TIGER TATTLER“The Student Newspaper of Herrin High School”

Herrin High School l 700 North 10th St., Herrin, Illinois 62948 l Volume 75, Number 3 l November 2012

Page 2 - Clubs and Organizations

Page 3-Editorials

Page 4 - Features

Page 5-Entertainment

Page 6 -Health

Page 7 & 8 -Sports

Nov 21-25 -Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 1 -Holiday Vendor Fair

Dec. 20 -End of 1st Semester

Dec. 24-Jan. 4-Christmas Break

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Thanksgiv ing Pie Poll

According to a survey on www.npr.org, we are a nation that puts apple pie above all others. To find out if this statement is true, a group of students at Herrin High School surveyed 15 students from Mrs. Ford’s “Foods for You” class.

The survey included choices of pumpkin, ap-ple, chocolate, pecan, and cherry pies. Pumpkin pie easily swept the votes and left cherry pie in the dust with zero votes. Pump-kin pie was the most voted for in Ford’s class; choco-late came in second, apple third, and pecan fourth.

Every four years, our na-tion has the privilege of voting for our next presi-dent. This year, Herrin High School students got their chance to voice their opin-ion during a mock election held by Mr. Lewis’s govern-ment class.

The student population voted very closely to the rest of the nation. Incumbent Barack Obama slightly won by taking 55% of the vote, while former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Rom-ney took 45% of the vote. In the actual presidential elec-tion, Barack Obama won with 51% of the vote to Mitt Romney’s 48%, showing that the student body agreed almost exactly with other American voters.

Overall, 371 of the 716 students at HHS voted in the mock election, which is a little over half of the stu-dent population. A gradual increase in voter turnout oc-curred in each class, which is understandable. Accord-ing to the results, 44% of the freshmen, 46% of the soph-omores, 54% of the juniors, and 67% of the seniors voted in the mock election.

Gender turnout in the election was also very even. Of the 349 male students at HHS, 186 of them voted, which is about 53%. Around 50% of the female students in the school voted, as 185 out of 367 participated. Therefore, gender didn’t af-fect the election in any way.

Having Our SayBy: Luke Hentrich and Max Goins

Many students were glad to take part in the election, and a lot of them found it very important for an under-standing about our nation.

“I think having the elec-tion was a good way for us to get involved with modern politics,” said Sophomore Mary Jones. “It keeps us alert and helps us pay atten-tion to what is going on in our country.”

Senior Spencer Gualdoni also offered his opinion on the election. “I believe it was important because 95% of us cannot vote, and this was a way for us to get that chance to hopefully ‘choose’ our president. Everyone has a voice and should be able to vote,” Gualdoni said.

As a result, students not only earned an appreciation for our country’s political system, but they also got to voice their own opinions.

Ranken Technical Offers StudentsAn Alternative By: Emily Caldwell

school, but tuition is ac-tually less expensive than your average private school. Ranken Tech is a non-profit institution accredited by the higher learning com-mission. “Tuition, books, tools all of those things at Ranken is going to cost you 17 to 18 thousand dol-lars a year,” Kachycke said.

There are also lots of ways to help pay for school such as scholarships, grants, and student loans. Some-times companies have been known to pay off the student loans of their employees as well. Apprenticeships are available where you can make between $15 and $28 an hour.

If you are interested in attending Ranken, there is Shadow-a-Tech program where students spend the day on campus and attend classes with a Ranken stu-dent. You can also tour the campus and learn about the admissions process. There are also three open houses during the year where you can speak with counselors from admissions and finan-cial aid and register to win a scholarship. You can get more information by going to www.ranken.edu or by calling 1-866-4RANKEN.

On Friday, Oct. 9, Steve Kachycke, the admissions counselor for Ranken Tech-nical College in St. Louis came and talked to all the students in drafting and shop classes at Herrin High School.

Kachycke told the stu-dents that about one out of every two college graduates are unemployed or under-employed. College used to be the big thing in obtaining jobs, but in this economy, just going to college will no longer cut it. You need to look at what jobs are in de-mand and have something unique on your resume. In-dustry is looking at our gen-eration to step up and fill the jobs that older genera-tions left. Ranken Technical College gives its students the experience necessary for these jobs by providing a real work environment, while gaining class credit.

A general education at Ranken Tech is only about two classes per semester, and students spend about four to four and a half hours in their major a day. Ranken Tech is known for its work ethic policy. Part of the grade is based on appear-ance, attendance, and be-havior when working hands

on gaining experience. The goal is to make sure that students think in a way that would obtain and keep a job. On average, there are at least 10 job offers per Ran-ken graduate. “It’s just a to-tally different structure; it doesn’t feel like college, but it is,” said Kachycke.

Ranken is separated into five divisions: Construction Technology, Manufactur-ing Technology, Automo-tive Technology, and electri-cal Technology. There are many opportunities at Ran-ken, such as gaining college credit for traveling abroad, or going to Italy and Greece to study the architecture. They also provide access to architectural laptop soft-ware, such as Revit and CAD. “We’ve had students design ball stadiums, bridg-es, a whole host of things,” Kachycke said.

The welding department at Ranken holds a 10,000 foot shop with the latest technology. According to Kachycke, Ranken is known for having more current technology than many other colleges. Any tools issued to you are part of the tuition and are yours to keep after graduation.

Ranken is a private

Students cast their votes during the mock election.

Mr. Lewis’s Government class works the election

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Chemistry Club held its annual Halloween meeting Wednesday, Oct. 31. It was filled with blow-ing faces out of pumpkins, creat-ing bubbles with methane gas then lighting them on fire, causing paint can lids to explode off of the can, and causing green foam to ooze out of a jack-o-lantern.

All of the demos dealt with Hal-loween, but they also had another thing in common. All of these dem-os were chosen by science teacher Mr. Pete Rose because they deal with rate of reaction.

The foaming pumpkin was per-formed with 30% hydrogen perox-ide and soap. A catalyst of potassi-um iodide (KI) was added to speed up the decomposition. When the reaction was completed, green foam oozed from the pumpkin.

The methane filled can was slow and suspenseful. Combustion oc-curred as methane escaped from top of can and reacted with oxygen in the air. As methane was used up, air began to fill the can from the hole in the bottom. When enough meth-ane was consumed, the pressure in-side the can dropped, and the flame dipped down inside to the mixture of methane and air. This caused the experiment to detonate and send the lid flying with a loud boom.

“There's paint can imprints on the ceiling,” said Henson.

The fire breathing pumpkin was a bit different. Rose blew a fine spray of combustible powder (lyco-podium) through a candle flame. It reacted quickly because of high sur-face area. Flames then came out of the closest opening of the pumpkin.

Students were so excited by the demos that they did not have any suggestions for future meetings.

None of the demos should be done outside of school, though. All of the members of the Chemis-try Club had on safety goggles and were within safe distances. They all got to see what happened when Car-ol did not wear her safety goggles. (Carol is the name of a girl on a poster that reads, “Carol didn't wear her safety goggles. Now she doesn't need them.” The poster shows that Carol is blind because of not wear-ing her safety goggles during an ex-periment.)

“Don't be like Carol,” said KnightKnight's favorite part of the

meeting was catching the methane bubbles on fire. Henson enjoyed the foam oozing from the pumpkin be-cause it was the most interesting.

“My favorite part was the fire breathing pumpkins, because who doesn't love fire breathing pump-kins?” said Trexler.

Students are excited for future meetings for many different rea-sons. Trexler is excited to see more things being blown up. Knight can't wait until spring when a kiddy pool will be filled with oobleck. Henson is just excited for new experiments.

Students learned different things while at the meeting. Trexler learned about combining differ-ent solutions, and Brandi Knight learned that if a person wants a seat, he or she should get there early. Henson learned not to mess around with methane. The meeting was described as fun, exciting, and a bit crowded. Lorie Trexler stated that she was impressed with how the meeting went. Kelsey Henson said it was the most fun so far.

Chem Club’s Halloween FunBy: Gabby Wilson

Mr. Rose blows a fine spray of combustible powder through a candle flame.

FBLA By: Gabe FrankelHerrin’s Future Business Lead-

ers of America (FBLA) hosted a brown bag luncheon on Oct. 17. Brown bag luncheons were cre-ated last year as a way to introduce Herrin FBLA members to business

people from our commu-nity and to increase busi-ness knowledge for members.

October’s guest speaker was Mr. David Stacey from Herrin Securi-ty Bank. Mr. Stacey discussed the importance of good credit and the steps it takes to get a small business loan for aspiring entrepreneurs.

On Oct. 16, Mr. Dunnaway’s, Mr. Wangler’s, Mr. Grimm’s, and Mr. Albers’ classes went to the Union trade expo in DuQuoin. Some of the unions that were there were: sheet metal workers, carpenters, Iron Workers, Electricians, and heavy equipment operators.

There were three or four schools from Southern Illinois that came to the trade expo. The day was spent with students going to multiple stands that provided information on union jobs and careers.

Blake Stanton said, “I had fun learning what kind of jobs are out there.”

The students got put into group of six and were separated to go check out what the stands had to offer. There were activities and obstacle courses that the students could do to show what they could be doing on the job site.“The Union trade expo is a great example of what kids could do with their lives. You can make a good living with-out going to a four year university. See the problem is we have enough doctors and lawyers in the world; we need people who can work with their hands,” said Mr. Grimm.

StudentsAttend Career ExpoBy: Gabe Garrett

and Austin Samples Mrs. Wharton's class is mak-ing unique pens to raise money for classroom supplies. With the bud-get cuts this year, teachers didn't get money for classroom supplies, so the class is using creativity to raise money. The pens are constructed using a regular big pen. Then, the students add sculpting clay to dec-orate them. "It's a lot of fun," said Wharton. Each pen takes about 20-30 minutes to make before they are baked. Currently the class has made about thirty pens, but they plan to make more. When they have made enough, they will an-nounce the date on which they will be sold. They will be sold for be-tween $2 and $3 each.

Wharton’s classroom is also growing raised bed gardens. Ac-cording to Wharton, the class is growing the garden for many rea-sons, but most importantly because so many people are becoming less connected with nature and aren't aware of what they eat. “It's a good way to become connected," Whar-ton said. The class is growing rad-ishes, leaf lettuce, onions, peas and green beans. The harvesting time depends on the weather. A plastic cover was made to protect the veg-etables from cold weather. "The plants didn’t lose their blossoms af-ter it frosted, which is good,” said Wharton. The class has already harvested radishes and lettuce many times. The harvested vegetables were given to the cafeteria to be served with lunch.

Unique Pens& Garden BedsBy: Colten Whitecotten

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Editorials

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Editors: Spencer Gualdoni and Luke Hentrich

Staff: Kortney Young, Rebecca Bayless, Karen Garegnani, Madeline Col-lins, Austin Samples, Kira Ruhl, Ethan Geiger, Kimberly Bennett, Chais Schumacher, Bianca Hazen, Jake Turner, Cameron Waddell, Destiny Hoyle, Gabby Wilson, Luke Hentrich, Abigail Craig, Col-ten Whitecotton, Max Goins, Gabe Garrett, Gabe Frankel, Emily Caldwell, Hayley Cobb, Kaybryn Gooch, Ken-dall Herrod

Faculty Adviser: Faye Myatt

As technology has ad-vanced over the last three decades, suicide has become the third leading cause of death among young people. According to Yale Universi-ty, victims of cyber bullying are between two and nine times more likely to consid-er suicide than non-victims.

Bullying has always been a problem, but now with computers and cell phones, teens feel like they can say or do whatever they want, without thinking about the consequences. Over 80% of teens use cell phones reg-ularly, and more than one in three young people say they have experienced threats on-line. Cyber bullies are ev-erywhere.

A number of things can be considered cyber bully-ing: posting embarrassing pictures or videos of some-one, making rude com-ments about someone either directly or indirectly on a Facebook status, or messag-ing rude or hurtful things through IM, Facebook mes-sages, texts or blog posts.

One problem is that cy-ber bullies have a shield of a computer screen or a cell phone screen between them-selves and the person being bullied. This can decrease the empathy they feel to-wards the victim. The lack of being able to see facial expressions plays into this well. Facial expressions are important in reading body language. Not being face to face also makes it easier to ignore any hurt or angry re-actions from the person be-ing bullied.

The Roar of the Tiger:Our Opinion

times. No matter where she went, all of her old schoolmates would find her through social networking sites and tease her. She was not able to start life over in a new town. She was con-stantly threatened and ha-rassed over the internet, and on Oct. 10, 2012, she took her life. This girl may seem like just one girl who made a mistake or over-reacted to bullying. How-ever, a recent study found that suicide rates among 10 to 14-year-olds have grown more than 50 percent over the last three decades as technology has advanced.

Just because bullying isn’t face to face doesn’t mean it’s not bullying. It still hurts. The cyber bully has no way of seeing how the other person reacts or is feeling. Unlike traditional bullying, it is nearly impos-sible to get away from cyber bullying. It is constant, and once something is posted online, it is there forever.

Cyber bullying has be-come an awful trend that needs to stop. The next time that you’re mad, don’t get on Facebook and leave someone a mean message. Facebook will not fix any-thing, and neither will name calling. If someone sends you a nasty message, ig-nore it. Don’t respond to the messages; arguing back will only make things worse. You don’t want to become a bully, too. You can block the person and report them if they continue to harass you. Talk to a parent or an adult if you need help. There is no reason for so many teens to go to serious lengths, such as suicide, in order to get away from their bullies. In Illinois there are laws against online bully-ing. It’s time to show bul-lies that they aren’t in con-trol anymore. They only have the power you give them, so don’t give them any in the first place.

There was a recent news story about a girl named Amanda Todd. She made the mistake of showing a random person on the in-ternet explicit pictures of herself. These pictures were later distributed to the pub-lic, causing much grief and torment to the young girl. She was bullied every day and changed schools several

Social Media: Productive or Destructive?

By: Karen Garegnani

Each and every day, more and more people are sign-ing up and logging into their favorite social networking sites.

Some people use these websites daily, and even multiple times in one day. However, this leads one to wonder if the current and growing popularity of social media is healthy. Could this form of expression be harm-ful to society? The exponential growth of these sites are accompa-nied by many detrimental aspects.

Privacy is an issue with social networking sites. Op-ponents say that it is simply the user that takes the risk. They are the ones supplying the information, right?

Many of the people who give their personal infor-mation believe it will be safe with such a widely known site. However, “in April 2005, Facebook auto-matically reset the privacy settings on many users’ profiles so that their infor-mation would be visible by default to all Facebook us-ers…” (Social Networking and Privacy).

This is impermissible. Not everyone can be tech savvy. Just because tech-nology is constantly ad-vancing does not mean that people understand how it works.

There are people who do not know how to change their privacy settings, and if they will be reset, there is no point in having them. I guess adults can make this choice on their own and be held responsible to a certain degree. However, I remem-ber having a friend who was unaware that her cell phone number was put on Face-book.

This is extremely dan-gerous, especially if the privacy option someone se-lects is voided, leaving one’s number for any member of Facebook that wants it. No one can say that this is the choice of the user.

Mark Zuckerberg said, “People have really gotten comfortable not only shar-ing information and differ-ent kinds, but more openly and with more people” (So-cial Networking and Pri-vacy). This is a very true statement; unfortunately, it is equally terrifying.

There are young children who use Facebook. I know a child in third grade that has a Facebook page.

There are age restrictions but they are too easily sur-passed. This is exactly why it is not acceptable to let society give in to the con-tagious trend of trusting the internet.

Children may be posting personal information that can lead to harassment.

There are many sexual predators that are members of these social networking sites. Predators can eas-ily fool naïve children as they pose as another person whom the child believes is their friend.

“In 2005, there were 1,224 reported incidents of ‘online enticement’ of mi-nors by adults…” (Social Networking Web Sites).

I am sure that this num-ber has grown drastically with its increasing amount of members. It is estimated that one in every five of the minors on MySpace has faced this sick and twisted harassment (Social Net-working Web Sites).

Some people say parents should monitor their kids. However, this does not al-ways work, and kids are likely to hide these types of things from their parents.

Regardless, we should care about where society is headed. The children whose parents do not care, should; but they do not. It is important to see this problem as a whole. Should we sit by while innocent kids are being manipulated by perverted and cynical users of Facebook or MySpace? I think not.

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Trick or TreatBy: Kira RuhlHalloween is a day of the un-

known and the unexpected. What most high school students would not expect when they are walking through the hallway on a Wednes-day morning is little children, dressed up in costumes, trick-or-treating.

But that is exactly what they did see. The Herrin Tiger Paws Learn-ing Lab took the children they care for on a trip to collect candies through the halls of Herrin High. Little princesses and pirates, skel-etons, Minnie Mouse and Captain America wandered from classroom to classroom to sing and dance for the teachers that had signed up to participate in this special Hallow-een event.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Mi-randa Mezo, one of the Tiger Paws teachers. “The kids were so excited to dress up; it was the most adorable thing. And I think the teachers liked to see them happy,” Mezo said.

Tori MattinglyTori Mattingly has now been a

sophomore for almost a semester, she said the classes are harder than

they were freshman year. Mat-tingly is ready for Thanksgiving and ready to “eat beets, corn, and gravy.” Mattingly said her fam-ily always comes to her house on

Thanksgiving to celebrate, and she is very thankful for her family,

friends, and her dog Zeke.

Allison KernAllison Kern enters sophomore

year knowing where she is going in the school and not getting lost.

Kern says she likes her classes much better than she did last year.

Kern is excited for Thanksgiv-ing and cannot wait to spend the

holiday with her family. Kern said she is very thankful for her friends,

family, Will Bouse, and her dog.

Zach Bowling Zach Bowling enters sophomore

year knowing a lot more people than he did last year. Bowling said he is excited for Thanksgiving and his favorite part about it is football. Bowling said he is very thankful

for his friends and family and can’t wait to celebrate Thanksgiving at

his house with his family.

Hanna McCreeHanna McCree appreciates

school more as a sophomore than she did as a freshman. McCree

said she loves not getting lost in the school. McCree looks forward to spending Thanksgiving with her family and eating. She said she is

very thankful for her friends, fam-ily, her house, and sports.

Sammy GootSammy Goot enters sophomore

year much more comfortably than she entered her freshman year.

Goot is excited for Thanksgiving and can’t wait to eat the food at her

family’s house. Goot said she is thankful for her friends, family, her

house, and, of course, food.

Spotlight on SophomoresBy: Hayley Cobb and Kimmy BennettBy: Karen Garegnani

Thankfulness: There is not a trait more fitting for the month of November. Dictionary.com defines the word as “feeling or express-ing gradtitude; being apprecia-tive.”

Senior Jamie Paris said, Thank-fulness means being happy with what you have.

Krashawn Knight added that students can be thankful by “not being jealous of what everyone else has and being thankful for what you do have.”

As Thanksgiving approaches, re-member to be encouraging, thought-ful and courteous. C.J. Kirchner said we can display this trait at school by helping our teachers, be-ing respectful and appreciating that they are here.

Tiger Trait: Thankfulness

Tiger Paws children visit the classrooms with a song and a dance.

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Entertainment

This year’s spring play is Twelve Angry Men by Sherman L. Seargel, adapted from the televison show by Reginald Rose.

The story of the play is a 19-year old has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It should be an “open-and-shut” case; the evi-dence couldn’t be clearer. But one of the jurors wants to talk the case out because he isn’t 100% con-vinced the teen is guilty. He begins to open the other jurors’ eyes to the facts of the case. An emotional roller coaster follows as the audi-ence learns about the jurors as they discuss these facts and reveal their true characters and their true moti-vations for voting the way they do. Tempers flare and arguments grow heated-and that’s how twelve jurors become twelve angry men* (actual-ly Twelve Angry People due to male and female casting).

Auditions will be Wednesday, November 28th and Thursday, No-vember 29th beginning at 3:00pm in the band room. Students do not have to attend both audition dates, but me be present at least one of the audition days to be considered for a speaking role or a member of the crew.

The dates of the performances are Thursday, February 21st and Friday, February 22nd at the Herrin Civic Center.

For more information, please see Mrs. Wilson or Mrs. Pullum, who hope to see you at auditions! Twelve Angry Men is a fantastic piece of dramatic literature and the acting will be at its finest. - Mrs. Wilson & Mrs. Pullum

Have you ever wondered why there are so many sequels, adapta-tions, and remakes being produced and filmed today? Most of the stu-dents interviewed at Herrin High have. Out of 47 students, 17 of them agreed that movies have lost their creativity, while another 15 agreed the statement was true to some ex-tent. According to Short of the Week, these “unoriginal” movies are being made because the box of-fice numbers are down.

According to the Mid-Continent Public Library, there have been ap-proximately 1,250 books turned into films since 1980. According to NYU the nominees for Best Picture Nominations are more likely to be from adaptation movies than from original movies.

“Hollywood filmmaking is an investment business,” according to Short of the Week. “Studios give money to filmmakers hoping to make more money back.”

One student at Herrin High said that he believed that creativity may be hard to find, but many directors and artists still use creative skills to create their work. Even Chris-topher Nolan, a popular director known for his well-produced mov-ies such as The Dark Knight, had a difficult time getting Inception made. “That's how hard it is,” said Nolan.

Filmmaking is more important now than ever. It's just not as im-portant to viewers to see the movies in the theaters.

Have Directors and ProducersLost Their Way?By: Rebecca Bayless, Kortney Young and Gabby Wilson

In order to get people out of their homes and into the theaters, stu-dios are relying on popular books or comics that already have a strong fan base. In fact, Roger Ebert said in his recent article on the current state of the movie industry that, “Americans love the movies as much as ever. It’s the theaters that are losing their charm.”

According to NYU Local, often the most creative minds in Holly-wood are the ones producing the Best Picture nominees. The reason they have chosen to adapt a book or short story or TV show segment is because they envisioned it in a dif-ferent light on screen than in print.

“It's necessary to become more and more creative to keep the at-tention of today's youth,” said Me-dia Arts and Computer Technology teacher, Melissa Frankel.

According to Short of the Week, The Lion King 3D cost Disney less than $10 million and the movie took in nearly $100 million.

“The creativity is defined by originality of an idea being mani-fested to the real world. All mov-ies or shows that have come out in the last four years, people have just been using old stuff over and over again,” said Herrin High student Kenny Buckingham, “How many Disney movies have been revised? And yes, 3D is cool, too, but really, why waste time putting it back on the big screen in 3D?”

Music PollBy Jake Turner and Chais Schumacher

Music has been being made and has been changing for centuries. Different songs and types of music come along with these changes in music. It just makes sense that dif-ferent types of people listen to dif-ferent types of music.

According to Nielsen ratings, the number one most played song on the radio right now is One More Night by Maroon 5. Out of the list of top ten songs, students said that the song they listen to most is Whis-tle by Flo Rida.

The Nielsen top ten for the most part is all pop songs by several dif-ferent artists, but students listen to other types of music as well. After all, music can range from Justin Bieber or One Direction to Green Day or Nirvana.

Some of the common fill-in songs are Some Nights by FUN and Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas. The artist that students said they listen to most is Drake. Music has even become popular through the internet as the most filled-in song by students is the youtube sensa-tion Gangnam Style by PSY, a Ko-rean rapper whose goal was to make the most successful music video ever. The song has over 520 million views and has become a sensation even here in Southern Illinois.

Spring PlayAuditions

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Have you ever thought about how it would be to wake up every morn-ing living in constant fear? When you ask yourself that question, what thoughts go through your head? You’re probably thinking about how bad you would feel, and how de-pressing life would be.

Many people that have every day anxiety are living in constant fear. Anxiety is a serious mental illness.

A study conducted in 2010 found that “five times as many high school and college students are deal-ing with anxiety and other mental health issues than youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era.”

People that live with every day anxiety are constantly worry-ing about what's going to happen. Whether their thoughts are realistic or not, they are constantly checking and rechecking things, and are feel-ing on edge. According to www.calmclinic.com, some of the symp-toms of anxiety are feeling appre-hensive and/or powerless, having a sense of danger and/or panic, hav-ing increased heart rate, breathing rapidly, sweating, trembling, and feeling weak and/or tired. Many people that are living with anxiety will also see changes in their levels of fatigue, and will begin having se-vere headaches, or feel nauseous.

Anxiety Disorders Affect ManyBy: Destiny Hoyle

According to www.anxietycen-tre.com, every day anxiety is also one of the leading causes of depres-sion and a reason for people to self harm. There are many ways to treat anxiety. According to www.adaa.org, the most effective ways to treat anxiety are counseling and medica-tions.

Facts & StatisticsDid You Know? Anxiety disorders

are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older (18% of U.S. population).

Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet only about one-third of those suffering receive treatment.

Anxiety disorders develop from a complex set of risk factors, including genetics, brain chemistry, personality, and life events.

Anxiety disorders cost the U.S. more than $42 billion a year. More than $22.84 billion of those costs are associated with the repeated use of health care servic-es; people with anxiety disorders seek relief for symptoms that mimic physical illnesses.

Source: Anxiety and Depression Association of America www.adaa.org

Depression is a growing issue among many teenagers these days. Depression can affect any race, gender, or background. Girls are more likely to become clinically depressed and to seek help for their depression, whereas teenage boys are less likely to acknowledge their depression, or to seek help. Some boys feel the pressure of the differ-ent expectations that society has for them, since they are not encouraged to express their feelings.

According to www.teendepres-sion.org, teenage girls have a stron-ger dependence on social ties, and they tend to care more about what other girls or boys say about them. The website www.familyaware.org says that the typical onset of depression starts around age 14, which is about the age of the aver-age freshman. Twenty percent of kids will have had at least one bout of depression before they graduate high school, and 30% of those kids will have had a serious issue with substance abuse, or educational problems in school, according to the website.

Know the Signs of DepressionBy: Bianca Hazen

There are many signs of depres-sion; although, sometimes a child does not always show them. If someone seems to be experienc-ing many bouts of sadness, hope-lessness, or just being altogether sad, then they are very likely to be depressed. Physical symptoms in-clude: headaches, muscle aches, low energy, insomnia, or sudden change in appetite, or weight. A teen with depression can be easily irritated, anxious, or restless.

One of the best things to do about depression is to confront the person indirectly. If you feel that a friend is depressed, talk to his or her parents. Parents should sit their children down and talk to them, and offer to get them help with a thera-pist or a psychiatrist.

Herrin High School held its annual blood drive Nov. 7. The school had a very successful day, even though things got off to a late start due to problems with the mo-bile bus unit. Approximately 51 students signed up to donate blood. The Red Cross was able to get 18 good units of blood from the par-ticipants.

The process was simple for stu-dents. They simply showed an ID, and then had their iron levels checked. After filling out a brief form with information such as name and date of birth, a pint of blood was taken from the donor. This took about 15 minutes. When the process was finished, students were given a drink and snack to keep their energy up.

Blood DriveBy: Ethan Geiger

This month’s featured artist is: Bianca Hazen“Thought I ran into you down on the street, but then it only turned out

to be a dream. I remember the face, but I can't recall the name...” I was really inspired by the song Whatsername by the Band Green Day. I drew the lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, looking up, almost as if in thought, thinking about his 'Whatsername'. This picture has a lot of meaning to me because it brings up a certain person in my head whenever I look at it. When I think of this picture, and the song that inspired it, I have memories of times that used to be, and the people I used to see.

Nick Nigro was one who donated blood. He has already given blood four times since his sophomore year. “Besides the really cold feeling you get in your arm, you don’t really feel anything at all,” Nigro said. “It makes me feel good because with each pint of blood it saves three lives.”

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OLMC Softball Wins StateBy: Chais Schumacher & Ethan GeigerOn Monday Oct. 8, the Our Lady

of Mt. Carmel Crusaders softball team, coached by Mike Cerutti, won the class S State Championship in Coulterville, IL. The Crusaders went 19-3 and were undefeated in Conference play. They took losses to Woodlawn, the defending State Champions, West Frankfort, a class L school, and Goreville who would place second in class M.

They entered their Regional as the number one seed and defeated the DeSoto Rangers in the champi-onship game 18-3. One week later they were in the State Tournament where they would face Noble.

“I felt lucky to be there. It was super fun representing my school,” said eighth grader Sarah Diederich. The Crusaders short-gamed Noble 12-2. In the second round they faced Steeleville, winning the game 5-2 and moving on to the championship round.

The championship game would be postponed because of bad weath-er and the Crusaders would have to wait even longer to play their final game. “We were very prepared, fo-cused, we wanted it and we knew what to do.” said Cerutti. With a large crowd watching the Crusaders would play for the biggest game of their season. “It was a magical mo-ment. I felt very accomplished,” said pitcher Sophie Laird. Laird would go on to be the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts and giving up just five hits and two walks. The Cru-saders won the game by a score of 8-3 over Central City. “Words can’t

describe how I felt.” said second baseman Ryley Gosha, “I was ready to celebrate.”

Once the team returned home they were congratulated by the whole town. “I felt like a celebrity.” said left fielder Cassie Kochan. The school had a big pep rally for their great success. “It was very fun, I felt ecstatic,” said Nicole Plumley. The Crusaders have had plenty to celebrate about this season. Sophie Laird threw a no hitter in the quar-terfinal round of State, they won their Conference, Regional, and fi-nally the State title. “We had three goals, win Conference, win Region-al, and win State,” said Cerutti. “I had high expectations for the kids. You don’t know where that will go, but they fulfilled it.” Sophie Laird, Rebecca Moffett, and Ryley Gosha received all Conference honors. “It was awesome. I felt flabbergasted,” said Moffett.

Coach Cerutti had full faith in his team. “Team chemistry was unbe-lievable. It couldn’t have been bet-ter.” said Cerutti. He keeps his high expectations for next year as well with five returning starters. The Crusaders softball team brought the school its first State title for a team in its 101 years. What most people don’t realize however is that Angie Cerniglia, Kristen Chiaventone, Liz Lively, and Mollie Maeser won State in the 4x4 meter relay event for track in 1996. This makes the softball team’s championship the school’s second State title.

Girls’ Tennis SeasonBy: Kimberly Bennett

The 2012 girls’ tennis regular season officially ended after beating Car-mi-White County in a tie breaker. The team finished well. They had the best tennis record in school history. Even though the regular season was over, the top 6 girls advanced to Sectionals.

The top girls were Marlo Hughes, Ashley Franklin, Lily Helleny, Tina Black, Jessica Renshaw, and Madelyn Kramer. Kramer was Herrin's first sectional tennis seed player in school history and first single player to ad-vanced for a chance at state. Also, Black and Helleny advanced as quarter-finalists. Even though no one advanced to state, the team had a great year. The team had the most teams points scored at sectionals and highest team placement. The tennis program is going in a great direction.

Cross CountryBy: Hayley CobbThe 2012 Cross Country season ended quite successfully. The Boys

Varsity Cross Country team was Conference Champs for the fourth year in a row, with Ethan Pullum finishing first in the race as an individual champion.

The Girls’ Varsity Cross Country team received third place at confer-ence with Maura Farrell finishing as the first place champion in the race. Also, the JV boys’ and girls’ teams both won the Conference race, and Keith Gottschalk and Lexis Wieland were the first place champions.

The 2012 Regional Cross Country meet was held in Chester, on Oct. 20, and the boys had another great achievement. The boys finished in third place and qualified for Sectionals in Edwardsville.

Although the girls didn’t qualify for Sectionals as a team, Farrell and Kara Martin qualified as individuals.

Once in Edwardsville at the 2012 Sectional Cross Country meet, held on Oct. 27, the varsity boys’ team finished in third place and qualified for state in Peoria for the second time in school history. Farrell finished in 7th place, qualifying her for state.

When the 2012 State Cross Country meet was held on Nov. 3, the boys finished in 23rd place as a team, and Farrell finished in 45th place. The 2012 Boys’ Varsity team record for the season was 165 wins and 28 losses, and the Girls’ Varsity record was 137 wins and 57 loses. It was once again a great season for the Herrin Tigers’ Cross Country teams.

Lady Tigers BasketballBy: Kendall Herrod

On Tuesday, Oct. 29, approximately 30 girls tried out for Herrin High School’s basketball team. The coaches, Mr. Green and Mr. Newton, held the single day of tryouts. To make the team, girls had to run and do a lot of drills. The girls worked really hard to make the team. Twenty-six girls made the cut. They are:

Abby Horn, Jesika Alongi, Alexis Yates, Jessica Renshaw, DeNa Nes-bitt, Whitney Woodis, Tori Johnson, Gabby Woodis, Micaela Ceruitt, Christian Ritter, Austin Johnson, Kaybryn Gooch, Haley Hunter, Kailee Murphy, Kelsey Lentz, Brooke Sarrell, Hunter Schullian, Lexi Chrostos-ki, Madison LeQuatte, Kaileigh Bennett, Taylor Jones, Malissa Meracle, Bralon Mack, Aubunia Moore, Briley Melcher, and Kassi Wingo.

Congratulations and good luck to the team.

Pictured above are Cross Country runners Maura Farrell and Kara Mar-tin. Both girls qualified for sectionals as individuals.

The OLMC Girls’ Softball Team poses with their coaches and trophies after winning the State Championship.

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Tiger Football 2012 Wrap UpBy: Chais SchumacherThe Herrin Tiger Football Team

wrapped up their season Saturday, Oct. 27, in round one of the playoffs in Harrisburg. The Tigers finished the regular season at 5-4 and made the playoffs. This makes the third straight year the team has made the playoffs.

The Tigers started their season with a win over the Massac County Patriots in their home opener, but suffered a loss in week two on the road to the Carbondale Terriers. The team would take two more tough losses at home against the DuQuoin Indians and Benton Rangers. Her-rin would bounce back with a road win against the West Frankfort Red-birds, but suffer yet another home loss to the Harrisburg Bulldogs.

After the loss to Harrisburg, the Tigers sat at 2-4 and needed to win their last three games just to have a shot at playoffs. Next on their sched-ule was a road match up against the Murphysboro Red Devils, with both teams fighting to keep playoff hopes alive. Weather was no help to either team as it rained and the tempera-ture dropped severely that night.

“The conditions were very cold and muddy, but the kids really hung in there,” said Coach Jason Karnes. The Tigers trailed going into half-time but came out strong in the sec-ond half to take the victory. “The win against Murphy was definitely a turning point; our entire season changed after that,” said junior Ben Abney.

The Tigers then went to Massac for a rematch against the Patriots where they would come away with another win. They then had a record of 4-4 and had one final game. To make the playoffs the Tigers had to get through the then 6-2 Anna-

“My favorite moment of the sea-son was senior night and beating Anna. I couldn’t ask for a better

group to finish out my senior season with,” said senior Nathan Vaughn.

After their win against Anna-Jonesboro, the Tigers had to play the waiting game to see if they made the playoffs. The results would come down to points. “ It was nerve-wracking; the cut off last year was 40 points and we had 37,” said Abney. The Tigers would tie for the last playoff spot with Greenfield. “I was really hoping for the seniors that we made it,” said junior Pat-rick McCowen. The Tigers received the last playoff spot and got paired against none other than their con-ference rivals, the Harrisburg Bull-dogs.

The Tigers would be knocked out in the first round, however, los-ing 44-6. The team received much criticism and many thought it would be a rebuilding year. “I'm pleased with our season. We proved people wrong and did things we weren't suppose to do,” said McCowen.

The Tigers are keeping their ex-pectations high for next season as well. “When you have over 75% of players coming back and six or sev-en returning starters on both sides of the ball, expectations should be high,” said Coach Karnes. Karnes said the weight room will be a big part of the team's offseason and preparation for next year. “I expect us to win conference and carry the team deep into the playoffs next year,” said McCowen.

By: Rebecca BaylessLining up in that long line of se-

nior students involved in fall sports and their parents, four year female football player Karissa Yoast was number 12 out of 57.

“I was so overwhelmed with emotion; all I could do was cry,” Yoast said, “but they were both hap-py and sad tears.”

The Herrin Tigers took on the Anna-Jonesboro Wildcats in their final non-conference football game Friday, Oct. 19. It was then that the Tigers had won their last game of the season.

“The fact that this could be my last game forever, and that we need-ed to win this to move to the play-offs was my biggest motivation of the night,” said senior varsity team member Will Huggins.

The Tigers won with a turnover-free game, 37-28, making the senior varsity members’ last season end in 5-4 – their third straight win of the season.

“I think we did well as a team and played like we had to,” said Huggins. “We had no turnovers and we made some big plays.”

The Tigers decided it was time to step up the game and go out big for senior night. Huggins, number 1, thought that it was a big night for the team and the seniors.

“We had a chance to extend the season and we did it by winning the game,” said Huggins. “It was an emotional night for the seniors be-cause we all knew that this might be the last time we put on the pads.”

“It was the first time I really re-alized I was a senior,” said Yoast, number 67 on the varsity team. “Never take anything for granted because time flies.”

Huggins said, “It’s horrible knowing that I don’t ever get to play football again, but I think we came a long way and we got a lot better as a team.”

FootballSenior Night

Is Cheerleading a Sport?By: Kaybryn Gooch and Madeline CollinsIt is a constant debate whether

cheerleading is a sport or not, and there is valid evidence for both sides. Herrin High School's P.E. classes were recently surveyed to see if they think cheerleading is a sport or not. The poll resulted in 204 students voting “yes” and 146 students voting “no”.

Not only did the survey ask stu-dents to voice their opinions on if cheerleading is a sport or not, it also asked students to explain why they felt that way. Many of the students who voted “no” gave the reason that “cheerleaders don’t participate in competitions.” In reality, most cheerleading squads practice every week, condition, tumble, and par-ticipate in heated ICCA and IHSA competitions, in addition to cheer-ing at all football and basketball games. Other reasons people gave for voting “no” were:

•It’s not in the Olympics•The crowd can do it themselves.•They just cheer for a sport;

they’re not participating in a sport.

Dictionary.com defines sport as “an athletic activity that requires physical prowess or skill and often a competitive nature.” Cheerleaders have to have strength and coordina-tion. Cheerleading fulfills this defi-nition. Gymnastics is a large part of cheerleading. Gymnastics is also an event in the Olympics. Cheerleaders are seen on the sidelines of football and basketball games cheering on the team. But some people simply see them as fans supporting the team rather than portraying great skill while on the sidelines.

Those who voted “yes” cited the following reasons:

•Cheerleaders practice just like every other sport; they have games and they put in effort just like every other athlete.

•They have to work hard and train to be the best. Doing flips on key is hard.

•They hold competitions for it and you have to work hard for it just like any other sport.

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Volleyball Senior NightBy: Kira RuhlAfter a successful season, the

Herrin Tigers Volleyball team fin-ished their season on Oct.17 with a game at home against Benton. But this evening was not just another game day; it was Senior Night for the four seniors on the team: Shau-na Bayles, Abby Horn, Jamie Paris and Alexis Yates.

Those four were specially hon-ored by their teammates as soon as the freshman game ended. The cer-emony began by announcing their names and giving them some gift bags, and went on with speeches for each of the seniors by the younger girls. It was a really emotional mo-ment for many of them.

“That was a night I will never forget.” said Horn. “I mean, I might, but I hope not,” she added. Bayles also had fun at her Senior Night. “It made a lot of great memories” she said, “and the fan section was awe-some.”

Many students showed up at the seniors’ final game to cheer for the team. Some boys were wearing the girls’ jerseys, and together with the other fans they created, according to Horn, a great atmosphere.

The girls beat their long-time ri-vals Benton in both games. “I did not expect the season to end as it did,” said Bayles.

Jonesboro Wildcats on their se-nior night. The team fought hard and won the game 37-28 putting them at 5-4 and keeping playoff hopes alive.