Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Video Games are Actually Good for Your Brain!


The parents and media of the United States are saying video game and computer games are bad for your child and teach them bad habits, and some even say they rot your brain… Well recent studies show that video games are actually good for kids. They give the brain a real workout, say many physiologists and scientists. They teach kids high level thinking skills they will need in the future, and teach them some skills that they will use in school. These skills are-
• Following Instructions
• Problem Solving and Logic
• Hand-eye coordination, and fine motor and special skills.
So technically video games are a good thing don’t let false superstition keep your kid from a fun activity and provide them some good skills to succeed!


By: Chet Owens

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Academy Awards


The Academy Awards (also known as The Oscars) is an annual award ceremony in actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians are honored for their professional achievements in the film industry. The Oscars has been held since 1929 in Hollywood, California. There are over twenty award slots available to be won, but these five, included with this year’s nominations, are generally seen as the most important.

Best Picture:
"War Horse"
"The Artist"
"_Moneyball,"
"_The Descendants"
"The Tree of Life"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close "
Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Best Original Score:
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams
Best Visual Effects:
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
Best Original Screenplay:
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi





By: Austin Hampton

Valentines Day


Around this time of year everyone faces the problem of what to get that special someone. You could do the typical roses and chocolate for her or AXE for your guy but why not get them something that they will remember. Here are the most UNIQUE gifts to get for this Valentines Day!

Fred Flare Gummy Heart
Pillow Pet-Red and White Love Dog
WINKING HEART EMOTICON PAPERWEIGHT
NINJABREAD MEN COOKIE CUTTERS
THE WORLD'S LARGEST GUMMY BEAR
The world’s largest gummy worm


No matter what you get, just remember to do something. If nothing else, find her favorite movie and watch it. The main thing, just remember FEBRUARY 14th!!!!


By: Kendra Mounsey

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Oscars are Around the Corner!


The Academy Awards (also known as The Oscars) is an annual award ceremony in actors, writers, directors, producers, and technicians are honored for their professional achievements in the film industry. The Oscars has been held since 1929 in Hollywood, California. There are over twenty award slots available to be won, but these five, included with this year’s nominations, are generally seen as the most important.

Best Picture:
"War Horse"
"The Artist"
"_Moneyball,"
"_The Descendants"
"The Tree of Life"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Help"
"Hugo"
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close "

Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"

Best Original Score:
"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Best Visual Effects:
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Best Original Screenplay:
"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Super Bowl XLVI


The Super Bowl 46 is coming up next week, and we seem to have a rematch of Super Bowl 42 when the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots. They will be playing in Indianapolis at Lucus Oil Stadium. So if you can’t make it to the game then here is some of the events that will be going on through out Super Bowl week in Indy. You got the Colts Cheerleaders making an appearance on the January 27th from 3p.m. to 5p.m. in Touchdown Alley! Or you could ride the 80ft tall 800ft long Zip line ride in the outside Super Bowl Village. The rest of the events are posted at http://www.indianapolissuperbowl.com/event-calendar/!See you there!!


By: Chet Owens

Monday, January 23, 2012

ACAC Wrestling


The wrestlers had a tough weekend as they each battled for a position in the ACAC tournament at Adams Central. Out of the few members the wrestling team currently has a lot of them placed in the tournament but only Seth Biberstein came out on top with a 1st place ribbon! After a highly intense last match Seth pinned his opponent from Leo in the 3rd round!




By: Chet Owens

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

GOODBYE SNOW!!


Thankfully, the snow is finally disappearing. I am not one that likes cold weather! I would much rather have sunshine and blue skies. But the snow has turned to a nasty, muddy mess, making it difficult for drivers. I’m very glad that spring is on the way and MAYBE our Indiana weather will be warm this year! But one can only hope…

By: Kendra Mounsey

Ag Mechanics Per.1


The Ag mechanics 1st period class is building a 8ft by 12ft deck for a member of Wells County. The family has had trouble entering their home and found the ad that Mr. Stauffer had ran in the paper last summer. The students quickly decided that they would help the people and build them a deck. So the students went to the Wells County Youth and Resources board and gave a presentation of their project. They had high hopes of receiving a $500 dollar grant to help pay for supplies, and they succeeded! The students are now currently building the deck, and readying it for delivery.




By: Chet Owens

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Girls Prevail!!!


“The last three quarters were played well, it just took us a little while to get started”, is what the coach of the lady Raiders, John Fouts had to say about the performance the girls put up on Tuesday, January 10 in the first round of the ACAC Tournament against the Bluffton Tigers. The final score of the game was 60-36, Raider scorers included Sam Rhodes 13, Mallory Preston 11, Morgan Perry 10, Ashton Prible 8, Kayona Benefiel 6, Sadie Herr 5, Erica Fate 4, and Brittney Morton with 3 points. But the most impressive aspect of the night was the fact that the girls shot 73.3% from the charity stripe as a team. Not to mention the 24 Turnovers the Raiders forced by playing good hard nosed defense. They take on the Heritage Patriots at 6:00 at the Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum, “Heritage is a good team… the first time we played them they didn’t play well but if they can control the things they did wrong it could end up being a good game” is what Coach Fouts had to say about the second round opponents of the Raiders.




By:Lucas Miller

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Martin Luther King Day


On Monday, January 16th, our school will recognize Martin Luther King Day. Martin Luther King Day is also known as Martin Luther King’s birthday. It also celebrates the life and an achievement of Martin Luther King Jr.who was an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States. The most famous being, “I have A Dream.” Our school generally uses this day as a make-up day but we haven’t had to close school yet this year. We have not recognized Martin Luther King Day in at least SIX YEARS! So everyone have a great day off from school and BE SAFE!



By: Kendra Mounsey

Monday, January 9, 2012

Riley Week


This upcoming week January 16th – January 21st the student counsel will be raising money for Riley Childrens Hospital.
Tuesday- Students can pay $1.00 to have their hands stamped so they will be able to text during lunch.
Wear a Hat Wednesday- Students pay $1.00 during 1st period to be able to wear a hat all day. Students will have hands marked so we will know who pays.
Win a Seat Thursday- Students pay $1.00 to have a chance to win Prime Seating at the Varsity Boy and Girls game Saturday night. We will draw 3 names at the end of the day and they will have a chance to win on Friday during lunch. The prize includes… winner and two friends, couch on upper deck and concessions served to them during the game.
Funky Friday- Students pay $1.00 to wear their mismatched, backwards, and down right silly clothes. Prizes awarded to the funkiest outfit.

Teachers pay $5.00 to wear jeans all week.

Saturday night at the game we will announce the amount that was raised during the week and challenge the game attendees to match the amount. Cheerleaders will pass buckets around during the game.

The Media Team will post a new News Cast that Wednesday about the program. It is important that students are aware of Riley Hospital’s presence within their school and community.



By Chet Owens

New Years Resolutions


A lot of people like to try and better them selves for the new-year by making new-year resolutions. They make them by thinking of what they can do to better themselves for the year… so basically they are setting a goal. Some students want to get better grades and others want some lessons in paying attention, not like they’d learn anything.
Anyways here are some of Southern Wells staff resolutions Mr. Kinder would like to find a girlfriend. Mrs. Schoaf said that she would like to find mates to all of her miss matching socks, and Mr. Wagner said he would like to help Mrs. Schoaf find her missing socks and get a golf cart for her mobile class room, he also added he would help Mr. Kinder find a girlfriend “particularly one with no taste.”
Now for the Student resolutions, Austin Smith, Jordan Alstoft, and Lucas Miller all said to not be like Jagger. Jase Small said to be an All-state football player, and Trevor Quinn said to meet new people. Last but not least Jagger Love said “To help Coach Kinder get a girlfriend.”


-Chet Owens

Friday, January 6, 2012

I would like some snow


Does anybody else think it’s a little odd that it’s January 6th and its 50 degrees outside. It feels like March. Ordinarily there’s about 5 inches of snow on the ground, right now there’s a few small patches here and there.

We’ve had a green Christmas for the last few years now. Unfortunately though, when ever it does snow, it comes in feet at a time instead of inches. That’s why I’d rather live in Florida. At least the weather there is consistent there.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Half Way There


It’s time to bring in the New Year with brand new classes and the ever loving gift of homework. Now that school is back in session after Christmas break, the Southern Wells Junior/Senior High School has moved on to its second semester of classes. There honestly isn’t much a difference in classes, though.
There are classes like Chemistry and Earth Space Science that were given double blocks to make enough time for both labs and lectures. Because these classes are twice as long as normal classes, they only go on for one semester. Now that I have finished Chemistry, my schedule now consists of Health and Wellness, and Media class.
It is a nice breath of fresh air to get some new classes on our schedules, but the prospect of only being half way done with the rest of our classes is a bit daunting to some. All in all though, a fresh semester means a fresh start. All our grades have been reset, which technically means we all have A+ right now. Good job, Southern Wells Junior/Senior High School. Let’s keep the ball rolling.






By:Daniel Mossburg

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Raider Classic



On Saturday, January 7, 2012, The Southern Wells Singers will be hosting one of the opening show choir competitions of the year. This year we have some of the largest show choirs coming to our school to compete. Some of the schools include Dekalb, Bluffton, Bellmont, and Crestview. Dekalb is bringing over 100 students! Last year we served almost 500 people! Southern Wells Singers will be performing before awards. Admission is $10 at the door and lunch will be for sale. Doors open at 9:30 in the morning and will be done around 5.


By: Kendra Mounsey