Issue #16
Wednesday
November 30
2016
Bringing Pine-Richland High School its Weekly News…One Page at a Time
RAMPAGE
WRESTLING SEASON STARTS OFF STRONG
BEN SALAS STAFF REPORTER
As the snow starts to fall, and the fall sports have their banquets,
new sports seasons are born. Wrestling started at the beginning of last
week. After having an average season last year, the team looks to
capitalize on the previous outcome and make it to the WPIAL
tournament.
When asked about the team, senior captain Hunter Baxter said,
“This year we have great leadership and experience with our
underclassmen along with the strength with some of our newcomers.
I’m looking for great things this year especially at our individual
tournaments throughout the season. We have a team that meshes very
well with each other, and our coaches just add to the experience. We
have great coaches and I expect they will lead our team to do even
more great things this year.”
The Rams will attend multiple individual and team tournaments
this season. Of those tournaments, the Rams will take on the
prestigious Powerade Holiday Tournament. This tournament is the
ranked the toughest individual tournament in the state of
Pennsylvania and the second toughest tournament in the country.
Senior Captains Hunter Baxter and Garrett Burnham were the only
two on the team to place at the tournament last year (Baxter 6th ,
Burnham 8th.) The team will also take a hike down to Hampton,
Virginia for The Virginia Duels. It has been two years since the Rams
made the trip to Hampton for the tournament and the team is looking
to avenge their losses to a couple of Virginia’s finest teams.
Baxter and the rest of the senior captains encourage all students to
come out and see some exciting wrestling.
TEN WAYS TO SURVIVE
HOLIDAY SHOPPING:
The 10 Do’s and Don’ts on the Day of Sales
SOPHIA CLEGG LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Even though Black Friday is over now, here’s some advice for next year’s
madness as well as this year’s holiday shopping too:
#1 Do plan ahead! You need to figure out what stores you’re going to and when.
#2 Do plan what you need to get! Make a list!
#3 Don’t just wander around! Follow a map and walk quickly!
#4 Don’t fight other shoppers! Remember they have the same goal as you!
#5 Do look at sales before the day! See what has the best deals!
#6 Don’t go into stores you don’t know! PLAN AHEAD SO YOU DO NOT
DIE!
#7 Get into the mindset! Don’t be scared. YOU CAN DO THIS!
#8 Don’t go alone! The buddy rule still applies.
#9 Don’t bring $1! JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SALES DOES NOT
MEAN EVERYTHING’S CRAZY CHEAP-- BRING ALL YOUR MONEY!
#10 Don’t buy just for yourself! There are other people; not just you!
REMINDER:
MIDTERMS JUST AROUND THE CORNER—
ORGANIZE YOUR BINDER...AND YOUR THOUGHTS!
Students Dive
into the
Swim Season
LANDI BATYKEFER
ASSISANT OPINION EDITOR
PR’s high school swim team is now in full swing… or
swim… get it? The season officially started Friday,
November 19th and will carry through until the end of
February and beginning of March. The season ends a
week or so after the last day of WPIALS.
The coaches include Peter Barry, Shannon Kabala,
and a new coach who is yet to be determined. Barry and
Kabala are also the coaches for the private club team
PRA, or Pine Richland Aquatics.
Barry is the head coach followed by Kabala. Barry
has been coaching for high school swimming and PRA
since they came about. Many amazing swimmers have
been coached by Barry. Kristen Murslack, now a senior
at Auburn University, holds nine records, and six pool
records was coached by Barry and has an amazing future
of an Olympian ahead of her.
There is a hope for the swimmers of becoming
closer, encouraging each other, and crushing their
opponents… maybe even North Allegheny sometime in
the future.
As the freshmen learn the ropes of swim meets, team
cheers, and the encouraging aspect of being a part of a
family, the juniors and seniors push themselves to get
recognized by colleges. Senior Ryan Schonbachler got
recruited by Pitt’s swimming and diving to join them…
this is the hope of many of the swimmers.
NEWS
Student Spotlight: Freshman Judy Johnson
GRACE JOHNSON STAFF REPORTER
Q: Who do you aspire to be?
A: Honestly, I just try to be the best I am capable of and then go from
there.
Q: What are your favorite activities to do in your spare time?
A: I like to run and sing.
Q: What keeps you going?
A: My friends, I know that they will always be there for me.
Q: Do you like school? What is your favorite/least favorite aspect?
A: Let’s just say I don’t like homework or getting up early, but other than
that I love seeing my friends every day and high school, especially, has
given me a new perspective on school.
Q: What is the best part of your day?
A: It is different each day, sometimes it comes while getting a good grade
on a test, sometimes it comes during choir because the songs are so poetic
and beautiful it touches me, and sometimes it’s during lunch (obviously
because of the food), but usually it’s when I’m hanging out with my
friends in the morning, they are the best.
Q: What is the worst part of your day?
A: The worst part of my day is gym class, I’m such a klutz.
Q: What is the most important aspect of who you are?
A: The most important aspect of who I am is to always stay true to myself
and not worry about what others think; I think if everyone did that the
world would be a better place.
Q: If you could be any celebrity for a day, who would you be?
A: Megan Trainor, she told us all in her song that if she was us she would
want to be her too.
Q: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
A: Hopefully, I will have graduated from college, and be in pursuit of my
career.
Q: What is the best moment of your life so far?
A: Going to WPIAL’s for cross-country
GOING FOR THE GOLD: Freshman Judy Johnson competes
in her final race of the season at WPIAL’s, which she describes as the
best moment of her life so far. Although Johnson did not make states
this year, she did achieve much for her freshman year, running varsity for
PR.
“Hail Trump”: White Supremacy Groups’ Convention Causes Controversy Across the Country
Celebratory chants echoed through the
Ronald Reagan Building on November 19.
With hands raised, a group of nearly 200
far-right extremists gathered together at
the National Policy Institute Convention
to praise the recent Republican Presidentelect. Shouts of, “Hail Trump,” “Hail our
people,” and “Hail victory,” sent
shockwaves through the surrounding area
of Washington as leader Richard B.
Spencer stood strong on the convention
stage, smiling with pride at his supporters.
With dreams of “a new society” and
“ethnic cleansing,” the self-proclaimed altright advocates promote white supremacy
and the superiority of the European race.
Spencer, the leader of the organization, is
known world-wide for his controversial
JILLIAN SIEGAL FRONT PAGE EDITOR
ideas. The neo-Nazi group centers on the
ideologies of white superiority.
The movement spreads anti-Semitism
through means of white nationalism, and
speaks down on other subcultures within
America.
"America was, until this last generation,
a white country, designed for ourselves
and our posterity. It is our creation and
our inheritance, and it belongs to us," said
Spencer.
Although this movement has spanned
over several years, the recent election
placed the organization in a new light. The
group claims that they support Presidentelect Donald J. Trump, and they feel as if
he follows some of the same viewpoints
that they have about the society of
America. Outrage rose as Americans came
to terms with the idea that a neo-Nazi
group is showing their support for the
upcoming President of the United States.
However, at a meeting with The New
York Times on Tuesday, November 22,
Trump denied any connection to the
group and said that he does not approve
of the organization.
“"I condemn them. I disavow, and I
condemn,” he said.
The question still lingers, however, of
whether Americans should be concerned
for the fate of a nation under the hands of
a man who is taken as an inspiration for
intolerant organizations.
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NEWS!
ENTERTAINMENT
Lucifer Episode 9: Homewrecker
ISABELLE KRATZ EDITOR IN CHIEF
The ending to this episode made me so mad.
We had such a nice moment between Lucifer and Chloe-she saved his home from being demolished, then he invited her to dinner, and
then he stood her up.
THE NERVE.
Chloe looked so heartbroken, and she texted him to see what was up, BUT HE JUST READ THE TEXT MESSAGES AND DIDN’T
RESPOND. I’m still angry. I’m shaking while writing this. It was like episode 7. One step forward, and two steps back for his character
development.
We saw Lucifer defending his home and fighting
for something he loved, and when Doctor Linda’s
questions scared him, he retreated and fell back into
himself. I get that being scared is human, and a huge
development that shows how he’s changing, but it’s
so hard to watch because he feels the negative part
of being human, when he won’t even admit to
himself that he loves Chloe. Lucifer has started to
feel the best part of being human-love, and he
doesn’t even realize it.
To everyone else it’s obvious. It’s obvious to me,
and at least three or four of the characters have
mentioned it to Lucifer or Chloe, but both shrug off
the mention of it. It frustrates me to no end, but I
can’t help but love watching it. Both Lucifer and
Chloe have gone through too much character
development and have too much history for this
relationship to die before it starts. While Lucifer
avoided seeing her, it
A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL-Chloe and Lucifer share a dance after she
just proves Dr. Linda’s point that he cares that much
about Chloe’s opinion of him. He cares about her as
helped protect his home, his nightclub Luxe, from the police.
well, and the thought of telling her the truth terrifies
him.
The character who I grow to hate each week is Lucifer’s mom. This episode shows how hell ruined her and twists her love into something
borderline possessive. The one thing I love is that the villain is a woman. It shows that women are as much capable as evil and are humans, not
dependent people on pedestals. I always appreciate a female villain, not matter how devious and annoying.
Dobby: A Free Elf
XENOPHILIUS LOVEGOOD QUIBBLER EXCLUSIVE
How has Harry Potter influenced your life?
Dobby is so grateful to Harry Potter. Harry Potter saved Dobby
from the terrible fate of a house elf, and Dobby is a free elf because
of him.
What is your favorite part of being free?
Dobby is his own master now that he is free. Dobby’s masters
cannot flog him anymore because of Harry Potter. Dobby is a free
elf!
Can you tell us what the worst part of your time as a working
elf was?
Dobby had many hardships under the Malfoys. They treated Dobby
like vermin, but Harry Potter brought about a new dawn for elf kind.
He’s the reason Dobby left behind his master and became a free elf.
What would you say is the hardest part of being a house elf?
Dobby must fight for jobs, but Professor Dumbledore gives us
house elves wonderful jobs in the Hogwarts kitchens. Professor
Dumbledore helped Dobby; he offered Dobby ten galleons and
weekends off, but Dobby likes to work with the other elves.
What changed after gaining your freedom?
Dobby changed. He found out what freedom was because of Harry
Potter. Harry Potter saved Dobby and Dobby is free because of him.
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