Homecoming2011O c t o b e r 2 0 1 1 C a r d i n a l C o l u m n s Al s o I n s i d e . . . H a l l o w e e n P l a n s N e w C e l l P h o n e P o l i c y C o a c h R i e s e S t e p p i n g D o w n M r . D e n n i s F o r e i g n E x c h a n g e S t u d e n t s M u s i c , M o v i e s , B o o k s a n d M o r e ! oats, footballandfashion, ohmy!
Being a high school student ishard enough where it is familiar
to you, but three new students,Belen Lozano (Madrid, Spain),Damian Vera (Mexico City, Mex-ico), and Zharkyn Belekovna(Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan), are in a whole new country to learn Anew language, new culture andcompletely new experiences. These students are our foreignexchange students.
They all say they went throughthis program to learn a new cul-ture and learn English. Wanting to travel was a big part of thisprogram also. They said they are
enjoying their time here, and de-pending on which program they are going through, there couldbe trips to Chicago, or even New York or California, before they head back for home.
“I really like it here,” Lozanosaid. “The people are nice andthe teachers are cool.”
School here is different for allthem. Our school switches teach-ers and class rooms every hour,but back home they said that they stay in the same classroom withthe same teacher or that different
teachers come to the class roominstead having their own class-room. There is no Mr. and Mrs.to be called out; they just go by their names. These teachers are way more strict. On top of all of that, they don’t get a lunch periodall day, but can munch on a few snacks throughout the day.
“My favorite thing is that it isso green here,” Vera said.
For a month and a half toabout three months these stu-dents have been living here in theUnited States of America, hop-ing to experience and learn new things while they live here.
“I don’t like the seat belts andhelmets,” Belekovna said.
To get into this school throughtheir programs, they must apply by June 1, the year before, ac-cording to Mr. Wiltzius. If they have all the correct informa-tion and it is in by the deadline,then their enrollment will be ap-proved. Fondy High has 2-4 for-eign exchange students here eachyear.
Foreign Exchange Studentsby Bergen Van Riper
Staff Writer
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Trevor Clementi and Sarah Cal- vert have been named as Com-mended Students in the NationalMerit Scholarship Program.Samuel Phillips and Jordan Siel-off were named Seminalists inthe program.
There are about 1.5 millionjuniors amongst 22,000 highschools who entered the 2012National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram. To enter, they had to takethe 2010 Preliminary SAT/Na-tional Merit Scholarship Quali-fying Test. These high schoolstudents have the chance to con-
tinue further in the competitionto win scholarships worth morethat $34 million. Advanced Placement Scholars
Thirty-three Fond du Lac HighSchool Students received an APScholar Award for their excep-
tional work on AP exams. Ad- vanced Placement (AP) classesgive college-level work to stu-dents in high school. Studentstaking AP classes can also take AP exams in May every year.Scores of three or more on ascale of 1-5 can earn collegecredit/advanced placement atmost colleges and universities.
Kyle Bauldauf, Jacob Bertram, Aaron Decker, Kelsey Diedrichs, Andrew Gunderson, LorenLock, Katrina Moerchen, Kraig
Pieper and Lucas Wendt all gotan average score of at least 3.5on all AP exams. As a result, theyachieved the Distinction Award.
Michael Cook, ChristopherFarvour, James Jewson, BrennaMcDermot, Jaime Mortier, Car-lee Schneider, Anthony Smit and Amanda Thiel got a score of
at least 3.25, earning them theHonor award.
Ryan Billman, CatherineChung, Josh Dean, Taylor El-lingson, Brooke Fields, KJ. Giet-man, Jordan Kasprzak, BrandonKlewicki, Sarah Larson, Han-nah Majeska, Kayla Michler-Hemdren, Samuel Phillips, KaylaRude, Samuel Sande, kathryn Sil-cock and Va Xiong got a scoreof 3 or higher, earning them theScholar Award.
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Students Honored for Test
Scores
by Lauren EndersStaff Writer
Reforms in ChangingStudent Schedules
There have been many new orrevised policies this year. Oneof them being the process in which you are able to drop a classand switch into a different one.
The new policy is you must ll outa schedule changerequest sheet andturn it in to the of-ce. After that youmeet with yourprincipal to get itapproved. In orderfor them to ap-prove it, it has to befor academic reasons or legiti-mate personal reasons. Oncethe principal approves it youcan then meet with your coun-selor to make the changes.
In past years you couldswitch classes in the rst few weeks of school by just talking to your counselor.
“Students being able toswitch class by simply talking to their counselor created aproblem with unbalanced class-es, which is the reason for the
new policy,” Assistant PrincipalMr. Gonzales said. Principalsand counselors are working to-gether to keep the classes bal-anced.
Many students have com-
plained that they prefer the oldpolicy. “The process takes toolong and by the time you nallyget switched into the class you wanted they have had assign-ments that you have to catch upon,” Aubrey Birschbach said.
When students picked theirclasses last year they were given
a deadline in which they couldno longer make any changesto their schedule this year.Students had three chances tomake changes to their sched-ule. If they didn’t make thechanges they wanted to, their
parents could ll out a sched-ule change sheet over thesummer and the principals
would look it over. Otherwisethey would have to go throughthe process in the beginning ofthe year with their principal andcounselor.
by Joclyn BogenschneiderStaff Writer
Students must see principals to switch classes
Many students havecomplained that they prefer the old policy.
The cell phone policy here at Fondy Highhas undergone a few major changes forthis school year. This is the new policy:cell phones can be used in the hallwaysand during lunches. Cellphones can be used dur-ing class if the instruc-tor allows it and they can
only be used in a respon-sible and appropriate way.“It gives students more
responsibility.” junior Fe-licity Vang said. “It’s niceto be able to be on my phone during passing timeand in some of my classes when the teacher allowsit. But sometimes it’s hard when I’m walking in hehalls and people run into mebecause they’re so focused on their texts.”
“As of right now, the new policy has
not affected my grades,” Vang said. “Ithink the old policy was even worse be-cause I knew I couldn’t check my phonefor eight hours so it gave me the urge totext. Whereas now, I know that when theteacher is done teaching I’ll be able totext or in 45 minutes I will be able to.”
This new policy cameabout when the Student
Senate went to the adminis-tration asking them to give
a little more cell phone timeto the students. “We haveto give a little to get a little.
The new policy has been a very positive addit ion to ourschool.” Principal, Mr. Wilt-ius said. “The amount of cellphones we have in the con-scation box has dramatical-
ly decreased. We have beengetting nothing but positive
feedback from the students about the pol-icy. I absolutely like the new policy. What we were taught while growing up is differ-
ent from where we’re at now.” Witzius saidFreshmen Vasili Katris and Nicole Thie
both agree that the new policy is a goodchange for the school. “The new policy isa good way to be fair to teachers and students. For the teachers, the students won’thave their phones in class. And for the stu-dents, they won’t get in trouble for havingtheir phone out in the halls. I think it’s afair trade.” Vasili Katris said. “The onlynegative thing about the new policy is when
people in the halls are too busy texting, sothey bump into you.” Nicole Thiel said“It’s nice to walk down the halls during
passing time without hiding my phone. Ikeep my phone on vibrate so I check it whenever it goes off.” junior Brian Harney said“The new policy has not affected my gradesat all, they have gotten better, if anything.”
“The policy is a good thing for theschool,” Harney said. “With the kidschecking their phones during passing timethey don’t check them during class as of-ten, leaving more time for learning.” Har-ney said.
Around Fondy
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A colleague, teacher, coach, friend, hus-band, father, and mentor has come andgone within the past 36 years, and many lives will not be the same. Henry Dennis lost his life on Septem-ber 19 in a tragic accident whiledoing what he loved- exercising.He was biking that rainy Sunday night when he was hit by a drunk driver. This was two days afterbeing court ordered to registeras a sex offender for having re-
lations with a student in 2009. Although Dennis made a seriousmistake, many remember the im-pact he had here as a teacher anda coach.
“His death was a sad and horric event.
Mr. Dennis impacted many lives,” Mr.
Wiltzius commented.Henry Dennis coached cross coun-
try and track at Fondy as well as taughtMath. He had a certain ener-gy about him that caused hispersonality to stand out from
the rest.“Mr. Dennis had
a skill of helping kids succeed andreaching themon their level of learning as wellas give them con-dence in them-
selves at the same time,” Ms.Siedel said.As a coach, Mr. Dennis lead
his teams to reach the goals they dreamed of and more.“He motivated his athletes to work
harder than they thought they could and
always achieve greatness. He focusedon individuality for each kid at practiceand made them understand what it was
that they were do-ing and why. Dennis
was always very excitedand showed intensity ineverything he did. Heconnected with everyone- students, teachersand athletes,” says MrMosher, who was a fel-
low coach of Dennis.Dennis was also in-
volved with the YMCA
board, his church, and his family as well asother organizations. Despite the controversial mistakes he had made as a teacher, HenryDennis had impacted many lives. By donat-ing his organs in the end, he was still able tohelp lives even after he had died.
Remembering Mr. DennisFormer teacher and coach killed after being ordered to jail and to register as a sex offender
by Sydney InksLayout Director
Henry Dennis C O U R T E S Y O F T E A M R A N T S . C O M
“We have to givea little to get a
little. Th enew policy has beena very positiveaddition to ourschool.””
Mr. Wiltzius
Cell Phone Policy
Takes a Turnby Madeleine Trtan
Staff Writer
“His death wasa sad and hor-rific event. Mr.Dennis impactedmany lives.””
Mr. Wiltzius
Rules relaxed on student electronics in the school building
They won as freshmen and now the classof 2012 repeats as they win as seniors. Thetheme of the senior oat was the CardinalsRule the West Indies.
“The students had a lot of fun withit,” said senior class advisor Ms. Weider.On the oat was a pot that was over a re,
and the pot contained a wildcat. Surrounding the oat were tiki torches and totem poles. The cardinal was the ruler of the tribe, andall the other cardinals were known as the
tribal cardinals. The tribal cardinals weredrumming to a beat while the others walkedaround and cheered.
“I like oat building because itforces our students to problem solve, be in- volved, and have fun.” said junior class advi-sor Mrs. Ewerdt.
The juniors decided that The Wild-cats are Washed Up. Their oat consistedof a bath tub with a shower that actually had running water coming out of it. Junior Aaron Krueger was in the bath tub throwing cups of water out onto the crowd as theiroat went down the parade route.
Sophomores wanted to Tame the Wildcat. This oat was based around a circus
theme. They had a giant soda on one side ofthe oat and a giant popcorn container onthe other side.
In the middle of the popcorn andthe soda was a wildcat that was chained up The wildcat had a tamer with a whip to control him.
“It is going to be amazing” saidMrs. Anderson about the freshmen oat The freshmen theme was rounding up th west. All the freshmen were dressed up incowboy gear. With some of those cowboyhaving squirt guns and some of them hadhorses. It was set in a saloon with cactus sur
rounding the oat. In the middle of the oa was a wildcat that was tided up.“ I was so sober that I remember
everything” was the theme behind the STA AND oat. With a city theme, “It’s going tolook like a little chunk of New York travelingon a semi bed.” according to senior AshleyStellmacher. There was a super sober womandressed up in black biker boots and a cat sui with a fondy red wig.
“It’s going to be fancy,” Stellmachesaid. “It looks like you stepped into a comicbook.” The oat was nished off with signbeing held that read super sober.
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Seniors Repeat a Victory in the
Homecoming Float Building
Competitonby Natalee OlsonStaff Writer
One enthusicastic student shows off the Cardinal’s Head
Seniors prepare thei
r floa t “Rule the Wes t Indies.
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C as s i e Lu e d k e and M ar i s s a W u s t r ac k r i d e on t he
boys came through with their rst winof the season at the homecoming game.Fondy beat Oshkosh West 32-22 atFruth Field on Friday October 7, 2011.
At the end of the game, family andfriends waited to cheer the boys on asthey ran past. One father, Mike Schuler,rufed his son Alex’s hair as he ran past.Many other parents did the same or gavehigh ves or hugs, anything that showedthat there was positiveness in the air.
“It was surprising to me they actually won.” said sophomore Kiana Williams.
Boys Varsity football has had a rough sea-son. “But, the boys did not give up,they gave
their all,” sophomore Katie Rispalje said. Junior safety Jacob Behllke said before thegame, “Fondy will have a dominating win.”
Junior MIke Gietman prior to thegame to the game said “Fondy will havea great win. We have good players, and Ibelieve we will have at least a 24-13 score.”
“Overall I was pleased with the win.” sophomore Andrea Dawson said.
“As the Wild Cats ran past I shouted,‘yeah that’s right you just got your buttskicked by a team who has lost every
game this season.’ I was very proud of myself when one boy looked at me andsaid, ‘really, that’s sad. Congratulations.’”
This past weekend, girls got all glammedup, and guys, well, they came to dance thenight away at Homecoming 2011. Morethan ever before, we saw a very diverseselection of dresses, ranging from long evening-wear styles to short club-wear.
Some of the bigger trends that we saw multiple times were ttedstyles, sequins, and neutral colors.
A few years back, you would come
to homecoming and see A-line stylesor lose-bottomed dresses. This year, it was all about showing off your shape with a nice tted dress, ranging every - where from a looser t to a second skin.
Maybe it’s Ke$ha’s style taking over,or disco balls are making a comeback ina different way, but we saw sequins every- where. Some dresses were all sequins... themore, the better, right? Others were only blinged out on parts, but no matter what,if you looked around the dance oor, yousaw at least one person in a sparkly, se-quined dress. Not going to lie, some of it was kind of ridiculous. Too much makes
my eyes hurt, but to each their own!Blacks, greys, whites, and blues were
very ‘in’ color-wise. Whether they weresolid or patterned, everyone can pull off aneutral color or two. Plus it gives you morefreedom in your accessories, such as shoes!
Plus, it’s nice to be able to wear a “littleblack dress” every once in awhile, right?
Speaking of shoes, the higher the bet-ter. Shoes can dress up, or dress down
an outt, and this year, we denitely saw more formal-style high heels. If you’re
like me, you love a good pair of heels, andhomecoming is sort of the secret battleof the shoes. Everyone has nice dresses,but in my opinion, shoes really make the
outt. Plus with all thoseneutral colors you couldalmost literally pick any color and style you wanted.
Hairstyles were all overthe board, but the maintrends were side buns andponytails, and curly hair, nomatter whether it was up ordown. Some people went abit overboard on the teas-
ing (hey, Marge Simpson!).Either way, I think Fondy High killed a portion of theozone layer alone with allof our hairspray use fromSaturday alone. It was well worth it, because every-body was looking fabulous!
Another successful home-coming - except for the mu-sic - including a great spirit
week, and a WIN for our football team.Looking at pictures now, everyone lookedtruly beautiful, and it excites me to see whatour school can come up with for Snowball!
by Kayla MarcoeStaff Writer
Dresses, shoes, and hair...
oh my!
A few examples of the most popular homecomingtrends
Homecoming was very successful: theparade, the game, and all the toilet pa-per. There is one more thing that every-one seems to get pumped up for, the time when everyone can bust their moves anddress up classy: the Homecoming Dance.
While some students thought the dance was “bumpin’” and the lights were “crazy,”others had some complaints about the mu-sic.
“The music sucked. There was too muchbass,” freshman Josh Schneider said. Joshmostly danced in the back with his date,Stevie Immel. Most students thought thesame. This year we did not have the sameDJ that we’ve had in the past years. DJDoll made the playlist for this year.
“Absolutely terrible, their lucky they made those lame songs into techno. Hope-fully they don’t choose the same DJ for theother dances,” junior Luke Urquhart said.
C O U R T E S Y O F A N N A T U R S K Y
Fondy Students Bust a Move
at the Homecoming Dance
by Leah WempnerStaff Writer
The Before and After
Homecoming is a week and weekend that
most students look forward to. It givesthem a chance to dress in crazy and unusu-al during the school week. The atmospheretends to let students relax throughout the week, and most teachers appreciate schoolspirit by lightening the homework load.
“This year was one of the biggest turn-outs for the homecoming dance Fond duLac High School has seen in a long time.”Mr. Wiltzius said. With all of the excite-ment for the dance, students were busy getting ready for the majority of the day Saturday. Of course when dressing upis involved pictures are always a given.
“I was sleeping for a while during the day, but when I got up I got ready
with my friends and took a lot of pic-tures,” sophomore Paige Mand said.
“I’d like to say I looked the bestout of everyone at the dance that
night,” senior Nick Tess-Wanat said. With Home-coming comesthe peer pres-sure of somestudents caus-ing a littlemayhem be-fore and evenmore mayhema f t e r w a r d s . There is alwaysa speculationmade by teach-ers and parents that the studentsare going to go out after and party.
“I went over to a friends house afterwardsand was home by midnight without break-ing any laws,” junior Mike Geitman said
“I destroyed the town with toliet
paper.,” freshman Mark Tracey saidBesides some harm-less fun with toliepaper and the waystudents dance, thisyears homecoming was much safer thanthe past coming years
“The Senior classhad made sure thattheir is no party-ing going on thisyear, were all aboubeing safe and re-
sponsible,” senior Brent Capelle stated with a little sarcastic smile on his face
by Justin VandermolenStaff Writer
“I’d like to say I lookedthe best out of everyoneat the dance that night.”
Nick Tess-Wanat
Fondy students tell us
about the
Homecoming dance.
Fondy students bust a move at this year’s Homecoming Dance.
School is back in session and so is the vol-leyball season, which has started off with abang.
On the girls’ side, they have really beenrolling their way along in the Fox Valley Association and their tournaments. They are currently 21-9 with one 1st place tour-nament win in Waupun, 2nd in their ownFondy tournament, 3rd in Stevens Point, and9th in West Bend, which has been known asa prestigious tournament where the best of the best in the mid-west attend.
“This is where the top caliber teams and
players are,” says Mrs. Riese, in her 30th andlast year of coaching girls volleyball. Theteam this year has 3 seniors who have beenon varsity all 4 years. They are Emily Riese(Setter), Shannon Burns(Setter), and KelieReimer (Libero).
“The seniors are great,” junior Sadie War-ner said. “They are very helpful because they tell people what they need to do to get thingsdone and they will lead us to state; we willbe there.”
The team is not satised yet though. “I re-ally want to see more fans,” Mrs. Riese said.
The boys side of volleyball is also hav-ing a great season. They are 13-9 on the sea-
son and 4-1 in conference, with many tough
battles that could’ve gone either way. Theytook 4th in the conference tournament and won the consolation side of the tournamenfrom Arrowhead.
The team doesn’t really have a breakoustar on the team. Their motto is “all as one”said junior Logan Wendt. He also says he wants to see more fans at their games thiyear.
“We’ve been playing well,” senior MitchHendrix said. “We’re a very condent teamand we’re getting hot at the right time.”
Upcoming events to happen are the conference tournament, regional, sectionals, andsenior night.
After three trips to state and 31 years dedicat-ed to excellence and hard work, Julie Riese,the Fond du Lac Women’s volleyball coach, will be stepping down at the season’s end.
“It’s very tiring,” Mrs. Riese said,“Many people think I’m quitting be-cause my daughter, Emily, is moving on, but what they don’t realize is I havebeen coaching now for 31 years, andnot many folks stick around that long.”
She also added that all of the sum-mer tournaments required in order to becompetitive, along with the need for fam-ily time contributed to her decision to stepdown.
The relationship of her and herdaughter throughout the years hasbeen “the best and worst four years of
our lives,” as described by Mrs. Riese.“Emily treats me more like a
mother than a coach,” Riese said.“It’s been tough on both of us.”Riese was
the rst coachin school his-tory to take ourteam to stateback in 1994,and then leadus to state againback to back in2009 and 2010.
Coach Rieseis also a con-nections teacherhere at Fondy High, where shehelps out kids with learning disabilities,
along with helping out Mr. Walter for twoperiods every day.
Mrs. Riese has made an impact not onlyon the volleyball court, but in the class-room as well.
“The dayI lose myc o c k i n e sis the day Igotta get ouof working.”Mrs. Riesesaid.
Mr. Walterhad this tosay, “She hasa unique ability to buildpersonal re
lationships with each of her players andstudents, and that has made her so suc-cessful.”
After asking Coach Riese how she described her time here, it was evident thatshe has loved every single year she hascoached here.
“I’m very close with many of my former players. . . that’s what makes it so re- warding.” Coach Riese has been the volleyball icon of Fond du Lac for over twodecades now.
As for now, Coach Riese has her girlsplaying very well with a 6-3 conference
record. With a team full of seniors and agreat coach, many are expecting anotherrun at a state title, where hopefully theycan win the big one for Coach Riese, forthe rst time in her amazing 31 year longtenure.
“The day I lose my cockinessis the day I gotta get out of working.”
Julie Riese
Sports
The End of the Julie Riese EraLong time coach ends her tremendous run
by Mitch HendrixStaff Writer
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Fondy Volleyball Starts Off GreatFondy’s teams find themselves in good hands
by Tim Simmons
Staff Writer
Mrs. Riese has truly made an impact at Fondy High.
Cardinals fans had waited all year to seetheir boys rake in a victory, and they nally went home happy with a homecoming vic-tory over Oshkosh West. “David Zimmer-man stepped up big time and so did Greg Mora,” said Coach Lehman. “On defense,the Slagenhoff brothers and Tim Sim-mons, who leads the team in tackles, wereboth key.”
A lot of the seniors have voiced theirdisappointment in their nal season. “Wethought we’d be a lot better,” said Sim-mons. “Guys have been getting hurtand commitment has been questionablethroughout the year.”
“Out of the seven games we’ve played,I feel we played well enough to win at leastve of them,” Mora said.
“We mostly did it for our coaches be-cause the whole season they haven’t givenup on us,” senior quarterback Alex Ka-phengst said, who passed for a touchdownand ran for two more. “We kept ghting and didn’t give up. We did it for Home-coming too, and because it was our lasttime on Fruth.
The Cardinals got out to an early 16-0lead, but West cut it to 16-8 right before
the half. In the second half, Kaphengstscored twice for the Cardinals and Fondy
led by as much as 17 with the score 32-15 in the fourth quarter. Oshkosh tried tomuster a comeback but a Curtis Marschallinterception buried the dagger for Fondy.
Kaphengst was Fondy’s leading rusher with 86 yards on 12 carr ies. He threw for
258 on 13-for-22 passing and no intercep-tions. Junior John-Myles Gaskell had fourcatches for 159 yards. Fondy’s offense as agroup put up 453 total yards.
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Cardinal Football Finishes
Rough Seasonby Esteban Martinez
Staff Writer
Girls Swimming and Diving
The 2011 season has brought some tough times for theFondy Swimming and Diving team. “Our team hasn’t hadthe greatest season so far, but the important thing is that we’re having fun while doing it,” says sophomore diverOlivia Graham.
Records don’t always show exactly how good the teamis, but in this case, a 2-5 record (1-5 in conference) justgoes to show that this team isn’t having their best year.Coach Glen McBride is optimistic, however. “Our recorddoesn’t even begin to show the hard work that our girlshave put in this year,” he said. “We aren’t done yet, and I want us to go out on a posit ive note.”
The cardinals’ season goes until the end of October.
Clearly, no matter what the feat that they have to over-come, they always seem to stick together. The team only has a couple meets remaining which are all away meets,so traveling is necessary.
by Nick McEssey Editor-in-Chief
Inexperience has proven tough for this team
C O U R T E S Y O F G I N N I E H A R N E Y
Ready to be tackled, Cardinals players have been used to this all season.
Cardinal swimmers gather together and show the fun they arehaving.
The leaves are changing, school’s back andfall is upon us. Yet another year has started atFondy High, and with it comes the dreadedEnglish reading list, crammed full with dry,dull “classics” (Dickens), wordy rambles(Hawthorne), and the occasional good book thrown in (Lee, Orwell). So instead of slog-ging your way through The Scarlet Letter (my apologies, English teachers), here are somebooks you should pick up this fall instead --provided you still read those assigned booksfor homework, naturally.
Swamplandia! , Karen Russell : When Hilola
Bigtree, the star attraction and pro gator- wrestler at a Florida swamp-themed amuse-ment park, dies, her family-owned themepark quickly becomes a ghost town. TheBigtree family likewise falls apart, and theyoungest of the Bigtree children, Ava, canonly watch helplessly. Her older sister is ob-sessed with spirits and ghosts, claiming toform relationships with the spirits that pos-sess her. Her older brother Kiwi runs off to the World of Darkness, the nearby hell-themed amusement park. And when Ossieruns off to the swamps with one of herghostly paramours, it’s up to Ava to get herback.
Death to the BCS, Dan Wetzel, Josh Peter, Jeff
Passan : Raise your hand if you love collegfootball. Now raise your hand if you like andsupport the BCS system. Is your hand stilraised? According to a Sports Illustrated poll90% of college football fans disapprove othe BCS. For twelve years, the idiotic BowChampionship Series has used two humanpolls plus a computer ranking to decide whogets to play in which bowl game. Underneath the surface of the polls, however, lies world of corruption, money swindling, andentrenched group of men who prot off thsystem while costing their schools moneyDeath to the BCS outlines the denitive casagainst the system and exposes what goes onbehind the curtains and in the back roomof college football.
Entertainment
Fond du Lac High School’s annual musicalproduction The Pirates of Penzance will besailing the seven seas to the Performing ArtsCenter on the rst weekend of November.It brings with it sword ghts, romance andlaughter for all ages.
The show will begin at 7:30 p.m.each night from November third throughthe fth. Patrons are invited to dinner beforethe November 5 show at 5:30 p.m. in thecommons area complete with lighting wherestaff members will be entertaining in pirateget-ups.
Tickets cost seven dollars for stu-dents and ten dollars for adults. Dinner tick-ets include the price of the show and themeal at twenty-eight and twenty-ve dollarsfor adults and students respectively.
The audience will follow protago-nist Frederic, a young man who is acciden-tally brought into the world of piracy af-ter studying as an apprentice. He becomescaught up in a rivalry between the pirates andpolice, and the pirates’ attempt to marry agroup of a general’s daughters.
Mr. Schneider, the vocal director,explained that the musical was chosen be-cause it was a “complete 180 degree turn”from last year’s Bye Bye Birdie. He and Mr. Wilson thought it would be a good challengefor the members. It is described as an en-
semble show where most of the cast andchoir will be performing at once. “It’s a really fun show... [The audience] will be amazed at what the students are doing on stage.”
Cast members practice an averageof six days a week and work on choreogra-
phy and sets on weekends. Actors in the chorus have had to attend more rehearsals thansome earlier musicals because of the type oshow.
For more information, those interested can call 929-2740 at extension 3339.
Fondy’s Fall Musical ApproachesNot all pirates stick aroundthe Caribbean
by Anna Tursky Staff Writer
Trevor Clementi, playing Seargent of the Police, leads fellow constables asdirected by Mr. Wilson.
by Alex SlaterEntertainment Editor
Flipping the PageTake a closer look at some of the best books for Fall 2001
Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” dropped Au-gust 29th 2011 and made a huge impact onthe music industry. Topping Billboard’s Top 200 of the week with 904,000 copies sold, Wayne broke hisown record set by Tha Carter III for bestmale artist sales week (Gaga still has himbeat for all around bestsales).He could not haveplanned this album bet-ter. Releasing 6 foot 7before dropping the al-bum was the best thing he could have done topromote. That song wasstuck in my head like eat-ing glue, and even thoughpersonally I thoughtthe video sucked, it gotnominated for a VMA sothat must count for something.Not only did Wayne get attention by be-ing nominated, he also did an insane per-formance on the show getting him moreattention than a midget playing profes-sional basketball, and planned the dropto be the day after. If that wasn’t enough,he revealed that his hit singles “John” and“How to Love “ released earlier that year will be on the album as well.
All in all, I believe this album deser ves a 9out of 13 for its uptempo fun feeling, butlack of transitions into the slower emo-tional songs.
Wayne can denitely make goodmusic, but he really lacks in the video de-partment. Yeah, he has millions of dollarsto get expensive high end equipment andthat completely shows, but he lacks vision.In 6 foot 7 foot it shows clips of him rap-ping, clips of whatever reference to thelyrics can be made, and clips of him re-peatedly dramatically falling into a bathtubin a scene coined from Inception.
Yeah it’s a different style for him, but theclips of the lyrics just didn’t do it for me, itseemed all over the place and with the ad-dition of the unexplainable falling into thebathtub, it just was a jumbled video withlittle to no meaning.In John, Wayne goes for his generic styleand shows himself rapping in differentdark scenes with Rick Ross and ashes topretty girls with a yellow background for
contrast. The thing I didn’t like about this video(other than Ross’ lack of knowing what todo in a video besides smoking and being overweight) is that the scenes were almosttoo processed making them look unrealis-tic.
This is ap-parent whenit repeatedly ashes toRoss (witha cloud of smoke of course) out-side of whatappears tobe a factory where youcan see theoverly pro-
cessed computer animated sky behind him which looks like it was pulled from the rstHarry Potter.I myself would rather see something Icould see in real life, even if it’s not asfancy, we don’t need robots taking over the world just yet.
Watch The Throne
The only other album that was gaining asmuch attention that month was “Watch The Throne” by Jay Z and Kayne West. Ithink this is one of the greatest sounding ideas ever. Jay Z and Kayne are two of the best knownand, in my opinion, most talented main-stream rappers out in the business today.Kayne knows his way around production, Jay Z is a lyrical mastermind -- it’s almosttoo good to be true. The rst time I listened to it, I thought it was good for an easy listening album butnothing for bumping and having fun with
like Wayne’s album. I listened to it twiceagain after writing that and now I musrevise; I still stand by that it’s an easieralbum (Besides the few faster, fun songlike H.A.M. and Otis) but it really hit medeeper the second and third times. The album shows a lot of the emotionaside of the two, for instance in “New Day”Kanye shows depression about how hison will never have a normal life because
of his career giving him the spot light.My favorite line is “Promise to never leavehim, even his mama tweaking because mydad left me and I promise never to repeahim.”If you’re into a deeper lyrical set (As welas the impeccable singing of Frank Oceanand Mr. Hudson) along with a few uptempo fun songs, this album is your soul-mateFor its lyrical content, great productionand all around diversity I give it a 10/13.
Best TV Shows This FallFrom crime shows to comedies, to zombies and Ron F’N Swanson, you can bet
that you’ll find something to likeby Christine Moua
Staff Writer
You turn your TV on, ip through a few channels, see someone from Jersey Shoreand roll your eyes, and you nally end up watching Glee (turning the TV off wouldhave been better). You’re convinced there’snothing good on. That’s about to change thisfall. Here’s a list of the top ve shows youshould watch to ensure you never have tosettle for Glee again.
#1. The Walking DeadOne word: zombies. If that doesn’tdraw you in, I don’t know what will. AMC’s The Walking Dead centers around Rick Grimes, a sheriff who wakes up from a comaand discovers that almost everybody is miss-ing because of the zombie apocalypse.
After meeting two other survivors,Rick sets out to nd help, and most im-portantly, his family. Along the way, he en-counters other survivors and more zombies,“walkers.”
This show doesn’t kid around;there’s blood, guts, and everything else thatmakes normal people cringe, which is why
it’s so awesome. The Walking Dead airs Sun-day nights at 9/8c on AMC.
#2. LutherBBC’s Luther is now airing in the
U.S. (nally!) If you’re looking for some-thing that keeps you on the edge of yourseat holding yourbreath, then this isthe show for you.
E m m y nominated IdrisElba plays John Lu-ther, a policeman who catches crimi-nals on the streetsof London with thehelp of Justin Rip-ley (Warren Brown)and Ian Reed (Ste- ven Mackintosh.)
L u t h e rmay seem like justanother crime show, but think again. Thefast-paced season opening captures yourattention from the minute it starts until thesecond it ends. And let’s not forget the aw -less acting from every cast member (some-body give Ruth Wilson an award!) and beau-
tiful cinematography.Luther airs every Wednesday at
9/10c on BBC America.
#3. The OfceDry humor, sarcasm, hilariousness
- you can nd it all on The Ofce.The Ofce revolves around the
employees of Dunder Mifin, a paper com-pany in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
It’s back for its eighth season, butthis time without Steve Carell, who playedMichael Scott, the previous regional manager
of Dunder Mifin.While some of
us may have haddoubts about anofce without Mi-chael (myself in-cluded), the new season proved it-self to still be hilari-
ous.With scenes like
Stanley shouting “And shove it upyour butt!”, Erinplanking outsideDunder Mifin,
and Dwight using are extinguisher on Meredith, you can’t say no to a show like The Ofce. It airs Thurs-day nights at 9/8c on NBC.
#4. Parks and RecreationNBC’s comedy Parks and Recre-
ation centers around Leslie Knope (playedby Amy Poehler) and the rest of the members of the city hall or parks department inPawnee, Indiana. The show resembles TheOfce’s documentary style, and humor.Parks and Rec returned for its fourth seasonon September 22. The season opened withLeslie accepting the position to run for of-ce, a hilarious Ron Swanson (played byNick Offerman) running away from his ex wife Tammy #1, and Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) being, well, Tom Haverford.
Hilarious scenes and brilliant actingfrom some of the best comedic actors makeParks and Rec a must-see for this fall. It airs Thursday nights at 7:30/8:30c on NBC.
#5. New GirlZooey Deschanel stars in Fox’s new
comedy, New Girl, as Jess Day, a girl tryingto get over a tough break-up.In the pilot, Jess nds three new roommates
Schmidt, Nick, and Coach (all of who aresingle men with a great sense of humor). After noticing Jess’ gloomy mood, her room-mates and her best friend Cece try to cheerher up and help her cope.
New Girl is surprisingly funny (withlines like “Go put a dollar in the douchebagjar right now,” and scenes with Schmidt slapping Jess’ ex in the face while wearing an obnoxious thumb ring), which is why it earnsthe fth spot on shows you need to watchthis fall.
It airs Tuesday nights at 9/8c onFox.
The Walking Dead comes back for its second season on October 16. it airs ev-ery Sunday night at 8 p.m.
While some of us may have had doubts about
an office without
Michael . . . the new season proved itself tostill be hilarious.
As fall approaches, a new set of movies hitthe screens, and new set of of things tosee arise. These lms are the top rated inthe theaters right now from a spectrum of three most popular genres: comedy, classic,and horror. Make sure you catch these highly popular lms in theaters before their DVDreleases come in!
Contagion(PG-13) This heart-wrenching science horror lm will certainly make you paranoid of your sur-
roundings and denitely make you remem-ber to cover your mouth when you cough. About a lethal airborne virus epidemic thatkills off a major portion of the world’spopulation and leaves the rest mentally inshambles, this movie is packed with thrilling graphics and disturbing scenes to keep youup at night. While the organization of highexpertise medical professionals race to nda vaccine, pressure ensues as they become illand rapidly die off themselves. This movie was rated 7.2 on IMDb for its absolutely amazing visuals and deathly frightening cutscenes.
Lion King 3D(G) A touching new spin on a childhood favorite,this will surely bring back nostalgic memo-ries. It’s the original plot of the Disney clas-sic but now revamped to 3D, making it feellike you’re in the lm and part of the inten-sied emotional experience. For its memo-rable plot, lovable characters, and thrilling adventures of everyone’s most beloved lionprince, this lm was rated 8.4 by IMDb.
50/50(R) A true story about a shocking cancer diag-nosis to an aficted and ill-fated 27 year-
old. Even through his struggles between aclose thread of life and death, his life re-mains to be an unlikely comical story as heghts his way back to health. It’s a stunning story with plenty of comic relief to keepthe lm light-hearted and whimsical, it’s aperfect eye-opener lm to watch with fam-ily and friends. IMDb rates this incrediblelm an 8.4.
Footloose(PG-13)Everyone’s talking about the modern re-make of one of the biggest movies of the
1980’s. Some people are saying the lm is“pointless for fans of the original, but funfor everyone else”, while others are say-ing it’s “not bad, not amazing. But aver-
age.” Kenny Wormald has the role of RenMcCormick, who was originally played by Kevin Bacon. The role made Bacon a teenicon. “I’m very proud of the movie,” says Wormald, “and hopefully Kevin loves it.”Like his character, Wormald is from Boston.Prior to this huge blockbuster, Wormald was honestly a nobody in Hollywood whoonly did backup dancing for entertainerslike Jennifer Lopez and Madonna. JulianneHough and Dennis Quaid also star in thelm. It was directed by Craig Brewer. “Wemade this to remind people what they lovedabout Footloose,” says Brewer, “I don’t wanna replace, I just wanna be a wonderful
companion piece to the original.” Overall,I’d say it looks like a truly fun movie andthey genuinely stayed true to the original asmuch as they could without making it seemlike they were trying to replace it.
The Big Year(PG)Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilsonstar as three devoted bird watchers compet-ing to spot the rarest birds in North Americaat a grand annual event. Viewers review thatthe lm was “funnier than expected”, an“average Jack Black movie”, and “good forthe whole family!” While some people may think the lm will be a little boring with theplot and all, I personally think that with threeof the funniest comedians in Hollywood itactually won’t be that bad. I’d say if you likethe actors, go see this lm, because they’ll bethree times funnier as a trio.
The Thing(R) At an Antar tican facil ity, a extra terrestrialbeing is discovered. It survives by invad-ing the bodies and minds of a human host. The researchers must ght for themselvesas they realize that not everyone may be who they portray themselves to be. Every-one seems to think this lm is a prequel of
John Carpenter’s The Thing. On the con-trary, it is a prequel to the original. View-ers rave that the lm is “a perfect compan-ion to the original”, “intense!”, and “very good”. At the same time, I’m hearing very different things from other viewers. Like,“boring, predictable, and don’t waste yourmoney.” If you’re a fan of the original, I’dsay go see it, but at your own risk. Go withexpectations that it’s gonna suck, but hopethat it won’t. For those who haven’t seenthe original and are looking for a goodHalloween movie, go see it. You’ll mostlikely love it.
What’s Your Number?(R) Anna Faris stars in this comedy as a woman who tracks down the last twenty men she’s dat
ed in her life, hoping that one of them mighbe her true love. Captain America’s ChrisEvans also stars in the lm. According to Internet Movie Database, the movie got reviewpoints of 5.8, which is pretty average. Vieweare saying they’re “pleasantly surprised” withhow good the movie was and that there’s “nally a romantic comedy for all.”
Paranormal Activity 3(R)Paramount Pictures are back with the thrilling sequel that will bring you all new chillsscreams, and terror. Paranormal Activity 3rewinds back to 1988, when sisters Katie and
Kristi experience and befriend a paranormaentity. I’ve seen both Paranormal Activity 1and 2 in theaters, and it’s truly a whole different experience than watching it in youown home. And I have be honest, my heartpounds when I just watch the trailers ofthis lm. I can tell it’s going to be far moreintense, and more exciting. Viewers seemto agree, saying it’s “pure potent fear,” and warning everyone to “get ready to sleep withthe lights on again!” Fans of Paranormal Activity should be very excited. I know I am.
The Three Musketeers(PG-13)
Logan Lerman stars as the cocky youngD’Artagnan who ghts alongside with the former legendary, but now down on their lucktrio that must unite and ght a stunning doubleagent and her immoral employer, played by Orlando Bloom, from seizing the French throneand engulng Europe in war. Some viewers aresaying that the lm is “enjoyable nonsense”and “more fun than I expected!”, while others are saying it’s a “poor adaption of a greastory.” Overall, I’d say if you’re a fan of the talebe your own judge. But go at your own risk.
In Time(PG-13) Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried starin this bizarre and thrilling action lled ickthat takes place in the future where peoplestop aging after 25 and must work to buythemselves time to live. Viewers are ravingthat this lm has an “excellent plot, excellentending, excellent entertainment” and that it’s“right up there with Inception!” In my opin-ion, just because of the plot, I strongly doubthis lm will be too disappointing. It looks very promising, and I don’t know how theycould screw it up. Both Timberlake and Sey-fried are well respected and experienced in thebusiness, so I’m sure people will be pleased with their performances.
This school year, Principal Wiltziusannounced that students will be al-lowed to use their cell phones andelectronics during passing time
and lunch. When it comes to us-ing them in classrooms, it is allup to the teacher. This policy isgreat. What harm can students dotexting each other during passing
time? None! Many teachers arene with cell phone use during class as long as it isn’t while instruc-tion is being given or during tests.
We agree with this 100%. Not be-ing allowed to text during tests isfor an obvious reason, cheating,and texting while somebody istalking is just plain rude. If a stu-
dent chooses to text during their work time, that is their own choice.
Yes, it will probably slow themdown, but it is their grade and their
choice. At home, students are ob- viously going to text while they do their work, so why restrict it atschool? When electronics were re-stricted, it just got kids into trouble.
The policy did not stop studentsfrom texting. With the new policy,teachers and students can come toan understanding and hopefully re-
spect each other and get along. Cellphones are a part of students’ livesthese days. The school would justbe wasting time and energy trying to keep them banned.
On Wednesday, October 5th, oneof the greatest creative minds andtechnological innovators of ourage passed away. Steve Jobs, theco-founder and creator of Apple,Inc., died at 56 after a prolongedbattle with pancreatic cancer.
From an early age, Jobs showedan aptitude and enthusiasm fortechnology. Born in 1955 andgiven up for adoption by his bio-logical parents, he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs and grew upin California, close to Silicon Val-ley, a place where he would latergrow his business into the world’smost valuable company (valued at$187 billion by Forbes).
In 1976, Jobs and a friend fromhigh school, Stephen Wozniak,started a company with $1,300of their own money with head-
quarters in the Jobs family garage.
They called it Apple, presumably after Jobs’ eating habits at thetime. They started making com-puters, called Apple I and AppleII, to rival the clunky, slow, ofce-only versions of computers domi-nant at the time. By 1981, the year
the company went public, salesjumped from $2 million in 1977to $600 million. Two years moreand Apple, Inc., took its place inthe Fortune 500, where it remainsto this day. No other company hasclimbed onto the list faster.
In 1985, Jobs left Apple, Inc.after a bitter falling-out with hischief executive, John Sculley, andspent $10 million on a small, strug-gling graphics company owned by George Lucas of Star Wars fame. That company was Pixar Studios.In 1985, there was very little mar-
ket for computer-made movies;
ten years more and Pixar wouldproduce its rst movie in a line of instant successes and classics, themuch-beloved Toy Story. In 2006, Jobs sold Pixar for $7.4 billion.
Jobs returned to Apple in 1997,becoming CEO again in 2000.
One year later, Apple would intro-duce a new product to the publicintended to replace Walkmans orportable, clunky radios. Called theiPod, its user-friendly interface,digital downloading system andsleek design made a huge impact,revolutionizing the music industry and introducing the download as areplacement for the CD. In 2007, Apple, Inc. released the iPhone,effectively creating the smart-phone market, and in 2010 createdthe market for tablet computers with the invention of the iPad.
Whether or not you own an
Apple product, their inventionshave touched your life in some way or another, stretching their way across the globe. That iPodor iPhone in your pocket? Thank Steve Jobs. The Disney-Pixarmovies you love so much? Thank
Jobs. The iMacs in every class-room, media center and library? Thanks, Steve.
In these coming days, Apple,Inc. will host tributes, regroup anddecide where to go from here now that the man whose genius shinesthrough on their every product isgone. The world will mourn thepassing of someone quick-witted, witty and willing to see the worldas it could be rather than just asit is. As one Twitter user wrote,“R.I.P., Steve Jobs. You touchedan ugly world of technology and
made it beautiful.”
Rest in Peace, Mr. Jobs
From the Cardinal Columns Editorial Board
They stood together, the seven GOP can-didates hoping to make an early impact onthe 2012 presidential race. Standing in frontof red, white and blue bunting and behindidentical podiums, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney,
Michele Bachmann and the rest knew themetaphorical stage was much bigger than theone they stood on, the stakes higher than thecable pundits’ polls. This was their night tostand out and make a difference, their nightto grab voters by the lapels and shake theminto a groundswell of support.
Not exactly. For a night that was supposedto identify a single frontrunner, the GOPdebate was jumbled and unclear, with twomen, Romney and Perry, emerging with ashared victory while the rhetoric and attackson the other Republican hopefuls ew highand furious.
“Barack Obama seems to think that when
we earn money, it belongs to him and we’relucky just to keep a little bit of it,” Bachmannsaid of the Obama administration’s incometax.
“What President Obama is, is a big-spend-ing liberal. And he takes his political inspi-ration from Europe and from the socialistdemocrats in Europe,” announced Romney.
““My next door neighbor’s two dogs havecreated more shovel-ready jobs than thispresident,” Gary Johnson claimed.
This, then, is the GOP’s greatest fault,their major tripping point. The debates thusfar have exposed the entire eld as a weak matchup for Obama; even Perry and Rom-ney, were the election to happen this month, would be beaten by at least a ve point per-centage -- a slim margin, but one these can-didates can’t afford to have. And, barring a complete campaign change from any of them, that gap will only widen: the extremerhetoric loosed in the debates, so eagerly gobbled up by Tea Party supporters, fails
to nd an audience with anyone outside theextremist right-wing fringe. Eighty percentof voters are moderately leaning Americansdisgusted with the hyperbole spewed fromthe left and right and eager for compromiseand calm amid the calamity; in other words, voters looking for a moderate, pragmatic andlevelheaded candidate to support.
Therein lies the key to an Obama vic-tory in 2012. The president is known for hiscalm, unrufed demeanor -- a sharp contrast with his Republican opponents, who yell rstand speak later -- and if Obama can showthat contrast and establish himself as thereasonable man’s choice, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. will remain his address for the next fouryears. Despite low approval ratings, Obamastill has enough middle-ground appeal to sat-isfy voters caught in the middle and is stillthe favorite to win the election. Unless anyof his Republican opponents can nd a wid-er base of support, “Yes We Can” will onceagain become “Yes We Did” in the next year
Obama: Doctor Pragmaticor, how Obama learned to stop worrying and love his reelection chances
For the new school year, we chose to go with a new name for the school newspaper. We rst became the “Fondy/GoodrichFree Press” in 1978. This year, we decidedto switch it up a bit. Not only did we goto a magazine layout, but we also got anew name. The name came from a pastissue, from 1985, called the CardinalColumns. Throughout the years, Go-odrich/Fondy High’s paper has beennamed many names. In the late 1920’sto early 1930’s, we were called the“Peptimist.” For the majority of thepaper being available, we were called
“The Hi-Eye.” This name stuck around for around 40 years, until1978 when the paper was changedto “The Goodrich Free Press.” Then, in 1985, was changed to“Cardinal Columns,” and later to“Fondy Free Press.” It’s time fora blast from the past, say helloto the new newspaper at Fondy,the “Cardinal Columns!”
In each issue, we will giveyou a little taste of how thepast papers used to be. In thisissue, take a look at Home-coming from 1963! Check out the dental inspection forjuniors under the “Look-ing Ahead” column, and“Golden Boy Cast Cho-sen.”
Fondy Free Press gets a new name for the 2011-2012school year!
Sophomore Max Culver gets a bit crazy during Halloween.
One Halloween, Max had a bowl of
candy by his garage. When a kid wouldprance up to the garage, Max would pullhis garage open. A pool of fog wouldcome pouring out. “I would come run-ning out with a fake chain saw, wearing a mask, screaming.” Max said. “It wasfun.”
Max is not the only student who hasfun at the expense of others on Hal-loween. Sophomore Will Linstrom does,too.
Will Linstrom, dressed as the Joker,scared a fairy child. One Halloween, Will was trick-or-treating. Skipping down the
dark sidewalk came a young girl wear-ing a fairy princess costume. Will saw her and decided to have some fun. Hestalked her down the sidewalk. Then she
stopped and turned around. Will staredher down and would not stop looking her in the eyes, until nally she burst outscreaming and crying and ran away, nev-er to return again.
“Best Halloween ever,” said Will.Some Fondy students just go trick-or-
treating for fun on Halloween.“The best part of Halloween is when
you’re trick-or-treating and the bowl,or bucket, says take one and I take the whole thing!” laughed Brandon Kutchek,sophomore.
“I like going trick or treating withmy friends and people make fun of usbecause we are so old!” exclaimed HeidiErickson, junior.
Other than trick or treating and scar-ing others, the beautiful leaves of fall,play a role in the love of Halloweentime. Majority of the students and teach-ers said “The leaves are the best part of October.” Just think if Halloween was in
summer, with noleaves, super hot.It wouldn’t bethe same. In Fall,it’s just right; the weather isn’t toohot or too cold,and it has won-derful leaves!
“I love whenyou drive throughthe country andsee the differentcolor leaves on
the trees!” said Jorden Glending,sophomore.
“I love Halloween and October be-cause of the beautiful leaves that i canrake up and jump in,” said Tony Sharratt,senior.
“I love the magnicent leaves, becausethey’re so beautiful and I like the way they look,” said Ben Kiefer, sophmore.
Most teachers at Fondy enjoy going to Little Farmer and trick or treating fortheir kids, not for their own pleasure. Lit-tle Farmer is a great place to go during
October season, either to get pumpkinfor Halloween or apple pie for a Halloween party. Little Farmer has tons ofthings for a family to do. Other than thbig play land, they have a market place where they sell caramel apples, pies andmufns. They also have hay rides.
“I went to a birthday party at littl
farmer, and I wenon the hay rideand it made mfall asleep,” said Ari Ebling-Hopfsophomore.
“I like thpumpkin mufns and carameapples at LittlFarmer, they’rgreat.” said Mrs Jahn, Englishteacher.
“Their carameapples at LittlFarmer are amazing, why wouldn’t someone like them?” asked Rachael Schnidersophomore.
“I like watching my kids play on thplayground at Little Farmer, having good time.” Mr. Lehman said.
Everyone has their own special traditions on Halloween. You could be likMax or Will who have a little bit toomuch fun, or you could be more ordinary. But Ocober is full of lots of funthings to do!
Tricks and treats
this HalloweenFall brings a variety of spooky and beautiful entertainment
by Brittany EckerStaff Writer
“The best part of Hal-loween is when you’retrick or treating and thebowl, or bucket, says‘take one,’ and I takethe whole thing.”
