May 2006 Archives

By NATHAN A.
WINGERT

One of the best times of our young lives is turning “sweet 16.� For most people, turning 16 and driving represent a coming-of-age. However, there are drivers on the road who are immature and rude, contradicting the whole coming-of-age thing.

Your driver’s license is, in essence, a written contract to the state telling them that you promise to uphold and obey all state laws and even the etiquette of the road. Here’s a list of some of the biggest complaints drivers have and how to avoid them:

Obey the speed limit. For obvious reasons, the speed limit was set, and it should be followed. You’re allowed a 10 mph break both ways, and you shouldn’t be doing more than that.

By JAKE MOKRIS

Even though global warming is not currently one of the nation’s big issues, it has had ample media coverage recently. On May 7, the article “The politics of ‘sound science’� was in the York Sunday News. The article dealt with the idea that government officials and businesses have been putting forth weak scientific research in order to halt government regulation in issues like global warming. The Baltimore Sun on May 13 contained the article “Vital bay grass can’t take heat� on the current state of eelgrass in the Chesapeake Bay. The grass hasn’t been doing too well because of hot summers, and the article cited global warming as the cause.

By Nathan Aaron Wingert

This past week, the major soda distributors have decided to drop non-diet soda sales to schools across the country. My reaction: How dare they? How dare they limit my right to drink what soda I want!

I understand that obesity is the biggest concern in the United States because I wrote an article for my high school newspaper about obesity, using JFK’s inaugural address as a parody. If you’re fat, you need to take responsibility for your actions. Exercise - and eat right. This is a perfect example of the 10 percent of the obese people ruining the right to drink whatever soda for 90 percent of the population.

By JAKE
MOKRIS

A few years ago, I started jogging for exercise. I’m not on any high school team, but I have been participating in something else: local races.

I’m a member of the York Road Runners Club, an organization of runners who sponsor and run in races (many of which are for charity). You do not have to be a member of the club to run in races. The races are not for serious runners only, nor do the races consist solely of a three- to six-mile run. Nearly all of them have 1-mile fun-run/walk events. Right now, I’m running in the Hanover Toyota Cup series of races; this is the third year I’ve participated in the series. The series includes five races this year, and three are left. This is what a typical race is like: