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Show Teen Examiner 7 The news page written by and for WeberDavis teens A On The Net 1 "U" 'I!', rI i bliffct ji vH 44 0 phonal t.tH.H , 7764551 Thursday, December 4, 1997 Lakeside Review n u 4 4 Disney flubbed this flick and Cq , By SCOTT STEPHENS IX. eowoonnen I walked out the theater the taste 4 As ' Jr ft t ofabaJmoucinmy mouth, I wondered how it could happen. I low could I have been persuaded to sec this movie? Then it hit me-- 1 was mesmerized by the wonderful world of Disney. All of tjw minions over in Mickey Mouse-wearin- g 'toon town thought up a way to get even ' me to sec their movie. Their strategy, simply put. is Robin Williams. Good old Robin Williams pulled a quick one on me and all movie-goin- g teens alike with Flubbcr. I low do wc stop from being drawn . into future movie mahcm? Ihc answer is you cant. As long as n actors keep taking famous, roles in movies like llubber, our movie ticket money won't be safe. l lubber, a remake of the old comedy classic The Absent-Minde- d Professor, stars the hilarious Robin Williams and, you guessed it, a whole bunch of computer-animate- d goo. Peter (Robin Williams) is a forgetful science buff with a robotic maid and one heck of an erector set. After being threatened with his life if he misses his wedding (again), he kind of findsblows are up Rubber. The little green goo-le-ts the computer worlds newest effects. From interacting with Robin Williams to doing the mambo, they are proof of the film industrys reliance on computers, and the downfall of the plot. ! Along with all the almost-funn- y ! at whole the and scenes, attempt remaking a perfectly good movie, Disney tried to please everybody. They trudged through the impossible task of full viewer satisfaction and got stuck in the mud. Yes, its true, the movie empire of Disney has bombed out with teenagers (again), and the only adults that will see this movie are the poor souls dragged to the theaters by their kids. The lesson to be learned: Sometimes : the classics are better. Flubber is obviously a kids movie, , but as long as big actors make these movies, teenagers are going to be lulled to them. If Disney remade The Little , Mermaid starring Pamela Lee and Brad Pitt, yes, we would go see it, but no, it would not be a good movie. Stay home and rent the original. s Scott Stephens, a sophomore at Nort bridge High School, enjoys playing basketball, mountain biking and perfecting , p Hi: . A - tAh - r&f- ' well-know- already-peife- ct body. (His words.) TX. CHAT . Meet the mystery moderator in TX.s online chat session, 8 p.m. each Wednes- day on StandardNET at www.stan-dard.ne- t. Whether the moderator shows up' or not, its your open hour to chat with your friends and fellow TX. Tho Dottom urn I f ft r A T trrr Ml . t X v--r A 71 w. A FOREIGN u'V.N Ik r senior at 4 'V Clearfield High School, shows some of the memorabilia Clearfield, TX corespondent f Its a place where curfews do not exist. There is no legally enforced drinking age. There are no substitute teachers. It cost $800 dollars to get a drivers license. And they do not have citizenship in schools. Could this place be real? ' ' Of course its real Joe Rogers went there. Rogers, a senior at Clearfield High School, spent 10 months in Spain during his junior year as a foreign exchange student. ' a blast, and I made so friends, Rogers said. Im many definitely going back this summer. , Like most foreign exchange students, Rogers struggled with the language for the first three months. I didnt know what anyone was saying. I would just nod my head and say si whenever people said things to me, Rogers said. Terra Park, also a senior at Clearfield, spent a month of the summer of her freshman year in France just visiting, and could relate to language difficulties. I never understood what they , , were saying. So, luckily, my (host) family spoke English. The first day of school is scary as it is, but in a place where no one speaks English, it can be terrifying. It was weird, Rogers said of his first day of school, I found I had off she collected during her tnp to France (mam photo). Joe Rogers, also a senior at It By SUNSHINE NAKAE PLACE: Terra Parks, a Jt.ti A . . the mr - - - . . -- - --V" 7 - scans through some of the photos taken during the ten months he spent in Spain. Interested? Think you might want to be an exchange student, too? Photos byPAUL CONRAD Standard Examiner Information on foreign exchange programs is available from the Utah State Office of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, 250 East 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 841 1 1 my class and just sat there, then finally a kid named Raul came and introduced himself. From my first word he knew I wasnt from around there. Then he started introducing me to the whole class, and I had to kiss everyones cheeks. It was a pain, and I was panicking trying to remember all their names. Park recalled a similar custom during her visit to France. When I first met my (host) mom at the airport, I went to hug her, and she pushed me away and kissed my cheeks. Then I remembered I was in France. From siesta to snails Rogers ran into a whole new culture in Spain, and grew to love everything from siesta to the snails. Every business is closed from two to about six oclock, said Rogers, explaining siesta. You cant buy anything, not even a Coke. As far as the snails go, Rogers said he actually liked She (my host mom) them. cooked them in this spicy sauce, : See STUDENTS8 i f From here on out, senioritis only gets worse By TANNA BARRY TX correspondent seems like the move by in motion, only as fast as a snail could walk across the United States. School has lost its interest, class is boring, and the only thing you can think about is that upcoming day. As the school year progresses for me and other seniors, I think that we are all anxiously awaiting graduation day. And until that day comes, we have to endure those endlessly bonng classes, long school days and homework. This is only the beginning of what is known as senioritis, and from here on out it gets worse as the anticipation builds and the anxiety mounts. So how do you combat senioritis? Michelle Nichols, a senior at Fremont High School, said, I hated . It f t ' r J m r IV . - - high school so much that I went to early college. Early college is a program in which the student attends a local college in order to fulfill high school requirements and at the same time earn college ciedit. The students are not bound to high school, although they can still take classes in high school. But not everybody can go or wants to go to early college. Many seniors want to have fun their senior year, not take something more difficult and harder than high school classes. Everyone always says that your senior year is supposed to be the best year of your entire high school experience. So if early college doesnt interest you, you can join the countless others who are struggling to make it through their senior year. I know that I would rather Sit back and relax, with no commitments, appointments or responsibility. If you are feeling a tinge of senioritis, here are a few suggestions to help get you through the year: Join extracurricular activities to keep you busy so the year passes by faster. Find a hobby that is really and that you enjoy. Take easy classes that require little or no effort so you can practice your d hobby. Find an after school job. Try new things like skydiving, bungee jumping, rock climbing, skiing, ice skating, Rollerblading and anything fun and exciting. Develop a chronic illness (or fake one) that will get you excused from a lot of classes Oust kidding). Anyway, there are many things you can do to keep you busy and ljuldly entertained as the school days pass on. If none of these suggestions help you out, then pretend you didnt read this article; and if they do help you, so be it. Whatever. Like the rest of us bored seniors, at least try to find something that will put a lull on your senioritis. Tanna Barry, a senior at Fremont High School, enjoys reading and writing. new-foun- |