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YOUTH BRIGADE
Youth of Today
Fan Behavior
Wesley Dickerson
Cedar Ridge H. S.
Going to a sporting
event is a common pastime
in America; especially
among high school students
who love to go watch their
friends compete and represent their school, while
showing some school spirit
themselves. Being a fan in
the right environment is an
amazing experience especially for young people,
there are friends to be
made and cheers to be
shouted. Being a fan is
great, but there is also a correct way to carry oneself as
a fan in attendance at a
game.
A major issue that occurs among fans at games is
that many people do not
pick up after themselves
when the event is finished.
Looking at the stands is an
awful site after a game
there is trash nearly everywhere and in most cases
from people who did not
clean up their trash from
the food they ate. This is a
pretty big issue in most
sports arenas around the
country and it hinders the
game watching experience
as well because trash
around the seating area
make the seats look unappealing.
The second major
problem is poor sportsmanship among fans in attendance of games, particularly
in very competitive games
or rivalry games. It is completely understandable
that fans will get excited
when good things happen
for their teams and also
when bad things happen for
the opposing team, its part
of almost every sport. Some
things are acceptable, for
example being loud while
a player from the opposing
team shoots a free throw is
perfectly fine, it happens
almost everywhere and its
not personal. Although certain things are not acceptable to do as a fan. Attempting to belittle players on
the opposite team is not
good fan behavior and it
happens way too often.
Fans should respect that the
athletes on the other team
that are just trying to do the
same thing as the other
team.
In conclusion as a fan
people should conduct
themselves like the athletes do, respect your opponent and respect the game.
Group Effort
Genesis Stiggers
Elgin Middle School
My school has a period
every six weeks I like to call
the Major Period. I call it
that because almost every
class I go to has a major
grade project due the next
week. I am usually fine with
having projects but why do
all of them at the same
time. I like doing research
papers and power-points,
but is it really necessary to
throw it on us all at once?
Sometimes I wonder why
schools plan it like this. The
worst thing isn’t even the
planning, it’s the people.
In my social studies
class I have to work with
two other people. There is
one boy and one girl, guess
which one is hardest to
work with. The boy, which
shall not be named, wants
to talk more than he works,
I wouldn’t mind it but he
never does his work. The
guy who he talks to is always complaining about
how I’m always “on his
back” but what they don’t
realize is that what they do
depends on what my grade
is going to be. The girl, who
also shall not be named, is
much more controlled. She
sometimes needs me to
explain things to her but she
works hard. These people
are my group members and
I sometimes wish that I
could work by myself.
The Major Period is a
dangerous and frustrating
part of school. It can be the
best of times, and the worst
of times, but I do admit, I
love being the one with the
most group effort.
Hope of Tomorrow
Black Registry
Car Crashes
Etiquette Field Trip
Aubri Allen-Brent
Del Valle High School
According to the
Harvard center of risk analysis, every year 636,000 car
crashes are due to cellular
devices. What would you
do if one of them involved
you? Texting while driving
has become more common
in today’s society. We have
been bombarded by new
technologies such as
iPhones, tablets, and etc.
Texting and driving can lead
to death and accidents that
are unwarned. You should
now stop texting and driving because no one wants
Zachariah Washington
Cedars Academy
On February the 8th
grade class had a field trip
to test our etiquette skills.
Our superintendent Dr. Diaz
took us to Pappadeaux and
to go see Peter and the Star
Catcher at the Zachary Scott
Theater.
When we went to
Alon Rodgers
Hendrickson H. S.
The Hawk Tennis Team
is gaining strength this year.
Ian Armstrong and Hannah
Browne got 2nd in mixed
doubles in the Georgetown
Freshman tournament;
Alex Theis and Jonathan
Andrande got 3rd in the
boys doubles in the
Georgetown Freshman
tournament; Cole Mechem
and Chris Rodriguez won
the consolation in the boys
doubles in the Georgetown
Freshman tournament;
Ariana Lyles got 3rd in girls
singles in the Georgetown
Freshman tournament;
Rodriguez and Mechem got
3rd in the boys doubles at
the Pflugerville JV tournament; Armstrong and
Browne won the consola-
tion in the mixed doubles
at the Pflugerville tournament.
This
weekend,
Hendrickson hosted The
Ronald Reagan Great Communicator Greater Texas
Regional Debate Contest.
The series is designed to
develop proactive informed, educated, and conscientious citizens and leaders by creating and hosting
a national series of high
school debates. Senior Jordan Rojas was one of two
students who qualified to
attend the The Great Communicator National Championship which will be
hosted on-site at the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Library
in July.
Events this week include a Slang Bee 7 pm
Thursday in the Performing
Arts
Center
(PAC);
Powerlifting Quad Meet at
Jarrell Thursday; Theatre 1
Showcase 7 pm Friday in the
PAC; Boys and Girls Basketball are at home Friday; Tennis is at Georgetown Tournament Friday; Softball
scrimmages at home 10 am
Saturday; The Prom Fashion
Show is 7 pm Feb. 19 in the
PAC.
My Science Project
Erika Lipscomb
Manor Elementary
For the past two
weeks or so, we have been
working hard on Science
Projects. we have been
learning about the planets
in our Solar system. there
are nine planets including
Pluto. It was much to learn
about our solar system. It
was fun doing our
projects. Now I'm looking
forward to our Valentine
activities.
Pappadeaux I really loved l
it because it was fancy and
really decorative and nice.
The main part that I liked
about
the
trip
to
Pappadeuax was the food
to me. It was delicious and I
personal don’t like Sea
Food but the experience to
pappadeaux will definitely
will interest me to try it
again.
After the Pappadeaux
experience we went to the
Zach Theater to go see Peter and the Star Catcher. It
was an awesome show
about how Peter Pan became Peter Pan. My favorite character in the show
was Captain Hook because
he was hilarious and always
made me laugh throughout
the whole show.
African American Inventors
Debate Contest
On This Day In Black History...
Bernard Harris ~ becomes the first Black astronaut to take a
spacewalk, dedicating it
to the achievements of
all African Americans.
to die or lose their loved
ones because you can’t put
your phone down!
Now everywhere you
look people are on their
phones, Texting and driving
has become more common
in today’s society also. If
your texting while driving
you are 23.2 times more
likely to crash then just
reaching for your cellphone
in the car. That’s very scary
if you think about it because
you just texting your
friends “hey I’m on my way”
can be the last text message
you ever send.
On August 6, 2008
Janet age 48, lost control of
her car and crashed because
she was texting. She was
killed, Along with her 15
year old and 13 year old
daughter. Texting while
driving lead her to loose not
only her life but your kids
life also. Because of this we
can see that you should not
text and drive because of all
the bad possible things that
could happen to you and
your loved ones.
SaNaya White
Cedars Int’l Academy
If you woke up in the
morning to put your clothes
on and they were wrinkled
you can't iron them very
well because a women
named Sarah Boone invented the ironing board. If
you went to comb or brush
your hair you couldn't because Lydia O. Newman invented the brush and
Walter Sammons invented
the comb. Now you realize
that your house is filthy so
you sweep and then reach
for the dustpan but it's not
there because Lloyd P. Ray
invented it. So what do you
do? Then you want to mop
the floor but the mop isn't
there either. Thomas W.
Stewart invented the mop.
It's time to do some paper
work but every pencil you
have is broken and you can't
find your favorite pen.
Well you're out of luck
because guess who invented the pencil sharpener, John Love made the
pencil sharpener and a man
named William Purvis invented the fountain pen. It's
time to go to work and your
now running late, well your
running late even longer
now because there's a lot of
car wrecks on the rode. Why
you might ask? That's because Garrett A. Morgan invented the traffic light.
Once you give up on going
to work you're super hungry but there's nothing in
the refrigerator because
there is no refrigerator. A
man named John Standard
invented the fridge, so you
just eat the unrefrigerated
food. Well now you know
life would have been hard
without all these AfricanAmerican inventors!
It's Not You, It's Me
Jarian Galloway
Harmony Academy
At Harmony, there are
two theatre classes: one for
A day and one for B day. I happen to be in A day theatre
with freshmen, sophomores,
and even seniors. At the end
of the year both classes will
be putting on plays for the
entire school.
A day theatre is putting
on a play called "It's Not You,
It's Me". Each scene contains
a different couple breaking
up in a different way. Every
class, we practice our lines,
and take and give critique
over the acting portion. In this
play, you can expect a psychic, a diehard sportfan, and
a "Black Mounty".
B day theatre is putting
on a play called "So You Wanna
Be A Cheerleader?". Each scene
contains a different person trying out to be on the
cheerleading squad. Every
class, they practice and the directors conference with the
teacher to help the actors. In
this play, you can expect an
alien, a guy who prepares for
the zombie apocalypse, and
the grim reaper.
While most students are
introverts, their talent
onstage is amazing. We may
be charter school kids, but we
work!