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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”!
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