Issue 21 February 12, 2015

STAFF PICKS

Favorite Romantic

movies

OPINION

TEEN LOVE

“He likes to surprise me with little

things and he would drop everything to be with me.”

— senior Cheona Phillips about Curtis Morse

All high school relationships are different.

High school relationships are a slightly less dumb version of middle school relationships. Most people don’t get anything out of them except for heartbreak and maybe some experience, and most of the time it’s over before or soon after one/both of the people go to college.

Sometimes they even end in hatred.

A high school relationship means holding hands in the halls, walking each other to class, go-ing to prom together, gossiping to friends about how “in love” you are and hanging out with your sig-

nificant other rather frequently. Students need to keep the im-

portance of their relationships in perspective to make sure they stay healthy and productive.

Physical education teacher Brian Henry's years of adult rela-tionships has given him some per-spective on teen romance. “High school relationships are dumb. Speaking from a coach’s stand-point, it can cause athletes not to perform to the best of their abili-ties, and it softens them. You are going to have plenty of time for a serious relationship after high school," he said.

If you decide to be in a rela-tionship, no matter how old you are, you should want to be in it for the right reasons, not just to “get some” of whatever it may be that you’re shooting for. Don't do it just for popularity, and certainly not just to go to prom. It does happen.

You should have true, genu-ine feelings before you commit to dating. Junior Emma Williams

said “High school relationships are cute, at least for awhile. It all depends on how well it works out, like whether you break-up or stay together after high school.”

If you want to maintain your relationship, you have to know your boundaries.

Junior Alison Herren said “You can’t be controlling or clingy, and you need to stay in touch with all of your friends. Your life shouldn’t revolve around your significant other.”

No matter how much you think your bae loves you, you have to realize that you (probably) aren’t the only thing going on in their life. It’s not all about you. Main-taining your other friendships is as important as your boyfriend or girlfriend.

If you don’t, who’s gonna be there for you when you get your heart broken?

No one.

MagdalineMcCall

“She’s a fun, caring, loving, passion-ate person.”

— sophomore Devin McClayland about Chelsea Lewis

“I hate Derek... I love the way he can

literally make me smile anytime and

how ornery he can be.”

— junior Hannah Peacock about

senior Derek Kilian

“Mary (Katie) is just so beautiful, I swear the Earth stops spinning when I look at her. She’s amazing and so caring.”

— senior Bryce Centamore about junior Katie Mayer

“I like the way her smile can make my day better.”

— junior Zach Williams about junior Alison Johnson

“She’s strong and she makes me laugh.”

— junior Brendan Milroy about sophomore Jordyn Savage

“He’s funny and nice to me. He’s not afraid to be dumb around me.”

—freshman Lauren Newell about senior Taylor Benteman

“His fun loving personality. Also he’s

funny.”

— senior Cara Flach about graduate

Ethan Miller

“I like how I can tell him anything and I

won’t get judged for it.”

— junior Alison Herren about graduate Triston Hurla

Maintain perspective on high school relationships

“I like how he has perseverance and his terrible sense of humor.”— sophomore Abigail Anderson

about senior Storm Johnson

“Everything.”

— sophomore Maddy Hess about

graduate Evan Rohleder“I like her big ambitions and her

personality.”— sophomore Mitchell Wertzberger

about senior Mandy Michaelis

“I love the fact that he stands up for

himself. I am rubbing off well;) His

personality has to be my absolute

favorite though.”

— senior Stephanie Evans about

graduate Hunter Maike

“He has great music taste and he is really funny.”— freshman Sania Huda about sophomore Andrew Warner

“The Notebook because it shows how crazy a relationship can get and how in love you can be with some-one, even through all the fights.”Abigail Anderson

“How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days be-cause it’s amazing and not like any other romantic movie.”Britany Buchanan

“Safe Haven is really romantic. Guys need to be more like that.”Magdaline McCall

“Charlie St. Cloud because we watched it in Schrader’s last year. Zac Efron is beautiful.” Derek Kilian

“The Princess Bride because it's awe-some and it's older. I used to watch it when I was sick."Brendan Milroy

“If I Stay. I really like the story and how the boyfriend never gave up hope on her even though she had been in a coma for a long time.”Nick Carroll

“Titanic because I love the trust that they have in each other.”Heather Boiteau

“The Time Traveler's Wife because it's beautiful and sad. It makes me cry every time I watch it.“ Alison Johnson

“The Lucky One because it's such a sweet story. And I’d have to agree with Derek about Zac Efron 'cause ZAMN!"Katie Mayer

“Lethal Weapon 4. Yes, I know it doesn’t count but I don’t watch ro-mantic movies. Riggs and Laura do make a cute couple though.” Adam Flach

“50 First Dates because I think its sweet that he stays with her even though she doesn’t remember him.”Jordyn Savage

“High Fidelity. It’s about a guy re-visiting his five worst breakups, so it’s good for jaded single people, but the ending makes it romantic. Jack Black and John Cusack are awe-some too.”Adviser Brendan Praeger

“Shrek because Shrek is love, Shrek is life.”Tristan Anderson

senior J.T. Jobs and graduate Courtney Gardner