Show The calendar takes a leap By Osvaldo Gonzalez Leap Year wasthc traditional time marriage to men They also made it law that any man who declined a proposal in a Leap Year must pay 9 fine The fine could range from a kiss to payment for a silk dress or a pair of gloves look down on such women However that hasn’t always been the case When the rules Here is the reason why we need The mean time between two successive venial Leap Years of courtship were more strict women were only equinoxes is called a tropical year and it is about 3652422 days long This means that it takes 3652422 days for the earth to make one revolution around the sun (the time is takes to orbit the sun) allowed to pop the question on one day every four years ' According to English law February 29th was ignored and had no legal status Folks assumed that traditions would also have no status on that day of the seasons (tropical year) which is not a desirable situation' It is desirable to align die calendar marriage with the seasons and make die ' difference as small as possible The first documentation of this ' Bringing Home to school By Mike ! : : ' Dransfield ' Students of MC have over the ycars searched for more and more ways to he comfortable in high school Students bring comforts and objects from their homes to make free time during school a little more relaxed and enjoyable: Per-- haps this is a sign to the school that it’s a Ihtlc too rigid? Or more likely a sign that wc as the stu- dent body arc becoming more lazy and uncaring Some students have brought camp' clajrs that they use before school and during breaks to rest and talk Everyday onecould find students ’(specifically girls) who : wear the pajamas that they sleep school into Recently during ' - Kcnnington states bluntly “Even cell phones should not he here” The only electronic devices al- lowed in MC arc calculators Bring any others at your own risk of get- ting it confiscated or stolen Besides robberies the reason these things aren’t allowed is be- cause students start caring more about the electronics than class “What happens is they start slufT-ing class to go goof around with those games’’ Remington says re- gariling video games in the halls Most don’t need to sluff class hut they pay little attention during class while they play games on Game Boysor ironically calcula- torsi As to other objects ofeomfort such as chairs blankets pillows and jammics Jack Robinson says “If it’s not a violation ofpolicyor a disruptions the teacher at this began playing a Nintendo 64 that ' they contained in their locker on a TV that they had brought small from home with a 'long coiled etention cord plugged into a dis- - time wcrc okay with that” tantwall That is until one day" Robinson also wished to add “However as soon as somebody’s Mir Jack Robinson told them to cease facing! shooting and rights arc Violated — a student's ' right to learn and the teacher’s smashing So how much is too much? In right hr teach—then that is against thewav of electronics' Kcvari the 1 4thAmcndmcnt and wc will Do you Thumbs down: They purposely gave you the wrong address and you ended up at a psychiatric ward ' Thumbs up: You're gmdutmg this — stop that particular activity In this case video games in the hallj those 'video games were h disruption to teachers Just remember: Even though you : are here because you have to be you also have to respect die rules of the (dace and not make teach- ’ ' jobs harder than theyaheady are by showing feat you don’t care quits” -- “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to doit” “A man may die nations may rise and fall hut an idea lives on” John F Kennedy have time? some spent as many as 10-1- 4 his a week while others helped out with as low as a 12 hr a week Eighty-fou- r percent of students were involved with lar activities with some spending as many as 20 hrs a week Finally all students were asked if they considered themselves: A: relaxed not much is going oa in 1 have a pretty my life balanced life or (stressed I fed - extra-curric- u- like! haveno way to keep up with everything Ida 10 said said B- - and 41 said C A 49 The conclusion that can be ' drawn from this survey is that some of student? said they had to help out with chores at homeor formwork while 18 did not Of those who did once and leave the homework be- hind (But not your job because you wouldn’t want to get fired) and " ' Richard M Nixon students are wasting their pre- cious high school years killing themselves overhomework etc So! go out and have some fen for 11-1- year! Thumbs down: Your cap and gown end up being 3 sizes too small ' “A man is not finished when he’s defeated he’s finished when he 3: Disneyland with hen Thumbs down: She didn’tpick you Thumbs up: You were invited to the biggest costume party ever Franklin D Roosevelt Dwight D Eisenhower Bv Camilla Olsen Ode hundred students were re- cently polled to find out just how much time was spent withhome- work and elsewhere Here are the results: Hours spent on homework a Arl 34 wedc 0-- 2A 81 1: 25 12: 17Wifesomepeople who spent 23-2- 5 hours When asked if they woe en- rolled in any AP classes Concur- rent Enrollment honors courses ' etc 82 said yes' 18 said no When asked if they had an after school job 62 said yes 38 said no Of those who had a job die hours they worked per week were Thumbs up: Your best friend tells you she gets to take out friend to ' -- “I find that the harder I work the more luck 1 seem to have” asksif you’re a sophomore of going forward hut only one way of standing still” thq appellation” George Washington like you always do Thmnb up: You’re finally a senior! thumbs down: Evetyone you meet ' “There arc many ways “Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few he well tried before you give them your confidence True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to Day’' Thumbs down: You did your hair Thomas Jefferson “Do what you can with what you have where you are” -- Theodore Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln America’sMost Wanted Thumbs up: Your friend wrote a song about you Thumbs down: The title is “You’re not die coolest’’ Thumbs up: You wrote a brilliant ' essay for English Thumbs down: It was only brilliant to you and your teacher sched- uled a conference with your mom Thumbs up: Your mom told you die conference went well and that she explained everything Thumbs down: She told your teacher you were going through some tough times with your imaginary friend and you happened to use your essay as a way to get your feelings out Thumbs up: You won the phzc for the messiest hair on “Bad Hair i -- “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow it today” was the newest release from ' Using a calendar with 365 days would result in an error of 02422 days or almost 6 hours per year After 100 years this calendar would be metre than 24 days ahead It was also reasoned that since the Leap Year day existed to fix a problem in the calendar it could also be used to fix an old and unjust custom that only let men propose By Emily Whitney Fchriiary 1 6 was President’s Day so we found several quotes by different United States presidents As you read them think about how they apply to your life and what they can teach you about how to live By Keisie Maughan Thambs up: You find enough money in your pocket to buy a candybar Thumb down: The candybar gets stuck and you get your hand stuck trying to reach in and grab it Thumbs op: You’re picture was in the newspaper Thumbs down: The caption said it when women could propose In many of today's cultures it is okay for a woman to propose marriage to a man Society doesn’t Some wise words Thumbs practice dates back to 1288 when Scotland passed a law that alkwcU 20-- : Eighty-tw-o 8 10 5 20 ' percent ' |