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  • Field Day + Spirit Week = Fun for All!

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Ramsey Wermuth, Staff Writer

    Between the 6th and 11th of October, the Whitman community celebrated another GRAND year at the GLORIOUS school we call, “Home.” All week long, student showed their tremendous spirit by participatin

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  • A Different Type Of Spirit

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Chelsea DeGroote, Layout Editor

    Ahhh… the weekend of homecoming at Marcus Whitman and all the glory that comes with it. For “Spirit Week” in the high school, the students dress up everyday according to the week’s theme and compete

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  • At The Finish Line

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Tyler Stell, Staff Writer

    With many of the fall sports finishing up, the x-country team is one among few that are still working hard to prepare for leagues and sectionals. Each school’s x-country team is broken up into a boys

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  • We’ve Got Spirit, Yes We Do!

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Stephanie Wolfe, Staff Writer

    At 8:00 AM, the Marcus Whitman gymnasium stood somber and still, but as forty five minutes passed, the gymnasium unquestionably filled with school spirit. The drum line stood still and tapped out bea

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  • “When Dreams Come True”

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Chelsea DeGroote, Layout Editor

    On the clear, crisp evening of October 11th a Disney celebration took over our school. The theme of this years Homecoming dance was “When Dreams Come True” and the gym was decorated for royalty. Wit

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  • Boys Are Sassy Too!

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Stephanie Wolfe, Staff Writer

    As many of the field day events are extremely important to winning the coveted “Jug,” male cheerleading was the kick off event this year. After all of the cheering during the pep-rally, the select fe

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  • Penny Wars

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: PJ Roberts, Staff Writer

    Every year during spirit week each class has a jug to see who can collect the most pennies. However, if there are any silver coins or dollar bills those negate the number of pennies. That is how each

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  • Class Banners For the New Year

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Melissa Tiffany, Staff Writer

    Every year, for the homecoming week, each class makes a banner to help win the jug. This year, we had some exciting banners, but only one could be the winner. All of the banners followed the Disney th

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  • The "Last Breakfast"

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Melissa Tiffany, Staff Writer

    This year’s seniors headed to the Waterfront Grill on October 10th for their first and last senior breakfast. At 7:00 am, they met at the high school and left on the bus at 7:15 am. They started their

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  • Teacher Cheerleading

    Tuesday, October 28, 2008 By: Wendy Kierst, Editor in Chief

    Thank you to the following teachers for participating in Teacher Cheerleading and starting off our great day with many laughs: Mr. DeGroote, Mrs. Rowe, Ms. Spina, Mr. Hey, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Santonastaso

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The Whitman Word Marcus Whitman High School Rushville, NY
Issue Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008 Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2 Last Update: Thursday, October 30, 2008
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On September 14, 2008, Harmonix and MTV games released a sequel to their 2007 smash hit Rock Band. With a larger track list and new features, Rock Band 2 was one of the most anticipated games preview
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Quarantine hit theatres on October 10th. This terrifying zombie flick is a remake of a Spanish horror movie called [Rec]. The movie tells the story of a young news reporter, Angela Vidal, as she stu
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The only thing better than an iPod nano is a NEW iPod Nano. This fourth generation iPod is a step up from last year’s model. This skinny sleek aluminum design comes in nine colors and is no doubt what
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Body of Lies is the latest film from acclaimed director Ridley Scott. One year after Scott’s hit American Gangster, he reteams with actor Russell Crowe for another thriller, this time taking on the s
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With their regional recognition constantly growing, Horseface, a local band, is taking a huge step into the world of music. The band formed in late 2006 when Jesse Halstead and his younger brother, Jo
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The Lions Club organization has bottle bin stations set up around the school district. The purpose of the bottle bins is to raise money for a specific group each month. The group that has them this mo
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The teacher spaghetti dinner was held on October 2nd on the night of Open House. This dinner was organized by a group of teachers and they were raising money for families in the community who are in n
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essica Gulvin is a freshman here at Whitman and has been a part of 4H for five years. Her first and second years in the group she was working on fundraisers, and helping out at the county fair. Howeve
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National Honor Society has been a secretive organization for many years here at Whitman. It takes a lot of hard work and determination to be inducted into the association. To apply, a student has to h
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In the town of Stanley, the volunteer fire department used to be where the post office is. Although, after many years, they realized that they do not have enough room for the equipment they most posse
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