By: Kailey LanierIf you call yourself a Relayer, you’re in good company. More than 3.5 million Americans take part in Relay for Life, and tens of thousands more participate in events held across the globe. Those millions of Relay volunteers at more than 4,800 community events each have a story to tell. They also know better than anyone what makes relay the moving and powerful experience that it is

One day, one night and one community:  By participating in an American Cancer Society Relay for Life event near you, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it – all right in your community. Much more than a walk around a track, Relay is a time to celebrate those who have battled cancer, remember those lost and get inspired to fight back. Those who have shared the same experience find common ground, hope and healing at Relay. By participating, you have the power to continue the American Cancer Society’s progress toward a future where cancer doesn’t take the lives of our friends and family.

Every dollar you raise makes a difference to people in your community whose lives are touched by cancer. The Society has contributed to almost every major discovery in cancer research. Millions of lives have been saved as a result, including people you may know. For those people and countless others, the research the Society has funded is resulting in better ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer.

by Brittany Hamilton

Marymount University is known for its fashion majors and its lively fashion shows. Every year, they have a show case called “Portfolio in Motion” and they have a different theme every year. Also, high end Designers are invited and presented with special awards. The theme of this year’s show is The Look Book Premiere. Students in Marymount’s Fashion Merchandising program will transform the runway into a glamorous Look Book that will come alive with the innovative fashions, created by students in Marymount’s Fashion Design program.This year’s special guest was Michael Kors, who receivedMarymount
University’s 2007 Designer of the Year Award. This honor is presented each year to an outstanding designer whose work reflects the highest fashion standards, and whose designs dazzle with individuality and creative energy. Following Portfolio in Motion, Mr. Kors will review the senior designers’ portfolios. Kors has attained new heights of recognition in recent years as a judge on the Emmy-nominated television show Project Runway. In recognition of his chic, luxurious sportswear, he has received numerous industry awards, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Award for Womenswear Designer of the Year in 1999 and the CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year Award in 2003.

MU student models will saunter down the catwalk with that sophisticated “top model” attitude, the perfect look to showcase designs that range from young and edgy to graceful and elegant. Every aspect of the production — from the design and construction of the garments to the creation of scenery, lighting, musical selection, and choreography — is the product of student imagination and effort. Marymount’s Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising programs are unique in the region.

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by James Armstrong, III 

If you heard someone say heart to heart, you would probably think that some desperate guy is using a pick up line to go out with a girl.  But in fact, Heart 2 Heart is an Animal Rights club at South Lakes sponsored by Andrea Parent and Terri Levine.  Heart 2 Heart travels to animal shelters to speak out against animal cruelty and to acknowledge that animals have rights to live happily.

Check out the SL Heart 2 Heart website here

By Anna Zogby

This summer, a group of German students from our school are participating in the GAPP foreign exchange program.  This means that they will be traveling to Germany for three weeks this summer while also staying with a German host family. 

Maybe even last year you met some of the exchange students that came from the same town and schools they will be traveling to.  For those who don’t know what a foreign exchange program is, it is a group usually funded by the country or state that sends their students to another country for an educational experience.

Different countries participate in different exchange programs to send their students from their country to stay with a family and attend school with a student from another country.  The purpose is usually to understand a language better or maybe to study abroad for class credits.  The GAPP students are going to experience what it’s like to live with a German family, attend a German school, speak German with native Germans, as well as keep track of how much American money their Euros are worth.

The group plans to travel from Braunschweig through much of south eastern Germany in areas such as Berlin, Munich, Lubeck, and
Frankfurt.  Some of the methods of traveling include by airplane, train, car, walking, and even bicycling.  A lot of students usually don’t get this kind of opportunity because it’s so expensive, but thanks to a lot of research and negotiating by Frau Finley, it will not be painfully expensive for the GAPP group. 

The trip will last from June 23^rd-July 17^th.  Even though that interferes with the 4^th of July, they will still show their American pride by celebrating Independence Day there.  Currently the drinking age there is 16, but they will still have to follow the legal age limit of the
U.S. which is 21.

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By Michael Shannon 

JROTC is not only a club but a class as well so therefore if you’re planning on joining this club just remember that you will be graded and that it will show on your report card. JROTC is also a very serious class/club.

Joining it usually means that you hope to have a career in the army someday. Being in the army is a serious business. Being in the army means that you are ready to fight for your country when it needs protection.

JROTC is somewhat like a junior training program for kids to prepare them to become a soldier or a marine or someone who wants to be in the air force. JROTC teaches you discipline and how to respect yourself and others, it teaches you how to work well with others, it teaches you what honor is all about, and it teaches you all kinds of stuff.

If you’re interested in joining the Army or Marines or the Air Force, then try JROTC (I mean seriously you even get a cool outfit if you join).

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by Michael Shannon 

If you’re interested in TV shows like Inu Yasha, Hack, Full Metal Alchemist, Fruit Basket or other anime shows, then you might be interested in anime club.  In anime club, which is held every Monday and Thursday unless cancelled for some reason, you relax and chill with, friends while reading any kind of anime or even watch anime TV shows.

Some people even draw anime or create there own anime.  There’s even been a person who was spotted sleeping in anime club.  You can likely do just about anything in anime club. People have contests even for whoever can draw the best Avatar (an anime character).

For some reason certain people get anime mixed up with animation. Animation is not the same as anime. Animation is what you see in certain movies like Shrek, Ice Age or Barn Yard. Anime are Japanese cartoons which you usually see on Adult Swim or on Cartoon Network usually at late afternoon or night time. If you’re interested in animation, go to Mrs. Harris who is the Film Study teacher. Which do you prefer anime or animation?

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