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700 GARDNER LACY RD., MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29579700 GARDNER LACY RD., MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29579C A R O L I N A F O R E S T H I G H S C H O O L March 28, 2013 March 28, 2013 Volume 16, Issue 6Volume 16, Issue 6
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3.14 eating | In the pie eating contest sponsored by the student council on March 14, representatives from all four classes compete to see who could eat pie the fastest. Seniors Paul Blanton, Micheal Brooks and Kyle Rice all race to fi nish their plate fi rst. In spite of their efforts, the juniors won the class competition and the seniors came in third; however, sophomore Will Brunson fi nished fi rst individually. [Photo by Amber Fultz]
• A duel between three peo- ple is called a “truel.”
I’m not psychic. I may be psycho, but I’m not psychic.”“teacherisms
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by the numbers• Most people have lost 50 percent of their taste buds by the time they reach the age of 60.
• 96 percent of the U.S. pop- ulation lives within 20 miles of a Walmart.
hall talk
“What month comes before January?”
— Senior
“The color potato is beauti-ful.”
— Junior“I like the smell of card-board.”
— Sophomore
“Have you heard? The bird is the word.”
— Junior
“This tastes like grass and I don’t even like grass.”
— Sophomore
save the date
• April 10 – Report Cards Issued
• March 28 – Prom
• March 29 – April 7– Spring Break
• The average American will watch nine years of televi- sion in his or her lifetime.
“You’re like Barbie, but on sparkly steroids.”
— Senior
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German exchange students visit the forestby
kyleigh cozenenews editor
Hosting a student from another country may be a foreign idea to some, but not to two students here.
Sophomores Miranda Merry and Ashley Willingham will host German exchange students Yasemin Wahab and Luisa Martin until April 8.
Even though this was their fi rst time meeting face to face, each person knew what the other looked like.
“They are supposed to be in contact with each other. They have a profi le of the other person and a photo,” German teach-er Andreas Hoppe said.
Martin and Wahab arrived here March 11.
“Coming to America from Germany was very long,” Martin said. “It took around 11-12 hours on a plane.”
This is not Willingham’s fi rst time host-ing a foreign exchange student. Two years ago she hosted a girl from Thailand.
“It was really interesting seeing how she reacted in our culture,” Willingham said. “She ended up staying with me for a year.”
Willingham is also looking forward to this experience.
“I get to show them my culture and I learn about theirs. It gives me a different
perspective of how people live,” she said.In addition to taking her exchange stu-
dent to school, Willingham will also show her around Myrtle Beach.
“Well, my birthday is on spring break so we’ll be celebrating that,” Willingham said. “I’ll also be showing her what South Carolina has to offer, like the beaches, golf courses and hotels. It’s a good experience and I think other people should try it.”
For Merry it’s a little different.“While she’s here, ‘Phantom of the
Opera’ is going on so I have that for two of the four weeks,” Merry said.
Hoppe got involved in the program about four or fi ve years ago when the company, The Friendship Connection, emailed him wanting to know if he’d be interested in having some of his students host students from Germany.
He was able to get a student then but hasn’t been able to get any others until this year.
While attending classes here for two weeks, the students will be able to com-pare schools.
“I like it here very much,” Martin said. “The students and teachers are very friendly here.”
Wahab shared her impressions.“It’s bigger and more confusing but
fun,” Wahab said.But they’ll also be able to do more than
just compare schools.“They’ll see how classes are taught
here and what school life is all about,” Hoppe said. “They’ll be able to practice their English skills and make new friends in the process.”
Students here will benefi t too. “Hopefully they will be able to ex-
change and share information in this experience and those students who take German will get to practice it outside the classroom if the exchange students are willing to,” Hoppe said.
They will also be able to compare the lifestyle of an American teenager to the German one.
“The teens in America are very inter-ested in sports (softball, soccer, football) and they spend their time with these things at school,” Martin said. “German students aren’t so interested in sports at school; they play soccer in their free time and in a soccer club.”
Wahab agreed but added more.“Teenagers will be teenagers, no mat-
ter where you are,” Wahab said.In addition to similarities in the cul-
tures, they have noticed some differenc-es.
“Country music is more popular here,” Wahab said. “Americans wear sweatshirts here while Germans hardly do.”
Martin, who has traveled a good bit,
explained the cultural differences.“I think the cultures are very different
but I think it’s normal because every coun-try is different,” Martin said. “Americans celebrate other things than the Germans do.”
The exchange students are most likely better at English than students here are in German.
“It’s been my experience that most ex-change students speak fl uent English and that the language barrier is not a problem,” Hoppe said. “They start in the fi fth grade so they have a few years under their belt so it’s generally not a problem. It might be a little tentative at fi rst but as they get into it, they won’t have a problem with it.”
Wahab started learning English in the third grade.
“I’ve been studying English for a long time so it’s pretty easy to me,” Wahab said.
While most exchange programs last six months to a year in order to totally im-merse the student into the American cul-ture, this one-month program also has a purpose.
“I think it’s for the parents who want their kids to experience this,” Hoppe said. “But don’t want them gone a long time, just long enough to gain this experience. I hope it’s a memorable experience for all the students.”
coming to america| Chatting during lunch, sophomore Ashley Willingham, German exchange student Luisa Mar-tin, German exchange student Yasemin Wahab and sophomore Miranda Merry discuss their spring break plans. Will-ingham is Martin’s host here and Mer-ry is Wahab’s host.
“Being shadowed by a German for-eign exchange student is pretty fun,” Merry said.
Willingham agreed.“Hosting an exchange student is a
good experience and I think other peo-ple should try it,” Willingham said.
The flight from Germany took 12 hours.
“Traveling over here from Germany was a long journey but exciting be-cause I traveled alone,” Wahab said.
Martin did not travel alone, but actually with other German students coming to America.[Photo credit by Kyleigh Cozene]
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“Does anyone else smell oysters?” – Freshman
“You mean I can say any-thing and they’ll put it in the newspaper?” – Junior
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Volume 16, Issue 6: March 28, 2013
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Carolina Forest High School700 Gardner Lacy Rd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
SCSPA – SuperiorSIPA – Superior
ADVISER: Martha Herring AndersonPRINCIPAL: Gaye Driggers
COEDITORS IN CHIEF: Katelyn Rooks, Kaeli WeeksCOPY EDITOR: Haley DixonEDITORIAL STAFF:Kaan JonesENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: Austin van den Wijngaard Writers:Emani Akram, Kennedy Camburn, Ashley Haneline, William SmithFEATURE/STUDENT LIFE EDITOR: Micheal CurryWriters: Taylor Ard, Haley Dixon, Amber Fultz, Lexi Salice, Rubyjane Simmons CENTERSPREAD EDITOR: Lauren RegisterWriters: Aubrey Cooke, Michelle Crane, Libby PenceNEWS EDITOR: Kyleigh CozeneWriters: Leah Cornils, Kristin FisherSPORTS EDITOR: Miller ReddingWriters: Trey Johnson, Kayla McCartney, Isaac StoneAD STAFF: Alex Stultz, Haley Cribb
A great thanks to principal Gaye Driggers for saving our one lunch and changing lunch options for the better. Lunch sales were on a steady decline until it eventually concerned the school district. The district believed that the one lunch was respon-sible for the decline. However, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was to blame. Our faculty and Driggers saw the big picture and took action. Driggers and the administrators created a student sur-vey in order to fi gure it out. Without surprise, 95 percent of the 1,254 students sur-veyed prefer one lunch, mostly because of social time. However, it was then revealed that 56 percent of stu-dents chose not to eat lunch because of menu options. Driggers then enlisted the help of the student improve-ment council and student council to participate in taste tests.
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One lunch has been rescued
My grandma couldn’t have a lot of jobs.
She couldn’t be an um-pire because no one would ever get a strike. She couldn’t be a teacher be-cause everyone would get straight A’s. She couldn’t be a judge because every-one would win one way or another.
Working in a church is probably the best and most suited job for her. It allows her to help those in need and offer the comfort and
Also, administrators talked to students in classes to see what menu options they would rather prefer. Along with making reforms here, Driggers attended numerous meetings at the school
district offi ce. But Driggers didn’t stop there. She listened to the stu-dents who were upset by food waste. Students who buy a full lunch must take a serving of a fruit or milk even if they don’t want them. These items eventually end up in the trash. Driggers has now set up a system where students can place their unwanted items in bins, and students who want another serving of fruit or milk may grab as many items as they please. Thank you, Principal Driggers and our administrators, for everything you’ve done to make lunch better for the students and all the things you do for our school on a daily basis.
understanding love that she always gives to me.
My grandma doesn’t like to hurt or intentionally upset anyone. She’s the kind of person that would tell you your hair looks beautiful, even if it really looks like you just walked through a tornado, just be-cause she doesn’t want to hurt your feelings. She’d give you the shirt off her back and ask if you needed anything else. The sky is the limit.
bykatelyn rooksrooks
coeditor-in-chief
what?what?dodoI wouldn’t trade her
She can tell when I’m upset by the sound of my voice, even when I won’t admit it. She doesn’t have to ask why. She’s just able to make me feel better.
My family calls her Nayo, which isn’t typi-cal, just like her. She’s so much more than the typical grandma; she’s a Nayo. Nayo is the person
I call when I’m stuck, who laughs at my dumb jokes, and the person that tells me nothing is impossible.
I’m lucky to have such an amazing and unique person in my life. Not ev-eryone gets the opportunity to have a Nayo like mine, and even though she’s not always perfect, I wouldn’t trade her for anything.
I signed my name on the dotted line: I’m moving onI sign my name in cursive at the bot-
tom of the document. My hand’s almost shaking and my
stomach is swirling. I’ve never really been good at cursive, or print for that matter.
Yet the words “I, Amber Fultz, plan to attend all day at ATA for the 2013-14 school year,” were clear as ever, lying in front of me on a single sheet of paper. I dissected each word, carefully perusing every individual letter until my brain be-gan to hurt.
“Congratulations, Amber! You have been accepted into the Cosmetology career major program for the 2013-14 school year.”
All I had to do was sign my name and I would be ahead of the game – out of this school, moving on to new places and new people for the very fi rst time in my life.
Change is never good until you know you have nothing to lose. It’s scary be-cause the outcome is always unpredict-able. I shiver at the thought of leaving
this school, but as I tremble I’m smiling because it’s an experience that I’m will-ing to try.
It’s an offer that’ll only come once in a lifetime, a wonderful opportunity for some one like me – $550 for a license that people usually spend thousands on? And to be able to get it so early in life, a deal that was meant for me.
I’m not waiting to get started on life. I will take every chance that I can get to learn what I need to know so that I can be
successful later on in my career. I will do whatever it takes to be the best at what I love, and the Academy of Technology and Academics will help me achieve that.
So with each curve of a letter, I slowly sign my name on the dotted line.
“We welcome you to our wonderful campus.”
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bytaylor ard & haley dixon
feature writers
Trends; we make them, we set them, we bring them to life and we make them spread like wildfi res.
There are thousands of fads teens fol-low every day, which can vary from fash-ion to music to dances and even to say-ings. If you look around, you will fi nd Vans, duct tape and, of course, those “stu-pid dances that last for a week,” as history teacher Justin Foxworth put it.
Trends can change over time, and many times fads come back. For exam-ple, the combat boots with leather but-toned jackets or even giant boom boxes will be stuck in the past for a long time, but vintage jewelry will be snatched up by today’s ladies.
There are some comebacks, however, that are not welcomed with opened arms.
“Styles are headed to neon colors, which are awful, and ‘70s style,” senior Emily Alonzi said.
Not everyone can predict future trends like Alonzi. Sophomores Jack Mack and Joey Dwulet hope that their saying of “child’s play” will be the next trend, while sophomore Markell Allen, hopes for bow ties with suspenders and Afros and expects Polos and Nikes to become trendier.
So where do teens actually hear about the trends? Allen sees them around cam-pus, Alonzi reads them in “Seventeen” and Mack and Dwulet fi nd them through technology.
Dwulet mentioned only social media yet Mack uses Youtube, Twitter and even the news.
Even professionals agree that lots of trends begin online.
“Today young people were ‘born digi-tal’ and have grown up using technology to create their personal brands on social networking sites as well as broadcasting
whatever micro rituals might be happen-ing within their own circle of friends,” Anastasia Goodstein wrote in the New York Times.
In simpler terms, teens use technology to create and promote their own personal style and to show the world what they and their friends are doing, which often leads to the beginning of a trend.
Trends are not popular with everyone though, and none last forever. Silly Bands and Facebook, according to some, were once the most popular trends but have died hard over the years.
With the way that trends come and go, some wonder why teens even choose to participate.
“I don’t know. I guess to be relatable and not be one of those outcast kids. But I
do endorse being different,” Allen said. Not only do teens have their reasons
for participating, adults have theirs on why they don’t participate.
Foxworth believes teen trends of today are “something that is more ridiculous and foolish than the last one that was cool for about six hours.”
Sophomore Zenobia Bellamy agrees. She doesn’t like fads because they are of-ten just “something stupid, like some new kind of dance, like the Harlem Shake or twerking or even a saying like ‘Ain’t no-body got time for that’.”
Every generation brings new trends or redefi nes old ones. Contrary to the current trend “Ain’t nobody got time for that,” it seems that teens today have plenty of time to set and follow new trends.
That’s so trending!Are you part of what’s hot and what’s not? ‘Cause it’s getting hot in here!
Silly Bands• Release Date: 2008• Styles: Holidays, animals, sports, cartoons, sayings, fantasy• Fast Facts: Came in packs of 24; makes $100 million in sales annually
trendsational | Modeling his idea of “nerd is trending,” sophomore Markell Allen shows off his matching sus-penders and bow tie coupled with his nerdy glasses and sig-nature Afro. Allen loves to be in the “know.” He is always on point with what’s trending and now he wants to set the trend instead of following it because in his eyes, “the world would be a better place if everyone wore suspenders.” [Photo by Haley Dixon]
Afros• Fast Fact: It comes from the word Afro- American
Suspenders• Date Invented: 1822• Time of Trending: The 1920s• Fast Fact: Also known as bracesBow Ties• Date Invented: 1600s• Fast Fact: Originated among Croatian merce- nariesNerdy Glasses• Fast Fact: Are 3D glasses with the lens popped out
Sperrys • Release Date: 1935• Fast Facts: Original brand of boat shoeDC shoes• Release Date: 2010, “DC life” coll- ection released• Fast Fact: Specially made for action sportsVans• Date Founded: 1966• Fast Fact: In 2000 and 2001 Vans were recognized as “Americas Best Small Company.”
• “Twighlight” – 2005• “New Moon” – 2006• “Eclipse” – 2007• “Breaking Dawn” – 2008• Fast Fact: Stephanie Meyer origi- nally planned to write a companion book called “Midnight Sun” – a true story told through Edward Cullen’s point of view.
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Underdogs become wonderdogs
returning the favor| In the comfort of his own home, Rick Ka-plan, founder of Canine Angels, talks about what his organization does to help the community. Kaplan created this non-profi t organization to teach dogs how to follow commands and perform specifi c tasks for disabled veterans that need assistance on a daily basis.
“I really just wanted to give back to the community and all of the veterans that have sacrifi ced a lot for us, especially the ones that suffer from post-trau-matic stress disorder,” Kaplan said. [Photo by Sunny Fultz]
byamber fultzfeatures writer
mal shelter in Horry County.“In animal shelters, every dog is a
tragedy waiting to happen,” Kaplan said. “I only take in dogs that people have abandoned and that people think are worthless and I turn them into something amazing. But you have to make sure that the dog hasn’t reached that point of aggression yet, about the fear of being killed.
“If the dogs were abused enough, they will revert to animal like behavior. Sur-vival is written into every cell of every be-ing. If they feel that they have to survive by killing, they will kill.”
The attitude that he takes while train-ing these dogs is fi rm but loving. Kaplan said he never trains two dogs the same way. The dogs expect correction and sometimes Kaplan has to be fi rm.
They learn from each other. That is why they’re kept in a large pack. The dogs give off hints about other dogs, and if the group does not like one certain dog, Ka-plan will not take it in.
One of Kaplan’s dogs, Bobo, belonged to an army ranger who died in Afghani-stan. His wife loved the dog, but she couldn’t deal with him on top of the stress of losing her husband. Kaplan then took the dog in.
“I wanted to take him from this dis-
tress situation, take the soul of the owner that still lived through the dog and train him so that I could pass him on to another veteran,” Kaplan said.
Freshman Kylie Ocfemia’s mother has trained about seven dogs for Kaplan dur-ing the past year.
“They were a little crazy at fi rst. They would run around the house and attack the cats, but they got better,” Ocfemia said.
Kaplan doesn’t work with the Veter-ans Administration; he works with unpaid volunteers.
“The hardest part of this program is the human. We have to teach the human what the dogs know. The veterans have to learn how to be the trainer,” Kaplan said.
Canine Angels will conduct a cam-paign over the next month or two.
“We’re printing decals that say Canine Angels Service Dogs, and this establishes recognition of the service dogs and shows that we appreciate the sacrifi ce that these people made for us,” Kaplan said.
Students can get involved by organiz-ing food drives, donation drives and pen-ny drives.
“And I would love to come to your school and make a presentation to the class or the whole school, without charge. I would love to teach kids about the pro-gram,” Kaplan said.
Canine Angels, a program founded by Rick Kaplan, is dedicated to training dogs to help disabled veterans.
And it is gaining recognition through-out the county.
“I really just wanted to give back to the community and all of the veterans that have sacrifi ced a lot for us, especially the ones that suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder,” Kaplan said.
“I was never a veteran myself but af-ter I retired I would go out every day and do whatever I wanted. I fi nally woke up one day and said ‘What am I doing? I’m gonna die soon if I don’t get up and do something with my life!’ I knew I had a talent with dogs, and so I thought, let me use my talents for something good.”
So far, 35 dogs have been placed with veterans, and almost 200 dogs have been placed in private homes, which is just as important to Kaplan as giving the dogs to veterans because the dogs are being ad-opted to help with disabilities.
“These dogs are service dogs; they help with disabilities and let you live a more normal life,” Kaplan said.
Kaplan takes in each dog from an ani-
you can teach
old tricksold tricksa new dog
Kaplan teaches dogs how to do the following:
• Stay
• Listen/be quiet
• Bring items when needed
• Pick up dropped items
• Put dishes in the sink
• Turn lights on/off
• Open/close doors and drawers
• Provide stability or balance
• Provide love and com-fort for those who suffer from PTSD
• Personalized tasks as needed
sit, stay, roll over| Obeying Ka-plan’s command, a white lab, Ra-plhie, picks up a bowl off the floor and places it into the sink. [Photo by Sunny Fultz]
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► 14 million tourists come here yearly.
► They spend an average amount of about $200-500 a day.
►The average family size to visit is 5 family members; 3 adults and 2 children.
► 4 million tourists come here every spring break.
It’s that time of the year again when the streets get a little more crowded, the traffi c gets a little heavier and the beach is the main attraction.
This is when locals prepare for the arrival of the tourists. Most agree tourism is necessary for the economy, yet some prefer they travel elsewhere.
Sophomore Michael Overcash would like it both ways.
“I would like to see more tourists in the city be-cause it makes us money, but I would also like to see it decrease because they’re annoying,” he said.
Even though tourists are annoying to Overcash, others enjoy tourist watching for the pure entertain-ment value.
Senior Yasmine Peterson saw tourists square dancing in the Kroger parking lot, while senior Courtney Consiglio watched a tourist walk straight into a post.
tourist spotting | In this photo illustration sophomore Kary Elliot and junior Parker Helgerson sport some tourist attire like floral shirts, a fanny pack and a hat. While Elliot plays paddle ball, Helgerson impersonates a tourist trying to figure out a road map. [Photo by Lexi Salice]
► The Grand Strand attracts middle-to-high income travelers.
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When someone says tourist, what do you think?
► Most tourists visit from New Jersey, Canada and New York.
►The annual stay is 4-7 days.
► The average cost for a hotel is
$150 a night.
• Source: M.B. Chamber of Commerce and William Jones, owner of Pick-A-Pearl kiosk at Broadway at the Beach
► The most overseas travelers come from Germany and the UK.
► There are more than 365 hotels.
“People driving slow.”
– Sal Cataldo,Senior
“Weird cameras and fl ower shirts.”– Krista Kauffman,
Junior
“People that don’t know what they’re doing.”
– Emily Mer-riam,
Sophomore
► 90% of the Grand Strand visitors were under the age of 65 in 2011.
► 50% of Grand Strand visitors stayed
in hotels, while 32% stayed in condos.
Junior Lexie Copeland fi nds humor in what tour-ists do.
“I think it’s hilarious when they are sporting the city’s name on everything they’re wearing, espe-cially when they’re wearing several different neon colors,” she said.
You’ll never know what you’ll see when it comes to tourists. Just ask freshman Lucy Howard.
“I was at the beach and I saw a tourist running around the beach with his hands up screaming ‘I’m lost,’” Howard said.
Teachers have their share of unusual tourist sight-ings as well.
“I saw an elderly gentleman walking around in a tank top, mini skirt, fi shnet stockings and high heels,” math teacher Greg Williams said.
History teacher Justin Foxworth, who worked as a lifeguard, saw a Marine do something strange.
“I was life guarding and there was a tourist, a Ma-rine, fl opping naked in the ocean on the Fourth of July,” he said.
Locals see tourists do more strange things on the
beach.Junior Antwonne Smith saw two tourists battle it
out at the beach.“These two women were at the beach, and one
of them stepped on the other woman’s child’s sand castle; that’s when both women started to fi ght until they were butt naked,” he said.
Tourists, of course, fi ll up restaurants quickly and sometimes locals see more strange behavior at these establishments like freshman Jessica Willis who saw a man brush his teeth in a restaurant while vis-iting.
Sophomore Kyle Mallanowski, who works at McDonald’s, has also had an experience with tour-ists who were a little too comfortable at his work environment.
“I was at work and this band climbed up on the counter and started twerking,” he said.
Tourists come to have fun and sometimes do it in the oddest ways. If you work at a hot spot for tour-ism, then you probably have had your own stories to tell.
► In 2011, the Grand Strand airport had
881,694 arrivals.
►In 2011, 3.42 million rounds of golf were played across the Grand Strand.
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the horde | During the fi fth annual Zombie Walk, a large group of supporters including juniors Kylie Cracknell and Adriana Farias take on a walk to raise money for local charities. The walk took place at Ocean Boulevard April 22, 2012, with around 600 attendees, raising about $2,000. [Photo courtesy of Adam Russell]
A zombie outbreak numbering at least an expected thousand walking dead will occur right here in Myrtle Beach April 28.
However, these living dead will walk for the benefi t of local charities, much to the relief of local citizens.
The Myrtle Beach Zombie Walk is a local charity event that was started in 2007 by Adam Russell, the cur-rent president of the event. As the name suggests, a large majority of attendees, like junior Scarlett Morrison come dressed and made up like the dead.
“I wore an old outfi t and provided makeup artists made me look dead,” Morrison said.
Russell said that a lot of people come dressed in dif-ferent costumes also.
“We’ve had people dress in character, from celebrities to zombie kids and grandparents,” he said.
This year’s Zombie Walk will be held at Barefoot Landing and House of Blues, two of the Walk’s sponsors. There will be three live music stages, covering all genres from extreme metal to indie rock.
“Last year there were different bands playing in vari-ous locations around the walk,” Morrison said.
The same will hold true this year with two of the stages at the House of Blues and the other one at Bully’s Pub.
Other entertainment will include a magician and an all-new Kid’s Zone for the younger ones. Shellie Rowell, owner of The Sound Hole, and a crew of other makeup
artists will operate a makeup stand at the Walk. They will work for tips.
“To get in, get my makeup done and participate in the walk, it was about $5,” Morrison said.
This year’s proceeds will go to Project Lighthouse and the Wounded Warrior Project. Project Lighthouse is a program run by Sea Haven, a non-profi t organiza-tion that has been around since 1980. It provides educa-tional, informational and prevention support for home-less youth. The Wounded Warrior project is similar in it’s mission, except for the target community. It aids veter-ans wounded in combat or while deployed. Donating the raised money to these charities is of utmost importance to Russell.
“Making the community a better place with a nontra-ditional event [is my inspiration,]” he said.
Morrison agreed.“I enjoyed it because it was different and believable,”
she said. “It’s for a really good cause and it’s a great time.”
Expectations for this year’s walk include “a new loca-tion and a longer walk,” according to Russell. With an average of 600 attendees in the past, they managed to raise around $2,000 for similar causes. This year, with an expected crowd nearly doubling last year’s, Russell hopes to raise even more money with a target of $3,000.
“I plan on attending again this year,” Morrison said. “I had such a memorable time last year and it was really awesome.”
dead and alive |During the 2012 Zombie Walk, two attend-ees show off their gory ensembles. Shellie Rowell and the rest of her zombie-rifi c makeup team created this morbid look with gooey latex and a whole lot of fake blood. Attend-ees paid an admission of $5 for entry and makeup and the team worked for tips. [Photo courtesy of Adam Russell]
This year’s sponsors include Barefoot Landing, Kil-gor Trout’s, Dick’s Last Resort, Surf Skate Music Cul-ture, The Sound Hole and the House of Blues, as well as other businesses and individuals.
Russell also said if anyone would like to volunteer or become a sponsor, he or she should contact the Zombie Walk at [email protected] or visit the Walk’s main Web site at myrtlebeachzombiewalk.com.
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entertainment writerI appreciate cover bands
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Hip hop keeps me grounded. I always listen to old school rap music because I
understand it. When I was a little kid, hip hop was always in au-
dible range. Hypothetically speaking, hip hop is my fi rst love. I learned, got motivated and listened to the stories told.
From the “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm” by A Tribe Called Quest to the hard core controversial compositions of the Notorious B.I.G, hip hop will always be a part of my life.
It touches my soul and has supremacy over my mind, instantly teleporting me to a euphoric world that’s perfect. However, I am alone in my perfect world. No one is on the same page with me and my music tastes since most are brainwashed by this “new school” rap.
The fi rst rap song I remember hearing was “Check The Rhime” by A Tribe Called Quest, and since then my heart belonged to hip hop. It’s sad for me to say but I’m disappointed with what it has become.
Since its foundation in the late 1970s, rap music has constantly changed and evolved. This process is responsible for producing both old school and new school versions of hip hop. Each has different motiva-tion for its muse. The beginning of the new school be-gan with a new set of beats, ideas and rapping style.
The titles refl ect the different techniques in hip hop music, as well as its lyrics. Hip hop musicians today are based off hype. They only sell records to a limited non-loyal fan base.
I honestly feel like rap music today isn’t even valu-able. Garbage. All I ever hear rappers talk about today are money, women and swag.
No matter how fast you rap or how tight your beats are, if there isn’t some sort of initial message or mean-ing behind the lyrics in a song, it’s not worth listening to.
Whatever happened to the good music that our mothers and fathers grew up on? Back in the day, hip hop was original, a whole new concept that opened eyes, sparked much controversy on the east and west coast but nonetheless inspired a whole generation to genuinely feel what they heard.
The new school rap tends to focus on live instru-ments or computer generated sounds while old school
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entertainment writerRap music is a sad mockery
lyrical surge|Early hip hop pioneers such as De La Soul, Pete Rock and C.L Smooth, The Fugees and the Digable Plan-ets transformed the rap game with a poetic story-telling fl ow that sparked a lyrical revolution within the hip hop genre.
rap has no general sound or melody. It is basic simplic-ity. Technology advances each and every day, and there’s nothing wrong with a little upgrade sometimes, but as far as using fake sounds to make you sound like what people want to hear, it’s not what I want to hear.
The phony lyrics, the fabricated sound and the make-believe style that rappers possess burns me up inside. There is nothing real about hip hop anymore. It’s dead!
The inventors of hip hop have passed on and settled down; we true hip hop fans only have a legacy they left to look up to. It’s up to the small circle of young people to continue the brilliance that was formed, produced and is now faked by phony rappers.
You down?
In my world, I surround myself with music, and something I really enjoy is covers.
I don’t listen to half of the music on the radio. My heart belongs to the world of rock, punk and post hardcore, and when it’s hard to relate to so many others who don’t listen to my type of music, that’s when covers make up for it. Covers bring the best of both worlds to me in just one song.
Covers of songs are the epitome of awesomeness. They create a bridge, which makes songs I didn’t like at fi rst loved and opens more musical variety within my life.
“Run Away” by Kanye West is a great example. Once Silverstein covered it, I could relate to the meaning behind the lyrics and enjoy it.
Besides bridging that gap, covers add a musical twist to a song. They make it so music’s instrumental meaning can be captured and enhanced to appeal to another audience, like me, who cannot completely appreciate the original. “Tik Tok” by Ke$ha creates a good party song to some, and having Woe is Me cover it, I now have a song I can rock out and have fun to.
I even like covers of songs that I love because another artist can capture all that I love in that song and add more, or even just make it so it’s different and I can appreciate it still. It’s amazing to have one of your favorite bands cover another band that you enjoy and see what else they can add to that song.
It’s because of covers that I’m in love with the “Punk Goes...” series, especially the biggest of the collection, “Punk Goes Pop,” which has made me gain my never-ending love for covers.
The amount of artistic work that goes into produc-ing a good cover makes me enjoy them even more. Even if you can’t appreciate the cover of songs, any-one should be able to appreciate how much work goes into making a good cover of a song, especially if it’s already a good song.
Don’t get me wrong, I love original music just as much as the next person, but I have extreme ap-preciation for covers and what they add to the plate of music in my life. It’s because of how interesting they are in their change and how they capture mean-ings in different ways that covers have captured my heart.
fastfacts:facts:
• Some of the greatest pioneers in old school rap were Grandmaster Flash, The Sugar Hill Gang, Run DMC and Doug E. Fresh.• In the early 1990s rappers started talking about life stories and positive messages.
• The fi rst rap song was “Rap- per’s Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang.
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here comes the heat | Warming up between innings, junior Robert Jolly catches for pitcher Cullen Marcis. The game ended in a 13-3 loss against Conway March 11. Their next home game will be April 2. [Photo by Trey Johnson]
Jolly eats, sleeps breathes baseballby
kayla mccartneysports writer
Junior Robert Jolly isn’t your average high school baseball player.
Jolly, who plays catcher, pitcher and third base, comes from a baseball family.
“I started playing pretty much when I started walking,” Jolly said.
Jolly’s older brother Matthew plays baseball at Newberry College and his dad Jack Jolly is the head coach of the varsity baseball team here.
“With my dad being my coach it gives me an advantage sometimes because I know a lot more with him coaching and training me, but sometimes we have that father-son clash but other than that when it’s just coach and player, it’s really fun,” Jolly said.
Jolly doesn’t only play for the high school baseball team; he is on a travel team.
The travel team is the Diamond Devils in Charleston. He plays with them from June through October, and he goes to practices and games every weekend and has week-long tournaments. The travel team costs $1,800 per season.
“I put so much time into the travel team because it helps me get seen by more col-leges, and it gives me more time to play the sport I love,” Jolly said.
Jolly must maintain a balancing act with school baseball, travel ball and aca-demics.
“I try to keep up with my academics day by day just like any other student and I fi t baseball into my schedule,” he said. “It’s hard. I don’t really have a lot of time to hang out with friends and I play base-ball seven days a week so I don’t have much time for anything else.”
He hopes to stick with baseball his en-tire life.
“I want to play baseball as far as it will take me, and I plan on playing college baseball and if I’m capable of going to the next level, I will and then I plan on coach-ing,” Jolly said.
Jolly has a pure passion for baseball and he has big plans for his life.
“I fell in love with baseball and I al-ways thought it was fun,” he said. “It gives me something to strive for.”
Jolly’s father Jack Jolly said he hopes he has learned a lot with his father being his coach.
“Hopefully it’s given him a good per-spective with being a player and I’m glad he loves the sport and I hope being the coaches’ son helps him later on,” Jack Jolly said.
Jack Jolly has coached both his sons Robert and Matthew Jolly. He loved be-ing their coach and they have gotten a lot closer over this experience, he said.
“Our relationship has grown,” Jack Jolly said “We spend a tremendous amount of time together. We have our good and our bad times but over all it has brought us closer together.”
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►Varsity softball – 11-1 • 2-1 in the region and ranked No.1 in Class AAAA►JV softball – 3-3►Varsity baseball – 6-7 ►JV baseball – 8-0►Varsity boys soccer – 5-4►JV boys soccer – 1-5►Varsity girls soccer – 5-3-1 ►JV girls soccer – 5-1
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►Boys tennis – 3-2►Ultimate Frisbee – 8-3►Golf – 1-1 • 3rd out of 27 teams in Panther Invitational • 5th out of 16 teams in Bluejack- et Tournament • 3rd out of 18 teams in Magnolia Tournament►Boys Track and Field – 3-0 • Alan Connie Relay champions • Runner up in Carver’s Bay Re- lays • Shakiel White broke his own school record in the long jump
with a jump of 20'10" at Carver’s Bay.• First place winners at Carver’s Bay were: Distance medley relay and 4x800m relay (Dustin Conklin, Jesse Patrick, Stephen Ciamaritaro, Brandon Norman); 4x200m relay (Jharrian Davis, Shakiel White, Orane Mullings, Davante Carter); 4x400m relay (Dustin Conklin, Shakiel White, Orane Mullings, Davante Carter); Long jump relay (Shakiel White, Orane Mullings,Christian Sherman, Jawan Butler); High jump relay (Shakiel White, KC Comber, Jawan Butler, Tyler Talf)
►Girls Track and Field –3-1 • Alan Connie Relay champions • First place in Carver’s Bay Relays in Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Monae Rainey, Michelle Blanding, Ashleigh Turner, Cristina Wright DMR: Lisa Pieterse, Caitlyn Penter, Dani Silvestri, Michelle Blanding Discus: Erin Farley, Azari Bennett►Cheerleading • Parent meeting – April 24, 6 - 6:45 p.m., Community Room • Tryouts – May 6-9, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., May 10, 4:30 until fi nished.* All scores as of press time March 22
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hey, batter, batter | With a 6-2 lead against Socastee March 8 the Lady Panthers huddle with their coaches after the end of third inning, getting ready to go up to bat and increase their four point lead. The game ended with another Lady Panther win with the fi nal score 12-2 [Photo by Trey Johnson]
• Leah Belack .............8th ............OF• Emilee Best ..............12th ..........1st/3rd• Aleesha Cole ............10th ..........P/OF• Natalie Hardwick .....10th ..........OF/SS• Danielle Lomas ........10th ..........1st/3rd• Cheyenne Mackenna 10th ..........2nd/3rd• Kyleigha Mackenna .12th ..........OF• Emily Merriam ........10th ..........P/OF• Monica Mullis ..........10th ..........C/3rd• Marissa Nunes .........10th ..........C/3rd• Marisa Runyon ........12th ..........SS• Angelina Santoro .....12th ..........2nd/P• Sara Sweatt ..............12th ..........OF Upcoming games • 4/1/13 Ripken Tournament • 4/10/13 North Myrtle Beach • 4/12/13 West Florence• 4/13/13 Wando • 4/16/13 South Florence • 4/17/13 Myrtle Beach• 4/19/13 Conway
“One team, one dream” is the varsity softball team’s motto this year.
The softball team is coming off a season that took them to a lower state championship, and they made it to states where they lost the last game.
While 12 players returned, their coach didn’t and a new coach has taken over.
This will be Coach Meagen Johnson’s fi fth year as a head coach. She was the head coach for Andrews High for four years and this year at Carolina Forest will be her fi fth as a head coach. She was also an assistant coach for Carvers Bay for two years.
Sophomore Natalie Hardwick is optimistic about her new coach.
“I really like Coach Johnson. She has been a great coach so far, and I’m excited for the rest of the season,” Hardwick said.
Senior Emilee Best agreed.“I love Coach Johnson. She is a great coach and she
knows what she is doing,” Best said.Johnson comes with years of softball experiences. “I think I bring a passion for the sport of softball that
I hope is contagious to the team,” she said. “My dad is a baseball coach so I have been around baseball and soft-ball my entire life and I have a strong background as a former high school, travel ball and collegiate softball player. I think I bring a fairly strong knowledge of the game and skills needed to play the game successfully to this year’s team.”
“I have played for several different coaches and have learned something from all of them that I can share with the girls.”
Coach Johnson has spent time getting to know her new team.
“I have defi nitely gotten closer with the girls on the team. We have been conditioning since October so I have spent many afternoons getting to know them,” she said. “I also had dinner with the seniors and with the other re-turning varsity players before school started to try to get to know everyone from last year’s team.”
Making it back to states is a hard thing to do, but the Lady Panthers are up for the challenge.
“I think the team will defi nitely have a winning sea-son this year and will advance in the playoffs. We have a strong chance of winning the region, but our main goal is to win the state championship,” Johnson said.
Best feels the pressure to make it back to states.
One Team, One Dream
“There is always going to be pressure, but in the end it’s going to be worth it when we win states,” Best said.
Hardwick is also hopeful.“I personally don’t feel any pressure. We just need to
play like we are capable of and we could fi nd ourselves back at states this season,” Hardwick said.
Coach Johnson also feels this way. “I don’t feel pressure because of what the team ac-
complished last year. I don’t like to compare teams from one year to another because each team has its own dy-namic and chemistry,” she said. “I feel more pressure to ensure that the team always performs to the best of their ability and encourage them to achieve more than what they already think they can.”
Transitioning to a new coach can be diffi cult, but Johnson has tried to make it a smooth process.
“Coaching my fi rst season at Carolina Forest has been exciting,” she said. “The success the team achieved last season has given us a strong foundation to build on this year. Most of the varsity players are returning from last year’s team and bring determination, motivation to con-tinue what they started last season.
“They are very competitive which has been a lot of fun to coach. I’m sure a lot of the game and practice rou-tines I have implemented are different, but I have asked the girls for their input on some of the routines and tradi-tions that they want to keep.
“I expect myself to give what it takes to help the girls be successful this season,” she said. “That requires a lot of sacrifi ce, hard work and dedication which I am more than willing to give for such a great group of ladies.”
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start your engine| Preparing for competi-tion, members of the robotics team, sopho-more Daniel Rollins, senior Adam Glenn and senior Peter Forman, change the bumper on their robot. Robo Katz, the CF team, competed in eight qualifying rounds and then a final round at the Palmetto Regional Robotics Competition, winning a fourth place title on March 2. The name of the game was Ultimate Ascent, where each robot was expected to throw a Frisbee into a designated goal or to climb a pole to gain bonus points. Teams do not know what their robot will be required to do until six weeks before the competition. “We did amazing, and I’m feeling great about next year,” club sponsor and biology teacher Nathan Ernest said. [Photo by Lexi Salice]
teachable moment | Helping the third block agriculture class lay sod is principal Gaye Driggers. The class got the sod do-nated and was responsible for preparing the areas to be planted.
“I looked out of my office window and saw that they need-ed help in getting it done before the 3:30 bell so I helped,” Driggers said. “It was a teachable moment. It brought back memories of laying sod on the campus and the ball field when the school first opened” [Photo by Hannah Bromley]
don’t be afraid of the ghost | In Act I, Scene 6 of “Phantom of the Opera,” seniors Jessica Carr, Michael Brooks, Sean Julian, Whitney Daniels and Falcon Davis perform “Prima Donna.” Daniels, who plays Carlotta, a temper-amental opera star, is frightened and annoyed by the opera ghost. Through it all, Madame Giry, played by junior Jenny Bettke, and Meg Giry, played by senior Jessica Carr, tell them it is a bad idea to show who is boss be-cause something terrible will happen if they do so.
The play ran from March 13-24, with 11 more shows than last year’s production of “Les Misérables.” All shows sold out.
Originally 10 more shows were planned, but after the Windsor Green fire a benefit show was held March 19. They raised more than $8,000 in ticket sales and donations for the victims of the fire. [Photo by Lauren Register]
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