Economy: Basically wants to cut taxes, strengthen dollar, and create jobs by removing “obstacles” to job creation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Repealing the Dodd-Frank Law.
Energy: Remove bureaucratic and legal obstacles that stop natural gas development and natural gas. Replace the Environmental Protection Agency, finance cleaner energy.
Education: Like Mitt Romney, Gingrich wants to reduce the power of the federal Department of Education and create merit pay for teachers.
Environment: Supports lowering carbon emissions and conservative-based efforts.
National Security: Use military force judiciously and clear with obtainable objectives: believes the U.S. must defeat radical Islamists in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Abortion: Against abortion and supports de-funding Planned Parenthood.
Immigration: Secure the border, reform visa program and allow amnesty for some who are here illegally.
Economy: Cut spending and make jobs by encouraging economic growth and trade
Energy: Rapidly develop U.S. natural gas supplies, and natural oil supplies. Also invest more in nuclear energy.
Education: Revamp education by increasing pay for teachers, eliminating the Federal Department of Education; supports the concept of “No Child Left Behind” and charter schools.
Environment: Supports using Earth’s natural resources like natural gas and oil.
National Security: Increase military budget and has supported wiretapping mosques.
Abortion: Pro-life and is in support of de-funding Planned Parenthood and is against stem-cell research.
Immigration: Should secure the border and stop illegal immigration and is against amnesty for illegal immigrants currently living in the U.S. Also people should have to carry a card at all times that proves their citizenship and employers hiring should be required to ask for it
“Neil Simon must have been plowed when he wrote ‘Fools.’ ”
These are the words theatre director Chris Bundy left the audience with before the FC Studio One production of “Fools” began on opening night.
“Fools” is a play of minimal scenery that Bundy’s acting classes performed. It was put on by the Advanced Acting II class with two casts and was made up mostly by sophomores, and I was only able to see the first cast. With Bundy retiring at the end of the year and leaving his long line of excellence, the sophomores really represent the future of FC’s theater program, and after seeing “Fools” I could not be happier.
“Fools” itself was not performed on the main stage. Instead, it was put on in the Studio One room for a much smaller crowd than other plays. But even while on a smaller stage, it still provided worthwhile entertainment for kids and parents alike.
“Fools” takes place in the quaint Ukrainian town of Kulyenchikov, a town plagued by a 200-year-old curse that leaves all residents of the town as fools. It follows the protagonist, Leon Tolchinsky, a young school teacher eager to teach. He is the town’s only hope to bring intelligence back to the village.
Tolchinksy was played by sophomore Clay Gulley in both casts, and quite simply, Gulley made the show. No one in the show performed poorly, but Gulley performed exceptionally well. He so snugly fit himself in his role that you almost forgot you were watching a play. He could be funny and foolish when the script demanded but could draw it back and be serious with strong dramatic monologues. Gulley is part of the future of the FC theater program, and that is a good thing.
Having said that, some aspects of the show could have used work. The Russian accents left something to be desired at times, and the script itself wasn’t Neil Simon’s best, as the Three Stooges style of comedy grew stale after a while and it made clear why it was only on Broadway for a month. However, the the humor displayed throughout left the audience laughing within the first five minutes of the show and throughout the play.
“Fools” offered a look into the future of FC theater, and after seeing it my previous fear of FC’s theater program declining was estinguished. The future of FC theater is a bright one that will continue the line of greatness Bundy has established.
Senior Claire Gapsis throws away all food and Styrofoam before recycling the rest of her meal during lunch.
Anyone who has been in the FC cafeteria lately can tell you there have been some major changes. The usual line of orderly trash cans has been rearranged, as they now sit in several new places with new directional signs. The labels on these signs say things like “plastic” and “food.” As you may have guessed this is the newest plan for the corporation wide recycling policy.
Principal Louie Jensen said this policy was implemented by New Albany Floyd County director of facilities Bill Wiseheart, and has been in the works for about two years.
NAFCS maintenance supervisor Steve Green said schools in the corporation are being added one at a time. He that the main reason they were able to implement this is because of a third party they hired. QRS Recycling is a nation-wide corporation that uses a new technique of recycling called “stream-line” to manage the green disposal means of schools and business. He said, “The reason we haven’t done this earlier is because people aren’t going to recycle if they have to sort dozens of things out.”
The beauty of QRS, he added, is that they will take 70 percent of the left over materials the school uses and sort and recycle them for them. This means as long as students sort the food away from everything else there is no other added work for cafeteria workers.
Jensen said the main reason the corporation is recycling should be to save the planet, but there are some other benefits as well. [Recycling] will save 10 percent of last year’s waste disposal cost after QRS’s fee said Jensen.
Jensen and Green both said they’re excited about the new policy but they expect some resistance from older students. Green said that younger kids in the elementary schools are more likely to embrace recycling than their older peers. “We hope that they will grow up with recycling and it will become more natural to them,” he said.
QRS will sort and recycling everything from cardboard to pencils for the corporation and save thousands of dollars.
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