The Red and White
Bloomsburg High School
Bloomsburg, PA
Issue Date: 4/21/2008
Issue: Hometown Politics
Last Update: 4/27/2008

Former President Bill Clinton visited our middle school leading up to the PA primary, but a BHS graduate made a choice to work for Barack Obama and that has changed his life.

Choices: a tough call to make
But everyone’s got to make them and accept the consequences


By Editorial

We live in a world that’s filled to the brim with choices just waiting to be decided. Some good, some bad, but each one distributes its own lesson shortly after being made, each one has its own consequences. This issue is filled with choices and their acc...
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NATIONAL SCENE. As a field organizer, Stephen Ekema-Agbaw has worked alongside fellow Obama supporters such as Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (left).

 
Working for Obama
Grad a field organizer for presidential candidate


By Julia Davis

A recent rally at Penn State University drew about 22,000 supporters of presidential hopeful Barack Obama. While the Illinois senator electrified the arena with a dynamic speech, onstage alongside him sat one of our very own.
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TOP TWO. Seniors Chelsea Mandel and Jeremy Gipe have more in common than their class rank.

 
How they got to the top
Two of one academic mind


By Stephanie DeGennaro

“Early in elementary school, my teachers didn’t want to put me in enrichment programs because they didn’t think I was smart enough,” says Chelsea Mandel, who is now ranked number one in this year’s senior class with a grade point average of 102.
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Engaged and underage
Are teens ready to tie the knot?


By Megan Rae Smith

When getting married, two people agree to be together until death do they part, as long as they both shall live. For a high school student, that might seem like a very long time.
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HAND IN HAND. When it comes to teenagers and sex, what schools teach may be the most important subject in the curriculum.

 
Teaching abstinence
Is saying "No" the best choice for teens?


By Alane Presswood

“By parents pretending that premarital sex doesn’t exist, they’re almost asking students to do it. It’s natural for students to want to touch each other,” says senior health student Lauren Hughes, adamantly stating her distaste for promoters of abstinence...
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FILLING UP. The high cost of gas is keeping divers of the road as students try to stretch their savings with less frequent fill-ups.

The hose knows
Gas prices affect students' habits


By Kaitlin Maize

The cost of living is an increasing problem for families today. The basic necessities are so costly that many students are required to get jobs and pay for their own wants themselves, with little assistance from their parents.
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FACE OF EXPERIENCE. District psychologist Dr. Vanna Cleary explains the problems of stress on high school students and talks about her upcoming retirement.

‘Clear’ing out stress
Overwhelmed teens have options


By Maggie Bauman

The teachers, the aides, the custodial staff. Every school needs them, every school has them. School psychologist? Every school needs one, this school has one.
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NINE YEARS. Superintendent Joseph Kelly on one of his many visits to the high school.

Superintendent announces his retirement
Kelly to step down in January


By Matthew Day

One year can hold a lot of surprises, and one year is all that Superintendent Joe Kelly has remaining here in Bloomsburg Area School District.
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Portraits of Excellence


By Naznin Pathan


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TEACHING. Adviser Mike Kakaley helps the seniors in his Fly Tying Club set up their newest lures.

Learning to tie from the best


By Nathan Long

Recently, instructor Lee Gaul and math teacher Michael Kakaley took time to help students learn how to tie fish flies after school. Fly fishing is a technique of fishing that uses man made bait instead of the usual live bait and also requires the use of a...
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Girls missing by little
Inexperience proving the game to win


By Adam Roberts

So far this season the softball team has yet to bat themselves a winning record. The team’s record is 3-5, and not only have they struggled to get a couple of wins; they have also struggled to get hits.
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SWITCHING LEGS. Morgan McCann hands off to Sandy Anceravage after her opening 100 meter first leg.

One lap speed
4x100 has chance to be team’s best


By Charles Franklin

A fairly inexperienced 4x100 team is drawing its own attention on a squad that already features state champion Fallon Heddings and double school record holder Casey Hess.
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CLOSE SECOND. 110 hurdler Rich Rhodes is a half-step behind the Lewisburg runner at the last hurdle. Rhodes finished second and Bloomsburg eventually lost the meet.

3-step wins


By Marie Tarlecky

The 110 hurdles are second in a track meet following the 3200 relay. The difference between the two races is as clear as the unique athletes who run each. The 3200 runners are all smooth strides, keeping their pace, thinking of end strategies. The hurdles...
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HIS BEST STUFF. Senior pitcher Tim Yablonski fires one home during a recent home game.

Holding it together
Close calls claw storming Panthers


By Rich Rhodes

Setbacks have not stopped the baseball team from success.
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20 Questions


By Editorial

We don’t have the answers, but you have the questions. Maybe if we print them here, someone, sometime will come up to you with what you are looking for.
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