February 2011 Chatterbox - Ruston High School

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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