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Great Food Fight

BuildOn fights hunger with cans

LM’s BuildOn chapter is hosting a Philabundance food drive, which will also potentially help raise money to send members to Haiti. Philabundance is a non-profit food bank that is the largest hunger relief organization that serves the Philadelphia and Delaware Valley region. Hunger affects around five hundred thousand people in the Delaware Valley area. Philabundance helps directly provide food to 65,000 people.

Josh Niemtzow

NHS: National Honor Society or No High Standards?

“I pledge myself to uphold
the highest purposes of the National Honor Society 
to which I have been selected.” These three lines that juniors recite at the National Honor Society induction are part of a larger NHS constitution. Much like the U.S Constitution, the purposes of the National Honor Society are a source of perplexity. This same confusion fills the faces of the newly appointed inductees: What are these purposes, and what are members pledging to do? Nobody seems to know.

Allie and Arami

LM students take over the Narberth job scene

The heart of Narberth is a one-block stretch through the middle of Haverford Avenue. Although just one-tenth of a mile, this little town center is inhabited by all, an eclectic mix of foodies heading to the Cheese Company and Le Petit Mitron, those looking to try their luck by buying lottery tickets over at the Pharmacy, handymen (and women) picking up tools over at Ricklin’s Hardware Store, and more. Narberth’s center is also inhabited by quite a few LM students, all of whom are employed within a two-minute walk of each other.

Hot Diggity

A one-of-a-kind hotdog dive

If you like hot dogs then you are in for a wild ride. The place, which opened last summer, is Hot Diggity. This gem on 6th and South Street downtown is sure to blow your taste pallet out of the water. With 11 mouth-watering signature dogs, there is something for every food lover.

Adam Beach

Football enters new direction under Adam Beach

Back with exciting news come the LM Bulldawgs. Recently named head coach Adam Beach is the newest edition to a squad in need of direction. “With plenty of energy and enthusiasm, we feel Coach Beach has what it takes to turn the LM program around,” Athletic Director Don Walsh said. “With this and his knowledge of the game, we feel that he will be able to put in the time and effort to work with each player as well as get more students out to play.”

Opinions

Community Serve-less

It’s here. It’s the middle of the year and time to make summer plans. Your ideal three months probably conjure up visions of camp and long, lazy days spent by the shore. You excitedly surf the internet trying to find a beach rental that won’t break the bank. Then, a dreaded knock comes on your door, and there stand your parents, looking grim. Your heart sinks. After a long talk and heated arguments, they leave, having declared that this summer is going to be different. They’ve finally cracked down and all hopes of sleep away camp have gone up in flames like a smoldering beachside bonfire. It’s time to “do something with your life!” Unbeknownst to you, brochures have been pouring in, full of leadership opportunities, community service programs, all expensive, and almost always abroad. They sit now in a depressing pile on your desk. You gloomily post the bad news on Facebook, watch all your friends say they’ll miss you. It’s decision time.

PAC City Rich, PAC PAC City Rich

In 2010, the US Supreme Court overruled two precedents prohibiting political spending by corporations on the basis of the First Amendment, meaning that corporations are now allowed to use unlimited funds to support candidates. While the corporations are not allowed to contribute money directly to candidates, they are allowed to give money to organizations called Political Action Committees (PACs) that can use that money to create ads for or against candidates to influence the public. This decision has negative implications in the political race. Each candidate now has a PAC supporting them, and generally, the more money a PAC has, the more well-known the candidate it’s supporting is, which is a problem.

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Arts & Entertainment

Suburban Square's newest dining edition: St. James Place

Suburban Square’s recent construction and landscaping are only the beginning of what will be a $1.5 million renovation of the shopping center’s courtyard. Set to be completed around spring 2012, the new courtyard will include relocated stores, a new greenery, and a new upscale restaurant, which will enhance the appeal of this local center of activity.

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Mr. Lower Merion a success

Mr. Lower Merion

Last Thursday night, LMHS hosted its third annual Mr. LM competition. Nine competitors battled for the title, including juniors John Clark, Adam Dobkin, Albert Harris, and Josh Harper, with seniors Robert Gaudio, Eric Toll, Geremiah Edness, Austin Rapbaum, and Drew Horn. Senior Leo Koorhan and Principal Sean Hughes emceed the event, which kicked off with an introductory video by senior Danny Garfield.

"Shmacked" videos probed

On February 21, the local media erupted with reports of a YouTube video, entitled “I’m Shmacked,” featuring LM and Harriton students seemingly engaging in underage drinking and illegal drug use. The video prompted a response from the School District. Superintendent McGinley released a letter to the community containing information about the video and expressing concern for the well being of students.

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Features

Prom?

“Will you go to prom with me?” Seven simple words that have been transformed into an extravagant performance. No longer is it enough to make a phone call and pose the question. LM seniors are pushing their creative abilities to the max. Months before LMHS’s senior prom, the question is asked and a mobile upload, or “mupload,”is taken—but never in a simple fashion. Nowadays, students are using anything from food to fire trucks to ask their sought after dates to prom.

Kony goes viral: war criminal becomes overnight Internet celebrity

Kony

Mostly, they are pure entertainment—Rebecca Black crooning about her favorite day of the week in “Friday;” David DeVore Jr. reacting hilariously to anesthesia in “David After Dentist;” Caitlin Upton responding nonsensically to a pageant question in “Miss Teen South Carolina.” Sometimes, they even have been known to hit a political note—first in 2004 with Jib Jab’s “This Land” parody, and then in 2008 by Will.i.am in his music video of then-senator Barack Obama’s speech “Yes We Can.”

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Sports

Baseball looks to bounce back

Pete Siciliano

LM is known for its top-notch sports teams. For example, both the boys and girls basketball, soccer and lacrosse teams consistently finish at the top of the Central League. Despite this, other LM sports teams do not possess such wonderful reputations. For these teams, every day that they step out to practice or play is another chance to prove themselves worthy of the prestigious “LM” reputation. The LM baseball team is one of those teams. While the team’s record in past years may not stand out, the squad plays like any other LM team: with passion, energy and a strong will to win.

Skill over swag for young, optimistic Aces

Girls lax

According to senior co-captain Tyler Redmond, “while guys lacrosse is all about ‘ripping twine and having ‘swag,’ girls lacrosse is more about the skill and technique.” Redmond and her fellow captains, senior Erin Gallagher and junior Samara Kitnick, have been working on their skills, and encouraging their teammates to do the same, as they prepare for the upcoming season. The team has been playing in fall and winter leagues, and has been participating in captain’s practices several times per week.

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