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S enior Spotlights Chatterbox Ruston High School February 14, 2010 Page 22 Name: Holly Holland Age: 17 Family: Katina (Mom), Eric (Step Dad), Jalen (brother) Favorites... Subject: Lunch Movie: Baby Boy Animal: Charity (my dog) Color: Red Quote: ―I got to much business of my own to be worried about somebody else's.‖ -Holly Cyrus What do you like best about RHS: Pep Rallies College plans: Go Army! Your hero: God and my Mom Name: Taylor Rose (T. Rose) Age: 18 Family: Holden (brother), Dad, Granddad Favorites... Subject: Ag Movie: The Runaways Animal: Rottweiler Color: Black Book/Magazine: If I Stay by Gayle Forman Quote: ―Phil Phil! Phil of Fortune!‖ -Sarah Blaylock What do you like best about RHS: Being a Senior Sports/Clubs/Affiliations: KOM, FFA College plans: Police Officer with the Alameda County Sheriff‘s Office Your hero: Nakendra Foster Name: Jemorio Crowe (J Moe, Boss Crowe, Yo Yo) Age: 18 Family: Jerry Melton (Dad), Dana Crowe (Mom), Jerry Jr. Melton (brother), Jermesha Melton (sister) Favorites... Subject: Lunch Movie: Friday Animal: Dogs (Bubbles, Mindmight), cat (Holly) Color: I don‘t have one I rock all of them Book/Magazine: Bible Quote: ―It‘s nothing to the kid, you can get it. It is what it is yo mama.‖ What do you like best about RHS: Choir Sports/Clubs/Affiliations: Choir, I workout Your hero: God Name: Latoria Whitehead Age: 17 Family: Mary (Mom), Allen (Dad), Jessie, Allen Jr., Emanuel (brothers), Latrice, Katrina (sisters) Favorites... Subject: English Movie: Baby Boy Animal: Cat Color: Purple Book/Magazine: Bluford series Quote: ―Lie down with dogs you get up with fleas.‖ Most embarrassing moment: Falling down the stairs freshman year. Sports/Clubs/Affiliations: FBLA College plans: Louisiana Tech/ Education Your hero: My Grandma Name: Justin Brazzel (Ju Ju, B) Age: 17 Family: Gary (Dad), Amber (Step Mom), Taylor (sister), 2 step sisters, 1 step brother Favorites... Subject: Math Movie: Happy Gilmore Animal: Panther Color: Blue Book/Magazine: Chatterbox Quote: ―Brazzel your incompetence is showing.‖ -Zach Davis What do you like best about RHS: Friends Sports/Clubs/Affiliations: Football College plans: Louisiana Tech Your hero: My Mom
E ntertainment Chatterbox Ruston High School February 14, 2011 Page 23 Are You Hungry for More by Amber Brown Senior Editor ―The Hunger Games‖ by Suzanne Collins is by far a fantastic book, and that is not just in my opinion! Collins‘ way of writing gives the reader a sense of being in the scene, even if her vocabulary is relatively simple. I will not give away any spoilers, because there are plenty of people who still need to read this gripping book. However, the basic premise of the book is that in a post-apocalyptic world, the ―Capitol‖ is the region where people are prosperous, abundant with food and money, and just plain spoiled. After what we all know as America is destroyed, there are twelve Districts, originally thirteen, who must always listen to the ―Capital.‖ One year, the districts rebelled (and thus the 13 th district was then annihilated) against the ―Capitol.‖ But, the rebels lost and to prove that the Capitol would always be in control, they created an annual event which is now known as ―The Hunger Games.‖ The rules: each district must send one boy and one girl (randomly drawn at ―The Reaping‖) to represent the district. Each ―Tribute‖ will fight in an unknown and harsh terrain or arena until only one person is remaining and all the rest are dead; they must kill each other to win, and become mentors for following tributes. It‘s the Capitol‘s way of showing their superiority and punishing the districts from the rebellion many years ago. The story follows our protagonist, Katniss, who volunteers to take her younger sister‘s place in the beginning of the Hunger Games. This decision leads her to delving into a whole new world. If you are interested in learning more, then you will have to read for all of the fun and excitement! Collins‘ does an amazing job when leading all three of the books of the trilogy into one another. The Trilogy can be found in our school library. Oh, and don‘t hold your breath waiting for the movie, it doesn‘t come out until either late 2012 or early 2013! Facebook is Shutting Down in March Rumor Proved False! by Amber Brown Senior Editor Recently, rumors of a Facebook shut-down on March 15 th has spread like a wildfire on the site itself and Twitter, as well as other blogs, but the company has come out and stated that they have no intention of shutting down such a popular social networking site. The Weekly World News (the rumor rags that are accused to have originally started this ridiculous rumor) gained many negative responses to Mark Zuckerberg‘s quote as saying Facebook had ―gotten out of control and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life.‖ Mashable (a site that tried to help calm the rumor from causing any more damage than it already has) said that the rumor spread just days after Facebook announced it had received $450 million worth of funding from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Russian investment firm, Digital Sky Technologies. Mashable question, ―The fact that this absurd hoax spread so efficiently makes us wonder: will people believe anything‖ Some people even went as far as saying that you should go ahead and remove your personal information, including pictures, videos, etc., off of the profiles for good, seeing as the website will be shutting down. This remark was commented on by tens of thousands of people, including Facebook‘s Director of Corporate Communication, Larry Yu, ―The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness; we didn‘t get a memo about shutting down and there is still a lot to be done, so we will keep cranking away like always.‖ Miss America Pageant 2011 by Polly Michelle Gwan Academics Reporter On January 15, 2011, fifty-two beautiful women gathered together to compete for the title Miss America in the Miss America 2011 Pageant. The pageant was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was shown on the ABC channel. The pageant contestants are women representing each state in the United States plus two more from Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. This year Kelsey Crain, from Monroe, Louisiana, proudly represented our state as Miss Louisiana 2011. Though she and many others did not make it to the swim suit portion of the competition, the competition was still vigorous. This year the Miss America Pageant added many new twist and surprises to the competition by letting the contestants, people, and judges vote for the fifteen contestants who moved on into the swim suit portion including: Miss Nebraska, Miss Virginia, Miss Kentucky, Miss Delaware, Miss Arkansas, Miss Hawaii, Miss Washington, Miss Oklahoma, Miss Oregon, Miss Utah, Miss Rhode Island, Miss New York, Miss Texas, Miss California, and Miss Arizona. The contestants went through not only a swim suit portion, but an evening wear portion, a talent portion, and a question portion. In the end Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, was crowned Miss America 2011, being the youngest woman ever to be crowned this prestigious title at age seventeen. Teresa Scanlan was not the only one making history at this pageant though. The pageant was celebrating its 90 th anniversary, and this year to celebrate it they invited forty-three former Miss America‘s back to the pageant to celebrate in this amazing accomplishment. Teresa Scanlan will go on to compete in the 2011 Miss World pageant against many other countries later on this year, and hopefully, with the support of her fellow Americans, return back victoriously. Miss Nebraska gets crowned! Miss America takes her traditional walk. Miss Louisiana Kelsey Crain
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