News
Saturday Night Live Parodies the Presidents
By Alex Dodson
News Editor
"Oh, are we not doing the talent portion?"
If you ever see Sarah Palin ask this at a Vice Presidential debate, then you aren't really watching a Vice Presidential debate. You are probably watching the hit show, Saturday Night Live. Oh, and that isn't Sarah Palin, it is actually Tina Fey.
Saturday Night Live is well known for its political impersonations and satire. It all started off in 1975 when the actors took on the role of President Ford and now 34 seasons later, the tradition continues with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. So far this season, they have spoofed all three presidential debates, the vice presidential debate, a public endorsement by President Bush for McCain and Palin and a rap made for Palin but sung by Amy Poehler. On November 3rd, SNL will be having a two hour, pre-election day show, and gigantic spoof bonanza called Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008. The two candidates Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) and John McCain (Darrel Hammond) will be there with their running mates Joe Biden (Jason Sudeikis) and Sarah Palin (Tina Fey). Guest appearances may, and most likely will include...
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Sports
World Series Outlook Bright for Phillies
By Kyle Quigley
Staff Writer
This year's World Series included the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philidelphia Phillies. Out of the 30 teams that participated in the regular season, only two remain, while the other 28 remain spectators in the world of baseball. The World Series will be decided in a best of 7 series. The first two games will be played in Tampa Bay and then the next three in Philly, the schedule will continue in this order until a winner is announced. The World series is no side show having 13 million viewers for each game.
The Tampa Bay Rays are looking to complete their "worst to first" season with the world title, as every other team desires. The critics and sports writers wrote that it is improbable that they win this season, but the teams new management and leadership think other wise, already having knocked off some of the best teams in baseball. The team this season has been led at the plate by Akinori Iwamura with a .275 batting average and Dioner Navarro with a .295 average. The pitching for the Rays has been phenomenal through out the normal season with James Shields throwing 215 innings while still maintaining a 3.56 era.
The Philly team blew through the impenetrable force...
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Entertainment
The Clock Strikes 12 for Re-Emergence Day
By Adam Dodson
Staff Writer
As I entered Game Crazy, the smell of cold pizza and sweaty palms hit me like it only has once before; at the midnight release of Halo 3. I quickly realized the stench was coming from the thirty or so people being squeezed into the confined area of the store. The people there were strangely pale and wore mostly black with thrash metal bands on their t-shirts. Many hadn't shaven in days and looked as if they hadn't bathed in just as long. These were the serious Gears fanatics, waiting hours on end for midnight to be upon us. I, Adam Dodson, was among them.
On November 6th, many people left work early to get in line at the nearest GameStop, Play N Trade or Game Crazy so they could be one of the first to experience the game. People could be seen wearing Gears of War T-shirts, watching the trailers, downloading content from Xbox live, and reading the new novellization.
Millions of gamers pre-ordered the title so they could get their copy as soon as legally possible. One in particular, who had been waiting in line for over seven hours...
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Op-ed
Trick or Restrict
By Chelsea Anderson
Opinions Editor
Well, trick-or-treaters in Belleville, Illinois may have a curfew and high school students may not be able to participate in trick or treating any longer. This is no joke, Belleville's City Council will vote to regulate this fun filled tradition. Belleville wants a set curfew for 8:30 pm and students that are in their freshman year or older are not allowed to trick-or-treat. This plan is traveling fast and other places in the United States are following suit.
So what happens if this comes to Fairfax County? Well to me, Halloween should just be for children. As a senior, I am just too old for trick-ortreating, but surprisingly, some of my fellow classmates beg to differ. "This is a time were we can pretend to be someone else just for a night and eat candy too!" exclaims Jacquiva Attidore. Umm, we are 17 and 18 years old about to go off to lead independent lives. Are you going to trick-or-treat in college too? It makes me wonder, when are you too old for trick-or-treating?
This is not solely focused on age though; this is also focused on a set time for trick-or-treating...
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