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The year’s Review
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May 28, 2009

Every year in every class room we learn about things that we agree with or disagree with. The most controversial topic to disagree on is the theory of evolution. Some believe God did absolutely everything for us and if people disagree they are a spawn of Satin. Others believe that it is a little of both. Least but not last, some believe that natural selection is the correct thing to believe. All of these have a little fact. Gods have been worshiped since man has been alive. They are how things worked. Yet they have never been seen. Others that believe in both are the ones that just don’t really want to disappoint others. They pick both because they don’t want to be wrong. The people who believe in natural selection believe it because everywhere they look there are facts about it. The earth was made in six days in the bible. People were born from Adam and Eve, the first people.
The people who believe in God usually are the ones who care more about people who don’t believe in the same thing. The scientists were not trying to pick a fight when they thought of natural selection. They saw the facts all around them and they told everyone that this is how things are and this is how they will be. The fundamentalists did not like this because it wasn’t what they believed in. Now it has cooled of a little but not a lot. For the most part though, this will never cool down.
The people that believe in a little of both natural selection and God usually don’t know which side to choose. They see the facts from both sides and they cannot make a decision. They see the ludicrous accusations from both sides. The people that believe in both sides are the ones that don’t really care what it is because it doesn’t really matter how, what matters is that we are here now.
People who believe in just natural selection are people who base their opinions on facts. This is a good thing to do but not in the world of ours because of all of the religious people. Facts are what matter in this world. The fact is, the earth is 6 billion years old not 6 thousand. Another fact is that we are not all born from Adam and Eve because our genetics would all be the same meaning that we would all be inbred and we probably wouldn’t even be here to begin with. Natural selection was thought of by Darwin. He discovered this because he didn’t want to believe something that didn’t have any proof what so ever.
Some of the arguments that are touched on a lot with this topic is that god created the earth is six days. This is impossible because the atmosphere has more than one layer of gas and those gas layers are all different ages. When I say different ages I don’t mean that one was created on day four and one was created on the fifth day. These layers of atmosphere are thousands of years apart from each other. Another argument is that God created everything. This is physically impossible for there to be someone floating out in space creating planets. Since the universe is moving at a fast rate there must have been some sort of explosion. The big bang theory is that everything in the universe was all in a ball the size of the point of a pin and exploded. Religious people always say “how did that get there though? There had to have been god to put that there!” They are ultimately setting themselves up because how did god get there?
I still don’t know what to think about evolution. I know the facts and so I lean towards natural selection before I would lean to any other possibility. I do have a feeling however that someone a long time ago who didn’t know a lot about life decided to just blame it on something. Blame isn’t used in a bad way but he didn’t know what was going on or how things worked so he made something up and people fallowed. I believe in God but when you really start to think about it, it is ridiculous to. How is he there? The religious people say he is just there and that’s the way it is. They don’t question it because they know how stupid it is. They know that it isn’t true but they are raised up in that religion and they don’t want to go against it.
In every classroom we have arguments about what is right and wrong. There is absolutely no class that is more controversial about a topic than the theory of evolution. Everyone has an opinion but some are scared to come out with it. Others are too stubborn to see the facts or to look at the other side of things. Me? I stay clear of all sides of the argument. I believe in natural selection but only because it is the only other choice besides a floating guy creating people and planets. Natural selection is the logical choice until maybe someone else in the future brings up a better idea. Until this happens though: I will believe in Natural selection, thought of by Charles Darwin.

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April 24, 2009
Article

My article is on the franchise that once was. This franchise was in the NFL at one time but was moved to Kansas City. This franchise was called the Dallas Texans. They were a team way back in 1950 along with about five other teams. Technically it was not an NFL but it was professional football. The reason I’m choosing this team for my article is because my grandfather played for them for a couple of years. He was cut though for being the wrong color.
The NFL was young back then and there were no super bowls yet. The Teams in the NFL were much better than the Texans. They were a team that was going nowhere. Back then there was not a lot of money but to be pro gave you more money than you needed. Professional sports were the way for regular people to relax and watch.
My grandfather walked on and was hired as a tight end. He is 6’3” and about 230 pound. He is a little shorter and a lot heavier now but he was once fast and agile. His number was 27 and he won’t tell me why. Even though he won’t tell me how much he made as well I know that he did play for them because he showed me pictures of him standing next to Ted Collins. That was the owner of the team. He said the hardest team he played against was the Giants. After about three years my grandfather was cut from the team because he was the wrong color. Even though he was not black he was dark skinned because he is Crow. This team played the Giants in the Cotton Bowl. This was basically the Super bowl. This was the big game in the 1950’s.
My grandfather now lives in Wyola on a ranch. He is getting older but he is still fun to talk to about the old times when he was in his prime. He even laughs about why he was cut. He never gets tired of sharing his past. Even though he was cut I like knowing that my grandfather played professional football.

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April 24, 2009
Op ed

Some people still like the Oakland raiders because they think that the odds are; they will go somewhere. I do not blame them because I like the rams. The rams are a horrible team because of coaching. That is the difference though. The Rams are not good because of their coaches and the Raiders are bad because they have no good players. If they were not good because of their coaches they would still at least have some all pro players. The rams have at least five every year, they have the best receiver in the league according to the hands challenge, and they have one of the best running-backs. The raiders have their past and that’s about it. They are a bunch of thugs that do what they want.
The Oakland Raiders are said to have bad coaching staff and that is the reason that they do not do good. I would venture to say that it is just because they suck. If they didn’t win because of coaching staff they would at least have a couple of good players but no. Do you ever hear about the Raiders for something good on ESPN? I know that I never do. They have a horrible team with and average coaching staff.
The Raiders owner is used to the old rules of where if they guy isn’t broken it wasn’t a cheap hit. The rules now don’t allow guns; sorry Raiders but that’s how it is. If you want to win don’t make it because you stabbed better than the other teams. Its really pathetic. I feel for some of the players on that team but not for the people who fit right in.
They Raiders should be at least half decent for getting the first pick in the draft every year. They should have about ten of the best players in college. Don’t think I was going to leave out that they will possibly get Michael Vick; straight out of jail! How fitting for the Raiders. He should be the face on their emblem.
The Raiders will be a good team eventually. They have potential but don’t think it is because they have bad coaches that they suck. It is because they do not try.

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April 9, 2009
Editorial
Ever since we have moved into the new school we have had many stupid new rules. They say that the rules are supposed to protect us but I think that we would be equally safe without them. Some of the rules are that we are not allowed to wear our coats in the school. I realized that the school is climate control but that means nothing to me. That’s like me saying that my brand of tires don’t have death spikes. Yes it sounds cool but it has no purpose. They tell us that we can not wear our coats because we could be hiding a gun. If I was packing heat I wouldn’t need a coat to hide it. I would tote it around in my pants or something. When it is 12 degrees outside the night before school and they turn the heaters on at 7:00a.m., thinking that it is automatically 70 degrees in the school it tends to be cold for the fist 6 classes.
Another rule is that we can not wear our hats. The hats pose no threat. Nobody is hiding crack in their hats and if they were its not like they can pull it out in school anyway. I realize that it is a symbol of gang violence…but that is in Detroit. We are in Dayton Wyoming, nobody is in a gang. What emotion or body part does it hurt Mr. White or the school board to let us wear hats?
The rule that pisses me off more than anything is that we are not allowed to have water in class. I understand, and can even cope with not having pop or Gatorade, but water will not hurt the carpet in any way. Some of the athletes need water to be able to function correctly. Without the water we can not perform as well. Aside from not being able to have water in class, we should at least be able to hold it in our locker along with food. They know damn well that they don't give us very much to eat at lunch. They shouldl at least allow us to keep a snack or a bottle of water in out locker.
The last rule that i'm going to talk about is the rule saying that we are not allowed to leave the lunch area during lunch. I don't want to sit and marinate in the odious aroma of that days lunch. At least they can give us seconds if we have to sit in the lunch rjoom for 30 minutes.
Some of the rules of the new school are very questionable. We are not allowed to wear our coats thus freezing us to death for the first four periods, we should be able to wear our hats because they are harmless. If anything we should be able to at least have water in class rooms. We should be able to leave the lunch room too so we can chill out for the little bit of time we have. These are the rules that we have to follow but shouldn't.

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/04/16/madden.retires/index.html?cnn=yes
Football’s great player, coach and announcer is retiring at the age of 73. He is mainly doing this for his great grand children.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/16/children.fears/index.html
Kids are no longer scared of the monster under the bed but of being kidnapped. They are more worried about the world’s problems than their old problems.


http://www.thebostonchannel.com/cnn-news/19198126/detail.html
Baseball legend Fidrych was found dead at his farm. Reporters claimed that his cloths were caught in his truck motor and he was suffocated.


http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/17/3140/
A transgender was killed most likely because he/she was different. The murderer was taken to trial and convicted.

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Interview

Adam Henderson of Tongue River High School is usually classified as a bad kid because of his appearance but if you knew his favorite piece of pie you might change your mind. When I asked him about his first experience eating pie that he can remember he told me that it was cherry pie. I asked him when he tried this pie for the first time, thinking to myself “he can’t remember because cherry pie is often eaten.” Then I heard Adams cheerful voice tell me that it was the other month. I was skeptical at first but after asking a series of questions I started to believe him. I asked him what kind of pie it was and he answered with “Little Debbie’s cherry pie.” Another unexpected answer. I figured I would get the juicy stuff next by asking him where it was that he ate Little Debbie’s pie. He told me that he was deep in Cheyenne in the back seat of a car. He said that he smothered it in whipped cream and then made a mess of it because it was so delicious. After asking those questions I was started to believe that maybe two months ago was the first time Adam has tried cherry pie. I asked him what this day was like for him and he said that it started off like a normal day and then he went to hang out in Cheyenne. After roaming up and down Cheyenne’s main street he decided to order pie from a local McDonalds. He then told me that he tore up Cheyenne for a little bit and then left because there was nothing left to do. I then asked the most important question I could think of at the time. I asked him… “how important was this day to you and why?” He told me “This was the most important day in my life so far to me because it showed me what was out there for me. It showed me that there is more than one thing to try and trying things can only turn out to the best for you whether that means trying the grossest thing in your life teaching you to never eat that or possibly trick your friends into eating it or if it means trying the best thing you have ever had and it becomes your favorite food.” Adam Henderson found out what food was about that day when he traveled into Cheyenne and came out a man. He realized many things and because of it he is now eating cherry pie everywhere because he now knows that it is the best pie ever.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/sibling.stabbings/index.html
Police arrived too late to a killing scene as a brother killed his sister right as they broke into the house. The sister was decapitated.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/31/grace.coldcase.mauk/index.html
A kid went to the store for bubble gum as he usually does and was shot in the back of the head. The father saw all of this after running to his son.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/31/france.hostages.caterpillar.workers/index.htmlds
Workers were mad about layoffs and retaliated. They retaliated by taking the higher ranked workers hostage.



http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/31/eviction.suicide.death/index.html
A woman who was being convicted decided she was going to take things into her own hands. This unfortunately ended her life because she shot herself.