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It’s not every day that high school students get to sit in the state capitol and debate their ideas. During the weekend of February 24 through February 26, members of the PHU Youth in Government chapter attended the 54th State Assembly in Tallahassee, Florida, with anatomy teacher Scott Applebaum and YMCA sponsor James Macchiarola.

Youth in Government travels to the capitol

Could you make it one day with-out talking? What if it could help save lives?

April 15 is the Day of Silence: one day where students all over the nation don’t speak, in a silent pro-test that supports all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons along with the memory of Matthew Shepard and Lawrence King, two young males who were murdered because they were gay.

Formed in 1996, the original purpose of Day of Silence was to protest discrimination and name-calling toward all people of differ-ent sexual preferences. However, in 1998, everything changed.

On October 7, 1998, 21-year-old college student Matthew Shepard was brutally tortured and murdered by two men in Wyoming. They robbed, beat, and tied Shepard to a fence, where they left him to die. All because they found out he was gay.

Since that night, Day of Silence has been associated with the mem-ory of Matthew Shepard. But Law-rence King is also being remem-bered now.

“It’s not a very happy day,” Gay-Straight Alliance President freshman Alex Hendrix said. “This

The conference is a yearly gather-ing in the capitol in which students from all over the state can author and debate bills, have an assigned case as an attorney, act as a lobby-ist firm, or write for the publication Capital Briefings in the different program areas: legislative, lobbyist firm, judicial, and press corps.

This year, 31 members from Palm Harbor went on the three day trip. The group took a chartered

bus to Tallahassee.“Before we left, I was anticipat-

ing a weekend full of constant sur-prises and entertainment,” said club president and senior Kate Snyder.

The first night consisted of opening ceremonies, meeting in designated program areas, and clos-ing ceremonies where candidates for next year’s executive cabinet made their speeches. Dinner was held at the Old Capitol, which is

now a historic museum. Schedules were full on the sec-

ond day. The legislative branch del-egates were able to sit in the actual House of Representatives and Sen-ate chambers in the Capitol build-ing to argue bills. Lobbyist worked hard to sign clients to back them up so that the student representatives’ bills could pass. Bills can be about anything that someone might want to change in the Florida legislature.

The judicial program was pre-senting their assigned cases in the Supreme Court building, which is right across the street from the Capitol building. The “Governor’s Ball” was held at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum. This event is for the delegates to relax for a few hours, while dining and dancing. Here, the new candidates for youth governor made their speeches, none of which were from PHU.

As tired students crowded into the Capitol building for the last day, anxiety and sadness was starting to show. Even though most students were ready to go home, it was bit-ter- sweet for some as the assembly was about to come to a close.

Before departing, there was more work to be done. More bills were to be argued, and some in the judicial branch had finals to com-pete for. Juniors Sammy Eichel-berger and Tricia Sacks authored a bill about civic unions that was passed in the legislature and by the

youth governor. PHU law firm K made it to finals. Delegates of firm K were seniors Nick Gobes, Chris-tian Carvajal, Juno Lee, and junior Jonathan Im.

“This was our firm’s second year in finals. It was really cool to be in the Supreme Court building and ar-gue in front of actual law students,” said Gobes.

As the closing ceremony ap-proached, everyone crowded into the House of Representative cham-ber to listen for awards to be given out. Although law firm K didn’t win “Best Law Firm” for a second time, law firm L was recognized as “Best Trial Law Firm”. Members of law L were seniors Ryan Scholz, Tyler Craig, Tim Hilliard, and Ryanne Doumet. Junior Julia D’Azzo was invited to attend CONA (Confer-ence of National Affairs) as an al-ternate. CONA takes place during one week in the summer in North Carolina. Senior Noelle Fennessey received an award for “Outstanding Member of the Press Corp”, and junior Andi Vranica was offered an application to be a supporting of-ficer.

The Youth in Government chapter at PHU attends the State Assembly every year. If you would like to join for the 2011-2012 school year, look for postings in the begin-ning of next year.

Photo courtesy of Eric Pait, UNC Chapel Hill

Senior Christine Sinicrope listens to a bill being presented in Williams’ senate while attending the Youth in

Government field trip to Tallahassee.

What would you do to break the silence?at portable 2. So far, students and teachers alike seem willing to bear the silence.

“It’s their personal belief,” His-tory and American Government teacher Stacy Elliott said. “You have to respect people’s different views and beliefs.”

Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Every year, the school receives multiple calls from outraged parents who oppose Day of Silence and the cause it supports. In fact, an opposition group called Day of Dialogue was formed.

Day of Dialogue is a Christian version of Day of Silence that re-pels the idea of staying quiet, and instead promotes the idea of dis-cussing what the Bible says about sexuality. This year, it is being held April 18.

For all those who do choose to participate in the silent protest, there is a Breaking the Silence cel-ebration after school on April 15 in portable 2.

“I like to think of Day of Silence as a way of raising awareness of the gay rights movement,” Hendrix said.

And so students are faced with a troubling question: What will you do to break the silence?

year it’s also in honor of Lawrence King.”

Lawrence King was 15-years-old when he was shot twice by a fellow classmate in his California Junior High School in 2006. His 14-year-old murderer is now spending 53 years to life in jail.

Imprisonment within one’s self is also a daily struggle for those sup-

ported by Day of Silence. “It’s a way to bring attention to

the LGBT people who are in our midst everyday but can’t speak out because they may be discriminated against,” GSA Advisor and Social Studies teacher Mrs. Laura Tabajdi said.

This year, students will be wear-ing purple ribbons and staying si-lent in support of the cause. Also, a piece of paper with an explana-tion as to why a student is silent is available in Mrs. Tabajdi’s room

DayofSilence.org

Kaley Witeck

Lena Schwallenberg

Picture yourself sitting in a room, at a computer desk, taking a computerized version of the math FCAT.

It has been announced that all 10th graders are going to be taking the Math FCAT online this year. Instead of bubbling answers on an answer sheet, choosing an answer will be at the click of a mouse.

“The state has not given much information on what is it going to be like,” math teacher Ms. Sue Ross said. “They still have to figure out how to get all of the students to take it.”

Students will have only 45 min-

utes to answer a to-be-announced amount of math questions and they will not use a handheld calculator, but rather a calculator on the com-puter.

From April 13 to April 22, all sophomores have to take the test. All 9th and 10th grade math stu-dents will get FCAT practice March 8 through April 8. Teachers will take their class for one period to practice in either the medical computer lab or the one in building four.

“I think students will like this new test better than the regular pa-per and pencil because I believe kids like working with technology bet-ter,” Ms. Ross said.

Jordan Lutz

Jordan Lutz

Math teacher Ms. Ross takes her 1st period class to the medical com-

puter lab to practice the math FCAT online.

The future of the Math FCAT

March 20112News

A different kind of project

Nikki Sawyer

Student owned aquariums line the counters of Ms. Coviello’s classroom.

Seniors Bianca Christmann, Paige Wagner, and Hannah Williams deco-

rated their fish tank with plenty of sand, plants, and caves.

Something fishy has come to the hallways. Ms. Corine Coviello’s Marine Biology classes were assigned projects which require students to maintain an aquarium with fish and learn about many different things.

“Students learn about the ocean, keeping the tanks clean, the fish alive, understanding the difference between open and closed water systems, following instructions, and working in groups,” Coviello said.

To prepare for this unique assignment, students took many notes on aquariums.

“It was five days of step-by-step instructions,” Coviello said. “[They also have to] pick their groups, buy their fish, and if they’d like, purchase other things for their aquariums such as salt-water tolerant decorations.”

The project is done over a period of three months. Students receive 10 points every time a check is

performed on their tanks.“The aquariums are checked

three to four times a week. The chemical checks include pH balance, ammonia, and nitrite levels, and everything being clean,” Coviello said.

All of the tanks are lined up around Ms. Coviello’s classroom and vary in looks some contain sand bottoms, others rocks.

“[The hardest part is] getting the right pH and salinity levels and keeping everything clean,” junior Nick Vios said.

Every aquarium has some type of decoration, which are for the fish since they’re very territorial and need places in the tank to hide from the other fish. If this does not happen, the fish may stress out, which could ultimately lead to their death.

“I like this project because it’s different,” sophomore Austin Cabaniss said. “It’s not bland like other school projects.”

Nikki Sawyer

They’ve charmed us with gad-gets and excelled with gizmos. I am speaking about none other than Palm Harbor University’s Robotics Club.

The Robotics Club made us all proud by bringing home the title of State champions after competing on February 12 at Embry Riddle Aero-nautical University in Daytona, Florida.

The setting was tense as over 30 schools from all over the state, as well as one school from Alabama, competed for a chance at the title.

All three groups of the Ro-botics Club competed, including teams: 506 (Pandara), 516 (Koopa Troopas) and 3101 (Daring Dip-loticus). Unfortunately, the robot

of group Daring Diploticus suf-fered a loss when the robots’ chain broke early in the competition. On the brighter side, group Pandara held strong, and continued to rack in the points as the competition progressed.

After getting 7th in the semifi-nals, Pandara was chosen to accom-pany the 3rd placing team, known as Spontaneous Combustion from Seminole High School, as an ally in finals. This alliance worked won-derfully and the two teams toppled the rest by taking the title.

“It was a great and exciting ex-perience, and everyone was over-whelmed when we won,” senior Leah Augustine said.

After winning the title, their decision to attend World’s FIRST

(For the Inspiration and Recogni-tion of Science and Technology) Robotics Championship was final. This competition is to be held in St. Louis, Missouri on April 27-30, which coincidentally overlaps with Senior Prom for some team mem-bers, which is April 29.

Although sad to miss Senior Prom, the group is ecstatic to move forward onto Worlds.

“It was really shocking to win! I’m very excited to miss more school and have robot wars at Worlds!” se-nior Nicki Hannum said.

Spirits run high with the capture of the State title, but work is still to be done to prepare for Worlds. Un-til then, the “robot wars” will be put on hold until their final showdown in St. Louis.

Robotics wins States

Kelli Swanson

The robot, Pandara, was chosen as an ally to compete with the 3rd placing team, Spontaneous Combustion

from Seminole High School, and went on to win the State title.

In elementary school, it was stolen crayons. In middle school, it was stolen friends. And in high school, it’s stolen valuables.

Though the theft of students’ property has always been an issue in the school system, it has become more apparent in recent years. Thieves are snatching everything from iPods to money.

“I had my debit card stolen,” freshman Teagan McTernan said. “They went to Chick-Fil-A during 7th period and spent $16.01.”

Teachers have urged their stu-dents to leave electronics and oth-er valuables at home because the school is not responsible for stolen or lost goods.

But it’s not just on school cam-pus that PHU students are getting their items stolen.

“I was at my house chilling with maybe seven people from PHU,” sophomore Georgio Constaninou said. “I found out three days later that my iPod was stolen.”

Most people who have their possessions stolen never see them again. And sometimes, they only have poor security to blame.

Students leave electronics and other items unattended in gym locker rooms, classrooms, and lunch tables where sneaky students are waiting to strike.

And as of right now, the only way to stop them is to leave your valuables at home.

Thefts occur on PHU campus

Lena Schwallenberg

Egyptians recently resolved an issue pertaining to their now for-mer President, Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down as leader of the country after 30 years in office. This changed occurred right after the “2011 Egyptian Revolution”, a series of 18-day protests that in-volved many street demonstrations, marches, rallies, riots, and violent clashes all over Egypt.

“Elections were coming up and the country realized Mubarak was going for another term when they thought he was going to step down. A group of Egyptians built a protest on Facebook and Twitter. People thought it was a joke at first, but it

led to the protests,” junior Andrew Girgis said.

These protests eventually led to Mubarak stepping down on Febru-ary 11. The Egyptian Army is now in control of the country until a new government is constructed.

“My family is always worried about their family members over there, and they’re also worried about who is going to be the new presi-dent or whether or not he is going to treat all of the people equally,” junior Youssef Youssef said.

Egyptians being treated equally is another ongoing issue.

“I think it might get worse over there if the Muslim Brotherhood takes over, because there will be

discrimination against the Chris-tians,” Girgis said. “People need to pay attention to the discrimina-tion against the Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt.”

The protests in Egypt attracted world-wide attention, and could be said to have influenced similar pro-tests in other countries all through-out the Middle East. However, pro-testing may be the only somewhat peaceful way to solve issues in those countries.

“I think that protesting was the only way to change anything,” Youssef said. “If they had handled it in a different way, the government would have ignored it. So I think the protests worked.”

Nikki Sawyer

Egyptian issues hit close to home for students

Shashank Bengali MCT

People of Egypt protest for their leader, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, to finally step down after 20 years.

- The students of Ms. Corine Coviello’s Marine Biology classes took on the responsibility of an aquarium.

- Recently, thefts have become more of an issue in the school district and administration is urging all students to leave expensive items at home.

Kelli Swanson

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You see it as you stroll down the streets. That vivid shade of orange that makes you do a double-take. No, more like a triple-take. With your mouth agape, you wonder how it is even possible to be that skin tone.

You may have guessed it. It’s the attack of the carrots. Commonly known as the orange people, the Snooki followers, Oompa Loom-pas, the pumpkin monsters, the fake-bakers, and...you get the point. These are the people who use arti-ficial means to achieve that lovely shade of “sun-kissed” orange.

The first question I have is

Appearance. The lovely word that sums up a major part of soci-ety. In that first minute you meet a new person, you assess them by looking at their traits and flaws. Then, as much as you may deny it, you also judge on their looks. Well you know what I think of it?

I say ‘who cares’? We are all unique. Appearance has become too important in society. The whole concept of it is judging someone on what physical traits they possess, and not on the quality traits that actually make a person who they are. Ridiculous. In western culture, a standard has been set for everyone when it comes to looks.

Myth 1: Be skinny. According to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, 95% of the eat-ing disorders in the country are in young adolescents. Anorexia is the 3rd most chronic illness among

High school years are a defin-ing time in every teen’s life. They are the years where most people develop and begin to find out who they really are and who they want to be. High school is impossible to get through alone. You need at least one person by your side helping you through it...one true friend. What constitutes a true friend, though?

Love them, leave them, embrace them

Newsflash: orange is a color, not a skin tone

Be careful who you trust -friends are not always as they seem

young adults, and 80% of 13-year-old kids are trying to lose weight.

Myth 2: Be tan. Skin cancer is fun, right? No. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather not have a potentially fatal disease from too many tanning sessions under the UV rays.

Myth 3: Have a nice bust size. Hey, at least Victoria’s Secret is making a killing on their Miracle Bra. Don’t even mention the ridicu-lous amount of money that plastic surgeons make.

Myth 4: Have nice abs. Even guys are self conscious about their looks.

Myth 5: Good hair. Enjoy fry-ing your hair with your handy-dan-dy straightener and curling iron!

Myth 6: Clothing. This rule ob-ligates you to spend tons of money on popular brand clothing such as Hollister, A&F, American Eagle, etc.

‘Why?’ Why do you think a hideous shade of a fruit is pretty? Ring ring. Willy Wonka just called, he wants his workers back. It makes me won-der what possessed you to believe looking like an Oompa Loompa is

attractive. When you resemble one of those dwarfed creatures, then you should probably think for a second, ‘Am I maybe using an ex-cessive amount of self-tanner?’

Some people may think this is, dare I say, sexy. I would prefer dy-ing alone with 47 cats. Just saying. I don’t really know how this got

That is hard to say, it is much easier instead to point out which kinds of friends are most certainly not true friends.

Looking around, it is easy to see all sorts of fake, superficial friend-ships: Girls that hate each other but are nice to each other’s face to keep up a good front, girls that are only friends on Facebook so they can take hundreds of pictures and post

on each other’s wall and brag about their “friendship”, girls that are all huggy and clingy to each other at school but have never even seen each other outside of the safety of PHUHS, or even girls who have loud dramatic trash-talking conver-sations and gossip together but have no actual depth to their friendship.

Although most people can admit that they do have some friendships that consist of things along these lines, we have to be smart enough to know that those particular friend-ships are not the best. Those types of friends are not the ones you can call at any hour of the night when you have a problem, they are not the type to comfort you through any situation, or be there when you really need them without a doubt in the world. In fact, those types of friends are often the type to let you down when you need them or not come through for you.

Unfortunately though, it is sometimes difficult to tell whether or not you can count on some-one. Numerous times, people have trusted others with secrets or an important task and have been let down. There are, however, some in-dicators as to whether or not some-one is a true friend. If you find that

a friend loves to talk about his or herself (don’t get me wrong, there is nothing bad about that, it’s just that sometimes it gets taken a little too far) and you find that you are only talking about them and not you and they never ask about you or how you’re doing or care about your problems, that is one indicator that someone is not a good friend. A good friend always has time to ask how you’re doing and listen to your problems, no matter how stu-pid they may be.

Pathetic, isn’t it? That it feels as if we are a part of some clichéd teen-age movie with overdone plots and backstabbing friends. But I guess that’s what high school is, right?

The important thing to remem-ber is to keep in mind who your real friends are and surround your-self with people you love and can trust, people you can spend hours on the phone with, people you can sit around with after school and be comfortable doing absolutely noth-ing, people that know you better than you know yourself, and people that you can exchange one glance with and both know exactly what the other is thinking.

We’ve spent our entire high school lives preparing for the col-lege of our dreams. When the time comes, we apply and hope that we’re accepted. But it’s all a waiting game. Some people find out right away, while the less fortunate oth-ers must wait patiently for a deci-sion to come down.

I am one of those unlucky peo-ple. I applied to the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida in November of last year and have yet to hear back from either school. I resent my transcripts and sent emails, but I’m still left in the dark.

I feel like everyone else knows what they’re doing next year and I’m just a lost sheep. Time is run-ning out. I’d like to know what I’m doing with my life for the next four years, sooner rather than later.

Don’t get me wrong- I’m not a bad student; I have been an honor student since middle school. Col-lege is just getting harder to get into. With average acceptance GPA’s above a 3.5 and SAT scores above a 1200, UCF and USF are no longer “safety schools”.

From what I have heard around school, many PHU students were accepted to Florida State University and the University of Florida. I un-derstand that the colleges are prob-ably just waiting to hear back from the students that have already been accepted to either accept or reject their offer for enrollment, but why do I have to suffer?

Maybe if my test scores were higher, if I was in more clubs, if I took different classes things would be different. Maybe then I would know where I’m going. There will always be the “should of, could of, would of” factor, but it’s out of my hands now. I guess I’ll just wait.

The waiting game

And if you don’t have just the right looks, well - you’ve now been demoted a rank.

Truth is, believe it or not, looks don’t decide who you are as a per-son. Will they play a huge part in the end of things? No. At the end of the day what makes a person is not their appearance, but their actions and the person they are inside.

Striving to be something you are not based off of the idealistic im-age in magazines and TV shows is a fool’s quest. No one is perfect. We all have our own individual style. Don’t aim for the impossible; there is no “perfect look” no matter what the magazines tell you. Hello, news flash! We all have flaws. Accept your looks, imperfections and all. So next time you find yourself fretting over your image, stop and think. Don’t get upset or embarrassed by your flaws. Embrace them.

COMMENTARY

started, but I do know it’s horrible. How did you even manage to

achieve that? Did you just pile on bronzer and call it a day? Or maybe you just got a spray tan. It’s not pretty, not even remotely attractive. Your skin tone is burning my eyes. So it’d be fabulous if you just did a favor to my vision, and to society, and lay off the bronzer. It’s like a car wreck that I can’t stop watch-ing. Don’t get me wrong; getting a tan is perfectly acceptable. But you don’t need nine layers of spray to do so. So, if you see orange people just grin and bear it for now. And if you’re orange...have fun with that.

60%of students asked

have yet to hear back

from a college

Juniors Angela DiGregorio, Sarah Shellabarger, and Katelyn Josephik

enjoy each others company on a bench in the courtyard.

Senior Breakfast Information:

Sloan Patterson

Emily Manning

Deb Damone

Emily Manning

Paige Lombard

Emily Manning

Freshmen Carly Radimak and Dyedra Gillespie fix their hair and makeup during lunch in the bathroom.

SATIRE

Price: $20

Tickets on sale until Thursday,

March 24 during both lunches

in the theater lobby.

No tickets will be sold or trans-

ferred at the door.

No ticket will be sold without

all four completed mandatory

paperwork forms:

1) PHUHS Senior Breakfast Field Trip Permission Form 2) Pinellas County Field Trip Permission Form for Senior Breakfast 3) Pinellas County Field Trip Vehicle Information Form Include photocopies of the li-cense and current auto insur-ance card of the driver (county policy) 4) Parental Consent for drivers / bus information All students must have par-

ent/guardian signatures, even

those who are 18 years of age.

No actual tickets are given:

the verification on the master

list is proof of purchase.

Tickets are non-refundable.

Feature4 March 2011

One Tank TripsClearwater Marine AquariumIt's about $15.00 to get in, but if you want to splurge a little, this would be the place to go. All the wildlife you get to enjoy makes this a must-see this break.

Caladesi Island State ParkConsists of white beaches, nature hikes, and kayak trails. If you’re up for an adventure, check it out. You can access the park by boat or ferry.

Leepa-Rattner Museum of ArtMost of your friends will probably think this idea is strange, but why not try something new? It’s located on the Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College. Just remember to bring your ID and admission is free for students!

Safety Harbor Skate ParkNeed a place to skate without getting in trou-ble? All you have to do is fill out a waiver online and purchase a weekly pass for $2.00.

Daytona BeachBesides the actual beach to enjoy, there are plenty of tours to take and places to shop and eat. Feel free to golf, play tennis, or fish while you’re there!

Fort LauderdaleThere are tons of museums and memorials to visit. The parks and recreational activities are enjoyable, and the beach is, the beach.

Lowry Park ZooTake your friends and go see all the different animals at the zoo! You are able to feed certain ones and get to enjoy the wild hands on. Open 9 am-5 p.m. every day, tickets are $24.95 for an adult and parking is free.

Florida EcoSafarisThis 4,700-acre eco-ranch and wildlife conser-vation park in St. Cloud, Florida is full of ani-mals and plant life. Take a guided tour via coach, horseback, and even zip-line! Prices start at $28 with plenty of savings packages.

If you find yourself a little short on cash this

spring break, have no fear. There are plenty of

things you can do that require little to no money

and only one tank of gas. Try something new

with your friends this upcoming break!

Angela DiGregorio

Get fit for Spring break!

Movies on Pier 60Are you thinking about what you should do over March’s weekends? Still haven’t come

up with anything? Here is something that’s easy and fun! Pier 60 will be showing free yes,

FREE movies all throughout March.

The location of Pier 60 is on Clearwater Beach; it’s open seven days a week, and there

is more to do than just watch movies. Pier 60 also offers live music and little gift shops.

If you don’t want to sit in the sand, blankets and small lawn chairs are welcome. Movies

begin when the sun goes down.

Ashley DiPietro

March 18: Stuart Little (PG)

March 19: Dinner for Schmucks (PG-13)

March 25: Despicable Me (PG)

March 26: Inception (PG-13)

March 27: You Again (PG-13)

March 12: Grease (PG)

March 11: Megamind (PG)

March 4: Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie (PG)

March 5: 17 Again (PG-13)

Spring Break is fast approaching, and kids are already working on their tans, so let us help you start to work towards that ideal beach body! We know that it’s hard to make trips to the gym on a consistent schedule and it’s beginning to get too hot to go for a nice run, so try these workout moves in the comfort of your own home. All you need to perform your workout is an open area, a pair of small hand weights, and our easy to follow guide.

We are all a bit guilty of unrealistic expectations when beginning a workout plan. We tend to believe, or at least hope, that changes will be visible overnight. However, the harsh reality is that you have to work hard at achieving your fitness goals.

The exercises shown on this page can help you attain a body that makes you feel good, inside and out, if done persistently and correctly. You must perform these exercises three to four days a week, circuit-style, to achieve the desired results.

Don’t ruin all the progress you make with these exercises by slacking off in other areas of health. Try to incorporate as many fresh ingredients as possible into your meals, and try to stay active those days of the week you skip our workout moves. Take the dog for a walk, jump in the pool for a swim, or get a group together to compete in a friendly game of soccer or volleyball. Start our workout plan today and become well on your way to a body that you will be proud to flaunt around the beach!

Stand with arms at shoulder

height, palms down. Step for-

ward with right foot, crossing

it in front of left. Lower into a

lunge while twisting torso

right. Then untwist, push

off right foot and return

to start. Do 8-12 reps of

each leg.

Crossover

Lunge

Stand straight with a

weight in each hand, arms

down, palms facing thighs.

Curl weights upward toward

shoulders, rotating palms up

toward chest as you lift. Low-

er to start position. Do 12-15

reps.

Biceps Curl

Lie on right side with legs extended, hips and feet

stacked; prop yourself up on your right elbow

with your left hand on your waist. Slowly

life hips off the floor as high as you can,

hold for 20-30 seconds. Make sure

to keep body aligned and straight.

Lower to start position. Do

2 reps on each side.

Side Plank

Katelyn Josephik & Paige Lombard

March 2011 5Feature

Spring Break Playlist!

Forget YouCee-Lo Green

Dance ForeverAllstar Weekend

E.T.Katy Perry

Club Can’t Handle MeFlo Rida [feat. David Guetta

Hold It Against MeBritney Spears

Black & YellowWiz Khalifa

OfficerSlightly Stoopid

Stereo LoveEdward Maya & Vika Jigulina

BlowKe$ha

For some, spring break is a time to get away from all the commotion. A time to go to the beach with friends, finally get a tan back, stay out late, and enjoy the glorious moments where you have absolutely nothing to do.

Although for some, their spring break revolves around long car rides and preparing for new adventures. While most of us are sitting around at home and the beach, many of our peers are going out of state.

Crossing the border

My best friend invited me to go to England and

Scotland with him, and I thought he

was joking at first. I’ve never been to Europe before and

now I’m so excited. I can’t wait for break

to get here.

“

”- Junior Michael Taylor

Angela DiGregorio

I was born in Arkansas, and it’s been a while since

I’ve been back to see everyone. It’ll be

really nice to be back and be able to relax

with family. It’s been too long.

“

”- Senior Evan Lutvak

Angela DiGregorio

I miss my aunt a lot. I’ve been looking forward to heading up to New Jersey

and seeing her again. New Jersey isn’t really a cool place

to go, but I’ve been looking forward to it

for weeks.

“

”- Freshman Josh Rogers

Angela DiGregorio

I’m flying to Germany for my cousin’s

engagement. I haven’t seen my cousins since summer and it will be

fun to spend time with them.

“

”- Senior Nisha Shikarpuri

Angela DiGregorio

Angela DiGregorio

Guide to safe tanningWe have seen it too many times, the Mon-

day after a hot and sunny prime beach weekend when the school is covered with lobsters. Well, not literally, but metaphorically, because students all over PHUHS have a noticeably red tint to their skin. Some are much worse than others with scorching burns, sunglasses tans, or glowing red arms and chests. These people obviously don’t fully understand the dangers of sunburns.

The dangers range from mild to sometimes life-threatening effects. Sunburn causes accelerated skin aging like age spots, wrinkles, skin disorders, second-degree burns, pre-cancerous growths, or skin can-cer.

I’m not saying to live in fear of the sun out of worry about possible effects of sunburn. There is a moderate-medium that you can reach between frying yourself and being a pasty-white ghost. You can find it below in this guide to tanning.

1) The safest way to tan is to do it slowly and gradually.

It is better to slowly develop a tan by using sunscreen or tanning oil with some SPF in it than to leave

your skin completely unprotected against the harsh ultraviolet rays. And a beautiful bronze all-over tan

look comes much easier this way.

2) Keep skin moisturized with after-sun lotion, preferably with aloe, to make your tan last.

3) Wear sunglasses, a hat, or cover your face. Damage that is done to the face is often irreversible. Harm-

ful sun exposure to the face can cause freckles, moles, wrinkles, sun spots, rough or leathery skin, or

cancer.

4) Tan in moderation. Don’t overdo it by being out sunbathing for the entire day without stopping. Take

breaks to reapply your skin protection, whatever it may be, because it comes off as the day wears on.

By following these rules toward safe tanning, the road to a successful spring break with a gorgeous tan will become easier to follow.

But remember that everyone’s skin is unique and what applies to certain people for skin protection may have a completely different effect on someone else. It is important to know your skin type and sensitivity to the sun before tanning.

Sloan Patterson

March 20116Entertainment

Junior Alexis Hill shows off a dubstep song on her

iPod. Since skyrocketing to popularity, many stu-

dents have similar songs on their music players.

Nikki Sawyer“Dubstep” takes over student iPods

Dubstep. UrbanDictionary.com defines it as a unique genre of music that typically varies around 140bpm in tempo, and the unifying sounds are always bass and sub-bass. This style of music ranges from melodi-ous instrumentals to dark, distorted numbers. Lately it’s become the “it” thing to have on your iPod or to put a song as your Facebook status for others to hear what you’re listening to.

“I like dubstep. I like the bass,” junior Adam Pelusio said.

Created in early 2000 with roots linking back to London, England’s garage music scene, dubstep has become quite popular among many teenagers. “Dubstep clubs” can even be found all over the United Kingdom. Many are searching for dubstep songs and artists all over YouTube and on Facebook.

“People are YouTube-ing it, sharing, & downloading this up-beat, bass pulsing, remixing, music. It gets us up and moving and danc-ing,” junior Alexis Hill said.

Dubstep is electronic music,

Nikki Sawyer

17 things to do on March 17

1.

Need some new “Kiss Me I’m Irish” tricks this St. Patrick’s Day?

Well look no further; we have just what you need.

Lena Schwallenberg

Throw a “Fighting Irish” pool party! Get all of your friends to-gether for a night of food, music, and fun! You can use food color-ing to dye all of your food green. For even more good times, try dying your pool green with a natural color dye.

2.Try a new look! On St. Patty’s Day, try using green eye shadow, green eyeliner, or green mascara. It brings out the pigments in your eyes and boosts your feelings of festivity! Just don’t wear all three at the same time. Unless you’re Lady Gaga, that is.

3.Do you believe in magic? Well either way, you can enjoy making a leprechaun trap! Get some shamrock cookies from Publix. After you bake them, put a few underneath a cardboard box trap. You know those traps you see in the movies? Attempt something like that. When that leprechaun comes, you’ll be ready.

4.Go to Peggy O’Neill’s for dinner! It’s an amazing Irish pub and eatery. Last year, Peggy O’Neill’s organized a day of St. Patty’s themed fun for everyone! We can only guess what they’ll have in store for us this year at the Palm Harbor Irish Street Festival.

5.Dye the channel green! For the third year in a row, the Garrison Channel in Tampa will be dyed green using an environmentally friendly liquid concentrate. There will be beads, entertainment, and Irish specials! It’s free and fun for everyone! It’s located at the Channelside Bay Plaza and starts at 6 PM.

6.Send out a cute text message to that special someone. Be cheesy and use the classic “Kiss Me I’m Irish <3” line.

7.Head to the beach! We live in Florida, land of eternal sunshine even in March. So utilize this opportunity to get a tan and catch some waves with a group of friends or alone.

8.Yanks and Rays, anyone? At 7:05, The New York Yankees will go head to head with the Tampa Bay Rays at George M. Stein-brenner Field in Tampa. Cost for tickets will vary.

9.Adopt an accent! Dare your friends to go the entire day talking with an Irish accent. Loser keeps the accent for an extra day.

10.Have a traditional Irish dinner! Corn beef and cabbage, this traditional St. Patty’s Day delight is always a favorite. Share it with friends, or be greedy and savor the flavor on your own.

11.Go Irish! See if there are any Celtic fairs coming to town near you. They’re a ton of fun to go to and are usually pretty cheap.

12.Listen to some awesome music. Irish bands like Flogging Molly are always a fan favorite to get your blood pumping too.

Have a potluck! And by potluck, I mean pot of luck. Get choco-late covered gold coins and tape numbers on them. Put them in a big pot, and have everyone draw a coin and number. Whoever gets number seven gets luck for a year.

13.

14.Watch a good Irish themed movie! Try Leap Year if you’re a chick flick lover or Leprechaun for you horror movie buffs.

15.Lovin’ it? With McDonald’s seasonal Shamrock Shake, you will!.This milkshake “brings all the boys to the yard!”

16.End the day with a blast! Set off fireworks (preferably green ones!) to end to the perfect St. Patrick’s Day. Just make sure it’s legal and approved before doing so.

17.Get a little grabby! It’s a holiday tradition to wear green and pinch people who don’t. But remember, it’s all in good fun. No hard feelings!

Lauren SpiegelSo, I am not one of those psy-

cho, overly-obsessed Justin Bieber freaks, dying a little bit inside when I see him spotted with another girl. But, I did really like his movie.

The movie was formatted like an interesting 3D documentary about his life, where home movies were intertwined to give viewers a private look into what he was like as a little one growing up. It was a bit all over the place structurally with a lack of

Bieber posing with his Usher during a concert performance on his “My

World Tour”.

justinbieberneversaynever.com

Students begin to prepare for promSarah Shellabarger

By scouring the multitude of racks at the mall lately, one is sure to find a magnitude of brightly col-ored floor length dresses, glistening in the fluorescent light, all scream-ing “buy me!”

Yes, Palm Harbor, this can mean just one thing, and one thing only- prom is rapidly approaching. Now, if you still have not mustered up the courage to approach your prom dream date, planned your limo ar-rangement or made a dinner reser-vation, don’t panic!

This year’s junior-senior prom will be held on Friday, April 29 from 8pm to 11:30pm at the Kapok Pavilion in Clearwater. Knowing the details in advanced happens to leave plenty of time to find the per-fect dress.

Senior ticket sales are set to be-gin April 4 until April 6, and open to juniors April 7 to 15. Prom tickets will not be sold at the door, so it’s important for students to purchase them in the allotted time.

“I am most likely going to prom this year. I hope that it’s really fun and way better than homecoming,” junior Jennifer Tran said. “I’ll prob-ably just go with my friend.”

Students have already begun purchasing their dresses in advance, preparing for the big night. Many face an important question though, should they wear a long or short dress on prom night?

“I’ve had my dress for awhile now actually. I think that prom should be for mostly long dresses. It’s an important night,” Tran said.

Prom is the night that most stu-dents look forward to, beginning from their freshman year or earlier. Unfortunately, freshman and soph-omores are not allowed to attend this year, leaving some juniors and seniors dateless. Graduates under the age of 21 are allowed to attend if they show proof of ID.

“I actually didn’t go to prom my junior year, so I’m really look-ing forward to it this year. I haven’t bought a dress yet, but I have some in styles in mind,” senior Shannon Barrett.

The theme for this year’s prom has not yet been announced and is said to be “top secret.” For more information on this year’s junior-senior prom, be sure to listen to the morning announcements.

Never Say Never

focus on one particular theme and had a long biographical middle sec-tion.

Also, there was concert foot-age from his My World Tour spo-radically placed to try to create an ambiance that gave the viewers the feeling that they were actually part of the show.

Bieber was the first teen per-former to soar to fame via You-Tube. So, fittingly, clips of the original YouTube videos that gave

him the recognition he needed were projected onto the screen, hum-bling the audience of Bieber fans. It showed how far he had come in only a short amount of time.

At just 17 years-old, Bieber has sold out worldwide concert tours and forums, a task that not even the big league artists such as Madonna or Christina Aguilera have accom-plished.

The climax of the movie was the most anticipated performance in Bieber’s career to date, singing and headlining at Madison Square Garden on September 1, 2010. Tickets for the show at this venue completely sold out in 22 minutes, a record.

The super fanatics, otherwise known as the die-hard “Belieber” fans, were also shown to express the overwhelming love and sup-port he receives on a daily basis. If it weren’t for this dedicated group of preteen stalkers, his career and livelihood wouldn’t look nearly as bright.

I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

MovieReview

descended from garage music. It focuses heavily on the bass and some-times contains vo-cals and drums in the background. Since skyrocket-ing to popularity in 2010, dubstep has become more audible in main-stream music. Brit-ney Spears’ song, “Hold It Against Me”, has been not-ed and praised for its dubstep-influ-enced style, beats, and breakdowns.

Spears isn’t the only one to make dubstep music. Other noteworthy artists include Skrillex, Flux Pavil-ion, and Doctor P. Some popular dubstep songs are “In for the Kill” by Skrillex (La Roux remix), “I Can’t Stop” by Flux Pavilion, and “Ghosts N Stuff” by deadmau5.

With dubstep’s popularity grow-ing more and more, many people seem to be getting into the unique genre.

“Dubstep became more widely accepted to people,” Pelusio said. “Any good music is going to be-come popular eventually.”

- Prom season is quickly approaching and students have begun preparations for the big night.

Sports7March 2011

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Ice. Only few limited sports can take place on it, but for the talented ice hockey players of PHU, it’s just another surface for movement. For some of the players, it was the last time they might ever play an official game of this unique sport.

Last month, the hockey team’s season ended abruptly on Friday, February 18. It was the first play-off game of the season against the Steinbrenner Warriors. The Canes fought for the top throughout the first two periods, and succeeded with a lead of 2-0. But approaching the third period, things began to fall apart. Within the last seven minutes, the opposing team caught up mak-ing the score 4-2, Steinbrenner.

Not too soon after, the Warriors scored again, ending the hopes of the Canes moving on in the play-

offs with a final score of 5-2.“It’s kind of sad to finish my

high school career with a tough loss,” senior Michael Pappas said. “But this was one of the best sea-sons PHU has ever had.”

The team’s final record was 12-5-1. They played the East Lake Eagles twice and beat them both times, once by forfeit. Their biggest win this season was over Freedom Patriots with a score of 9-0. The Canes were also the only team in their league to have every player score at least once.

Pappas has confidence in the team that he is leaving behind, with his brother, junior Andrew Pappas, as the captain for the next season.

“Listen to your captain and play like Michael Pappas- you will go undefeated,” Pappas said.

Tough loss for the Canes- The Canes hockey team lost in the playoffs against Steinbrenner at TBSA in Oldsmar. Kaley Witeck

Senior Nicholas Tardif goes up against a Freedom Patriots defender in

the Canes' biggest win this season.

Courtesy of The Aftermath Staff

PHU’s boys varsity lacrosse team, which is just in their second year being a team, is currently 5-7 and is performing well this season.

“A lot of our new guys on the team and beginning to grasp the game and our veterans are stepping up,” senior Alex Raucci said.

The team’s success can be accred-ited to frequent practices. Practices occur on the Mondays, Wednes-day, and Fridays, that games aren’t scheduled.

“We always start off with laps, stretching, and eventually we do line drills. Then we work on our plays,” Raucci said.

This year’s team has four cap-tains, including Raucci and fel-low senior Austin Young, as well as juniors Tim Gorman and Scott Kramer.

“Every game is a learning expe-rience. Our team definitely has the work ethic to accomplish anything. We may be out skilled at times, but we know how to fight back and work as a team,” Gorman said.

The boy’s varsity lacrosse season is about at the half-way point, and the team is quite optimistic about going into the rest of it.

“I think we have played excellent so far. We’ll see how the rest of the season plays out,” Gorman said.

Right after the regular season, the team will move on to their first

Lacrosse team perseveresround of playoff games.

“The team’s been doing re-ally good,” Raucci said. “We’re in a great spot right now. I see the team taking the division, conference, and making it to the district game. We have a serious chance to go the dis-tance as long as we stick together. We can do it.”

Nikki Sawyer

“This was my first year playing lacrosse and it was a great experience.

We all really came together as a team," junior Jeremy Williams said.

Courtesy of Alex Raucci

Find your inner yogi this spring, and discover the abundant benefits yoga has to offer. Whether you are overworked and looking for a way to release stress and anxiety, or if your injured and are wanting to get back into the game or if you just wanting to live a healthier life style, yoga should definitely be consid-ered.

Yoga is for anyone of any shape, size, flexibility, or age. Yoga classes range from beginner to advanced, and because yoga is all about your individual’s personal health and progress, there is no pressure to keep up with the rest of people in the class. You can just go at your own pace. Although, if this will be your first time tak-ing yoga, I highly recommend that you start with a beginner class. This class will teach you the basic move-ments so that you are able to mas-ter the basics then move on to the more advanced stuff.

“I began taking yoga with a

beginner class; it worked for me because I felt that everything was within my reach, and that I could at least attempt everything,” said junior Anna Crain

It does not take that many classes to experience all the benefits reaped from practicing yoga. Probably the most common benefit is the stress-relieving factor. Yoga focuses a lot on breathing patterns and on “clear-ing the mind.”

“A lot of my friends do yoga and they always tell me that is relieves their stress because of the tranquil environment, but I personally have not tried it myself but I do want to,” said junior Morgan Clare.

Many people mistake yoga as only a form of relaxing almost rest-ing. This is a huge misconception. Although there are many types of yoga, it can be a very strenuous form of exercise depending on the inten-

sity and type of yoga you take. One form of yoga is commonly

called “hot yoga.” This is moderate to advanced level of yoga, taken in a heated room. The idea is that in the warm environment your mus-cles will loosen, making you able to work yourself to a higher potential.

If you are trying yoga for the first time, I would not recommend this form of yoga for you.

“I love hot yoga its hard but it’s a really good exercise,” said Junior Marija Kasic

Yoga is known to help with a wide variety of health issues. Peo-

ple with high blood pressure, bad circulation, asthma, neck and back problems have found relief from yoga.

For some people with such health issues can incorporate yoga into their daily lives. Yoga is a drug-free, natural way of nurturing your body.

So no matter what your motives are, discover your yogi today and become a healthier happier person.

Outdoor Corner Spring sports spotlight

For full coverage, go to theEYEonline.com

Breathe in. Stretch. Relax. Namaste.-If you are wanting to get healthy this spring, try yoga and discover the abundant amount of benefits it offers.

Katelyn Josephik

Sophomore Eleni

Anastapoulos and

junior Sarah Wall

warm up with a

practice doubles

match at tennis

practice.

Junior Lindsay

Fenlon up to bat

against Countryside

High School in a

game on March 2.

The Lady Canes

softball team beat

Countryside 3-1.

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There’s nothing like sound of a metal bat hitting a baseball and sending it out of the park, or the smell of fresh popcorn and hot dogs as cleats kick up clouds of red clay in the air. The PHU baseball team is in line for a very spe-cial season this year. As of March 14, the team’s record was 4-6 but the boys are do-ing much more than just winning games this year; they’re helping to save a life too.

Coach John Crowther’s son, 5-year-old Kaiden, was recently diag-nosed with very rare form of cancer called, ATRT (Atypical Teratoid/ Rhabdoid Tumor) that is found in less than 3% of children. The family is going through an extremely hard strug-gle but luckily is getting a lot of support. The Hurricane baseball team has decided to donate 4 home game ticket sales to Kaiden’s family to help pay for his hospital bills.

“What I do is tell all the players what is go-ing on with Kaiden and the situation he’s in. I keep them updated with his status,” baseball head Coach Jim Felce said. “The team came up with a lot of ideas to support Kaiden and it took off from there, for example, junior Jesse Dingman’s idea to put ‘KC’ on our hats. Dedi-cating the season wasn’t something I pushed on the team. It was a collaboration of all the players together, and I support it 100%.”

The players and the rest of the school’s baseball community are all for the dedication

to Kaiden and are ready to support the family in any way they can.

“Kaiden is a strong little kid, and it’s sad to see him and know what he’s going through,” senior captain Danny Murray said. “He’s al-

ways happy and loves to talk to all the guys on the team. We’re glad to have him with us and want to do to anything we can to help him out.”

The team is also selling bracelets for Kaiden at school for $3 and can be purchased at both lunches. The bracelets are also being sold at Lifestyle Fam-ily Fitness club in Palm Harbor for 5 dollars where John Crowther, Kaiden’s dad works. This money will also be donated to Kaiden’s family.

“I’m glad to say that we are fully dedicating this season to Kaiden.

He’s a great kid and I have faith he’ll make it,” senior captain Zac Johnson said.

Cards for Kaiden are another project that is helping support Kaiden, and it has become a worldwide thing for all the kids with this type of cancer. Kaiden’s older brother Ashton has been given a mailbag and is collecting the cards to give to his brother. They are cards to help distract Kaiden from his condition. Kaid-en and his family need your help and support, so buy a bracelet, or write a card and come out to the home PHU baseball games to cheer on your boys and donate to Kaiden.

You can also check out how Kaiden’s do-ing on phuhsbaseball.com and join Kaiden’s prayer group on Facebook.

K.C. is our MVP

Baseball team dedicates season to KaidenKate Hardwick

The PHU Canes’ baseball team gathers for a team picture encouraging Kaiden to get well and recover fast. “We took a picture for Kaiden in hopes that he gets better soon,” senior

captain Danny Murray said. “He’s in our thoughts and prayers.”

HOME GAMES SUPPORTING KAIDEN

Coach Jim Felce hugs Kaiden on his way

out from the field.

Senior captain Danny Murray talks to

Kaiden off to the side at a practice.

The team watches Kaiden throw a ball to

senior captain Zac Johnson.

Pitching coach John Crowthers takes a

team photo wtih son Kaiden.

The team decided to stitch Kaiden’s initials

on the left side of their baseball hats.

The boys line up to give high-fives to

Kaiden.

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March 8 v. Pendleton High March 17 v. Anclote High March 18 v. Tarpon Springs High April 19 v. Berkeley. . .Tickets are $3, and all games begin at 4 p.m.