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Name: Amanda Koren School: Niles McKinley High Grade: 11
1. If you could be on any reality show, which would it be and why? ‘‘ ‘Trading Spaces’ because I want my room redone.’’
2. What’s the best thing about school? ‘‘Band, seeing friends and leaving school.’’
3. Where would you like to be and what would you like to be doing in 10 years? ‘‘Hopefully married with children and obtaining a successful job.’’
4. What or who is most important in your life? ‘‘My family, friends and my dog Ozzy.’’
5. What are your political concerns? ‘‘I hate George Bush, hope we leave Iraq and hope for a new president who will do the job better.’’
6. What are you good at? ‘‘Math, science, cooking.’’
7. What’s your favorite thing to do on a Saturday? ‘‘Watch cartoons or go to concerts or hang out with friends.’’
8. If you could ask God one question, what would it be? ‘‘If I could have a million dollars.’’
Compiled by Kaitlin Glenn, Niles McKinley High School.
Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair is a periodic feature produced by members of the Page One Journalism Workshops. For information about attending the workshops, e-mail pageone@tribune-chronicle.com
By MATT WAGNER Maplewood High School
Editor’s note: Wagner is a student in the Page One Journalism Workshops.
MECCA - Five seniors have already qualified for Maplewood’s Hall of Fame. Andy Arnio, Andy Morgan, Chaz Rice, Ro Rupe and Markie Pozzuto are the five student athletes who have gotten All-Ohio honors, which is what gives an athlete a spot on the wall. Arnio won the 2005 state championship in cross country for Division III as an individual, while finishing fourth in this school year’s state meet. Morgan was the runner-up in Division III last year and finished third this year. Rice finished 17th in the 2005 meet, giving him All-Ohio honors, and Rupe was the runner-up in the 2006 Division III 2-mile race in track, and added a 25th place finish in the state cross country meet. Pozzuto is the only non-runner in the group, receiving All-Ohio honorable mention last season for softball. Each athlete qualified for a spot in Maplewood’s Hall of Fame before their senior years commenced. ‘‘I get a sense of achievement after working hard to accomplish it,’’ Morgan said. Rice feels the same. ‘‘I like the feeling of being on top,’’ he said. All five of the students believe that they will continue to be student athletes when they go to college. Pozzuto has committed to Kent State University for softball.
By MATT WAGNER Maplewood High School
Editor’s note: Wagner is a student in the Page One Journalism Workshops.
MECCA - Five seniors have already qualified for Maplewood’s Hall of Fame. Andy Arnio, Andy Morgan, Chaz Rice, Ro Rupe and Markie Pozzuto are the five student athletes who have gotten All-Ohio honors, which is what gives an athlete a spot on the wall. Arnio won the 2005 state championship in cross country for Division III as an individual, while finishing fourth in this school year’s state meet. Morgan was the runner-up in Division III last year and finished third this year. Rice finished 17th in the 2005 meet, giving him All-Ohio honors, and Rupe was the runner-up in the 2006 Division III 2-mile race in track, and added a 25th place finish in the state cross country meet. Pozzuto is the only non-runner in the group, receiving All-Ohio honorable mention last season for softball. Each athlete qualified for a spot in Maplewood’s Hall of Fame before their senior years commenced. ‘‘I get a sense of achievement after working hard to accomplish it,’’ Morgan said. Rice feels the same. ‘‘I like the feeling of being on top,’’ he said. All five of the students believe that they will continue to be student athletes when they go to college. Pozzuto has committed to Kent State University for softball.
Hey, TAC-8: Show Me a Sign Editor’s note: Ameen is a student in the Page One journalism workshops. By SAM AMEEN Lakeview High School You cannot be serious! I’m not impersonating John McEnroe, but am furious about the new sportsmanship rule initiated by the TAC-8 (Trumbull Athletic Conference) Committee; no signs allowed! I went to watch a boys high school basketball match-up as the Boardman Spartans came in to take on my Lakeview Bulldogs. I brought my foam-board cut sign of the word ‘‘OBEY.’’ The sign was created by sports fanatic David ‘‘Derm’’ Dermer for the 2005-06 basketball season. Whenever Lakeview is up big in the fourth quarter, the sign is used to chant at the opposing team and their fans to obey Lakeview athletics and the student body. But instead of carrying out the fourth quarter tradition, my sign was confiscated before the game even started! I am guessing it was taken because of an incident the night before. Three students came to the Lakeview girls basketball game, showcasing signs that inferred a double meaning; the signs were soon taken by our athletic director. I can understand taking inappropriate signs, but all signs in general? This new policy is unfair to students who want to illustrate their school spirit. What is also unfair is that the cheerleaders are protected from the ‘‘sign’’ rule. They are permitted to have signs hang throughout the gymnasium supporting the basketball team. Cheerleaders also use signs for chants and dance routines during the basketball games. The TAC-8 Committee should explain that one to our student body. The committee should also explain why schools outside of the TAC-8 Conference are allowed to bring signs to games, as long as they are not inappropriate. Lakeview’s student section isn’t out of control and inappropriate either. The TAC-8 Committee’s rules are inappropriate and out of control. They relinquish my inoffensive ‘‘OBEY’’ sign, so what’s next, relinquishing chants? A one-time incident turns into a full-time punishment for the majority of the students who didn’t do anything wrong.
Do part-time jobs give students a positive outlook? Editor’s note: Kimes is a student in the Page One journalism workshops By KRYSTLE KIMES Champion High School More and more teens are spending time making money. Parents are thrilled about not having to be an ATM and furnish money to their kids. It’s a positive solution for teens that are in a detriment on how to get money. The No. 1 advantage to having a job is learning how to deal with the public. Having a job teaches how to prepare to meet different people. It helps you learn how to act around them and make them happy. Getting a great learning experience on how to deal with customers is a plus when it comes to working with the public. The more you’ll work with the public the easier it will be to please people. Having a people pleasing job is the hardest of all. Every human mind works so intricately and unique it’s mind blowing how many different personalities are in the world. How acting a certain way toward a person can change their mood or even a simple smile can please a customer. Therefore, having a people pleasing job does have its perks and having a few customers who bring you under their black cloud contributes to the hard times but you need to make money somehow. It’s not always about the money though. With my experience in the labor force its been mentally and physically draining. I often think to myself, ‘‘Is this job really worth all the burns and exhaustion I put into it?’’ It’s quite easy to answer that question part-time employees don’t make much money but it’s been encouraging to have great people to work with. Who you are around will rub off on you. Being around fun and hard-working positive teens pushes me to become a better person and to influence myself to learn about different people at work. Yes, we wouldn’t survive if it wasn’t about the money but having that extra incentive and having a fun and exciting environment to work in makes the time pass quicker than being bored out of your mind doing a job you despise that parents forced their kids to obtain. Many teens try to please their parents and bribe them with the line,’’ if I do well in school do I have to get a job?” This commonly overused statement needs to end. ‘‘My mom got tired of paying for my expenses. Even though I do well at school she told me I need to learn how people earn money and she told me having a job would help me deal with people when I get a real job,’’ said Lauren Gober, 18, of Champion. ‘‘I think it’s a good experience for kids to have, working for and around all different kinds of people opens your eyes to what’s out there.’’ said Gober. Many teens just need money. If it is just about the money for some students, having a job is a proven fact by the ‘‘journal of economic education’’ that having a job will increase a student’s school performance. ‘‘I just need money for gas and insurance but having a job has made me learn how to balance school, a job and friends.’’ said Tristin Jones, 17, of Champion. Many students can’t decide if they should work or if they still want to use mom’s and dad’s credit card. ‘‘Having a job takes so much time out of my life, I like getting paid but I am not sure if I am for having a job or against because of the time it takes from my life, I will make more money after I go to college and get a degree,’’ said Lexi Mager, 17, of Champion. Gaining friendly people in your life is what makes humans live healthier, happier lives. Being employed will teach you not only how to deal with people and make money but you’ll learn organization, how to stretch out your money supply (since part-time workers have so little of it), learn how to deal with stress of raw customers and the bad side of people when they’re angry. Also how to work well with other employees and meshing your habits with their traits of how they toil.
By NICCI DUNKERTON Maplewood High School MECCA - Jessica Domkowski, an 18-year-old Lakeview High School senior, talked recently about being a senior. Q. What is something interesting about you? A. ‘‘I used to be a candy striper, and when people would ask me if I wanted to be a nurse I would say no.’’ Q. What do you want as career today? A. ‘‘I would like to be a nurse.’’ Q. Do you enjoy being a senior? A. ‘‘Yeah, I do. Everything seems to end, slowly, in a huge ‘sigh.’ ‘’ Q. What will you miss most about school? A. ‘‘The people. Without them I wouldn’t be the way I am today.” Q. Are you going to miss school? A. ‘‘Well, yes. It’s a familiar place. But I’d also have to say that I won’t because there’s always room for change.’’ Q. Are you glad to have school coming to an end? A. ‘‘In the long run, yes. Time to move on.”
Senior Citizens is a periodic feature produced by members of the Page One Journalism Workshops. For information about attending the workshops, e-mail pageone@tribune-chronicle.com.
Photos by Megan McCann/Kent State University Trumbull Campus
The Mathews High School Key Club held its second installment of Curestock, a concert series featuring local bands in which all proceeds go to the Relay For Life. The six-hour event at The Thunderplex in Vienna previously earned the Key Club more than $700. Bands involved were Adam Anderson, Falling Behind, Original Dirigible, The Smash Babies, Hit The Floor, A Dramatic Ending and Altum Silencium. Plans for Curestock III are in the works. The Key Club expects the event to take place between late March and early April.
- Kelsey Sommers
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