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Recently posted ACT scores bring both worry and joy |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 April 2010 20:13 |
By Preston Wells
Hugo High School
Co-Editor
ACT scores have been posted online and numerous high school students have begun conversations with one another concerning their scores. Some sophomores brag about their high score and how it was their first test. Juniors gripe about how they can’t raise their score and seniors worry if their score is going to be high enough.
Not many people know that all universities and colleges have different requirements. Testing scores, grade point average and class rank are just a few things that can get you into some colleges. The University of Oklahoma will automatically accept a resident student if they have at least a 3.00 grade point average and rank in the top 25% in their graduating class. However, most people don’t know that you can also get in with an ACT score of at least 24 and a GPA of at least 3.00 or rank in the top 50% of your graduating class. Oklahoma State University will automatically accept students along similar guidelines. If a student has a 24 ACT score, a 3.00 GPA and ranks in the top 33.3% of their graduating class, or a 3.00 GPA and 21 ACT score.
Although most state schools require students applying to have certain test scores, private universities can be very different. For example, did you know that Harvard University doesn’t require a certain score on any type of test or a certain GPA?
I bet it’d surprise you even more to know that in order for a student to apply for the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma they must have a 30 on their ACT, whereas this year a Hugo High School graduate attended Yale University with a score of 28 on her ACT. Yale, for example, looks for all-around students — ones who have done numerous amounts of community service, participated in extracurricular activities and have done well in the classroom.
Even though private universities may not set a specific score a student must have on their ACT or SAT, it helps a lot to have a high score. When applying to any school, private or public, students need to go to that school’s Web site and find the requirements — some schools may not even require certain tests.
High school students worry too much about their ACT scores. They feel that if they don’t make high enough they won’t get into college. Students need to know that many different elements affect whether they are accepted into a college. Extracurricular activities, community service and work experience all make a college application look polished, so don’t stress yourself too much about the ACT. |
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Students should begin seeking summer work now |
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Friday, 30 April 2010 20:12 |
By Reya Burnett
Hugo High School
Student Reporter
April is here and May is not too far off. This means that summer break is almost here. Many teens are planing on looking for summer jobs this year. Well, there is no better time to look than now.
I understand that there are still many days left in the school year, but we’ve just started taking our End of Instruction tests. Sometimes the evaluation and hiring process is slow and long. For some jobs, it would take the whole break for a call back.
After a short interview with 20 hard-working students, 50% said that it took three months for their employers to call and actually hire them, another 40% said that it took two months and a mere 10% of students said that they got hired in the first month. Chances are that it would take a student two to three months to acquire employment at an established business.
On the other hand, students could also become their own businessmen. Students could break agardens in for homes, babysit or even starch and press suits for businessmen when the cleaners fall short.
Students should start thinking about what they plan to do this summer. A little extra cash couldn’t hurt. So apply now for the job, that way you might have a job for the summer instead of waiting until the next school year to actually get hired. |
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A country made of you, controlled by you |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 April 2010 20:11 |
By Preston Wells
Hugo High School
Co-Editor
“Can’t we all just get along?” That’s how Rodney King felt about everything below the clouds. The thought of actually living in peace makes a mind playfully wander into the future, dreaming of how carefree life would be. However, many forget that the reason why our country came to be the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” Although everyone was interested in creating a country that let its citizens experience freedom (as if a government should ever be able to control that), there were many disagreements and separated thoughts before we came to be.
Arguments over slavery, taxation, the right to bear arms and healthcare have all been fought over at some point in time of this great nation. At times we all find ourselves arguing our best at a political debacle, the ones where someone ends up screaming or just having to walk away because their fellow debater won’t agree with them. Isn’t it amazing that we joke and laugh about that? Yes, all getting along would be wonderful, but isn’t it great that we have the ability to disagree?
When revolutionary men established the foundation, the stronghold and the start of America they created a fresh constitution. A document that could possibly be added to or changed as time passed. Although many people hate to admit, time changes how laws are administered and also what laws are needed. One cannot think that life is the same in America now as it was in the late 18th century. Others believe that these founding fathers wouldn’t be pleased with how our country changes laws now, but weren’t they too just men coming up with new ideas? Were they not proposing change then? So what is the difference when a new idea is brought up in America today?
In 2010, it seems like there is more and more talk about government. It is the most discussed subject in the media and the average person will likely hear something about government every day. We seem to forget that it’s not silly politics that make America. We are America, the people who work and live to keep it going. Thankfully we have the right to disagree with how our government is going; otherwise America wouldn’t be what it is today.
I believe one of the worst things to do when dealing with politics and government is get caught up in media. Try and find out what you truly believe in and don’t base it on what others believe. Find out what laws you like and coincide with how you think and believe. I will leave you with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay Politics:
“Every law and usage was a man’s expedient to meet a particular case: that they all are imitable, all alterable; we may make as good; we may make better.”
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 April 2010 20:12 |
By Daniel Zhang
Hugo High School
Co-Editor
Books have been around for ages. As time goes by, everything from themes to book cover designs have changed. Books have evolved to fit our ever-changing lifestyles and so has technology.
This is where the Kindle comes in. The Kindle is Amazon’s eBook reader. An eBook reader is a small device that allows a person to read books.
Many classics as well as modern day books have already been made into eBooks. An eBook is basically words that a computer can read.
Many major newspapers such as the New York Times offer an eBook version of their paper. This makes eBook readers very handy for reading the newspaper.
Price is also a factor that is important to think about when purchasing an eBook reader. Do I have to pay for each book? How much do they cost per book? The Kindle itself costs $250, but purchasing eBooks is much less expensive than paperbacks. Downloading eBooks straight onto the Kindle costs an additional 99 cents per book, but downloading to a computer and copying the eBooks over to a Kindle is free. The 99-cent charge is for convenience of downloading without the need for a computer.
The Kindle might be expensive, but, if you are a serious book or newspaper reader, then this is definitely the product for you. |
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The legacy of Freckles Brown |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 30 April 2010 20:11 |
By Weston Bates
Hugo High School
Student Reporter
Here in Hugo we have all heard of the great bull rider Freckles Brown, but there are some things that are not so well known. Freckles is just a nickname. His real name is Warren Brown. He got his nickname at a rodeo in Wyoming from the announcer who thought that he needed something more creative. As his nickname tells you, he had freckles so the announcer put him down as Freckles Brown, and the name just stuck.
In the late 1950s, he moved to Soper in a two-room house with no running water. He told his wife that if he won at Madison Square Garden he would get a new door for the outhouse. He won, and they built a new house just a couple years later.
In 1962, he won the world championship and he, amazingly, did this the same year he broke his neck. Then in 1967, at the age of 46, he won the National Finals Rodeo and rode the famous bull Tornado, that had bucked off 200 other riders and been dubbed “unrideable.” There is a song written about Freckles riding Tornado.
Most of us do not know it, but when he was still going to rodeos, he would run for exercise in between every job he did. If he was building a fence, he would run a mile when he was through. Also, he did at least 100 pushups a day and matched that in situps.
Many of us know that he was a great bull rider, but he also was involved in steer wrestling, bareback riding, saddle bronc and wild horse racing, which was a rodeo event in the ‘50s and ‘60s.
He also helped Lane Frost when he was young, and Clyde Frost, who is the father of Lane Frost, grew up competing in rodeos with Freckles. Lane Frost also won the world championship the same year that Freckles passed away.
As we all know, there is a memorial rodeo every year in Hugo. It is held during the second weekend of October. This year, it will be Oct. 9. This is one of the area’s largest bull ridings. There will be a wild ride this year, which is when you dress up and ride broncs. They will also give away rifles and some of the bull riders will get belt buckles. |
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