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For Teens, By Teens Clinton teen in the swim at Commonwealth Games By Mark Nonkes About one year ago the teen page profiled a local athlete who had big goals for her swimming career. The goals are now a reality for this Clinton teen. Kristy Cameron, 17, who started her swimming career in the Vanastra swimming pool, has most recently swum in world level events at the Commonwealth Games in Kaula Lampur, Malaysia. Last summer Kristy won a By Ashley Gropp Saving Private Ryan is probably the most accurate account to date of what WWII was actually like. Unfortunately, the actual plot of the movie seems too much like that of an action movie and there are still some minor inaccuracies. This film is the story of a mission to save a single soldier in the US Army. The mission was a result of the sudden deaths of all three of his brothers. His mother was being sent all three telegrams at once. The sol- dier, Private Ryan, had been dropped at the wrong location, to make finding him even more diffi- cult. The cinematography is amazing. The angles and camera action high- light the main focal points. By far the best and most effective tech- nique used is the jumpy camera. It makes the viewer feel as though they are right in the middle of these battles, and therefore emotions are magnified. Everything that is needed to be seen to amplify the terrifying cruel- ty of war was shown clearly, partic- ularly in the first half hour. The red water seemed to be blood and every injury looked so painfully real. Another technique used to give the audience the effect of being there would be the use of colour, some- thing unusual in movies about this war. One notable error in this film is based on the knowledge that Jewish people had of the Nazis during the war. One character in the movie is Jewish, and upon contact with Ger- man prisoners, he demonstrated his pride in himself to spite them. He could not have possibly known the significance of the gestures he made. Most of the knowledge of the Holocaust came to America after the war. Canada Games title in Brandon, MB, in the 100 metre breaststroke. That, however has not been the stroke that has led her path to success. At the Canada Games Kristy won a bronze in the 200 metre individual medley, which is every stroke swum one length of the pool. Six months later, an unknown competitor, Kristy, swam in the Winter Swimming Nationals in Winnipeg, MB. Kristy swam hard and won the 20Q metre individual medley title, beating The movie starts immediately with charged emotions, action and depth. Yet, for me, near the end this movie seemed to lose its depth. Suddenly it becomes an action movie with characters who mean By Erin Roulston My first assignment in OAC drama was a presentation inspired by six simple questions: 1) Who are you? 2) Why are you taking this course? 3) What are your strengths? 4) What are your weaknesses? 5) What are your goals? 6) Haw are you going to get there? For a group of 23, 17 and 18- year-olds, these are some very difficult questions. The presentations that evolved from these questions were remarkable. Students took the time to look deep within themselves and share what they saw with a group of their peers. Some liked what they saw, some didn't and some vowed to change it. This got me to thinking about the human mind. I noticed that most of us don't see what our greatest weaknesses are. It is something we tend to be blind to. I did not notice mine even when a dear friend bluntly pointed it out. I could not listen to him. But when I finally did stop defending myself and let what he said roll around in my mind. I realized he was right. Next I wondered where it was this behaviour came from. Where do we get our faults? Well, several Canadian swimming sensations, like Olympic silver medalist in this event, Marianne Limpert, and Joanne Malar. When the Swimming Nationals and Commonwealth trials were held Aug. 5 - 8, in Toronto, competitors were swimming for spots on the Commonwealth team. The CBC did a profile on Kristy before her specialty event, the 200 individual medley. Again, Kristy beat Limpert and Malar winning the race and securing a spot on the little. With each of the deaths of the main characters, the emotions seem to dim, rather than intensify. Rather than an emotional climax, the final action scene appears to fade the emotion away. Even more irritating behavioural patterns like these don't just appear. They are adapted through years and years of example. Example generally shown by parents. For instance, women who have difficulty trusting men may have adopted their attitude by having an absentee and untrustworthy father. A friend of mine feels his worst fault is that he pressures people into giving him what he wants _because he learned as a child that if he bugged his mother -enough, he could get anything. But of course it is wrong of us to blame our faults on our parents. They do their best to teach us how to live like decent people; what we make of it is up to us. I cannot make myself a better person by passing the blame onto others. I must take responsibility and do my best to change my weaknesses into strengths. Which is the hardest part. But I think self improvement is a very worthwhile place to spend my energy. The drama presentations were all very different, some were danced, some sung, some spoken. Some were wordless. But the one common theme that seemed to touch each student's work was that "I can be an amazing person." I believe that is true of all of us. Commonwealth swimming team to Malaysia. Kristy has moved from Clinton to Guelph so she can focus more on her swimming career. Also, in Guelph she can train with athletes at the same level as her, as opposed to being the only national level swimmer in Vanastra. The Commonwealth Games were Kristy's first international event that she would compete in. Big names in the swimming world were there, and likely everyone entered in the individual medley races had heard of her name. Kristy's first race was the 400 metre individual medley. The event was won by Malar; Kristy placing seventh. Kristy's main event was the 200 individual medley. On her last two major races before the games, she had beaten Limpert and Malar. However, on this night she would not best the two, as Limpert captured gold and Malar the silver. Kristy wcrund up in sixth position after a hard swim. For Kristy's first international event this is fantastic. Don't forget the name Kristy Cameron, from Clinton. 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