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March 2011 Volume 53 Issue IVTHEStudents contribute: Awareness for Aydenby Megan BrattonMANAGING EDITOR

Throughout the reality shows “16 and Preg-nant,” “Teen Mom,” and “Teen Mom 2,” audiences watch these teens face chal-lenges and rough patches. In “Teen Mom 2” there’s a new family: Corey, Leah and their twins. One daughter is sick and could possibly never walk again. Raising a child as a teen is hard enough, but raising a child with health problems is all the more difficult. Senior Angel Hartman can relate to Corey and Leah’s story. Hartman gave birth to 16-month-old Ayden Lee-vi Hartman November 18,

or a virus can cause Type 1 Diabetes. When a child of Ayden’s size reaches a blood sugar level of 500, they will most likely go into a coma. When the Hartmans reached the hospital, Ayden’s blood

“When Ayden was diagnosed with Diabetes the doctors explained to us that he had also developed Keto Acidosis,” Hartman said. Keto Acidosis is when one’s body cannot break down sugar or fats and doesn’t get

feel like he doesn’t deserve it. While he grows up, he can’t just chow down on a piece of cake like every other kid. He will have to watch what he eats,” said Hartman. Before Hartman had Ayden she said she had

running around and play-ing,” said Hartman. “One day it all stopped. We no-ticed something was wrong and took him to the hospital that night.” One of Hart-man’s friends, senior Olivia Farish said Ayden’s a “happy kid.” “He’s easy going and I’ve never seen him upset.” “I can’t just give him what he wants anymore and it’s really hard,” Hart-man said. “When he reaches for cereal, I have to say no and give him fruit instead.” Hartman said Ayden’s diet is based off of the amount of carbohydrates he consumes. Hartman and her mother must measure ingredients each time Ayden eats. “He can have two carbs per meal and one carb per snack,” Hartman said. A diet isn’t the only thing the family is forced to adjust to. Hartman said Ayden must receive four shots of insulin a day given by her or her mother. He must also have his finger pricked to check his blood pressure anytime he wants to eat, which is about five times a day. “He’s so good with it already. He’s curious about what we do and doesn’t even cry anymore,” Hartman said. Whenever Ayden is going anywhere Hartman said she is sure to pack in-sulin, needles, lancets (that prick his finger) and test strips that test his blood sug-ar. To learn more about Diabetes and what to do in emergency situations Hartman is taking classes at Hershey Medical Center. Doctors said she must bring

2009. “He’s always been the one to brighten everyone’s day,” said Hartman. “With his blue eyes and big smile, he melts everyone’s heart.” On January 26, 2011 Ayden was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. “When the doctors came back with the lab results, everything shut down,” said Hartman. Type 1 Diabetes oc-curs when the pancreas can-not produce insulin prevent-ing the sugar in one’s blood to be broken down. Genetics

a normal life. Once she gave birth she said she had to ad-just to being a mother. Now that Ayden has Diabetes she said she must plan for every-thing. “Ayden was always

rid of unneeded acids. “Luckily, Keto Aci-dosis is curable and Ayden was healthier within days of that diagnosis,” Hartman said. “Ayden’s so little I

sugar level was at 487. “I just kept think-ing, ‘Why my son? He’s so little he doesn’t deserve it. Why can’t it happen to me instead of him?’,” said Hart-man.

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Ayden for a visit every three months to check on his de-velopment and health. Farish and fellow senior Kelsey MacKenzie created the Facebook group “Bracelets for Ayden.” “The group is set up to help spread the word about what’s going on with Angel and Ayden. The main purpose is to see if anyone is interested in helping them out,” said Farish. “There was such a great response from the website so many people want bracelets and t-shirts,” Farish said. The bracelets cost $1 and t-shirts are $8. The bracelets are red and say “Awareness for Ayden.” The t-shirts are white with “Ayden’s Angels” on the front. To purchase a bracelet or t-shirt see Kelsey MacKenzie or visit the Fa-cebook site. “The proceeds will go to Ayden’s college fund, a savings fund or any-thing to use in case of an emergency,” Hartman said. “All of the support definitely shows that people do care,” Hartman said. “Between Facebook and e-mails I have people who I don’t even know supporting Ayden and I. That is what’s so cool about Central.” Hartman said af-ter she came home from the hospital seeing the website and all of the supporters was unexpected. “It really lifted a weight off of my shoul-ders.” “Ayden makes ev-erything in my life better. I come to school as a teenager I go home and be a mom,” said Hartman.

After 42 years, the ‘Voice of Central’ says good-byeby Danae TaylorASST. FEATURES EDITOR People say, you can’t please everyone, but that’s not always true. Office staff members said Joyce Potts, a former office secre-tary, has made an impact on Central. When she came back for the first time since her retirement, grins were on the faces of all faculty mem-

bers. The newly retired Potts returned to Central for the first time on February 9 to have lunch with attendance secretary Julie Schissler. Current staff mem-bers expressed to Potts how much they missed her and asked how her retirement was going. Sherry Hetrick, dean of the 10th and 12th

grade students, came from her office and welcomed Potts with an embrace. Oth-er staff said hello to her and asked how she was doing. Some would con-sider Potts to be “the voice of Central,” but that isn’t a title that she self-proclaims. “We are all ‘the voice of Central.’ Everyone here is equally im-portant,” said Potts. Potts, who worked

Cont’d on page 5 un-der “Voice of Central says goodbye”

Con-

gratulations

to freshmen The-

resa Burgess, Madi

Luckenbaugh and

Corey Wendt to making

it to the P.I.A

.A District

Championships for

swimming.

“All of the support defi-nitely shows

that people do care.”

~ Angel Hart-man

Thanks

to Barbara

Wilke’s and

Laura Ryan’s art

classes for decorat-

ing the library and

art wing with their

recycled hats and

sculptures.

Re-becca

Lease quali-

fied to receive

the National Merit

Scholarship based on

her performance on

her PSATs and SATs,

ranking in the top

one percent in

the Nation.

Semi Ibikunle made it to the State Champion-ship in the long jump this past indoor season. He is now qualified to travel to Nation-als.

WRAPSPORTS

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Students speak about a topic that most don’t seem to ad-

dress: body image. They share their personal stories, campaign awareness ideas

and their thoughts on the dif-ferences between male and

female image in society. page 5

Central’s

School Board de-

serves a big “thank you”

for their contributions and

willingness

to help out the district.

With volunteering and dedicating

their time, the School Board members

are what makes students and parents

glad to be part of the Panther

family.

Ayden smiles during a shopping trip to WalMart with his mom, Angel. (Photo courtesy of Angel Hartman).

for Central for 42 years, had her first job at Wilson Elementary School in York, which is now known as the Yorktowne Business Insti-tute. Potts raised five children and had a few small jobs before she settled at Central. She said she en-joyed working with Central’s people and the community. “This was not a job. This was an experience,” said Potts. “Thinking about it gives me goose bumps.” Potts described her time working with the band and band camp before working the switchboard at the high school During this time she was able to become fa-miliar with different parts of the building and staff mem-bers. Her five children were all involved with mu-sic so she had had musical experience.She worked un-der band director, Mr. Paul Grill. “I had to go to band camp before I could work the switchboard,” Potts said. As a Central gradu-ate, Potts has seen the school grow and change throughout the years from a student’s perspective as well. She was a student at the old high school and she said only three courses were offered when she was in school. They were general,

commercial and academic courses. General and com-mercial courses were offered to everyone, and academic courses were for students who were college-bound or for students who wanted to apply themselves. “Your choices are so much greater than when I was in school,” said Potts. She said more elec-tives are offered now and that she would have taken advantage of them if she were still in high school. The Central com-munity has grown since Potts’ high school days. She said her graduating class had about 90 people in it. Like-wise, her school day was about an hour longer than the current day, however. She started school at 8 a.m. and got out at 4 p. m. She also walked to school every day. Potts smiled and said, “There weren’t as many buses.” When she started, she became a secretary at the old high school. She said she did have to make the adjust-ment that came with moving to the new one. “To be honest at first I was a little apprehen-sive because new things are always that way but I think that it was a wonderful thing,” said Potts. “We all had something new to learn. We moved out here and we

all had to learn together.” Potts described a day where she tried to count how many phone calls came in by using sticks to repre-sent each phone call. Potts said, “It was a total disas-ter!” Generations of kids change in behavior based on society and their “social norms” so Potts was able to see how that affected the students at Central. She said that she has seen citizenship and manners change in stu-dent behavior over the years, but the biggest change was the respect. She said the respect for older people and authori-ty has changed as well as the respect that students have for each other. But those things don’t stop Potts from speak-ing positively about Central. “We hear too many things about the negative and not the positive because we do have wonderful people here. I love it here,” said Potts. As for the staff, Potts has seen people with-draw their positions and oth-ers move up in theirs. “You [staff members] can never be replaced. Only things change, but the staff is won-derful. They wouldn’t be here if they didn’t want to be here,” said Potts.

Former Central York stu-dent holds an art exhibit in their apartment durng the First Friday of the

month in York City. Get information on where and when to attend on

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The Prowler StaffThe Prowler is published three times per semester by the students enrolled in Journalism I and II at Central York High School, located on 601 Mundis Mill Road, York, PA. The views expressed on the opinion pages represent those of the bylined writer and not necessarily those of the entire Prowler staff.

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by Morgen SnowadzkyCO-NEWS EDITOR

College campuses have become a dangerous place for women. Acquaintance rape, or sexual assault by some-one the victim knows, is becoming increasingly com-mon with about one out of every six college women

being a victim of rape, and 80 percent of these women knew their attacker, accord-ing to the Wisconsin Univer-sity Alcohol and Other Drug Education program. Most of these at-tackers will never be pun-ished because less than two percent of women will go to the police to report this di-sastrous crime, according to the National Center for Vic-tims of Crime. Also, some police are reluctant to pursue these cases because of all the blur-ry lines involved in prosecut-ing an acquaintance rapist. Most of these vic-tims will struggle with psy-chological problems includ-ing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. People see that

all men take advantage of women in compromising situations. The fact is that, on a lower scale, it’s true. Some men feel entitled to a woman’s body, other’s find it completely unacceptable. But for whatever reason it may be, it is supported by society. However, men should not feel more power-ful than women even if they are physically stronger. All human beings should treat each other with similar respect for one an-other’s bodies. Ideas like this are the foundation for rape. It is not the vic-tim’s responsibility to pre-vent rape. If someone steals my purse is it my fault for not holding onto it tight

enough? Men should not get off the hook because women shouldn’t be out alone or they shouldn’t lead men on, or anything else women are supposed to do to prevent their attack. I, in agreement with the US Department of Jus-tice, believe the most impor-tant step to take is educating men prior to their freshman year of college, which is when the crime is most com-mon. A campaign by the Men Can Stop Rape Orga-nization called the “Strength Campaign,” is promoting a new type of masculinity. They want men to be comfortable with a less violent standard of man-hood.

The only way to re-duce rape is for men to stand up against it. The posters from the Strength Campaign de-pict couples and men with text reading “My strength is not for hurting” and “So when she was drunk, I backed off” and “So when she said no, I said OK.” These are the things men should be thinking, not “I’m stronger, so I do as I please.” So this is a call to all real men, to step up and lead by an example. Don’t perpetu-ate out-of-date standards of masculinity. Support your peers in condemning such actions, and respect your partner’s wishes.

RightsBill of1st Amendment Rights:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Freedom of Speech is in question with...Westboro Baptist Church

P.A Teacher, Natalie Munroe

Is free speech a double-edged sword?

In the United States, one of our basic rights as human beings is the freedom of speech. But sometimes there are shades of grey and areas where it is hard to judge and access our rights. There are two main hot topics that are happening

right here in Pennsylvania. One is with a teach-er making rude comments about her students, another is with a church disturbing a funeral. Here is a little background of what is going on… In Feasterville, Pa. debate rages with a teacher at Central Bucks East High School. Natalie Munroe, who is high school English, teacher created a blog. She originally cre-ated the blog just for friends and family, only using her first name. But soon her blog was reported to the school. She wrote comments on

how “lazy” and “out of con-trol” her students were. Mu-nroe even commented on her blog, “Kids! They are dis-obedient, disrespectful oafs. Noisy, crazy, sloppy, lazy, LOAFERS.” She was suspended from the school with pay. The debate however is how far is too far for teachers to go online? We can agree that this was unprofessional for a teacher’s standards, but is her punishment from the school infringing on her freedom of speech? Let’s look on the flipside. Freedom of speech can be a double-edged sword.

We want our rights to allow us to say what we think. But what if our freedom of speech is mis-used in a heartbreaking and hurtful way? Should those peo-ple be allowed to speak their minds despite how hurtful the outcome may be? In recent events, The Westboro Baptist Church just won favor in the Supreme Court ruling. Five years ago, Matthew Snyder was sent home to be laid to rest. He was a Lance Corporal in the Marines and died from a non-combatvehicle-related accident.

His family, griev-ing for their loss wanted to give him a proper burial. The Westboro Baptist Church targeted the Snyder family and began to protest at the family’s funeral. Signs of hate and disrespect were held against the Marines and the family. As sickening as this story is, their freedom of speech was, infact, pro-tected. Our First Amend-ment Rights are some of America’s most cherished values. So the question is, by punishing these people are we too taking away their First Amendment Rights?

Opinions of Blogging Teacher Opinions of Westboro Baptist

Steph Oelrich, Senior If I was at the funeral I know that I would have been livid at the protestors. It is horribly disrespectful and hurtful. But on the other hand, we do have to protect our right to Freedom of Speech. If the Supreme Court would have given their ruling to Al Snyder then they could rule against any Freedom of Speech. It is one of our constitutional rights. But I do think that there should be a line drawn between peaceful protest and brutal pro-test. People should not have a right to say the horrible things they said, especially at a funeral.

Teal Surgenor, Senior If that was my family member’s funeral, or even anyone that I was close with I would feel very up-set and would want the protestors to be sued also. I feel that the Westboro Baptist protestors were disrespectful, and by going to a funeral where there are people who are mourning and already upset enough, they crossed a line. Freedom of Speech is a right that we have but it should only be taken so far and not abused.

Paige Benjamin, Junior I think that teachers are definitely role models and throwing obnoxious hissy-fits through the Internet is ludicrous. For one thing, if she is having problems to be-gin with, she obviously lacks quality teaching skills. We don’t have these types of problems in our school. Why? Because the teachers here actually know how to instruct students and control a class. Secondly, she’s the one who CHOSE this profession in the first place. If it’s that much of a burden to her, newsflash; get a new job. Thirdly, if she really feels the need to rant about the problems in her life (that she technically signed up for in the first place) then she can act like most respectable human being and write it in a journal where her ignorant comments won’t cause commotion.

Abbey Miklitsch, Junior I think that the teacher was well within her rights for what she said. Yes, I think that it could very easily offend students. However, I don’t think that turning a blind eye to the subject is the correct thing to do. Pretending that this isn’t an issue and tip-toe-ing around people’s feelings isn’t going to help. The teacher did not intend for her blog to get blown up to the media/students/school. It was a way for her to complain. That’s completely within her rights.

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Parenting is a touchy subject, because there are parents who will punish their children without a second thought. But then again, there are those who think a 30-second time-out is harsh enough. But how would you like to have a tiger mother? Released in mid-

January, The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is the memoir of how one woman decided to raise her two daughters, Lulu and Sophia. This woman, Amy Chua, describes herself to be a strict, Chinese, “Tiger Mother.” A few of the things her daughters were not al-lowed to do include the fol-lowing; having play dates, watching TV, choosing their own extracurricular activi-ties, getting any grade less than an A, or playing any in-strument other than piano or violin. The list goes on. At one point, she even forced her seven-year-old daughter to practice pi-ano for hours without water or bathroom breaks. When hearing about Chua’s parenting tactics, mothers and psychiatrists internationally pounced on Chua about her “cruel and abusive” ways. In her book, Amy Chua has essentially taken a

Are the ways of the ‘Tiger Mother’ better?

Editor Note: This opinion of “Tiger Mother” does not represent the views of the editors or Prowler staff.

shot directly at the hearts of the cuddling, “Western” par-ents. She announced that they have raised their children to be weak and overprotected. It is an under-statement to say Amy Chua is an example of what we call an extreme parent. Personally, I findmyself slightly afraid of Chua, especially after read-ing her, Why Chinese Moth-ers Are Superior article in the Wall Street Journal. However, as much as I hate to admit it, I totally understand her. I am scared of her but I also respect her. As a matter of fact, Amy Chua has the right idea; maybe other mothers could learn from her. (Of course, I can assure you that my Chinese mother had allowed me the privilege of bathroom breaks when I practiced violin as a fifthgrader.) Despite that, Chua is admirable. She had the

guts to do what other parents can only wish for: teaching respect and perseverance. To take it a step further, Chua went right on ahead and published a book about it. One of the key aspects of “Tiger Mother” parenting is complete re-spect, according to Chua. “I was raised never talking back to my parents,” Chua said in an inteview with Time. How can we criti-cize a woman for disciplin-ing her kids to respect her? Clearly, this is a book that other mothers could learn from. I think it’s sad to see somebody settle for me-diocre when they have the ability to reach way beyond that. Especially, when it comes to your kids. For example, a young Sophia came home to inform her mother that she had placed second in a math competition at school.

As you can imag-ine, Chua would not tolerate this. So, Chua created a bunch of practice tests and ordered Sophia to complete 2,000 practice problems ev-ery night for a week. Racing against the stopwatch, Sophia im-proved. Chua knew her daughter was capable of more than second place, and because of their mother, Lulu and Sophia realized they were, too. Now, the two regularly win math com-petitions, simply because of determination.“It might sound harsh, but kids shouldn’t really be able to take the easy way out,” Chua explained. I commend her for enlightening her daughters; it is not something easily passed on. Both, Sophia and Lulu have admitted to be-planning to use the same strict tactics when they raise

by Amanda Chen GUEST WRITER

their kids. Plus, the two girls have been supportive of their mother through the whole media frenzy. Even Chua’s daughters are grateful for how they have been pushed into success, so why are the critics so hysterical over Chua? Chua is not even fully Chinese. Her parents immigrated from the Philip-pines. However, the idea that Mrs. Amy Chua pres-ents is priceless, and that is why I support her. All this woman did was raise respectful, genius, hard working children. So, were all those hours of piano practice, math problems, and school-work a recipe for raising an emotionally disturbed child? No, they were hours of piano practice, math prob-lems, schoolwork, and a re-minder that hard work gets one far.

Voices on the Wall Post

Taylor Pendergast, Senior

“Technology has a lot ofbenefitsthatweusein our society in every-day life. But it hurts our social skills and meeting with people face to face.”

What do you think of technology and do you think it has benefited or hurt this generation?Mariah Dowdy, Senior“Technologyhasbenefited

the society because with out it we would not have the

ability to communicate with each other. Technology also helps with emergencies and

education.”

Matt Stanley, Senior “Both. Technology has

boosted are society into a new generation, making

life easier. But it has made Americans lazy and web-

sites like Facebook run kid’s lives.”

This Generation and the Technology Battle

FACEBOOK CHAT

(Corinne) I don’t understand what you mean. Technology is a great advantage. Sure our social life has changed but I have news for u… It changes every generation and this is no different. Teenagers have to adapt. Even our skool is encouraging us 2 use computers because in the real world it’s all about technology and our skills.

(Corinne) This is very true but the Internet has connected the world together. U can talk to anyone from Kentucky to all the way to France. It’s a great way to connect people. It also empowers freedom of speech. Not everyone is as blessed with freedom to talk and express their opinions about government or problems w/ in their country. With the Internet and technology they r given those freedoms bak. Just look at Egypt, their revolution has started because of social networking outlets. :P

(Wareesha) I know what u r trying to say about us using technology for our skoolwork. Butdon’tuthinkthatitistechnologythatmakesuslazy?Havingeverythingatourfinger-tips is a disadvantage! Nobody goes to the library anymore. And you don’t even know if that information is reliable or not. Anybody can make a website and post whatever infor-mation they want on their page.

(Wareesha) FREEDOM OF SPEEECH??!? What are you talking about? Is that freedom of speech that allows us to bully ppl and gossip about them? We don’t even have the guts to stand up to ppl! And the whole idea of “No regulation” gets us nowhere! If there is no one on these social networking websites who can regulate the type of content we post, then there will be a time when there is no DECENCY in our society! =(

(Corinne) Slow it down gurl. Last time I checked we r talking on Facebook haha.You have a valid point that ppl do bully on the Internet. But they are cowards and we can’t control that. Just like any form of bullying its just as hurtful online as it is to face to face. But at least online you don’t have to look at it if u don’t want to. But in today’s world truth of the matter is we will always have technology and w/ out it, you might as well be living in the stone-age.

(Wareesha)… Don’t you think that people are using technology too much these days? I use my computer 24/7 for everything ranging from school work to just talking to people. I think people don’t even wanna talk face to face anymore. We’re all too busy with everything. I mean look at you! I can’t even get you 2 talk 2 me face 2 face. We are always on Facebook.

But you know what? This is pointless…WE SHOULD JUST ASK CENTRAL WHAT THEY

THINK!<3=)

Julia Ochiobi, Junior“Technology is some-

thing that has both helped and hurt our society

today. It has made life easier but at the same

time, I feel as though it has made our generation

dumber.”

Jeremy Pagano, Senior“I think it is a little bit of both. It made our genera-tion faster and easier but we are consumed by it.”

Austin Allison, Senior“I believe it is good for our generation, we grew up with it. Technology

has helped in the medical fieldandgaveusadvanc-es. But we are also hurt by it because we are too

dependent on it.”

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Who are scholarships for?

Scholarships are mainly based towards seniors, but every now and then some are

offered to juniors like the Junior Miss Scholarship.

Central has a weatherman

by Abbey Miklitsch

STAFF WRITER

i n -terest in meteo-

rology since he was little. Calhoun explained how he frequently traveled from Philadelphia to New Jersey with his father to go fishing, and began to take an inter-est in the differences of the weather. Calhoun recalls, “Just wanting and trying to understand what was going on.” Where Mazurek currently considers the worst part of meteorology to be the “late nights” in-volved when waiting up for a storm, Calhoun says the worst part is being in the “scrutiny” of the public eye. “If you’re the least bit off, people will be sure to let you know,” said Calhoun. “What I’m re-ally doing,” Calhoun

c i a l l y when there’s a storm looming on the horizon. Mazurek explained why he chose Facebook as his tool of choice. “I just thought one day, I’m going to try this and see what hap-pens,” Mazurek said. The popularity of his page began to grow as his weather predictions started to become more and more accurate. “Sometimes I nail it, sometimes I don’t. It’s a risk I’m willing to take because it’s pushing me a step closer to where I want to be,” he explained. Mazurek said that he hopes to continue pursu-ing his love of meteorology in college and later on into a career, much like WGAL’s chief meteorologist Joe Cal-

houn. Calhoun, like

Mazurek, has shared an

draw his pre-

dictions. These community shared

tools show different weath-er pattern statistics, dew points, temperatures, and more. Mazurek explained that he spends time watch-ing and studying these mod-els, and making sure to look at as many as possible. He then averages the numbers together and looks for a me-dian number. From there, he’ll begin to predict what he thinks is going to hap-pen. Recently, Ma-zurek’s Facebook page has been transitioning into a broadcasting tool. With the winter season underway, Mazurek up- dates his page dai- l y , espe-

said, “is giv-ing you my opinion of what I think is going to happen. It’s hard to consider meteorology an ex-act science.” Calhoun went on to explain: “I’m never actually wrong, just sometimes not com-pletely right.” In regards to Punx-sutawney Phil’s prediction, Mazurek said he still expects a few storms before the end of the season. However Calhoun disagreed. He claimed that spring may not be that far away, saying that, “The groundhog has a pretty good handle of what’s going to happen.”

f o r weather since

first grade. “It’s always been something that’s interested me,” he said. He explained when growing up he loved looking out the windows and trying to figure out what was happening outside. “As I got older I started making my own predictions,” said Mazurek. Lately, Mazurek has be-gun forecasting his winter weather predictions on his own Facebook. Mazurek uses a wide range of weather mod-els to

P u n x -sutawney Phil’s

prediction on Groundhog Day this

year was that we would be experiencing an early spring. Junior, Adam Ma-

zurek stated, “The ground-hog is wrong.” Accourding to Mazurek an early spring would not be happening. But WGAL’s Joe Calhoun, predicted an early spring. Now currently 17

years-old, Mazurek said he’s had

a passion

What’s the best way to get scholarships outside of school?

“If your parents are mem-bers of private organizations outside of school like sorori-ties or fraternities, you could

apply to them.” -Shirley Shue

1 Pick up the gold packet of scholarships in the guidance office, read over them and decide which ones apply to you and your major

2 In the gold packet, under the “Offered By” column, there are links on some of the scholarships but under some, is just the name of the scholar-ship. If there is no link, this means that the guidance office has the required packet for that given scholarship and you must pick it up from guidance if you wish to apply for it

3 Once you’ve applied online or from a packet from the guidance office, fill out the “Scholarship Checklist” form (gold) and give it to the guidance secretaries

Steps to applying for scholarships

4 Allow 10 schools days for processing in the mail and for guidance to look over them, and your transcripts will be mailed with the scholarship application

Advice for scholarship seekers at Central?

“Try for the local scholarships. Stick to local because you don’t have as many students/ people to

compete with.” -Shirley Shue

How do you find out if you’ve gotten a

scholarship?

It depends on the scholarship and when the organization you ap-

plied for reads them. Some from the school aren’t given until the

academic awards assembly.

Monday3/21/11

Upper 50s to lower 60s

Friday3/25/11

Spring-like temperatures

50s to 60s

Tuesday3/22/11

Upper 50s to lower 60s

*possible rain

Band members (from left to right) Alex Taylor, Nick Taylor, Zoey Doyle, Nate Cozzi and Dorian Campisi stand together after a performance. (Courtesy photo of Zoey Doyle).

Four seniors and one junior make up this Central band. Their plans to make it big started in the spring of 2009. Band members in-clude Zoey Doyle as lead singer, Alex Taylor on lead guitar, Nate Cozzi on rhythm guitar, Dorian Campisi on bass and Nick Taylor on drums. Hope Lies Beneath has been together since the spring of 2009, and they plan to make it big. The band’s story begins all the way back in middle school with senior twins, Alex and Nick Taylor. Both of the Taylors learned how to play the drums. However, Alex decided to pursue the gui-tar and taught himself how to play while his brother, Nick experimented with the drums. Prior to Hope Lies Beneath, Alex and Nick played together in several bands during 2007-2009. Those bands did not last but fired their passion for music more. Alex said, “The older I got the more mature we got with music and the band itself.” Soon after, Hope Lies Beneath emerged. The inspiration behind the name of the band is a story within itself.

“The name has a meaning. Everything we do as a band has hope lying beneath it,” said Doyle. “When the band got together we really had an instant click.” Having a click is

something of an importance, Doyle and Alex empha-sized. Alex said, “Getting the band started was a long process. It was a mixture of excitement then laziness kicked in.” It’s hard to keep the motivation going. There are relationships, school and

college in the way.” Each band member gives a little personality to the band, Alex and Doyle said jokingly. Nate is de-scribed as the creative one, Nick is the humor and heart of lyrics, Dorian is the spunk

and Alex is the motivation for the group. Zoey, however, is described as the “mom” of the group. “She is the mom-ma of the band and keeps us all on track,” said Alex. Doyle said Alex was her inspiration for join-ing the group. Her passion for

singing started when she was young. “Since I could talk, I’ve been singing,” she said. Doyle opens up about the band’s first song called, “You Killed Me”. Zoey and Nick de-

scribe the song as emotional and write most of the lyrics for the band. “Every song we do has feeling and emo-tion put into them,” Doyle said Beyond Cen-tral York High School, the band plans to pursue their dreams. The band is current-

ly in the process of making a demo CD and finishing up their album called “Found My Way. “ They also have plans to make a music video this coming spring. Doyle said, “Five

years from now we will be touring and living together for some period of time. Even if we don’t make it big, we will always be making music and will keep going.” “I would call us a heavy, alternative rock group.”

Wednesday3/23/11

rain shower50s to 60s

Thursday3/24/11

50s to 60s

*Note- A possible cold pattern will occur at the end of March or early April. However, there will be no snow until next winter.

5THE PROWLER FEATUR

ESBody image and teens: Effects and perspectivesby Morgen SnowadzkyCO-NEWS EDITOR

Photo shoot promotes positive body image by Morgen SnowadzkyCO-NEWS EDITOR

Delise gives male perspective on being healthy, staying in shape

by Morgen SnowadzkyCO-NEWS EDITOR

Voice of Central says goodbyeContinued from from page 1

At the end of the day, Potts enjoyed being around the people of Cen-tral. “I looked forward to coming to school every day,” Potts said. “I really miss the people. They’ve always been positive. There never has been anything negative. There are always things to work out.” The staff showed their appreciation towards Potts and discussed memora-ble moments with her but she said she doesn’t know which one was her favorite.“There were so many. I think it would be unfair to say only one thing,” said Potts. The topic of con-

versation in the main office was about how Potts has been shoveling snow since her retirement. But when it comes to the remainder of her re-tirement she said she has a “yearn to learn.” She plans to become more engrossed in English, history and lit-erature since she has always shown interest in those sub-jects. The woman who wants to be remembered for being “just a nice person” also plans to have more fam-ily time. Julie Schissler is one of Potts’ former co-workers and a personal

friend. “She made it [work-ing] a lot more fun. She has a great sense of humor,” said Schissler. Potts used to take attendance as well, so she has learned a lot from her. Schissler said she’s go-ing to miss Potts’ voice on the phone, her smile and her sense of humor. As a friend of Potts’ she plans to shop and to go to lunch with her. Schissler and Potts have worked to-gether for seven years. Before Schissler started working in the office she met Potts and she said she was very kind and un-derstanding. “She gave me confidence to do my job.”

Senior overcomes eating disorder, continues to progress

The men of MTV’s hit show Jersey Shore are often shown working out, talking about working out, or talking about the results from their visits to the gym. “It’s just my choice. I look back from where I came from, now I know my standards and where I want to be,” said senior Joe Del-ise, who spends six days a week at the gym. He continued to explain that he was the “fat kid” in middle school and had started working out his freshman year. “A girl expects a guy to have abs, be cut, in shape. They don’t like guys that look like they eat all the

time, especially when sum-mer comes around,” said Delise. “Nobody turns twice to look at the fat guy except to laugh at him.” Delise admits to males being susceptible to the pressures of the media. He says that both girls and guys are looking for attention from the op-posite gender, and this mo-tivates them to lose weight because in the end “it’s an image thing.” “People don’t real-ize how much effort some people put into going to the gym,” said Delise. Gym teacher Gary Lang played a major role in Delise’s dedication to physi-cal fitness.“A person should always be satisfied with who

they are. But with that said they should also be aware of keeping their bodies healthy. One indicator of that is what is seen in the mirror. The problem is when it is taken to an obsession,” said Lang. Lang emphasizes the importance of losing weight the correct way and that it should be for your-self. Exercise and eating a diet of lean meats, fruits and vegetables is especially im-portant in doing this, advises Lang. “Start by being proud of themselves, and if they [guys] are unsatisfied, then take the steps to make a change. It’s hard work to ex-ercise and be fit. If it wasn’t, then everyone would be in great shape,” said Lang.

Joe Delise lifts in the weightroom. (Borrowed photo by JoeDelise).

A blog called The Skinny City on the popular blog site Tumblr stated an anonymous young girl de-sires to be “so skinny that her hip bones hurt when she hugs people.” She calls the things she posts “thin-spirational” and wants them to encourage girls to get skinny. This blog is just one of many examples of negative body image pro-motion. It is one thing to say there is a lack of positive examples for teenage female body image: two junior girls at Central are becoming the solution to this problem. The media is com-monly blamed for these problems so Paige Knapp and Kelsey Kierce have de-cided to become the media to counteract the negativity. Knapp and Kierce

are holding a photo shoot to which they invite all young girls in the area. The pho-tos from this project will go towards the girls’ “What is Beauty?” campaign, which will include the photos in some sort of visual ad. In addition to the final product, the girls think that being the subject of a photo is good for self-es-teem. “I think it’s really important for girls, and the friends who they surround themselves with, to boost each other up,” said Knapp. She believes that girls can and should be proactive in boosting their own and each other’s self-esteem. Knapp discussed her experiences with learn-ing to accept her own body type. She said she now

understands she cannot “stretch” herself into an-other shape, and she’s proud of who she is. “For girls, pressure comes from a lack of confidence partnered with everything around them.Maybe they have a friend, actress, even parents that pressure them,” said Kierce who repeatedly emphasized the unrealistic images that girls are bombarded with on a regular basis. For example, she sees the images of couples in magazines where the men have an athletic body type and women are tiny as un-realistic. “Come have all the attention on you. It’ll be a ballin’ time!” said Knapp. The event is planned for Saturday, April 2 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at John Rudy Park. More information is accessible on the Facebook event page.

Senior Stacie Freed-man sits down on a stool and attempts to lay her hands on her lap or on the table, look-ing for a comfortable posi-tion in which to remain. She is wearing jeans, something she would have never worn in years past. To wear pants made of denim instead of sweat-pants, is something that may seem habitual to other girls, but to Freedman it’s a tri-umph. After struggling with her eating disorder for the last four years, getting help at Hershey Medical for the last two years, and com-

pleting treatment at Rose-wood Ranch in Arizona for the past month, Freedman has returned to school to complete her senior year. Freedman’s story begins with her as a fresh-man girl who just wants to be the best athlete she can and be healthy. Over time, she be-came obsessive about what she ate and how much she ran, eventually restricting her diet to fruits and vegeta-bles and running ten miles a day. Freedman made the decision to quit playing field hockey and start running cross-country when things changed. “I fell in love with

it. I learned there was more to running than restricting my weight,” said Freedman.

Running developed into a passion for her, it was also through this sport that she met Coach Lara Bushey who approached Stacie about her weight and supported her receiving treatment. “I am realizing I can do so many other things, I can run without getting tired, or take a walk, or hang-out with my friends without

worrying about them judg-ing me,” said Freedman. Freedman ex-plained that most of her pressure came from herself. Other norms are newly enjoyable experienc-es to Freedman, who called to mind a time while in treat-ment when they ordered ice cream cake, which she said she would never have done. Another thing she feels she missed out on throughout her high school experience is relationships with friends and the memo-ries she would have made. She is excited to be back at school and said, “It’s nice actually talking to them [friends] at lunch instead of focusing on the food. It

shouldn’t be a taboo subject. If one person talks about it others will come forward.” This is one thing her treatment center empha-sized. She has learned to take compliments and to give compliments to perpet-uate positive body image. The amount of guys in treatment surprised Freed-man, but she said, “They are human beings too. They have the same pressures we have, even if they may not be from the same things.” She explained that there is no reason to be em-barrassed about getting treat-ment, and that talking about it shouldn’t be “taboo.”

Eating DisorDEr stats anD info

~ Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents~ 95 percent of those who have eating disorders are be-tween the ages of 12 and 25~ An estimated 10 to 15 per-cent of people with anorexia or bulimia are male~ Among gay men, nearly 14 percent appeared to suf-fer from bulimia and over 20 percent appeared to be anorexic*Information provided by the Na-tional Association of Anorexia Ner-vosa and Associated DisordersIf you or anyone you know is suffering from an eating disorder contact the follow-

ing:National Eating Disorders As-sociation – 800-931-2237

National Association of An-orexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) – 874-831-3438

Eating Disorders Hotline – 800-448-4663

The Body Image Therapy Cen-ter – 443-602-6515

Philhaven – 717-273-8871

Joyce Potts (center) talks to Julie Schissler (left) and Carol Brenaman (right) about having to shovel snow during her retirement. (Photo by Danae Taylor, ASST-FEATURES EDITOR)

(Graphic by Morgen Snowadzky, CO-NEWS EDITOR)

“If one person talks about it others will

come forward.”~Stacie Freedman

Say hello to Central’s newest secretariesWendy Holder:~ At Central since November 2010.

~ Taking over for Heather Wisner.

~ Previously worked for Manchester Industries as a service operations man-ager.

~ Hasn’t worked for any oth-er schools.

~ First impression: “It was a big beautiful school and I was amazed at the amount of students here.”

Jill Villarreal:~ At Central since November 2010.

~ Previously worked for Or-thopedic & Spine Specialists (OSS) as a secretary for an orthopedic sports medicine doctor.

~ Hasn’t worked for any oth-er schools.

~ First impression: “It’s my alma mater.”

6 CENTRAL YORK HIGH SCHOOL

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by Alex StricklerSTAFF WRITER

Cappella’s columnby Chris CappellaSPORTS EDITOR

Another season of winter sports has come and gone again, but not without the usual success that Cen-tral brings during the season. This column will recap all of the teams and individuals who made the postseason for their sports. To begin with, con-gratulations to the Central hockey team for winning the Bears Cup by defeating Central Dauphin 4-2 in the championship game. Ac-cording to senior Brendan McWilliams, Central is the first York County team to win the Bears Cup. This is also Central’s first tier one CPIHL championship. Although Central had a very successful regular season, it took a long road to the championship game. Central, after a 16-2 regular season record, was upset in the first round of the playoffs by Dallastown. They then went on to win three games in a row to reach the finals, which included a 6-3 win against Dallastown in the consolation quarterfinals. In the champion-ship game, junior Kenny Gross stole the show. Dur-ing the season, Gross was the teams playmaker leading the team with 29 goals and 42 points total. He didn’t disappoint in the champion-ship game either, recording a hat trick midway through the second period. The boys lost their first state tournament game to Boyerstown 5-0. The basketball team capped off another success-ful year under second year coach Marty Hassenfus. The boys nearly upset district champions William Penn in the County semifinals and lost their opening round dis-trict game by only one point to Lebanon. Senior Ricky Mosley had an outstand-ing year leading the team in points. Central swimmers had incredible years in the pool, congratulations to Jade Arganbright, Alison Bie-ber, Theresa Burgess, Evan Fisher, John Ingari, Allison Jacobs, Madi Luckenbaugh, Brent Mayne, Jake Snook, and Corey Wendt for making it to Districts. Arganbright, a sophomore, narrowly missed medaling when she tied for ninth in the 50 freestyle. In wrestling, Jacob English is the only grappler to make the state tourna-ment, placing second in the 160 pound weight class for districts. He is one of four wrestlers who made it to the district meet, all of which were seniors. Matt Newman, Chris Cappella, and Andrew Wesner also made it to the district tournament. Wesner (135) placed fourth.

Of the last half cen-tury, this is the season that will most likely be remem-bered. This is the season that will most likely be solidified in the history books. This season is the first time ever in Central York history that the wrestling team made team districts. Central York has had a wrestling program since the 1960s and the 2010-2011 team has pro-duced the best record thus far. “That (making districts) was our goal going into the season,” said senior wrestler Andrew Wesner, 18. Wesner ended his regular season with a record of 23-4. Wesner has been wrestling for 11 years prior to this season and many of those years have been with the senior wrestlers on this year’s team. “We grew up to-gether. We all came through the elementary program. We have been wrestling for a long time together,” said Wesner. This was the first year that they have had a winning season. “Everyone came together as a team ... everyone stepped up,” says Wesner. Over half the team were seniors this year. Freshman wrestler Sam Butler, 14, also felt the strong senior presence. “All of the seniors were captains,”

said Butler who finished his regular season with a 22-6 record. The wrestlers credit Central York High School Head Coach Fred DeLuca with bringing the team close together and preparing them for their season. DeLuca or-ganized and took the team to many tournaments, camps and off-season workouts. “It builds team unity,” said Wesner. Central’s wrestlers also participated in the Wolf-pack Wrestling Club, which allows York County wres-tlers to workout together. “I think coach brings a tough-ness to the team that we have been missing. You aren’t go-ing to mess around with him, but he is fun too,” said But-ler. This is DeLuca’s second year at Central. “He is on top of his stuff; he knows a lot about wres-tling and about being a good team,” said Wesner. His staff is good as well, according to the wrestlers. DeLuca’s son, a wrestler at the University of North Carolina, worked out with the team and also taught them technical moves. The road to dis-tricts was not one without a “rollercoaster” of emo-tions. The team lost by one point to Dallastown and then won their last match against Northeastern by a small mar-

gain. The team was uncer-tain of their fate after their last match. “We found out we made it to team districts the Saturday night after we beat Northeastern, it was released at midnight and our coach texted everyone saying, ‘We just made it.’” The team was together when they found out. “Everyone was scream-ing and laughing; Dylan Or-wig cried,” said Butler. “It felt great to reach team districts and know that we made history as the first team from Central to do it,”

said Wesner. The team headed to sectionals February 19. The team had one sectional champion with Matt New-man at 140 pounds. Andrew Wesner (135) and Chris Cap-pella (145) both placed sec-ond and Jacob English (160) placed third, all advancing to districts. The District tourna-ment featured Jacob English placing second and advanc-ing to states. Wesner placed fourth in his weight class, barely missing states. With such a high

population of seniors, the wrestling team is looking at rebuilding next year, said Butler. He thinks that by the time the underclassmen are upperclassmen they will be major competitors for districts again. “In the next couple of years they will be really good because Coach (De-Luca) is good,” said Wesner. “I think it is great (making districts) and sets the standards for the other teams to step up and do bet-ter,” said Wesner.

Voices in the HallWhat is your favorite Central sporting event to attend?

Lacrosse attracting startersby Chris CappellaSPORTS EDITOR

“I think it’ll be a really cool sport... I really

enjoyed the individual sports but it’s going to be nice to be on a team that plays for a specific time rather than finish-

ing as soon as pos-sible.”

~Allison Jacobs

“Football because it is inter-esting to watch but even if you don’t like football, you can still go to hang out with

friends.”~Dylan Deleon, 12

“Football because you can show the most school spirit and they’re the most fun.”~ Erica Evanitus, Angela Delise, Julia Learmonth,

Kelsi Flinchbaugh, 9

Bushey comes back to rootsby Addy PetersonEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

As an alumna of Central York High School, Lara Bushey said when she graduated, she didn’t expect to be back at her alma mat-er. Bushey has been at Central York High School since the Fall of 2008, teach-ing health classes. “I taught at Central for about a year when coach Detwiler invited me to help out with track,” she explained. Bushey’s first official season of coaching the track team was in 2009 and then continued that fall with cross country. Back when Bushey was in high school, she was a “year-round student ath-lete.” With cross country training, volleyball, basket-ball, and track, she said she was very busy working hard academically and improving on all of her sports. “I ran track three years in high school,” she said. Bushey said how she always had a love for volleyball and running. “I had always been told I was a good runner, so I decided in college to focus my attention on cross coun-try and track instead,” said Bushey. “My events were the 400, 4x4 relay, the 800, the 4x8 relay, the mile and two mile,” she said. “But I

really truly focused on the 800 and 4x8 relay.” In college, Bushey became an 800 and 1500 runner. She said that her track teammates were more of her family than anything else. “You were all dedi-cated to the same sport. You were not competing against your teammates,” she said. “It was definitely a little family atmosphere.” After graduating from Central, Bushey at-tended Gettysburg College for four years. Bushey was named a captain for her se-nior year of college cross country. “That’s something that I’m very proud of,” Bushey said. Coming out of Gettysburg with a major in Health and Exercise Sci ence, Bushey said that she wanted to bring her passion for health, cross country, and track to others. Bushey said that some people just don’t un-derstand what would drive someone to want to run as a sport. She also explained that, more than anything else, track (and cross country) are both mentally challenging sports, not just physical. Junior Katie Crum said that she can “really see” Bushey’s passion for what she is doing. Having run cross country and track since

her freshman year, Crum said that Bushey has always helped out the runners during and after the season and has encouraged them to “keep trying.” “She is always there to encourage me and to keep me going,” Crum said. “She taught me that in order to get better, I have to keep working on it.” With regard to how this coming track season will turn out, Bushey and Crum are both “looking forward to it.” Crum said that she plans on earning her sixth varsity letter and is “looking forward to my senior year so I can be senior captain and teach the younger runners what I know.” Bushey said she is also preparing for this spring season of track. “I’m really excited to see what these kids can put out there,” said Bushey. With the track and field season starting March 7, Bushey will provide spe-cific practices for her dis-tance runners. “It does take a lot of mental toughness to com-pete well in track,” Bushey said. “But when I start seeing my student athletes form those close friendships that I had in high school and college, it’s a wonderful thing. These friendships and life lessons make the hard-work worth it.”

Coach Fred Deluca (top, middle) led this years wrestling team (pictured) to the team dis-trict tournament. (Photo courtesy Angel Ford).

“Wrestling because it is the most suspenseful and everyone there can have a fun time rooting for us.”

~Brandon Topper, 12

Nearly five years ago, Sports Illustrated proclaimed la-crosse as the “fastest grow-ing sport in America”, and half a decade later, students at Central York are catching on. Central has had a school-sponsored program for only three years, but has had a club team for a much longer period. The boys team had about 45 players on its roster last year and the girls team had a little less than that, at approximately 40 players. Both teams had tough seasons last year fin-ishing with a below .500 winning percentage. Senior Allison Ja-cobs is one of many new athletes trying out for the girls lacrosse team this sea-son. Although she admits she doesn’t know what po-sition she wants to play or what role she may play on the team, she is “excited and nervous” for the season to begin. “I’m really nervous because I’ve never played before, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to pick it up quickly. My biggest goal is to make the starting roster by the end of the season.” Senior co-captain Jacki Belker has been play-ing lacrosse for five years

and has high expectations for this year’s squad. “We have a lot of new players who are there every day ready to run, will-ing to learn, and listen well. That’s different from past years. Also, I think this year the positive attitudes we have on the team is just what I believe will help us win games,” said Belker. Unlike Jacobs,

Belker has b e e n playing lacrosse since sixth grade. She said that she start-ed playing because it was al-ways one of her passions, a passion that she will be tak-ing to college next year. What Belker thinks makes lacrosse a unique and growing sport for teenagers is the lack of familiarity with the sport. “A lot of people are discouraged to go out for teams because a lot of the ‘competition’ is others who have played their whole life, and you can’t just go out for any sport. Where as lacrosse is such a new sport that its open to anybody and every-body feels that they can be apart of a team with out be-ing left out.” There is always a learning curve for all new players with any sport. Belk-er says the hardest part to learning the sport of lacrosse is trying to understand the game as a whole, from stick skills to learning the posi-tions. Belker said she feels it is the captain’s roles to try and be on the field coaches. The head coaches, according to Belker, can only teach you so much from the sideline, but when it comes to the game on the field, it is the captain’s responsibility to lead the team to success through learning from each other and working together. All athletes have different motives for trying new sports. Some may try to challenge the limits of their physical body, while oth-ers may simply play to be around friends. Jacobs had her own take: “I think it’ll be a really cool sport and I miss team sports; I’ve been run-ning and swimming every season. I really enjoyed the individual sports but it’s go-ing to be nice to be on a team that plays for a specific time rather than finishing as soon as possible.” For whatever the reasons may be, lacrosse seems to be a sport catching on around Central just like Sports Illustrated predicted five years ago.

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Winter Sports Recap

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Photos and information compiled by Addy Peterson, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. Photos taken and courtesy of Larry Jones.

Head Coach: Rick LefeverAssisted by: Coach Jolly, Coach Guinan, Coach Stroman, Coach Marchesani, and Coach TroupeRegular Season Record: 16-2Key Players: Cameron Swengel, Andrew Guinan, Brenden McWilliams and Tallen StromanHardships/ Challenges: “There was tough competition between Cumberland Valley and Central Daulphin and also having younger players without much experience,” said senior Andrew Guinan. *This year’s team is the only Central hockey team in history to advance to the Flyer’s State Cup Championship.

Hardships/ Chal-lenges: Some play-ers weren’t eligable to play in some important games. High expectations from the coaches and press made it difficult as well.Overcoming the Challenges: “They overcame them by stepping up their game and taking on more responsibil-ity,” said senior, Kyle Wisner. “They’re very tal-ented and have the potential to be very good next year.”

Ricky Mosley

Head Coach: Marty Hassenfaus and Asstisted by Coach Wis-ner, Coach Markle and Coach Sheiler.Regular Season Record: 14-7Key Players: Ricky Mosley, Kyle Wisner, Spencer Ortmyer and Jalil Ford.Biggest Rivals: William Penn (York High), Dallastown and West York

Megan Lundy

Head Coach: Fourth year coach Andrew StifflerSeason Record: 6-16Key Players: Top scorers of the season were Hayley Harrold and Heather Cunningham, with Megan Lundy and Sam Sweeney assist-ing on defense.Biggest Rivals: West YorkHardships/Challenges: With only two seniors this season (Kelsey Smith and Heather Cunningham), they struggled with having a young players. Though the team did not make it to Districts, they are confident that they will go further in the seasons to come. “This season we had some tough loses, but the team got along very well and we had a good sea-son,” said senior captain Heather Cunningham.

Girls’ Swimming

Boys’ Swimming

Head Coaches: Jason Miller and Sara WeberSeason Record: 5-3District Bond: Allison Jacobs, Alison Bieber, Amanda Goodling, Jade Arganbright, Theresa Burgess and Madi LuckenbaughHardships/Challenges: Losing two of their top swimmers early in the season, the girls team had to also deal with having young swim-mers and a new coaching staff. But, “The more meets that we com-pete in, the more closer the team is,” said junior Amanda Goodling.

Season Record: 6-2District Bond: Evan Fisher, Jake Snook, John Ingari, Brent Mayne and Corey WendtHardships they overcame: “Beating Dover. It started off kind of slow, but than Jason [Miller] gave us a pep talk. When we had a bad race, he talked to us and told us what we could do better,” said freshman Corey Wendt.

Tyler Whitecomb

Head Coach: Fred Deluca and asstisted by coaches Matt McGee, Jason Deluca, Mike Jury and Mark RobinsonRegular Season Record: 15-5Key Players: Andrew Wesner, Matt Newman, Jacob English and Sam But-lerBiggest Rivals: Dallastown and New OxfordHardships/ Challenges: Trying to break a barrier to get over the team be-ing inexperienced and making their weight class. We also had to overcome injuries, with one match having five players out. The team has already gone to Team Districts but had several that traveled further to individual Districts (Andrew Wesner, Matt Newman, Chris Cappella and Jake English)

Freshmen GirlsHead Coach: Randy Mumford and Jim ZitoRegular Season Record: 10-11Key Players: Mackenzie Windsor, Alexis Cash and Alexis Balanda (these three girls played both on the JV and Varsity basketball)Biggest Rivals: Red Lion, Spring Grove and DallastownHardships/Challenges: Some girls were absent for some of the practices so they had trouble learning some of the plays before games. Also, for the three girls that played on the varsity

DivingCoach: Greg SheiblyDivers: Nick Emery, Kelsey Ibarra, Kristin Lyons, Gabe Patil, Jesse Rich-ardson, Megan Rutter and Jenn Wenger.

Andrew Potter (left) and Cameron Swengel (right)

team, “We had to learn how to play on a higher level,” said fresh-man Mackenzie Windsor.Freshmen BoysHead Coach: Jeff LehighAsst. Coach: Mark Lentz Regular Season Record: 13-5Challenges: The team didn’t have every-one from last year because some of their top scorers moved up to junior varsity. “Other guys had to step up to the chal-lenge,” said freshman Tyler Wagner. What’s the team looking forward to for next year?: Getting better and com-tinuing to improve their skills against stronger competitors.

Coaches: Chris Detwiler and Lara BusheyWhat does indoor track entail?: Conditional drills and sets. “We were inside a lot because of the weather obviously, but the sprinting kids came with me and the distance kids worked with Coach Bushey some days,” said third year head coach, Chris Detwiler.Avaliable for grades: 10-12Participated at: Lebanon Valley College, Dickinson College and Franklin and Marshall CollegeCertain events: Sprinting events are short-er, the only throwing event is the shot put and the longest distance is the 3000 meter run.Key players: Semi Ibikunle qualified for the long jump at the State Championships and is qualified to go to Nationals. Sam Koimene, though out with an injury for most of the season, held the best 55 meter dash time for the boys at 6.86. Zach Rauch lead the boys’ distance team competing in the 3000 meter run and the disance medlay relay.What’s to come?: With the spring season under way, the team looks ahead into going against their first meet against South Western March 29. The annual White Rose Invitational will be held at the high school Saturday April 2 as well.

Kelly Williamson

Tyler Wagner

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Kyle Wisner and Wes Richardson are committed to playing college volleyball together.by Paige BenjaminSTAFF WRITER

Seniors Wes Richardson (left) and Kyle Wisner (right) go up to block a spike. (Borrowed photo).

Years ago, before they were over six feet tall, varsity volleyball players and the best of friends, Kyle Wisner and Wes Richardson had no idea that someday they would be scouted by re-cruiters to play college vol-leyball. “I picked up a vol-leyball and never thought of myself playing,” said Rich-ardson on his childhood ex-perience with the sport. Wisner agreed, noting how volleyball has changed his life substantially throughout his high school years. “Coach Livingston convinced me to play,” he said of head coach Brad Liv-ingston “We were the worst players on the team,” Wisner said, remembering his early volleyball days. Now, how-ever, there seems little ques-tion about the calculated strategy and fierce determi-nation that has gotten both teammates to where they are today. Wisner and Rich-ardson both plan to attend Stevenson University in the fall to play for the college volleyball team. In order to get to this point, though, both had to endure the rig-

orous practices, games, and tournaments for the past four years. In addition to these things, the time commitment can be another drawback that can make the sport some-times frustrating. However, the feeling of success and self-accomplishment, team bonding, and exciting cham-pionship games all make the journey worthwhile. One of the driving

forces behind their success is the support from their coach and mentor, Livingston. “When he says ‘Jump,’ we say, ‘How high?’” Richard-son said, confirming his loy-alty to his team and coach. The players say Livingston makes sure the team practices every day, goes to the gym and weight room, and stays dedicated throughout the entire sea-son.

Richardson said the key to success is “staying focused, the will to win, and an assas-sin’s mentality.” This is the attitude he and Wisner say they take every time they step on the court. This attitude is likely also what took the boys’ volleyball team to the District III Championship. “We won in three games; everybody celebrated on the court; it was pretty cool,”

Wisner said. Wisner also ex-plained that this day was one of his most defining volley-ball moments—giving him confidence and setting him up for success for the rest of the season. Richardson agreed, saying how it demonstrated that their team was a force to be reckoned with. “We’ve seen a lot of success,” he said. “I like the school team because we’re a well-known, good team.” Many agree there’s no arguing that the team is built on a foundation of raw talent and dedication. The results from these building blocks are easy to see. As for the future volleyball players out there, Richardson shares his own piece of advice. “For kids who want to play, come out and practice. It’ll be hard at first, but you will get bet-ter.” Perhaps the best way to sum up the boy’s volleyball team’s triumphs, players, qualities, and mis-sion can be done by one of Wisner’s favorite mottos that he uses to inspire him-self before a game: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”

Winter recapGathered by Chris CappellaSPORTS EDITOR

English brothers bring success to the mat

Central senior Jake English (left) celebrates after a win and his brother James (right) fo-cuses during a match. (Borrowed photos).

by Holly MichealsSTAFF WRITER

Many students know Jake English, a senior at Central York High School. But fewer people may know his brother, James English, the division-three wrestling champion of 2008 and the only district champion from Central. James and Jake English wrestled through-out their four years of high school, and both will wrestle at least another four. James has begun his college-wrestling career as a red-shirt sophomore at Penn State University. Jake said he plans to follow in his footsteps and wrestle at Messiah College next fall. James started wres-tling in first grade and Jake started while he was in kin-dergarten. “When I was little I always loved to kick butt and take names. Wres-tling has always been fun,” said Jake. The boys’ love for wrestling followed them through their high school ca-reers. Both agree their favorite part of wrestling is getting their hand raised af-ter winning a match and both have had a lot of experience with winning. During high school, James had a record of 150-29, the most wins in school history. He also earned third place at states

his senior year. “I think the suc-cess I had in high school was hard on Jake at first, but being the tough kid he was, he overcame this,” James said. “During Jake’s fresh-man year he wrestled varsity which is very hard to do,” James said. “Not having the same success he was used to was hard on Jake.” “During my fresh-man year, James told me he wished he wasn’t my brother because of the pressure it put on me,” Jake said. Jake’s ability to fo-cus on his own wrestling has likely led to his high school record of 77-42. He has won the team leadership award and was on the District III all-academic team. In his senior season, Jake placed third in the section and sec-ond in the district, earning him a spot in the state tour-nament. Jake will be attend-ing Messiah College next fall to major in youth minis-try and plans to wrestle. “I’m excited to wrestle on a team with Christian athletes. It will be easy to relate to them and improve myself in the sport. It’s going to be a lot of hard work and intense practices but hard work pays off,” he said. Hard work is no stranger to James and Jake. They both describe each

other as hardworking. “I think Jake is similar to me in the fact that he is a hard worker. He works hard in the classroom and the wrestling room,” James said. Jake feels the same way about his brother. “He’s crazy. He is the hardest worker I know, he’s real in-tense.” They both may be hard workers, but fel-low wrestler; Jimmy Dwyer talked about the two broth-ers: “Jake is more outgoing. James is the kind of guy that is mostly silent but when he says something it either makes a point or is hilari-ous.” However on a wres-tling mat Dwyer says, “They have very similar styles. They’re both kind of stiff and have extremely good technique.” James explains their differences when it comes to being a part of a team. “Jake is more of the type that leads through verbal communica-tion. He’s more of a funny easy going type of kid where I tend to be more serious.” Jake’s easy-going personality encourages James. “Jake encourages me to relax a little bit and have more fun.” Both brothers may wrestle at 157 pounds. “We could wrestle each other at an invitational.” Jake says, “But he would win.”

Spring sports look ahead...

BaseballHow they will be successful: If the core group of seniors play to their potential, a division title is within reach. All-county outfielder Austin Allison is looking to have a big year along with senior pitcher/first baseman Jeremy Pagano, shortstop Dan Royer, and junior utility player Travis Shafer.

SoftballHow they will be successful: Everyone knows about Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year Lauren Walker, but the talented supporting cast around her will also need to have a big year. This years team features just two seniors and three juniors so the underclassman are going to have to find their niche in the team if they want to reach a state appearance.

VolleyballHow they will be successful: The talent is clearly there on the defending District champions. Kyle Wis-ner, Wes Richardson, Paul Kuhn, and David Moler will all be playing college volleyball next year, but as for now they’re focused on not coming up short in the state tournament. “We need to have the younger guys step up and have the loudest fans at all the games,” said senior setter David Moler.

Boys LacrosseHow they will be successful: Senior midfielder Trent Landis said that in order for this team to improve from last year, they need work more as a team and play with a non-selfish attitude. If they can do that and stay focused through the season, they should be “just fine” according to Landis. Some other key players on the team include Johnny Myers, Nigel Leslie, Austin Wright, and Jimmy Dwyer.

by Chris CappellaSPORTS EDITOR

Girls LacrosseHow they will be successful: The girls lacrosse team is going to have to find a way to replace two York County all-stars, goalie Marissa Lawson and star cen-ter Jocelyn Hudson. Senior Jacki Belker is a returning York all-star and is someone to watch for this Spring.

TennisHow they will be successful: After losing their top two players from last year, Central needs the strong group of underclassmen to become immediate con-tributors. Look out for Matt Stanley, Ryan Keffer, and Anand Ganjam.

TrackHow they will be successful: The girls team will have to rely more on the sprinters and jumpers this season, while the guys need to stay healthy and get more points from their throwers. Look out for Semi Ibikunle, the Koimene brothers, Imandre Waugh, Khaddisha Arnold, Kadie Surgenor, Kelsey Ibarra, and Megan Lundy.

What was your favorite moment of the winter sports season?

“When Dylan Orwig won us the match against Northeast-ern and clinched us a spot into team districts.”~Matt Newman, 12

Wrestling

Hockey

“Winning the Bears Cup. It was an awesome experience because we had a lot of fans there, the old Hershey arena was a cool place, and the at-mosphere was amazing. It felt awesome lifting up the cup and celebrating on the ice.”~Andrew Guinan, 12

Basketball

“The bus rides to away games. Whether we were singing or rapping or danc-ing we were always having fun.”~Tremaine Bowman, 11

“Probably Austin Allison’s full court shot against Cum-berland Valley, it was cra-zy.”~Jalil Ford, 11

Swimming

“The Lyons-Lyons-Lyons-Michaels 200 freestyle relay, and the 10’2’’ tall snowman we built while waiting to go to the William Penn meet.”~Katie Lyons, 12

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Stilwell dances through junior year with easeby Kelsey FlinchbaughARTS EDITOR

Many high school students can only dream about studying abroad to pursue their hopes and aspi-rations. The passion may be there, but they may not make the first proactive step in the right direction. For junior, Gabi Stilwell, when the oppor-tunity to dance in Mexico arose, it was just too good to pass up. Stilwell arrived in Mexico January 16 and she will return after six months. The 17-year-old has been dancing since the age of three, and professionally dancing since the age of sev-en. Stilwell said that Central had only a minor role in her living in Mexico. Stilwell said, “My mom’s side of the family lives in Mexico. My grand-father was American and grandmother is Puerto Ri-

can. When my mom was six, they moved to Mexico. My aunt, who was a dancer, owns a large dance wear manufacturing com-pany, and she has stores in Guadalajara, where I’m liv-ing, in Mexico. Through her company, she has met a lot of really good teachers and dancers. She has really good connections here, so I started coming in the summers to train, and this summer, I de-cided that I wanted to come for a longer period of time.” For now, Central is allowing Stilwell to take classes through cyber school to keep up with her studies. “I’m taking regular school classes in the morn-ing, and then around 3p.m., I leave for ballet, and I’m usu-ally not home until around 10p.m.. Pretty much, it’s just ballet right now,” said Stilwell. Stilwell is taking ballet, contemporary, and

p.m. to midnight and that the water there isn’t even drink-able. Although in the stu-dio almost all day, Stilwell has still managed to make time to soak up the 70 de-gree weather and enjoy the time allotted to spend danc-ing with dance instructor Hector Hernandez, who has been teaching Stilwell since the age of eleven, and in-structor Ana Torquemada. Given the oppor-tunity to dance her way through junior year, Stilwell has been making the most out of her high school career, yet still misses a few things back home. “I miss my friends. I left the Sunday after finals, so I didn’t even get to say goodbye to everybody. I also miss my security blankets, a.k.a. my cell phone and Pandora Radio…I seriously went through withdraw. But I definitely don’t miss the weather,” said Stilwell.

hair or blue eyes, I have to wear sunglasses whenever I go out because people stare at me so much! Men are very honest; they will yell to a girl

that they think is pretty.” Stilwell also ex-plained that dinner is around 3p.m. and then they usually have “supper” around 11:30

jazz dance class, but has at least tried every genre of dance. She admits practices are grueling, but all the more worth it. “The practices are really intense. Most people don’t think that ballet is re-ally that difficult but it’s all about control and making all of the movements look easy and effortless. Classes are two hours and rehears-als are usually three to four hours,” said Stilwell. Stilwell admits it was a huge culture shock moving from the suburbs of York to the hot streets of Mexico. She said, “You buy your milk warm, and then you refrigerate it after you open it. Social class is re-ally important. Upper class people have to wear design-er clothes and only hang out with people in the upper class or else friends won’t talk to them, but things are chang-ing now. Nobody has blonde

Stilwell performs in the ballet, The Nutcracker. (Photo courtesy of Gabi Stilwell).

From live music and art, to poetry and work made out of various mate-rials, ‘08 Central graduate Alex Dwyer, and her room-mate Shannon Sylte, have found a way to stimulate downtown York’s art scene. On the first Friday of every month, Dwyer, Sylte, and their two other roommates Brandon Carr and Taylor Staub, clear out their apartment in the 100 block of East King Street to show off some creative minds. “I believe that as humans we are meant to cre-ate things that don’t already exist and exhibits such as this encourage people to share their creative minds,” Sylte said. While Sylte takes care of the art aspect of this exhibit, Dwyer handles the music. “Everyone contrib-utes,” Sylte said when re-ferring to her roommates. Staub, or “Chuck Love,” the DJs at the events. He stays stationed in the basement, mixing songs to “dubstep” beats, which contrasts with the up-stairs’ softer atmosphere. Dwyer’s friends and former Central graduates, Mikey Sallemi and Chris Kohler, show up to play on the second floor of the apart-ment. The walls surounding the wide array of musical artists consist of a variety of works, such as paintings, t-shirts, and poetry. Central York ju-nior, Devin Lippy, Dwyer’s

izing Artistic Worth) art ex-hibit provides a way for peo-ple to express their emotions and explain things that are unspeakable,” Sylte said. This group of young people not only want to share their collaborative creations, but also want to use it for the betterment of the city. “We want to be part of the ‘green movement.’ Because we’re so young, I believe we can start making changes in the way York is seen.” While hosting these events, Sylte and her room-mates hope to raise money from donations to help out a local cafe that may be open-ing soon. “A percentage of the donations are going to go toward the Healthy World Cafe that is being established in downtown York. Another percentage will be divided amongst the artists that have contributed,” Sylte said. The Healthy World Cafe will have a stand at the exhibit for people to give money in support. They will serve all organic foods, and serve portions to the cos-tumer’s preference. Also, customers pay as much as they can, or can work there to help out the cause. To get the cafe up and running, Harry Smith from the Antiquita Glass-works shop on Market Street will be at the exhibit selling his art. Things like gauges, jars, and necklaces will help him raise the money to give 50 percent of his earnings to the Healthy World Cafe. Sylte does not want the art exhibit to become a fundraiser for the cafe, but just wants to be able to show people their skills in a re-laxed environment. “I would like to make it clear that this ex-hibit is open to any indi-vidual willing to contribute, so spread the word! It’s all about sharing our minds.”

brother, contributed tie-dyed t-shirts that were featured at the February event. “The idea for this exhibit, if it was not clear, is a laid back gallery envi-ronment for anyone, profes-sional or amateur, to display their creations,” Sylte said. Their non-profit organization, “Wisdom”, is a way for people to expose themselves in a relaxed en-vironment. Sylte also states that it’s a “great way to meet people.” The RAW (Real-

by Falon KeithSTAFF WRITER

Almost any high school student from eight different counties can audi-tion to be a member of dis-trict chorus. After the first elimination, there are 25 people left. Of those 25, the top 13 advance on to region-al chorus. From hundreds of schools, students who make District 7 chorus have been exposed to high competi-tion. Seems almost im-possible, right?

two, band for tympani, and orchestra for violin. Needless to say, Zortman was very involved in the music department. According to Zort-man, Feldmann’s getting into districts wasn’t a surprise. “One of Greg’s tal-ents include being a good musician. The fact that Greg has a fairly strong back-ground in instrumental mu-sic really helps him,” said Zortman. “In voice, there is the natural voice that he has that sets him apart from someone else. Everyone has a God-given instrument, it depends what you do with that instrument.” Alec Hinchcliff, a sophomore who advanced to regionals, also agrees that Greg has an enormous amount of potential. “Greg is really good. He’s well rounded. He is a good singer, trumpet player, and he’s in the musi-cal,” Alec says. “He’s like a musically rounded person.” Feldmann also had something to say about Zort-man. “I have a ton of re-spect for the guy,” Feldmann says. “He knows everything he’s talking about. He’s a good teacher and it’s nice of him to let us (the students going to districts) practice during class.”

district chorus in the bass two position, along with three other Central students, Sarah Eline, Alec Hinchcliff, and Samantha Crabill, who also made districts and are advancing to regionals. “I’m a little ner-vous,” Feldmann admits, “but relaxed. It’s always had a good time.” Feldmann says the highlight of his experience is meeting friends from differ-ent places and “getting tight” with them over the course of the weekend. Feldmann adds that male singers don’t al-ways get the spotlight. They might be looked down upon or thought of differently but that didn’t bother him at all. “Don’t be afraid of it. A lot of people think down of it, but if you want to then just do it. Don’t hold back,” Feldmann shared. “It’s pretty lame advice, but it works.” Along with Feld-mann, Central music teacher, Mark Zortman also placed first in districts and regionals when he was in high school at York Suburban. Zortman was an ac-tive member in chorus, band, and orchestra when he was in high school and carried his talents onto West Chester University. His junior and se-nior year he made first chair at districts in chorus for bass

This isn’t the case for junior Greg Feldmann and teacher Mark Zortman, who both placed first chair during their high school ca-reers. Feldmann is a member of Celebration and York County Honors Choir, scored a lead role in Guys and Dolls, and is trumpet player for band, jazz band, jazz lab, and marching band. This year he placed first in

by Samantha HoltSTAFF WRITER

York night life, art work intertwine

Feldmann triple threat

“Because we’re so young,

I believe we can start mak-ing changes in the way York is

seen.”~Shannon Sylte

Art Show Flyer. (Photo cur-tousy of Shannon Sylte).

“Everyone has a God-given instru-ment, it depends what you do with that instrument.”~ Mark Zortman

Sarah Eline, a se-nior who qualified for re-gionals, also thinks highly of Zortman. “He’s very knowl-edgable when it comes to music. He is really good at what he does,” Eline said. With regionals coming to an end February 26, Feldmann placed fourth chair and is advancing to all-state chorus along with Sammi Crabill, who placed second. “New ideas and new experiences are part of the overall fun,” Zortman states. “You can learn some-thing new and have opportu-nities that you wouldn’t have in a normal school setting.”

Mr. CYHS contestants- Austin Allison, Jimmy Dwyer, Jake English, Anand Ganjam, Lialdon Donovan-Green, Semi Ibi-kunle, Dylan Landes, Ricky Mosley, Johnny Myers, Jeremy Pagano, Zac Smith, and Alex Wendt (Photo by Corinne Elliot, OPINION EDIOTR).

2011 Mr. CYHS contestants get ready to fool the crowd in this year’s show held in the auditorium.

Masters of Disguise

Mr. CYHS 2011 is go-ing to be the best thing to ever happen to Cen-tral York High School.

~ Jimmy Dwyer

I’m so pumped for Mr. CYHS. It’s go-ing to be a good

show.~ Ricky Mosely

I’m really looking forward to coming

in first place.~ Semi Ibikunle

When: Sunday, April 3rdTime: 7pmTicket Price: $5

10 CENTRAL YORK HIGH SCHOOL

NEW

S Crisis in the East affects students at Central

by Wareesha TariqCO-NEWS EDITOR

hamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian citizen who was harassed by the government, set himself on fire as a form of protest. It was his self-immolation that provided the catalyst for the revolution in Tunisia. The Tunisian Revo-lution resulted in President Ben Ali resigning and flee-ing to Saudi Arabia. But the after effects of this revolu-tion were responsible for changing much more than Tunisia’s fate. The protests influenced one of the most dramatic waves of social and political unrest in the history

of the region. Snaking through many countries in the Mid-dle Eastern and Northern African area, this wave of change finally hit Egypt on January 25, 2011. The Egyp-tian revolution was com-prised of a series of demon-strations, various marches, acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes, and numerous clashes between the protest-ers and the supporters of President Hosni Mubarak’s

regime. Sarah Beshara, a 15-year-old freshman at Central, is of Egyptian de-scent. Her parents migrated from Egypt in 1980 to find a better future for their family. Talking about the conditions in Egypt she said, “Egypt was lacking a lot of jobs and food.” But even though Mubarak’s regime was miss-ing a lot, she did not think that he should have been

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, had been in power for the last 23 years. His reign, marked by injustice and political cor-ruption made the people of Tunisia restless for demo-cratic rule. They got their chance to stand up when Mo-

Walk the halls at Central York High School and students may not recog-nize all of the backgrounds and diversity that surrounds them. Yet each student holds different values, standards, and goals living in America. German exchange student, Jessica Boenken-dorf, admits she came to America to become more self-confident, learn more

cans are very friendly. Although Americans may look at American food as favorable as opposed to foods of other cultures, Boenkendorf was surprised by the American food. “It had a weird taste at first, but now I like it,” she said. Boenkendorf en-joys going on excursions with her host family, the Burds, with her favorite trip being to Florida, she said. Upon her return to the north part of Germany, Boenkendorf plans to com-plete school and pursue ho-tel management.

However, she sees this opportunity as a chance to take advantage and learn more about American life, regardless of where she may be.“I’m glad I’m here,” Boenkendorf said. Junior, Ashlee Burd, is Jessica Boenkend-orf’s host siser. As a part of a host family, Burd said that she has learned a lot from the experience of welcom-ing another student into her home from another country. Burd said that the German and European cul-ture differences stand out to her the most. The experience for Burd has also helped her to view life at a different angle. “It gave me a differ-ent outlook on the world. I learned a lot,” Burd said. For Burd, many positive lessons have come from hosting a foreign ex-change student; the most

English, and live the “ A m e r i c a n D r e a m . ” She said, “I wanted to come here my whole life.” S h e says she has enjoyed her e x p e r i e n c e in America. Through her experience, she said she learned that the Ameri-

Boenkendorf said the differences in higher education between Germa-ny and America surprised her. She says in the United States, it seems you have to go to college to get a good job, whereas in Germany, college is not that necessary. When Boenken-dorf entered the exchange program she had no idea or choice of where she would be located in America with her host family.

by Marissa FauthSTAFF WRITER

“It gave me a different outlook on the world. I learned a lot.” ~ Boenkendorf-

Burd

Student begins journey in a new world Standardized test-ing takes a new formby Zack ShefferSTAFF WRITER The Keystone Tests are not yet in place, but they are already getting a repu-tation among Central stu-dents. Central York High School students have heard rumors about the new Key-stone Tests. And based on that information, they have formed opinions about the new State exams. “I like the PSSA better, it’s easier,” said fresh-man Alexis Cash. Cash and some of her fellow students have heard that the Keystone

tests are more difficult than the PSSAs. “It sounds like it might be harder,” said freshman Julia Learmonth. “I heard there are more sub-jects.” The students were in agreement that they would rather have the PSSAs over the Keystone tests. But are these pre-conceived notions about the Keystone tests accurate? Central York High School guidance counselor Eric Shellenberger shed light on the matter. The Keystone tests are designed to be more course specific, and in Shel-lenberger’s opinion, could be a bit, “less strenuous.” A few of the Key-stone tests will be available to students as early as May 2011. The goal of these tests is to get a better gauge on what students are learning. The Keystone tests will be given along with other stan-dardized tests and will per-haps replace the PSSA.

The tests will be taken by the current junior, sophomore and freshman classes, but will not be a re-quirement for graduation at this point. The tests will be similar in format to the stan-dardized tests that students have already taken. The format may be similar, but are the students ready and prepared to take a new form of test? Central York High School language arts teacher Lisa Turner gave her opin-ion of the upcoming testing. Turner along with a number of other teachers got the chance to preview some of the test questions and she said that the test material sur-prised her. Turner and others found the test material to be far different than what they had expected. “The exams that I saw were not at all like the PSSAs that students took in eighth grade,” Turner said. “The tests are written in a far more advanced language.” Turner said that a change in the curriculum may be necessary, and that the current program is not preparing students for the Keystone exams. Shellen-berger said that the Keystone tests might eventually be-come a graduation require-ment for students. The results from the tests that the juniors, sopho-mores and freshmen will take this year will determine whether students will need additional preparation for future tests. Turner thinks it may be beneficial to alter the curriculum for eighth grade students, in order to better prepare them for the Key-stone tests in high school. “I think that these exams will hold students more accountable for their learning,” Turner said. She believes that students will try harder if they know that the exams will impact their grades

“I think that these exams will

hold students more accountable

for their learn-ing.”

~ Lisa Turner

more. A good indicator of the effects of the Keystone exams will be the results from the PSSA tests taken by CYHS students this year.

VOICES IN THE HALL

“The PSSA’s have been around for a long time

and its hard to know if the Keystone tests will be as ef-

fective as the PSSA’s.”

~ Seth Baker, 11

What would you think if Keystone

Test were to replace the PSSA’s?

removed as the president. She said, “My mom’s side in Egypt supported Mubrarak.” Beshara said that as a Chris-tian she would feel better if there was a president who did not belong to the Mus-lim brotherhood.She said, “I hope that it goes back to the way it was, before it began.” The Egyptian Rev-olution continued for 18 days straight and ended on February 11. A new phenom-enon noticed, was the usage

EGYPTIAN STUDENTS POUR OUT THEIR HEARTS...

“My family in Egypt wanted everything to go back to normal and peaceful.”

~ Sherief Sutton, 10

“There is no government right now in Egypt, so there

is no order. They should have an election as soon as

possible.” ~ Mena Mekail, 11

“I feel bad for the people in Egypt and I want the country to have equal rights for Mus-

lims and Christians.”

~ Sally Tawfelos, 9

“I want to get a new president who is better than Mubarak and a new govern-

ment.”

~ Daved Fouad, 10

Home. It’s not just a sanctuary, but also a haven for peace. But what happens when that home is torn with internal fight and damage? This is a concern that has plagued the many Middle Eastern and Northern Afri-can students that attend Cen-tral. The ongoing crisis in the east has left the im-migrant students from those affected countries longing for any news of harmony or peace. The now dubbed Middle Eastern and North-ern African protests of 2010-2011 originated first in the small northern African coun-try of Tunisia. The protests flared because of high levels of un-employment, vast counts of corruption, and lack of po-litical freedom and freedom of speech. Tunisia’s president,

Map of Middle Eastern and Nothern African countries that are affected by the wave of this ongoing crisis. (Photo borrowed from Google images)

of social networking web-sites, such as Facebook, and Twitter, to organize, com-municate, and raise aware-ness against the president’s regime. Daved Fouad, a sophomore at Central, moved to United States eight months ago. For him, this crisis is not just distant news. Rather, he said, it’s something that affects him deeply. Fouad said, “I feel happy because I was waiting for something to happen.” He said that he was on the protesters’ side because in his opinion Egypt needed a new president. After much blood-shed in the country, Muba-rak stepped down as the President of Egypt on Febru-ary 11. As a result of this, the power in Egypt was trans-ferred to the armed forces of Egypt, which dissolved the Parliament immediately and promised to hold elections by the end of this year. Merna Mekail is a 15-year-old Egyptian im-migrant who is a sophomore at Central. She said that she felt better with the president stepping down because be-fore, “if you got on streets, you didn’t know what was going to happen.” About the conditions in Egypt with this regime, she said, “I think it’s going to get better.” The crisis in the east has not ended yet. As of now, the wave of change has hit approximately 17 coun-tries in the Middle Eastern and Northern African region and the death count is ap-proximated to be between 8,000 to 10,000 only in Lib-ya. Among the coun-tries affected, Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya have seen revolutions of great histori-cal importance and it is only a matter of time before the crisis reaches other countries in the region.

important one being more accepting of other cultures. Active in athletics, specifically volleyball, Burd found it tough to bond with Boenkendorf at the begin-ning of the year. As the year con-tinues, Burd said her family enjoys outings with Boen-kendorf including hockey, football, and basketball games, as well as minor trips. The family tries to do things with Boenkendorf that

she is not e x p o s e d to in Ger-many, ac-cording to Burd. Although Burd en-joys host-ing, she d o e s n ’ t cons ider the ex-c h a n g e p r o g r a m as some-thing she w o u l d

participate in. “I don’t think I could do it,” she added. Ac-ceptance and making new friends would be a struggle, Burd said, adding that a lot is to be learned from sharing your life with an individual from a different cultural background. Burd said that she-has learned to be more thrifty and aware of the tendency to be wasteful. She says she has become more grateful for what she has. Burd has also come to realize that Americans are more selfish and waste-ful; especially of food and resources and are very less appreciative of what they al-ready have. One thing Burd will be sure to do, along with the rest of her family, is to stay in touch with Boenkendorf upon her return to Germany.

Jessica Boekkendorf at her first Christmas in United States with the Burd family. (Photo courtesy of Ashlee Burd).

“To me it really doesn’t mat-ter. They are both tests. The

only difference is that we know how the PSSA’s are

formatted.”

~ Nate Muinos, 11

“My mom’s side in Egypt support-ed Mubrarak.”

~ Sarah Beshara

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Diversified Occupations opens doors for students

Students often complain about not being able to work at a job because of their heavy burden of schoolwork. But what a lot of them don’t know is that there is a program available at Central that lets them work at a real job, while still being counted as a school course. The Diversified Occupations program is of-fered at Central to all se-niors who are interested in gaining work experience while still in high school. According to Randy Mum-ford, a Diversified Occupa-tions teacher, “Diversified Occupations is a combina-tion of classroom activities that prepare you for life.” The Diversified Occupations program is composed of two differ-ent components: a Related Theory Class and a High School Internship (HIT) or Work Study option. Students come to this class at the begin-ning of Block 3 and then leave for their job at around 11:20 a.m.. This gives them plenty of time to get to their jobs. Mumford said, “It’s a win-win situation.” The requirements for this class include hav-ing block 3 and 4 free and having transportation. This is needed as students need to get back and forth from high school to their intern-ship or work-study program. Connie Sohnleitner, Career

Counselor for students at Central, said that despite presumptions, transporta-tion has not been a major problem in the past. She said, “Students are very cre-ative in finding neighbors and grandparents to help them with transportation.” Mumford has been teaching the Diversified Oc-cupations class for the last two years. He said, “What

makes it [this program] suc-cessful is that we get the facts from actual managers.” Mumford said that it is like working with job security, as employers give students a chance to improve the skills required for their jobs. Mumford said that some managers complained about the abuse of cell phone policy by their student em-ployees. But instead of fir-ing those employees, their managers try to teach them the value of those rules. Besides teaching basic work skills, Diversified Occupations also teaches the students how to enjoy the workload and still be able to get the job done. Mumford said, “This [class] is a way to

Central students are gaining real world job experience while in high school.by Wareesha TariqCO-NEWS EDITOR

Natural gas drilling threatens environment, water supplyThe drilling and clearing associated with extracting natural gas raises concern from the Central community.

Natural gas ex-traction has been occur-ring since the early 1800s and is now growing into a worldwide issue between countries, states, and re-gions. Some of Central’s students and teachers are a part of the gas extraction happening in Pennsylvania. Senior Cam-eron Swengel is one of them. Swengel’s grandfa-ther owns a hunting cabin in Huntington County, north of York County. Currently, Swen-gel’s grandfather has given the gas drilling compa-nies approval to search for natural gas on his 42- acre piece of land that he owns in Huntington. Swengel’s grandfa-ther owns the mineral rights and surface rights of his land, meaning he owns the land un-derground as well as above. Control and deci-sion-making for that land and what’s underneath it, the natural gas, is up to Swen-

gel’s grandfather completely. When a landowner gives the gas companies this approval, the company first starts off by assembling a road that will eventually lead to a future drill site. This road is made for the extraction process be-cause of the need for trucks of water and the drilling rigs used to drill underground

for the natural gas. A drill-ing station is then created by clearing out all trees and plant life in the area needed for the drilling to take place. The actual extraction of the gas is now taking place

between 5,000 and 8,000 feet below the surface. Swengel worries whether this process is hurt-ing the environment. “The environ-ment is there for our fu-ture generations and I don’t want this [natural gas extraction] to destroy the integrity of the land.” The 42 acres that Swengel’s grandfa-ther owns in Hunting-ton has a stream running through it as well. This poses a threat to the wildlife in that stream if any accidents were to occur during the extraction of natural gas. The chemical/wa-ter and sand mixture, which is pumped down into the ground and used to extract the natural gas, is hazardous to the natural water sources if any leakage would ever occur from underground. Swengel said he has not noticed any problems occurring so far with the en-vironment and the drilling. Ecology and en-vironment teacher, Eric

Webb, has some concerns and worries about the “Frac water” (The chemical/sand/water substance) used dur-

by Breanna HeilmanFEATURES EDITOR

ing the extraction process. “I think the ques-tion that most people are worried about though is what happens to the frac wa-ter (roughly 50 percent of the water injected into the (drill) well) that does not come back up to the surface. Where

“It just doesn’t feel as wild as it once did.” -Eric Webb

understand that the world of work is not torture.” Devin Beck, a se-nior, said that he believes the class teaches students “how to get a job and how to sustain it.” He went on to say that he would recom-mend this class to people who are serious about a job. Students in Diver-sified Occupations can have a job of their own when they join the class, but if they do not have a job, the teacher helps them find one. The Relative The-ory part of the course in-troduces the students to lo-cal companies in York and helps them find a job that fits their interest and skills. Seth Fahringer, a 17-year-old senior, currently works at Office Max. He had this job before he took the Diversified Occupations class and through this course he was able to sustain it for a longer period of time. He said that this class made him learn from his mistakes and gave him a sense of responsibility. Bruce Geesey, another senior, said that he got interested in this course when he heard about it from his friends. He said that, “It makes me look at my job differently.”Any students interested in taking Diversified Occupa-tions next year should con-tact Randy Mumford or Lisa Cornbower for more infor-mation about this course.

“This [class] is a way to under-stand that the

world of work is not torture.”

-Randy Mumford

does it go?” said Webb. Webb is a hunter and enjoys the outdoors. Three years ago he experienced a first hand account of one of the pos-sible effects from natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania. Webb said he trav-eled to a section of the forest where he frequently hunts turkey, it was there that he discovered heavy equipment that was used to clear the for-est for natural gas drilling. Webb said, “I still go back because there are tons of turkeys, but it’s not the same. It just doesn’t feel as wild as it once did.”

“The environment is there for our

future generations and I don’t want this [natural gas extraction] to de-stroy the integrity

of the land.”-Cameron Swengel

Senior Devin Beck gains valuable work experience at Giant Food Store through Diversified Occupations. (Courtesy photo)

Natural gas drilling through horizontal drilling, which is controversially on the rise in Pennsylvannia, allows drills to access more gas reservoirs.

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Harrisburg’s first African American Mayor, Linda Thompson, has re-ported that she received harassing and threaten-ing letters and messages as of late. An example of these messages says: “Be aware: West Point’s first African-American graduate is buried in Thomasville.”Thomson’s communica-tions director also informed the press that the mayor has received about 50 phone calls, which say things like “die Mayor Thompson,” since the mayor took office.

The United States Supreme Court ruled in fa-vor of Rev. Fred Phelps in

his case against Albert Sny-der, the father of Matthew Snyder, whose funeral was protested by the Westboro Baptist Church in 2006. The 8-1 deci-sion was made in favor of

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Two Central students win big at Science and Engineering Fair

Multiple Central students, senior Purn-ima Malik and sopho-mores Victor Polites and Tyson Chen, were successful at the 2011

emony at the Pullo Performing Arts Cen-ter at Penn State York Wednesday March 9. The fair includ-ed 220 projects and par-ticipants consisted of middle school and high school students from six area school districts “I’m just re-ally excited to have an illumine next to final-ist ID,” said Malik. Malik did a project studying how asprin could be ad-ministered through the skin, a project which she started last year. Malik was Grand Champion of the 2010 York County Science and Engineering Fair. She wore a

York County Science and Engineering Fair. Malik and Chen were declared Grand Champions of the se-nior division in a cer-

fleece vest covered in pins, the day fol-lowing the ceremony. These pins, she explained, were the ones she traded at last years international fair with other students from countries like Chi-na, Japan and Portugal. Chen’s project was a study on extract-ing lipids from micro algae which can be turned into bio-fuels. His interest in this was piqued by his involvement in Envirothon through-out the last five years. Chen will be joining Malik at the Intel Science and En-gineering Fair in Los Angelos, California.

by Morgen SnowadzkyCO-NEWS EDITOR

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legal analyst Jan Crawford. Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent elaborated on the court’s decision in his dissent, in which he said: “Our profound nation-al commitment to free and

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open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case.”

Controversy has arisen over the state of Maine’s decision to attempt to establish the Whoopie Pie as their state dessert. Many have claimed the Whoopie Pie was invent-ed in Lancaster, Pennsylva-nia within the Amish culture. This conflict has attracted national me-dia attention, and was featured in USA Today. Some are so pas-sionate about the origin of the Whoopie Pie that they organized a rally for sup-port of the baked good in downtown Lancaster.

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Spring, Rain, Flowers , Bunny, Sunshine,

Jelly Beans, Easter Egg, Peeps, Warm Weather

Spring Fun on the Cheap

Instead of this, try that!Prom is right around the corner, time to lose those holiday pounds!

But before you do, here are some tips and information about the food you’re eating now and what can be better for you!

Drink: You have a quick chocolate milkshake from McDonalds because it’s one of those days after school...-A medium shake is 720 calories

Try a homemade smoothie with your friends. Grab two bananas and three strawberries. Add three tablespoons of honey for a sweetner. Then add one cup of ice and either 3/4 cups of milk or yogurt.

Lunch: You go to Chipotle and grab an over-sized burrito because you’re that hungry...-A chicken burrito is 980 calories

Dessert: You go to Dairy Queen and get an oreo blizzard for a late night snack...-A medium sized blizzard is 950 calories

Try packing a sandwich. If you are not a peanut-butter and jelly fan, try a cucumber sandwich. Also snacking through out the day will help with hunger cravings.

Try eating Breyers Yogurt. It’s only 100 calories and comes in chocolate chip cookie dough, vanilla bean and strawberry.

Go Biking on the Rail Trail•Go on a picnic at Lake Redman, then rent a row boat after•

Go see the cherry blossoms in D.C.•Grab a quick snack at Carmen’s Ice Cream•

Go see the museum at Nixon Park•Go Geocaching- What is geocaching? It’s putting coordinates •intoyourg.p.ssystemandfindinghiddentreasures.Theyare all over York County and anybody can do it. Once you findthehiddenbox,youtakeanitemyoulikeandtradeit

with another. Go to www.geocaching.com for more information•