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BRAVES!!!

VOLUME 82ISSUE 2Jasmine Ghieth & Sam Stockhausen

November2 Berea High Focus

T h e B e r e a H i g h S c h o o l F o c u s The Focus Staff Adviser: Mrs. Marcia Roach

Cover by: Jasmine Gheith and Samantha Stockhausen Editor-in-Chief: Ian Robertson Co - Editor: Cosmo

Staff: Cody Anderson, Kiya Boyd, Matthew Coleman, Lucas Crom-well, Jasmine Gheith, Joshua Goforth, Peter Harmon, Torrelle How-ard, Joseph Kaye, Shawn Lowrie, Andrew Magee, Shavon McGhee, Zachary Mog, Asia Nagy, Brittany Porter, Lorenzo Reed, Ian Rob-ertson, Lauren Scheerer, Brendon Scullen, Ashley Secotte, Skye Ste-phenson, Danielle Stewart Samantha Stockhausen, Cosmo, Brandon Trsek

Berea High School 165 East Bagley Rd. Berea, OH 44017

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3 News

Since there are no turn signals in these four lights, The Tressel Street,

Maple Avenue and Bagley Road intersection, is so congested around the time

Berea High School gets in and lets out.

Many students and staff members deal with this problem every day, unlike Sam Stockhausen, senior at BHS. Sam luckily does not deal with the left turn signal problem since she turns right. However, the majority of BHS student drivers are not as fortunate as Stockhausen. Morgan Peppers, junior at BHS, sometimes deals with this problem. “It depends on the time,” she said. She luckily hasn’t ever been late to school because of this traffic problem. Forrest Billings, junior at BHS, quickly responded, “Yes!” “Ninety percent of students unload at the same spot causing this congestion,” Billings said. Unfortunately Forrest has been late to school because of this line. He also thinks that putting a turn signal there will not help since there are the dividers in the road already. Xavier Augustine, Junior at BHS does not get stopped at this light in the morning, “luckily.”

Xavier and many others at Berea High School think that putting a turn light signal at all four of those lights at that intersection would help. Plus most of the students who drive to school would definitely sign to get a light for anytime.

Rebecca Corrigan agrees that putting a turning arrow at the Tres-sel Street, Maple Avenue and Bagley

Road intersection would be a, “great idea.” “Just imagine what’ll happen once the schools combine,” she said. If a turn signal gets into the lights at that intersection they wouldn’t have to be on full time. In-stead of full time turn signals it would be good for them to be turned on forty-five minutes before school, so between six forty-five till seven thirty. And the turn signal to be set to only go on after school for ten minutes before schools lets out for the parents who pick up their children till two fifty, twenty minutes af-ter school is let out.

The sophomores and freshmen will be very

impacted on this subject. Since they will be the ones

who are driving into school once the schools become

combined they will be the most impacted. What’s go-

ing to happen then?

by: brittany elizabeth porter:)

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November

Thanksgiving TravelsHow do you spend Thanksgiving? Is it with family and friends? Its said that over ninety percent of people in the U.S. eat turkey on thanksgiving and Christmas. Accord-ing to History.com, Thanksgiving originated from a mix or European and Native traditions. Festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community. The earliest known feast was in Massachusetts in 1621.

Traveling to go see family this year may be very expensive. This year Airfare prices are sky rocket-ing. Just since last year fares are up between four and twenty percent. The reason for this dramatic increase is because Airlines have cut capacity since last year. Fewer planes in the air means fewer seats, which means Airlines can charge more for each seat. Plus the price of jet fuel is up more than thirty percent since last year. Don Owens, a Middleburg resident and Grandpa of four, that usually Holds a family get together for the holidays says “ I only have one daughter that lives close enough to drive, my other kids live more than 12 hours away, I’d rather they just stay home and enjoy thanks-giving with there family and not worry about driving. here”.

Since Family’s around the U.S. cant afford to fly there family down to there destination for the holidays there saying that there just going to have a giant skype session. Skype is a website that al-lows an individual to broadcast themselves over a phone or a computer. And since there will be less large gatherings of people, there wont be as many food sales for the grocery stores. Theresa Straub, a former Berea Resident who often travels for the holi-days because most of her family is out of state says “unfortunately Skyping for thanksgiving this year is not an option, all of my family will be in Florida so I have to suck up the plane ticket cost and go, I mean its only once a year”. Another option of travel that may not be as bad on your wallet is car rentals. The only problem is the long distances of travel and the price of gas be-cause it will most likely go up for the holidays. Daikel Holton, a former Polaris student from Olmsted Falls who’s family usually goes to his Aunts house every year for thanksgiving says “When we go there we usually stay for awhile, last year we stayed for a week, my parents say that gas prices are usually down about three days after thanksgiving”.

Josh Goforth Staff Writer

November 5 Feature

Andrew Magee

Staff Writer

Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. From this field of study, the behind the scenes heroes emerge. At BHS, being able to work with a licensed Athletic Train-er is a perk for the students who wish to learn more about the field, especially if they are planning to major in Sports Medicine/Athletic Training. The Athletic Trainer of eleven years for BHS is Beau Kin-nard, and from the alumni and current participants in the pro-gram, he has been a positive influence on all that have worked with him.

Amanda Homandy, an alumnus of the BHS athletic train-ing program is one of the many students who are still pursuing a career in that field. She is now attending Ohio University, and she thanks Kinnard for everything that he taught her. “Working with Beau was the best thing I’ve ever done because my freshman year was like a review to me.” Homandy said, “He always pushed me to learn more and now its proving to be extremely beneficial in the long run.” Homandy also said that she would encourage anybody at BHS with the slightest interest in the field of Athletic Training to go work with Beau, and they would fall in love with it. A current apprentice of the program with Kinnard is Shannonrachel Taylor. “Beau is a great teacher and a great guy,” Taylor said, “It was truly worthwhile getting to know him.” Taylor has been a part of the BHS Sports Medicine program for three years and has enjoyed every minute of it. She added that being able to work with the school’s athletes one on one was her favorite things about her experience with Kinnard. Taylor is now planning to pursue a career in Sports Med-icine at the University of Cincinnati. John Yost is also a senior who worked with Kinnard and Taylor in the BHS Sports Medicine program. Yost is currently a senior, and plans to become an Arson Investigator (better known as a firefighter or paramedic/E.M.T.). “I don’t plan to major in Sports Medicine at college, but the experience with Beau was worth the time.” John Yost said. Ac-cording to Yost, the best part of the Beau Kinnard experience was being able to work hands on with the athletes.

Another senior, Chloe Fadenholz, is planning to major in Exercise Science at Cleveland State University. Fadenholz would like to major in this field because she wants to be able to help people recuperate from injury and get moving again. “I wish I would have been a part of the experience with Beau because it would have been good for me and also given me a leg up on my career,” Fadenholz said. She stated that she wouldn’t necessarily feel behind, but if she applies her-self then she will be ok. All in all, Kinnard has become a respectable man at BHS while healing athletes and training his apprentices for what is to come.

6 Feature

Does Facebook Help or Hurt the High School Experience?

Ian Robertson co-editor

There's no doubt that Facebook has had a huge impact on our daily lives over the past few years. It changes the way we communicate, interact, and live, but it's also changed the high school experience for better and for worse. On Facebook, students are notified of upcom-ing events, they can view each other's profile, and they can see what everyone is up too. Students can also see what they have in common, when people's birthdays are, or even what the final score of the Berea game was.Also, when seniors graduate and move on, they can remain in contact for as long as they desire. BHS senior, Zach Sullivan, says it's affected his life in many ways. Zach goes on Facebook more than a few times a day, and he loves the new level of sociabil-ity it brings to the the table. "It's now incredibly easy to talk to current, and even old friends," Zach said, "Every friend from your past and present are just a friend request away." There are also negatives to the social network site. Students feel more protected when they talk bad to another student through the cloak of the site and not confronting them personally. This allows people to do it more, causing a lot more drama and fighting. "I can't even begin to count the number of overly dramatic Facebook posts I see almost daily," Zach said, "Unfortunately, that often translates into

real-life conflicts." Zach had an interesting solution that Facebook could use to solve this problem. "There could be a "tutorial" for when you sign up with the site, to in-form users about how the things you say stay out there forever," Zach said. Berea senior, Will Weston, is a very active Facebook user, but has a problem with the security aspect of it all. "Although Facebook makes it able to communicate with friends easily, there are some negatives," Will said, "The thing I dislike about Facebook is that it archives everything you say. So now I have to watch what I say." `Facebook also serves as a distraction when trying to get work done or study for tests. It'salso an addiction, students intend to go on for a few min-utes, but end up spending an hour or two. Berea High senior, Chelsea Kovalsick, loves Facebook, but it has af-fected her high school career both positively and negatively. "I love how I can keep in contact with new and old friends, organize events, and relieve stress on the computer," Chelsea said, "But, I always get distracted and stay on much longer than intended. It has made me lose a lot of sleep, and negatively impacted my school work." BHS Spanish teacher, Mrs. Holly Viebranz, is actually an avid Face-book user, but is thankful she didn't have it back when she was in school. "I'm glad I didn't have it back in high school," said Mrs. Viebranz, "There's just a lot more drama, because students [in a sense] are all together all the time, rather than just during school. It also serves as a distraction! Students can be doing homework or spending time with their family instead. “ Mrs. Viebranz is actually thankful she has it now, because she can keep up with past students and old friends.

November

The SWC after theBraves merge with Midpark

While the opinions about BHS and Midpark High School (MHS) schools merging are different among the students, people are forgetting to ask one key question, what about the Southwestern Conference?

For those who do not know the Southwestern Conference (aka the SWC) is the conference that the Berea Braves and the Midpark Meteors are a part of for their athlet-ics. They are 2 of the 8 teams in this conference along with the Amherst Comets, the Avon Lake Shoremen, the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Bees, the North Olmsted Eagles, the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs and the Westlake De-mons.

The problem is that if MHS and BHS merge that will bring the SWC down to 7 teams instead of 8, this will through a lot of sports teams’ schedules out of balance. The solu-tion that most people have come up with is adding a new team to the SWC. The question is what school should be added to the SWC, so far I have only heard talk about the Avon Eagles and the North Ridgeville Rangers being added to the SWC, but it is unlikely the only possible schools that could join the SWC.

The person who is the most involved with getting every-one situated in the SWC after the merge is probably the Athletic Director Bob Cistolo.

“I believe the merging of our two high schools will allow our athletic teams to become stronger and more competi-tive” Cistolo said.

“In recent years our school’s population has decreased which has had a major impact on our participation num-bers, especially in football. There was a time in our his-tory when our football team had 60-65 players on the varsity (11-12) and 35 on the JV team, which was just sophomores. The freshman would have 60 -70 players as well. Our numbers haven’t been in that range for a num-ber of years as our school population has decreased” Cistolo said.

He also talked about how SWC play would be changed after BHS and MHS merge,

“The SWC has considered a number of schools to join our league. This is a very difficult process as schools have a strong allegiance to the league in which they play now. Hopefully it will be resolved soon” He said. Another group of people who would be involved in the merging schools and how the SWC will react to the merge are the coaches, one coach in particular Coach Mark Riley is pretty concerned with the change in the SWC as well.

“I think the merger will be a good thing for both schools as it will re-establish us as a Division 1 school in all sports, definitely a plus” Coach Riley said.

Coach Riley agreed with Cistolo on the fact that the merge of the schools would make our school more com-petitive overall, Riley also talked about the changes that would be needed in the SWC.

“I know that several schools have been asked and as of now, no one is interested. I think, due in part to the strength of Olmsted Falls, Avon Lake and Brecksville”.

One question in most of the coaches minds is if they will continue coaching after the schools merge.

“I certainly want to continue to coach, but owning to the fact that I am not a teacher in the district, I fear that I will be replaced by a person or persons in the district since they have the first “dibs” on the coaching positions, before any “outsider” is hired”. Riley said

“Certainly I want to continue to serve my school and the kids I have come to love. Plus I love coaching the game”.

Justin Harris will be one of the first people to experience the merge between the schools and will have to get used to the change in the SWC as well.

“I’m excited to be on a sports team when we merge be-cause I’m excited to see the progression of the team,” Harris said.

Torrelle Howard

Staff Writer

November 8 Feature

College is just a few steps away for some seniors, and by now students should be just waiting on the ac-ceptance letter that will grant them entrance to the university of their choice, many BHS students are not yet prepared for what lies ahead.Students who apply to only a few colleges risk not having options to choose from if a select situation would occur. “When I was applying to Ohio State, I also sent in several other applications to Kent State and Ohio University,” Sara Weber said. It is important to apply the universities of the deep-est interest, but over-applying can lead to no accep-tance. “Admission officers want students who really want to attend their college, not those who are unlikely to attend if they are accepted.” (http://www.college-board.com/student/apply/the-application/151680.html)Entrance requirements have risen in the last several years. There are now fewer open admission colleges then there were several years ago. (https://www.collegetoolkit.com/colleges/browse/selectivity/ohio/39/results/selectivity/5.aspx)“It’s really hard to get into the “PharmD” program this year [at the University of Toledo]; they only take 108 students…” Sara Weber, a senior at BHS said. Along with increasingly competitive entrance require-ments, money issues and tight budgets add stress to the high school senior hoping to get into the univer-sity they wish to attend. (http://www.petersons.com/college-search/college-admission-requirements-com-petitive.aspx)“Money was the first thing on my checklist when I was

applying for college.” Amber Rosado, a senior at BHS said. Being introduced to many choices, such as FAFSA (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/), Federal Pell Grants and many different choices of scholarships gives the incom-ing college student a “sigh of relief” when it comes to paying for college. This is the number one worry for the average college student. (http://onlineathens.com/stories/042111/nat_817869169.shtml) Once money issues, budgets and financial plans have been estab-lished, choosing a degree and a profession that the student wishes to learn and succeed in is the next important step in the college process. Though the process is tantalizing, many students chose not to go to col-lege. The payoff however, is grand in its own way.“[I’m] not ready at all [for college], because I’m not going...” Brittany Porter, a junior at BHS said. Over 17 million students along with Brittany chose not to attend a college or university. (http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/why-did-17-million-stu-dents-go-to-college/27634) However, if students chose not to attend a university, their average income after high school will suffer. The average salary of a high school graduate is $23,000 compared to average 4 year, Bachelor’s Degree program, which on average is $52,200 a year. (http://www.earnmydegree.com/online-educa-tion/learning-center/education-value.html)

College ApplicationsA Short, By Cosmo

9 Feature

Many students have ques-tions about homework. How much is too much? Should students be given home-work every single night? Does home-work really help a student in the end?

“I don’t think there should be a number of hours or minutes. I think it should be until the student can dem-onstrate a level of proficiency” math teacher, Mrs. Rice, said.

Many kids work really hard on homework each night and end up spending almost three hours on it.

“I think its okay, it would be nice to have less but for 5 classes 3 hours isn’t too bad, I expected more” senior, Britney Lopez, said.

On top of having three hours of homework for seniors, there is also having to do college applications, ex-tra-curricular activities, or even having a social life.

Undoubtedly seniors are han-dling a lot of stress caused by home-work but this stress is also being felt by their peers.

“If I have a lot of homework then I stay home and don’t hang out with my friends” freshman, Payton Babb, said. Most freshmen do not have a study hall at Berea high, and are load-ed with homework each night.

“We weren’t allowed to have study halls as freshman but I probably would have used it for homework and socializing if I did” senior, Gabriela Perry, said.

Many seniors say the same thing, that when they were freshman they would have used it to do homework but to socialize as well, being that they can’t do it outside of school with all the homework that there is to do.

Regarding if her freshman and sophomores should be required to have at least one study hall during their day to be successful, Mrs. Rice says “No, a study skills course would be more beneficial”.

This brings up a good point, if fresh-man and sophomores were to be required to have one study skills course per semester, they might be able to have a better school experience as well as not missing out on the things that are fun outside of school.

“Those students who would benefit from the study hall are the ones who are most likely to get their work done at home anyway, so they really don’t need to require a study hall” chemistry teacher, Ms. Myers, said.

This also brings up a good point, that students who would want a study hall to get work done, probably get it done at home on a regular basis.

If homework were an issue for in-coming freshman, it could be solved by man-aging their time better. If they start early, then their high school experience will only get better from here forward.

“Homework” too much?

Lauren ScheererStaff Writer

November

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Kiya Boyd and Skye Stephonson

Situations that are stressful makes a lot of people more stressed. They feel like they cannot do anything. Anna Render an underclassman said what makes a situation stressful is not being able to do it, or fearing you won’t do well. Dealing with stress a lot of peo-ple don’t know what to do. Some people do physical activities. An underclassman Peyton Kranz says they deal with stress by sleeping or swimming. People can easily deal with stress just by taking a few deep breaths. There are bad ways to deal with stress too like drugs or alcohol. Anything that can physically harm the body. No matter what people do stress is in life. Whether its school, work, family, religion or sports. Stress is needed in life. It makes a person who they are and who they become.

TeenSTreSSStress in general is caused by the one of the five issues. Financial Problems, Workplace/School Stress, Personal Relationships, Health, and Ir-ritants. The BHS psychology teacher Mrs. Hostelley, ex-plains that there are good and bad stresses. Mr. Nigro BHS stress management teacher, explained that we need stress in our life or else life would be boring, we would never have the urge to thrive. Good stress would make people thrive for what they want. Good stress can help people do well on a test. Good and bad stress makes people who they are. Without stress people wouldn’t study for a test and try to get an A. People would not work hard to play in a sport. People would try to make a good impression on a job interview. No one would want to do anything. Teens can stress over academic pres-sure. Eunice Gaddis a BHS Senior says about her stress management class “It adds on to my stress, another class to get in an A in.” A Junior Alison Kopea talks about her stress management class “Its relaxing but some of the stuff you really don’t want to do.” Even a Stress Management can cause teens stress. Telling people if they have stress can be different from person to person. Ashly Germani a sophomore in BHS says stress makes her unhappy. An underclassman Jala Fulton said stress makes her tired. Christine Weston Another underclassman says stress makes her both tired and unhappy. But a lot of people say they deal with stress by listening to music. Mr. Nigro Says “peo-ple can deal with stress by listen to music, going for a run, walking, or even talking to someone.”

Feature

November 11 Feature

Teenagers can watch something on the television and immediately react to it. Violence on the television can make a teenager’s response to act in a negative or in a better more positive way. Some things, from watching violence on the television can lead to an impact on the teen’s life.

There can be long term effects from watching something on the television. Watching movies with more violence and crime increases a teenager’s action. The teen might get into more violence, or the teenager is more likely to commit violence. www.ehow.com Media devices like the television, video games and many others that include violence; would be called media violence.

Some of the media violence teenagers watch or see can make a teen have aggressive behavior. A teenager can be in difficult or a very painful situation and what the teenager saw on the television can reflect on how they react to a situation. Parents should be precautious on what their teenagers are really watching and should take more consideration on how a teenager’s be-havior will respond to the media. Teens’ behavior can also conflict on their friends actions and can lead into a change in affect. More information on media violence on www.foxnews.com .

Reality Check For Teens

“It’s sad that there is so much violence in the world today.” said Mary Lou, she is a senior citizen that lives in Berea. Lou thinks that a lot has changed in the violence media, especially the high tech and special effects.

“People in this world need to listen more, help more, and do more. We should be building each other up, not tearing each other down.” Mary Lou responded. Also Lou has thoughts on how teenagers watch T.V. and that would want to copy or react things that they might give some children bad ideas.

“Violence does not solve anything in fact it can cause things to become worse.” Lou said.

Samantha Stergar is a fourteen-year-old freshman, her perspectives on media violence response is “If there wasn’t violence in movies and other me-dia resources then they wouldn’t get as much viewings, because violence is what you see in everyday life.”

There is also violence on smaller children’s’ shows, “I think if your ten years old, you can occasionally watch a few bad movies that include violence.” Says Stergar. Violent shows could or couldn’t influence violent behavior, “No, not if the child was raised right.” Stergar commented.

Ashley Secotte Staff Writer

November 12 Feature

Polaris Career Center Automotive teacher Dave Yor-ko says in the easiest way to understand how brakes work is that “hydraulics in the car increase pressure in your leg to make friction to stop the vehicle.” Fix-ing and adjusting brakes is a very important skill to know because it can insure safety, and save your own time and money. There are 2 ways to improve your brake’s performance which is bleeding them to make them more responsive, and adjusting or removing and replacing. Bleeding brakes is when you open up the bleeder screw next to the caliper and rotor or drum brake(depending on if you are doing the front or rear), then pumped the brake pedal until the pedal is more stiff, then you close the bleeder screw and repeat with the other three.

In other scenarios, bleeding may not be the answer, sometimes you have to take apart the brakes and either put them back on, or completely remove and replace the brakes.

Dave Yorko says that “You know you need to change, bleed or ad-just your brakes when the brake pedal feels low, soft, or spongy.” He says that “Bleeding the brakes let the air out of the system to help function the brake pedal properly.” A full front and rear brake overhaul costs about $210.00 at a shop and takes about an hour and a half.

BHS student Brandon Hansen used to be in Automotive at Polaris, but had to withdraw due to credit issues, when asked what he still remembers about brake changes he said that he didn’t remember all that much, but he knows the different types of brakes, disc and drum. He knows when you need to bleed or adjust, but the process is a blur to him unless he was doing it again hands on.

To change your brake pads on your car you would have to first, get a jack and jackstand, and jack up your car. Next, use an air gun with an impact socket or a breaker bar to remove the lug nuts holding on the tire and then re-move the caliper by taking off the bolts holding it onto the rotor, next remove the old brake pads with a flathead screwdriver. after the first brake pads are removed put on the new ones and push down the tab to hold them into place. Put back on the tire and tighten down the lugnuts.

Have you ever been driving, and your brakes aren’t as responsive as you’d want them to be?

Brakeing NewsBy: Matt Coleman

November 13 Feature

Perfectly Personallized Presents

Perfectly Personallized P resents

The temperature is dropping, coats and boots are being moved out of storage, and the first snowflakes are starting to fall, which can only mean one thing; the holidays are right around the corner!

With the holidays come presents, and finding the right present can be quite a difficult task. Teens can be even more difficult to buy for because everyone wants a different gifts that changes from person to person based on their age, gender, personality, and interests.

Gift.com, “a premier online gift recommendation service” that helps you pick out the perfect present based on occasion, gender, hobbies, and age, has come up with gift that are tailored to suit each person.

Gift.com has gifts for Geeks (Teen Guy or Girl), Athletes (Teen Guy or Girl), Creative Thinker (Teen Guy or Girl), Trendinista’s (Teen Girl), and many, many others. The Gifts in these categories can range from Water powered alarm clocks to Educational Shower Curtains.

The website, which was started in 2005 and run by “gift gurus” who each have expertise in a specific area of gifts, also has gifts for Academic Achievers, such as Pen Scanners, Book-of-the-Month Sets, and USB Wristband Flash Drives. Other presents include Hello Kitty Cosmetic Sets, Pick Your Sign As-trology Jewelry, and Eco-friendly Sun Glasses for “Trendanista’s”.

Electronic gifts for “geeks” are also expected to be popular, and on the top of those lists are video games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Earmuff Headphones.

BHS students are just as diverse when it comes to what they want for the holidays. In a small survey the gifts students are asking for range from dye rotors, to cameras, to baseball bats, to a new hair straightener. Gift ideas are so diverse, in fact, that only three gifts were repeated at all, Uggs for women, gift cards to ANSgear.com for men, and clothes for both.

Good Housekeeping has also made a list of gifts that are expected to sell well dur-ing the holiday season. They have found Face-off Fun, which is an air hockey table, the iCade, an arcade system that lets you play classic arcade games such as Asteroid whenever you connect an iPad, and Make-up sets from Benefits, Sephora, and Tarte.

BHS student Tori Brehin wants gift cards to Pacsun, money, and “Marilyn Monroe stuff.” Another BHS student, Casey Cor-reia, wants a laptop, and an iPhone 4, while Dillon Hansen wants videogames, clothes and gift cards to Best Buy.

The Guitar, an instrument imbedded in musi-cal fame and history. Throughout the ages this ma-chine of Rock N’ Roll has transformed, inspiring the popular age of Guitar Hero, and the infamous age of Air Guitar. Showing itself for the first time in 1265, The Guitar has roots in Spain. The very first Guitar was rough, and bad sounding but less than 800 years lat-er it has given life and fame to such legends as Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Slash. Starting with the invention of the Electric Guitar in the 1930’s, Guitar players started to be-come a predominant factor in Bands, boasting entic-ing solos and mind blowing riffs. Their eventual fame and shows of pure tal-ent left then in history as “Gods, simply amazing art-ists.” said Jeremy Runyon, a rock enthusiast. Enter the age of electronics and the inven-tion of Guitar Hero, a single or multiplayer game in which players use smaller, plastic guitars as control-lers to complete songs of increasing difficulty. Although some ‘real’ Guitar players slam this game as a rip off of talent, there is no doubt that it takes “Massive skill and effort to become a Guitar Hero God,” said Brandon Baciak, “It’s no joke, it may just be more serious then the Mordor invasion!” Most infamous of all is perhaps the legend-ary Air Guitar. This also has roots in Spain, and has traveled the world with the Guitar, leaving its influ-ence wherever artists have traveled. When records started to be produced the Air Guitar Frenzy really start, according to Jeremy Gasper, “People anywhere could be rock stars just by closing their eyes, listening to music and moving your fingers!” “I just love them all!”Austin Paytosh said, “They each have their up’s and down’s but if I had to choose one I would choose Guitar Hero, it allows us, average people, to pick up a Guitar and play until our heads hurt and our fingers are sore.”

Guitars ; Who pulls the better string?By: Brandon Trsek

“It’s no joke, it may just be more serious then the Mordor invasion!”

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November 15 Feature

Nickelodeon shows like “Hey Arnold”, “Catdog”, “Angry Beavers”, and “Rugrats” were all made in the ‘90s. Now there are shows like “iCarly”, “Victorious”, and “True Jackson VP”.

No doubt shows on Nickelodeon have changed in the past 19 years; though it always kept its slime. A shows called “Brain Surge” is a spin off an of old Nickelodeon show “Double Dare”.

“Double Dare” was introduced in the year ‘86 to Nickelodeon, after being on CBS in ‘78. Mark Summers was the host of this Nickel-odeon version, and Alex Trebek hosted the CBS version. Teams of friends, family, or complete strangers would compete for prizes. When a team would win, they would get the “Sliming of a life time”.

BHS junior Sean Payne said “I liked “Avatar” because of that action that was in it”. “I watch “Spongebob SquarePants” because it’s the only thing I like on Nickelodeon” Payne continued.

“Spongebob Square pants” has been on the air since ‘99 and is the only cartoon from that time period to still be running. Spongebob is a sponge that lives under the sea, and lives in a pineapple. Though the thought is very silly, people seem to love the zany fry cook. There have been 310 episodes, with a total of 161 shows. This show is one of the longest running shows on Nickelodeon.

The cartoon comedy “Doug” aired from ‘91-’94, and then again from ‘96-’99. From ‘96-’99 Disney Channel picked up the cartoon, changing many things in the series. The main character Doug now has nine hairs instead of eight, and he’s now 12 years old in-stead of 11. His best friend Patty Mayonnaise now had a darker skin color, and she started

to wear earrings. The popular band “The beats” (Beatles) had now broken up. The show ended in ‘99, but reruns are played on various channels of Nickelodeon.

Seven year old Michelle Walter said “I love the show “iCarly” because Carly is so funny, and I love her best friend Sam!” Walter has never seen the show “Catdog” a fa-vorite of seven year olds a decade ago. “That show sounds really silly!” Walter went on to say that she loves the Disney Channel. “I like Phinius and Ferb, and even a show called Fish Hooks!” Walter said.

BHS Senior John Yost said “None of the shows on Nickelodeon are good anymore.” He went on to say that he preferred Disney Channel over Nickelodeon.

Disney Channel was created in ‘83, and is still run-ning today. From ‘97-’02 Disney Channel split into different segments called “Zoog, Vault, and Playhouse Disney”. Now on The Disney Channel (changed to “Disney”) there are shows like: “Hannah Montana, Sonny with a Chance, and Shake it Up”. These three segments on “Disney” showcase singing and dancing talents, and also boast about popularity.

As an example “Hannah Montana” is about teen-age pop sensation Hannah Montana who is trying to conceal her identity by living a double life as a normal teenage girl, Miley Cyrus. Miley’s best friends Oliver and Lilly are the only kids who know about her alter ego. Even though she tries to live a normal life, her popularity keeps her famous. Although new shows seem to be very popular, older students seem to prefer older shows.

Senior Emily Hoover said “I’ve never wanted to be in a Nickelodeon show, but I’ve always loved them.”Rocket Power” is probably one of my favorite older shows!”

I’ll always remember the old Nickelodeon shows like “Doug”, “Ren and Stimpy”, “Angry Beavers”, and “Ru-grats” but those shows are long gone.

BHS students have said all the best shows were played in the ‘90’s, and I would have to agree.

BHS Students Like 90’s Nick Better Than Now!

Jasmine Gheith

November 16 Feature

"Cult" TV hit "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" is taking the Internet and many people into "The Herd". Many of the people who watch "My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic" (MLP FIM) are adult males who show their allegiance to the show over the internet. (http://life.icrontic.com/article/why-grown-ass-men-love-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-so-much/ )MLP FIM aired its first episode on October 10, 2010 on the Hub. The creative director and executive producer until recently, Lauren Faust, is responsible for the current show. She has currently stepped down, and is now the consulting producer. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic ) Dillon Anderson has the story about how the show made its beginnings in the Internet world to start the cult. "When MLP FIM aired, there were people on an image board site, known as 4chan that began to watch the show and post pictures of the ponies," Anderson said. "Many of the people on the site rejected the people watching and the idea of ever watching the show, however some began to side with the people posting, now calling themselves bronies, and try the show. From there it simply spread from person to person creating the cult sen-sation that it is today," Cadale Thomas provided his reasons behind

watching the show. "I enjoy it because the animation is good, the art is impressive, the character development is very good for a 22 minute cartoon, and the characters have their own personalities that make it interesting," Thomas said. Cadale believes that the reason that people watch the show is "Because they are drawn in by the colors of the show, and the characters really make people want to keep watching," Kai Stewart, who lives in England, also presented his reasoning. "The characters are what drew me in. My favorite Pony is Rainbow Dash because she is fun and a show off," Stewart said. Kai expects that the reason people watch the show is "Because the characters are well developed and it is very colorful," Despite being a hit with many people, there are some who do not find the show quite as amusing. Cosmo watched the first episode, and decided that he did not wish to see any more. "It’s a children's show, a cartoon! And the plot reminds me of the Powerpuff Girls," Cosmo said. In spite of his disdain for the show, he manages to provide it with one compliment. "The characters are fantastic; the rest of the show just isn’t worth watching," To explain the current fan base, Cosmo feels that "Many of the males watching have fond memories of watching cartoons," The internet fans jumped to explain the reasons that they watch the show and attempt to explain the phenomena that is rising on the internet. Shadow_Rider89 rose to explain his long time fandom of MLP. "To be honest I have been a fan of my little pony all my life I grew up on it. I watched it all the time when I was little before it was big on the internet," said Shadow_Rider89. Videogame9 gives a very easy to understand explanation about why the show is liked. "Heard about it, watched it liked it. Simple."

My little pony, is friendship magic?

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the Powerpuff Girls," Cosmo said. In spite of his disdain for the show, he manages to provide it with one compliment. "The characters are fantastic; the rest of the show just isn’t worth watching," To explain the current fan base, Cosmo feels that "Many of the males watching have fond memories of watching cartoons," The internet fans jumped to explain the reasons that they watch the show and attempt to explain the phenomena that is rising on the internet. Shad-ow_Rider89 rose to explain his long time fandom of MLP. "To be honest I have been a fan of my little pony all my life I grew up on it. I watched it all the time when I was little before it was big on the internet," said Shadow_Rider89. Videogame9 gives a very easy to understand explanation about why the show is liked. "Heard about it, watched it liked it. Simple." A user on this site by the name of Beowulf says "I completely enjoy the atmosphere despite it being built for young girls. The characters, specifically the Mane 6, are very well developed, have very distinct personalities and very distinct thoughts about the world around them," added in their ex-planations was their own favorite ponies, and why. The favorites of the crowd were Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. A user by the name of Rainbow

Dash says she favorites "Rainbow Dash because she/he can relate to her the most out of all." The various users feelings about the ponies was somewhat similar, all of them agreeing "How could you dislike any pony?" A user by the name of Anndead agrees but says "I don't really dislike any pony, though twilight can be a bit boring...I love her though don't get me wrong, she just doesn't get any fun parts written for her." So all and all this show is about friendship and no matter the differences no one should EVER judge someone for who they are, what show they like. Friendship forever and Friendship is magic.

Staff Writers Asia Nagy&Cody Anderson

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November 18 Sports

“Your Clevelaaaaaand Cavalieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers” as said by

Joe Tait; the best announcer in Cavalier history, hands down. “Who are the

Cleveland Cavaliers? In previous years they’ve always had a team with all

solid players that were well-known around the league. To name a few Lebron

James, Shaq, Ben Wallace, Carlos Boozer, Big Z, Drew Gooden, and many

more.” Although last year had to be an exception when they had no choice

but to go for rookies and D leaguers that no one has ever heard of; A few

of these people are Manny Harris, Samardo Samuels, Alonzo Gee, and

Christian Eyenga. At least they went out and got one veteran player which

was Baron Davis.

Senior Brendon Scullen said that the best Cavaliers team of all time

was the 2007 roster, “because they ended up going to the Finals, for the first

time in history.” Brendon continued “Why did Coach Mike Brown sit some of

the people on the team that had a huge impact on the outcome of the finals?”

During the 2007 Finals Mike Brown sat Devin Brown, Damon Jones, and Eric

Snow. They kept Eric Snow solely for the playoffs and then he didn’t even

play. “Going into the series Devin Brown did good for them and was a factor

of how they made it.” Brendon continued, “I still have hope for the Cavaliers,

especially if there is no season this year because then in the next year’s draft

we will get another lottery pick. (Early pick for teams that didn’t make the

playoffs). What is the worst memory of the cavaliers?

“Jordan cranks back, shot over Ehlo and Ohhhhh, the Bulls win, Bulls

win.” This quote was during the unbelievable shot (aka The Shot) in the first

round of the eastern conference playoffs in 1989. It was game 5 (the last

game) with the series tied 2-2. The Cavs were winning by 1, but as time ex-

pired Jordan put up a shot while fading back at the free throw line, right in

Craig Ehlo’s face and he sank it to win the game and progress to the second

round. This is the Cavaliers worst memory because it crushed their hopes of

winning the NBA Finals. The Detroit Pistons ended up sweeping the Lakers in

the Finals that year. Who is the best Cavalier player in history?

John Marshall high school graduate Jeff Reed has been a fan of the Cavaliers for 30+ years. He has seen them go from bad to good to bad to great to bad to phenomenal and back down to terrible. He thought that Mike Brown was a good coach and that Lebron was the best player that they have ever had. Lebron has won the most awards for a player in cava-lier history. He won player of the month thirteen times and four of them were consecutive. He said the best team that they’ve ever had was the 2009 roster. During this year Lebron won MVP, All-NBA first team, NBA All-Defensive first team, and Player of the month 5 times. Mike Brown also won coach of the year, and was the eastern coach for the all star game. How was the Cavaliers draft last year?

Senior Manny Deherrera during the draft said “with the number 1 pick they should take Arizona forward Derrick Williams, and with the fourth pick they should take either BYU guard Jimmer Fredette, UK guard Brandon Knight, or Duke guard Kyrie Irving.” who we ended up taking first. Manny continued “If we would have taken Williams first, then we would have a better forward than Tristan Thompson. (Maybe even a replacement for Lebron). Then the Cavs still could’ve got a really good point guard; maybe even who we took first. (Kyrie Ir-ving). Manny continued “I think the Cavs had a good draft; Kyrie will do good, and Thompson is working on his game every day to be the best that he can be.” What about the core of the team in the past?

Senior Patrick Peters brought up the Cavaliers core guys during most of the 1980’s. “Craig Ehlo, who is most, remembered for de-fending “The Shot” aka Jordan over Ehlo.” He was a guard that could shoot, pass, and re-bound. Patrick continued “Larry Nance, who was not only in the first dunk contest but who won the first dunk contest, and Mark Price was most re-membered for his shooting; Price won two three-point contests in his career, and he became the second player ever to join the 50-40-90 club. (Shoot at least 50% from the field, at least 40% from three-point, and at least 90% from the free throw line). Larry Bird was the person who started the club, and is the only other member.

Cleveland Cavaliers HistoryLorenzo Reed

Staff Writer

BATTLEOF THE

GRINDSTONE

Every year since the early sixties two teams play for not only the grindstone (a trophy given to the winning team) but for pride and bragging rights for the year.

Berea and Midpark High School’s foot-ball teams play each year as the biggest rivalry of their years!

Every year the game is played at both schools home stadium located at Finny stadium on Bagley road in Berea Ohio. “I have been involved in the Midpark game since 1973,» «To me it is all about school, community and pride. Winning the grindstone is a lifelong athletic accomplishment, Former player and coaches talk about it years after the game.” Mr. Cistolo BHS director said. The Grindstone is a symbol of pride for all players and coaches of the two schools. When the rivalry first started it was a game between two neighboring school where all of the students knew each other and were friends.

Over the years the competition grew and the rivalry became much more intense. The rivalry was at its peak in the eighties and nineties because the game frequently decided which one of these two teams would win the conference championship.

Ever since then the two teams have slight-ly dwindled but the intensity of the rivalry has not.

“The game means a lot so of course I want to win badly I want to win every game but the Midpark game is a whole different game.” Ty-ler Mullins senior football player at BHS said. “It’s the last game of our season Vs. our rival (who is in our school district). It is a great atmo-

sphere with great anticipation and many people pay attention to it. Alumni always talk about it and send letters so you want to do your best.» Coach Willson head coach at BHS said. This game is not only im-portant to the players and coaching staff it is also a very important game for the Alumni of both schools. These people that grew up going to these schools and live in the area still want to see their high school win against their biggest rivals. The students that don’t play football also take this game as a big deal. Most kids that attend the two different schools are friends but when it comes time for the Berea Midpark game hatred grows. “Midpark needs to go down, not only in football but in every sport bera should beat them in everything.» Ferris Sadek senior student at BHS said. This intense rivalry has been going on since the early sixties but is soon coming to an end. The two separate high schools will be combining in the near future to create one larger high school. This means that the rivalry will come to an end and only the memory of this fierce game will live on. Midpark is ahead by one win over Berea so next year is a must win for BHS if they want to tie the record of the Grindstone.

“Crush them!” “They deserve it.”

Joseph Kaye

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November 20 Sports Feature

It’s All That Matters Berea Vs Midpark

For forty-nine years the two high schools in the Berea City School District have played the final game of each football season with one goal, to destroy each other! The players of this game leave it all out on the field for bragging rights; for seniors it is a way to insure they will always be remembered and for the whole program, it is to bring home the greatest prize around, the Grindstone. Coach Mark Riley said it best “As a Berea grad and now coach, this game means more to me than ever. I understand the history and I understand the impor-tance of the game not only from a “bragging rights” standpoint, but from a community and school spirit aspect as well.” Berea and Midpark athlete you instantly have one goal in mind, beating their rival. “There is nothing in life like beating your rival, and it is a mo-ment to be savored forever.” Riley went on to say. For the 2011-2012 seniors on the team, they began their campaign for the Grindstone fresh-man year after watching the Varsity team that year beat Midpark 17-14. Though that game was a close one, pride was still felt. So you can believe that when the 2011 Braves won 49-27 on October 28th there was no way Finnie stadium would be able to hold the excitement. Senior and starting left tackle Zach Sullivan started on varsity since sophomore year and put his feelings on the win in three words “Greatest feeling ever” “I’ve always viewed the Berea-Midpark as one of the fiercest in high school because of the close proximity of the schools and the closeness of the over-

all record being only a one game difference. Plus we all know each other because we grew up so close to-gether,” Sullivan said about the rivalry Senior kicker Andy Magee has also started varsity since sophomore year and shared the same feelings as Zach on beating Midpark stating on the field after the big win” I can’t describe how good this feels right now….it’s just awesome”Magee had a reason to be speechless, along with beating his rival he went 7-7 on his extra points in the process. Everyone has to be credited for the win, from the play-ers and coaches, to the cheerleaders and fans. But most importantly to the players are the ones who keep them on the field, the training staff. Shannon Taylor is a senior and began being an assis-tant trainer sophomore year and gave her take on the rivalry as “As a beautiful thing” she went on to say “I find myself proud to be part of one of the biggest ri-valries in northeast Ohio aside from St. Eds. Vs Ignatius. I’m sad to know that there is only going to be one more year of it left before the schools combine”Shannon brought up a good point. With only one year left, one game left as rivals Midpark leads the all time rivalry by one game. Next year with a win, the Braves can cement the unity of the schools by tying up the re-cord for good, but also Braves from past and present can gain the ultimate bragging rights by being able to say they won the last game, they were the last to say loud and proud “Berea Got The Grindstone OOOH AHHH!”

Shawn LowrieStaff Writer

November 21 Sports

The Berea High School (BHS) varsity bas-ketball team is pumped up for their season this year. The players and coaches are feel-ing positive about the season and they are expecting another successful campaign. Last year the team advanced very far in the play-offs and the team is expecting to get even far-ther this year. BHS social studies teacher and var-sity basketball coach, Mr. Collins, is anxious to get the season started. “What we did last year was pretty special…..Our goal is to do even better this year,” Col-lins said. Coach Collins is confident in the team this year, and he thinks it will be a good season. Collins expects the season to be very competitive. “The schedule is a lot tougher, and teams are looking out for us now because they know we’re good,” Collins said. With a tough schedule and good competition, everyone should expect a lot of close and in-tense games.The players are very confident about this year, but they believe that they need to form good team chemistry if they want to be suc-cessful.

“The team has great talent; we just need to form good team chemistry and we will be successful,” Joe Vazquez said. Vazquez is a varsity player, and he expects the team to get farther in the play-offs, but only if they gain good team chemistry. Neumann Posey, a prospective varsity basketball player also feels very positively about the season. “We can definitely have another good run in the playoffs, but only if we can work together as a team,” Posey said.Team Chemistry is always important for a team, but Coach Collins does not believe that this is a major issue. “Most of these players have been playing to-gether for years…..Our biggest obstacle is over-looking teams. The players tend to look ahead too much,” Collins said. Last year the BHS varsity basketball team won four straight playoff games and then lost to the Mentor Cardinals. This playoff run was a surprise to most people. The Braves goal for this year is to do even better in the playoffs.BHS student Jake Fischer feels optimistic about the season but does not think that the Braves will have another playoff run. “That run was magical; magic does not happen all the time,” Fischer said.The Braves first game is on December 3rd at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The Braves are facing Revere and the players expect it to be a close and intense game.

Varsity Boys Basketball Sets Goals High By Peter Harmon

“What We did last year Was pretty special.”

November 22 Sports

Scarlet and Gray, Blue and Maize: Ask almost anyone what those colors represent and they will most likely say Ohio State and Michigan. These two teams clash once a year in one of the biggest rivalries in college football. People from Michigan and Ohio talk trash to each other right after the last whistle of the game till the first whistle of the game a year later. Well the first whistle to the game is approach-ing. Ohio State has not lost to Michigan since 2003. This year the trend could very easily be snapped. As of right now Ohio State is unranked with a 6-4 record (3-3 in conference play) and Michigan is ranked #24 in the BCS with a 8-2 record (4-2 in conference play).This year Ohio State has had many issues especially on offense. There has been a quarterback controversy between Freshman Quarterback Braxton Miller and the fifth year senior Joe Bauserman. Ohio State alum-ni Charles Salata feels very strongly about this. “Braxton Miller should start the game.” Salata said. “Joe Bauserman should not play again this year unless all other quarterbacks in the greater Columbus area become injured.” Salata said Ohio State has without a doubt not had the season they were hoping to have coming off of all of the controversy this past offseason. Former Berea Braves Kicker Andy Magee had this to say “It’s not entirely the whole, team, but more of an offensive struggle. They don’t have a truly solid WR, or tailback like years past. Fickell is not to blame.” Magee said. Salata offered another reason for the Buckeyes lack of success this season. “They had several players suspended at the beginning of the year. They also lost play-ers to the NFL draft that may have stayed had the coach not left. That, coupled with the presence, of a new head coach, has caused

adjustment issues” Salata said. While Ohio State has struggled, Michigan on the other hand has looked to improve from last sea-

son. “Denard Robinson is more of a “wildcat” only quarterback, but UM is making it work out nicely.” Magee said.”Good play calling on the

coaches behalf.” Neumann Posey, a senior at BHS and recently converted Michigan fan believes that “better coaching” is the reason for the Wolverines suc-

cess this season. Cris Mcmanus an avid Michigan fan says

“their defense has more experience”. Andy Magee predicts Ohio State will be leaving Ann Arbor this year with a “W” with the final score being “14-13: OSU defense holds UM to 1 touchdown and 2 field goals and the offense pulls through for 2 rushing touchdowns from Mill-er; don’t look to see much of a passing game

from OSU.” Neumann Posey sees things going just a bit dif-ferently predicting that the U of M will get their first “W” over the Buckeyes in 8 years with the

final score being “35-14”. Mcmanus is taking Michigan 28-24

“Ohio State will win the game this year. They are starting to play better and their defense will shut down Robinson and crew….28-17 Ohio State”

Salata said. Regardless of whether you are a Buckeyes fan or a Wolverines fan this will be a game that you

will not want to miss.

OHIO STATE VS MICHIGAN PREVIEW

“Joe Bauserman should not play again this year unless all other quarterbacks in the greater Columbus area be-come injured.”

Brendon Scullen Staff writer

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"We are more competitive this year than last year, the guys should win more this year and the girls will stay a dominant force," Ferris Sadek, Berea High School swimmer said about the upcoming season. The past years the swim teams have been very successful and are striving to work even harder this season to go farther than past swim teams. In the past many individuals have qualified for districts and made it to regionals.The swimmers this year are trying to work harder as a team and make it farther together instead of moving on as just individuals. "The main goal of the team this year is 'spirit'; we're all looking forward to getting behind everyone," senior swimmer Caroline Buehl said about the team's main goals this season. Because swimming is also an individual sport, each individual wants to strive and make it farther than districts this year; but they also want to work together as a team. Swimming is very similar to the way golf is played in how an athlete would qualify for each sport. They both have the opportunity to have individuals qualify, but on the other hand the team can also make it to the next level. "Swimming all year round for a USA swim team called swim strong and running as much as possible while lifting weights," Katy Bauer mentioned about her preparation this summer to get ready both physically and men-tally for the upcoming swim season. Most of the swimmers, both on the boys and the girls' team swim with programs and summer teams to stay fit physically for each new season at the school. Peyton Kranz who is a junior has had prior success and hopes to be a leader for the upcoming season and set the bar high for the younger swimmers. "Hopefully I can make it to states this year because I missed it by one spot last year, and it has been the first year I swam all year round, so I hope it pays off," She is praised by some of older swimmers on the team and is highly recognized by her coaches."I have been eating healthy and going to the Recreation Center three times a week to build up my muscle," Sadek said because he has other priorities and was unable to swim and compete over the summer.The swim coach Rob Salisbury works year round to help his team succeed when the winter rolls around. He works on different strategies to practice and finds different ways to shorten kids' times and help them succeed. Mr. Salisbury is hoping for another successful season and ultimately he wants the whole team to strive for districts but also hopes to have some of his kids qualify individually.

Swimmers Anticipate Season AheadZach MogStaff Writer

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