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December 2005 Edition 6

Volume 42

The Mane Event

  

of Lyons Jr Sr. High School

THIS IS YOUR MANE EVENT

The Editor’s Head

Editor in Chief, Brian Ocque

Advertisements are featured in almost every

television show, radio and movie. Whether you want

to or not, you are being fed messages to buy certain

products over others through catchy songs, flashy

lights or humor, or celebrity influence. However, not

every advertisement is a good advertisement; there

are few that stick out from the rest in our memory

banks. But what makes a good advertisement?

One of the most prominent parts of an ad­

vertisement is the music. Almost every ad contains

some sort of song or catchy jingle. This is due to the

attention it would grab and the memory it instills. For

instance, how many song lyrics can you remember

after only hearing the song once? Most people would

be able to sing at least part of a song after hearing it

just once. This is what advertisers are going for. They

want you to be able to sing and remember their jingle,

thus, when it comes time to purchase an item, you

have a better chance of remembering their product.

Another important piece in the advertising

world is celebrity influence. People purchase shoes

all the time because they

have the name of their fa­

vorite basketball player

on them. These shoes

stick out in the buyer’s

mind because of the fact

that they already remember their favorite player’s

name, so of course, that is going to influence them to

buy that shoe. One last major part of an ad is how

flashy it is. People want to watch something that will

entertain them, not bore them to death. For instance,

some people watch the Superbowl just for the com­

mercials. Companies know this and spend a lot more

money to advertise at that time, making their com­

mercials, flashier, funnier and just all around better.

With that added humor, people are later able to re­

member it and even talk about it with friends.

Advertisements play a big role in what you

buy. They influence you to buy a certain product,

not based on the quality of the product, but on how

well you remember it. So next time you are purchas­

ing a product, think if you are buying the product

based on quality or if it’s just the one you have seen

on television more often.

Advertising

Patrick Tyler, Senior

School not only has turned into a place to

receive an education, but also somewhere where you

can go to just get away from the stress and problems

of life. Recently, many after school programs have

been started to help kids from having absolutely noth­

ing to do after school and keep them off the streets.

Those after school programs are primarily for younger

kids, though. What happens when older kids, such

as those in grades nine through twelve, have nothing

to do?

I’m not saying that these after school pro­

grams are a bad thing, not at all. What I am saying is

that they should have something for the older kids as

well. You could argue that that’s what the sports’ pro­

grams are for. You practice every day of the week,

and most times on weekends too. If that isn’t taking

up your time, then what is? The problem, however, is

that many people are not so athletically inclined. They

would go to try out and just get cut, so then they

would be back to square one. What are they to do?

It seems to me like there could be one simple

solution. Every activity period, many kids from the

elementary school come into this school. The kids

have fun activities which they do, so why not just

have the older kids do the same? Of course, the

activities would be different, being that they are two

different ages, but it’s the same concept. If kids need

help on something, such as homework, then they could

ask for help from a friend. Not all kids understand

everything which their teachers are trying to teach

them. Some people learn better from their peers, as

they can relate, and they may be able to teach it to

him/her in a different way that the teacher may not. A

program intended to keep people off the streets

couldn’t hurt. It’s always been said that you don’t

know until you try. For all we know, this could help

with both keeping kids off the streets and improving

their grades.

Nothing better will ever come about by do­

ing the same. You can’t intend to have change with­

out making a change first. People complain how all

they ever see are kids standing outside on the street.

If you want to help that, all I can say is to try some­

thing new. An after school program for kids in high

school would be nice to have. It’s just something out

of the ordinary.

What About Us?

Lachanda Mills, Sophomore

People now days are becoming less aware

of the dangers of living an unhealthy lifestyle. Because

of this more and more people are becoming obese

or have a life threatening illness that occurs early in

life. However, if Physical Education was more val­

ued in schools and homes, then we could reverse

what is happening today. There are many benefits in

one’s life from Physical Education.

Physical education benefits people’s bodies

by decreasing the chance of suffering from many ill­

nesses. One of the benefits of physical education is

Physical Education

Fighting America’s

Bad Habits

Ron Johnson, Senior

exercising. Exercising keeps a person’s body from

becoming obese and enlarges your arties, which can

reduce the chance of having a heart attack. A person

can also reduce the chance of having a stroke by

exercising. It is believed by many scientists that exer­

cising is one of the greatest medicines for the human

body.

For Americans to fight against its bad habits,

physical activity is the answer. Adults, teens and chil­

dren need to pick up on the physical activities, like

exercising thirty minutes a day just to get their body

immune system working. Younger kids should be

more activate in school P.E classes and after school

sports activities. If people start to take physical edu­

cation more seriously, we could reduces both obe­

sity and other illnesses affecting our Nation today.

Get into the weight room today

and feel better tomorrow!

New Hopes for Oil?

It was written in www.USAToday.com that

there is a new hope for the oil crisis in America. With

the help of the Canadians, who are always looking

for new and low cost solutions to our Global Warm­

ing epidemic, we may utilize a process in which you

can bury Carbon emissions and get oil. This could

work wonders for the economy.

The process sounds rather simple. Mining

companies and oil workers can take fuel emissions

from power plants, factories and small warehouses

and pump the emissions into the ground. By burying

these pollutants, oil fields increase their oil yields by

up to 60%. The estimated barrels per year that can

be harvested from this over a century’s time is

10,000 barrels. This is amazing! What does this mean

for America? we can now produce our own supply,

which would reduce the amount we would have to

buy from other nations. No longer will we have to

argue with OPEC and bargain our way to higher

prices and not enough fuel to justify it. We won’t

even have to bargain with Venezuela, who currently

supplies a majority of our oil. Maybe we can even

start selling it as our own venue to profit. Knowing

America, from past experience that is, we probably

will monopolize the oil industry; well, at least we can

try!

This is surely a great advance in our nation’s

history. Not only can you obtain valuable resources

to produce gas, but you can reduce the amount of

gases in the atmosphere. My question is, however,

what do you do when everyone starts driving again?

There will be an increase in the amount of carbon

dioxide output in America, and not only that, but re­

strictions on factories and manufacturing plants would

hypothetically be lessened. This could mean that along

with this project, you would need some sort of man­

agement system to ensure the safe burial of all emis­

sions that are intended to be transformed to oil. We

can’t use it all; trees still need to grow and thrive.

Whatever happens, management is the key, along

with consistency. Let our nation “…live long and

prosper”!