2014 Winter Olympics (Winter)

For the first time ever, the Winter Olympics will open with alpine skiing, snowboarding, freestyle skiing, and figure skating on Thursday, February 6.  Friday is when the torch will be lit and the Opening Ceremonies will begin.  The Olympics will last 18 nights and start early because there is so much to cover (98 events plus 12 new sports) and NBC can.  Most of the Games will not be live, but there will be plenty of live streaming from laptops, tablets, and phones. (To watch on your devices first, "verify" your subscription to a cable/satellite provider. For that you'll need your username and password. (Watch Ryan Seacrest explain: nbcolympics.com/liveextra/help.) You can download the NBC Sports Live Extra app to cellphones or tablets.)

       Personally, I love the Olympics because you watch these amazing athletes make their dreams come true.  It is almost like a tradition in my house to watch both the summer and winter Olympics. Also, because of the destinations that hold the Olympics and the Opening Ceremonies are so amazing to watch.  My favorite part is when they light the torch.

       I hope that everyone has a chance to watch at least one night of the Winter Olympics because there is probably an event that would interest anyone.  There are over 80 pages of names only from the U.S. to watch let alone the over 80 countries entered.  Wish them luck as they compete in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. 

     

                      Alex Warner

Grammys Recap

After all the talk and debate, the winners at the 56^th annual Grammy Awards were decided two weeks ago. The night included performances from Beyoncé, Lorde, Katy Perry, Robin Thicke, Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and more.

         Daft Punk, Pharrell, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the biggest winners of the night. The French duo, Daft Punk, walked away with five awards on Sunday including Album of the Year in which they beat out artists the likes of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, and others. Along with Daft Punk and Nile Rodgers, singer/producer Pharrell took home awards in the categories of Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the song “Get Lucky.” They also performed the award winning song with the legendary Stevie Wonder at the award show. Pharrell also took home an award home for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) for his contributions to songs such as Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” Jay-Z’s “BBC,” and even his own song “Happy.”

         Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won big as well taking home four Grammys for categories including Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, and Best New Artist. The duo beat out artists such as Jay-Z and Kanye West to take home Best Rap Album. Personally, I’m still trying to wrap my mind around that even though The Heist is a great album. The competition was tough and it seemed difficult to pick one album over the other, but I cannot take anything away from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ win because they deserved it. “Wow – we’re here on this stage right now,” said Macklemore after the duo accepted the first award of the night.

         The duo also performed their hit song “Same Love” at the award show. This performance was one of the most unique and heartfelt of the night. As Macklemore & Ryan Lewis performed their hit song, Queen Latifah joined them on stage. The female rap star then went on to official wed 68 couples at the show of all races and sexualities as the performance was going on. To top off this performance/weddings, pop icon Madonna took the stage as well to perform the song “Open Your Heart.”

         Some of the performances last night were quite unique in their own weird way especially Katy Perry’s performance of her song “Dark Horse” and Lorde’s performance of her Grammy award winning song “Royals.”

         Perry’s performance looked like it came straight from a scene out the TV show American Horror Story: Coven. The very perplexed performance involved fire, contortionists, and a huge dark horse. The only normal thing about the performance seemed to be Juicy J when he took the stage to assist Katy Perry.

         Lorde also performed Sunday night at the Grammys. The teenage sensation from New Zealand performed her hit song “Royals” and the performance had its odd moments. One odd moment in particular was when she began to move in an odd way to the beat of her hit song. Lorde’s song “Royals” did earn her two awards and she took home Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo performance.

         The most exciting performance of the night was when Kendrick Lamar and Imagine Dragons hit the stage. The Compton rapper and the Las Vegas band performed their respective hits together – Lamar’s “m.A.A.d city” and Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive.” The performance was definitely one of the most talked about on social media especially after Lamar debuted a new verse during the “Radioactive” part of the performance and it would become known later that the verse is on the remix to the Grammy award winning song. 

         Lamar had seven nominations and walked away with none. This came as a shock to me because I thought he had the strongest chance of winning Best Rap Album, which was won by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Apparently, Macklemore sent a text to Lamar sometime after the ceremony that read, “You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and it sucks that I robbed you.” Macklemore posted a screenshot of the text on Instagram with a caption that stated Lamar should have won Best Rap Album. Macklemore also said that he wasn’t trying to diminish his victory, but Lamar should have won in that category. All in all, the 56^th annual Grammy Awards was a great night for music regardless of the talks of artists being snubbed for certain awards.

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Guthrie Case

Ellen Ferro, 21, was murdered in her Massachusetts home forty years ago. The case had been cold until DNA evidence came to light and the case became an active prosecution. On Tuesday Georgia man, Lonzo Guthrie, 69, was arrested under the suspicion of the murder. The suspect Guthrie had a job at Ferro’s house the day before the murder and was under no suspicion for the murder.

Investigators resubmitted the DNA evidence to from the Ferro case to re-evaluate for traces of DNA. Coincidentally Guthrie violated his parole in Los Angeles having to give DNA samples. The two DNA samples matched up breaking the four-decade-old case.  Guthrie was arrested in Douglas County, Georgia.

-Briana Griffin

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Highlighting and Contouring

           

Not happy with the way your face looks? Good news! You can change it! Highlighting and contouring are great ways to change the shape of your face, make your cheekbones more prominent, and make your facial structure stand out.

            Contouring with bronzer is a great way to add definition to your face. However, be careful, because too much can make it look like you have a beard. You can contour your cheekbones, your nose, your jawline, and along the sides of your forehead. Different faces with different structures can use various ways to change their appearance. You can also contour with cream. Get a foundation or concealer that is five to six shades darker than your skin. Start by making an “E” on the side of your face, covering your cheekbones starting from the hairline, your jawline, and the sides of the forehead. If you want to contour your nose, trace along the sides leading up to your eyebrow, and trace along the bottom of your nose. Carefully blend out to give your face more definition.

            Highlighting is also a good way to give your face definition. Once again, be careful, or too much highlight can make you look oily or very white. A good method for highlighting is to put your choice of product under the eye, along the bridge of your nose, along your Cupid’s bow, your chin, the tops of your cheekbones, and slightly on the forehead. There are many different highlighters for different skin tones. Though yellow toned highlighters, are generally preferred, pink toned highlighters are also great on pale skin. It’s great to use different toned highlighters for different areas of the face. If you have yellow toned skin, use a pink toned highlighter under the eyes, and yellow for the rest. If you have pink toned skin, vice versa.

            Last, finish off with a blush that suits the look you are going for to elongate the face and give you a healthy glow. One of the best places to put blush is along your contour to help blend it out and add even more dimension.  If you are using a shimmery bronzer and a shimmery highlighter, try to avoid a shimmery blush. Matte blushes with coral tones generally suit all skin tones. There are also cream blushes, and liquid blushes. Avoid putting to much on, or you may end up looking like a clown.

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Football time is over, but the South Doyle Cherokees are still going strong and staying fit. Their coaches Jonathan Snyder, Jay Winery, Bobby Graham and John Rollins still having them working hard so when season comes around next year they are ready to go. The starting Middle Linebacker, Harley Wheeler, talked about his hardest workouts they have to do to keep strong muscles. He mentioned that the workout “Leg Days” are the #1 hardest workouts they have to do. Another one the team dreads doing is core workouts.  All the coaches like to push and motivate the players so when game time comes they are ready to pound the other team and finish the game with a victory.

The Quarterback for the Kees, Brody Rollins, comments that the “Foot work drills the Quarterbacks have to do help us be swift on our feet and get us ready to look for a teammate open to score a touchdown.” Without having these drills the team would not be as great and competitive as they are now, and not have the endurance to last the whole game. In the season 2012-2013 the boys went 8-4 and played all the way to the first round play-offs. In the season 2013-2014 the boys made it to the second round play-offs with a record of 7-5. Each year they condition harder and stronger just to make their team the best they can be.

Without staying fit and always working out, the Cherokees could not be where they were this season. Best of luck to the South Doyle Football team in their next season and cant wait to see what is in store for the team this season! At the rate they are going now, it should be a positive season for the team. 

Ask Lucy and Lauren

Dear Lucy,

            I get my wisdom teeth out tomorrow and I’m really scared because I’ve never had any kind of surgery. What if I don’t wake up from the anesthesia? Or what if I get dry sockets? What am I supposed to eat? HELP!

                                                                        ~Malone

Dear Malone,

            Getting your wisdom teeth out can be a scary thought but it’s nothing to stress over. Your doctor does this for a living and will make you as comfortable as possible. You won’t feel a thing while they are taking your teeth out so you don’t have to worry about that but you will wake up. The nurses do a fantastic job of keeping you calm and they are very supportive. Your doctor will tell you ways to avoid dry sockets so just make sure you listen when they tell you. Avoid using straws and drinking soda. Applying pressure to your gums can cause you to pull your stitches out which can be very painful. Also, the acid in soda can irritate your gums. As far as eating goes, stay away from solid foods. Stick to mashed potatoes and applesauce then eventually move onto foods like mac n cheese or ramen noodles! Take it easy for a few days and sleep as much as you can!

                                                             I hope you have a speedy recovery!

                                                                       

                                                                        ~Lucy

Dear Lucy,

            I am a high school gym teacher and I have an extremely rowdy class that I absolutely cannot control. How can I discipline them without writing every single one of them up?

                                                                        ~Coach Elijah

Dear Coach,

            It’s awful that your students don’t respect you. If you really can’t get their attention, then make them run or do push ups. Every time someone back talks to you make them drop and give you 20! If someone doesn’t do what you say make them run two laps. If physical punishment doesn’t work and they don’t catch on then it is time for a write up.

                                                            I hope your student’s start listening to you!

                                                                        ~Lucy