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Band-Aid Changing the World
Band-Aid is a charity group that
mainly features British and Irish
musicians and recording artists. The
group was originally founded in
1984 to help raise money for antipoverty efforts in Ethiopia. Some
artists that sing in Band-Aid’s first
version of “Do They Know It’s
Christmas?” include George Michael, Boy George, Paul Young,
Bono (U2), Sting, David Bowie, Sir
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) and
Big Country.
narama, Big Fun, Jason Donovan,
Kevin Godley, Kylie Minogue and
Cliff Richard. This version was
called Band-Aid II.
In 1989, founder Bob Geldof gathered another group of musicians to
produce a new version of the song.
The second version became the 9th
largest selling song of that year and
even outsold Madonna’s hit “Like a
Prayer.” Other artists that helped to
reproduce
this
1989
version
included Bana-
Band-Aid 30 was the charity group
in 2014 that recreated the now renowned song by the charity group.
This version included best-selling
artists including One Direction, Ed
Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, Bastille,
Chris Martin and Rita Ora. Lead
Again in 2004, an incarnation called
Band-Aid 20 of the charity group rerecorded “Do They Know It’s
Christmas?” It was performed by
many new generation artists like
Bono (U2), Natasha Bedingfield,
Chris Martin (Coldplay), Snow Patrol, and Robbie Williams.
singer of U2 Bono also contributed
for the third time in Band-Aid history. This version of the song was to
aid the 2014 Ebola outbreak victims
in Western Africa.
The last version of Band-Aid 30
received mixed reviews because of
the choice of lyrics did not relate to
the situation in Western Africa, critics claimed. However throughout the
years, the charity group of Band-Aid
raised approximately $139 million
dollars to help fight crisis’ around
the world. Regardless of the negative
reviews, Band-Aid has brought the
music industry together and significantly changed the world.
Renee Epler
The new school year at
Sanford
Collegiate
has
brought a whole new team of
writers to the Sabre Scoop
who have put together, and
will continue to put together,
amazing newspapers for your
pleasure. We have got everything from entertainment to
sports and are always coming
up with new ideas for each
paper. Here is a list of all the
talented and creative writers
on the Sabre Scoop:
Ally Dunn (Gr. 12)News/ Female Sports
Local put into the articles they
write. Without these students our newspaper could
not be in the school for your
enjoyment. We are always
Mikayla Hiebert (Gr. 12)- Enterlooking for new sabre scooptainment
ers and people can join
Sarah Madill (Gr. 12)- Entertain- throughout the year. We
meet every Wednesday at
ment
lunch in room 18 for a short
Kailey Greenhill (Gr. 12)- World meeting to discuss new artiIssues
cles. Sabre Scoop is the
perfect place for a person to
Evy Matthews (Gr. 12)- Student allow their creative juices to
Council/ School Info
flow, from critiquing movies
Zach VanWelleghem (Gr..9)to taking pictures and reportErin Westra (Gr. 12)- EntertainMale Sports
ing on sports to discussing
ment/ Editor
about the world. The sabre
Adam Boyle (Gr. 9)- Pictures
Taylor Hallick (Gr. 12)- Layout/ scoop is the club you want
to join.
Logan Nyman (Gr. 10) – Unsung Design
Heroes/Male Sports
Anastasia PasiecHayley Shirtliff (Gr. 10)- Female zka (Gr. 12)Editor in Chief
Sports/Rant
All these talented
Jamie Thomaschewski (Gr. 10)people
allow this newsRant
paper to be entertaining,
Renee Epler (Gr. 11)- Music informative and interestHistorian
ing with all the hard
work and dedication they
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In This Month’s Issue…
Subject
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Rant
2
World News
3
Articles
3,4,5
Sports
5,6
Entertainment
7,8
Unsung Heroes
9
Editorials
10
Need Advice?
11
Music
12
Ti-Rant
Need Advice?
Why the Time Change?
Ask Fran
Why do we have time change? I
heard that originally it started when
farmers needed more daylight to work
and blah, blah, blah. Now it’s different;
we don’t need more hours of daylight
because we have electric powered
lights. All time change does for us is
mess up our personal sleeping schedules
and the time we want to eat! Don’t get
me wrong, I love the extra hour of sleep
in Fall but why do we have to lose sleep
in the spring? Time change makes no
sense, especially here in Manitoba,
where we have dairy farms. The cows
on a dairy farm are used to being milked
at a certain time every morning. So, for
example, if the cows are used to 5am
then when it’s daylight savings time it
will be 4am, making the farmer get up a
whole hour earlier for half the year just
because of a stupid time change. Personally, I would rather have more daylight
in the evening anyways because who
wants to get up early? If there was more
daylight in the evening then maybe
more people would go outside after they
get home from work or school, but they
can’t right now because it is always dark
out! I understand that there are a lot of
changes from the summer to the fall and
from the winter to the spring but I really
don’t get why we have to change our
time. It makes no sense to me. In this
generation we do not need daylight in
the morning to work. I think it’s time
that we realize that things can change
now that we have advanced so much
with technology. I think most people
would benefit from extra daylight in the
evening instead of the morning.
Hayley Shirtliff
Is Change Good? Or is it Bad?
I don’t understand why so many people
find that change is a bad thing. Because
really it’s not. Change is happening all
the time. Your body is changing right
now. Cells are dying and new ones are
being formed. People change other people. For example after you break up
with someone you are most likely hurt,
but you learn and become stronger.
That’s change right there. That’s a great
example of change, good and bad. The
change was bad at the beginning but at
the end it turns out that the change was
kind of a good thing because you became stronger.
With change you learn so many new
things. If your life remained the same
you would get bored and wouldn’t learn
anything new! Just think, aren’t you
smarter than yesterday? Yes! You are!
Change also reminds us that anything is
possible. It’s hard not to think that everything is “stuck” in the same place but
seeing someone else’s change in life
will give you motivation to change
yours. Change also reinsures that bad
situations won’t last forever. It’s just a
rough patch in life.
Cola changed its formula in 1985. It
only lasted 79 days before it took everything back and used the old formula
again. See, if Coca-Cola didn’t change
the formula back to their old one we
probably wouldn’t be drinking it today.
Overall, I don’t think we should be
scared of change. Just let it happen! It
will probably be good for you. Change
can be a good thing!
Dear Fran,
school. Do you have any tips for me?
How I should act so I don't make a
I've always been the type of girl that
complete fool of myself?
never really fit into the "popular" category. I never really go out with my -Anonymous
friends, or attend parties, or do anything other than hangout at home. I've
always been super focused on school
work and what I'm going do with my
future. People have never really taken
the time to get to know me, so I've just Dear Anon,
stayed to myself pretty much my whole
I completely see where you're coming
life. This year, I was lucky enough to
from. I have suffered from a few of the
be put into a class with a bunch of my
same things you've gone through in
fellow popular classmates. It's one of
your lifetime. I always use to be so
those classes where you do a bunch of
nervous around everyone, and always
group work so they were pretty much
so scared to make a fool out of myforced to talk to me. Maybe I'm just
self. I had the lowest self-confidence
being negative, and they weren't actualout of anyone I knew. No matter what
ly forced to talk to me, but they wanted
anyone tells you, fitting in is hard for
to. I'm always so self-conscious about
everyone. Every single person, even the
what people think about me. Anyways,
popular kids, have things they are
once we started talking more, we realscared of too, they are just better at
ized how much we have in comhiding their feelings. Don't feel bad
mon. After a couple of months of beabout who you are, or what choices you
ing in class together, we finally decided
make. I am so glad to hear that you
to plan a girls’ night. I am super nervhave opened up more recently and have
ous, and I don't want to blow my one
made some new friends. It's great that
opportunity at actually making some
you have planned a girls’ night out!
friends in my second last year in high
Don't over think the situation too much,
just go. Be yourself, and don't worry
about making a fool of yourself. If they
are true friends, they will like you no
matter what you do. Don't always jump
to conclusions that everyone is going to
hate the real you, because 99.99% of
the time, the only person that sees any
flaws in you, is yourself. Be adventurous, go to parties, hangout with your
new friends more often, and have
fun. You only have two more years of
high school then you're off to start your
own journey. Make high school out to
what everyone says it is to be, the best
years of your life. Every so often, you
just have to let people in so you can see
the adventures life has waiting for you
ahead. So please, go out with your
friends, have fun, and stop worrying so
much. You only live once, so make the
best of it!
xoxo,
Fran
Jamie Thomaschewski
Okay, there can be some downsides to
change. Change can ruin a business.
Another thing about how change can be Change can ruin a relationship. It can
good is how change makes you smarter. ruin many things. For example, Coca-
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Editorials
Around the World News
Justin Trudeau, “Advocate for the Youth”
The Reality of Global Warming
This year, many students all over
Canada are going to have trouble
answering the number one Social
Studies question: “Who is our
Prime Minister?” This is because
within the last month, we have put
an end to Harper’s nine year leadership of our country and elected a
new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Trudeau whose campaign
promoted “Real Change”, is starting to become an advocate for
youth today and for our future.
Through more student jobs and
affordable education, he really is
bringing a change to our communities. Over the next three years,
he is planning to create over
40,000 jobs each year. He also
plans to invest $40 million each
year into creating more co-op
placements for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and
business programs. By doing this,
he is ensuring that students receive the experience they need to
gain full-time employment in the
work force.
Trudeau also plans on making
post-secondary education more
affordable. First off, he has promised to raise the Canadian Student
Grant from $2000 to $3000. He
has also stated that after graduation, students will not have to start
repayment for loans until they are
making a minimum income of
$25,000. In the long run, this may
decrease the amount of student
loans owed to the government
because it allows students to make
a living for themselves before they
need to begin paying for their
loans.
Finally, Trudeau is bringing various other changes to our country.
These include, but are not limited
to, a refundable tax benefit for
teachers, lowering the income tax
rate on the middle-class, and funding First Nations education. So
let’s sit back and see what our
new Prime Minister has to offer
before making any judgements.
Evy Matthews
When we hear the term climate change
we often don’t associate it with having
an effect on our own life. However,
research done by the Government of
Canada shows that Manitoba is and will
be highly impacted by climate change.
It is said that temperatures in the summer months will rise 3 to 4˚C and 5 to
8˚C in the winter. In the northern part
of the province the change only increases.
One concern is how the water quality of
our province will be in danger due to
the warmer temperatures and lower
volumes of rivers and lakes in the summer. With less volume of surface water
the pollution levels increase and make
it more difficult to sanitize our water.
The increased temperatures also effects
Manitoba’s hydroelectric production
because of reduced precipitation and
higher evaporation levels.
You may wonder what the big deal is.
It’s only a couple of degrees, it couldn’t
really make a difference, could it?
Well yes, it creates a huge impact on
numerous environmental systems that
are vital to many animals and to our eco
-system.
The weather patterns of our province
will also be impacted. Tornadoes, hailstorms, heat waves and droughts will
become more frequent and winter
storms becoming more intense.
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Climate change doesn’t only effect the
melting glaciers or rising sea levels, but
it effects our province and our own
lives. Our water, weather and polar
bears are only a fraction of the things
that global warming impacts. It’s important to realize that just as we are
affected by this problem, we are also
contributors to it.
Kailey Greenhill
Articles
Sanford Sabre’s Student Council
This year, student council has had a
change in presidency. As of September
2015, your new Co-Presidents are Lauren Enns and Evy Matthews. The other
members include: Brenna Goodridge,
Nicholas Pasieczka, Erika Labby, Hannah Chale, Andrea Goertzen, Kayla
Schnell, Matthew Murray, Emma-lee
Johnson and Tim Veldhuis. It is important for them to not only incorporate
old ideas and events, but also to
add new ideas of their own. The goal of
this year's student council is to get everyone involved. We want all grades
and all kinds of people involved: ath-
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Polar bears of northern Manitoba are
facing additional challenges as the ice
breaks up 2 weeks earlier, on average,
than it did 20 years ago. This time is
critical for the bears because it’s when
they fatten up on their main food
source, ringed seals, before heading to
shore to fast. The shorter amount of
time results in adult bears being lighter
and females having fewer cubs.
letes, musicians, actors, academics and whole
school
participated
anyone in between.
in Colour Wars. The Grade 11's came
in first with 100 points, the Grade 9's
Our first event this year was came in second with 75 points, the
the Sabre Showcase. We used this event Grade 10's came in third with 50 points,
to attain our goal of introducing differ- and the Grade 12's came in fourth with
ent clubs and sports we have in the 25 points. We will keep you updated on
school to the Grade 9's and any other more Pre-Gym Riot events coming up
students who may be interested in par- and how you can get involved. So keep
ticipating in a school activity. Our next your ears open for an announcement
event, a classic at our school, is Gym about themes for Gym Riot and meetRiot. This year, we are throwing a little ing times as it will be happening within
twist into the Gym Riot Games; the Pre the next few weeks.
-Gym Riot Games. We already kicked
it off during Spirit Week where the
Evy Matthews
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Unsung Heroes of Sanford
Changing How We Remember
Remembrance Day on November
11th is a day set aside for us to commemorate all Canadian soldiers and
veterans who fought in war. It is a
day for everyone to take a moment in
their busy lives and recall everyone
who put their country before themselves. Ceremonies took place all
over Canada and the World on
Wednesday, November 11th to show
respect and gratitude to our Armed
Forces and Allies who fought in war.
Lynn and Tim
us that we cannot forget what ordinary people had to undergo or we will
become too distant from the past. We
cannot forget what happened or history will repeat itself.
Social media has played a very large
role in changing the way we see and
think about Remembrance Day. Now
with our light speed technology, we
are able to share, view and hear about
different events in war. This technology helps us to get a better understanding of what Remembrance Day
is all about and get a better understanding of what they went through.
We can now preserve what stories
and memories remain of these heroes
in our digital age. We are able to
share, broadcast and make these stories heard so that their actions are not
in vain.
What changes are seen in Remembrance Day being celebrated today
compared to 50 years ago? We still
see veterans and decorated soldiers
who tell us of their hardships; but do
we really understand what they went
through? Each generation becomes
more distant from the Great War. We
tend to lose that understanding of
what they had to endure and suffer.
One thing that has not changed over
Canada no longer has any veterans
the years about Remembrance Day is
from WW1 making the saying “Lest
the poppy. The poppy is still an interWe Forget” very true. This really tells
national symbol
of remembrance
of people who
fought in WW1,
WW2, The Korean War and many
others throughout
history. We wear
the poppy as a
symbol of remembrance
to
show our grati-
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tude. The poppy became very popular because of the endless fields of
red growing around soldiers’ bodies
in Northern France. John McCrae’s
poem, In Flanders Fields, was released and became widely known all
throughout Canada. The poppy soon
became a symbol of the greatest sacrifice and another form to honour the
fallen.
Services around Canada are slowly
building up in attendance numbers
and people are coming out to remember those who served. Thousands at
SaskTel gathered this year for a moment of appreciation and remembrance to honour our veterans. 9500
people showed up to this event which
is the largest indoor ceremony in
Canada. More than 4000 were in
attendance at the RBC Convention
Center in Winnipeg on Wednesday
November 11/15. People crowded in
to listen in the hallways and entrances
while standing because there was not
enough room. At Sanford Collegiate,
we too, still remember what has happened with a ceremony of our own.
This month for our Unsung Heroes of
Sanford Collegiate column I got the
opportunity to interview our night custodians here at Sanford, Lynn Sheen and
Tim Sheen. Many people do not know
who they are or do not recognize them,
and this article will shed some light on
them.
school as a whole they both agreed that
the kids are polite, there is a good staff,
it’s relatively quiet without a lot of trouble and we are respectful of the school.
They do wish that people took the time
to learn their names as well.
A couple of interesting facts about them
are that Lynn enjoys Taylor Swift and
Justin Bieber especially his new song
What Do You Mean! An interesting fact
about Tim is that he enjoys collecting
games in his spare time.
Lynn has worked here 13 years
while Tim has worked here for 7-8
years. The favorite part of their job is
coming in later in the day, not having to
wake up as early. Another favorite part
Some strange moments usually occur at
of their job is not having a lot of stress.
night. Lynn swears that there must be
When asked on their thoughts of the
ghosts in the school, because they can
often hear noises at night and bumps
and sometimes the jingle of keys. The
boys’ hand dryer comes on by itself and
the TV in the MPR comes on by itself
as well.
The unsung heroes will be a story that
will be featured every month on the
lesser known but just as important members of the school. Hats off to Lynn
and Tim, this month’s Unsung Heroes!
Thanks for doing a great job for our
school!
Logan Nyman
Our society continues to commemorate and reflect upon the hardships of veterans, young an old and
reflect each year so that their legacy
lives on. Lest We Forget.
Nicholas Pasieczka
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Cadets Parade Remembrance Day
Madlibs
The St. James Legion holds an annual
march at Bruce Park for Remembrance
Day. During this march there is the
singing of “O Canada, God Save the
Queen and The Last Post”. During the
playing of The Last Post there is 2
minutes of silence to remember the
thousands of Canadians that gave their
lives for this country.
Red River RCACS Squadron, are two
of the three that take part in this Remembrance Day Parade. This parade is
usually from 10:15 until 11:45 after the
legion and the cadets walk down Portage until they reach the Legion’s building.
as Veterans and Reservists, enjoy
something to eat and to drink inside the
Legion building, marking the end of the
Ceremony.
Adam Boyle
After reaching the
Legion’s building
Not only is the Legion involved, many the Cadets and
Cadets take part in this Ceremony: 170 active
military
RCACS St. James Squadron, and 220 members, as well
Sports
Sabres Reloaded
In this week’s edition of the Sabres Reloaded we talk about the Boys Varsity Volleyball team’s season ending and how they did,
and how the male JV and Varsity Basketball
seasons are coming fast and looking good.
Another topic we will talk about is the struggling but definitely improving Saber men’s
hockey team.
new roster this season with only three returning players from last year: Ryan
Wowchuk, Allan Boulet, and Josh Southam.
They will have an influx of new and young
players joining their roster. I asked coach
Hank Nyman of what he thought of his team
and if they were rebuilding. He replied with,
“We never rebuild, we reload.” With that
quote it sounds as though Coach Nyman is
The Boys’ Volleyball team had a struggling
very optimistic for this season and what it
season but the season ended very well. In
may hold.
the semifinals they upset Morden and went
on to the zone final where they could not The JV Boys will also have a new roster this
seal the victory for the zone final, but good year with a couple of players possibly rework throughout the season boys!
turning unless they are called up to Varsity.
Two possible returning leaders on this team
A new season is on the rise for the Varsity
are grade 10 players Charlie Major and
and Junior Varsity Male Sabre Basketball
Logan Nyman, with many new grade 9 faces
teams. The Varsity Boys will have a brand
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joining the squad. Everybody should think
about playing sports in school because it is a
chance to play with your peers while you
can. All boys from any grade are welcome
to try out for Varsity and only grade 9 and
10 are allowed on JV.
Now the Male Hockey team has had a struggling season so far but every game the boys
keep grinding and hustling and if this keeps
happening the boys will keep improving like
they already have been. If this continues
they will start to win some more games and
keep up that high standard of Male Sabre
Hockey.
Zach VanWalleghem
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Entertainment
Sanford Sabres Women's Volleyball
Varsity
Teamwork is how the ladies Varsity
Volleyball team fought through this
season. With complete dedication they
put in hours of morning and lunch practises. These women deserve a round of
applause. When they began the season,
most had already been playing together
so when the call came to join together
again, they quickly pushed aside their
differences and learned to fight for each
other. This fire to win was inside them
and they deserved every win throughout
the year. Mr. Taylor was the coach and
pushed the team toward greatness. Every home game drew a crowd and everyone cheered them on from the Mez.
Coming short of winning the zone final,
the grade eleven girls plan to continue
working hard for next year. Great season ladies!!
Junior Varsity
To sum up the Girls’ Junior Varsity
season in a single word would be very
difficult, but overall improvement was
what was most seen this year. With
wins and losses covering the season, the
ladies worked hard for every win and
learned how to better interact with each
other on the court after every loss.
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When the girls pushed in the zone final
for a win which would have taken them
all the way up to the Pas, nerves and
apprehension took over and the result
was not what they had wanted. They
tried their best and worked hard, but
winning and losing are a part of the
sport. The girls are all true athletes,
though they struggled with positivity
during the season, they held their heads
high and hope to come up with a win
next year. With half the team being a
whole new batch of girls from grade
nine, a great coach and excellent athletes must be congratulated. Well done
Mr. Schinkle! Thank you for coaching
the team again this year and we hope
that you continue to volunteer your
time to do so for many years into the
future. The returning grade ten players
worked hard to be leaders on the court.
Though some struggled with skill development throughout the year, many
learned and gained new skills including
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a better understanding of the importance of teamwork.
Good luck to all volleyball players who
are playing again next year, whether
they are moving up to Varsity or starting their second year of Junior Varsity,
and good luck to any graduating players
who wish to try out for any university
or college teams. Finally, thank you to
all the parents, teachers and students
who put in the time and energy to make
this season a blast.
Ally Dunn
The film “The Intern”, directed and written
by Nancy Meyers, is a heartwarming comedy that was released to theatres on September 24th. This movie contains a wonderful
cast in which Robert De Niro (Meet the
Fockers) and Anne Hathaway (The Devil
Wears Prada) portray the main characters.
Some supporting roles are played by: Rene
Russo (Yours Mine and Ours), Anders Holm
(The Mindy Project), Adam Devine (Pitch
Perfect) and Zack Pearlman (The Inbetweeners).
The great cast isn’t the only asset that makes
The Intern a great film. The plot of the movie is easy to watch and comforting. Nancy
Meyers brings fantasies to real life, as well
as an uplifting storyline. The film takes
place in New York City in an old warehouse
that is transformed to a modern day office.
Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) is the founder
and boss of an online fashion company. Her
growing business is succeeding uncontrollably and is almost too much to handle. She
has a great staff on hand and one day decides
to hire for a senior citizen internship. A 70
year old widower named Ben, (Robert De
Niro) made a lasting impression during his
interview and was hired. Jules wasn’t too
crazy about the idea after a final decision
was already made. The interns were assigned
to long term staff members to follow around
and help out when needed. Ben was assigned
to Jules. Being the independent women she
portrays, all Jules asked of Ben was to sit
and wait until she needed something from
him. Of course, she didn’t need him for
anything. Ben saw through Jules’ determination and took matters into his own hands.
Ben is clueless in the terms of anything
online and must change his views on the
matter. He helps out Jules with the simplest
of things even when not being asked. For
example, he cleared a table that was called
“the junk table”. This table got on Jules’
nerves every time she walked past it. No
matter how many times she hinted at it, no
one ever cleared it. This act of kindness was
rewarded by receiving small little tasks to
do. At first Jules is skeptical of his behavior,
but soon realizes that he is an asset to her
growing business. One day, Ben sees that
Jules’ driver is drinking on the job. Ben
insists that he drives her around all day. She
again takes a minute to respond, but goes
with it. This makes their bond grow stronger.
They start talking about more personal
events as their time together grows longer
each day. Jules starts to think Ben was a
wrong decision as he now knows too much
about her personal life. She gets him transferred to a different staff member. Soon after
this occurs, Jules is lost without Ben and
begs him to come back. Ben and Jules become great coworkers and he tags along to a
business conference in San Francisco with
her. Jules shares some information about her
personal life and Ben gives her inspiring
advice as to how to go about things. Afterwards when they arrive back in New York,
Ben feels that he has thrived in this modern
day business in just a short time of being a
part of it. He shows Jules how to finally
relax and appreciate her accomplishments in
the end of the movie.
Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway couldn’t have played their role any better. This
heartwarming movie was inspirational and
one of Anne Hathaway’s best. “The Intern”
was rated 60%. This rating isn’t the best but
it is most certainly not the worst. If you
decide to watch this movie, which
is recommended, you will not be
disappointed.
Mikayla Hiebert
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