lpahomov

Hallway Fashion-Avery Monroe

November 25, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

Exactly what are you wearing today, and do you know where each item is from?
I am wearing a black skirt and leggings and boots and a cardigan. I don’t know where all of it’s from, but I know where some of it is from. The cardigan is from Urban Outfitters, my shoes are from DSW.

What are some of your favorite places to shop, or what are your favorite brands? Why?
I like Urban Outfitters, and I like Forever 21. Because they have nice clothes.

What does fashion mean to you?
I don’t know……

Do you consider yourself fashionable?
Sometimes. Some days I come looking like a slob but I think I look nice sometimes.

How long does it usually take for you to pick out the outfit that you’re going to wear for the day and what’s your thought process as you pick out these clothes?
About half an hour and then my thought process, I don’t know… I just pick out stuff i think looks good.

Who/What do you get your fashion inspiration from?
When I read magazines and stuff, and I look at the pictures.

If you had to wear one outfit for the rest of your life what would it be?
Sweatpants, and a hoodie.

What’s your 1 dream outfit?
I would go to free people and get an outfit, but I don’t know what specifically.

Interview By: Kenyatta Bundy Jr

My Love/ Hate Relationship With Thanksgiving

November 25, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

by: Dejah Harley

As the weather cools and the leaves change the holiday season approaches. First off, Thanksgiving.

Every family has some traditions they’d rather not speak on. For me, that definitely applies

I wake up super early in the morning to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. I’ve been doing this since I can remember.

Sitting in the living room I can smell my mom preparing the Thanksgiving Day dinner. Each of my family members will also bring something over. It ranges anywhere from pumpkin pie to stuffing.

Normally everyone will come over my house for Thanksgiving. It’s good that i don’t have to worry about going anywhere but bad because there are so many people in my house.

It gets so crowded in my house during this time. The amount of noise can be insane at times. This has to be the worst part for me.

My least favorite part is the noise that comes with thirty people trying to talk at once. However, that normally means that Thanksgiving is almost over, bring us closer to “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday”.

No matter what you’re thankful for, the holiday season can still bring out something you hate.

A Hairy Situation

November 22, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

By Will Amari

Staff Writer

November is known for cooler days, shorter school weeks, and large leaf piles. Thanksgiving too comes in November and can serve as a national symbol for remembering what we’re thankful for and marks the start of the Holiday Season. However, this November students, teachers, and parents at SLA have something else on their mind, and it isn’t turkey.

Its called “No Shave November” or, “Noshember” as many call it, when guys and gals let their hair grow out all month to show their support for a special cause.

Some people might find this to be a little silly at first, but the concept goes much deeper then rocking the wolf-man. Principle Lehman explains, “It (Noshember) is the raising of money for men’s health.”

Last November, Principle Lehman’s father passed away of prostate cancer. This November Principle Lehman feels like not shaving is a wonderful way to honor him.

The idea of Noshember is not a new trend. In fact, it has been going on for four years straight. On November 2009, The Hill family started this hairy tradition to remember their father who died after an 18-month battle with colon cancer. At that time the Noshember Facebook page had just under 50 participants. Today thousands of people from all over the world have joined the Noshember team, and they are not afraid to show their support with their bearded faces or fuzzy legs.

The Noshember Foundation has raised over 170 million dollars worldwide. The United States alone raised over $7.5 million for cancer charities.

Principle Lehman believes that more people will do it next year and that eventually it will become a tradition. He thinks that more students would’ve joined if they were able to grow beards. “For me this was an attempt to raise awareness and raise a little money for issues of men’s health.”

Junior Richard Yoeun feels rather passionate about No Shave November, but he’s not doing it for cancer. “It is a tradition that usually runs in my family.” Yoeun explains. “I want to see how long I can grow my beard out within the course of one month.” When Yoeun was asked what one could get out of growing a beard he stated, “The sense of pride, dignity, warmth for my chin and a good look of manhood.”

It just goes to show you the importance of beard-growing and the many things it represents. To some it is a way to express their feelings for fallen love ones. To others it’s a symbol of manhood. In the end it all goes to a good cause. Even if that cause is masculinity.

Student of the Month: Byshera Moore-Williams

November 21, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

By: Claudia Bonitatibus

For most students, writing a play seems like quite an ordeal, but Senior Byshera Moore-Williams proves that it really does pay off.

As a sophomore, Byshera wrote a play for History Teacher Joshua Block’s class as an assignment. After submitting her play to Philadelphia Young Playwrights, for the Annual Playwriting Festival, she was surprised to have her play chosen to be performed by Temple students majoring in theatre. The play that she wrote sophomore year went on stage this fall.

There is more to the process of preparing a play to be performed on stage than one might think. It may not be for the weak of heart, but that didn’t stop Byshera. Her dedication to her work carried her through.

Byshera explains, “If you win you go for three weeks, September 23rd to October 10th is when I went. You go to at least two rehearsals each week and you get feedback from your actors and your directors, to make edits. You pick music and that kind of stuff, and at the end of those three weeks you get to see your play on stage.”

Her play was about a child who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and issues from his past including his parents not being there for him and drug use.

Sophomores from Iron and Copper streams saw her play performed on stage. Sophomore Lauren Thomas explains the experience of seeing her SAT’s play performed,

“They showed us three plays that were each written by students. We were there with other schools like Masterman, and the plays were really good. They were performed by students who go to Temple, learning the theatrical arts. A lot of the plays were written about actual experiences.”

Byshera did not always think she would be interested in creative writing, and she came to SLA more interested in the sciences. After the experience of the play she is enthusiastic about studying writing in college. She is applying for a scholarship and her first choice is Fordham University in New York.

“I am applying with english as my major and creative writing as my minor, since there is no playwriting major. I wanted to go into science, but then I just ended up liking writing. This experience changed my ideas.”

Is it Worth it?- Sports Talk with the Straight Shuter

November 20, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

Is it Worth it?- Sports Talk with the Straight Shuter

by Jesse Shuter

Staff Writer

Courtesy of http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/11/ jason-babin-dreadlocks-andre-ellington/

In sports today, you hear about injuries every day. Whether it is a high ankle sprain, a concussion or even an ACL tear. They are happening more and more often each year. Throughout this article I am going to focus on these types of injuries in the NFL, although what is said here can be applied to almost any professional sport.

Players continue to put themselves at risk by trying to get every last yard instead of maybe taking a few less yards, but walking away injury free. Some injuries happen to be more gruesome than others.

Sometimes these players get lucky and nothing happens and they don’t realize that they are putting themselves in harms way because they walk away healthy. Other times, they get hurt whether for the rest of the game, a week or even a season, yet they still are willing to risk it all the next time they get a chance.

Then there are the unlucky ones. The most common example is Joe Theismann. Theismann was a quarterback for the Washington Redskins and was an extremely talented quarterback with the rest of his career to look forward to. Then tragedy struck.

Theismann was playing in a game against the New York Giants and was getting blitzed by the opposing team’s defense. The blitz was working because a few players broke through the offensive line. One of the players happened to be Lawrence Taylor. Lawrence Taylor is a hall of fame player, and is known as possibly the best defensive or even the best overall player of all time.

Theismann was not able to avoid the oncoming traffic of players and took the sack for a loss of yards. The sack was not the end of the play, however, because as he was getting sacked, Lawrence Taylor came flying in to finish the job and landed on Theismann’s leg.

If you have ever seen this play, you know what happens next. Lawrence Taylor was beginning to celebrate the play when he heard a scream of agony behind him. He spun around to see Theismann laying of the ground with a leg bone split in half. The injury was so horrible that Theismann could never play again and that play ended his career early.

There are some other more recent example of gruesome injuries. Two from this year come to mind, and both of these players are on the same team. These players are Andre Ellington and Rashad Johnson of the Arizona Cardinals. Johnson’s injury came earlier this year.

Johnson was just making any old play that day when Darren Sproles of the New Orleans Saints was running with the ball and he tackled him, no big deal right? Well it turned out that when Johnson stood up, he was a little bit lighter. The top of his middle finger was gone. How? You might ask, but not even Johnson knows. According to Johnson, his best guess is that the finger snapped off when he hit the turf, not when hitting Sproles.

The other situation happened this past Sunday (11/17/13). Andre Ellington running back for the Cardinals was handed the ball and took off. He was met by Jason Babin, a defensive player for the Jaguars who tackled him. However, Babin tackled him in an interesting way. Babin tackled Ellington by the hair. In fact, he tackled so hard that he pulled the dreadlocks right out of his head.

Luckily both of these players were able to return to play very soon after their unfortunate and extremely painful injuries.

The Take Away:

So here comes the question. Should these players be risking injury to such an extent? I say yes.

Now everyone today is concerned about the players health and rightfully so. However I feel that it is getting way out of hand.

The NFL continues to try and makes it’s game safer for the players, but at what cost?They are ruining the integrity of the game, all these rules are making too hard for the players to do their best.

I do agree, however, with the no head to head hits rule because I feel that concussions are the biggest threat to players because of the affect they can have on the players in the long run, after their football careers are over they should still possess all of their mental faculties.

I respect players that give it 110% and risk their health for the benefit of their team. If I were running a team those are the type of guys I would want. It shows dedication and respect to themselves, their team and the game to try as hard as these players do.

As I said last week in my column about Pat Tillman here are so few players that are good people and that care for other people more than themselves. This is why I respect players that give it all each and every day.

Courtesy of http://www.azcardinals.com/news-and-events /article-2/Rashad-Johnson-Fingertip-Loss-Got- 9-more/9fc32981-1f41- 406c-9a5c-b704948351b4

Shuter’s Sleeper of the Week:

Zac Stacy (RB) Rams-

This week the Rams are playing the Bears at home coming off a bye week. These are the same Bears that made former stud Ray Rice who has been struggling all year look like his former self. This is a matchup made in heaven and as far as I am concerned, Stacy is a must start in any and every league.