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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

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The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

The School Newspaper of Cherry Hill High School East

Eastside

‘Labyrinth’ a fairy tale with a twist

Ever since the legendary 22-minute applause at Cannes, Pan’s Labyrinth has been causing quite a stir. Not just a stir in your seat with gruesome torture scenes, but one that has managed to capture the hearts of viewers worldwide. Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2) brings us an enchanting masterpiece in his native tongue.

Top albums of 2006

With each passing year in the new millennium, the music scene grows progressively worse. This year is no exception. Only a handful of recent artists (Wilco, Beck, The White Stripes, Kanye West, Citizen Cope, Ben Harper) can be hailed as excellent contributors to the world of music, while other “critically artists” (The Decemberists, TV on the Radio, etc.) are only gaining recognition because there are no others worthy of applaud. In other words, critics are praising sub-average artists because they sound exemplary compared to other recent lack-luster releases. I hate to sound like the stereotypical modern-day music basher, but the truth of the matter is, music just isn’t what it used to be—at least not for the past few years. Maybe I’m being too harsh on modern music, by comparing contemporary bands to the powerful music of the 1960s and 1970s. Are ideas running out? Or are artists too lazy and/or incompetent to create worthwhile music?

Reading at East: a lost art?

It’s a stormy weekend afternoon and there is nothing to do-nothing on the television, and all of the video games are beat. Will the boredom succumb to the reading of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations? Or will it just be shoved away like every other book? Reading has been a means of entertainment to many students, but it has also been disregarded by others due to their heavy workload, which persistently hinders them.

East’s after-school security serves higher purpose

After school, iron gates are set up around the building which serve to repeatedly block an individual's path. The resulting frustration is very well known among students and teachers alike. They appear to herd students around school in droves not very much unlike common farm animals. To understand the real purpose behind the apparently meaningless partitions, one must first ask those who are in charge of their presence after school.

A season lost

Jason Seher (’07)/ Eastside Staff November 26, 2006
John Milton never witnessed a sporting match of any kind. Despite this tiny obstacle, the seventeenth century Englishman might be the most prophetic sports writer ever to pen a single line. Amidst Milton's extensive Paradise Lost, a single line explains the premature decline of successful sports teams: "Our torments also may in length of time become our elements." Thus, treading down the same miserable path that ensnared the post John Gruden Oakland Raiders, the post Barry Sanders Detroit Lions, and the post Jim Kelly Buffalo Bills, the Philadelphia Eagles have fallen from the upper echelons of the National Football League.

Juniors retake Spirit Week lead after crab soccer and tug-of-war

After letting the lead slip following a mediocre performance in the volleyball competition, the juniors took back the overall spirit week lead, by coming in first place in the crab soccer event and picking up second place finishes in both guys and girls tug-of-war for a grand total of 450 points on the night. The seniors, who were grasping to small lead coming into the competition, only gained a total of 350 points on the night, thus dropping to second place in the overall standings.

What makes Spirit Week tick?

What is it about the Student Government organized Spirit Week that gets the students so pumped up? Is it the intense competition between the four grades? The lunch-time activities? The after-school activity battles? The homecoming football game? "Students get so excited because it's a time where your entire grade comes together to compete against the other grades," says Chelsea Dolchin ('07), who has been involved in Spirit Week for the past four years. Each year in November, the whole school joins in Spirit Week activities and games. A theme is chosen by class officers and advisors which will be used to develop the Spirit Week dances, booths and banners. Each class chooses a sub-category, which corresponds with the overall theme.