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The Great CzarnikBy Nick Schlicksup

Imagine walking into your class

for the first time and seeing Albert Ein-stein sitting in the front of the room.Well, thats what I saw my very first dayin Mr. Czarniks class. I chose Mr.Czarnik to interview because I wanted toknow more about his impression when hefirst got here.

He saw it online on the IllinoisBoard of Education website, andthought it looked interesting. Heeven said it looked like it was

worth driving 150 miles to see what wasup. When he talked on the phone withMiss. Shipman about it he was told thathe would be working with students thatperhaps needed a breath of fresh air.

I then asked him about his experi-ences and how he felt once he actually gothere. He said the staff and students werevery good people. He also mentioned thatit was very similar to other alternativeschools that hes been to, and he liked thehuge amount of flexibility and variety ofstudents. (Continued on page 2)

Getting StartedBy Amanda Anderson

There is never a dull moment inany of my English classes, whether Imlearning how to punctuate, or learningabout Ms. Hancocks new favorite MyLittle Pony. Her obsession with them isobvious when you walk into her room atthe end of the hall. My Little Poniesarent the only strange addictions ofhers; from cows to gaming, youll besurprised.

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I didnt know what to expect,she said. Before the school opened shehad no idea at all how the classes were

going to be set up. Getting started, being anervous first year teacher, she quicklyrealized that her hard work to become ateacher paid off.

Ms. Hancock is the Publicationsand freshman through senior LanguageArts teacher at Peoria Regional HighSchool.

Ms. Hancock is from Pekin, Illi-nois, and is the oldest of three kids. Shegraduated from Pekin Community High

School in May of 2005. She pro-ceeded to go to Eastern for four

and a half years, with a major inEnglish.Her English teachers inspired herto become a teacher. EspeciallyMr. Olaughlin, one of her great-est inspirations. I was interestedin history when I was younger,but lost interest in junior high.stated Ms. Hancock. She knewshe wanted to be a teacher in thefourth grade, and an Englishteacher in high

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Interview Articles 1

Halloween Articles 2-3

School Changes andSmart Phones

4

Movie Reviews 5

Senioritis 6

Bandwagons and Chal-lenges for Moms

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Birthdays & Comics 8

Inside this issue:


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As he went on about some of the other teaching jobshes had he told me that he cant even remember how manyhigh schools hes taught at throughout his career. He saidIve been teaching for 38 years, so its hard to remember, butits been a few. He told me hes taught Econ, English, U.S.History, World History, Sociology, Psychology, Journalism,Advanced Writing, and a wide variety of math classes.

Altogether Mr. Czarnik was a very interesting personto interview. He had a lot of opinions on school and education.I asked him if he had any advice for someone my age. He toldme school is your chance to develop who you are.

I then asked if he would recommend anybody be-coming a teacher? He responded saying, everyone shouldfigure out on their own what they want to do. He went on tosay that you should enjoy what you do in life, so pick a careerthat youll enjoy, and dont let anybody else decide for youwhat you should do.

Bartonville Insane AsylumBartonville Insane AsylumBartonville Insane AsylumBartonville Insane AsylumBy Amanda AndersonBy Amanda AndersonBy Amanda AndersonBy Amanda AndersonIf spirits are actually the personalities of those who

once lived and refused to cross over to the other side at the mo-ment of death.... then wouldnt these spirits come back to avengethat former life? There is a long history behind the BartonvilleInsane Asylum a history that is filled withsocial and medical reform, insanity and yes, evenghosts. If youve been down Pfeiffer road inBartonville Illinois, youve seen the old statehospital, whether you wanted to or not. It con-tains 3 floors, an attic and a basement and has

stood vacant, abused and neglected for quitesome time.

Bartonville State Hospital or IllinoisAsylum for the Incurable Insane was a psychiat-ric hospital operated by the State of Illinois from 1902 to 1973.The Illinois Hospital for the Incurable Insane began operationson February 10, 1902 and patients characterized as "incurable"were transferred to Bartonville from other Illinois facilities. In1906 the hospital opened a training school for nurses. From1907 to 1909 the facility was known as the Illinois General Hos-pital for the Insane and, in 1909, Peoria State Hospital. On thehospital's 25th anniversary in 1927, the population was 2,650with a total of 13,510 patients having entered the facility. In

1902, reconstruction was completed under the direction of Dr.George Zeller as a cottage system plan of 33 buildings. Amongthe buildings were patient and caretaker housing, a store, apower station, and a communal utility building.

Shortly after taking over the hospital, Dr. Zeller createda burial corps to deal with the disposal of those who passed

away while in care of the hospital. Of all of the gravediggers,the most unusual man, according to Dr. Zeller, was a fel-low called A. Bookbinder. The man was completely muteso no one knew his real name. Apparently, the man had suffereda breakdown while working in a printing house. The officer whohad taken him into custody merely wrote in his report that theman had been employed as "a bookbinder". A court clerk listed

this as the mans name and he was sent to the hospital as A.Bookbinder. Dr. Zeller described the man as being strongand healthy, although completely uncommunicative. Soon,the attendants enlisted him to assist in the burial corps.Strangely, "Old Book" as he began to be called was espe-cially suited to the work. Ordinarily, when the coffin wasbeing lowered, the gravediggers would stand back out ofthe way and wait silently for the funeral to end. At thatpoint, they would set to filling the grave. Nearly every sin-gle patient at the hospital was a stranger and unknown tothe staff, so the funeral services were mainly done out ofrespect, rather than because of personal attachment to thedeceased. Because of this, everyone was a little surprisedwhen, at his first internment, Old Book proceeded to re-move his cap, wipe his eyes and begin weeping loudly forthe patient who had died. He would do the same thing ateach service.... first his sleeve would be used to wipe awayhis tears and then he would walk over and lean against theold elm that stood in the center of the cemetery and beginsobbing loudly. This tree, where Book would give vent tohis grief, was known as the "Graveyard Elm".

Eventually Old Book passed away and word

spread among the employees. He was well liked so every-one decided they would attend his funeral with more than100 uniformed nurses attended, and several hundred of thepatients. Old Books casket was placed on two cross beamsabove his empty grave and four men stood by to lower itinto the ground at the end of the service. As the mengrasped the ropes, stooped forward, and with a powerful,muscular effort, prepared to lift the coffin, in order to per-

mit the removal of the crossbeams and al-low it to gently descend into the grave, theyheaved away the ropes and suddenly allfour lay on their backs. The coffin, insteadof offering resistance, bounded into the air

like an eggshell, as if it were empty! Awailing voice was heard and every eyeturned toward the Graveyard Elm. Everyman and woman stood stunned, for there,

just like always stood Old Book, weeping and moaning.After a few moments, Dr. Zeller summoned some men toremove the lid of the coffin, convinced that Old Bookcould not be inside of it. As soon as the lid was lifted, thewailing sound completely stopped. Inside of the coffin laidthe body of Old Book. It was said that every eye lookedupon the still corpse and then over to the Graveyard Elm.The apparition had vanished. A few days later, the Grave-yard Elm mysteriously began to wither and die. In spite ofefforts to save it, the tree declined over the next year untilit was completely dead. Workmen tried to remove the restof the tree, but stopped working after the first cut of the axcaused the tree to emanate an "agonized, despairing cry ofpain". After that, Dr. Zeller suggested the tree be burned,but as soon as the flames started around the trees base, theworkers quickly put them out. They heard a sobbing andcrying sound coming from it. "Today, Old Books graveremains without headstone or monument," Dr. Zeller wroteabout his shared experience. "But if anyone asks where heis, those of us in the know point with a shudder to the re-mains of the Graveyard Elm."


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History of HalloweenHistory of HalloweenHistory of HalloweenHistory of HalloweenBy Amanda CarterBy Amanda CarterBy Amanda CarterBy Amanda Carter

Most of us remember getting dressed up to gotrick-or-treating on Halloween. For most of us nowadays,

Halloween means going to parties, bonfires, or visitinghaunted houses, but not everyone knows the history ofthe holiday.

Halloween dates back to ancient times. The an-cient Gaels believed on October 31st, the boundaries be-tween the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped andthe deceased would come back to life and cause havoc suchas sickness or damagedcrops (www.halloweenhistory.org). Festivals such as bon-fires were not uncommon; they were used to attract insectsand bats to the area.

People wear masks and costumes on Halloween inan attempt to mimic or appease the evil spirits. Trick-or-treating is still very popular today with children. The

"trick" part of "trick or treat" is a threat to play a trick onthe homeowner or his property if no treat is given. Trick-or-treating resembles the late medieval practice of"souling," when poor folk would go door to door on Hal-lowmas (November 1),receiving food in returnfor prayers for the deadon All Souls Day(November 2).

Jack-o-lanterns are usuallymandatory when itcomes to Halloween.

This is when a pump-kin is hollowed out andcarved to display ausually monstrous faceand illuminated atnight by candlelight.The tradition was brought to America by the Irish. Theyhad an old story about a guy named Stingy Jack. He was amiserable, old drunk who played tricks on everyone for hisenjoyment. One trick he played was on the Devil himself.He tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree. Oncehe was up the tree, Jack placed crosses around the bottomof the tree, thus the Devil was unable to get down. Jack

removed the crosses when the Devil promised not to takehis soul when he died. Jack later died and when to theGates of Heaven and St. Peter told him he was too cruel toenter Heaven. He then went to Hell but the Devil had kepthis promise about not taking his soul so he had nowhere togo but to wander in the darkness between Heaven and Hell.He asked the Devil how he could leave when there was nolight so the Devil tossed him an ember from hell that heused to put into a hollowed out turnip thus making a smalllantern that would give him his nickname, Jack-o-Lantern.

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PRHS CreativeWriting Contest

Students andfaculty can submit

We are offering prizes!

You may submit:

Poetry Music Lyrics

Stories

Photography Hand-drawn art

Due November 9th

Turn in submissions to MissHancock


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Are Changes Good?By Julia McEvoy

The changes at Peoria Regional Highschool are a mixture of good and bad. I gottwo points of view from Mr. Stueve(principal) and two students. There arent verymany changes, but the three things that have

are things that are making everyone go crazy.For example taking away cell phones, usingthe point system, and early out Fridays. Mypoint of view would be that every regularschool has a million and one strict rules thatyou have to follow which in my opinion ishalf the reason kids are dropping out. Stu-dents just want schools to loosen up a littlebit. And at Peoria Regional High School theydo that. But now after a couple of thesechanges the second student I interviewed saidIts beginning to feel like a normal school.

When I interviewed Mr.Stueve about thecell phone issue he said Cell Phones are likean addiction and they bring a lot of drama.And I agree with him one hundred percent.But the students I interviewed seem to thinkotherwise. The first student I interviewed saidits not fair they dont pay the bill so theyshouldnt be able to take them away. And thesecond student said this is an alternativeschool and this is one of the main things eve-ryone hates about regular school, we should-nt be able to use them during class but dur-ing other parts of the day should be ok. Ithink that everything Mr. Stueve said is com-pletely true. They do cause drama and arevery big distractions but on the other hand Idont think using them during lunch or breakwould be a problem.

I also asked if bringing cell phones backwould change how the student acts duringclass. Student two said that it wouldntchange the way that they acted, but if theywere nobody would have to sneak to do it.And that they should be allowed back be-cause they dont interfere and everyoneknows there here so why try to enforce it.Everything student two said about that topicin my opinion is completely true.

The change that is undecided betweengood and bad in my opinion would be thepoint system. As Mr. Stueve says I didntsuspend you, you suspended yourself. Thepoint system was made to show kids thatthere are consequences for what you do. Be-fore the point system they didnt have conse-quences for anything and they needed some-

thing to keep the students under control.The last major change at PHRS is the early out Fridays. Of course

everyone loves them but it wasnt just made for the students satisfac-tion. Early out Fridays were actually made to try to get students to dotheir work and to keep their grades up. So in a way if you think about itearly out Fridays were made for teacher and parent satisfaction. And dueto this change grades have been way better. I think early out Fridaysshould be something they do at every school because it really does moti-vate kids to try to do their work. I think if you just give kids something

to work for theyll get it done.

Smart PhonesBy Nick Schlicksup

Its hard not to see people using smart phones these days. It alsoseems like smart phones getter bigger and smarter every day. Peopleare now starting to carry small computers around in their pockets in-stead of phones. A huge number of new smart phones are coming outthis fall as Christmas gets closer, and one of these is the Lumia 920.The Lumia 920 has a giant screen, fast LTE 4G, a better camera, ascreen with an elaborate name full of symbols faster processor, a newversion of its OS.

There not sure exactly how it works, but the Lumia 920's screenhas a dual touch functionality that allows you to use it with gloves.Modern smart phones use capacitive screens, which rely on the tinyelectrical stimulus from the human body to work. It's super accurateand allows for multi touch, but gloves block that electrical shock. TheLumia 920 works even with gloves. The screen automatically adjustsfor sunlight. Not just brightness, which most phones can handle now--itactually adjusts the color spectrum as well. It even has a curved screenso you can see it even better.

The Nokia Lumia 920 runs the Windows Phone 8 operatingsystem. As with other Lumia devices, the 920 includes Nokia-exclusive

apps. It also includes turn-by-turnvoice guided navigation, NokiaDrive 3 which can be also used with-out internet connection using prein-stalled maps.The Lumia 920 con-tains the Nokia Smart Shoot app,which lets you capture the best partsof a photo by using a lens for theCamera app that takes a bunch ofpictures really quick. This applica-

tion integrates technology from Scalado which was acquired by Nokiain 2012.

On September 13, 2012, it was revealed that the Lumia 920

will be sold through China Mobile. Also, it was confirmed by the UKtelephone brand EE that the Lumia 920 would be one of the LTE-capable smart phones available on EE around the launch of their 4Gnetwork. Later that month, it was also announced that the device will beavailable in Australia exclusively through Telstra, using the carrier's 4GLTE network. It was reported that Telia Sonera will start selling thephone on Italy on November 12, but this has yet to be confirmed byNokia. Pricing of the handset was officially revealed for some Euro-pean countries, including Russia, Germany, Italy and Sweden. Sowhether its America, Europe, or even Asia this phone is planned to bea huge success. Its scheduled to be released this fall for an unknownprice.


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Movie Review:LooperBy Emily Kernagis

I recently saw the new movie Looper. I would rec-ommend this movie to anyone who loves thrillers, sci-fi, anddark comedies. Some of the bigger stars that acted in thisfilm are Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt,Piper Perabo, and Jeff Daniels.

Synopsis from Rottentomatoes.com:In the futuristic actionthriller Looper, time travel will be invented - but it will be

illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob

wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30

years into the past, where a "Looper" - a hired gun, like Joe

(Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting

rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to "close

the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for

assassination.

Top critics on Rottentomatoes.com gave Looper a whopping95% rating. Andaudience gave it an89%. In my opin-ion I agree morewith the audience.It was highly enter-taining, visuallyappealing, and hada great cast. How-ever, I felt thatsome things couldhave been ex-plained more orhave a greater storyto them. Plus Jo-seph Gordon-Levittlooked a little scary

in it and he is usu-ally very attractive.One top critic, An-

thony Lane, says, The reasoning behind all this may notreward prolonged inspection, but Johnson (writer and direc-

tor) is smart enough to press onward with his plot, leaving uswith neither the time nor the desire to linger over the logic...I disagree. I was left wondering the point of adding some ofthe future logic when they will not explain it to us and itdoesnt have a big part in the movie. It made me want toknow more about it and I ended up being a little disap-pointed. I would have liked to have a better understanding ofthe time travel and telekinesis. I think it would have made the

movie more interesting.Another critic, Jeffrey M. Anderson, says, Its complexenough that sci-fi fans can dig deeper over multiple viewings,

but thrilling enough that casual viewers can take it all in with

one watch. I definitely agree. Everyone would enjoy thismovie!

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school, where she also discovered she wanted toteach high school students.

Ms. Hancock added, I feel like I connect better withhigh school students. Ms. Hancock likes teaching at ahigher level; she connects better with students and can sharethings from around the world, such asBeowulfand V for

Vendetta.She also mentioned she enjoys teaching here because

she can have more free-dom choosing textbooks,what she teaches andwhen she teaches it. Imhere because I love ithere! You guys meaneverything to me. Shethen quickly declared,Our schools a family!

School Closings

November 12thVeterans Day

November 21st 25th

Thanksgiving Break


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High School:

The Way It IsBy Erin Wenzel

Senioritis is a sickness that hitshigh school juniors/seniors with laziness,gives them negative attitude, and they beginto stop caring about school work andclasses. I mean, why not? Youll be out ofschool soon anyway. It affects many stu-dents differently; it usually happens natu-rally like a normal sickness. It seems to ef-fect fourth quarter juniors (soon to be sen-iors) and of course seniors toward the end oftheir high school career. Anxious and readyto start collegeand their life ontheir own, theystart to forgetabout their stud-ies. It tends to

happen whenteenagers justdecide that highschool is overrated and a waste of time, Imean cmon weve spent 4 years here al-ready , whens the break? Being a teenageris hard enough with balancing work, school,friends, and sports. Homework takes thebackseat. Who would choose homeworkover friends? Honestly.

Youll know you are suffer-ing from this great sickness if youbegin lacking motivation, countingdown days tograduation,skipping class,and lets notforget thatdreadful feel-

ing of justwaking up atthe crack ofdawn to sit in aclass room. Its no surprise teenagersbegin feeling this way toward the endof the year, everything begins sound-ing better than school and homework.

They begin tothink about col-lege and all theexpectations itbrings, and thenstart to forget

that their studiesnow are going toaffect their col-

lege life. Theyre stuck in the mo-ment of having fun and enjoying theirlast years as a young adult becauseeveryone knows when college comesaround its definitely a wakeup call toa new world.

Dealing with this can betricky but its definitely not impos-sible. Senioritis is looked at like the

enemy because allthe work youvedone in 4 years canbe easily destroyedin a short amountof time. Fight the

boredom! Youvedone it before, Imsureyou got this.Senioritis is very

sneaky and creeps up very slowly.You could make a bucket list ofthings youd like to see yourself door improve to motivate yourself.Get excited! High school is aboutover. Instead of being unmotivated(I mean youve made it this far)reward yourself once in a while forthe hard work instead of just givingup. There is time for slack when

youre a senior (you deserve it).High school should be fun, but to-ward the end of the year, whenyouve seen it all before, it seemstough to stay excited when sittingin the same classes for four years.But there is light at the end of thetunnel! Stay focused and moti-vated! It will be done before youknow it, make the best of it.


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August BirthdaysNick Schlicksup 08/13/1995

Corey Lambie 08/15/1992

Dakota Wagner 08/26/1993

Jonny Larkin 08/29/1997

September BirthdaysHashekia Miller 09/09/1994

Brittney Warner 09/12/1994

Adrian Carruthers 09/13/1994

Shontasia Thompson 09/15/1995

Alex Qualls 09/27/1994

October BirthdaysEmily Kernagis 10/02/1995

Abbigale Merriman 10/05/1994

Tiffany Meeks 10/18/1994

Josie Moore 10/30/1993

November BirthdaysKody Stokes 11/03/1995

Katy Ice 11/24/1994

Stephen Garayalde 11/28/1994

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