Inspired by Bonnie MacLean’s 1960s concert posters

1. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010
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Katie A ales By MARYELLEN
North W KENNEDY
ARCHBISHOP WOOD
“W
O ur world is a dis-
tracting place.
arou anderin Whether we’re search-
no sp nd the cit g ing for a lost set of keys,
It mak ecific plac y with studying for a big test or
sma es you re e to go. simply waiting for
still a ll you reall alize how Jennifer Aniston to trans-
llows y are,
much you to see but form into Miss Havisham
th h
exper ere is to ow right before our eyes, find-
ience ing time to appreciate life
.”
Kate is low on our to-do lists.
B
Lang erner It seems like today’s
horne
culture is so rushed, just
ding!
“Rea ou away like the White Rabbit
s y your from “Alice in
It take all of ts
from s and pu that Wonderland.” We speed
m
p roble new story e through life, constantly
a w th worrying about school,
you in don’t kno .”
you nding to work and being late for a
e cci
You “Being very important date.
kie S
u dem r name onstag
Fran minster e But have you ever
W ar it al eanor, , perso .
say l chang everyth nality, stopped to think about
aud your es wh ing — what you really love about
in w ience. Yfirst line en you life? What makes you truly
h o s
the at you’r u lose to an happy?
fine e y
arts doing ourself Over the course of the 17
take and years I have spent on this
con le
Kev
in A trol.” t planet, I’ve noticed a certain
nde
Hatb rs
oro on feeling that accompanies pure,
unadulterated happiness. We’ve
all experienced this feeling
before, when something makes
you so happy that you feel as if
every cell in your body is smiling.
to a
place y
n Our It’s that moment when you see
oing s so ma ver
“G old the ocean for the first time since the
h hene just
that ries. W ou stressed-out,
o y previous summer, and you’re so in
mem o there, ortable awe of its beauty that you can’t speak.
g f
you l so com me.”
fee d at ho
sleep-deprived, Or when you look up at the night sky
an just as a shooting star flies across your
Lebo
Tina ington
ffe angst-ridden field of vision.
Ab During moments like these, every-
teen lives don’t thing seems to be in its right place. Our
problems melt away, and, in that moment,
beca “Drawin often leave we are at peace.
no li use the g In my opinion, that is happiness.
m re
sa its. It’s are
wha tisfying t really
time for So what’s happiness to you?
“Making people smile,” says Erica
t you o se
in th ’ve crea e
e en t
d.” ed
enjoying Luczakowsky, an Archbishop Wood junior
from Horsham. “It’s what keeps me going and
Mike
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Lang ehalick
horn
simple really makes life worthwhile.”
Over the years, many studies have shown
e
pleasures. that being happy does indeed keep a person
going. There are both long- and short-term bene-
fits to having a cheerful disposition, such as an
raphy.
But finding increase in energy and creativity, a stronger
“Photog le how immune system and even a longer life expectancy.
ing
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It’s increas small as a
st
those things Another popular cause of happiness is music.
someth can turn almo rt. “It puts pep in your step and a glide in your stride,”
camera to a work of a ich
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that make us says Willow Grove resident Emily Michael, a student
anythin es memories, ns of and band member at Wood.
rv
It prese not only a me way
s a
a
truly happy The medical community is taking notice of music’s
provide cing, but also le influence on society.
reminis cate the peop is crucial — A new kind of therapy, focusing on music, is quickly
to edu e future.”
of th proving that music has very strong effects on the human
cHugh
Jake M ster and not as body. From helping people deal with depression to lower-
Warmin ing blood pressure, it’s no wonder so many people claim
difficult as that listening to music saved their lives.
A very wise man once said: “Life moves pretty fast. If
Te
what ll us
you might you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you
could miss it.”
mak
YOU
h
back appy at
es think. Sure, Ferris Bueller is a fictional character, but
that line from the movie still speaks the truth.
phill talk@ If we continue to get wrapped up in trivial mat- Do they
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every happy moment, life will seem so much this on the
easier, no matter what kind of situations Internet?
get thrown our way.
Just keep your head up, smile,
and soak up whatever sun these
remaining winter months
have to offer!
By MEGAN MEYER always come to fruition. parent complained.
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH Earlier this week, in fact, ele- District spokeswoman Bette
That’s what
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any people, myself includ- mentary schools in the Menifee Cadmus called the dictionary
a school in ed, would like to think Union School District in California “not age-appropriate” and
California that, over the years, passed a temporary ban on assured alarmed parents that
mankind only continues to move Merriam Webster’s 10th edition
tried to do forward.
the dictionaries would be
dictionary. searched for other “things of a
when a kid Improved technology, a higher The dictionaries were taken off graphic nature,” according to a
found a standard of living, and most impor- the shelves of Oak Meadows
report in The Press-Enterprise of
tantly, a superior education all con- Elementary School after a student
“bad word.” tribute to this idea of a “better” life. came across the term “oral sex” in Riverside, Calif.
Unfortunately, hopes don’t the classroom dictionary and a See BAN, Page D5
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