By Alyssa Book, Bekah Landers, Claire DeFrancisci, and Grace Runkel
FC students had one less thing to worry about this morning: getting dressed. To kick off spirit week students were asked to come to school in their pajamas. This week’s spirit activities will lead up to Student Renaissance’s Academic Pep Rally on Friday.
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Freshman Remi Bowman liked the choice of casting as Jennifer Lawrence as the main character, Katniss.
“When I saw the movie, I thought Katniss Everdeen was cast perfect. She was the exact fit,” said Bowman.
Senior Brittany Murray said she was a little more hesitant to accept some of the characters, but she said all did a great job.
Bowman also enjoyed seeing her favorite parts from the book being interpreted on film. She said her favorite scene was Katniss and Peeta’s return home, knowing that their journey was far from over.
Murray’s favorite scene was seeing the chariots entering the arena and being announced to all of Panam as the Hunger Games are about to begin.
The movie was two and a half hours long, but similar to the book, once it was over it felt like it took just a blink of an eye to escape into another world. The ending to the movie was mirrored to the book; Katniss and Peeta returning to District 12 and a future uprising is in their midst.
With the success of the movie and the books now topping the lists of best sellers, it is evident the next two installments will be produced and released soon to keep the Hunger Games’ fire burning.
By Jared Murray, Blake Dykes and Alyssa Book
Since nice weather is coming through, A&E is accompanying you with music that will make your outdoor adventure or camping trip more enjoyable.
1. “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock
2. “The Orchard” by Ra Ra Riot
3. “July, July!” by The Decemberists
4. “Keep Me In Mind” by Zac Brown Band
5. “One Thing” by One Direction
6. “Battery Kinzie” by Fleet Foxes
7. “My Kind of Party” by Jason Aldean
8. “Brand New Key” by Melanie
9. “1983” by Neon Trees
10. “The City” by Patrick Wolf
By Alyssa Book, Blake Dykes, and Jared Murray
This week A&E has made a playlist that will hopefully make this week back from spring break more bearable!
1) “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor
2) “Glad You Came” by The Wanted
3) “Another Sunny Day” by Belle and Sebastian
4) “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz
5) “Life Is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts
6) “My Body” by Young The Giant
7) “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow
8) “Good Life” by OneRepublic
9) “Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber
10) “Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys
11) “Slight Figure of Speech” by The Avett Brothers
By Alyssa Book and Blake Dykes
8:45 a.m.: The first of two airplanes struck the World Trade Center.
9:03 a.m.: The second plane crashes, devastating New York City.
9:43 a.m.: The Pentagon is bombarded.
10:48 a.m.: It is confirmed that a jet has fallen into a field in Western Pennsylvania.
Death total reaches 2,792.
On Sept. 11, 2001 thousands of lives were lost due to the terrorist attacks.
Even though not everyone was directly affected by this disaster, a lot of people every where watched as the country was under attack.
Oddly enough, many people remember specific things from this day, even 10 years later.
“I was teaching a class in the old FC building and the teacher next to me told me planes had hit in New York City and then I turned on the TV and watched it,” said world history teacher Louie Stevens.
Junior Ted Hartog shares his memories. “I was in the first grade and they told us we needed to go home; Open House was also canceled that night.”
Besides the loss of lives and damage done to American property, a long-term war broke out.
“9/11 set the stage of a whole new era. We’ve been at war for the past 10 years and 9/11 is the root of that,” said Stevens.
Freshman Hudson Barlow agreed with Stevens in the aspect that 9/11 brought forth a war.
“I think 9/11 scared a lot of people and started a war.”
Looking back on this event now, people remember this in different ways.
“I think some people sort of got over it, but most people still remember and are sad about it,” said middle school student Cassie Thomerson.
On the other hand, Stevens feels it is fading.
“It’s diminishing because now there are movies about it. It is definitely slipping into history, not feeling the emotion of it.”
However, the 9/11 memorial, now known as National September 11 Memorial & Museum located where the World Trade Center once stood, keeps it relevant and a stunning reminder of that Sept. 11 day.
Hartog expresses his opinion on the memorial.
“The memorial is an appropriate response to 9/11, and it helps that we have our national security under control.”
