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Elizabeth ButlerReporter
Sixty students from the DyersburgHigh School and Middle Schoolchoirs attended The All-Northwest
Tennessee Honors Choir, and seven stu-dents qualified for All-State TennesseeHonors Choir. This is the largest numberthe schools have had in two years.
All-Northwest Tennessee Honors Choiris an opportunity to better a choir stu-dent’s talent and to perform in front ofmany more people than a high schoolgym could hold. A student in junior highor high school must first learn six songs over a period of two to three months. The
next step is to audition in front of threejudges, experts in vocal arts. A score outof one hundred is assigned by each judgefor a total of three hundred possiblepoints.
In recent years there have beentwenty-five to thirty-five spots in eachvocal section, referred to as chairs, forstudents to fill. The higher a student’sscore, the closer the chair is to one, withthe first chair being the highest accom-plishment.
The auditions this year for All-North-west Tennessee Choir were held in Octo-ber at Union University in Jackson. Out ofthe innumerable students from Northwest
Tennessee who tried out for a position inthe Honors Choir, one hundred and fif-teen were from Dyersburg. Results laterthat night ushered sixty Dyersburg CitySchools students into opportunities, in-cluding being directed by renowned con-ductors and singing alongside peers fromacross Northwest Tennessee.
“Going to All-Northwest was an experi-ence I will treasure for the rest of my life,”freshman Ben Cloar said. Cloar made firstchair in the first bass vocal part this year.
The students from Dyersburg HighSchool and Dyersburg Middle School whomade it into the All-Northwest Choirsboarded a bus to Jackson in mid-Novem-ber, for a three-day trip. On November19th at West Jackson Baptist Church,students in the two choirs performed foran audience of 1,500-2,000.
The High School Honors Choir wasconducted by Greg Fuller and the JuniorHigh School Honors Choir was conductedby Dr. Justin Durham. Both choirs per-formed a two-hour-long concert.
“All-Northwest Tennessee Honors Choirwas an amazing experience. I enjoyedmeeting new people and sharing my mu-sical talent with those people,” junior Au-tumn Williams said. Williams made 34thchair in the second soprano vocal part.
After the honor of making it into theAll-Northwest Tennessee Honors Choir,students in the top ten chairs qualify toaudition for All-State Honors Choir. To goto All-State, a student must go throughthe same process as All-Northwest.These select students learned a new setof songs and auditioned for octet testingon January 21. If a student’s audition issuccessful, he or she will go on to per-form with the All-State Honors Choir onApril 14.
“I’m very happy with the number ofstudents who were accepted. Looking atthe program, the number rose soonerthan I expected, and I credit it to thestudents,” choir director Chris Davis said.
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Largest number in two years attendsAll-Northwest Tennessee Choir
Dyersburg High School choir students recently attended the All-Northwest Tennessee HonorsChoir along with Director Chris Davis at West Jackson Baptist Church.
Photos Submitted by Chris Davis
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Ayear after the Egyptian revolution, thousands of Egyptians-- despite the heavy rain -- flowed into Tahrir Square incentral Cairo to participate in the celebrations of the first
anniversary of the Revolution of January 25. They carried theflags and banners of Egypt, calling for completion of the de-mands of the revolution, retribution for those who killed demon-strators and the speedy hand-over of power to civilians.Demonstrations in most Egyptian cities celebrated the first an-niversary of the great revolution that toppled the regime ofPresident Hosni Mubarak and his aides.
Participants demanding completion of the revolution chantedslogans demanding the dropping of the military junta and theregime of Hosni Mubarak, adding that the change is nothingnew in this country after a year of revolution.
The participants chanted slogans of the famous uprising ofJanuary 25th, "Freedom to live for social justice.”
Recent activities have increased the high morale of the
demonstrators, who are struggling alone in the face of Mubarakand are determined in their commitment to put an end to theManagement Council of the armed forces of Egypt immediately.
Islamists have made strong electoral gains in the first electionheld in the country since the rule of President Mubarak, cele-brating what has been achieved from their demands; however,many Egyptians want to carry out the death sentence for Pres-ident Mubarak.
The Cairo criminal trial will be for the former President HosniMubarak, his two sons, former Interior Minister Habib el-Adliand six senior assistant secretaries. President Mubarak will becharged with murder, illicit enrichment, abuse of power and will-ful damage to state funds for his agreement to export gas toIsrael at prices below international market prices.
Also, the Egyptian court will try his two sons, Gamal and AlaaMubarak, because Alaa, the older son, was considered his fa-ther’s successor in the rule of Egypt. They will be tried with theirfather on charges of financial corruption and the killing ofdemonstrators during the popular uprising.
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Egyptians celebrating 25th of January
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Maria YousufBusiness Manager
Recently, the Internet ex-ploded with unre-strained vehemence in
response to the Stop OnlinePiracy Act (SOPA) and ProtectIntellectual Property Act(PIPA). As a result of exten-sive pressure on congressmenand the huge impact of theWikipedia and Reddit blackouton January 18th, SOPA andPIPA fizzled out, and their op-ponents rose victorious butfroze when Wikileaks disclosedthe Anti-Counterfeiting Trade
Agreement, better known asACTA.
ACTA is an internationalanti-piracy treaty that aims toenforce a new standard of in-tellectual property rights. Itsenactment will lead to scour-ing the Internet for copy-righted material in order tohalt the trade of said counter-feited goods. Violating ACTA’sstandards through copyrightinfringement could result inthe imprisonment of ordinarycitizens and the imposition ofmany fines.
This treaty will allow customsofficials at airports and othersecurity checking points toscour travelers’ iPods, laptops,cell phones and other such de-vices for evidence of illegallydownloaded music andmovies. Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, AT&T and otherInternet Service Providers willbe obligated to record theirusers’ browing histories andallow the government accessto them.
Apart from viewing this as ascandalous violation of theirprivacy, opponents have alsoquestioned hiding news aboutACTA’ s negotiation from thepublic. President Obama justi-fied not releasing informationabout ACTA by saying “na-tional security” could poten-
tially be threatened. In response to Obama’s
signing of the treaty withoutCongress’s ratifying it, SenatorRon Wyden wrote a letter tothe President, inquiring aboutthe constitutionality of his ac-tions. Obama came backaround and declared ACTA anexecutive agreement. Asidefrom this constitutional ques-tion, there are other potentialissues. via the mail,” saidStenberg.
“ACTA would violate thefreedom of the press, freedomof speech, and possibly thefreedom to assemble--provi-sions of the First Amendmentto the U. S. Constitution,” saidAP U. S. Government teacherMark Stenberg.
ACTA takes internet community
Photo by Maria Yousuf
Junior Shelby Hubbard represents the opinions of people all over theworld who disapprove of what they believe is censorship by ACTA.
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Paul Caelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist, claims that piracy can helpsales, such as his writings, rather than hurt them.
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The European Commissiondefended this so-called se-crecy by saying “It is only nat-ural that intergovernmentalnegotiations dealing with is-sues that have an economicimpact, do not take place inpublic and that negotiators arebound by a certain level of dis-cretion,” according to the-newamerican.com.
It is possible that even aftertaking such drastic measures,determined users will continueto acess free information.
“People who are intent uponbreaking a law will not mind ifanother law is added. ACTAwill only stop honest thieves,”said Stenberg.
In some cases, the people
whose money ACTA suppos-edly protects are against ACTAthemselves. Brazilian lyricistand novelist Paul Coelho re-portedly called upon the “pi-rates of the world” to “uniteand pirate” all of his writings,insisting that as an author heonly wants to be read. Heeven claims that piracy canhelp sales rather than hurtthem.
“The more often we hear asong on the radio, the keenerwe are to buy the CD. It’s thesame with literature. Themore people ‘pirate’ a book,the better. If they like the be-ginning, they’ll buy the wholebook the next day, becausethere’s nothing more tiring
than reading long screeds oftext on a computer screen,”said Coelho, according towww.guardian.co.uk.
Other ACTA dissenters haveadopted use of Guy Fawkesmasks, known as Anonymous,which have become increas-ingly common in measurestaken to counter governmentaction. A symbol of OccupyWall Street, these masks arealso frequent among ACTAprotesters.
“This act is bogus. If thishad been proposed during theCold War, the sponsors wouldhave been called communistsand dictators; they would bevoted out of office,” said Sten-berg.
Yet if Obama signed thistreaty on October 1, 2011,why have no measures beentaken to enforce it? Accordingto the European Commission,complete ratification will notenter into force until each EUmember state has signed it.So far, seven countries, includ-ing the Netherlands and Ger-many, have refused to submittheir signatures.
Concerned or supportive cit-izens can voice their opinionson the matter through variousmethods.
“Ironically, people could pe-tition the government via theirwebsites. People could alsocontact representatives via themail,” said Stenberg.
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The Guy Fawlkes mask is currently poplular among ACTA protestors to symbolize rebellion toward what they deem oppression by government.
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Yuki ZhangReporter
The National Higher Education En-trance Examination, commonlyknown as Gao Kao, is an academic
examination in China. This nine-hour longtest is offered only once a year, and it isthe sole determinant for admission to Chi-nese universities and colleges. The GaoKao is usually taken by high school sen-iors, though there has been no age re-striction since 2001.
Different provinces have different ver-sions of tests and subjects; however, alltests are offered on the same dates -June7th and 8th.
Students who are admitted to the uni-versity have to get a score above theirscore line. Students who score lower,even by one point, cannot be enrolled.Every year, about the top ten highest-scored people are regionally announcedwith their name, scores and school. Most Chinese people regard the Gao Kao
as the most important examination thatdetermines one's fate. This makes thetest extremely competitive. In 2009,there were 6,290,000 of 10,200,000 peo-ple in the nation enrolled in universitiesor colleges: the enrollment rate was
about 64.2%. Those people who want togo to top universities have to work harderthan others.
High school seniors spend the wholeyear preparing for the Gao Kao. Theyhave more classes during school days,and even on Saturdays, from 7a.m. to9p.m. Many students would study duringlunch breaks, stay up late reviewing text-books and take tutorials outside school.
Without free time, entertainment andcomfort, students have practice tests al-most every day in the last several monthsbefore the Gao Kao. It tells them how farthey are from getting into their dreamuniversities and how hard they will beworking to reach their target.
While the students are suffering theenormous pressure, their parents areequally or even more worried becausemost parents only have one child, parentssuddenly become nutritionists to keeptheir child healthy, and they try their bestto help their child.The Chinese education system has been
a subject of world-wide controversy formany years. China’s young generation de-vote their whole youth to becoming‘‘smarter’’ on a test.
Unlike the ACT or the SAT, Chinese stu-
dents only have one chance to take theGao Kao to determine their future. Ifsomeone is really sick or an emergencyhappens to him or her just in the testdays, people can only blame their unluckylife and take it next year.
There are some teenagers enjoyingtheir hobbies and time instead of studyingfor a test all the time, but they are notable to go to the top universities.
“The test should measure the student’sability to succeed in college,'' AP Englishteacher Suzanne Edwards said. ‘‘Is it fairthat they measure an individual by thissole examination score?”
The education department passed anew policy that the top universities couldhave their own test and interview forextra credits, which count with a stu-dent's score on Gao Kao as a final score.However, only a few people passed theextra credits test.
Another policy allows a few studentswho have an excellent GPA or specialskills to go to the top universities by rec-ommendation from the school principal,no matter how they score on the GaoKao. Some people criticize the process asan encouragement of corruption.
Chinese college entrance exam challenges students
Chinese students study during a Saturday class in anticipation of their Gao Kao, one of the most important tests any Chinese student can take.Photo by Yuki Zhang
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editorialsJill VondyPhotography Editor
Much attention has recentlybeen directed toward stop-ping SOPA and PIPA from
passing in the U.S. Congress. Morethan 14 million Americans and anestimated 115,000 websites tookpart in online protests according tobroadcastengineering.com.
Through the blackouts of manypopular sites such as Google andWikipedia and petitions to con-gress, the debate has been haltedon the two contested anti-onlinepiracy bills. Unfortunately, thesepieces of legislation are not theonly threat to a free and open
Internet.
Few have heard ofACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeit-ing Trade Agreement, butupon examination, the agree-ment appears eerily similar toSOPA and PIPA.
Although the proposedtreaty’s title might suggestthat the agreement dealsonly with counterfeit phys-ical goods, what little infor-mation has been madeavailable to the publicmakes it clear that it willhave a far broaderscope.
What is known aboutACTA is that it containsglobal IP provisions asrestrictive as or worsethan anything con-tained in SOPA and
PIPA. Furthermore,the treaty
spans vir-tual lyt h eentire
developed world.ACTA will affect the internet by
establishing multinational stan-dards on intellectual rights enforce-ment. This will force signingcountries to criminalize "commer-cial-scale" copyright and trademarkinfringement.
What are the penalties forbreaching the trade agreement?The particular criminal sanction isup to the signing countries, but itwill mean prison and large fines forcompanies that are accused ofcopyright piracy on a "commercialscale."
This could mean any websitefound to be hosting pirated contentor even those companies deemedto be "aiding and abetting" copy-right infringement, which could ex-tend to ISPs (Internet serviceproviders), could be punished.
Simply, ACTA is undemocratic.The treaty has been largely negoti-ated behind closed doors, withmany participating parties beingforced to sign non-disclosureagreements before being allowedto see ACTA documents. If for noother reason, ACTA should be op-posed because of the precedent itwould set for closed-door censor-ship of the Internet.
Furthermore, ACTA would blurthe line between piracy and coun-terfeiting. Piracy and counterfeitingare not the same thing.
Counterfeiting requires the per-son receiving the copied goods tobe deceived into thinking it is real,while piracy is the unauthorized useor appropriation of patented orcopyrighted material.
Chinese manufacturers who cre-ate counterfeit DVDs or medicinesshould not be treated the same asindividuals sharing not-for-profit intheir homes. See related article on page 6
why it shouldworry you
ACTA
The Guy Fawkes mask, shown above, has been commonly used by protesters who objectto government actions such as SOPA, PIPA and ACTA.
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Jed FinleyReporter
Internal strife has marked the Republican nomination processfor this presidential election. Frequent mudslinging amongcandidates and the Republicans’ inability to rally behind a
single contender has severely damaged the Republican Party’schances for a victory in the 2012 presidential election.
This election’s primary season began with a number of seriouscandidates. However, personal issues and lack of widespreadsupport and funding have narrowed the field of candidates tothose who remain today: Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrichand Rick Santorum.
Santorum, once a long shot, has rapidly gained support, be-ginning with his unexpected win in the Iowa caucus and con-tinuing with his wins in the three most recent primaries inColorado, Missouri and Minnesota, as well as Iowa.
Another unexpected development in the primary season isthe continued persistence of Paul in the race. This is unexpectedbecause Paul is a fervent conservative who has unorthodoxviews, by today’s standards; however, his politics are actuallymuch closer to what the Republican Party should stand for --less involvement of the national government in the lives of thepeople.
Despite not winning a primary yet, Paul has come in a secondplace twice, meaning that there is a significant number of Re-
publicans who share Paul’s almost Libertarian views.According to most polls, however, Romney is the most elec-
table candidate in the general election, and many feel that hewill likely be the Republican nominee. Meanwhile, Gingrich haswon one primary, South Carolina, and has come in third to lastin a number of primaries, including the three most recent pri-maries: Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota, all of which occurredon February 7 of this year.
A large part of Gingrich’s failure lies in his repeated use ofnegative ads, most of which are aimed at Romney. This schismbetween Romney and Gingrich, along with the seemingly im-possible continuation of the right-wing Paul, and the recentsurge of support for Santorum all point to division within theRepublican Party.
What Republicans must do is rally behind one candidate. Thisseems impossible now, considering the seemingly endless strife.It will be very difficult for the Republican Party to salvage its in-tegrity.
Even if Republicans do mobilize and support a single candi-date, the damage is done. The result of the current divisionwithin the Republican Party is huge harm to its chances of win-ning the general election - a division that is very obvious andwill surely be exploited by the Democratic Party in the generalelection, one which could quite possibly lead to the forfeitureof the 2012 presidential election for the Republican Party.
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Rowdy republicans ruin chance to win electionRepublican candidates Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul observe the national anthem before a debate hosted byCNN. The next, and last, debate will be hosted by PBS on March 19, 2012 and air at 9pm ET.
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Lauren BrooksEditor
Since the 1992-1993 school year, 270 violent deaths haveoccurred in schools across the nation according to TheNational School Safety Center’s Report on School Associ-
ated Violent Deaths. Many schools, including DHS, have pro-cedures in place for violent events, such as shootings, bombthreats, etc. as they are actually occurring, but what schoolshave procedures in place for the prevention of such events?
Upon arrival at school each morning, students walk inthrough the east entrance where they are checked for dresscode before class. There are no metal detectors, no wands, noextra security checks--only a few administrators checking forcollars and compliant uniform colors.
Too easily could Dyersburg High School (or any school forthat matter) become the next Columbine, Jonesboro or VirginiaTech. Procedures for the events as they are taking place is nota basis of prevention. Just having a lockdown procedure forwhen a gunman has already entered the school will do no goodwhatsoever to prevent his entrance.
Detection devices and school resource officers stationed atschool entrances can most definitely prevent acts of violence,right? When the primary deterrent of violence is good faith in
students and faculty, who is to say that is enough? But the basis of prevention is not with that fancy detection
equipment or security officers or good people. The basis ofprevention is connection. Safety begins with an establishedfeeling of emotional security within one’s environment--whether it be the people or the places--and even a sense ofsafe haven: school should be a refuge for its students.
For so many students, school is the only place that bearsany semblance to a home; it might be the only place they areguaranteed heat during the winter or even a regular meal.
Schools should naturally be as safe as possible. Safety shouldnot be limited because of the constraints of a budget, but re-alistically, restrictions do exist. But does that serve as an ex-cuse to ease off safety concerns? Of course not.
Therefore, schools should work particularly hard to controlwhat they can control. As mentioned previously, prevention be-gins with connection.
That connection begins with relationships among studentsand trained teachers and other staff and administration. Thatlink strengthens a bond of trust and understanding--vital forany invulnerable atmosphere.
Administrations and school boards should be encouraged bythe community (including students)
to do all possible to strengthenconnections with students,
therefore preventing un-thinkable tragedies. It isimportant to act withhaste, and not wait until itis too late. Whether it bethrough school-initiated
programs that inspire stu-dents to communicate with
other students and their teachers--or com-munity-initiated programs--it is importantfor all to reach out to each other.
A little effort can go a long way in de-creasing the chances of Dyers-
burg becoming yet anotherdreaded code for a tragichappening like Columbine.Establish connections withone another, and we all will be
one step closer to asafer school environ-ment.
Violence prevention begins with connection
Laurie WiliamsReporter
Fake hair, fake teeth, fake tans and fake nails. Now, add alittle girl, a lot of makeup, her nutty mom and a televisioncrew, broadcast it nation-wide and you have the hit TLC
show Toddlers and Tiaras. Toddlers and Tiaras follows parents and their children as they
compete in beauty pageants across the country. The childrenfeatured on the show range in age from only a few weeks oldto early teens. Parents spend thousands of dollars per pageantto buy dresses, shoes, hairpieces, manicures and corsets alongwith other beauty treatments and clothing just to have a chanceof winning a crown and sash. Occassionally a cash prize is of-fered, but it never amounts to enough to cover the basic costof entering the competition.
So why would parents make small children endure proceduresthat would make even the most seasoned beauty queen cringejust so that they can walk across a stage and win 100 dollars?
Unfortunately, some of the parents on the show are living vic-ariously through their children. When their children do well in apageant, parents feel as though they themselves have reallywon.
The chance to be on television is also enticing. However, some
parents enjoying their fifteen minutes of fame thanks to Tod-dlers and Tiaras have grown to regret thrusting their small chil-dren into the limelight.
Wendy Dickey received death threats after her three year-olddaughter appeared on the show wearing an outfit based onJulia Roberts’s role as a prostitute in Pretty Woman.
Susanna Barrett filed a thirty million dollar suit against TMZ,Huffington Post and The Daily Mail for “oversexualizing” her fiveyear-old daughter. But wasn’t it Barrett herself who allowed herdaughter to be filmed?
The better question here is why would any parents want im-ages of their young child dressed in short skirts and skimpybathing suits broadcast to the entire country? Participants onToddlers and Tiaras even release what town they live in andwhere the pageants they compete in are located. Any pedophileor child murderer could be watching the show on television or,worse yet, be concealed in the crowd at one of the pageants.
It should be a parent’s responsibility to protect the interestsand safety of her child, but there are clearly lapses in judgementevery so often.
So the next time you tune into Toddlers and Tiaras, thinkabout what the program encourages and decide if it is some-thing you want to encourage as well.
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Pageant parents put children in jeopardy
tlc.comElaborate costumes, heavy make-up and hair pieces are not cheap,but parents are willing to pay any price to make their child a winner.
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Maggie FeithEditor
On Tuesday, February 7, President Barack Obama hostedthe second-annual White House Science Fair. Studentsfrom all parts of the country were chosen to present their
award-winning projects.“If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White
House. Well, if you're a young person and you produce the bestexperiment or design, the best hardware or software, you oughtto be recognized for that achievement, too,” Obama said.
What made this year’s White House Science Fair significantfor Dyersburg High School was that one of its own students,senior Maryanna McClure, was chosen to participate.
McClure started her project, researching dominant and reces-sive color genes in Cotswold sheep, as a junior when she en-tered it into the school’s science fair for biology teacher DeborahGatlin’s class.
At the 2011 FFA State Convention, McClure entered her proj-ect into the State FFA Science Fair and won. She then advancedto the National Agriscience Fair at FFA National Convention, win-
ning in her division.This honor allowed her to be nominated and then chosen to
participate in the White House Science Fair, which is quite anhonor in itself.
Though many students attended the White House ScienceFair, few were able to present their projects directly to the pres-ident. McClure was able to talk with President Obama about notonly her project, but about her place in the livestock industry,as well.
"That's really what I'm passionate about, and it was reallygreat to be able to tell the president about what I've been doingand educate him a little bit more on the need for people to beinvolved in the livestock industry,” McClure said.
"To have the president tell me that I did something good andthat he was proud of me is just something that will probablynever be surpassed by anything in my life," McClure said.
“I am overjoyed, delighted, excited, awed. I applaud her ac-complishment. Both our school and community should takepride in the achievement of Maryanna,” Gatlin said.
D.C. Science Fair opportunity of lifetime
Photos submitted by Pollyanna McClureDoes this face look familiar? Yes, this is the “Bill Nye the ScienceGuy.” Many reputable scientists attended the White House ScienceFair, like Mythbusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.
McClure stands in front of the Capitol building with her parents,Mickey and Pollyanna McClure, after they arrive in Washington,D.C, for the White House Science Fair on February 7.
McClure
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Alex AgeeReporter
When it comes to making money,there is no age limit. Now, morethan ever, teens are earning mil-
lions of dollars on their own. As of 2011, number eight on the list of
richest teenagers in the world is nineteen-year-old Selena Gomez. Her personal networth is four million dollars. Gomez start-ing her acting career in 2002 on the pop-ular children’s show Barney & Friends. Asshe got older, she became one of DisneyChannel’s “it” girls by playing the role ofAlex Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place.She earned twenty-five thousand dollarsan episode.
Selena also created her own band, Se-lena Gomez & the Scene, which hadsongs featured in multiple movies and TVshows and has its own album. 1,354,000albums have been sold in the UnitedStates alone.
Jaden Smith comes in at number sevenwith a personal net worth of eight milliondollars. With a father like Will Smith, a tal-ented actor, Jaden was sure to rise tofame and fortune. At age fourteen, Jadenhas had a starring role in The Karate Kidand a supporting role in the film The Pur-suit of Happyness. Smith was also fea-tured on the Justin Bieber song “Never
Say Never.”Next on the countdown is a girl most
people have not heard of. Ianthe Fullagaris from the United Kingdom. The nine-teen-year-old won her eleven million dol-lars by becoming the youngest recipientever of the EuroMillions lottery. Since re-ceiving her winnings in 2008, Fullagar hastried to stay out of the public eye.
Number five is Two and a Half Menactor Angus T. Jones. Jones is said to beworth fifteen million dollars. The eight-teen-year-old makes three hundred thou-sand dollars per episode and signed acontract that promises him $7.9 milliondollars in 2012. He has also played in thepopular films The Rookie, Bringing Down
the House and See Spot Run.Abigail Breslin has a personal net worth
of twenty million dollars. Breslin acted inmany movies: My Sister’s Keeper, NoReservations, Definitely Maybe, Little MissSunshine, New Year’s Eve and Zom-bieland. She was the youngest actressever to win the Academy Award for BestActress in a Supporting Role in 2006.Movie phenomenon Taylor Lautner hasmade forty million dollars in the acting in-dustry. Lautner is most famous for hisrole as Jacob Black in the Twilight Saga.In 2010, he was named the highest paidteen actor.There has been an outbreak of Bieber
Teenagers earn millions of dollars
Angus T. Jones smiles for the camera onthe street outside his hotel.
Taylor Lautner takes publicity photos topromote the movie Twilight.
Selena Gomez & the Scene perform A Year Without Rain at the 2011 Much Music VideoAwards. Gomez also dazzled viewers with her likable personality by co-hosting the show.
Paparazzi snap a picture of Abigail Breslinleaving a movie premiere.
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fever. Justin Bieber is said to be worth awhopping eighty-five million dollars.After being discovered onYouTube,Bieber has toured all over theworld, filmed a concert documentary andrecorded three R&B and pop albums.
Her song claims that “Nobody’s Per-fect,” and with an estimated net worthof one hundred twenty million dollars,who needs perfect? Miley Cyrus caughther big break on the Disney Channelshow Hannah Montana.
Since then, Cyrus has branched outinto the music business by recordingthree studio albums, one live album andfive soundtrack albums. Miley has actedin the well-known films The Last Songand Hannah Montana: The Movie andwas the voice of Penny in Bolt.
If added together, the total revenueshe has made from her concert tickets,DVD’s, clothing line, and other merchan-dise would be well over a billion dollars.
Can these teen celebs handle all thatmoney?
“If they are responsible and not reck-
less with their money, yes,” freshmanMeg Alford said.
Some people believe that teenagersare not mature enough to deal with theunforeseen responsibilities that comewith that kind of wealth, while othersclaim they can handle it.
“I think teens with millions of dollarsshould donate some of their money tothe less fortunate because it makesthem look like they are not keeping it all
for themselves,” freshman Kendra Lytesaid.
Teens do not necessarily have to becelebrities to make tons of cash. Invent-ing a new product or creating their ownbusinesses are just two ways to increasewealth. With hard work and a great idea,it appears that anyone can make his orher own fortune.
Justin Bieber puts on a specatular concert full of singing, dancing and mind blowing spe-cial effects for a screaming audience during his sold out Never Say Never tour.
The worlds wealthiest teenager of 2011, Miley Cyrus, poses in a strapless Jenny Packman evening gown for the line of photographerson the 82nd Acadamy Awards red carpet after arriving at the event with mother Tish Cyrus. Cyrus was one of the Oscar presenters.
Sarah HasselleReporter
In British author J.K. Rowling’s famous Harry Potter novels,Quidditch is similar in popularity to American football.Quidditch, a sport played by wizards and witches across
the globe, consists of two teams of seven players ridingaround on flying broomsticks. This sport is played on theQuidditch Pitch and requires four balls and three elevatedgoals on each side of the field.
Quidditch is a fictional sport that exists in the Harry Potteruniverse, but recently, that statement has been proven untrueas college-aged Harry Potter fanatics have formed their ownQuidditch teams at schools for the “muggle” world.
Many colleges, such as Rhodes, in Memphis, have createdtheir own teams that are becoming increasingly popular.Many colleges have become part of the International Quid-ditch Association, which now consists of over three hundreduniversities.
“I would not say it is as popular as track or lacrosse orsomething along that line, but there are tons of names onthe emailing list,” Rhodes Quidditch player, Arielle Carpentersaid.
Quidditch combines some of the elements of basketball,baseball, soccer, badminton, rugby, and a free-for-all. TheQuidditch Pitch in the Harry Potter world is five hundred feetlong and a hundred eighty feet wide, but for us muggles, thePitch is fifty feet wide and a hundred feet long with a ten-foot-diameter circle in the middle where the Quaffle is putinto play.
In muggle Quidditch, everyone is required to run aroundwith brooms. The Chasers, usually three of them, handle theQuaffle and try to throw it through one of three hoops. TheKeeper will try to keep the chasers from throwing the Quafflein the goals (scoring ten points). There is one Keeper andone Beater for each team.
The Beaters' goal is to hit the Chasers with Bludgers, black,
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rubber balls. Players hit by a Bludger must drop the Quaffle(if they have it) and run around their side's goal before beingallowed to play again. The Beaters are allowed to hit eachother (they have to drop their Bludger, too, if they are hit andrun back to their goal).
There is one Seeker for each team. Their goal is to catchthe Snitch (scoring a hundred fifty points). Unlike the moviesor books, the “Snitch” is played by a person and is on neitherteam. The Snitch itself is composed of a tennis ball inside asock which is usually tucked into the person's belt.
The Seekers try to grab the sock/Snitch from the runner.While the Chasers, Beaters, and Keepers are required to stayon the field, the Snitch is allowed to run anywhere, and theSeekers run after him or her.
“In most sports you can catch balls with two hands; however,in Quidditch you only have one free hand and running aroundwith a broom between your legs makes it difficult. It's such aunique sport though!” Carpenter said.
Even though the sport is based on the Harry Potter books,a variety of people join who haven’t even seen the films. “Atan away game, the Snitch got in a taxi, and the Seekers hadto go into the town to find him,” the Quidditch player said.
Even though the Harry Potter films are out and the booksare written, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books continue to im-pact the muggle world. With Universal Studios’ “The WizardingWorld of Harry Potter” and the new sport Quidditch, it is safeto say that the fantasy has, in fact, come to life.
A poster advertisesthe 2010 International QuidditchAssociationWorld Cup,hosted inNew YorkCity at DeWitt Clin-ton Park,with forty-sixcompetitors.
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Mary ByarsReporter
With the football pads put away and the basketball jer-seys hung up, the baseball players are bringing outtheir cleats and getting ready to play for their upcom-
ing season. This 2011-2012 baseball team is in training for theseason that will begin next month.
“This year we just want to have fun and play our best. Whiledoing this we want to try our hardest to come out on top,” soph-omore Josh Paschal said.
After months without training, it is now time for the team toget back into shape. P90X, a workout that was created by TonyHorton, is what the team is using to strengthen their bodies be-fore training begins on the field.
Once the official outdoor practices start, the team will preparethemselves for the upcoming season by furthering the skills thatthey have been honing during inside practices.
“Our coaching staff expects the players to be hard workersboth mentally and physically during each and every practicesession. We have little room for downtime; we make the mostof every moment that we have to prepare,” head coach TomMathis said.
Because of the loss of last year’s seniors, the team is veryyoung. There are not nearly as many upper classmen as theteam has had in past years, so leadership is a huge aspect thatis required from each player.
As soon as the season ends each year, the team beginspreparing in the summer for the upcoming season. The seniorson this year’s team have taken responsibility of being the lead-ers. These seniors are Jon Helton, Steven Permenter and PatrickWhitman.
“This year I look forward to achieving the goals I have set formyself. I want to improve and dominate with pitching and shortstop skills,” freshman Zach Stewart said.
Every year, the team expects to be in the state tournament,and this year is no different. The team has advanced to region-als seven out of the last eight years, and the team plans to keepthat tradition going. High expectations not only from the playersand coaches, but also from the school and sponsors, help theteam strive to do better and reach higher for their goal of beingnumber one in the state.
The baseball team is in the largest baseball district in thestate, consisting of 10 teams.
The first week of the season, which begins on March 12th,the varsity team will be competing in the Jackson NorthsideTournament, while the junior varsity will be playing all week inCovington at a separate tournament.
“The baseball team and coaching staff are ready to get theyear cranked up, and we are looking forward to a great season.I encourage everyone to come out and support the team,”Mathis said.
Baseball team counting on senior leadership as it strives toward title
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Chris WagnerEditor
The college basketball season is well underway, andit is now make it or break it for most teams. Onlythe country’s best sixty-eight teams will be allowed
to compete for a national championship in the NCAAtournament. Cuonzo Martin’s Tennessee Volunteers areno exception. The Vols are fighting day in and day outfor a spot in the Big Dance, but time is running out.
Recently, Martin acquired Jarnell Stokes, who joinedthe team midway through his senior year of high schoolsince he was able to graduate a semester early.
He had to be eligible to graduate early and have allhis core curriculum ready for approval through the NCAAEligibility Center. He was. And then the SEC approvedhis case, as well.
Martin chose not to rush Stokes onto the floor, how-ever, even though he is 6-foot-8, 250 pounds and wearsa size 20 shoe.
“[Stokes] wants to play, badly, but he just hasn’t prac-ticed. He needs some time to mesh with the team,” Mar-tin said.
His game conditioning was an unknown, he did not
know how his coach wanted him to defend, and he cer-tainly did not know the offense. So Martin kept him outof the first two games he could have played (againstFlorida, a win at home, and at Mississippi State, a losson the road).
Stokes made his debut against rival Kentucky. He cameoff the bench and scored nine points, snatched four re-bounds and missed only one of five shots in 17 minutes.He definitely held his own against the length of Ken-tucky’s players. Tennessee lost, though. And then theVols were defeated at Georgia four days later. Stokeswas similarly effective against the Dawgs. He scored 11points and grabbed eight boards in 26 minutes.
The Volunteers (11-12, 3-5 SEC) are not an NCAAtournament team unless they win the SEC tournament,even with the singular wins over Florida and UConn athome. The record is too much to overcome, barring anundefeated run the rest of the conference schedule.
The good news for Vols fans, however, is that Stokeswill return for the 2012-13 season. The NBA draft rule is19 years of age and one year out of high school.
"Barring an injury, I know it's after next year anyway,"Martin said, who was right back in the recruiting hotbedof Memphis on Saturday night after the victory over theHuskies, mining for similar talent.
"It doesn't bother me at all. We're putting him in a po-sition to be successful. I don't want to hold a guy backlike that."
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Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin watches the game with in-tensity and yells instructions from the sidelines.
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TennesseesJarnell Stokes grabs a rebound during a game.
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Katherine KellerAssistant Editor
Trojan Drama recently put on four performances of All ThatTwitters is Not Gold. The play was about two different uni-verses, one like the world today and one similar to The
Wizard of Oz, that joined together to help cure a princess of a“swine curse.” The comedic piece kept the audience laughingthroughout the entire performance. New special effects werealso used that added an extra dimension to the story.
The play starts out in the alternate universe. The audiencefinds that the queen’s daughter (Amanda McBroom) has beencursed by a goblin (Sandra Powell). The queen (Elizabeth Hamil-ton) sends her court jesters (Elliott Feith, Lauren Martin, RachelChaffin) to go find someone to slay the goblin and return herdaughter to her full beauty with the help of Twittering (WaltCarter), a man with many hats.
Twittering builds a machine that will help the jesters travel toand from different worlds and names it after himself, the Twit-tering Machine. The jesters use the “Magic Yellow Pages” to findan ad for DeWangler Pest Control.
Twittering and the jesters travel to the “real” world to find Mr.DeWangler (Brakkos King). They ruin his interview and confusehis girlfriend, Angel (Laurie Williams), her mother (Jacob Pope),her aunt (Alyssa Wells) and her nerdy cousin (Nevin Bishop).Twittering and the jesters then take the “real” humans back tothe alternate universe to slay the goblin.
When they return, the goblin develops a new list of items thatshe desires but requests an angel’s heart before daybreak orthe princess will die. DeWangler, Twittering, and Willie all playa role in the slaying of the goblin. The princess is returned toher normal beauty by a true love’s kiss from Willie, and he thendecides to stay in the alternate universe. The “happily everafter” ending is clearly evident.
This performance was one of the best plays that the dramadepartment has put on in several years.
The special effects played a big role in ensuring that. The
lasers and smoke were eye catching and added much to theplay. They made the audience feel involved and were an inter-esting new twist the students had not seen before.
“The special effects were new and surprising. I could tell a lotof work went into it,” freshman Hailey McKee said.
The play was also interesting to the audience because of thehumor.
“My favorite part of the play was when the mom and herfriend were sitting on the couch talking, and my favorite char-acters were the birds,” sophomore Tyrell Doss said.
“Walt’s performance of Twittering was one of the best I’veever seen at Dyersburg High,” English teacher Suzanne Edwardssaid.
All in all, the play was a total success. The theater studentsput in countless hours of hard work, and it was not a loss. Thepractice and effort were evident throughout the play, and theaudiences appeared to thoroughly enjoy it. Many DHS studentsare eagerly awaiting the next play’s performance.
Winter drama performance Twitter big success
Photos submitted by Darwin PopeSeniors Jacob Pope and Brakkos King listen as senior Alyssa Wellsexplains her foot fungus to them, making the audience laugh in acomical scene of All That Twitters is Not Gold.
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Sean StapletonEditor
Count Dracula. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Woman in Black? In the latest horrorflick to hit the silver screen, The Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe—no, notplaying Harry Potter—takes on the role of Arthur Kipps, a solicitor ordered
to sort out the affairs of the late Alice Drablow in her haunted Victorian mansion.Overall, the movie successfully focuses more on the classic definition of frightwhile crafting an enticing, albeit simple, storyline.
Struggling to support his four-year-old son, Kipps is ordered, under the penaltyof being dropped from his firm, to travel to Eel Marsh House to sort through allthe necessary paperwork to prepare it for sale. In addition to meeting a villageof somber and terrified people, Kipps finds that Eel Marsh House is shrouded ina horrific mystery and that his visit is putting the villagers’ lives in danger.
Isolated by the high tide, Kipps spends several hours in the dark, dingy housewith a dark specter looming closely in the background. Even during Kipps’s shortreturns to civilization in the village, he is plagued by gruesome tragedies and ha-rassed by infuriated villagers who desperately want him to leave and forget EelMarsh House. Kipps refuses to leave, however, until he completes his duties andunravels the well-kept mystery of the house.
The Woman in Black secures a perfect balance between inciting terror and for-mulating plot. The movie neither tries to overwhelm the audience with unneces-sary gore nor attempts to scare them senselessly so that they simply happen toforget what is going on. Instead, The Woman in Black takes a classic approachto fright, manipulating ordinary objects such as unprovoked cymbal monkeysthat suddenly clang and frantically jiggled doorknobs to jar the audience and setthem on edge.
The Woman in Black also tastefully incorporates each element of the classichorror setting: unsettling mansion complete with cobwebbed chandeliers andcreaking floorboards, foggy swamps that gurgle with black mud and an over-grown cemetery with defiled gravestones.
With a short running time of one hour and 35 minutes, The Woman in Blackcannot afford to slow down. Each new twist and turn in the story occurs in quicksuccession, and there is no time to take a break between tension and fright.
All in all, The Woman in Black can be considered an old-fashioned ghost story.The scares are simple yet effective, and the story of Arthur Kipps as he faces thevengeful Woman in Black is altogether suspenseful and exciting. While the endingmay leave some viewers with mixed emotions, the movie is worth the watch evenfor those who aren’t the biggest fans of horror.
A classic scare:Woman in Black terrifies, entertains
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Suzanne SchultzReporter
Nominated for various awards throughout the its career,Fear Factor returned for its seventh season after fiveyears of being off-air. Season seven’s first episode aired
December 12, 2011. Every Sunday the show airs on NBC at 8o’clock central time.
The host of this intriguingly repulsive show is Joe Rogan.Rogan also hosted the previous seasons and is back, ready totake charge.
“I am very excited that the show has come back again. I thinkthat it is a great show to watch with your family,” sophomoreConnor McIntire said.
Throughout the show there are numerous challenges contest-ants must survive in order to win the cash prize of $50,000 inthe end. Each episode is pulse-quickening and designed to keepthe viewers on the edge of their seats.
In the episodes this season, there are four teams of two com-peting against each another. Teams consist of spouses, family
members, co-workers and friends. From all across the countrypeople are picked for participation. If they complete the task,they advance and move to the next round.
“The best part about Fear Factor is seeing the people’s reac-tion when they find out what their challenge is,” sophomore Jes-sica Morales said.
“My favorite part is when people are faced with height chal-lenges,” freshman William Cummings said.
The challenges vary from show to show, leaving participantscurious about their mission. Challenges include rigorous phys-ical stunts as well as stunts to test mental resolve. The personwho aspires to win could have stunts anywhere from bobbingfor apples in fifty gallons of cow blood to eating a cup of mag-gots and cockroaches. Not only does the participant’s brain haveto be willing to do the tasks, but his stomach must also be pre-pared!
Contestants must discover if they have the determination toface their fears!
Known to force its contestants to eat and do almost anything, Fear Factor requires its participants to face some of the most unappetizing andstomach-churning challenges including drinking vile concoctions made from insects.
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Sydney McNeillReporter
Living a double life is not as easy as itseems. In ABC Family’s new originalseries, Jane by Design, a young girl
lives in the fashion world and the highschool world. Jane by Design has cap-tured a large audience with its intriguingtwo-world lifestyle.
Jane Quimby, played by Erica Dasher, isa dateless high school outsider. Livingwith her brother Ben Quimby, played byDavid Clayton Rogers, Jane feels pressureto help out with their overdue finances.As a result, she applies for an internshipat the Donovan Decker fashion company.
When Jane arrives for her intern inter-view, she is mistaken for a twenty-yearold. Through this case of mistaken iden-tity, she gets a job as an executive assis-tant with a starting salary of $32,000.This job is part-time but involves hermissing some classes at school.
With the help of her best friend Billy,played by Nick Roux, Jane tries to pull offthe challenging double life while keeping
her true identity a secret. Billy has beenJane’s best friend since they were littlekids, so he is the only character who trulyknows Jane’s double life, which allowshim to help her when she is in a difficultsituation.
“Billy is my favorite character becausehe is Jane’s best friend, is funny and is al-ways there for her,” junior Lauren Martinsaid.
Billy is secretly dating Jane’s arch rival,Lulu, played by Meagan Tandy. Jane viewsLulu as a popular classmate who is tryingto ruin her life. To top it off, they are com-peting for the position of valedictorian oftheir class. When Jane discovers that Luluand Billy are dating, she is filled with dis-belief and disappointment that Billy lied toher.
Jane has a love life of her own, too. Atschool, she has her eyes on Nick Fadden,a baseball player whose role is played byMatthew Atkinson. At work, JeremyJones, played by Rowly Dennis, seems in-terested in Jane; however, he is a malemodel who can be confusing at times.
In addition to conflicts at school, Janealso has to deal with her brother walkingthe halls every day. When Ben and Janewere having money troubles, Ben appliedfor a job at Jane’s school. Receiving thejob, he now is a gym teacher and the as-sistant coach for the baseball team.
Besides the competition with Lulu atschool, Jane encounters India, played byIndia de Beaufort, at work. India is tryingto take over the position held by Gray,who is Jane’s boss and is played by AndieMacDowell. Jane is constantly challengedwith keeping the sneaky India where shebelongs and keeping up with her boss’sdemands.
Dealing with enemies and family can bea tricky day’s work, but Jane convincesher audience otherwise in ABC Family’snew original series Jane by Design.
“My favorite part of Jane by Design isthe drama and relationships between thepeople,” Martin said.
Watch Jane by Design on ABC Family ateight o’clock every Tuesday night.
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British singer, song writer, model and producer, V.V. Brown,is an aspiring young artist. In 2010, after her success inthe United Kingdom, Brown, seeking audiences interna-
tionally, moved to a new frontier in North America. Brown iscurrently signed to Island Records in the U.K. and signed to Uni-versal Republic Records and Capitol Records in the UnitedStates.
So far, Brown has toured with pop icons Maroon 5, Kris Allenand Pink, and she has performed with artists Jill Scott and MaryJ. Blige. Brown appeared in MTV’s World of Jenks after her firsthit single “Shark in the Water.”
Many of today’s top celebrities, such as pop artist Rihanna,praise her personality and her music.
Her sophomore album, Lollipops and Politics, made its debutin Great Britan on October 4, 2011, and was released in theUnited States February 7, 2012. This upbeat album includes tentracks all about happiness, beauty and empowerment.
Brown collaborates with Philadelphia’s Chiddy Bang to createher indie-pop sound featured in her first single from Lollipopsand Politics, “Children.” “Children” focuses the spotlight ontoday’s society with several verses.
Brown’s “Children” music video has been viewed onyoutube.com 795,736 times and has a like percentage of 96%.
Lollipops and Politics also includes the songs "Famous," "RedBalloon," "Tough Like Glue," "Climbing High," "Heartbeat,” "BeYours," "10 Ft Tall," "Circus Town" and "Like Fire." All of thesetracks leave listeners inspired and yearning for more.
Look for V.V. Brown at itunes.com or vvbrown.com.
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Seniors Brent Lewis, Tommy Lurks and Brandon Jennings recently signed with Bethel University to playfootball. Looking on are football coach Bart Stowe, coaches David Davis, Chris Binkley, Josh Rogers andPaul Decker, Mayor John Holden and a representative from Bethel University.
Senior Hayden Alford, pictured with head footballcoach Bart Stowe, signed February 3 with the VirginiaMilitary Institute for a full ride football scholarship.
Senior Jolyta Taylor signed in February withMurray State to run track. With her are trackcoach Amy Beckley and principal Jon Frye.
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