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PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1998.
For Teens, By Teens
OFF THE WAIL Drama not an easy course
By Erin Roulston
Recently while surfing the net I
discovered something very
interesting about the Titanic. It
was not really sunk by an iceberg,
it simply sank because it was too
heavy.
Well, I'll be ... It was pure iron,
and the size of three football fields.
Makes sense to me.
I also learned that women are 12
times more radioactive than men,
and that the common reason for the
death of blonde women between
the ages of 16 and 24 is forgetting
to breathe.
Now, I was a little skeptical
about those last two, but I was
willing to believe them because,
hey, if it's on the internet it must be
true, right?
But when I read that in Canada,
when you look at a spoon your
reflection is not upside down, I had
to consult my cutlery, and I was
struck by a terrible realization ...
Not everything you read is true.
Especially on the interne. You
know, any old Joe can make a
website, you don't need a BA in
rocket science to make a web page
about Apollo 13.
I bet you it wasn't a scientist who
put this quote on the internet:
"American scientists have been
researching days and have found
Tuesday to be the longest day of
the week at 24 hours and three
seconds, and Sunday to be the
shortest at 23 hours, 59 minutes
and 57 seconds."
I visited a site devoted to "Lies
on the Internet". They had "Lies of
the Day" and "Celebrity Lies" as
well as a "Lies Archive".
At the end of the introduction
there was a short, small print
disclaimer stating that the lies on
By Mark Nonkes
Canadian flags in Japan are
waving proudly as we celebrate
nine medals after the first week of
Olympic competition.
We struck gold early Monday
morning, the first gold medal ever
awarded in snowboarding, to
Canada's Ross Rebagliati. Later on
in the week, there was fear of
another Ben Johnson scandal, as he
tested positive for marijuana. Much
debate was sparked in Canada on
the subject of him being able to
keep his gold medal or not. In the
end the International Board of
Sport gave him the gold medal
back.
A few days later our male speed
the page are closely examined for
any speck of truth, but cannot be
guaranteed that the lies are not, in
fact, true.
Okay.
This particular page stated that
Keith Moon, drummer with top
mod band The Who, was actually a
Belgian deep cover agent who used
his drum kit as an advanced form
of Morse code, communicating
with allies through a string of top
10 hits. Most notably, the song My
Generation contains the coded
phrase "My gerbil speaks Yiddish,
but only after a tangerine".
I found that quote particularly
interesting.
And did you know that Belgian
males remove their pants while
driving? I never would have
imagined. They sure do strange
things in Europe.
I never knew that Welshmen
were allergic to pajamas either.
There are some pretty strange
cultural things going on in some of
these countries.
I learn a lot on the internet. For
instance, I learned something very
interesting about the history of
space travel; that American
Astronaut Neil Armstrong actually
made two trips to the moon. He
returned in 1975 to retrieve his
wallet and car keys which he had
left behind on the previous
occasion.
There is lots of wonderful
information on the internet. But
here's just a little warning: If a
website tells you that the word
"gullible" has been removed from
the dictionary, and you believe it,
-naybe you shouldn't be on the
intemet. In fact, maybe you should
just. turn the computer off
altogether.
skaters claimed a silver and bonze
in the 500 metre distance. Canada
showed its dominance in this event
with the fourth and fifth placements
as well.
On Saturday, Valentine's day,
Canada received a gold in speed
skating, in the women's 500 metre
by Catorina LeMay Doan. Susan
Auch captured the silver in this
event.
The athlete with the most
pressure, Elvis Stojko, fought a
groin injury to obtain a silver medal
in figure skating. After the skate all
he could do was limp off the ice.
Sunday was team day. Sandra
Schmirler's curling rink from
Saskatchewan grabbed a gold.
by Ashley Gropp
People think of the dramatic arts
in high schools as unnecessary, an
easy course, or as a way to miss
class. High school drama is not
only hard work, but it also
produces high quality
entertainment.
Much more work is put into a
festival like this week's Sears
Festival than there may appear.
The festival for our local district
(which begins today and goes
through until Saturday) is being
hosted by F.E. Madill Secondary
School of Wingham. Schools from
Huron, Perth, and North Waterloo
will be competing at the Blyth
Theatre.
by Amy Crawford
My brother bought a car last
summer so the question of
insurance was raised. My parents
went through their insurance broker
to get the best deal for both him
and I. When the numbers were in,
he was paying over $600 per year,
whereas I am paying $65 per year.
If I had my own car I would still
be paying a considerable amount
less if, like my brother, I was not
listed as the principal driver.
Why is my brother paying so
much more insurance than I? Well,
he's a bad driver. He's been in a
few accidents, has many speeding
tickets, and likes to drink and drive.
At least that's what statistics say
about male drivers. These statistics
also inform us that women are
better drivers than men because we
are more observant and cautious.
Some women may very well be
cautious and observant but most
teen girls can be just as reckless, if
not more so, as men. My friend,
Mike Harris's curling crew received
silver. The bobsled team of Pierre
Lueders and Dave MacEachem tied
for gold.
Along with all this excitement,
there have been some disappoint-
ments. Canadian flag bearer Jean-
Luc Brassard missed the medal
podium with a fourth in his moguls
event.
A bit of hard luck for Brain
Stemmle who was in the lead in the
men's downhill race until he caught
an edge and missed a gate taking
him out of the race.
With another week yet to go,
Canadians will be cheering loudly
for the athletes in Japan. Hockey is
sure to be exciting.
Many aspects of the festival need
to be looked after. Planning started
early in the year and has continued
right up until this week. There
were workshops to decide on who
will 'teach' these workshops, where
all the students will stay, what the
schedule will be like, what play(s)
each school was bringing, how to
arrange lighting, who will design
the web page (liked to F.E. Madill's
web page @http:www.huroned
edu.on.ca/Madill/.), what night
each school will perform, and how
Blyth restaurants will
accommodate 300 students.
Now that everything has been
arranged, and the festival is
for example, was speeding down a
gravel road one night and her
windshield wipers weren't working.
Next thing you know the person
sitting shotgun has her arm out the
window working the wipers while
the rain worsens. Definitely not
very responsible.
The common wisdom today is
that men should pay more
insurance than women. The
percentage of women drivers has
only been increasing in the last few
years.
But the Bill of Rights states that
people should not be discriminated
against because of gender. Would
making men pay higher insurance
not be considered discrimination on
the grounds that because men in the
past made mistakes every man
thereafter should be penalized?
Automatically assuming men are
'bad' drivers may not be too far off
base, but guys should get the
chance to prove themselves as
'good, careful drivers before being
hadded the guilty verdict.
underway, the hard work all the
students have put into this will
begin to pay off.
The one-act plays, the purpose of
the festival, begin tonight. Madill
performs their first play, as does
Clinton. St. Marys and Bluevale
also show theirs.
Tomorrow night, Stratford
Central has two plays, St. Anne's
does their first, and Waterloo-
Oxford performs one. Friday night,
Clinton and Wingham both present
their second plays, and South
Huron and Stratford Northwestern
show their plays. Saturday, the
festival concludes with plays by St.
Michael's, Elmira and Listowel,
followed by the awards
ceremonies.
The plays begin at 7 each night
and the cost is $10 per night.
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