I Stand for the Silent - My High School Journalism

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September 2, 2011
The Stinger
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MTV Stands For Music Television?
Opinion by: Logan Alexander, Editor-in-Chief
Every year MTV hosts the Video Music Awards, an opportunity
for the vain and self-righteous “artists” that populate our iPods
and illegally downloaded music libraries to congregate and celebrate
their achievements in the world of music. Oh, wait, that‟s the
Grammy‟s.
Let us hearken back to a time, a time when MTV‟s name actually
meant “Music Television” and not “That channel with Teen
Mom and Jersey Shore”. But how can we? All the students here at
Kingfisher were too young for that MTV. We‟ve never known that
MTV.
MTV now plagues the television airwaves with such fare as “16
and Pregnant”, cheap knock-offs of “Superbad”, and several series
about teenagers doing drugs and having premarital sex and acting
mature and blah, blah, blah that only last one season (“Skins” anyone?).
Sunday night‟s VMAs seemed almost like a death rattle rather
than the spectacle that they attempted for. Lady Gaga dressed as a
man, complete with 5-o‟clock shadow, Justin Bieber tried his hard-
What is Art?
By Alisha Wallace, KHS Art Instructor
What is art? Students
in Art I classes began
the school year answering
this question.
Some believed art
was simply a class by
which to round out
their schedule or
works hung in rarely
visited museums.
Coloring and painting
were a few other top
suggestions.
Others thought
art to be a fun, handson
approach to selfexpression
(or at least
that is what they told
their teacher!). The
back of our text book defines art as a “visual statement that
represents the real world, communicates an idea or feeling, or
presents an interesting design.” While this simple statement
catches the gist of art, I believe the importance and relevance
of true art depends upon the thought of the individual who
creates or perceives each work.
I invite you this year to wander by the art room. See what
fellow peers are designing…whether you look up at our ceiling
tiles or leaf through the pages of Art II‟s altered journals, I
hope you are pleasantly surprised at the talent in our school
and discover a little of “what art is” for yourself!
est to look like an artist, and Chris Brown ripped off Usher‟s
“OMG” performance from last year.
Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry successfully failed at looking creative
with their “nuance” get-ups they donned. I‟m not sure what they
are trying to do, but it‟s not working. Please, stop. We‟ve had
enough. That goes for you too, Gaga. And, for some reason, Justin
Bieber was carrying around a small snake. Riddle me that.
It had its high notes though: Ricky “Rozay-Ugh-Yuh-Da-Boss”
Ross shedded his hood persona and took a humorous turn in several
skits with host Kevin Hart, who is always a stellar comedian, Adele
proved she may be one of the few singers that can actually sing, and
Ke$ha was nowhere to be seen.
Through out the broadcast we were bombarded with previews
for MTV‟s new show “I Just Want My Pants Back”, their new show
about mature, going-nowhere, twenty-somethings that are cool
enough to have sex. We‟ll see how well the show goes.
In a world where the music industry is nothing but samples of
old songs and remixes, what hope do we have for an actual Music
Television?
The Stinger Staff
Editor-in-Chief Logan Alexander
Assistant Editors Peyton Yeoman & Grace Krepel
Composting Editor Conor Lohse
Chief Photographer James Kraus
Asst. Chief Photographer Katie Winnicki
Advertising Managers Payton Yoeman
Advisor Dr. A. J. Johnson
High School Principal Mr. Sammy Jackson
Reporters: Meghan Baxter, Balin Bonds, Savahhah Gilley,
Caitlyn Niestempski, Dalton Palmer, Kena Pechacek,
Katrina Ramirez, Trey Yeoman,
Photography Staff: Eric Ogilvie, Page Helms, Katie Winnicki,
Austin Gruber, Houston Payne, and Caitlyn Minton
Email Address: khsstinger@kingfisher.k12.ok.us
Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/MCT
Campus High School Newspaper Service.
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