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December 2014Volume 42

Issue 4

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Students teach teachers at BioTech, find out more on page 2.

Are gender roles still too cookie cutter? Check out what the Arrowhead staff thinks on page 4.

Did your favorite memory from 2014 make the back page? Find out on page 12.

NEWSThe Arrowhead page 2 December 2014

Students teach professors about vampires

meganstonereditor-in-chief

The Montoursville chapter of the Science National Honor So-ciety recently went to Lycoming College to educate science teach-ers about porphyria, which is of-ten known as the “vampire dis-ease.”The experiment, which was ac-

tually started in the summer, was provided by a company called FOTOdyne, and according to the advisor of the honor society Mrs. Karen Avery, “I have a grant that pays for part of the materials, and then FOTOdyne gave us a significant discount on the kits.”The goal of the experiment, ac-

cording to Avery was “The DNA from people who are known to have the disease [porphyria] is compared with people who are showing symptoms, to determine

if the banding pattern produced in the DNA is similar. At Lycoming the teachers were

split up into different groups, and half of the groups went to a lab/station like the one run by the Science National Honor Society. Meanwhile, half of the other

groups went and listened to Paul Anderson, who is well known for putting science videos on You-Tube.Lunch, which was provided for

the students and teachers, was an opportunity for the teachers and students to mingle and talk about what? Science.Senior Cayla Treaster, who was

a teacher’s aid for the experiment, had a lot of fun, and added “I en-joyed switching it up and educat-ing teachers…especially when it comes to Twitter.”

Pictured above are all the students that taught about porphyr-ia at Lycoming College. Each student participated in many different ways, from being a teacher to being a teacher’s aid.

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Ac Dec gains success

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Get up and dance:Music at MAHS

Montoursville band and choir has brought some Christmas spirit to town during their con-certs.The choir performed on Tues-

day night Dec. 9.The songs that the entire choir

sang included “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” “Good King Kong Looked Out,” “Giovani Lieti,” “The World for Christmas,” “Glory Hallelujah to the New-born King,” and “Hallehlujah The Messiah.”The ‘Ville sang a series of

songs as well but these includ-ed “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” “Deck the Halls,” “Throw the Yule Log on, Uncle John.”

The additional girls’ choir, Montour Melody sung “This Little Babe,” “Give us Hope,” “Santa Baby,” and “Mele Kalik-imaka.”The Band concert was held on

Monday night, Dec. 15.They played a series of different

songs which included “Christ-mas on Broadway” by John Hig-gins, “DeerPath Dances,” “Was-sail,” “Greensleeves: A Fantasia for Band,” and “Declaration and Flourish.”“This group is my favorite

group I have worked with,” said Band Director Mr. Adam Wright, “They are fun, have great attitudes, and does every-thing that needs to be done.”

The choir is singing a bunch of carols for the Christmas spirit. They sang many songs in three different groups dring their Dec. 9 concert.

The Academic Decathlon of Central Pennsylvania recently held its first competition of the 2014-2015 year. Our school took second, plac-

ing just behind Penns Valley.Those who participated in the

competition have been work-ing very hard to prepare for the event.Students who were in the com-

petition needed to do a good amount of cramming for the competition. Cram Kits are one of the tools students use to help prepare.“We worked a lot harder than

last year by coming in during lunch to study,” said Senior Amelia Deacon when asked how they prepared this year

compared to past years.Deacon got a Bronze in Liter-

ature in the Honors division of the competition.Our school competed against

nine other schools from the are.“I feel compared to the other

schools we were a a little un-prepared,” said Sophmore Matt Marks, “but compared to the majortiy of schools in the state we are in a very good position.”This was also Mark’s second

year competing in the Academ-ic Decathalon Competition. Mark’s competeted in usic, art, language, literature, and oth-er competitions. Marks got a Bronze in Art and Literature.Montoursville will be hosting

the next Academic Decathalon Competition on Jan. 7

The Academic Decathalon club of the school recently placed second in the Academic Decathalon of Central Pennsylvania competition. Montoursville will be holding the next compe-tition on January seventh of 2015.

Taking home a title in writing

jilliano’connornews editor

food campaign and a school’s protest against it. They only had about an hour to

an hour and a half to write the story with a minimum words of about 250. “I was shocked,” said Parke

when she found out she won, “I thought that I could have done better.”“I am nervous to go back be-

cause I didn’t expect to win the first time,” she said.Miller competed in the news

category and won first place overall. “I was pretty surprised that I

won,” said Miller. “Because there was a lot of students compet-ing.”Miller said he is excited to go

back because it will be fun to go back and compete again.

A recent trip to a Penn State campus on Nov. 17 has left two of The Arrowhead’s staffers win-ners of a writing competition. Senior Kendra Parke and

Sophomore Isaac Miller have both received the chance to re-turn to the campus on March 6th to compete in the state Pa School Press Student Journal-ism Writing Competition. Parke competed in the Features

category. She said she had to write about

two schools coming together as one chorus on Constitution Day. Miller competed News Writ-

ing. He said he had to write about

Michelle Obama’s unhealthy

Senior Kendra Parke and Sophomore Isaac Miller are smiling over their victory. Parke took first in Features and Miller took first in News.

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News in the music

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Seniors Alyssa Burger and Katie Conklin both have big parts in the school’s plays and musicals. The two were recently recognized in the Hall of Fame for Tech/Stage Management and Performance.

Twelve members of Montoursville Area High School Thespian HonorSociety attended the State Conference at Central York High School on December fourth to sixth.

Seniors Katie Conklin and Hunter Nolan. were selected by video audition to be part of an all-state cast for the opening show, which has a Roaring ‘20s theme. Conkin and Hunter have been a part of the music department for their entire high school career.

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Monumental 2014 momentsBy Jenny Yocum

Students from the Class of 2014 stand before taking their seats during their graduation ceremony on June 5. While 142 students attended the commencement service, a total of 154 students graduated this year.

The cast from the musical Pippin pose after one of their performances this past spring. On May 18, Pippin won Best Leading Actress and Best Overall Small Scale Musical at the Ray of Light Ceremony.

2014 has been one to remember when it comes to sports. The football,wrestling, and soccer teams have all won districts. The football team has not won districts since 2006, but did this year againstLoyalsock. The wrestling team won districts for the time since 2009. Girls’ soccer has won districts two times in a row, setting a new record for the school.

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With the holidays brings many people together and one way to do that is by caroling.There are a few clubs head-

ing out to do some caroling to brighten up people’s days.Some of the clubs that are

bringing cheer around are Tri-M, girls’ basketball, and Key Club.The Key Club went caroling on

Dec. 16. They went to Manor Care to

carol for the Alzheimer’s Di-mension unit residents.“It has become a Key Club tra-

dition for the past 10 years,” said Spanish teacher Mrs. Andrea Tira. They sang a series of 20 fun

Christmas songs that put smiles onto the audiences faces like “Jingle Bells,” “Silent Night,” “We Wish You a Merry Christ-mas,” “Frosty the Snowman,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Deck the Halls,” “We Three Kings,” “Have Yourself a Merry Christ-mas,” “Holly Jolly Christmas,” “Up on the Housetop,” and more.“They will repeat songs if the

audience wants them to,” said Tira.Sicteen students are going to

help spread the cheer from Key club. “Some residents don’t remem-

ber anything or even loved ones but when we sing, they some-times remember,” said Tira.Sophomore Jessica Mattiace

added, “It was sad seeing many lonely people at this time of the year, but I’m glad I had the opportunity to put a smile on their faces.”Tira reme-

bered a time when some did remember their loved ones.Tri-M is heading out on Dec.

17 to go play and sing to nursing homes.They are going to Elmcroft,

Valley View, and Hillside, and the Medows. When asked why this club is

going, president of Tri-M Junior Autumn Bigger said “To spread Christmas cheer to old folks be-cause we like to give back to old people and make them happy.”The Tri-M club will be playing

with Saxophones, clarinets, and flutes.Tri-M will be playing a bunch

of classical Christmas hymns and singing a few song as well.

They will also be doing some instruments solos where the flutes just play one song and ev-eryone else will sing.“I hope to make their Christ-

mas a little more magical and to make them smile,” said Bigger.This is the third year that the

Tri-M club will perform at nurs-ing homes.“We also stayed for a little after

we finished playing and talked with them. They appreciated it,” said Bigger.About 15 or 16 members of

Tri-M will be going to the Me-dows to help get them into the Christmas spirit by singing and playing and wearing santa hats, said Bigger.

“ I signed up to make others laugh, but left laughingmyself when a woman bluntly said ‘I don’t like you to Mr. Mazzante. It was truly a life changing experience -Sophomore Jessica Mattiace”

Editor’s PicksLe 3 best lawlz of

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Every year thousands of teenagers partake in the internet whether it be for school assignments or for their own enter-tainment. On these sites students find themselves with pic-tures with funny captions over a trending image.These pieces of gold are called “memes”. Many followers of the internet are aware of such forums of lawlz and this month, I am proud to present my favorite memes of 2k14.

After the box-office-breaking movie, “Guardians of the Galaxy” erupted, fans began to coo and talk over the last ending scene. Groot (one of the main, com-ical and endearing characters) was reborn and dances. Modern music is applied to the clip and transmitted to GIFs.

2. Dancing Groot

In a picture of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian on their honeymoon, Kanye was spotted looking “sad.” After this, the Internet had blown up- creat-ing photoshopped images like this one.

3. Sad Kanye/OhMyKanye

TwitchTv, a gaming streaming site, hosted a Pokemon game in which viewers can control the avatar and game itself. The game went on for weeks and with it, the viewers evolved. Weirdly enough, a ‘religion’

formed around ‘Twitch Plays Pokemon’ and Hail Helix was born. Hail Hydra was the evolv-ing factor in this originating from “Captain America.”

1. Hail Hydra/Helix

EDITORIALThe Arrowhead page 4 December 2014

Arrowhead Staff

Editorial

meganstonereditor-in-chief

We are...the Warriors! And we still will be...

Right now there are many deci-sions being made that will forever change what the high school is.Along with the impending con-

struction, comes the idea for a new logo that will represent the school.The school board recently ap-

proved a $12,000 plan for Joe Bo-sack, a man who is widely known in the sports world for creating logos, to come to the school and make a new logo.Yes! $12,000…but that is a dif-

ferent topic for a different col-umn. The word quickly spread, and

much of the information was straying far from the actual truth. One of the biggest rumors was

that we were completely chang-ing our name...that we wouldn’t be the Warriors anymore.But according to Principal Mr.

Daniel Taormina that is not the case. In fact, Taormina said “I grad-

uated from Montoursville. I was

a Warrior, and I am not going to change the Indian part of the logo at all.”All the administration wants to

do is create something that will be able to unify the school district. Look at the basketball court,

football helmets, and school web-site. They all have different sym-bols that are supposed to repre-sent Montoursville. On Dec. 15, Joe Bosack came to

Montoursville to talk to a com-mittee about the logo. Bosack, who currently has a $2

million NCAA contract, came to Montoursville ready to change the Warrior logo. And because of his NCAA con-

tract, Bosack told the committee that he would have to change the logo completely, meaning that he cannot do anything that rep-resents Native Americans at all, but the committee didn’t agree.Technically, being a warrior has

many different definitions.According to Merriam-Webster

a warrior is “a person who fights in battles and is known for having courage or skill.”So, there are many different im-

ages that could be used to repre-

sent Montoursville.An Indian has rep-

resented us for years! And there are parts of the town that just go with the In-dian theme.For example,

Indian Park. If we were no

longer going to have an Indian logo, would it be weird to have Indian Park still be called that? I think it would be! It would be very weird

to have an Indian Park in Montoursville, and then have a logo that is supposed to represent the entire district be something else.I strongly believe that it should

be!But, rather than paying someone

an enormous amount of money to come and draw something, that he may not even do, seems like a waste.Personally, I think that it would

be cool to have an artist from the school draw it or maybe have a competition.

All the students that wanted to participate could, and then the committee could vote on which one they thought was the best.I think that this would be smart-

er.Having a student draw the

logo would save money and also the students already know about Montoursville and could easily draw something that would rep-resent Montoursville better than some stranger.I know that there has been a lot

of rumors going on, and I truly hope this helps put them to rest.

Photo by M. Stoner

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elizabethleeassistant editor

Look out its Liz!A new year, new school, and new memories

2014 has been a year full of ups and downs, but isn’t every year? 2015, like every new year holds promise and hope. Hope that it will be even better than 2014 and promise of great things to come.While those things are pretty

spectacular the biggest thing on the 2015 calendar for our little town is both a beginning and an ending. The lovely building that most

students love and detest at the same time will me meeting its end.Now it may not actually be torn

down next year, but as of May 1 the construction of our, or more accurately the underclassmen and middle schoolers’ ,new school be-gins.It seems funny because, while I

feel ready to leave, it’s going to be hard coming back to something I don’t recognize. Some of my best memories happened in that pile of bricks. Coming back to Journalism

parties in the room that isn’t the same one I shared Chinese food with people who are now alum-ni on a particularly stressful 4th deadline doesn’t feel right. I don’t know how a room could ever hold as many good memories of peo-ple falling out of chairs, like when

Megan took a tumble, and it got posted on Twitter.I won’t, how-

ever, mourn when the gym is remodeled so maybe I can forget when Trey Oeler hit me in the face, breaking my glasses during speedball.Recently I,

along with some other staff members made the trek over to the middle school to do Journalis recruiting for the 8th grade class. Walking into a building I barely recognized shook me up a bit. While most of the renova-

tions were complete by the time I moved on to the high school it was the little things that really struck me. I didn’t know where anyone’s

classrooms were and everything seemed a lot smaller than it did when I was there.Something that struck me even

more that was while the build-ing changed, the teachers for

the most part stayed the same. As Mr. Miller, the I.A. teacher, helped me connect the music to our slide show he asked me how I

was doing. At first I was shocked he remembered me, but then I realized that it wasn’t the build-ing that made me middle school experience what it was, it was the people.Even though the building may

be gone, the people I made those memories with won’t be. While the chair Megan fell out is may be deemed a safety risk (rightful-ly so) it was Megan that made it funny. It wasn’t the room that made

that specific deadline fun, it was Jon, Hanna, Megan, Casey, and Daft Punk playing in the back-ground. It is the people, not the place

that make something great.The times are a changing, and I

guess it’s time for Montoursville to change with it. In with the new and out with the old, even if I’ll miss the old.

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Through the mind of Megan

A baby boy is born on a warm summer morning. As soon as the baby is pronounced male his parents have named him a “boy’s” name, let’s say Jim. They have painted his room all blue, bought him a mobile featuring a football, baseball, and basketball. Jim hasn’t even had an intelligent thought before he’s being molded into society’s ideal boy. Jim grows up and he buys his

clothes from the boy’s side of stores, he would have no toys at all before he played with a Barbie, and he sports a buzz cut. Now keep in mind Jim had

nothing against a plaid button up that he saw at the store but it was on the girl’s side, he wouldn’t mind playing with Barbies. In fact he saw a girl at daycare with them and it looked interesting but Jim knows playing with them would mean he would have to risk be-ing laughed at, and Jim especially didn’t like his hairstyle because it was too short but he knows that he’s a boy and that’s how boys get their hair cut. These stories identify somehow

with almost every person I know, in someway or another. People feel restricted by stereotypes that they are afraid to break away from. As soon as people are born they

are told who they should be, in-stead of being told that they should be who they want to be. The story would be the same if

instead of Jim it was Suzy, and Suzy, ,instead of typical boy’s things, she would enjoy dresses, baking, and the color pink. The cookie cutter image of what

a boy should be and what a girl should be comes from labeling inanimate objects as a boy thing or a girl thing. That branding can pressure people to not get the product if they don’t fit the target gender, because of other peoples’ judgements.What matters is that you can be

yourself, and you can be comfort-able being yourself, and that you can understand the fact that peo-ple may be different from you and respect other people’s interest. `The holiday season is a prime

example of giving genders to inanimate objects, like getting a boy’s gift or having to get girl’s gift. If every boy on Earth likes a toy and every girl in the world doesn’t like the toy, that is the only time you could be able to seperate a girl’s gift from a boy’s gift. People need to stop thinking girl

and boy and just think people in general.

Stop thinking boy or girl, but

instead “people”

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BOY

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MONTH

NICK LAZORKA

MACKENZIE CATHERINE RODRIGUES

Parents: Jim and Beth LazorkaBirthday: 12/4/96Status: SingleFAVORITESColor: BlueBook: the dictionaryMovie: “The Silence of the Lambs”Class: AnatomyPets: 3 dogs- Ollie, Roscoe, and BellaSong: “Sweatpants” by Childish GambinoCuisine: SteakDescribe yourself in one word: SexyDescribe your fantasy date: “Just chilling and watching a movie.”Most memorable high school moment: “Some of the great soccer games our team had, like when we beat Hughesville in double overtime.”Most embarrassing moment: “Nothing really sticks out to me as an em-barrassing moment.”Activities: Soccer (4), Key Club (3), Peer Helpers (3), Hational Hon-or Society (1), National English Honor Society (3), Track and Field (1), Leadership Lycoming (2)Plans after graduation: “Attending Lock Haven University in the Physi-cian’s Assistant Program.”“Unlike his Buckeye buddy, Nick displays brains and brawn in the weight room. The garage door no longer wins.” -Mr. Theodore Barbour

Parents: Jim and Beth RodriguesBirthday: 10/21/96Status: In a relationshipFAVORITESColor: PurpleBook: “The Secret Life of Bees”Movie: “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”Class: AP LitPets: Cinnamon, my dogSong: “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Ingrid MichaelsonCuisine: RavioliDescribe yourself in one word: SassyDescribe your fantasy date: “First we’d go to Olive Garden for their un-limited salad and bread sticks, then we’d go play with puppies and probably take one home. To end the date we would binge watch ‘The Office.’”Most memorable high school moment: “Standing on the field with Megan and Liz, watching the football team beat Loyalsock (twice) and win the district championship.”Most embarrassing moment: “Having a mental/emotional breakdown in physics because Kelsey and I couldn’t figure out an extra credit lab.”Activities: Tennis (9-12, captain 12th, varisty), National English Honor Society (10-12), National Honor Society (10-12), Key Club (10-12), Youth Leadership (11), Homecoming CourtPlans after graduation: “I definitely want to go to college and major in Communications, but that’s all I know for now.”“With her work ethic and drive to succeed, she will excel no matter where the future takes her.” -Mrs. Susan Shoemaker

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Sayings:“Bae”

“...or nah”“Eyebrows on ‘fleek’”

“On point”“Squad too deep”

“Turn down for what?!”“Fierce”

“Ball is life”

Girls’ Fashions:

Flannels (Especially on Fridays)

Gypsy pantsLeggings

Big glassesStocking headbands

2014 trends takeover MHS

jordynneharveyfeatures staffmaddygorinifeatures staff

Trends for Girls:

Dunkin runsBeing a “basic white

girl”Hair down to your butt

Turning countryChipotle

Guy Fashions:Khakis and vans

Cut-offsNike sneakers with no

lacesSweatshirts (AG, Foot-

ball, Soccer)J’s (Jordans)

Trends for Guys:

Lifting Dating younger girls

TrucksDiesel anything

“Flannels are my go-to outfit on a cold day.” -Senior Kalee Holdren

“It [football sweatshirt] resembles the team.”-Sophomore Brandon

Steinbacher

“Guys don’t care about the way that other guys dress.”-Freshman Joe Wentzler

“I love ‘Ball is life.’ That’s timeless.”-Senior Michaela Phillips

“One year apart is not bad, two years apart is okay, but 3 years is too

much.” [refering to guys dating younger girls]

-Sophomore Josh Kula

FEATURESThe Arrowhead page 6 December 2014

2014 in review: Favorite Part of 2014

“[We had a] snowball fight in Ag that [Mr.] King broke up.”

-Junior Tess Brungard

“[Going to a] Hunter Hayes

concert with my friends.”

-Senior Kelsey Stine

“The birth of my great nieces, Jocelyn and

Nevaeh, and Annie’s second daughter.”

-Miss Michelle Hopkins

Lessons We’ve Learned“Appreciate what you have

before it’s gone.”

-Senior Steve Griggs

“Don’t send your snapchats for

a full 10 seconds. Especially not the ugly ones.”

-Junior Kelsey Dowling

“I don’t need friends. I just need Netflix, buffalo chicken

dip, and Dunkin.”

-Freshman Sarah Lomison

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Here and there

Goodbye to Great NamesMaya AngelouBirth: April 4, 1928

Death: May 28, 2014

Occupation: Author, Singer

Robin WilliamsBirth: July 21, 1951

Death: August 11, 2014

Occupation: Comedian, Actor

Pennsylvania Legalizes Same-Sex On May 20, 2014 Pennsylvania became the 19th state

to legalize same-sex marriage. Other states to legalize this

act include Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho.

XOXO,Kendra Parke and Mackenzie Rodrigues

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTThe Arrowhead page 8 December 2014

“I liked it, he taught us about different types of writing styles”

-Freshman Kami Miller.

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Death comes to the Walking Dead

MAJOR SPOILER

ALERTA stab and a shot, occurred with-

in the last minutes of The Walking Dead’s 5th season mid-season fi-nale leaving viewers with hanging jaws.When main character, Beth

Greene was shot by officer dawn many were left wondering if it was an accident or not. After Beth walked over and

stuck the medical scissors into Dawn’s chest she instantly shot a hole through Beth’s head. She continued to apologize over

and over again, saying it was an accident. “It wasn’t an accident because

Dawn’s gun was already drawn as Beth was coming towards her,” said Senior Addison Duvall. “I think she regretted shooting Beth afterwards because she realized that she would also be shot.

”I was sad when Beth was mur-dered but it made the show more realistic,” said Junior Tristan Yo-chum. “In real life not everyone is going to live.”Twitter was trending with #RIP

Beth. Many were angry and even signed a petition about bringing Beth back into the show and sent it into AMC. People are so mad about her

passing because she is one of the original members from season two. The entire first half of season

five was geared towards finding Beth and saving her.“I wasn’t upset when Beth

passed,” said Junior Dani Kline. “I was relieved that my favorite character Carol didn’t didn’t die. Carol has suffered through so much yet she is so strong and in-dependent.In earlier seasons it seemed that

the walkers were the main enemy and threat. In the past two season people

are killing people more than the walkers are. The times are more desperate

than they have ever been.Tune into future episodes to see

what happens next!

“ I love doing this bec-uase I was a teacher be-fore. These days I write for three to four hours at my house alone with my pets. Talking to you guys is cool and I love it when you guys read my books too.

- Mr. Paul Volvponi”

“I actually heard about the idea of skyping Paul Volvponi from

other librarians, they highly reccomended him” -Mrs. Julie Ritter.

“It was interesting to learn from a professional, he was

really nice” -Freshman Sequoia Phillips.

Mr. Paul Volvponi talks to Junior Areta Updegraff via Skype. Volvponi even complemented Updegraff’s name and wrote it down for future books.

Paul Volvponi, an award winning author and an upbeat talker, shared two Skype calls with students of the high school. Volvponi Skype chatted with Mrs. Alissa Martin’s creative writing class. Each student sent in one poem for him to read. He talked the students as a class converating, and asking questions and teaching them about the dif-ferent styles of writing. Volvponi suggest his three books Rikers High, Black and White and Final Four.

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“It is a good and thrilling show to watch.- Sophomore Gabe Cioffi ”

Out with the old, in with the new nateripleya&e staff

This year has seen some of the best albums, most nostalgic re-unions, saddest goodbyes, and biggest weddings. While the year winds down we look forward to 2015’s up and coming events and recap 2014’s best and worst mo-ments. The reconnection of OutKast

brought some funk back to the hip hop community. The group toured across the America hitting spots like Coachella, The Gov-ernors Ball, and Firefly Music Festival after being separated for almost seven years. The hip hop world also saw one

of their top dogs get married.On May 24th Kanye West and Kim Kardashian tied the knot. The luxurious “Kimye” wed-ding took place in Florence, Italy. The cermeony occured shortly after their first child, a girl named North West, was born.Kim and Kanye were not

the only celebrities to tie the not this past year. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jo-

lie finally made “Brangelina” official on Aug. 23 in France.In T.V. we had to say good-

bye to “How I Met Your Mother” after nine seasons, two hundred eight episodes.“Breaking Bad” also went

off the air after five seasons and sixty two episodes. The

This movie will carry on the idea of the original Jurassic Park but an original character owns a func-tional dinosaur theme park.The notorius book“Fifty Shades

of Grey” is also going to be rele-assed as a movie. No sr[rise that it will be rated R. For those who haven’t read the

steamy book it features a wealthy, smooth speaking Christian Grey. He comes in contact with young literature student named Anasta-sia Steele. For the rest of the sto-ry you will have to ventre to the theartes to see it.Before we say goodbye to a

great 2014 we have to recap the best moments and hope 2015 has more to come.

show was regarded as the best show of our generation. Saturday Night Live reached its

fortieth anniversary this year on September twenty seventh.One of the top twitter hashtags

were “#worldcup” referring to the FIFA World Cup in Rio this sm-mer. The hashtag “#BringBack-OurGirls” also made an impact after more than 200 girls were kidnapped in Nigeria. No one will forget when Ellen

and some celebrity friends “broke” Twitter after a legendary selfie at the Oscars. The Picture was retweeted over 3.3 million times. Movie fanatics will have a full

plate in 2015 with blockbusters like “Jurassic World”

A picture of the selfie destined to break twitter is taken from behind as the celebrities cram in the photo. The photo recieved 3.3 million retweets “breaking” Twitter.

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TESSIE RAFFERTY

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ARTIST

Q: Why do you like to paint?A: I like to piant because it’s a fun time.

Q: Why did you start taking painting classes?A: I ran out of art classes and drawing looked hard.

Q:What other art classes do you take?A: I take ceramics and painting.

Q:What is your favorite paint-ing technique?A: I enjoy finger painting with glitter.

Q: What was your favorite proj-ect?A: I really liked my “tribal” collage I did last year ( Junior year).

Q:What are your plans after graduation?A: I’m planning to attendPenn College of Technology and wants to be a Child Life Specialist.

Q: What other activities do you do outside of school?A: I work and try to take a lot of naps.

Q: What inspires you to paint/sculpt?A: Watching funny cartoons/animations like Adventure Time and when I feel bored.

Senior Tessie Rafferty brainstorms in her math notebook. This will be Raf-ferty’s second year in painting class.

taylorakersa&e editor

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2014 Twitter personalities takeoverWhile Twitter personalities

broaden and more and more peo-ple start getting Twitter accounts, there are clear winners and losers. We see tweets that make us

laugh, tweets that inform us, and tweets that make us angry and confused as to how someone can be so confident in their own stu-pidity. The notorious loser of Twitter is

Amanda Bynes (@amandabynes) firing off her unique opinions about other celebrities, her per-sonal life, and philosophy. “Nothing can hold you back

from living out your dreams. There’s a surgery for everything that’s wrong with you!” said Amanda Bynes on plastic surgeryJaden Smith (@officialjaden) is

certainly a character of Twitter as well. Whether you love him or hate him he has no problem get-ting his opinions out there.Smith’s mind boggling tweets

make his followers question ev-erything they know about reality like “Haters are just pro-creators who need the seed of greatness”. Never foget the classic “How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real” One of the funniest accounts is

run by Rob Delaney (@robdel-aney).Rob Delaney is acomedian, but

off the stage Rob is very popular on Twitter. He has already won

an award for being the funniest account of twitter because of his tweets regarding current events and his other jokes.The biggest winner of Twitter

this year is Katy Perry (@katyp-erry). While Justin Bieber has 57.9 millioin followers and Pres-ident Barack Obama has a close 51.3 million followers Perry takes the cake. With 61.6 million followers she

is the most followed person on Twitter.Other good twitter accounts

include Ryan Beckford’s (@Ry-beckford) weird/random/ and hilarious tweets.@BuckyIsotope is a hilarious

account, that can get grouped into the same category of humor as Rob Delaney.If you want to be informed of

what’s going on in our presi-dent’s life. You can follow Barack Obama (@BarackObama), for updates on things like health care, immagration, and America’s budget. Netflix fans can be up to date on

everything Netflix like new shoes and movies added to Netlfix, you can follow Netflix on Twitter. (@netflix ).Your’e having a bad day? There’s

enlightenment on Twitter for you with Dalai Lama on Twitter (@DalaiLama ) providing intelli-gent tweets that can relate to ev-eryone out there.

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2014’s best video games, music, and more taylorakersa&e editor

Top grossing game: Titanfall (CNBC)

Top Grossing movie: Guardians of the Galaxy (IMdB)

Top Song: Bang Bang (MTV)

Most viewed show: NCIS (tvguide.com)

“I don’t like it. It bothers me real bad and it’s a horrible song.” -Ethan Ward (12)

“I think it deserved it [2014 best] but it would have been better if it was two player.” -Ivy Waldron (12)

“I don’t think NCIS deserved being the best. I think Game of Thrones or something should have been chosen instead.” -Matt Hew (10)

“It was well rounded for the screen time and the songs were great.” -Joe Wentzler (10)

“I thought it was annoying and repetive.” -Natalie Hoff-man (11)

“It makes you want to twerk on a wall.” -Shakeea Horn (11)

“That game is freaking awesome! The graphics are great.” -Dexter Shearer (12)

“For a multiplayer, it has really good mechanics.” -Canon Hoover (12)

The best of the best, the cream of the crop, coming your way is Art and Entertainments number one picks of 2014. Starting off with video games:

Titanfall, made by the creator of Call of Duty, falls into first place for top grossing video games. According to BMO Capital Markets, 60 percent of Xbox One owners own Titanfall. Ariana Grande’s Bang Bang

took first in top songs of 2014. The repetitive lyrics have been stuck in many peoples’ minds.2014’s top grossing movie is

Guardians of the Galaxy. The new film bringing in over $332 million landed them in a com-fortable first place position. In second place is Hunger Games: MockingJay- Part 1 bringing in $279 million. NCIS (CBS) swooped in for

first place for most watched show of 2014. The Big Bang Theory (CBS) often trading places with NCIS for close second. In third place for most watched shows, you guessed it, Saturday Night Football (NBS).

“Overrated” -Chris Bushyeager (10)

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“Adventure Time or Doctor Who deserved it.” -Abe Deacon (9)

“I don’t listen to trash like that.” -Triston Choate

“I liked the older seasons better.” -Dakota Jolin (11)

It’s not that good. it was a fun movie but there were other films out there.” -Patrick Bowes (10)

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The movie is so overly liked that I really don’t want to see it.” -Delrae Kinney (12)

“It always has the same storyline.” -Kylie Savidge (11)

“They could have stuck to the comic books more.” -Kelsey Dowling (11)

Games:

Songs:

Movies:

Shows:

SPORTSThe Arrowhead page 10 December 2014

Football wins districts in memorable fashion

cheyennewoodsports editor

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Senior Wyatt Entz rushes the ball against rivals, the Loy-alsock Lancers, in the District Championship. Entz finished his senior season with the second most touchdowns on the team, with 14.

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The last football game ever to be played at Memorial Stadium promised to be more memorable than any other, as the football team took on cross town rivals, the Loyalsock Lancers, for the AA District IV Championship.The last game of the regular sea-

son the Warriors beat the Lancers 38-27. However, they refused to allow Loyalsock to avenge their loss by beating them a second time with a score of 21-19 at home for the District Champion-ship on Nov. 22. Junior running back Keith Bat-

kowski said “It was nervewrack-ing becasue it was a once in a lifetime game - two rivals playing each other for the district cham-pionship.”The game was intense through

the final plays, as expected of not only rivals but also with a huge game on the line. However, Se-nior Curtis Miller’s interception refused to allow Loyalsock’s at-tempted comeback and secured the win. The season did not always go

so smoothly. The Warriors won their first game of the season over South Willaimsport, but then fell to a 3-4 record. JC Keefer said “We had a young

team as a whole and it just took a few weeks for them to play bet-ter.”The difficult start motivated a

positive turn around. “Because we have a coach like Keefer we avoid the negative and think about the positive to get out of the situa-tion,” said Batkowski. Coach JC Keefer was a driving

force and huge motivator for the players.

“Coach Keefer gave us a speech and we realized that we had the potential to do big things,” said Senior Andy Biber. “We bought into it and really buckled down.” This was Keefer’s first District

Championship as head coach. The last time the Warriors won this title was in 2006 when he was just an assistant. Being considered the underdogs

going into playoffs, with a record or 6-4, a home district champion-ship for the players became even more special. Senior Tim Ungard said “No

one expected big things from us and we ended up slapping them in the face.” Many players had extremly suc-

cessful seasons for the Warriors.Batkowski had the most rush-

ing yards in the state for AA and the most ever in a single season at Montoursville, totaling 2,234 yards. With 26 touchdowns as well, he is a serious contender for All-State awards. When asked about his success

Batkowski said “It was hard to get that but I had guys like [ Junior] Ben Cerney blocking for me. Senior Wyatt Entz was also a

huge contributor to the team’s success by scoring 14 touchdowns during the season. Miller also fin-ished the season with 5 and Biber 3.All of the starting receivers were

seniors, who will be missed next year. However, there are many returning players including Bat-kowski and Sophomore quarter-back Brycen Mussina. “We had a lot of talented seniors

on the field but more importantly I will miss their leadership off the field,” said Keefer.

The Warriors run out onto the field at Me-morial Stadium. They won the last game ever played there to become District IV Champions.

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2014 memorable sports momentsThis sports year can not be summarized with any better words than warrior pride. All teams had memorable moments that they will forever remember when they think about their high school sports career. Below are a few of the most memorable moments, both historic and funny, that students recalled!

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When the Girls’ soccer won back to back district

championships.

When the varsity football team won the district championship.

Spying on the boys’ soccer team with binoculars in the

dugout.

When we stormed the field against Loyalsock.

When I [Kyra Alter] sneezed on the down beat of a band song.

When Coach Vic called the girls’ soccer team a big pile of crap.

After the first Cross Country

meet runners jumped in the creek.

Burke always chucking up

the peace sign whenever we ran past him.

When student sections sang Biz Markie’s

“Just a Friend” atbasketball games.

When the girl’s tennis team got lost on the way to Bloomsburg.

The girls’ soccer team’s freedom ride through town after winning districts for

the second time.

When Jess fell while celebrating beating Bri

1v1.

When Coach Lee used the word

ironic wrong four times in one

sentence.

When Pau almost got into

a fight with a Shamokin player.

When someone found a weave on the tennis

court.

When Jessica Mattiace told a girl from Troy she looked like a man in the middle of a basketball

game.

When Trisha Shay stormed the field before the

girls’ soccer district championship game was over.

“My favorite part about hunting is the

excitement of the hunt and then getting the

deer.”-Quincy Waldron,11

ashlynnmcquillensports staff

Oh deer, what a buck: huntin’ in PA

Imagine yourself driving down Wallis Run road, you see multiple trucks parked on the side of the berm. All of a sudden you see a big

blob of orange, hunting season is officially in.The most commonly asked

questions are; is it a sport? Is it a boys’ hobby or a girls’ hobby? In the past, hunting has been

strictly for men, but women are starting to be apart of the sport more and more every year.Junior Annelyse Matzinger said,

“I like being out in the woods, and I especially like archery sea-son because you have to get closer to the deer.”According to research, 72 per-

cent more women are huting with firearms today than only just five years ago. Also, 50 percent more women are now target shooting. Americans hunt 228 million

days a year besides on Sundays and more than 38 million Ameri-cans fish and hunt.On average a hunter will spend

over $1,638 merchandise ranging from a new gun and a scope, to a new orange knit hat.Americans annually buy 1.1 bil-

lion shotshells, which feeds into hunters and shooters paying more than 5 billion dollars in excise taxes since 1919. We all know that rifle season is

“My favorite part about hunting is sitting in the

woods, relaxing and then getting a deer.”

-Michael Biblehimer,11

only two weeks long, some say it’s to long, others it’s too short.“I think it is just right because

it gives the hunters an adequate amount of time to get a deer and it keeps the deer population at an appropriate amount,”said Sopho-more Lacy Kimberling.

Junior Kyle Evans added, “I think two weeks is just right be-cause there are a lot of hunters, and it won’t make the population go down to far.”So for now we have to put our

guns away until next hunting sea-son.

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College football fans gear up for bowl gamesGIRL’S

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cheyennewoodsports editor

Nobody really stops to think about who does all of the statistics and planning of sporting events. However, whenever I have need-

ed football or basketball statistics within the last two years, Mr. Rich Delong has always been there. He makes the time between

teaching Advanced Placement United States History and orga-nizing homecoming and winter formal as the advisor of Student Council to attend almost every sporting event. Not only is he extremely sup-

portive of every team by attend-ing countless events each year, he goes above and beyond by keep-ing records for the football team. He is always willing to copy sta-

tistics and explain them to me, basically saving many of my sto-ries. Often it also goes unnoticed

how much work Athletic Direc-tor Miss Evelyn Wynn puts into her job to make games, buses, and tournaments happen.

Sit in her office for ten minutes. Odds are her phone will ring or her email will go off half a dozen times at least. She is constantly dealing with

the ever present athletic drama in Montoursville. Calls from par-ents, finding new coaches, are dif-ficult and tedious tasks she has to deal with on a regular basis. Not only is Wynn the athletic

director but she is also the Class of 2016 Advisor and the Junior High Girls’ Basketball Coach. Being one of the most popular

adults in the school, her office has a consistent flow of students just ‘hanging out’ throughout the day. Teachers like Delong and Wynn,

who are actually BFFs, go out of their way to benefit the student athletes of Montoursville and don’t get nearly the attention or gratitude they deserve.

ashlynnmcquillensports staff

On January 12th, 2015 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas the College Football Championship Game will be held at 8:30pm on ESPN.The final four teams for the

championship game are No.1 Al-abama, No.2 Oregon, No.3 Flor-dia State, and No.4 Ohio State.Everything comes down to the

winners of the Rose Bowl and the Allstate Sugar Bowl to make it to the College Football Champion-ship.Oregon and Flordia State will

be going head to head on January 1st, 2015 at 4:30 pm to compete in the Rose Bowl.Alabama and Ohio State are

competing in the Allstate Sugar Bowl also on January 1st, 2015, but will be at 8:30 pm.Next to the Super Bowl every

year, the College Football Cham-pionship comes in close second to being the busiest day of the year for grocery stores Over 1.25 billion wings are sold

on Superbowl day and over 625 million on College Bowl day.So get your wings ready because

it’s almost football time.When asked what he looked

forward to the most Junior Dane Markley said, “Me and my dad watch college football games, just us sitting around eating and watching our favorite team.”

Rose Bowl Teams

PAC-12USC (6-3)

Oregon Ducks (8-1)UCLA (6-3)Utah (5-4)

Arizona (7-2)California (3-6)Stanford (5-4)

Oregon State (2-7)Washington State (2-7)

Arizona State (6-3)Washington (4-5)Colorado (0-9)

BIG10Penn State (2-6)Michigan (3-5)

Michigan State (7-1)Nebraska (5-3)Maryland (4-4)

Iowa (4-4)Northwestern (3-5)

Minnesota (5-3)Wisconsin (7-1)

Illinois (3-5)Rutgers (3-5)Purdue (1-7)Indiana (1-7)

Ohio State (8-0)

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Q: What’s a major challenge you face during games?

A: Nerves.

Q: What are your goals for the season?

A: District Champs!

Q: Pregame rituals?

A: Eat 2 Dum-Dums beofre each game with Kirsten O’Malley and Kelsey Stine.

Q: Who is the number one motivator in your life?

A: My Dad.

Q: What’s the number one thing to remember to have a successful team?

A: Always being there for your teammates.

Q: How important is team bonding to you? Why?

A: Extremely important without it, there’s no communication & our perfor-mance isn’t as good on the court.

Q: Are you planning on playing college? At what level? Where?

A: #D1bound lol jk!

Q: What’s a major challenge you face during games?

A: Getting tired.

Q: What are your goals for the season?

A: Win more than 2 games and

surprise people with how we play.

Q: Pregame rituals?

A: Listen to music.

Q: Who is the number one motivator in your life?

A: My parents.

Q: What’s the number one thing to remember to have a successful team?

A: To play as a team. Team wins come first.

Q: How important is team bonding to you? Why?

A: Very, makes it more fun to be apart of the team.

Q: Are you planning on playing college? At what level? Where?

A: Not basketball but possibly baseball, or football. I’m not sure yet.

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Unsung heroes of sports programs deserve some credit

A&E EditorTaylor Akers

Photo StaffBri Ulmer

The Arrowhead, the official newspaper of Montoursville Area High School that is published nine times a year, has been established as a public forum for student expression and as a voice in the uninhibited, free and open discussion of issues. Letters to the editor are encouraged. Letters may be published anonymously, but all must be signed when submitted for publication. The Arrowhead has the right to edit, reject or respond to any material. Letters can be submitted to Mrs. Sandra Trick in B207 or any staff member. If interested in advertising in The Arrowhead, contact the high school at (570) 368-2611.

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A&E StaffTori Mayo

Nate Ripley

Editor-in-ChiefMegan Stoner

Assistant Editor Elizabeth Lee

Copy and Layout EditorHaylie McQuillen

News EditorJillian O’Connor

Photo EditorJenny Yocum

Features EditorsKendra Parke

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Jordynne Harvey

Sports EditorCheyenne Wood

Sports StaffAshlynn McQuillen

Bri Ulmer

Business ManagerRachel Eichenlaub

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People Page EditorSarah Musheno

CartoonistAshlynn McQuillen

Reporters

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Lauren CavistonBreanne DoaneAshley Little

Sarah LomisonKami Miller

PEOPLEThe Arrowhead page 12 December 2014

Memorable moments of Montoursville in 2014

Senior Cayla Treaster’s most memorable moment was when she attended Biotech and got to hold a hellbender.

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Sophomore Jessica Mattiace’s most memorable moment was

when “Kayne West, Lil Wayne, Kim Kardashian, Macklemore,

and Eminem showed up to practice.”

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Senior Megan Stoner’s most memorable moment is when she got her puppy Chayse, a Border Collie mix.

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Senior Kendra Parke’s most memorable moment is Prom of 2014 and

her dinner at Franco’s.

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Senior Nick Christ’s most memorablemoment was winning the District Championship against Loyalsock.

Juniors Cheyenne Wood and Katie Harlacher’s most memorable moment is the Homecoming parade and tying up Mr. Chris King for their float.

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Devin Singer’s most memorable

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