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Part One of
fi nal Potter movie
makes its debut
Nov. 19
save the dateNov. 1 : Report cards issued
hall talk
Nov. 2: Election Day(No school)
“There’s no half singing in the shower. You’re either a rock star or an opera diva.” – Freshman
“Good morning is the biggest oxymoron ever.” – Sophomore
by the numby the numbersbers39% of 9-17 year-olds said the information they fi nd online is always correct. – Time magazine
15% of seventh- and eighth-graders con-sider themselves to be both victims and perpetrators of bullying. – Time magazine
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Nov. 6: Dinner Theatre6:30 p.m. – Dinner 7:30 p.m. – Show
Panther Idol redefines talentPanther Idol redefines talent
winners take all| Singing and dancing their way to fi rst place, junior Casey Berry and senior Rosa Rea conclude their performance of “Try” by Asher Brook. The audience voted for the winners at Panther Idol Oct. 16. To see more pictures of the show and its contestants, check out page 11 and thecarolinaforesttoday.com.[Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
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Security searches transform daily routinesby summerbellbell
newswriterBecause of the recent shooting and
bomb scare at Socastee High, the school district issued mandatory searches and metal detector use in all 22 middle and high schools in Horry County.
“I support the searches, I really do. I think we do need to make sure that stu-dents don’t bring anything like drugs or weapons on campus,” Principal Velna Al-len said. “I’m not convinced that the way we’re doing it is correct, but it’s a work in progress.”
There are still numerous issues left to deal with.
“At this point it’s not the way we want it. We’ve got to have more resources, more metal detectors, wands and manpower to do this,” Allen said. “Now, we have requested these things, but it’ll take time to get them.”
In order for these searches to happen, staff and administrators have been asked to arrive earlier than usual to conduct the searches as effi ciently as pos-sible. Most teachers are arriving 30 min-utes earlier and are taking up to an hour and a half of duty each week.
However, extra hours can put a strain on staff.
“Getting here early isn’t really diffi cult for me. I’d be here at 6 a.m. if they need-ed me,” physical science teacher Brenda Helms said. “I just think they keep putting so much on classroom teachers. These long days create problems for teachers with small children that they have to get to and from day-care.”
Helms said she’s become more com-fortable conducting the searches.
“When we fi rst started searching them, we felt like we were invading people’s pri-vacy. But it’s like anything else,” Helms said. “We got used to it and the more we do it, the more generic it becomes. The more we notice people starting to clean
before school procedure | Searching through freshman Dakota White’s bag in the cafeteria, art teacher Thomas Mendenhall is one of a team of teachers who must arrive at school prior to 7:30 a.m. in order to conduct security searches. “It is awkward searching through bags, especially female’s bags because they have things in their purses that we don’t necessarily want to see,” Mendenhall said. [Photo by Hayley Moran]
out their bags.”Biology teacher Nathan Ernest agrees.“It can be gross and smelly some-
times. Things don’t really bother me though,” Ernest said. “It doesn’t feel that strange. I can tell who the organized kids are. Sometimes you get kids who open their bags, and it’s just stuff jammed in there.”
Students have also been asked to arrive earlier than normal and to remove unnec-essary items from bags.
“The most diffi cult part is getting ev-eryone through on time. Everyone comes at 8:10 and it’s like you have to try and
search through their stuff without making them late for class,” Ernest said. “Come ear-lier because the searches aren’t going away.”
Allen agrees.“I’d like for every-
one to take responsibil-ity. Whether we like it or not, it’s a mandate so it’s not going away. Stu-dent drivers need to get here earlier,” Allen said.
Not everyone has a problem with the searches. Parents especially have sup-ported them.
“I was surprised at the positive re-sponse from the parents,” Allen said.
Senior Alexis Knapp’s mother, Bonnie Nelson, is an example.
“I think they are necessary and should be done. I want my kids to be safe so I’m fi ne with it,” Nelson said. “I know they don’t like it, but it’s not a choice and I feel it needs to be done.”
In the end though, it isn’t the equip-ment that makes this campus safer, it’s the students pitching in.
“I feel safe on this campus and part of that is because of our students. They know when a drug deal is going down and a lot of the time, it’s them who come to us with that information,” Allen said. “If we’re going to make this campus safer, the students need to do their part, and I think they are.”
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“ I’d like for ev-eryone to take responsi-bility. Whether we like it or not, it’s a mandate so it’s not going away. Student drivers need to get here earlier.”
Velna AllenVelna AllenPrincipalPrincipal
200On average 200 students are searched daily out of the 1,949 student body
8The school currently has eight metal detectors for the 60 acre, 15 building campus
45Number of teachers on search teams
90Minutes of extra duty most teachers serve per week because of searches
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In the school’s history the marching band has never made it to state competi-tions.
This year may be different. The march-ing band has consistently won numerous competitions. Yet it all boils down to their Oct. 21 performance at the Lower State competition (the results weren’t available at press time). They must place in the top six to move on to the state competition Oct. 30.
On the move | Performing at the homecoming game Oct. 15 the band ends with an original composition called “Detour.” The theme for the song is destination unknown. The Panthers went to the Lower State com-petition Oct. 21. If they placed in the top six, they will advance to the state competition Oct. 30 at West Ashley High in Charleston. [Photo by Hayley Moran]
Having just taken the needle out of senior Chris Stacy’s arm, Red Cross nurse Holly Gomez readied him to leave the big gym.
The blood drive Sept. 28 collected approximately 35 units of blood, short of the105 pint goal.
“I don’t feel very good with the amount of blood collected,” Captain Ross Word said.
A two hour delay is probably to blame for the poor turnout. The blood drive was originally supposed to be in the little gym; however, because of complications it was moved to the big gym. This was the reason for the delay.
Last year’s blood drive April 28 collected approximately 69 units of blood, short of the 77 pint goal.
Word said he wanted to have a fall blood drive because South Caro-lina needs approximately 500 units a day.
And despite the turnout, Word is not giving up. He has planned an-other blood drive in the spring, and the goal will again be 105 units.
“I would give blood again in a heartbeat,” Stacy said. “It was inter-esting when you do a simple poke and it saves someone’s life.”
Saving the world one drop at a time | Bandaging senior Chris Stacy’s arm, Red Cross nurse Holly Gomez readies Stacy to leave the donation area. The blood drive was held Sept. 28 in the big gym. “It’s not that big of a deal, and you save someone,” Stacy said. [Photo by Hayley Moran]
Donors save lives
Lower state competition Oct. 23 will determine band’s status by stevenzankowitzzankowitz
newseditor
The top six bands from the Lower State competition and the top six bands from the Upper State competition will go to state.
“If we get to go to state, I think they will all be ecstatic, but right now they all seem really nervous and anxious,” band director Jay Harward said.
At the Walterboro competition Sept. 25 the marching Panthers placed second, missing fi rst place by .6 of a point.
The marching Panthers won fi rst place in their class at the Low Country Invita-tional at Wando High Oct. 2.
by stevenzankowitzzankowitznewseditor
STATE BOUND?At Hartsville High’s Tournament of
Bands Oct. 9, the marching Panthers re-ceived fi rst place overall in class 5A. They also received fi rst place in music performance, fi rst place in marching per-formance, fi rst place in overall effect vi-sual, fi rst place in effect music and fi rst place in drum major.
Likewise, at the Orangeburg Wilkin-son High competition Oct. 16 the march-ing Panthers won fi rst place in the largest class, fi rst place in music general effect, fi rst place in marching, fi rst place in drum line and fi rst place in color guard. They
were also the grand champions of the competition.
“This year has been a real shock to the other schools when we won fi rst place in many competitions,” junior Joe Kleman said.
Senior Matt Wagner agreed “This year we have been placing near
the top spot,” Wagner said.Harward, in his fi rst year here, couldn’t
be more pleased.“We set goals and are ahead of sched-
ule. I am excited about where we are at,” Harward said.
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Searches of students are required in high schools across the district.
Though this new procedure is benefi ciary in en-suring the safety of students and the school in gen-eral, the searches are random; therefore, the ques-tion arises of how effi cient the whole process is if not everyone is searched every day. Yet because of the large size of many schools including this one, searching every one of the 1,949 students every single day would be near impossible. With this in mind, the seemingly best solution to ensure safety is for all of us to always be aware of our surround-ings, whether at school or online.
The attorney of the 14-year-old Socastee High student who shot a resource offi cer and had pipe bombs in his book bag said the boy has been bul-lied for about half of his life and that will play a prominent role in the case, according to TheSun News.com. Bullying is often an issue that can lead to the victim performing or attempting some act of violence.
Nationally, one out of four students is bullied and 30 percent of students in grades six through 10 are involved in moderate or frequent bullying, as bullies, as victims or as both, according to the U.S. Justice Department. These alarming numbers prove how necessary it is for all of us to report such instances, for both the well-being of the vic-tim and everybody else.
It is always important to report cyber-bullying as well.
If we all make an effort to pay a little more at-tention to our surroundings, disaster can be less-ened or avoided completely.
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A good book has no endingan original author, but it’s written by an amateur and not the original author who holds the copyrights.
Archives have sprung up all over the Internet to collect pieces and draw more writers and readers to this worldwide phenomenon. In this way, fans from all over can band together, united to keep the story alive.
There are thousands, if not millions, of fanfi ction pieces fl oating around cy-berspace. Everything that possibly could have happened in the original works (or canon, as we call it) has and will hap-pen in fanfi ction. There are infi nite pos-sibilities for anyone’s taste.
I read it constantly, and even write a bit myself (mainly for the Harry Potter fandom). It’s a great creative outlet, as well as endless entertainment. There’s just so much to say on the subject that I don’t think I’d ever be able to do it justice.
I know what you’re thinking. And yes, at some point, I will move on.
I still read regular “real” novels on a daily basis, of course, but I always come back to fanfi ction at the end of the day. It’s like comfort food.
But for now, for today, for this year, I’m just not fi nished with the characters whom I grew up with. I’m not ready to let go. And, thankfully, fanfi ction will be there for me until I am.
With a terrible, gut-wrenching sense of fi nality, I turned the last page and closed the back cover on the last six years of my life.
I’d reached it: The End. I’d spent half my childhood reading
and dreaming about this book series. And now it was over.
And I felt… abandoned.You see, a really good book leaves you
with a lingering sense of excitement. A natural high. A thirst for more.
But there was no more. And my thirst defi nitely wasn’t satisfi ed.
There was decent closure. All those loose ends tied up so neatly.
Good conquers evil. The main character gets married, and they all live happily ever after.
But I still wanted to know what hap-pens next. Because I’d become attached to the characters. Attached to a fi ctional world.
And that’s when I found the answer. Purely by chance.
While casually surfi ng the Internet one day, I stumbled upon a little thing called fanfi ction.
Fanfi ction is simply fi ction based in the world or containing the characters of
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• 100,000 students carry a gun to school.
• 28 percent of youths who carry weapons have witnessed vio- lence at home.
• In a recent study, 77 percent of students said they had been bullied.
• 14 percent of those who were bullied said they experienced severe reactions to the abuse.
• Each day 160,000 students miss school for fear of being bullied.
• 43 percent of stu- dents fear harass- ment in the bath- room at school.source: how-to-stop-bullying.com
CENTERSPREAD EDITOR: Brandon CastilloWriter: Brandi WashellENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Kaeli WeeksWriters: Matthew Monette, Lanie RuedyFEATURES EDITOR: Emily WendlandWriters: Alicia Broughton, Brian HarringtonNEWS EDITOR: Steven ZankowitzWriter: Summer BellONLINE EDITORS: Kaitlin Cody, Leza WattsPHOTOGRAPHER: Haley MoranSPORTS EDITOR: Ashanti EdmondsonWriters: Alyssa Cruz, Nicole FillmoreADVISER: Martha HerringPRINCIPAL: Velna Allen
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finishing touches | A volunteer picks up mulch to spread throughout the playground Oct. 9. The building of Palmetto Adventure Land began Sept. 21 and because of heavy rain was not fi nished until late October. The fi rst workday saw around 300 volunteers, but after that day, the number of volunteers began to dwindle. The playground is located between the Plan-tation Lakes and The Farm subdivisions. Excluding playgrounds at Ocean Bay and Carolina Forest Elementary schools and in subdivisions, PAL will be the fi rst playground built in the Carolina Forest area. [Photo by Alicia Broughton]
by aliciabroughtonbroughtonfeatureswriter
Key Club kicks off school year breaking tiles
childhoodmemoriesmemoriesWhen you were a kid, what was the fi rst
thing you ran to on the playground?
Years from now, when junior Andrew Rollins visits Myrtle Beach with his kids, he’ll be able to visit Palmetto Adventure Land and point out his personal touch to the playground.
It won’t be a signature or a painted tile; it will be the mosaic wall Rollins and other Key Club members helped assemble. With guidance from Carolina Mosaics, stu-dents broke tile and laid them to create an ocean scene.
Rollins described this as his favorite part about help-ing build the playground.
“[The best part] was being able to work on the mosaic and putting in small personal touches so I can point out ex-actly what I did years from now,” Rol-lins said.
Key Club president Kelly Murphy suggested the PAL project as the fi rst community service project for the year.
“After discussing the project with the offi cers, we decided that it would be a great way for us to help the community,” Key Club advisor Krista Kalbaugh said.
When members fi rst arrived, they had to wait for a job to open up.
“At fi rst there were so many people helping that it took them a few minutes to fi nd something for us all to do,” Kalbaugh said.
While volunteering on Sept. 25 for six hours, junior Katelynn Gulya worked side-by-side with Rollins. Gu-lya depicted the working environment as a little less than hectic.
“It was busy,” Gulya said. “I went on the second to last day of their work week so they were trying to fi n-ish.”
Even with the pressure to fi nish, Key Club members said it was fun.
“Everyone there seemed to enjoy what they were do-ing,” Rollins said. “People were glad to help you with anything you needed.”
Volunteers, included adults, Coastal Carolina stu-dents, teenagers and even children. Local celebrities were also spotted at the playground site. Gulya saw S.C. Senator Luke Rankin working with his children, while Kalbaugh saw the Horry County Schools superintendent volunteering.
“I ran into our superintendent, Dr. Elsberry, who was covered in dirt as well, lending a helping hand,” Kal-baugh said. “She had been at the Biggest Loser Run and then came to help out with the playground.”
Senior Jordyn Hardwick enjoyed her time volunteering.
“[The working environment] was very friendly,” Hardwick said. “Ev-eryone was nice and helping. [The best part was] meeting people who were helping and just knowing that I was helping with something like that.”
Gulya agreed. “I can always go back there and
know I helped build it,” Gulya said. “Like a part of me is there.”
Kalbaugh is proud of the work the Key Club members did.
“The members that participated did an awesome job,” Kalbaugh said. “Everyone had such a positive attitude. It’s so nice to work with young people who are willing to give up their time on a Saturday to contribute to the project. I am so proud of all of them.”
Kalbaugh is anticipating the opening of the play-ground.
“I can’t wait to see the fi nished product,” Kalbaugh said. “We were all very dirty when we fi nished, but it was such a worthwhile project that will be around for decades for the community to use.”
• Leadership and community service club • Dues are $15 • New members are still welcome • Possible future projects: • Relay for Life • Kiwanis Pancake Dinner • Bingo at the nursing home • Helping at the soup kitchen
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“ Everyone there seemed to enjoy what they were doing. Peo-ple were glad to help you with anything you needed.”
Andrew RollinsAndrew Rollinsjuniorjunior
“Monkey bars!”
– Josh Rochy,freshman
“The swings.”
– Elizabeth Twigg,junior
“Defi nitely the monkey bars.”
– Jordan Simbeck,senior
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Ag internships offer career experienceby brianharringtonharrington
featureswriter
me and my tractor | Cracking a smile while whizzing by, junior Caroline Allen follows her supervisors at All Year Round Landscaping, which is her internship site. “My favorite part of interning here is driving the tractor. I could do it all day if they let me. It’s that fun,” Allen said. [Photo by Thomas Hardwick]
Every morning, instead of heading to school, students from Thomas Hard-wick’s agriculture education class head out to their internship sites for some on-the-job training.
Juniors and seniors interested in the agriculture fi eld have the opportunity to choose an internship site in the agribusi-ness industry, which deals with farming, landscaping or livestock.
They are graded on three things. Ev-ery week they submit journals on what they’ve done for that week at the intern-ship site. Every two weeks they present a PowerPoint presentation about their experiences, and Hardwick visits them at least four times a semester to check up on them.
“It gives them hands on experience,” Hardwick said. “It gives them the oppor-tunity to see what it’s like to work out in the real world of agriculture.”
Junior Caroline Allen, who interns at All Year Landscaping from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, agrees.
“It taught me a lot about the different types of plants,” she said. “I also enjoy not being at school. I have a lot of respon-sibilities.
“I drive the tractor, I load mulch and rocks into the tractor and into customers’ cars. I take orders for customers and I also turn on the water systems so the plants stay watered. The only thing that’s hard is that I can’t make deliveries to the custom-ers on Fridays.” Allen has been interested in the ag-riculture fi eld since the eighth grade and has been taking Hardwick’s class since her freshman year. Although she plans on attending the University of South Caro-lina for forensic science, she says if that doesn’t work out, she’ll major in agricul-ture.
“You can really learn a lot from in-terning,” Allen said, “and live it up while you’re doing it.”
perfection is key| Adjusting the labels on the trees, junior Caroline Allen works on her assigned task of checking all the labels on the trees. “There are so many trees to label. It gets annoy-ing to have to label over 60 trees,” Allen said. [Photo by Thomas Hardwick]
adjusting what?| Oblivious to the fact that her hands are full of dirt, junior Caroline Allen adjusts the irriga-tion system. “My hands get really dirty when I do that. It’s really gross,” Al-len said. [Photo by Thomas Hardwick]
green thumb | Pulling the weeds out of the tree pots, junior Caroline Allen explains how annoying it can be. “It’s hurts my back, hav-ing to bend over for so long. It’s probably the most an-noying job they give me, but it’s also really important,” Al-len said. [Photo by Thomas Hardwick]
hard work pays off | At the end of her shift at All Year Round Landscap-ing, junior Caroline Allen takes a breather. “Even though I don’t get paid, I still love going there and helping out. Since I’ve started working there, I’ve learned a lot about landscaping and also a lot about myself. At the end of the day, I’m glad I’m involved with it,” she said. [Photo by Thomas Hardwick]
agriculture internsinterns
Caroline Allen – All Year Round LandscapeLiz Branyon – Branyon FarmsCody Kuhns – Ricky’s LandscapingAshley Porter – World Tour Golf CourseSammie Porter – World Tour Golf Course
Wesley Somers – Ricky’s Land- scapingAlex Tafl an – Ricky’s LandscapingJessicah Todd – Hardwick’s Land- scapingCJ Weiss – Carolina Forest High SchoolKyle Strickland – Shell Engine
heavy lifting | Lifting a 20 pound bag of mulch, junior Caroline Allen shows that she’s got some muscle. “It’s not real mulch though. It’s rubber mulch. It’s made from old tires, then col-ored to look like the real thing. It’s actually really cool,” Allen said. [Photo by Thomas Hardwick]
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sailing down the-silver stream | In her Art II class, ju-nior Angelica Flem-ing is engrossed in painting a boat for her father.
“I don’t know why I’m doing it. I just love painting big things and my dad has always been there for me. I love him to death so I wanted to paint him my biggest piece,” Fleming said.
She is consid-ering submitting her piece to Silver Streams. She then plans on giving her father the painting.
The deadline for Silver Stream sub-missions was Oct. 28; however, it has since been extend-ed to Nov. 5. so as to give more time to submit. [Photo by Hayley Moran]
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Q: Q: How long has the school been How long has the school been doing Silver Streams? doing Silver Streams?A: A: Since 1998.Since 1998.Q: Q: How does the magazine raise How does the magazine raise
money for publication? money for publication?A: A: We sell sponsorships and ads. Also, We sell sponsorships and ads. Also, we sell the magazines for $5. we sell the magazines for $5.Q: Q: What are some of the challengesWhat are some of the challenges that you face every year? that you face every year?A: A: Editing someone else’s work is hard. Editing someone else’s work is hard.
Sometimes things are misspelled or Sometimes things are misspelled or there are grammatical errors and we there are grammatical errors and we have to fi x them. We don’t want to have to fi x them. We don’t want to change students’ work. We try not to change students’ work. We try not to change things, but if there’s an change things, but if there’s an
obvious error, we talk to the writer obvious error, we talk to the writer before we change it. before we change it.
Q: Q: Why do you only publish once a Why do you only publish once a year? year?
A: A: It’s such a big task – getting all of the It’s such a big task – getting all of the submissions school wide. If we did it submissions school wide. If we did it more than once a year, the magazine more than once a year, the magazine would have to be smaller.would have to be smaller.
Q: Q: What is something rewarding What is something rewarding about Silver Streams? about Silver Streams?
A: A: I’m attached to it. I’m proud for my I’m attached to it. I’m proud for my students. It’s something that can help students. It’s something that can help others be proud.others be proud.
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1.1. Submissions are passed around the room and the Submissions are passed around the room and the staff members vote yes or no on them. staff members vote yes or no on them.
2.2. If the majority vote yes, then the chosen stories get If the majority vote yes, then the chosen stories get edited and typed. edited and typed.
3. 3. The staff makes a dummy book, which is pretty The staff makes a dummy book, which is pretty much a composition notebook. Then they decide much a composition notebook. Then they decide what order everything goes in, what goes where. what order everything goes in, what goes where.
4. 4. They begin designing the book on In-Design.They begin designing the book on In-Design..
55. Tons of proofi ng and editing follow.. Tons of proofi ng and editing follow.
6.6. Silver Streams is then published. Silver Streams is then published.
howhowitit’’s dones doneYou can submit as many mit as many
entries as you want, but the u want, but the staff will publish only three. blish only three.
The deadline for submission for submission has been changed from nged from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5.ov. 5.
You can get the entry form he entry form for Silver Streams from eams from either your English teacher, nglish teacher, the Media Center or from enter or from the front of each house. ach house.
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There are a lot of hurt feelings though it’s not intentional. Agreeing [that would be another challenge], there are so many different personalities in that room,” Rutan said.
The staff’s goal is to make something truly extraordinary in both content and design that students will enjoy.
“We go through all the work and decide what’s going to fi t in there, what people are going to pay for that looks good, the quality of the work,” Rutan said.
Creativity and originality are the main criteria. That’s why no two Silver Streams look alike. The staff prides themselves on creating something new and exciting every year. In addition to creating the magazine the staff also pub-licizes it through spots on the Forest Fire as well as posters throughout the campus asking for submissions.
“A lot of people get excited, but others don’t know about it,” senior Christy Larson said.
Some may wonder why all don’t know about this work that gets produced every year. It’s not like its some elite cult or secret club. It’s just a well-kept secret the staff wishes would not be a secret.
Out of the 1,949 students here, less than 150 actually submit to Silver Streams.
“It’s a chance for people to show off their work and in-spire people to write,” Larson said. “I’d like to see a lot more submissions. I love people’s work. Don’t be afraid to show off.”
Silver Streams is truly something for the students, by the students and of the students.
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Part One of fi nal movie out Nov. 19by mollyjohnsonjohnson
editor-in-chiefbecause they want to make money on the movie, but they also want to stay true to the book and make fans happy.”
Senior Shelby Brock isn’t happy about it either.
“I think it’s really lame,” Brock said. “I mean, I un-derstand that it’s so much information in the seventh book to cover, but I think the release dates of the movies should be closer together.”
The seventh book, span-ning 759 pages, contains an abundance of information and ties loose ends together. The story follows Harry, Ron and Hermione as they jour-ney to fi nish Albus Dumb-ledore’s work to fi nd and destroy the remaining Hor-cruxes (objects that the Dark Lord, Voldemort, has hidden pieces of his soul inside of to be immortal) in order to de-feat Voldemort.
Part One of “Harry Pot-ter and the Deathly Hallows”
Every Harry Potter fa-natic’s dream will come true Nov. 19.
One of the most highly an-ticipated movies of all time, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” will be released on this long awaited day. It is the seventh and fi nal fi lm in the long line of movies based on the bestselling book series that has enchanted both chil-dren and adults world wide. Despite the Potter series con-sisting of only seven books, there will be a total of eight movies because “Harry Pot-ter and the Deathly Hallows” will be split into two separate parts, the second part released July 15.
“I think splitting the movie is almost unnecessary. I think it’s kind of like milking it,” senior Mackenzie Hadley-Theobald said. “However, I’m kind of split on the idea
will most likely leave the audience hanging because it will probably only cover half the book.
“I will be really angry and wish I could change the calen-dar so July 15 is a day after Nov. 19,” Hadley-Theobald said.
When Part Two of “The Deathly Hallows” fi nally does come out, expectations and reactions will vary.
‘“It all ends here’ from the movie poster says it all; I think it will be like the apoc-alypse,” Hadley-Theobald said. “People will be really excited but freaking out at the same time. People will be crying their eyes out like it’s the end of the world. And they won’t know what to do with themselves.”
When Part Two is over and the realization that there will be no more Potter movies dawns on fans, that’s when the true end will come.
“When it’s all over, I will feel devastated, yet fulfi lled,”
Hadley-Theobald said. “It’s kind of like your childhood ending and wondering what the next step is. I’m going to bring three boxes of tissues.”
Teens have truly grown up with the Harry Potter phe-nomenon and it will all come to an end with the last fi lm.
“It makes me feel old. I mean, you see like 8-year-olds in their robes and hats and I was really young, like elementary school age, when the fi rst book came out,” Brock said.
There is still plenty to be excited about though.
“I’m most excited to see what they include in the movie and what they cut out,” Hadley-Theobald said. “I wouldn’t mind if it was word by word from the book.”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is sure to draw large audiences through all the excitement surround-ing the fi nal puzzle piece of the story.
Top fall shows51 3 4House is a grumpy medical genius who works on solv-ing strange medical cases that come to the Princeton Plains-boro Hospital. In this show the relationships between the characters are hysterical, such as the dysfunctional friendship between House and Wilson, head of the Department of On-cology.
“NCIS” is a show about a team that investigates naval murders highlights the rela-tionships of the team and how they have developed over time. It’s irresistible because it has the perfect amount of mystery and drama. Full of sadness, the show also has a light and funny side which really pulls the plot together.
This series focuses on Mi-chael Weston, a spy who was burned during a mission. Af-terwards he works on cases for clients, while also trying to fi nd who burned him and why. “Burn Notice” is likable because it is action packed and drama fi lled.
By examining the human re-mains of the murder victims, Dr. Brennan, “Bones,” and her team provide scientifi c exper-tise to the world of criminal investigation. Dr. “Bones” and Seeley Booth balance each other. While Booth is emotionally involved in his work, “Bones” is composed and compartmentalized.
“Jersey Shore” is about eight house mates who share a house for a summer. During the day they cover the basics: gym, tan, laundry and work at a ge-lato shop. At night they visit clubs and hangouts, dealing with tons of drama along the way. It is an exciting show to watch because of the unfolding drama.
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Cross country boys, girls teams fi nish season
No moving | Practicing on the track, mid-dle school students Noel Cassidy, Morgana Hart, and senior Lauren Bender, senior Hayley Twigg, sophomore Mickinzi Joyner, freshman Lisa Pieterse and junior Jackie Brengel wrap up a day of running.
The girls cross country team fi nished the regular season at the Horry County Cham-pionship Oct. 16 in fi rst place. Four runners placed in the top 10 and seven in the top 20. The results from the regional champion-ship are pending.
The boys cross country team brought home their third consecutive region cham-pionship Oct. 20. They placed fi ve runners in the top 10 which means all fi ve were All-Region. Senior Matthew Nierwienski was region champ. Junior Darren Hogan placed third; senior Zach Hensel, fi fth; sophomore Jesse Patrick, seventh; and senior Adam Harrelson, 10th.
The boys team scores were: CF: 29; Sumter: 39; West Florence: 76; South Flor-ence: 91; Conway: 137.
[Photo by Ashanti Edmondson]
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On your mark, get set, go!The start gun sounds, and the runners
take off careful not to run too fast, pacing themselves for the 3.1 mile run.
The girls cross country team, 13-1, suf-fered their only defeat by one point.
Coach Justin Foxworth, in his second year as girls cross country coach, couldn’t be more pleased.
“The team is doing much better than last year. I am very happy with the times we have seen and how we are running as a team,” he said.
Boys cross country coach Eric Sau-thoff, in his seventh year as boys cross country coach, said he is satisfi ed with his young team’s progress as well.
“They are all working hard and im-proving at a rapid rate. I feel confi dent
that if they stay with the program they will progress nicely and take the place of the older kids in a couple years,” he said.
Senior Lauren Bender, whose best time was 22:40 until the Horry County Championship meet Oct. 16, has been on the team for four years.
“The team is so successful this year because the distance between our number one and number fi ve runners are only like two minutes, when last year it was more around fi ve,” Bender said.
Senior Hayley Twigg has been on the team for six years.
“A lot of the girls are very dedicated and Foxworth’s coaching strategies are very effective,” Twigg said.
Sophomore Nehemiah Menassie has been on the boys team for two years.
“We are very successful this year be-cause we have a lot of good, dedicated runners. They try their hardest to improve
their best personal time,” he said.Daily practice begins with stretching
and ends with a one mile run around cam-pus. But before a meet, Foxworth makes the girls do things differently.
“I have them do a mixture of long runs (easy running) and hard workouts that focus on different aspects of the body,” Foxworth said.
Before a meet Sauthoff has a different strategy.
“I just tell them to trust their training and do their best. We go over the course, and I wish them luck. At that point train-ing has to take over and coaching has to stop. Coaching is for practice only,” he said.
On Oct. 16 the girls dominated at the Horry County Championships. They came in fi rst place with a total team score of 36. At the meet, Bender set a personal record of 22:21 and Twigg, 23:22. Four runners
placed in the top 10 and seven in the top 20 at that meet. Junior Jackie Brengel was the team’s top runner, fi nishing third with a time of 21:17, four seconds off her per-sonal record.
The boys cross country team fi nished strong at the championships also. Senior Matt Nierwinski came in second place with a time of 17:10.
Both teams competed at the regional meet in Florence Oct. 20. The girls results are pending.
The boys brought home the region championship for the third year in a row. They placed fi ve runners in the top 10 which means all fi ve were All-Region.
Senior Matthew Nierwienski was re-gion champ. Junior Darren Hogan fi n-ished third. Senior Zach Hensel fi nished fi fth. Sophomore Jesse Patrick fi nished seventh and senior Adam Harrelson fi n-ished 10th.• Alyssa Cruz also contributed to this article.
• Varsity Football: 5-3
• JV Football: 2-4
• Freshmen Football: 0-2
• Girls Golf: 12-2; Region Champions
• Girls Tennis: (7-7) 3rd in Region (4-4)
• Swimming: Boys: 32-9
Girls: Region Champions
• Varsity Volleyball: Region Champions
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• Varsity Football: 5-3
• JV Football: 2-4
• Freshmen Football: 0-2
• Girls Golf: 12-2; Region Champions
• Girls Tennis: (7-7) 3rd in Region (4-4)
• Swimming: Boys: 32-9
Girls: Region Champions
• Varsity Volleyball: Region Champions
Players of the Week
10/4- Remanda Fenner
10/11- Myca Nutt S.C. Max Preps
Volleyball Player of the Week
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* All records based as of press time Oct.22
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Panthers can swimThese cats aren’t afraid of jumping in waterby nicoleffiillmorellmore
sportswriter
thumbs up | Senior Austin Vaught is all about thumbs up while under at practice. Although this photo looks like all fun and games, when race day comes around, this swimmer gets the job done. “Being the best has its ups and downs, but mostly it feels pretty good,” Vaught said. In regions he fi nished fi rst in the 100 butterfl y (58.79) and 100 backstroke (58.60) [Photo courtesy of the Pride staff]
As the Panthers headed off to states for swimming, the sports staff caught up with three swimmers: sopho-more Megan Adair, senior Austin Vaught and sopho-more Bri Strang.• Strang strides strong
Only being a sophomore Bri Strang has already found her stride. She has broken the 200 yd. free and 500 yd. records and plans on more throughout her high school years. What is your inspiration in swimming?I enjoy the sport and competition. Every hundredths of a second counts and the anticipation of the win is great; the relays are the most intense. Your teammates are counting on you do your best and one bad turn can blow the whole thing. That is what inspires me to excel in swimming.What is it like being one of the most talented female swimmers on the team?There are other swimmers just as talented, but I have been working the longest. I enjoy having the swimmers look up to me, and I try to help them with their strokes. When I started in seventh grade, the older swimmers helped me. Where do you practice?We practice at CCU but so do other high schools so pool time is premium. We had to hold practice from 5:30 to 7 in the mornings some days just to get some practice in.What records have you broken?Last year I broke the 4A regional, 200yd. free and the 500 yd. free records. Since you swim competitively do you still swim for fun?I don’t really know how to swim for fun anymore. I stay really busy with school and advanced choir so I have very little time to just play in a pool. I got to go to
the beach once this past summer. • Adair makes waves
She was practically born in the water. Her fi rst toy wasn’t a Barbie but goggles and fl oats. At the end of her sophomore year she plans on continu-ing club USA swimming and becoming a better athlete and by her last year in high school rising to the top. How long have you swum for?I have been swimming now for nine years. I have done USA swimming for two years and high school swimming for two years as well. How many hours a day would you say you spend in a pool or swimming?I spend at least three hours a day in the pool swimming. What events do you swim?I swim the 200 IM, the 100 yd. fl y and the two freestyle relay.How do you balance extra curricular activities and swimming?It is defi nitely hard and you have to decide what your priorities are and stick to them.What do you do to get ready in the morning?I just wake up and walk out my house in pj’s. Then after practice, I get ready for school and go. • Vaught the new Michael Phelps?Senior Austin Vaught will wave goodbye to his high school swim career in May, but many wonder if his talent could go further. He has set numerous records and
has proven Panthers aren’t afraid of water.What is it like breaking so many records?Being the best has its ups and downs, but mostly it feels pretty good. What or who inspires you to swim?The biggest motivator for me is no matter how fast you get there, is always someone out there who is faster than you. How do you feel the team did this season?We fi nished fairly strong even though we don’t get a re-gion championship or get to send anybody on the team to states but me.What was your favorite moment in your swimming career?When I was 12, I went to states in the 50 free and when I dove off, I went all the way to the bottom, but then I had so much adrenaline that I came back and won the race.
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Black
• Who is your role-model?
God
• Favorite music artist?
Lil Wayne, Twista and
Drake
• Nike or Jordans?
Jordans
• What’s your favorite
breakfast cereal?
Captain Crunch Berry
• Who is your best
friend? Ashanti, she is amazing.
• What is your favorite TV
show? “The Game,” “Phineas &
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Spirit week kicked off Oct. 7 with hall-way decorations.
Students from all classes stayed after school from 3:25 to 10 p.m. decorating A, C, D and F house in the themes of Asia, Australia, Rome and the Caribbean.
“Although it was hectic and messy, as a class we pulled together and created a hallway that I think was worthy of a win,” junior Ryan Spraker said.
On the fi rst dress up day classes could have been mistaken for nerd conventions.
“I dressed like more of a modern nerd,” senior Brett Adams said, “but no one thought I dressed up because I didn’t have suspenders on. Honestly, who dresses like that nowadays?”
Tacky sun-burnt tourists invaded the forest Oct. 12, and they brought their fan-ny packs with them.
“I thought it was hilarious because I saw some people that never dress up dress
up,” junior Emily Diaz said. Following tacky tourist day was Pan-
ther day when students were decked out in school colors. After school were the long awaited powderpuff football games with the freshmen against the sophomores and the juniors against the seniors.
“I think that the game went great,” ju-nior Caitlyn Hummel said. “I know it’s one big thing that the girls in our class look forward to every year, and we had a lot of fun getting out there and getting our chance to beat the seniors.”
The day that many had been waiting for was Halloween costume day.
“Costume day was my favorite because I dressed up as Mr. Incredible,” Adams said. “You wouldn’t believe how many times I got ‘you’re looking incredible’.”
Spirit week ended with a bang at the homecoming pep rally.
“It was the most exciting pep rally I’ve ever been to,” junior Allison Holland said. “The junior-senior rivalry made it even better.”
senority rules | Seniors at the pep rally Oct. 15 got all riled up while waiting to fi nd out who won the spirit stick. Seniors won all but one lunch competition and the hallway decorating competition. Juniors won the dress up competitions. Sophmores beat the freshmen and the juniors beat the seniors in the powderpuff game Oct. 13. Despite underclassmen’s wins, the seniors won the spirit stick. [Photo by Brian Harrington]
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