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(February 28. 2003)UPDATE: hey everyone! as you may have noticed, this site has made some changes. we want to thank jordan himes(the school president) for knowing so much html and making this website so much more interesting. anyhow, he's still working on it, and he's doing a fine job. we just want to say THANKS JORDAN!-cheryl

(February 27. 2003)UPDATE: Look at the very bottom of this page- yeah, thanks to abby, we now got ourselves a site meter, is that cool or what? anyhow, if you aren't informed, the last day of school is now scheduled for june 11 cause of all the snow days. but look on the bright side, three more months of school!(sorry liz)anyhow, be patient, the next issue is being put togather as of now. we are working on our stories, but we only got three done, so be patient, to all our readers-cheryl

(February 21.2003)UPDATE: ok- our guestbook is now up and working. so, go ahead and sign away.

February 20.2003)UPDATE: i sure hope you all were able to dig your ways out of the 28 INCHES THAT FELL ON US IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA!anyhow, we got ourselves a guestbook here! so when you click on guestbook- you'll be able to leave us a note. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS...well, diaryland is backed up right now, and we can't change the html just yet to get our guestbook up. soooo- in a couple days it'll be up, hopefully. anyhow. one short week this was, huh? three snow days, and then one hour delay today, and there IS one tomarrow just in case you didn't know. anyhow, hope you all enjoyed your v-day. our issue will be coming out....soon...? um, ok, not so soon. but we are working very hard. its just that abby and liz and in the play so, they are kinda busy at the moment. however, i...um am not so busy. so if you wanna ask a question or have comment send it to me. abby and liz are busy rehearsing. ok- see you all tomarrow.-cheryl

(February 16 2003)UPDATE: The Snow! I am feeling very observant to the eight inches of snow on the ground. School tomarrow-Doubt it. Did you hear, we are supposed to get 20 inches. But honestly, i am starting to get sick of all the snow. anyhow. I was watching cnn a couple days ago to get imformation to write an article on the whole war thing, and i got to tell you about this cartoon they showed. It had the vice president throw a stick, and a dog went to go get it. Then Bush threw a stick, and Tony Blair(the british prime minister) got down on his hands and knees and crawled after it. This is because hes just agreeing with everything Bush is saying, and just encouraging him to declare war. I tell you, war is NOT THE ANSWER.By The Way, putting duct tape over your doors and windows is NOT going to keep the anthrax or small pox out. face it, we are pretty much dead already.-cheryl

(February 14 2003) UPDATE: just wanted to say happy valentine's day everyone!

(february 11.2003.) UPDATE: Hi everyone! We all hope you liked our last issue, and we got a few good responces! Thanks again for all your support. As for our next issue...it might be out just alittle late, but not too late...try...the first week in march. but we are going to have pleanty of new and "fresh" articles. Be sure to check out "the veggie thing"- about how i was a vegitarian for a week, those of you who have first lunch may have noticed me munching on lettus a week ago, yeah, i did make it through! Also, i heard abby's got a new social experiment coming, that will surely be very cool. AND, we are finally going to introduce ourselves,(us= the staff...abby, liz, and me(cheryl))PLUS more about the "war" thing going on- im not watching hours of cnn for nothing. but you know the british prime minister?! "sexy Accent" there.(lol-just kidding abby and liz)(by the way, he's on "our" side)also, just wanted to say- well, you know the guy on the dell computer commercials who says "dude!!!we're getting a dell" (who isn't THAT cute) was caught with drugs. so as virginia says, i guess he's now saying "dude!im getting a cell"-(as in jail cell)what is the world coming to? first its polution, then a war, now that innocent little boy doing drugs, geesh! ok, thats our little update! be sure to read our next issue. : )

See you guys around and Happy Valentine's day

-Cheryl, and the rest of the staff

Our last issue:---------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 21:35:03 EST

Subject: The True Revolutionist

Hey y'all! This is our second edition of the true revolutionist! We'd like to thank everyone for they're great responses and comments. Well, I'm not gonna blabber lets get to it!

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THIS WEEK IN THE REVOLUTIONIST

Editorial

Poems

Sadie Hawkins

Culture Exchange

Does it really help?

Benefits of Writing

Monday Morning Hangover

Big Deal at Junior High

Stuck in a Box

Quiet Girls Finish Last

Rigged

Tree huggers

Blaker's Pizza Columnre

Stuff of the Issue

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EDITORIAL AND RESPONCES

the newspaper thing was really good. i liked the clothes one and the relationship ones the best. also the memories but my name is spelled with a "y" not an "i". its not a biggie.but i wanted to point that out. thank u fo yo time- Terry Sinno

Are boy bands dead?I put thought into this, and I think I've come up with a reasonable answer. So what's my answer... yes and no. First think of your definition of a "boy band." My definition would be a group of boys who sing in a group who may not have much musical talent, but can make it on top because of their good looks, usually girls obsess about them and the guys despise them. Now going back to the original question - are boy bands dead... yes, I believe these kinds of bands are dead, when is the last time you've heard the Backstreet Boys, Nsync, LFO, or 98 degrees on the radio? I can't even remember the last time I've heard one of their songs, but we still seem to have these singers around who have apart of the boy band image in them... they are obsessed by girls and are very popular. The difference with the singers around today is that they don't sing just about love and they music they make can be enjoyed by everyone, yeah, even guys. I think they stereotypical boy bands aren't around, but a version of these bands are. Boy bands have just changed their image.-Jocelyn Himes

Liz,

Thanks for sending me the "True Revolutionist". It did spark a few thoughts (and a few laughs!!lol!!). Very well done!!!!! See you soon!!!!!! Bye!!!!!!

Yours Always,

Kyle Murphy(pillow!!!! lol!!!)

Wow. That's about all I can say right now. You, Cheryl, and Abby did an extremely good job on this paper and I'm looking forward to seeing more. I agree that Mrs. Hrivnack shouldn't have edited your articles but maybe it was a good thing. I don't know if you thought about starting your own paper before that but... would you still have started the True Revolutionist if she hadn't edited your articles? If not, then Yay Mrs. Hrivnack! Anyway, if you need anybody else to help with the paper I'd be glad to offer my services. I'm not as talented a writer as others but I still love to write in my own weird little way. and if you ever need anything drawn I like to think its my strong point, but that's not for me to judge. Whoo. I've already asked Cheryl about a website and she said you didn't have one yet... If your interested in one I've wanted to make a website for a long time but I never could think of anything to base it on. Then this opportunity walks up smacks me across the face! Y

ay! (ow.)If nobody else offers I'd love to make a website for the True Revolutionist. Now I have experimented with websites before but this would be my first real one so it wouldn't be top quality. You can get back to me on that one whenever...wow. I start a lot of sentences with 'If'... creeeepy. Yay randomness. *waves a little flag*

~*~ Katie Grove

Yepperz and it was awesome. It was way better than i expected, i mean i expected it to be good but not that good.- Chad Fox

Omg. i had no idea that Ms. Hrivnak actually edited your works. I knew she cut some of the articles (as if that wasn't fair enough) but i didn't know that! that sux! wait. whoa pony, hold the phone......LEVI ASKED OUT CHARLIE?!!!!???? was that a joke, or was the guy that said that for real?your answer to the question "Are boy bands dead?" HELL (excuse my French) YEAH! I never liked any of them any way! they sound like girls and where tight clothes (for girls that's understandable, but BOYS!?)so in conclusion keep up the good work! I love it! OTAKU!~Virginia~aka Band Geek

Note from us-Yes Levi was just playing around and Charlie told the teacher and Levi got suspended. Talk about overreaction.

Hey Liz, it's Emily Kyler. I just wanted to say that I thought your paper was awesome. It had a lot of good articles (Cheryl's article about the piano made me sad!! lol) and I agree with you about the "What parents think" article. I can't wait to get another issue. Oh, and by the way, I think boy bands are dead (I mean, they're starting to sound like girl bands, lol) Talk to you later!-Emily Kyler (as redundant as it may seem to say her name again I want to be uniform.)

Thanks for all your great replies!

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Poems

Anonymous Poems

The Singer

She has everything and need's nothing except for love

Everybody wants her

Needs her

Wants her clothing and her life.

She sings to the world

And thanks her GOD above

She wins awards and is always on Total Request Live

When the singer sings

She sings from her heart.

And everytime the performs

Its like a work of art.

When she dances it looks like she can fly

It just makes u want to cry.

She entertains for u and me

cause that is what makes her happy.

but the press always gets in her face

And her fans scream her name

She doesn't like being compared to the other artists out there

cause it makes her feel like she's playing a game

When the singer sings

She sings form her heart

And when she performs its like a work of art.

When she dances it looks like she can fly

It just makes u want to cry.

That day

You were sweet

So I thought

Until that day.....

....that day

You know what u did

Well its over now

So u say

U want to "change"

I give u credit for that

it must be hard

not being liked

for that one mistake

U ruined my life

and u ruined yours

It happened so quickly

I wish I could have stepped up

before you

against you

Well let me just say

I was wrong

Wrong in every way

U will not change

or ever be sweet

because of that day

when it happened to ME.

Angels

Angels are not seen nor heard.

They carry out messages of God's word.

Angels help us through our tough times.

They also forgive us of our crimes.

Superstars

Superstars ride in limousines.

They always eat at fancy cousins(I don't think this is spelled right!)

They wear fancy and expensive clothes.

In front of the camera they'll strike a pose.

Forever

Until the sun and moon collide

We will stand together side by side

I swear to you with all my heart,

We will never be apart.

Our friendship will never sever,

We will be together forever!

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Sadie Hawkins Pride:Why Girls should make the move

Girls, as you well no, we are stereotyped for being the ones asked out, instead of the ones doing the asking. If you ask me, this tradition sucks! I mean, it's nice that we girls can sit back and relax while the guys sweat over how to say the classic line: Do you wanna go out with me? But, why should we have to wait? Why don't we, the dominant sex take over? Which are we more scared of, tradition or causally IMing a guy and asking if he wants to go see a movie on Saturday?

Okay, so now that we have established the above terms, how exactly do you get the guts to ask out the hottie sitting behind you in third period Algebra? According to YM magazine, the first step is to chill out! Chances are he is just as nervous as you are. I have found that the best way to ask out a guy is online because A) You won't have to worry about stumbling over your words B) He won't see you blushing, and C) He won't hear you cringe or screaming if he says no. It also may be less hazardous to his heath, considering he won't have any permanent scars to worry about. Next step? Decide on if you want to go out just the 2 of you or in a group. Groups are usually much safer and are slightly less nerve racking. So be sure to mention that a bunch of you are catching the 7:30 show of Lord of the Rings Two. Now wait for the reply. If it's yes, go pick out your outfit. If no, act like you don't really care. Just say, OK, it's cool. And be sure not to forget to down a pint of mint chocolate chip within 24 hours.

Sadie Hawkins was a great person because, in a way she fought for women's rights without even knowing it. So stop waiting around just because some stupid tradition says so. Girl Power rules, so use that power to get what you want and lets start a new kind of (forgive me Abby) revolution!

Thanks for the inspiration Sadie!-Im sorry I don't know who this from Abby sent it to me but she didn't write it!

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The Culture Exchange

The lochness monster. Kilts. Bagpipes. Is anything coming to your mind? Yes, of coarse Scotland. As Americans, what do we really know about Scotland. The truth is, we hardly know anything. This isn't something to be proud of, so I decided we should try and change this. What better way to find out more about Scotland than talking to someone who actually lives there. Steven is a very sweet 17 year old, who I was very blessed to stumble upon. Much thanks to him for making this article possible. Also thanks to such an invention as AOL instant messenger, which made this all possible. Please go to http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/364/sure-thing.html and do a favor by checking out his music. And if you do something really rude like sending him a note saying his music is awful, I will kill your dog(or any other pet) and hang it from the tree in your back yard. But I know there is no way someone could not like his music. Have a nice day, and enjoy the article.

Cheryl: OK-first I have to apologize cause I know pretty much nothing about Scotland, so some of these questions might be stupid to you.

Steven: I just hope I can answer them.

Cheryl: Scottish English and American English obviously aren't exactly the same. Are there any words that Scottish people would use on a daily basis that would confuse an American? And how would you describe a Scottish accent compared to an "American" Accent?

Steven: Well dialect changes in different regions for example my accent is different from someone who lives in the Scottish borders.

Steven: We use words like "wee" which means small.

Steven: "Laddie" which means boy.

Steven: "Lassie" which means girl.Steven: It just really depends I mean we do talk quite a lot of proper English but some slang words creep into our speech.

Cheryl: What would be some traditions that are only Scottish or done in the U.K.? And are there any holidays that are only celebrated in Scotland or the U.K?

Steven: Em...we have a holiday called St. Andrews Day which is for the saint of Scotland.

Steven: We have "Robert Burns" night.

Cheryl: What is that about?

Steven: Its for the famous Scottish poet.

Steven: Not all people celebrate it.

Cheryl: How do they celebrate it?

Steven: In all honesty I'm not a 100% sure because my family doesn't celebrate it.

Steven: I think they just read poems by Robert Burns.

Cheryl: About kilts. Do many people wear them everyday, or are they mainly just for special occasions? And exactly how do you feel about them?

Steven: Nah, they are really just for special occasions nowadays such as weddings.

Steven: I've worn a kilt about 3 times and I was proud to do so.

Cheryl: Does the guy getting married wear one?

Steven: Its up to them.Steven: It just depends, really.

Steven: Some people choose to wear them, some don't.

Cheryl: Is it true, as in other European countries that the women there do not shave their legs? If this is so, and American guys think its disturbing that the women there don't shave their legs, does this mean that Scottish guys think its gross that American women do shave their legs? (I won't be offended if you think its gross.)

Steven: Lol, of course women here shave there legs..thats just a stupid stereotype.

Steven: And we don't play bagpipes all day and we don't have ginger hair.

Steven: Lol.

Cheryl: Its just that in America, Scotland isn't really known about.

Steven: Yup I know.

Steven: Things aint much different from the states.

Cheryl: Are there any set ages when you can start drinking alcohol or start smoking, or get married (things of that nature)?

Steven: You can drink at 18.

Steven: Smoke at 16.

Steven: Get married at 16

Steven: Start learning to drive at 17.

Cheryl: What type of government do you have in Scotland? Is there such thing as voting, if so how old do you have to be to vote?

Steven: You have to be 18 to vote.

Steven: We have a Scottish parliament.

Cheryl: Are there any major problems in Scottish society?

Steven: Not really.

Steven: Every society has problems but there aren't really any major ones.

Cheryl: How seriously is soccer considered in Scotland? Are there a lot of soccer hooligans?

Steven: Soccer is the biggest sport here.

Steven: And there are hooligans that sometimes cause trouble but a majority of people don't.

Cheryl:How much of an influence does American have on Scotland (if any)?

Steven: Well its influencing the music scene across here.

Steven: More people are getting into American punk bands.

Steven: And then starting their own bands.

Cheryl: What is the common opinion that most Scottish people have about Americans? Its not like in Iraq where they want to kill us or anything? (And though 50% of the population is overweight, that doesn't mean we all are.)

Steven: Nah, most people here generally like America and think its cool, a lot of younger people want to move to the states. I hope everyone learned something from this article (that not all Scottish people have orange hair or wear kilts all the time.) If you have questions, or comments, please email them to me at [email protected]. Thanks.-Cheryl Hatalla-

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Does it really help?

"It's going on your permanent record!" Big deal. These words are supposed to intimidate us. Teachers expect us to learn something when we get detention. This is now always the case. What do you learn from sitting in a desk for hours doing numerous worksheets? Or staying after school and getting our homework finished?

Chad Fox stated that he didn't learn anything from detention since he didn't really do anything deliberate. On the other hand, he did say that he got a lot of work done and even did EXTRA CREDIT. Everyone who I've asked about this subject all said the same thing; it was boring as thing that aren't quite printable and they didn't learn anything from their 'punishments' and/or 'lectures'. What's the point of making a 'mistake' if you don't learn from it?

So if you think detention is awful, think what ISS is like. Sitting there all day doing worksheet after worksheet on the pointless subject of point slopes or why everything is matter. Kyle Murphy says that since he had three days ISS and got all his work done in two, the third day was a total waste of time. "It didn't teach me anything, I just wanted out." What kind of punishment is that? Although, Alexa Peckman says what she learned from ISS was the 'beautiful art of note writing.' So maybe you CAN learn something from torture.

As you can see the principals and teachers who pretend to be our 'pals' just want us off their hands so they can go home and watch Sports Center.

-Abigail F. Wheeler

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The Benefits of Writing

Writing in a journal. You have probably heard of this idea, but how many of you actually do keep a journal and stay faithful to it? Writing isn't a waste of time like many of you may think. Believe it or not, writing in a journal has proven to be good for you emotionally and physically. If this is so, don't you think it sounds like a revolutionary idea?

Ever had a really awful day, and had no one to talk to about it? Writing about often helps to make you feel better. Its as if the journal may become your friend. I may sound rather odd, but writing gets things off your mind, or at least makes them seem less complicated. It makes you feel a bit better.

In my four years of writing in journals, I have found that journals help you realize how you actually feel more than anything. You may not be sure how you really feel about something/one, but after getting all your thoughts out of your mind and onto a page, its much easier to understand yourself. Its like oragnizing all your ideas to form one final opinion.

If you write journals over a long period of time, its often quite fun to reread things you have written several years earlier. You will probably find how much you have changed to be really extraordinary. Questions of how you could have been so niave or so stupid will probably cross your mind when reading over old journals. In fact, you may not even seem like the same person, even if the words written were only from one year ago.

Physically writing is good for you too. Not only do you eventually become immune to hand cramps, but you learn how to get your emotions out fast. This comes in handy when anger strikes (so you don't end up kicking the wall, or another object, resulting in serious pain.) You may also realize this keeps you safe from doing things like drinking alcohol and doing drugs to fight depression because a journal just makes you feel better.

Journals will become something like a history book of your life. Think about when you are 65 years old. You aren't going to remember a lot of stuff that is happening to you now. Believe it or not, teenage years happen to be the most important years of your life. Not only do you begin to make decisions on your own, but you also become aware of who you really are and you your ideas on certain subjects. If journals that you only wrote four years ago are funny, then how do you think you will feel about journals that are decades old?

If you are inspired to start writing in a journal, or start writing more often, please let me know how its helping you, or not helping you. We will place your thoughts or comments about writting journals in editoral section of The True Revolutionist.(And most likely, you'll get your comment in.) Just remember to buy journals with pages made of recycled paper, save the trees. WRITE ON!-Cheryl Hatalla-

The Monday Morning Hang Over

Monday mornings, we all hate them, except for Liz. For many of us, we have a hard time getting out of the weekend mode. We walk into school Monday morning completely unaware of our surroundings or who we are or what we are doing. People may be talking to us, but what they are saying just floats away, and your mind is still asleep from the weekend. Maybe you have experienced these symptoms. This is called a Monday Morning hang over.

Monday morning hang overs aren't hang overs as in getting drunk the night before, its more along the lines of becoming intoxicated by the weekend, the weekend intoxicates us in a way. Its like we have had too much time away from school and our minds don't want to come back to the everyday life of the week. Our minds are still living in the weekend even though its Monday morning. We are stuck. Though we may not want to leave the weekend life, there's no way to run from Mondays.

Fortunately, most Monday morning hang overs usually end around lunch time, when you realize that the week has in fact started. Though sometimes hang overs last the entire Monday, threes not much to do to get out of a hang over. Just know that in four more days, you'll be back to another weekend.

*Symptoms of the Monday Morning Hang Over*

*No thoughts passing through your mind.

*Unaware of surroundings or who you are.

*Blankly staring at any object.

*Lowered jaw, unable to control saliva dripping from the side of your mouth.

*Painfully tired.

*Unable to pay attention to anyone/thing.

*Faint memories of the two days before.

*Uncontolable vegetating

*Repeated yawning.

If you have more than three of these symptoms, you just may as well have the Monday Morning Hang over. Don't distress, just know that another weekend isn't far off.

(PLEASE NOTE: This isn't a proven disorder, its just a theory formed by one of our journalist of The True Revolutionist, don't take it too seriously. But do know that if it was a real disorder, its nothing deadly.)-Cheryl Hatalla

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The Big Deal of Jr. High-Popularity

(A human interest story)

Have you ever made a wish to be popular? Probably. One of the things teens strive for is to fit in and be liked. True, it's nice to have a lot of friends but it seems when you have too, many someone is always mad at you. Being popular is vastly overrated. Some say popular people are shallow and snobby but others think they really are nice people.

Here's how you describe cool:

Chad Fox

If someone can get along with all different groups of people and are friends with a lot of different people.

Cara Campbell

Someone is cool when they have a cause and stand up for it no matter what anybody says and some times I (unfortunately) judge people on the way they dress.

Abby Wheeler

When someone doesn't care what anybody thinks of them and they're a complete and total individualist and if they have confidence to stand up and speak out.

Liz Morris

Cool is being yourself and other people liking that. Popular is when you have a lot of friends that are cool and people (though they may hate you) look up to you.

Jordan Himes

No one really knows what cool is, it's your own personal opinion of someone. Only people who are worried about being popular want to know what cool is.

In conclusion, cool, kool, kewl, coolieo, however you spell it, and popular are two very different things. Cool seems to be a personal opinion and popular is a social status stating how many friends you have. Nobody can be the perfect human, because everybody thinks cool is different.

Abigail F. Wheeler (Questions, comments? Please let me know!!)

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Stuck in a Box

Forty-five minutes, sit. Four minutes, rush. Forty-five minutes sit. Four minutes rush. This repeats many times over the course of a normal middle schoolers day.

As teenagers we' re expected to sit, be quiet, and work for essentially seven hours with four minutes in between classes and one thirty minute lunch break where we are still refined to our seats for the majority of the lunch period.

We have no freedom. Teachers constantly report that these are simple request and that we are childish and immature not to be able to follow them. The problem is, they are simple request, but not for the length of time they wish us to demonstrate them for. Also, we are childish and immature because it IS our nature.

And then they give us homework. On average I have about 10-15 geometry problems. One assignment where I have to write a page of something nothing easier than fill in the blanks. Homework takes an hour or two in order to complete.

Then doctors breath down our necks about exercise. After seven hours of sitting and thinking plus two hours of homework that's 8-9 hours we have been working. All we want to do is either a) sleep, or b) watch TV. In fact, unless you have a sport, you most likely are going to be so drained you won't have any energy to exercise.

Than when we have to wake up. Doctors recommend that teen agers get eight hours of sleep a night. My body, though drained, will not fall asleep until at least 9:30pm. For most teenager, its later and 9:30 is considered almost crazy to go to bed at. Yet we have to be in school by 7:43am. I'm in school by 7:10am and get up almost every morning at 5:30am. Most of the people I know sleep in until at least 10am during the summer and struggle with tiredness during the school year.

How are we expected to function under these conditions is insanity. I believe that fights and grades would be improved if school started later, was shorter, and less homework was assigned.-Liz Morris

Quiet girls finish last

This is my theory. After reading it we need to hear from YOU. How many of you agree with this, the results will published in the next issue of the True Revolutionist. Please email your opinions to Cheryl([email protected]) Thanks for your cooperation.

This is my theory: Quiet girls finish last. Quiet girls are very shy, they never say much. Some people think that they are snobs because they don't talk much and often times just completely ignore people they don't know well. This, however is very inaccurate. Quiet girls are just very sensitive and afraid of getting their feelings hurt in such a cruel world. There aren't many quiet girls, considering how many girls have adapted to the need for being loud. But why does the quiet girl finish last? Being quiet just doesn't catch the attention of guys.

Ever notice that girls with boyfriends usually have either pretty faces, high social status, are built...well, and are completely soulless. This may be because when girls have some of those things, they are probably loud and outgoing. We know that opposite don't usually attract, so therefore, if all the guys are loud, they are only going to like the loud girls. And if there are no quiet guys...then the quiet girl is just a left over.

The quiet girl finishes last. There is no boy for her to love and to fall asleep in his arms. She is left alone to daydream about finding her own quiet boy. Until then, she finishes last. Do you agree with this?-Cheryl Hatalla-

Rigged

Student elections are the one way students are allowed power in the school system. Inside sources, however, have tipped me off that student elections and student council isn't the oh so wholesome idea we thought it was.

An inside source and his Mom have given to me their theories. First, student elections are rigged. Students do not count the votes and so teachers could fudge the votes to go which way they want. They wouldn't however go for the smart kids. But the popular kids, never, however will they fudge the votes for a "weed head."

Student council is believed to be, most a student government, but "their little slaves to make posters and put up decorations." According to inside sources, the student council has no reigns power what so ever.

Student votes for prince/princesses, king/queen in the question answered as well. Notice how "drug addicts", "skaters", and other such rebellious groups never make it to the final ballot.-Liz Morris

The tree huggers

Though I don't like to lable groups, people have to face facts. I mean weather you like it or not, there ARE going to be lables. For example, I have been wondering what exactly we are. NOT the most popular people, not exactly dorky, not skaters. But, if you think about it, we are what our newspaper is; True Revolutionist. Yeah, people call us "tree huggers," but that gets really old, really fast! Plus, I'm proud anyway. While people linger on the problems of the Earth and hole up and watch as the world crumbles, we actually TRY TO DO SOMETHING! We look for the good things, not just focus on the negative aspects. So be proud, we are different. Individual! True Revolutionist!

If one says "you are such a tree hugger!" stand up and say: "what's wrong with that?"

Be true. A true revolutionist!-Submitted by Virginia Handley.

Blaker's Pizza Column

Bread Pizza

any kind of sliced bread

Singles cheese slices

can of pizza sauce

1. Put one piece of cheese on a piece of bread

2. Put it in the microwave for one minute.

3. Take out and pour on as much sauce as you want.

4. Add toppings on top of sauce if you want.

Tortilla Pizza

Tortillas

Tomato sauce

Grated Cheese

1. Lay tortilla on a plate

2. Put on sauce cheese and any other toppings

3. Then repeat last two steps placing the second tortilla on top

4. Microwave for 1min 30 sec, cut.

Then you'll be saying ooh so good.

By Blake Morris

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Word of the Issue-Omnipotent ie all knowing

Poll of the Issue-Finish the sentence 'War is..."

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staff

Abby Wheeler

Cheryl Hatalla

Liz Morris