BECCA FOLEY - CLASS OF 2015 GIRLS' BASKETBALL It’s no secret that the Falmouth Yachtsmen are feared in all sports. For years our athletic program has made us proud during Play-Offs, and this year looks to be no different. All of our teams are packed with standout players, and are geared up to bring home even more state titles this season. Girls’ basketball has had a good season so far. There are only three seniors on the team - Jessica Burton, Ally Hickey, and Dayna Vasconcelos - and there are a lot of younger, less experienced girls playing. The team is hoping to do well in the postseason. It is difficult to say whether this will happen, because the team plays Class B in the regular season, but Class A in the playoffs.
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BECCA FOLEY & JULIA WARNOCK - CLASS OF 2015
BEST TWEET: FHS students have really stepped up their twitter game this year, making it tough to choose just one standout tweeter. ISABEL WOLFE - CLASS OF 2015 Do you want to ace your exams? Impress your teachers? Enter second semester with a clean slate? Of course you do! Fortunately, the traditional, tedious method of preparing for exams by studying has been replaced by a more innovative approach. Now, rather than being “stressed for success,” you only need to be “dressed for success”. New findings suggest that imitating a teacher’s style as you take their exam practically guarantees you an A, for several reasons. SCOTT LAMBERT - CLASS OF 2015 Last Wednesday, two extremely large toddlers armed with machine guns invaded the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper in France, fatally shooting twelve of its staff. The massacre exemplifies what sociologist Elaine Merrill calls a "worrying trend": that some toddlers never learn to resolve conflicts in a productive and harmless manner, even as they approach adulthood. "Part of the problem is that these kids never learned to laugh at themselves, and never developed psychologically," Merrill says, "evidenced by the fact that they respond to jokes by yelling and shooting wildly in the direction of the joke." SCOTT LAMBERT - CLASS OF 2015 Winterfest was enormously successful, according to people who attended. Various members of the student body were polled for their feedback, and 100% of those polled said that the day was a complete success. TANNER LESLIE - CLASS OF 2015 Let’s not be dramatic. However, let’s take a real step back and look at the times we’ve had as a class. From shenanigans in the late Maze-Craze, getting blasted with water at the fourth grade farewell, last day middle school cookouts, trips to Boston and Quebec and D.C., and Fall Fest with its charming madness (pre-2014), to today, we’ve done a lot together. No, I’m not about to get all sappy, but kids, we’ve grown up side by side, and now we near the end of that sweet adolescent bliss. GINA PARDI - CLASS OF 2016 We have all heard it before. The much feared “F-Bomb.” Everyone has said it at least once in their lives, yet most are afraid to say the f-bomb in front of others. They fear if they say it, their friends and peers will view them negatively. They fear that people will judge them for saying it, and that any utterance of the word will result in them being scorned and ridiculed. What is this “f-bomb,” you ask? The word “feminism.” TANNER LESLIE & ISABEL WOLFE - CLASS OF 2015 So we get it, Fall Fest has been rough these last few years, and the minority matters in a public school system. As a result of these concerns, this year FHS students went through what you might call a roller coaster when it came to Fall Fest. At first, Fall Fest was confirmed for a date in October. Then came rumors of cancellation. Then rumors of the date moving to around Thanksgiving. Finally, the confirmation of the December 19th date was announced and it fell on half-deaf upperclassmen ears. Some pretty significant changes were put in place this year, seemingly as a compromise, and we know seniors and underclassmen alike are grateful for our student governments, who worked so diligently to keep this tradition going. However, reflecting on this year’s “Winter Fest,” we think most would agree - it was a failure, and this makes us sad. This is disappointing because opponents of this tradition come out with a win and ammunition. They might say, “See, students barely cared” or “The day was a waste; almost everyone left halfway through.” These statements are false. Organizational mistakes, in combination with a bitter student body, made Winter Fest a lackluster event. Because the administration did not sufficiently prepare in advance, here are some early pointers on what to do right next time, so Fall Fest can continue to be the spirited and fun event it always was. JACK WARNOCK - CLASS OF 2018 THE INTERVIEW – B- In the highly controversial comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (played by James Franco), and his producer, Aaron Rapaport (played by Seth Rogen), travel to North Korea to interview Kim Jong Un (played by Randall Park). However, the CIA interrupts their plans by recruiting them to assassinate the leader. Chances are, if you found other Seth Rogen movies, like Neighbors and This Is The End, to be hilarious, you are going to enjoy The Interview. EMMA WALSH - CLASS OF 2016 Freedom of speech is a concept that has recently been discussed immensely worldwide. Every person on this earth has a right to their own thoughts, creations, and viewpoints. This notion was put into question on January 7th at 11:30 am, Central European time, in Paris, France when two masked gunmen violently made their way into the offices of a local satirical newspaper called “Charlie Hebdo.” During this forceful intrusion, 50 shots were fired as the phrase “Allahu Akbar” was shouted, Arabic for “God is Great.” This terror attack cost twelve people their lives, including the newspaper’s editor, Stéphane Charb. On January 9, two days after the initial attack, another situation occurred when Amedy Coulibaly, a 32-year-old man, started shooting in Hyper Casher, a kosher grocery market in Porte de Vincennes, France. During this event several hostages were held in the freezer of the market and four were killed. BROKE BAZARIAN - CLASS OF 2016 Brooke Bazarian acts as an obnoxious Into the Woods know-it-all, and is then slapped in the face. In the winter of 2012, when composer Stephen Sondheim announced that his beloved stage musical Into the Woods would soon be adapted into a Disney movie, it was safe to say that I wished, more than anything, that it would not disappoint. Sondheim’s fractured fairy tale is my favorite piece of musical theater, so I guess my standards and hopes were a little high. (I will also use this fact as an excuse to act like an overly skeptical theater critic/geek for the next few paragraphs.) Nevertheless, I was excited to witness what was guaranteed to be a dramatic and dynamic adaptation of the story. The world could always use more Into the Woods, right? In the months leading up to the movie’s release on Christmas Day, pictures, posters, teasers, and trailers were doled out to fans like pieces of candy, giving the public glimpses of the film’s lush landscapes and dreamy sets. After my millionth viewing of the 1987 original Broadway cast recording, (AKA The One With Bernadette Peters,) I was ready to see the show transition from the intimacy of the stage to the grandeur of a Hollywood set. But would the glitz and glamour of the silver-screen strip the show of its heart and core? I’ll tell you! (But not yet).
IZZY GOLDBERG - CLASS OF 2017 Hanukkah. Also spelled Chanukah. Whatever floats your boat. It’s very obvious that in America, Christmas is one of, if not the most, celebrated holidays of the year. This is mostly because 77% of Americans identify themselves as Christian. Hanukkah is celebrated around the same time of year by the 1.8% of Americans who identify themselves as Jewish. Hanukkah doesn’t have any specials on television like Charlie Brown’s Christmas, but most people are familiar with the well-known Hanukkah Song by Adam Sandler in which we all learn about famous jews such as David Lee Roth, Kirk Douglas, all three stooges, and Harrison Ford (a quarter jewish). Not too shabby, as Sandler reminds us. Although Hanukkah can be one of the most fun Jewish holidays, the truth is, Hanukkah is not the most important holiday that Jews celebrate. MEG PIERCE - CLASS OF 2015 BOYS' SOCCER The team once again experienced an impressive run. Jack Engelberger, Nick Sanzari, John McConnell, Ben Lydick, and Jonah Spiegal were on defense. Gabe Mahoney and Jake Grade anchored the midfield, while Luke Velas and Nigel Dunn aided from the wings. The starters were rounded out by freshman Ben Wuesthoff, who is best known for his bicycle-kick goal in the October game against Yarmouth. Led by captains Luke Velas and Ben Lydick, the team found success in Class B but faced tough competition in Class A, playing against difficult teams like Lewiston and Gorham. ISABEL WOLFE - CLASS OF 2015 What comes to mind when you hear the word “scientist”? Perhaps you imagine a person with crazy hair, wearing a lab coat and goggles, feverishly combining chemicals in a lab. Probably an intellectual and serious person comes to mind. Some scientists fit the bill, but Richard Feynman, a professor, Nobel Prize winner, and jack of all trades, does not. Feynman’s book, a series of anecdotes from his life, is subtitled, “Adventures of a Curious Character.” Through his entertaining stories, Feynman shows that scientists are characterized, not by their intelligence or knowledge, but by their desire to understand the world around them. JOEY HAN - CLASS OF 2017 & BROOKE BAZARIAN - CLASS OF 2016 Are you a student in FHS, and feel there’s something lacking in your life? You want to be different from the crowd, but at the same time be just like everyone else? Want to simply seem quirky and unique? Then this is the guide for you. With only 5 steps you can become a certified, genuine, and bonafide HIPSTER. THOMAS HISCOCK - CLASS OF 2018 Terror is ubiquitous in our world. Humans, predators, prey – fear is known to all of us. Some fears are built on myth and nonsense. For example, the dark is notorious for inspiring bad thoughts, but can the dark really hurt you? No. However, there is a growing modern threat that potentially can. That threat is the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS), also referred to as the “Islamic State of Iraq and Levant,” (ISIL). Levant is another word for the Eastern Mediterranean. SARAH CALDWELL - CLASS OF 2015 Remember the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge? How you couldn’t turn on the news without hearing about it, and how Facebook saw more action in one month than it had in the past year? And remember how it died off just as quickly as it started, controversy spiking over “droughts” in California and questions of where the money was really going? However you remember the Ice Bucket Challenge—awesome, annoying, or just a good way to cool off in the summer—the goal was accomplished: to make people remember ALS. SCOTT LAMBERT - CLASS OF 2015 A new study has found that a majority of the males (51%) working or studying at Falmouth High now flush after using a urinal. Principal Palmer, who championed the study, hailed this result as a “historic achievement” for Falmouth High. |