White Wonderland

1. Frost forms on the tips of the branches
2. street signs cover in white-out
3. Snow plows everywhere
4. Children hope for a snowday
5. Alliances of neighborhood kids are made
6. for the snowball fights
7. Snowmen families watch the streets
8. from their homeland they were made
9. And to think, a snowflake can make all of this magic?
10. I hope this stays forever

When the Morning Wakes

1. The stars in the sky
2. Align with the old brick house
3. The chimney huffs smoke
4. the mantle decorated
5. with bright red stockings
6. Hanging tall with excitement
7. Awaiting for him
8. are the plates of cookies and milk
9. The pine tree lights up
10. For what he can bring for them.
11.The next morning wakes
12. Excitment comes over the kids
13. The gifts rip open
14. Screams of happiness are heard
15. What a success that
16. will last till next holiday
17. smiles and joyfulness
18. are filled in the old brick house
19. For tradition lasts
20. And will be past down forever.

Editorial

After reading the story regarding the student at Rutgers University, sorrow and anger filled my brain. Invading privacy is not only wrong, but is against the law and ethically and morally corrupt. My overall reaction to that piece would be that the roommate wanted attention, neither kids were thinking clearly and of course the poor boy wasnt ready to be "out of the closet."

Clearly if a student tweets about his roommate having "the room till midnight" he obviously had to had known he wasnt going to be with a girl. I think that he knew what was going on and wanted to be the funny guy and stream the video live. Not only is that wrong, but is so creepy at the same time. Nothing stereotypical, but usually when you have a gay roommate, you clearly know that he's gay whether or not he has officially told you. The roommate had a clear suspicion and wanted to get a crude laugh out of the stunt.

Getting a good laugh out of the stunt was probably the farthest the pain would go in the mind of the roommate. In his defense I guess I wouldnt think that the boy in the video would commit suicide, so its clear that the roommate didnt think AT ALL what the consequences would be. But at the same time, when reading this article it made me so angry that someone could be that selfish to get a good laugh on campus in the total expense of someone elses' life. I think that the roommate definitely deserves all the punishment possible and couldnt be thought of as a simple prank gone wrong.

In conclusion, my reaction to the article would be angery and upset about the actions of the roommate. The poor boy was cornered into coming out when he wasnt ready which caused his suicidal death. I feel so bad for his friends and family and feel that his death could have been completely preventable.

5 Accidental Lessons

When I started playing hockey we always had early practices. My parents would always get me to the rink on time, but when I started driving that wasnt the case. I didnt really pay attention to what time to leave and when to be there etc, usually the people I carpool with would figure that out for me. We had a game up in St. Cloud and my Dad told me I would be driving there alone. I figured I'd be fine leaving about a half hour early to get there. That was not correct. It takes approximently and hour and 15 minutes to get to St. Cloud. I ended up hitting traffic and missing the whole game. Feeling so stupid, I now always leave on time and calculate the time I will need and add in the fact of traffic. During the season we do a clinic with the younger youth girls hockey teams and skate around with them. I met a girl their who also has type 1 diabetes. She told me since I have diabetes she always looks up to me when watching the Varsity play. It reminds me to always be on my best behavior during games because you never know who is watching. The State tournament is always something every kid dreams about participating in. As a sophomore playing in the State tournament, it was almost overwhelming. The first night I was really nervous for our game the next day I could hardly sleep. I was really tired for the game and played horrible the first game against Cloquet. Later that night we all went "adventuring" around the hotel. We, of course, caused as much trouble we could without getting kicked out and I had a great time. I learned to have fun no matter what situation you're in because it most likely will ease the tension. The next year we made it back to the State tournament and made it all the way to the Championship game verse or rivals Roseville. We ended up losing 0-4 and that game haunts all of us. I always think of how I could have done things better and how I wished I had. I was taught that no matter how tired you are, always give it 110% because you will regret it later. Lastly, after the season was over we had the banquet the next day after the State tournament. The only place I saw the team was at school. I felt almost depressed we werent together all the time and for next season I will savor every moment because the year goes by so quick and its worth every second.

Meaningful picture

This was last year around November. The varsity team had just been picked and the returning players were getting ready to do the traditional TP of the first years on the team. We decided to be funny and go to a girl on our teams house and take a gander through her Halloween costumes. We all ended up having the best of time looking absolutely ridiculous. We had about 6-7 girls' house to TP with four cars filled with toliet paper. By the end of the night we were all so tired and wanted to be done with TPing that we put on the masks again. Our last house was the only Freshman, Sarah Nielsen's house where we jumped on their swing and started throwing toliet paper at each other. Cars drove by and stared at us, which only made the slap happy atmospher ten times funnier. This was the first of many team bonding experiences our team had. Everytime I look back on that night I laugh about how much fun we had running around Edina with masks and ridiculous costumes on.