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December 18th, 2014
Madison East High School
Vol. 91, Issue 4
Holiday Shopping
How to buy locally this
holiday season
by Rosie Rodriguez
We all love the holidays, and shopping is part of the appeal. While you could
go to Walmart or Target to get a plastic
trinket for your loved ones, it’s feasible to
do your holiday shopping sustainably with
a better showing of your love.
State Street is an obvious choice for
local gifts. This includes shops like Little
Luxuries and Madison Modern Market,
which are great for buying gifts, that even
offer gift wrapping. At Little Luxuries,
keep an eye out for their fantastic collections of winter wear and hair accessories,
and at Madison Modern Market, take a
look at the kids’ gear and greeting cards.
For the larger budgets, art stores like the
one at the Overture center offer gorgeous
bowls, bags, and even socks. Of course, if
you’re looking for something more unique
or specific check out the Soap Opera,
ReThreads, and It’s Sugar. The Soap Opera
has a great collection of soaps and scents
for everyone on your list, ReThreads offers
high-quality thrift shopping, and It’s Sugar
has candy for everyone from your kid
brother to your grandma.
If you’re looking for a place to shop
closer to East, check out the Willy Street
area. They offer specialty stores, like the
Garden Center and St. Vincent dePaul, as
well as art galleries like Hatch Art House.
Look at the terrarium arrangements and
air plants at the Garden Center, and the
jewelry or sweaters at St. Vincent dePaul.
Hatch Art House is a bit pricier, but you
might appreciate the adorable felt creatures and cards they offer. If you’re absolutely committed to the local and organic,
the Willy Street Co-op offers scarves,
kitchen tools, and beauty products in
addition to its organic foods. A gift card is
a great idea here, because the Co-op offers
a juice bar and bakery which are fantastic
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National Honor Society sings carols at Oak Park Place Nursing Home
Volunteering
How to become involved
in the East community
by Alyssa McGillivary
As a new graduation requirement for this year’s sophomores, and all
classes following, students must complete thirty hours of Service E or volunteering around the community within
the four years of high school. This
requirement encourages students to get
involved with their school and community, become aware of the community
they live in, and help them become
well-rounded individuals. Volunteering
also prepares students for future educational and occupational plans. As Jordan
Smith, a student of the 2012 class, says,
“The mission for the Service E award is
to promote community service in the
East High School area and beyond. It is
important to give back to those who are
in need because it denotes a (See Volunteer on page 4 for continuation)
The East Music
Wing
A Review
by Seth Goldstein
The music wing at East is fairly secluded from the rest of the school. It’s not
necessarily on the first floor, but definitely not on the second, and it can be easy
not to think about what goes on in that
part of the building. But for the orchestra, choir and band students of the music
wing, November was performance time.
Watching the orchestra students
perform is really something else, and it
looks like a sea of synchronized bows
when they play. The orchestra department had their fall concert on the snowy
night of November 13th in the Margaret
Williams Theatre. I had never been to an
orchestra concert before, so when the
concert master took the stage and started
to tune the group, it took me by surprise.
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Letter From an Editor
Hello East!
First semester is coming to a close,
and finals are upon us once again (or for the
first time, you lucky freshmen). With that,
the Tower Times is devoted to producing
yet another issue. We have come up with
topics that we find intriguing for East’s
community, and we hope you will find them
to be so. In this issue you will see the best
guide to shopping locally for the holidays,
an editorial on whether AVID should be
implemented outside of AVID classes, learn
how to handle finals’ stress, ways to get
involved and volunteer, and much much
more. In a personal opinion, this issue is
one of the best we have had this school
year, and I hope to continue to feel that way
with each upcoming issue.
Other things to keep your eyes out
for in this issue are the major changes we
have implemented since our previous issue.
We, and many of you, the readers, felt that
our paper was hitting a rough patch with
our formatting, so a few of us on the staff
sat down, tore the paper apart, and built
it back up. While continuing our regular
features, such as Peppy Adventures, Zoroscopes, and Coffee Corner, we have added
fun, new features like a crossword and a
wordsearch into our mix. Something we
will also be continuing with from our last
issue is the ‘Article from the Archive.’
We’ll pull an article from an old Tower
Times that we think is representative of
East’s community throughout history and
will re-publish it for you to explore.
Overall, our goal is to continue to
build the Tower Times into a better newspaper and to always grow from what we have.
We hope you as the readers understand that
and help us to continuously improve. Feel
free to track down a TT staff member any
time, stop by one of our meetings, or see
Mrs. Conrad in room 2059 if you have any
comments, suggestions, or opinions.
With the busy months ahead, the
Tower Times wishes you the best with all
your upcoming adventures. Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and may you pass
all of your finals!
Ask Peppy...
Dear Peppy,
How does the heating system at East
work? Because in some classes, it’s still
very cold.
Sincerely, I Feel Like A Popsicle
Dear IFLAP,
It doesn’t. Bundle up!
Love, Peppy
Dear Peppy,
I don’t know if you can answer this
but why do some of the bathrooms only
have hand sanitizers? I enjoy washing my
hands with real soap but instead it’s been
replaced with hand sanitizers and I’m very
confused.
Sincerely, Germaphobe
Dear Germ,
That’s a good question. It’s probably deep level sabotage being performed by
The Cult (remember kids, DON’T ENTER
THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS). If it
makes you feel better, a true, high-quality
hand washing generally requires at least 20
seconds. And really, who has the time?
Love, Peppy
Dear Peppy,
I recently got dumped by my boyfriend of two years. He just told me that
he wanted to date other people. This really
annoying popular girl is always flirting with
him so I bet she’s one of the other people
he wants to date. I have three classes with
him and it’s almost impossible to avoid
him. Maybe I should just start dating other
people too since I’m apparently not interesting enough for him anymore. I really
want to forget about him ASAP. Please
please please please help me out.
Sincerely, The Angry Dumped Girl
Dear TADG,
Breakups can be tough, especially
when the relationship lasted for a long time.
Since I’m a Purgolder, I don’t have much
experience with human relationships and
don’t feel comfortable giving you advice.
However, I can say this: you are always the
most important person in your life, and true
happiness can only come from within. I
hope that helps.
Love, Peppy
Dear Peppy,
How do I start a new club?
Sincerely, Clubstarter
Dear Clubstarter,
If you have a passion and want
others to share it with you, find a willing
superviser and get your new club going!
Make sure to get your name out there to
build your membership. New clubs are
always encouraged at East. Stay involved!
Love, Peppy
Peppy Adventures
By Wendy Hoang
Sincerely,
Emily Barry, Editor-in-Chief
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East Tower Times
Volume 91, Issue 4
Food Foyer
Cinema Cellar
by Seth
Campbell
Situated in the middle
of the Northside Town Center
is Habaneros Mexican Grill,
an unassuming restaurant. The
building is tucked away behind
a Walgreens and a gas station,
and was formerly home to a
Rocky Rococo’s. The new
owners have barely changed
the decor from its days as a
pizza place, adding a few colorful signs on the outside and
oil paintings on the inside.
by Seth Campbell &
Wendy Hoang
off the feeling of subdued potential, somewhere that could be, but
just wasn’t.
The front of the restaurant felt like a school cafeteria. I
ordered from the counter, getting
a barbecue beef burrito with black
beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese,
rice, and medium sauce.
The food was prepared immediately and in front of me, much
like a Subway for burritos. I sat
down next to a window and began
to eat. The first bite of the burrito
was mostly tortilla, with a touch
of beef. As I continued to eat, I
got a better idea of the flavors of
the burrito. The beef was a little
dry, and the barbecue flavor was
muted at best. The story was the
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tender, but mostly flavorless. The
When I walked in at one in
stars of the meal were the crisp
the afternoon on a Saturday,
and flavorful fresh vegetables.
the place was empty, and
But in the end, the meal was the
looked like it had been that
same as the restaurant: good, but
way all day. The space gave
subdued.
Truth In Advertising
The East Side Players go to State
by Anna Cohen
The East Side Players
have done it again. This year
the competitive production of
The Truth in Advertising by
Terry Fletcher et al. qualified
for state and for the third year
in a row won the All State
Award. Additionally, Michelle
Morency, the lead actress, was
awarded an Outstanding Actor
award, only the second recipient in East’s history. East’s
play competed alongside more
than fifty other plays from all
around Wisconsin on November 22nd at Viterbo University
in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
“East’s play
competed alongside
more than fifty
other plays from all
around Wisconsin”
The play Truth in
Advertising is the product of a
month of hard work by actors,
technical staff, and director
Paul Milisch. In fact, the cast
spent the first week of the
rehearsal process re-writing
about two thirds of the script
so that it would be more accessible to audiences. The forty
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minute one-act play (competition rules require that plays be
able to bring their set onstage,
perform, and take the set offstage within forty minutes time)
tells the story of Miranda, a girl
growing up in our digital age
full of advertisements. Miranda
must find a way to resist the
temptation to give in to the ads
as real life becomes more like
an ad and ads become more like
real life.
ESP prides itself in performing
theatre from various different
genres, a pattern which can be
clearly seen in the competition
shows of the past. The East
Side Players have qualified for
state the past two years with the
play PUSH by George Cameron Grant (2012, a drama) and
The Cave by Tim Kelley (2013,
absurd theatre), but neither were
quite like The Truth in Advertising, an ensemble tragicomedy.
Known for his work in
Inception and The Dark Knight
trilogy, Christopher Nolan has
brought yet another captivating
film to the theaters. He and his
brother, Jonathan, are famous
for their thought provoking and
stimulating screenplay, and often
delve into the realm of science
fiction. Most notably, the pair
touches on topics such as human
morality, sociological changes,
and self reflection.
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Having already garnered twenty-one Oscar nominations and
six awards, Nolan does not
disappoint with his newest film,
Interstellar.
Working as director,
co-writer, and producer, Nolan captures the will of human
survival. Interstellar, an epic
space odyssey, follows Cooper, a
former spacecraft pilot played by
Matthew McConaughey.
The movie consists of three distinct acts, one of which is set on
Cooper’s farm on Earth. It then
moves to a mission to save the
human race and closes with a
final act that changes the meaning
behind every action in the film.
As a whole, the film beautifully
captures humanity’s inner desire
for exploration.
There are still some issues
with this film. Some of the characters, especially the female ones,
lack development. Additionally,
there is little minority representation, although this is typical of
large Hollywood productions.
“the film beautifully
captures humanity’s
inner desire for
exploration”
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, a leading
American physicist, has even
defended some of them.
Despite its issues, Interstellar is a film everyone should
see. Especially with NASA’s
recent mission to Mars, supporting space travel is more important
than ever. And, of course, Interstellar is a favorite for multiple
Oscar categories.
Hmong New Year
by Fatoumata Ceesay
Recently, East High’s
Hmong community staged the
eighth annual Hmong New
Year performance to celebrate
this cultural holiday. These
productions were initiated
in order to share the Hmong
customs throughout the walls
of East using traditional songs,
dances, and fascinating folklore.
This year’s show was an
interpretation of a popular tale
about the history of Hmong last
names. One of the performers,
senior Wendy Xiong, states that
having the Hmong New Year
performances gives students
an inside look at the customs
of a large portion of the East
community: “You go to school
with us, see us everyday, and
you even have classes with us,
yet, you don’t see how we live
our lives, especially on one of
the most important days of the
year,” Xiong says, “Being able
to perform in front of our peers
creates a connection where we
can show you how we celebrate
and you can be more informed
about Hmong people.”
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Xiong has been participating
in a Hmong dance group for three
years and performs at the Hmong
New Year celebration at the Alliant
Energy Center. She describes the
event as a really fun day filled with
Hmong related treats, clothing, and
people. It includes venders of jewelry, music, and classic Hmong delicacies. There are stages set up for
singers, dancers, people who play
traditional instruments, and important Hmong leaders in the Madison
community: “It’s basically like an
expo showcasing our strengths as a
group of people,” explains Xiong.
These expos are open to anyone who
is interested in the Hmong culture.
Xiong went on to describe
how she celebrates the New Year
with her family. She says that families use chickens, which are considered good luck, as a spiritual act
to bring good fortune for the next
year. Xiong spends the day with
family and friends, disposing of the
past. To Xiong, Hmong New Year is
really just about wanting to start off
the new year meeting new friends
and sharing her culture with those
around her.
East Tower Times
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Shopping
lutely Art closed this summer,
but the new art shop, Fat City
Another good area for
Emporium, has moved in down
local shopping here on the East
the street and is more than
side is the Atwood neighborworth the trip.
hood. This is a great area to buy
Obviously this year’s holiday
gift cards for local restaurants
shopping could be even more
like Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery,
meaningful if you were to give
Bunky’s, Cafe Zoma, Victory
a donation. Almost any charCafe, Monty’s Blue Plate Diner,
ity you can think of does gift
Tex Tubb’s, and the Choclatedonations. This means that you
rian. If you can’t decide what
donate an amount of money
restaurant is best, check out a
to a charity in the name of the
Food Fight gift card. This gift
recipient of your gift. This gift
card covers a plethora of local
shows character and kindness
eateries, including Tex Tubb’s,
on your part, and will surely
Luigi’s, Monty’s and many
please your aunt more than
more. See the full list at foodanother bracelet or finger
fightinc.com.
painting. So this holiday sea
But Atwood has more
son, please consider shopping
than eateries, check out Bad
locally to find great gifts from
Dog Frida’s for pet lovers and
your neighborhood shops.
Revolution Cycles for bicycle
fanatics. Unfortunately, Abso-
CAPTION
Music
tioned earlier, the bands were divided in the same manner as the
orchestras, just with different
The order of both the band
and orchestra groups were the names for the groups. Freshmen
are in Symphonic Band, sophsame: the freshmen (Concert
omores and juniors in Concert
Orchestra), followed by the
Band, and juniors and seniors
more skilled class (Symphoare in Sinfonietta. The band deny Orchestra), and finishing
with the most advanced group partment is run by Mr. Saltzman,
(Philharmonic Orchestra). The but this semester he got some
orchestra department is head- help from two student teachers,
Holly Grant and Erik Chapman.
ed by Ms. Boettger, who made
With only three pieces per
an interesting choice for this
year’s concert. Every group this group, each teacher directed a
piece for each band. This demonfall opened their section with
strated how much a conductor
one part of Mozart’s famous
can change the sound of a piece.
Magic Flute, a bright piece of
The symphonic band played, or
music, with interesting melrather sang, a very interesting
odies and variety. The other
piece called Sansa Kroma, which
mini-theme for the evening
is an African folk song. They
came during the Philharmonshowed the audience that not
ic orchestra’s performance.
Besides their part of the Magic only can they play their instruments, but they can sing as well.
Flute, their other three pieces
The rest of the concert was very
were by Russian composers
well received by the audience
(Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich,
and Moussorsky). It was a very of parents and we appreciated
enjoyable concert, and all of the the low roll of the new timpani
groups worked very hard to put drum that the band parent group
on their best show. I think they
succeeded.
The band concert took
place a week after the orchestra concert on November 19th,
also in the theatre. As men-
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Volunteer
sense of pride and accomplishment. By the small acts of community service, we can make a
huge difference.”
One of the most common
questions students asked upon
hearing about this new requirement was how and where you
can do community service, so
I did some research. There are
many opportunities around the
school to earn Service E hours.
Clubs such as Congress, Key Club,
and French Club offer opportunities for students to help out
around their EHS community.
Not only can you earn Service E
in school, but you can also volunteer in your community to earn
Service E. It can be difficult to
find opportunities in the community, but two useful websites
are available to make finding
volunteer opportunities as easy
as sending an email. On www.
volunteermatch.org you create a
free account and make a personal profile with your interests to
help you find suitable volunteer
opportunies. You can send emails
to the advisors of opportunities
you are interested in. Another
site, www.volunteennation.org,
allows you to find places to vol-
r article is Show Choir’s performance at the Overture Center
downtown on November 14th as
one of the opening groups for the
UW-Madison show choir, the Wisconsin Singers. East Encore show
choir performed most of their
competition show for this year,
following a great performance
by the LaFollette Morning Stars.
If you have never been to a Show
Choir performance, let me give
you a little taste. It is all smiles,
all the time for the performers,
who rush around the stage in
complicated and athletic dance
while singing. It is very impres
cently purchased for the school.
The band showcased a wide
variety of music, and it seemed
like they had a great time doing
it, which is what making music is
all about.
The last performance
that I will mention in this The
performance included the song
Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars as
the boys-only piece, Glamorous
by Fergie as the girls-only piece,
and I Feel the Earth Move and
Steal Your Rock and Roll with
the girls and guys together. One
trademark of the Encore show
choir besides Ms. Beilke’s direction is that the dancing is run
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unteer within 5 or 10 miles of
your home.
Another frequently
asked question is how to keep
track of all of your Service E
hours. In room 1027 or on
East’s website, you can obtain
a Service E recording sheet.
To fill it out, all you need is the
date and hours of your service,
a brief description of the service, the name of the advisor,
and their signature. When your
recording sheet is complete,
submit it to the secretary in
1027 no later than a week before the end of the 3rd quarter.
The Service E Award is
available to students who go
‘above and beyond’ with their
service. Points toward this
award are earned according to
predetermined guidelines, and
students can receive the award
by earning 30 hours of service
E from performing three different volunteer activities in
one school year or by achieving
100 points in his/her total EHS
career.
If you have any more
questions about Service E or
volunteering, you can go to
East’s website, ask a secretary,
or ask your counselor.
mostly by a few seniors, known
as dance leads. This year the
leads are Ava Duren, Margaret
Duffy, Liam Doyle Olson, and
Marco Mora de Jesus. There is
always an outstanding talent in
the show choir’s performance,
and in this year it was a dance
solo by Mora de Jesus, a vocal
solo by Doyle Olson, and a rap
solo by Emma Schell. In the
finale, Steal Your Rock and Roll,
a vocal solo by James Alexander-Young stole the spotlight.
The curtains closed on the
Overture Center stage to loud
applause from an almost fullhouse. The show choir stuck
around to watch the Wisconsin
Singers perform, including East
High alum Noah Beavers, who
is now a dance captain for the
Singers. This year’s Show Choir
proved to be as entertaining as
ever.
It was an engaging fall
season in the music, and I
strongly encourage all of you
to attend at least one performance sometime this year.
It is really neat to see fellow
purgolders, who take an hour
every day to learn to make
beautiful music, show off their
stuff.
East Tower Times
Volume 91, Issue 4
December 18th, 2014
Coffee Corner by Liz and Molly
Since the holiday
season is coming up, you
might get the urge to take
your in-laws to get coffee.
All we have to say is don’t go
to Espresso Royale. Unless,
there is NO OTHER PLACE
to go get coffee. Okay, that
might be a little extreme.
Now let’s get down to business, to defeat the Huns- no
wait--coffee. Liz ordered a
vanilla latte, which approximated the taste of evergreen
tree bark and some vanilla,
And we would be nothing
without you all. You are our
world. It’s been a big year for
coffee and we were honored
to share it with you. Get ready
for loads of coffee in the year
to come. We hope you have enjoyed your time with us as much
as we have enjoyed you, and
can’t wait for what’s in store/the
next café to come. Thank you
for reading, we bid you adieu.
no coffee. Although this was a
downside, the bathroom, t’was
clean. Molly got the mocha, no
surprise, and t’was not up to
par. It tasted like coal, the kind
in bad kids’ stockings. Enough
bad things about this café; let’s
talk up-sides. It’s ALWAYS
open most of the time, and the
water is free, as well as clear.
As we end the last
coffee corner of 2014, we thank
our committed fans for sticking
with us through the ups and
downs. We would be nothing
without ups and downs.
Love you COFFEE BEANS!
-XOXO Molly & Liz
Article From The Archive
This feature will continue to appear in the Tower Times. We will be pulling old articles from our archive and informing East with its history.
The following is an article originally published in the December 18, 1969 edition of the Tower Times.
Reflection of the 60s
by Anne Killingstad
The last ten years have been
labelled the “swinging sixties”, the
“soaring sixties,” and the “sexy
sixties.” Just what was this decade
we have lived through? What part
did we, the youth play in its life?
It was a time of revolution. The Beatles and the Rolling
Stones rocked us out of the music
styles of the ‘50s. Girls went wild.
The world began using British
slang-everything was “gear” and
“fab”. Then the Jefferson Airplane
roared us into a new phase- acid
rock- and San Francisco was the
place to be. It was the hour of the
hippie, the age of Aquarius.
A revolution in dress styles
was the reason for the boutique.
We began to lose sight of the crew
cut as the emphasis went to Hair“down to there…” if possible. San
Francisco’s hippie became a tourist
attraction as guys revived their
traditional right to colorful plumage. Bell bottoms appeared on
legs that certainly didn’t belong to
sailors. There was a new interest in
wearing silks, beads and/or army
surplus.
Girls went from the mini
to the midi to the maxi coat. Bells,
The Beatles, 1964
floppy hats, patchwork anything,
army surplus…
Adults said you couldn’t
tell the guys from the girls and
called it “unisex”. We hated to
admit it, but it felt at times, that
they had a point.
As we blew our minds
trying to do our own thing,
life was psychedelic, groovy,
outasite. For a while. Then the
hippies held their own funeral.
The sixties saw exploration in the space race. Russia
sent the first man into space and
in July, 1969, man witnessed the
United States sending man for a
walk on the moon.
In ‘68, the world awakened to hear that another frontier
had been explored; Dr. Christian Barnard had performed the
first heart transplant. First we
marvelled, then we debated the
ethics of transplanting a human
heart.
Doctors had crossed
several other major thresholds
by learning how to cure certain
types of cancer, to prevent measles, and to sew on a completely
severed limb.
It was a time of evolution. We grew from children to
young adults and tried to shoul-
der our share of the world. This
was the age of protest. There
were protests against war, protests against racism, even protests against protests.
It was a time to recognize
a person for his moral qualities
instead of his material wealth. It
was a time for concern. A time
for self examination. A renaissance of individualism.
We concerned ourselves
with more than war. We asked
“Why?” We began to worry
about water pollution, air pollution and conservation. We wanted a decent world to live in.
We asked ourselves
what’s going on in Watts, in
Harlem? We watched as college
campuses, including our own,
erupted in violence. We learned
what tear gas feels like; and
what a riot squad looks like. We
experimented with drugs or had
friends who did. We turned on to
the idea of being truly alive. We
always asked “Why?”
The sixties were all this
and more.
They were a time of
death. We watched our youngest
president shot down in his prime:
part of us died with him. His
accused assassin was shot down
Buzz Aldrin on the moon, 1969
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with a trial: was this law & order?
Our inner peace was jolted
again by the death of those who
“had a dream.” Martin Luther King
Jr. was “Free at last…” would we
ever be? We remembered the untimely deaths of Medgar Evers and
Malcolm X.
We mourned the loss of
General McArthur, General Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, Robert
Frost, Helen Keller. We wondered
if God was dead.
And in the midst of death
there was Life.
The Fisher quintuplets were
born- followed in relatively quick
succession by other quints all over
the world.
Scientists learned how to
make the beginnings of life in a test
tube; and searched for signs of life
in outer space.
To live, to be alive, became
a driving force in our lives. Participation began to be a key word, as
we shed our cool, our apathy, our
death, and tried on Life. Oh!, the
joy of being alive!
Swinging, soaring, sexy,
tense, free, liberal, conservative,
explosive, dead, alive, but certainly
not indifferent….
Civil Rights March, 1965
East Tower Times
Volume 90, Issue 4
December 18th, 2014
Photo Scavenger Hunt
Write down the location to each picture on the lines below. Be the first one with all of them right
to get a snazzy mystery prize!!!
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East Tower Times
December 18th, 2014
Volume 91, Issue 4
December and January
Sun.
Mon.
15
Tues.
16s
5
6
Early Release
JANUARY
11
18
25
I wish For...
Wed.
17
Thurs.
18
7
8
Senior Financial
Aid Night
12
13
14
19
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day
Link Crew
Cocoa Cram
CNA pinning
20
21
Exams 1, 2, 7
Early Release
Tower TV
Senior Purgolder
Time
26
2nd Semester
Begins
GOOD LUCK!
WORK HARD.
27
Fri.
19
Sat.
20
Ceramics Sale
NO SCHOOL
World Cuisine TO JANUARY
5TH!
9
15
16
17
Encore Invite,
Burlington
22
23
Exams 5, 6
24
Jazz Orchestra
Union South
Link Crew
Cocoa Cram
Exams 3,4
29
28
12/16: 7:30pm vs. Waunakee @ East
12/19: 7:30pm vs. Parker @ Parker
1/3: 7:30pm vs. Verona @ Verona
1/6: 7:30pm vs. Beloit @ East
1/9: 7:30pm vs. LaFollette @ LaFollette
1/15: 7:30pm vs. Sun Prairie @ East
1/17: 7:30pm vs. Memorial @ Memorial
1/23: 7:30pm vs. West @ East
1/29: 7:30pm vs. Middleton @ East
1/31: 7:30pm vs. Craig @ Craig
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31
12/18: 7:30pm vs. Parker @ Parker
12/20: 7:30pm vs. Verona @ Verona
1/2: 7:30pm vs. Beloit @ East
1/8: 7:30pm vs. LaFollette @ LaFollette
1/10: 7:30pm vs. Sun Prairie @ Sun Prairie
1/13: 7:30pm vs. Sauk Prairie @ East
1/16: 7:30pm vs. Memorial @ Memorial
1/22: 7:30pm vs. West @ East
1/24: 7:30pm vs. Middleton @ East
1/30: 7:30pm vs. Craig @ Craig
Boys Swim
12/19: 5:30pm vs. Parker @ East
1/9: 5:30pm vs. West & Verona @ Verona
1/16: 5:30pm vs. Craig @ Craig
1/23: 5:30pm vs. Beloit & Middleton @
East
Gymnastics
Eating more celery
World Peace!!
For a chance to have really interesting and challenging classes
that might give me some insight into what I want to be
The new Star Wars movie to not suck
The cafeteria food to get better in quality
A new phone
Not taking out loans
Getting into UW Madison
A really good dorm for college
A successful life and a goat
Cake
People to be optimistic enough to have wishes and dreams and to believe in them
Early retirement
Being able to help children in need, especially kids with special needs
The land of
dragons and
the land of
hearts
Peace and happiness in the world with no violence whatsoever
A pet kangaroo
Good grades in college
Rudolph’s
rockin’ nose
A puppy!
Food and drinks to be allowed in class
The food to get better for the future students
Unlimited riches
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Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Enough scholarships to cover my first year of college
Doing well in college
Varsity Sports
A new dueling tactic
The opportunity to get into my dream college
The chance to go to sectionals next year
All human kind to be prosperous and be kind to eachother
Everyone to have a good
laugh everyday
Lots of food
•
•
ANNOUNCEMENT
Seniors
Make sure you rememebr to study
for finals during
winter break.
Be on the lookout
for information on
an upcoming FAFSA
parent night this january
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12/18: 6:30pm vs. Middleton @ Middleton
1/8: 6:30pm vs. Memorial @ Memorial
1/16: 7pm vs. West @ Madison Turners
1/23: 7pm vs. Sun Prairie @ Madison
Turners
1/30: 7pm vs. Verona @ Madison Turners
Boys Hockey
12/15: 7pm vs. Monroe @ SLICE Arena
12/18: 8pm vs. Sun Prairie @ Hartmeyer
12/22: 7:15pm vs. Deforest @ Waunakee-Deforest Ice Arena
1/6: 8pm vs. Memorial @ Madison Ice
Arena
1/8: 8pm vs. West @ Madison Ice Arena
1/13: 8pm vs. Verona @ Hartmeyer
1/15: 8pm vs. Janesville @Hartmeyer
1/16: 7pm vs. Grafton @ Osaukee Ice
Center
1/19: 7pm Monroe @ Edwards Ice Arena
1/24: 7pm vs. Beloit @ Edwards Ice Arena
1/27: 8pm vs. Middleton @ Capitol Ice
Arena
1/29: 8pm vs. Grafton Hartmeyer
Girls Hockey
12/18: 8pm vs. Stoughton @ Sun Prairie
Ice Arena
1/1: 2:30pm Schwann Cup @ Schwann
Super Rink
1/2: 2:30pm Schwann Cup @ Schwann
Super Rink
1/3: 4:45pm Schwann Cup @ Schwann
Super Rink
1/13: 7pm vs. Baraboo @ Baraboo-Pierce
Park
1/14: 7pm vs. University School of Milwaukee @ Sun Prairie Ice Arena
1/17: 8pm vs. Viroqua @ Waunakee/Deforest Ice Rink
1/23: 5:30pm vs. Middleton Co-op @
Madison Ice Arena
1/24: 6:30pm vs. DC Everest1 @ Wanakee/Deforest Ice Rink
1/27: 7:45 vs. Beloit Co-op @ Sun Prairie
Ice Arena
Wrestling
12/19: 7pm vs. Beloit @ East
12/22: 12pm vs. Milwaukee Hamilton @
Milwaukee Hamilton
12/23: 9am vs. Milwaukee Hamilton @
Milwaukee Hamilton
1/9: 7pm vs. Craig @ Craig
1/15: 7pm vs. LaFollette @ LaFollette
1/23: 6:30pm BIG 8 SHOWCASE @ Verona
1/27: 7pm vs. Poynette @ Poynette
East Tower Times
December 18th, 2014
Volume 91, Issue 4
Super Quiz
Zoroscopes
Subject: Hodge-Podge
Freshman Level
1.What is eggnog made of?
2.How many people died in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet?
3.How many countries are there in
Africa?
Graduate Level
4.How many different new years are
there?
5.What has four legs in the morning,
two legs in the afternoon, and three
legs in the evening?
6.How many students have recently
gone missing in Mexico?
PhD Level
let Madame Josephina give you guidance
Aries-Don’t fret over past relationships. Only by moving
forward can you realize true happiness.
Taurus-Remember, there’s no “I” in “Taurus”.
7.How many paintings is Van Gogh
known to have produced?
8.How seasons did The Twilight Zone
have?
9.What would happen to Icelandic children if they were naughty?
Answers:
1. Milk and/or cream, sugar, and whipped eggs
2. Six people
3. Fifty-four countries
4. Five different new years
5. A man
6. Forty-three missing students
7. Nine-hundred paintings
8. Five seasons
9. Grýla or Jólakötturinn will eat them
Gemini-A new year means a new identity. Try disguising
yourself as a camel and see what it’s like. You’re in for
a bumpy ride.
Cancer-When are you going to realize zoroscopes
are nothing but vague predictions that could apply to
anything. Stop relying on others and take control of your
own life!
Leo- Time-travelling goose.
Draw Your Own Snowman
Virgo-It’s never too early to plan your funeral. After
all, in the end, what are we but dust blowing through
the wind that is the infinite cosmos? Acknowledge your
mortality and the inevitability of your death.
Libra-Whan your writin a paper, mak sur you spel
everithing corectly.
Scorpio-These are not called “Chore-oscopes”. Whoever
keeps sending these hurtful messages to me, please stop.
I try my best.
Sagittarius-They say “No man’s an island”, but all that
really means is nobody has succeeded yet. Happy trailblazing.
Capricorn-Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck. Duck.
Aquarius-In the words of Socrates, “I’m da best.”
Pisces-You seem tense. How about a deep tissue massage? That’s too bad champ, I’m just a newspaper.
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Philosophical Quotes for Winter
“What good is the warmth of summer, without
the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
-John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In
Search of America
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”
-Carl Reiner
“Winter is coming.”
-George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“December’s wintery breath is already clouding
the pond, frosting the pane, obscuring summer’s memory...”
- John Geddes
Source: Goodread.com