Before you vote this Tuesday, let me remind you of the wisdom of John N. Fishel, as displayed in his Oct. 19 letter to the editor of the York Daily Record: “Put quite simply, a vote for a Republican, any Republican, is a vote cast by a certified damn fool.�
How about that? I hope you don’t agree. Fortunately, I am exempt from Fishel’s judgment: I’m not old enough to vote.
By Jake Mokris
Teen Takeover staff member
For decades, the SAT reasoning test has tormented high school students. For a high school senior applying to colleges, a bad SAT score could mean ... nothing.
Increasingly, colleges are beginning to question the usefulness of a standard college entrance exam, for reasons like these: some students, even those with straight A’s, might not “test well�; wealthier students can pay to be coached; scores aren’t as important as character. So some colleges, including Gettysburg and Franklin & Marshall, have gone “SAT optional�: instead of submitting SAT scores, students can send in graded schoolwork for review. This, such colleges believe, allows students to better reveal themselves and their personal qualities.
By JAKE
MOKRIS
Is it always like this? You know, elections: Have they always been accompanied by so much viciousness? Scandals here, accusations of racism there, finger-pointing, arguments raging, and oh so much speculation: Did Speaker of the House Hastert ignore Congressman Foley’s e-mails to the student pages? Did former President Clinton plan his outburst in his recent interview? Some on each side even portray the other side as having an evil plot. And how long can we debate about Iraq? The point isn’t to set some sort of record.
We are right in the midst of sports season. Times are exciting, a crisp Friday night for high school football, a breezy afternoon for a soccer game, volleyballs bouncing in gyms around the county, and parents fighting each other over their kid's games? Whoa, hold on just one minute. I thought we were talking about kids having fun and maturing playing sports while growing up.
