These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin air...we are such stuff as dreams are made on,” allowing the audience to realize the magic within the play and ultimately the magic of theatre: its ability to, for a mo-ment, pull the audience into an entirely different reality, and send them back with a new perspective to approach the world with. Prospero laid down the staff that held all her magical power, pow-er that would no longer be wrongfully taken advantage of. Everyone exited the stage, ready to board their ship. In real-

ity, however, the group would disap-pear “into air, into thin air,” as the characters would become the actors that soon entered the stage, basking in the audience’s generous applause.

A special thank you to Maggie Shaw and Cindy Ji for their contributions to this article.

Ferdinand (Dachisen) and Miranda (Buonauro) gaze at each other lovingly as Prospero (Pyo) looks from above. Photo by Ms. Maier

This year’s Morris Knolls varsity field hockey team, led by captains Amanda Ezzi and Ra-chel McCormack, has played in some very close, intense games. In the second game of the regular season, Morris Knolls faced Randolph. As the game went on, both teams could not find the back of the net due to tight defense and great goaltender play. The game eventually went into over-time and then double overtime. Randolph had a great chance to win in double overtime when one of their players got a stroke , but Sophomore goalie Emily Wisneski came up with the save. Knolls was able to hold off Randolph with tight defense and solid play from Wisneski, who made 25 saves to earn a 0-0 tie ver-sus against a solid Randolph team.Knolls’ next game, against Rox-bury only two days later, versus Roxbury was another that also went right down to the wire. Roxbury scored in the first half,

and held the lead until the second half when Senior Elaine Hua scored off a pass from Sophomore Molly Reichard early in the second half to tie it up. Both teams’ defenses were remained strong as the game remained stayed tied at 1-1 un-til, with only about 30 seconds remaining, Junior Nicole Mer-curo scored to win the game for Knolls. A great comeback and very exciting finish.

Girls TennisA bond the 2011 team will never forget

Field HockeyEarly in the Season, Team Manages to Get Points Out

of Two Intense Games

Coaches’ Corner

Photo By Vince Zvolensky

By:AndrewConsales,PatricParagian,AndrewWisneskiShanjeevBalas-hantan,andJasmineDostanko

AndrewWisneskiStaff Writer

Andy’s Football CornerByAndrewConsales

Staff WriterMorris Knolls Foot-ball Dominates Two

Rivalry Games

After two road tests against MK’s biggest rivalries, the Football team returned home with two dom-inant victories and bragging rights in week 1 and week 3 of the season. They were led by their two-head-ed rushing attack, senior running back Cody Greenhagen and junior running back Nick Patterson. The two combined for over 450 rush-ing yards and 8 touchdowns in the two games. When asked about the two big wins junior Nick Paterson replied, “It’s a great feeling to win against our two biggest rivals”.” This ended a four game loosing streak dating back to 2009 against Hills and Randolph.

Morris Knolls (38) defeats Morris Hills (17)

Morris Knolls (27) defeats Randolph (13)

Morris Knolls de-feats Roxbury For

third Win of season

Morris Knolls (15) defeats Roxbury (6)

On October 1st, Julian Melahn and Cody Greenhagen scored second-half touchdowns that led Morris Knolls to a 15-6 victory over Roxbury at Morris Knolls. Melahn scored on a 6-yard run to close out a 13-play, and an 80-yard drive with 4:09 left in the third quarter. Melahn also supplied a two-point conversion run for an 8-0 lead. Greenhagen's touchdown carry from five yards out capped a 15-play drive which covered 64 yards with just over a minute re-maining in the game. Roxbury an-swered with a 1-yard from quarter-back Kyle Young with 10 seconds to play, but it was a case of too-little -too-late for Rams. The victory also ended a 2 game losing streak verse Roxbury.

Photo By Vince Zvolensky Photo By Vince Zvolensky

KristaManellaStaff Writer

The varsity girls’ tennis team, led by Coach Benz, began with a rocky start during the 2011 season, as play-ers faced multiple cancellations due to weather, but they ended with a record of 6-10. Team members express that they “became a family this year” and “will miss the captains next year as they go off the college.” Natasha Kazakevich, a senior who plays 1st singles and has been on varsity since her freshman year, re-flected, “My favorite thing would be my teammates. They were the best part of my day. I knew that everyday after school, I would be with a bunch of great girls who were com-mitted, supportive, and determined.” Natasha’s record for the season, a personal best, was 15-5. She plans to go to a competitive col-lege and to con-tinue with

tennis next year. Becky Alexander, a senior who played 2nd singles and has been on varsity for three years explained that she will miss the MK team next year. Her favorite thing about play-ing tennis for Morris Knolls was “all the people” and “being able to play something she is dedicated to for her school.” Becky will carry her love of tennis with her in college. Other teammates include ju-niors Tiffany Pi, Shivanni Sukha, Cath-erine Chen, and Ashley Pinter along with sophomore Crystal Pi. Team-

mates explain that they will miss Natasha and Becky

but also look forward to new experiences and meeting new teammates next year. Although the end of the season was October 24th,

the team’s bond will remain strong.

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The Republican Party presi-dential debates for the 2012 election began on May 5, 2011 when eight potential presidential candidates met in Greenville, South Carolina to fight for the Republican nomi-nation. These eight people, among them Congressman Ron Paul, Con-gresswoman Michele Bachmann, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and Texas Governor Rick Perry, might have been the center of attention at this debate, but they weren’t the only ones voicing their opinions. Several incidents of the audience booing and cheering have gained massive attention from the media and even from the candi-dates themselves, causing outrage and raising questions. These anon-ymous American people may have freedom of speech, but was their behavior acceptable? How should candidates respond? What do their actions say about Republican and national attitudes? Excited About Execu-tion: One of the first widely pub-licized audience incidents at the Republican debates was cheering for Governor Rick Perry after he boasted over the execution of 234 death row inmates in Texas un-

der his governance. Debate host Brian Williams addressed the out-burst, asking the governor what he thought the applause meant, and he responded, “I think Americans understand justice.” Well, Americans like Perry might believe that “an eye for an eye” idealizes fair justice in the United States–as did those in the seventeenth century. Audiences would gather at public executions, cheering as inmates were hanged. Is this the excitement we want to raise in this day and age, or does the audience’s outburst represent a savage, primitive attitude that is disgraceful to this country? If you ask me, it’s pretty contradictory for Perry and his supporters to give a thumbs-up for execution with one hand and wag a finger at abortion with the other. Not to mention that Perry didn’t exactly answer Williams’ question about the possible innocence of executed inmates (“In the state of Texas, if you come into our state and you kill one of our children, you kill a police officer… you will be executed!”). This remark expec-tantly raised more cheers. Decrying the Dying: An-other incident involving audience members occurred during Ron Paul’s discussion of health care at the Tea Party debates. When host

Laura FrenchStaff Writer

Wolf Blitzer asked the Congress-man whether American society should let an uninsured young man in a coma die, a few audience mem-bers shouted “Yeah!” before Con-gressman Ron Paul could answer. While Republican debate audiences are no strangers to cheer-ing death, this outburst was consid-erably objectionable–a child-killing inmate one thing, but an innocent, comatose American citizen is an-other. From the attitude and be-havior of these debate-goers, you’d think they’d prance around, hap-pily wishing death on people every day. People might have their opin-ions about insurance and health care, but what is it about the debate environment that makes people so bloodthirsty? If it’s any consolation, Con-gressman Ron Paul did not wish death on the American. He assured that no hospital should turn a dy-ing person away, but that people should have the choice to be in-sured and be aware of the risks of not insuring themselves. Heckling a Hero: Per-haps the most objectionable and disrespectful incident with the audience during the debates was the booing at American soldier Stephen Hill. Via Youtube video, he asked Senator Rick Santorum whether, as president, he would re-

The Republican Presidential Debates: A Student Sees Contradictions

instate the discriminatory policy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which could cause gay soldiers like Hill to lose their jobs. While some theorize that the audience was booing DADT or booing that it had been repealed, it appeared that they were actually booing a courageous, heroic, patri-otic, (and not to mention, muscu-lar) on-duty American warrior, just because he was gay. Regardless of audience opin-ions on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or gay rights issues, this particular incident was a complete display of utter disre-gard for patriotic respect and grate-fulness for a person who defends our country. If one gay person pushed another person out of the way of an oncoming car, I doubt that even the most homophobic would decide to boo that man and ignore the fact that the man saved his or her life. Yet this is the cruelty and ignorance the Republican audience displayed at that moment, if it they in fact booed the soldier . Even if they weren’t booing Hill, Santo-rumstill showed a lack of respect shown for Hill, .He didn’t thank Hill for his service. He didn’t object to any booing. He called the repeal of DADT “social experimentation” and implied that soldiers like Hill should be fired. So maybe the Re-publicans don’t need their debate audience to dig their holes for them.

“Do your A-Day home-work on A-Days and your B-Day homework on B-Days.”

“Get involved.” “Take SATs now!” “Do your homework.”

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With the recent death of Borders, one wonders where lit-erature is headed. I, for one, am a book worm. There will always be a book nearby for free time or bor-ing events I happen to encounter. Yet, lately I’ve been reading my iPod more than my paperbacks: accessing audio books, eBooks or digital comics instead of flipping through the chapters of the tra-ditional novel. Is this where the

i-Pods & The Internet: Ruining Books?book is destined to end up – just another program in the growing technological age? It seems the Internet is taking over most activities books were meant for in today’s world. I’m sure we’ve all heard that when our parents had to do a research project they had to get an actual encyclopedia out and look some-thing up. If they needed a num-ber, they got out the phonebook. What does that word mean exact-ly? A dictionary was always near to find the answer. Today all we need to do is type some keywords

into Google and we get a library’s amount of information in a tenth of a second. But research is different than leisure. What will happen to paperbacks, hard covers, and comic books? Fantasy, sci-fi, or romance? Perhaps they are not yet destined for the technology path, despite all those apps on the iPod for novels. Amazon is thriv-ing, certainly. So, maybe it’s your preference. iTunes offers books for their products – on audio or written. Publishers are creating their own apps so readers may

Abigail SchaeferStaff Writer

find their favorites and read for a low price. Comics have published electronic versions of their works as well. Despite all of the new ways to do the old fashioned act of reading, I still always keep a tra-ditional book handy. They don’t run out of batteries, after all. I do not believe that tech-nology will totally eliminate pub-lishing. There’s a certain crowd, including me, that enjoys some-thing not on a screen. Something physical. After all, there’s nothing like a good page-turner that you can actually turn pages with.

Aquarius:Your creativity will spike this month and new ideas will come to you, which will have a positive effect on your school work. If you have an art project to do or another creative project to take care of, this is the month to do it. If you are looking for a little support this month, you will find it in your authority figures. You’ll have a

streak of good luck until November 13th.

Capricorn: You will be experiencing heighted activity in your job or school work this month, and for the most part it should turn out well. Until the 13th of this month you will be in some sort of authority position. After the 14th you may be in for a little cash. This month you’ll be in a very social mood so get out with friends. Look forward to a little family celebration after the 15th.

Sagittarius: You’re going to be making a lot of money this month, and you will be in a social mood until the 16th. You may get a little sick and have less stamina after the 17th. It would be useful to stay inside and take some time to your-self because you are more likely to spend

more money than you need to.

Gemini: You may have an over active mind this month along with an inflated ego, but this should only last until the 15th. After the16th you will get a spike in energy that allows you to progress positively in school, or in work.

Libra: You’ll be working hard this month and you’ll have an inflated temper as well; this will affect your overall atti-tude. Be careful because you’re likely to show your ego this month. Your financial situation will be on your mind

as wells as family matters.

Scorpio: At the beginning of the month you are not in a very productive mood and this will stay until the 14th. You will most likely start to pick up the pace again around the 15th. Overall this month you will be experiencing a strong sense of leadership abilities and you shouldn’t let your ego go to your head.

Pisces:You aren’t having a very good month, and you may

be dealing with a few problems as the week be-gins causing you to not be very motivated to get things done. Your work or school life could experience a slow down until the 16th. It would be best to postpone important projects until af-ter the 17th. Take the opportunity to travel this

month. You will most likely need the break.

Taurus: You’ll be getting a lot of support from the people in author-ity and you will be making good progress until the 16th. You

will experience a positive period in your relationships, too. After the 17th you may experience a higher number of problems in your life and possible opposition to your ideas; stay positive through this challeng-ing stint.

Aries: Issues in your relationships could arise until the 15th. You should worry about your health after the 16th; your levels of fatigue will rise now, but by the end of the month you’ll be in better shape and ready to socialize. Around the 30th be careful that you don’t

jump to conclusions.

Virgo: Your creativity could bring in some money until the 15th. Be modest this month, because on the 16th you will start to gain some power and your social life will explode. You are going to

have a very productive month with the possibility of travel.

Cancer: You will be having an active steak in your school, work and home life this month. Even with growing resent-ment you should avoid conflict. From the 17th on you will be very creative and you will be very self centered; take the opportunity to reach some

of your long term goals.

Leo:You will be having a positive period until the 16th with a high level of energy and creativity, but you could be feeling a little distant from your family after the 17th. Your positiv-ity will enhance. Don’t forget to tell your loved ones how

much they mean to you.

November Horoscopes

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