Orbiter Senior Issue

Thursday, May 27, 2010Volume 37 Issue 11Class of 2010 Edition

1997 1998

A school career lasts a long time, 12 years to be exact. This time-line chronicles major events from the “Class of 2010’s” first day of school all the way to graduation.

June 30The first Harry Potter was published by J.K. Rowling.

January April 8Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, found dead from self-inflicted wound.

Pokemon was first introduced

MayMichael Jordan plays last game with Chicago Bulls.

SummerSt. Louis’ Mark McGwire and Chicago’s Sammy Sosa chase home run record set in 1961.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BYGABY RYCZEK, OLIVA ALLEN, KARLIE GRIGOLI

Prom photo story

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Teachers reflect on senior class

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1999 2000 2001

Congratulations Class of 2010

April 20Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

July 27Tony Hawk lands first 900 in the X-Games “Best Trick” competition.

1999Boy bands are all the rage as Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, O-Town and 98 Degrees launch.

December 31World goes into scare as billions of dollars are spent worldwide to brace for “end of world.”

September 11Hijackers ram jetliners into the Twin Towers in New York City.

VFW Post 9716Located at:9434 State Route 43Streetsboro, Ohio 44241

For membership information call: 330-626-0544

Your graduation headquarters

Moments like thatA group of seniors gathered at midnight to camp out on the front lawn a week ago and played hide and seek girls against boys and the game “Never Have I Ever,” sat around in a circle singing numerous songs, and people who had never spoken before having heart to hearts. It’s moments like that, which we will remember for the rest of our lives....

Capturing one of the best times of their senior year, camp out attendees pause games for a group photo.

Seniors which attended the camp out, took turns tracing each other with chalk across the parking lot linking them all by holding hands.


2001 2002 2003

SeptemberKelly Clarkson wins the first-ever American Idol competition.

November 16First Harry Potter movie opens nation-wide grossing 93.5 million.

February 19Columbia space shuttle explodes while taking off killing all seven astronauts.

March 5The Osbornes reality TV show debuts on MTV.

survey resultsSenior social The high school experience is different for everyone. For some it consisted of going to football games on Friday then sneaking out on Saturday nights. For others high school

yes 89%no 11%

Have you ever gone to a basketball game?

yes 97%3%

Have you ever gone to a football game?

yes 33%no 66%

Have you ever fallen on the senior hallway stairs?yes 54%no 46%

Sch

ool

Have you ever cheated on a test?yes 85%no 15%

Have you ever written on the bathroom wall?

yes 58%no 42%

Have you ever said “I love you” and didn’t mean it?

yes 71%no 29%

Did you ever think you were in love?

yes 25%no 75%

Have you ever played “Spin the Bottle?”yes 59%no 31%

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atio

nshi

ps

Have you ever had sex?yes 75%no 25%

Have you ever cheated in a relationship?

2001

was hanging out with a significant other, then lying about “loving them.” Each person takes his or her own path on a long journey to becoming a unique high school graduate...

INFORMATION COMPILED BY ALEX WESTERH, LAUREN GROFF, SHAY COLESCOTT

97 SENIORS RETURNED SURVEYS FOR THIS POLL

School Extracurricular

Relationships

yes 38%no 62%

yes 57%no 43%

Have you ever laughed so hard you peed your pants?

Have you ever gotten in an accident?yes 41%no 59%

Have you ever pulled an all-nighter?yes 84%

Have you ever been skinny dipping?yes 41%

Have you ever gone egging?yes 38%no 62%

yes 49%no 51%

Have you ever been TPing?

yes 51% no 49%

Have you ever smoked?

yes 67%no 33%

Have you ever lied about where you were going?

yes 84%no 16%

Ext

racu

rric

ular

Have you ever snuck out?yes 65%no 35%

Have you ever been drunk?

no 59%

no 16%

Have you ever lied about your age?


2003 2004 2005

March 19United States and allies invade Iraq in attempts to find Saddam Hussein and “weapons of mass destruction.”

November 17Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes governor of California.

February 1Super Bowl XXXVIII: Justin Timberlake rips Janet Jackson’s costume exposing her breast.

January 14President Bush sets sights on another flight to the moon by 2020 and a launch-ing base there for a trip to Mars and beyond.

The rest of our lives begin here...

Biola UniversityLa Mirada, CA>> Katylyn Kuchta

Mesa State CollegeGrand Junction, CO>> Dani Radic

University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM>> Brittany Ozmun

University of MissouriColumbia, MI>> Lauren Groff

United States Armed Forces

U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Air Force U.S. Navy>> Jacob Bennett>> Luke Tinch>> Dan Tomasch

>> Cam Gomula>> Jay Lugo

>> Cory Blondeaux


2006 2007

August 28Hurricane Katrina hits the south-ern coast of the U.S. It was reported that more than 1,800 people died and there was more than 81 billion dollars in damage.

September 4“Crocodile hunter,” Steve Irwin dies at the age of 44 years of age. His heart pierced by the spine of a stingray.

April 2Pope John Paul II dies. Benedict XVI becomes the next pope on April 24.

Valencia Community CollegeOrlando, FL>> Gaby Ryzcek

Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC>> Shay Colescott

University of South CarolinaColumbia, SC>> Jack Lewis

Slippery Rock UniversitySlippery Rock, PA>> Jordan Lupica

Art Institute of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA>> Ryan Anderson

University of Prince Edward Island,Charlottetown, PE, Canada>> Reed Davis

Johnson and Wale UniversityProvidence, RI>> Nicole Kanengeiser

University of AkronAkron, OH>> Mike Calhoun>> Courtney Coggins>> Kevin Cummings>> Tom Grice>> Vince LaVallee>> Lauren Lynde>> Jaynina Manibusan>> Matthew Melice>> Alyssa Nichols>> Zach Puster>> Therese Rowland>> Courtney Shields>> Kelsey Slusarczyk>> Stephanie Switzer>> Kayla Todd>> Merrisa Wilcox>> Josh Yanis

Bluffton UniversityBluffton, OH>> Nick Wiseman

Baldwin - Wallace CollegeBerea, OH>> Jason Cook>> Craig Donovan>> Shelly Johnson>> Stephanie Lesher

Ashland UniversityAshland, OH>> Matt Hanish

Bowling Green State UniversityBowling Green, OH>> Lindsey Fitzgibbons>> Nate Tonkin

Fortis CollegeCuyahoga Falls, OH>> Amanda Baker>> Cory Germani>> Court Willa

Hiram UniversityHiram, OH>> April McClure>> Rachael Shields>> Megan Unger

Kent State UniversityKent, OH>> John Bores>> Michelle Brown>> Caleb Cade>> Tiffany Dalton>> Cheyenne Frederick>> Dare Gleason>> Tyler Harris>> Sarah Henderson>> Aaron Hernandez>> Lauren Holt>> Megan Humphrey>> Chelsea Jones>> Shawnee Justus>> Luke Klements>> Luke Krispinsky>> Jennifer Langford>> Mike Lanham>> A.J. Lysiak>> Brett Nola>> Alex Olesky>> Brian Poston>> Jennie Prentice>> Alyssa Savel>> Katie Schlegel

>> Nick Schmitt>> Alison Schuster>> Jason Silvis>> Dan Spindler>> Mario Valenti>> Brittany Welms>> Heather Werner>> Amber Whitney>> Mike Wisniewski>> Mike Zitkewicz

Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, OH>> Shannon Roseberry>> Wayne Walker

Bradford SchoolColumbus, OH>> Mackenzie Crock

Miami UniversityOxford, OH>> Olivia Allen>> Skye Flanders

Ohio UniversityAthens, OH>> Katelyn Alesci>> Brittany Bargerstock>> Billy Bejger>> Jillian Ferarro>> Robert Hegedish>> Breanna Komara>> Zack Loska>> Alex Westerh

University of Northwestern OhioLima, OH>> Kyle Kolke

Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH>> Greg Coffee>> Ricky Ghrist>> Christine Tacke (Wooster)>> Shawn Wiler-Martin

Mount Union CollegeAlliance, OH>> Gio Valenti

Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, OH>> Frankie Diehl>> Brad Heeter

Tri-C Community CollegeCleveland, OH>> Malcolm Brooks>>Taylor Herndon>> Tyler Herndon>> Tanisha Hill>> Darrin Looper>> David Moore>> Justin Packwood>> Stan Rocuskie>> Brandon Rolko>> Amber Williams

Ursuline CollegePepper Pike, OH>> Marshe Wright

Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, OH>> Karlie Grigoli>> Taylor Landgraf

University of ToledoToledo, OH>> Zach Roberts

Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH>> Tony Tackett


2007 2008

Craig DonovanSports Writer>>

April 16Virginia Tech shootings: Perpetrator Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded many othersbefore committing suicide.

MaySenior Cricket Prank: A group of seniors snuck into the school and let out 10,000 crickets.

JuneCleveland Cavs make NBA championships vs. San Antonio (4-0)

NovemberBarack Obama becomes America’s first AfricanAmerican president

November 13

WSTB returns to airwaves after being shut down for 30 days

Four senior boys -- Malcolm Brooks, Jason Cook, Vince LaVallee and Nick Wiseman -- plan to continue their ath-letic careers at local colleges.

Due to a spinal injury that had him benched Brooks most of his se-nior basketball season, Brooks plans to attend Tri-C Community College in Cleveland to tune-up his skills.

“I am just going to get better, then I’m transferring to another school,” he said.

Brooks said to make the transition from high school to college play, he will have to make the move from shooting guard/forward to point guard.

“I have to work on my shooting and dribbling because I am going to run

the point,” said Brooks. Brooks said he is excited to play at the next level.

Fellow teammate Vince LaVallee is also planning to attend Tri-C and wants to try out for the basketball team.

Soccer player Nick Wiseman is at-tending Bluffton College this fall and will be playing on the soccer team.

He is also considering kicking for the football team.

“I hope to lead my team to a Di-vision III championship,” said Wise-man.

Wiseman said he wants to coach soccer at a big high school after col-lege, and feels confident in his ability to take it to the next level.

“I play with a lot of D1 kids on the Akron Metro Futbol Club, and we are undefeated,” said Wiseman.

Jason Cook is attending Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea to play foot-ball.

“I am excited to play with some new people, and have some new com-petition,” said senior Jason Cook.

Cook said he would like to thank Coach Arlesic, the rest of the coaches, his parents, and everyone else who helped him out.

Though the rest of the senior ath-letes will not be taking their game to the next level, they will always have high school memories to take with them,

Volleyball player Brittany Barger-stock said her favorite senior sports memory was winning the fifth straight Portage Trail Conference champion-ship.

Football player Dan Spindler said

his favorite memory was scoring four touchdowns against rival Crestwood his senior year.

“It made it even sweeter, because they said they were going to kick our butts,” he said.

Cross country runner Skye Flan-ders said her favorite memory was the 24-four hour relay, and the PTC meet both during her senior year,where she ran a career best time.

“It qualified me to run on the Var-sity team for the district meet,” said Flanders.

Wrestler Mike Wisniewski said his favorite past sports memories in-cluded the bus rides with “O” (Alex Oleksy) during JV baseball because they were always entertaining and funny, and senior night for wrestling against Crestwood.

Four seniors set to play college sports

athletesAdvancingPHOTOS BY BREANNA KOMARA AND SHAY COLESCOTT


2009 2010

Here’s to the‘Arabian Nights’

Seniors

king G

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queen B

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PHOTOS BY SHAY COLESCOTT AND BRITTANY WELMS

January 15Flight 1549 was forced to land in the Hudson river af-ter striking a flock of geese. All on board survived.

Feburary 9Yankees pitcher Alex Rodriguez admits to using a performance-enhancing substance in the past.

2010

Streetsboro’s Varsity boys basketball team get their first-ever district title and Co-PTC Championship.

March 14 MayLebron James wins MVP.

NovemberLevy fails for the first time; it would fail two more times.

After announced as queen, senior Brittany Welms lets out an excited ‘’ahh’’ while fellow candidate Katylyn Kuchta claps with excitement.

Trying to neatly eat her chocolate pretzel is senior Katelyn Alesci.

Getting crazy on the dance floor are senior Amber Williams and ju-nior Jeff Dowdall.

Jokingly grinding on fellow senior Olivia Allen is senior prom king Gio Valenti.

Enjoying attention from the crowd are senior court members Mario Valenti and Karlie Grigoli.

Looking into each other’s eyes during a slow song are junior Heather Davidson and her boyfriend, Jesse.

Waiting to enter the ballroom are junior Nick Price and seniors Josh Welms, Mike Formick and Mike Wisniewski.


Lauren GroffManaging Editor>>

2010

“This senior class, I think is one of the more person-able classes that we had... overall the class seems to be kind to one another,” Featherstun said.

“Don’t sacrifice yourself,” Moulton said. “Don’t sac-rifice your beliefs. As you progress in life, every be-lief you have will be test-ed. Those things you hold closest to you will remain. Stand strong in your faith in you.”

Teachers to remember 2010

“Any senior group that comes through is special and as happy as I was that we won the teacher-senior basketball game its always an indicator that they’re going to be leaving us very soon,” Muckleroy said.

“The great people. I always miss my students... I only get to meet them for a year as seniors, then they leave. Its not fair to only know you for that short amount of time,” Swarts said.

“Keeping in touch with my seniors on my trip to Indonesia this year was great. It really helped cure my homesick-ness!” Swarts said.

Favorite Memory:

“Kyle Dolovacky working in the rain to finish the court-yard,” Moulton said. “I didn’t have many of you guys any-more and you willingly and openly helped me.”

Favorite Memory:

“Over Christmas break, the team volunteered their time to Hattie Larlham,” Muckle-roy said. “During our time at the facility, the players were asked to help the individu-als become familiar with animals that were brought in from the Cleveland Zoo.”

Favorite Memory:

January 127.0 Magnitude earth-quake devastates Port-au-Prince, death toll estimated at 200,000.

Bussing for high school students cut.

January Feburary 12Olympic luger Nodar Kumar-itashvili loses control of his sled and dies in a crash while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancover Canada.

MayA tanker ship loaded with oil in Texas collides with two barges, result-ing in a spill of about 450,000 gallons of oil.

May 27GRADUATION!

Reflecting on some of the experiences they have had with the Class of 2010 are Science teacher Matt Featherstun, P.E. teacher Krista Vonstein, social studies teacher Gabe Swarts, head basketball coach Todd Muckleroy and English teacher Mindy Moulton.

These teachers are telling about funny and personal experiences they have encountered over the past four years, experiences such as taking comfort in your students while out of the country and bonding with the basketball team while helping others at Hattie Larlham over Christmas break.

“What is unique about the Class of 2010 is this is the first class I had as freshman and saw all the way through to their senior year so I got to see a lot of students literally grow up in front of me,” Vonstein said.

Some share funny experiences and future advice to class

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