By Grace Hansen
Editor
If it weren’t for Our Town, the printed Fox’s Howl would be extinct. At the end of last school year the staff of the Silverton High School student-produced newspaper was told that there weren’t enough teachers or resources to keep the paper printed in the 2010-2011 school year.
The only option was to combine the class with the Yearbook team taught by Nancy Miller and write short stories to put on the school website. The students had mixed feelings about this change.
“We were willing to make the change but we were worried that students wouldn’t read what we wrote if it was only online,” Assistant-Editor and senior Erin Kelley commented.
When the newspaper staff learned that Our Town would let them print four pages in their newspaper every other month it gave them renewed hope.
“It was like the Fox’s Howl was coming back, but now the whole town would be reading it,” Sports Editor and senior Trevor Finch added.
The beginning of the school year has been challenging for the newspaper team. They started out with only two writers officially in the class but have grown to six. Amanda Maddux, a sophomore, and Elizabeth Rueda, a senior, are both new to the newspaper but have already proved to be valuable assets to the team by jumping right in without much training.
Also, Jordan Dooley, a junior and a returning Fox’s Howl staff member, has been writing for the paper in her spare time because she couldn’t squeeze the class into her schedule.Even though the staff has doubled in size since the first day of school, they are still a small group.
“I’m hoping that next semester we can get some more students to join the class so that there won’t be so much pressure on only six students,” Kristine Thomas said.
Thomas is the Managing Editor for Our Town and has also been a mentor and leader for the newspaper staff. Every afternoon Thomas goes to Silverton High school to correct articles, give advice, set deadlines, and touch base with the students.
“I enjoy working with the students, even though sometimes I have to bribe them with food,” Thomas said laughing. Another challenge facing the newspaper staff has been getting the blog set up for the online article
s.“We didn’t realize how much work it would be getting the Fox’s Howl up online and learning how to navigate the site,” Finch said. Derek McElfresh, in charge of student info and data at Silverton High School, set up the Fox’s Howl online and has guided the staff through the process of learning how to use and manage the blog-style site.
“I don’t know how we could have pulled this off without all of the help we have received from Kristine, Derek and Our Town. They have been so helpful and provided such a great opportunity to gain real-life experience in journalism and teamwork,” Kelley said.
The goal of the Fox’s Howl newspaper staff is to give the Silverton community a peek into the lives and activities of high school students.
“When people read our articles we want them to feel like they caught a glimpse of the talent, spirit, and character possessed by Silverton High School Students,” Kelley said.
You can visit the Fox’s Howl online at http://www.thefoxshowl.blogspot.com/ or go to the Silverton High School webpage and click on The Fox’s Howl link to find new articles and pictures each week.
If you are interested in contributing to the Fox’s Howl with your writing, photo-taking abilities, or ideas there will be a meeting at Silverton High School, Room A104 (newsroom), during both lunches on Wednesday, Oct. 20 and Thursday, Oct. 21.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
First Time Voters
By Erin Kelley
Assistant Editor
Senior Casey Dettwyler, who has turned 18 years old and is already registered, is planning on voting in this year’s election.
“It’s pretty important to be able to vote. I’ve always dreamed of being able to vote, to step up to help our country,” Dettwyler said.
Turning 18 years old is a milestone in a senior's life, moving from childhood to adulthood. One of the biggest privileges that comes with becoming an adult is having the opportunity to vote. Oregon’s election is right around the corner, Nov. 2. To be able to vote, students must turn 18 years old by the day of the election, and must be a registered voter.
To register, students must fill out a voter registration card, available at the county election office, the DMV, the post office, and other state agencies. The last day for new voters to register is Oct. 12. Students can register when they turn 17 years old, and aren’t required to be 18 years old by the registration deadline. After registering, students won’t get their ballots until after they turn 18 years old.
Senior Anny Ilisoi, who turns 18 years old in October, is planning on voting come November.
“I’m going to look at the candidates’ views, and I’ll choose the one that most closely matches mine,” Ilisoi said.
Dettwyler also plans on researching the candidates to determine their qualifications before she votes.
“I’ll vote similarly to my parents, not because they vote like that, but because I believe the same things,” Dettwyler said.
Assistant Editor
Senior Casey Dettwyler, who has turned 18 years old and is already registered, is planning on voting in this year’s election.
“It’s pretty important to be able to vote. I’ve always dreamed of being able to vote, to step up to help our country,” Dettwyler said.
Turning 18 years old is a milestone in a senior's life, moving from childhood to adulthood. One of the biggest privileges that comes with becoming an adult is having the opportunity to vote. Oregon’s election is right around the corner, Nov. 2. To be able to vote, students must turn 18 years old by the day of the election, and must be a registered voter.
To register, students must fill out a voter registration card, available at the county election office, the DMV, the post office, and other state agencies. The last day for new voters to register is Oct. 12. Students can register when they turn 17 years old, and aren’t required to be 18 years old by the registration deadline. After registering, students won’t get their ballots until after they turn 18 years old.
Senior Anny Ilisoi, who turns 18 years old in October, is planning on voting come November.
“I’m going to look at the candidates’ views, and I’ll choose the one that most closely matches mine,” Ilisoi said.
Dettwyler also plans on researching the candidates to determine their qualifications before she votes.
“I’ll vote similarly to my parents, not because they vote like that, but because I believe the same things,” Dettwyler said.
Friday, September 17, 2010
The Flipside of Life
By Daniel Roth
A college application awaits filling out on my computer screen, wanting to know everything about me and my education.
Hundreds of emails and phone calls from college enrollment counselors have been read and listened to, all promising that I would be a great fit at their campus.
A year from now, I will be walking the paths of a college somewhere, fully absorbed.
This whole college experience is exciting and all, but thinking about it gives me goose bumps.
What happened to the last 17 years of my life?
I’m months away from being an adult, and my childhood is spiraling down. The childhood that seemed so long, yet so short at the same time.
I remember back to my very, very first day of school at Pratum, when I was all set to go with new school clothes and pencils and markers, excited and anxious to meet new people and new friends.
Being a tiny kindergartener, I always looked up to the giant eighth graders who were just right down the hallway, promising myself that I would be as cool as them when I got older.
The years went by and before I knew it, I was in the Big Room as the big man on campus, head honcho of Pratum.
I could imagine the new kindergartners looking up to me in the same way I looked up to them, so I went through my final year at Pratum as an angelic example to the kids or not.
Life was good at the top of the food chain, but all of a sudden the tables were turned, and I was the annoying, immature freshmen whose apparent purpose was to tick upperclassman off. From the start, I tried my hardest to be the top in my class, from grade point average to coolness factor.
I don’t know how well that’s worked out but I can say I tried.
High school has been an absolute blast, where I have met some great friends and teachers. I’ve experienced it all, with bone-chilling football games on Friday nights, Brueckner-isms, an adrenaline-rushing state basketball tournament, prom and crazy pep assemblies. I have risen through the ranks and am now the senior, Class of 2011.
In the midst of all this fun that I enjoyed during my childhood, college has always lingered. Why else would I try my hardest to do well in school? So I can go to college, graduate, get a well-paid job and have a good adult life.
And now it is literally just around the corner. And I worry. What am I going to do with the rest of my life? I have no idea. Am I ever going to see my high school friends after graduation day?
Maybe.
There are so many questions that come with college and sometimes I feel that there aren’t enough answers. But then I see the flipside of it. I had fun at Pratum, I’ve had more fun at Silverton High, so why can’t I have even more fun at college?
It seems logical that the fun should keep rolling on. And chances are that I will meet some of my lifelong friends and will find the job of my dreams.
So I guess the most logical thing for me to do is go along with the whole application process excited and, well, as anxious as I was that day in kindergarten.
I’m about to walk into a completely new chapter of my life, and truth be told, I’m a little freaked out by it. But I know that I am going to have fun and will enjoy the college life.
A college application awaits filling out on my computer screen, wanting to know everything about me and my education.
Hundreds of emails and phone calls from college enrollment counselors have been read and listened to, all promising that I would be a great fit at their campus.
A year from now, I will be walking the paths of a college somewhere, fully absorbed.
This whole college experience is exciting and all, but thinking about it gives me goose bumps.
What happened to the last 17 years of my life?
I’m months away from being an adult, and my childhood is spiraling down. The childhood that seemed so long, yet so short at the same time.
I remember back to my very, very first day of school at Pratum, when I was all set to go with new school clothes and pencils and markers, excited and anxious to meet new people and new friends.
Being a tiny kindergartener, I always looked up to the giant eighth graders who were just right down the hallway, promising myself that I would be as cool as them when I got older.
The years went by and before I knew it, I was in the Big Room as the big man on campus, head honcho of Pratum.
I could imagine the new kindergartners looking up to me in the same way I looked up to them, so I went through my final year at Pratum as an angelic example to the kids or not.
Life was good at the top of the food chain, but all of a sudden the tables were turned, and I was the annoying, immature freshmen whose apparent purpose was to tick upperclassman off. From the start, I tried my hardest to be the top in my class, from grade point average to coolness factor.
I don’t know how well that’s worked out but I can say I tried.
High school has been an absolute blast, where I have met some great friends and teachers. I’ve experienced it all, with bone-chilling football games on Friday nights, Brueckner-isms, an adrenaline-rushing state basketball tournament, prom and crazy pep assemblies. I have risen through the ranks and am now the senior, Class of 2011.
In the midst of all this fun that I enjoyed during my childhood, college has always lingered. Why else would I try my hardest to do well in school? So I can go to college, graduate, get a well-paid job and have a good adult life.
And now it is literally just around the corner. And I worry. What am I going to do with the rest of my life? I have no idea. Am I ever going to see my high school friends after graduation day?
Maybe.
There are so many questions that come with college and sometimes I feel that there aren’t enough answers. But then I see the flipside of it. I had fun at Pratum, I’ve had more fun at Silverton High, so why can’t I have even more fun at college?
It seems logical that the fun should keep rolling on. And chances are that I will meet some of my lifelong friends and will find the job of my dreams.
So I guess the most logical thing for me to do is go along with the whole application process excited and, well, as anxious as I was that day in kindergarten.
I’m about to walk into a completely new chapter of my life, and truth be told, I’m a little freaked out by it. But I know that I am going to have fun and will enjoy the college life.
Varsity Soccer Girls on the Roll
By Trevor Finch
Sports Editor
Sierra Brusven wants vengeance. She’s not alone.
A member of the Lady Foxes soccer team, Brusven has already begun strategizing how to knock off the Woodburn Bulldogs, which kept Silverton out of the playoff contention last season.
The girls’ look to keep their season rolling after a great start of 5-1-1, with all five wins coming by way of shutout. If the team records one more scoreless game, they will break the current record of five shutouts.
This year, the Lady Foxes are coached by second year Coach Fred George, and they are lead by team captains Sierra Brusven, Josie Brown, and Sarah Burk all of which are seniors.
A year ago, the Woodburn Bulldogs and Silverton Lady Foxes squared off in an epic game to go on to the 5A OSAA state playoffs, the game ended with a shootout which put Woodburn on top. This year, the girls look to show Woodburn what they’re made of as they are now older and more experienced and seem to be up to the challenge.
The game will be held at Woodburn High School at 4:30p.m. Tuesday Oct. 5 . This game is also their season opener for the Mid-Willamette Valley Conference.
The team is extremely close this year having grown up with each other; most of the girls have played together since they were ten years old. “We all really love each other; we’re like a family,” Sierra Brusven said.
The girls were predicted to end up fourth in league but on their current pace they could end up in the top three. So far they have only lost one game, which was to 6A Grant High School who went deep into the 6A state playoffs.
So, next Tuesday drive the fifteen minutes north to Woodburn and cheer on our Lady Foxes as they prove themselves ready for the up coming season.
For the latest Silverton sports information click here.
Sports Editor
Sierra Brusven wants vengeance. She’s not alone.
A member of the Lady Foxes soccer team, Brusven has already begun strategizing how to knock off the Woodburn Bulldogs, which kept Silverton out of the playoff contention last season.
The girls’ look to keep their season rolling after a great start of 5-1-1, with all five wins coming by way of shutout. If the team records one more scoreless game, they will break the current record of five shutouts.
This year, the Lady Foxes are coached by second year Coach Fred George, and they are lead by team captains Sierra Brusven, Josie Brown, and Sarah Burk all of which are seniors.
A year ago, the Woodburn Bulldogs and Silverton Lady Foxes squared off in an epic game to go on to the 5A OSAA state playoffs, the game ended with a shootout which put Woodburn on top. This year, the girls look to show Woodburn what they’re made of as they are now older and more experienced and seem to be up to the challenge.
The game will be held at Woodburn High School at 4:30p.m. Tuesday Oct. 5 . This game is also their season opener for the Mid-Willamette Valley Conference.
The team is extremely close this year having grown up with each other; most of the girls have played together since they were ten years old. “We all really love each other; we’re like a family,” Sierra Brusven said.
The girls were predicted to end up fourth in league but on their current pace they could end up in the top three. So far they have only lost one game, which was to 6A Grant High School who went deep into the 6A state playoffs.
So, next Tuesday drive the fifteen minutes north to Woodburn and cheer on our Lady Foxes as they prove themselves ready for the up coming season.
For the latest Silverton sports information click here.
Movie Review: "Easy A"
by Paetra Randall
Guest Writer
Olive Penderghast’s little, white lie spiraled out of control when a Marianne Bryant overhears in the girl's restroom about Olive losing her virginity to a college guy.
As soon as Marianne hears this its spreads like wildfire around the entire school and it gets to the point where Olive is agreeing to tell people that her and these other boys at school did things if they pay her or give her coupons.
I found it hilarious and entertaining how one little; white lie can create so many rumors. And in order to validate that lie, I would have to go through many other lies, which just seems absolutely exhausting.
The movie teaches me a lot about being truthful especially when it comes to people that matter most in my life, like family and friends.
It shows me how just one lie can create many along the way and how everyone should just be honest from the beginning.
I would give this movie four and half stars out of five.
Guest Writer
Olive Penderghast’s little, white lie spiraled out of control when a Marianne Bryant overhears in the girl's restroom about Olive losing her virginity to a college guy.
As soon as Marianne hears this its spreads like wildfire around the entire school and it gets to the point where Olive is agreeing to tell people that her and these other boys at school did things if they pay her or give her coupons.
I found it hilarious and entertaining how one little; white lie can create so many rumors. And in order to validate that lie, I would have to go through many other lies, which just seems absolutely exhausting.
The movie teaches me a lot about being truthful especially when it comes to people that matter most in my life, like family and friends.
It shows me how just one lie can create many along the way and how everyone should just be honest from the beginning.
I would give this movie four and half stars out of five.
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