By Molly Merson
News and Features Editor The 2016 presidential election was one of the most talked about elections in several decades. The amount of social media buzz involving this election raised many eyebrows and questions among the people. The internet traffic regarding the election could have swayed the opinions of voters at the polls.
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By Brianna Lehr
Business Manager During the week of Nov. 14 to Nov. 18, Student Council is hosting a Cash for Cans event during school. This event is all about giving back to our community by using a competition between classes. Cash for Cans will be set up during the lunch shifts, and it allows students to put coins in their class can in order to gain points for their class cup. However, classes can put bills into another class’s can, to make that class lose points. The top three classes will be awarded class cup points and the winning class will win an incentive, such as a Sheetz coupon. “It boosts school spirit with the class competition aspect,” Colleen Dai said, who is a member of student council. At the end of this event, all the money goes towards the food bank. “It helps students give back to our community,” Colleen Dai said. By Shawn Gunarich
Multimedia Editor Red Lion students will pick up the slack of a pre-established recycling program in a campaign that kicked off in November. With the help of Mrs. Heather Fogell, science teacher and recycling activist, and Mr. Mark Harvey, head custodian, students will be tasked with picking up the recycling from classrooms due to a lack of resources among custodial staff. Red Lion Area Senior High School has considered starting a student-run recycling program for a long time. Recycling does exist at the school school, and has for a while, but students were asked to fill the gaps in the existing program. “The school has all the necessary grounds and maintenance, but due to the custodial staff spread so thin, there is not enough time or help in the day,” Mrs. Fogell said. “With the push of student help, we should be able to successfully get the ball rolling.” By Carly Guise
Junior Editor-in-Chief Punkin Chunkin--it’s an activity that has been steadily gaining popularity over the past few years. The idea is that participants build some kind of machine — usually a catapult or a trebuchet — capable of launching pumpkins that range from five to eight pounds. Chunking festivals around the nation have popped up, with the most well-known in Delaware. On Nov. 4, the festivities were brought to York County, with a Punkin Chunkin contest at West York Middle School. Red Lion juniors Tyler Burchett and Andrew Bacon placed fifth out of 15 teams while there. By Helen Zeidman Editor-in-Chief The Red Lion Area Senior High School shows its pride goes beyond an undefeated football team with its new status as the No. 2 school in York County. Red Lion’s high score on the Pennsylvania School Performance report bumped the school to the top of the county. The Pennsylvania Department of Education annually evaluates schools in Pennsylvania on a plethora of different factors. The department combines the scores from various categories to calculate the overall score for a school. Therefore, the top performing and well-rounded schools end up at the top of the rankings. Red Lion’s new ranking shows the hard work from staff and students has paid off. “The message I try to send is that we have a great school,” Mr. Mark Shue, the principal of Red Lion Area Senior High School, said. “This validated what we do. It really shows we have a great school here.” By Tori Austin
Staff Writer Physical education is an assigned course that students are required to take two days a cycle every year--but that will all be changing next year. During a meeting on Nov. 3, the school board approved a plan that will completely alter the way science labs and gym classes are set up. Under the plan, physical education will become a semester-long course students take every day of the cycle. However, students will only be required to take three semesters of gym class throughout their high school career. This change means that students could have a senior year free of gym class. Meanwhile, Advanced Placement (AP) science classes with double lab periods would move to having a lab period every day for a full year. During the first three marking periods, under Mr. Mark Shue’s outline, the lab period would be used for an extension of classwork. In the fourth marking period, however, the class would explore a specific science elective that the teacher deems relevant to the end-of-the-year AP test. By Molly Merson News and Features Editor The technology department received a grant of $5,000 from the Red Lion Area Education Foundation. The head of the department, Mr. Heath Neff, used the donation to purchase new equipment for his tech. ed. classes. As of last year, the technology department had five welders with approximately only three of them fully functioning. “It was difficult to teach 18 students using only three welders,” Mr. Neff said. When given the grant, Mr. Neff hoped to use it to it’s best efficiency for the department. By Helen Zeidman
Editor-in-Chief Senior year of high school may seem to be full of freedom, but that luxury comes at the price of more responsibility. For example, without proper preparation, the required mock job interview can throw a curve in senior year. Beginning on Nov. 9, seniors will arrive to school in blazers, ties, and pantyhose to look their best for the simulation. Over a span of three days, 368 seniors will present cover letters, resumes, and interview techniques to professionals from all fields. Mrs. Kimberly Morris, the career awareness coordinator at Red Lion Area Senior High School who is in charge of the event, has been preparing students to exercise their life skills. Recently, Mrs. Morris has spent her days guiding students to perfection, or at least as close as they can get with a cover letter and resume. By Shayla Scallorn
Social Media Editor Red Lion turned back the clock with a throwback to the 1950s for this year’s homecoming dance on Saturday, Oct. 15. Students headed to the dance on Saturday full of school spirit, still celebrating their Lion’s victory in the homecoming football game the night before. Outside the school, students eagerly lined up waiting to enter the dance, and ready to rock their socks off. By Molly Merson
News and Feature Editor The Samsung Galaxy Note7 has sparked some concern among consumers – literally The lithium-ion battery found in this and other smartphones have been catching fire. In late August, a Galaxy Note7 exploded while charging. This was followed by an explosion of similar reports. The phones seemed to erupt in flames while charging, which posed a great danger to users. Samsung recalled the device in early September after several reports of this incident. They then later released a new issue of the phone. Approximately one million phones were returned. Those who purchased the first release of the phone could now trade it in for an upgraded Note7 or a Galaxy S7. |
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