Issue 7

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0488dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0a7a78f0.jpg" border=0 width="167" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Josh E. shows off his killer smash </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0a0a37d0.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Mike K practices his spin</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0a8b9980.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Risa, Jackie, Erica pose for paddle picture</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0aeeeb30.jpg" border=0 width="238" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Mr. Williams instructs the Honors Band.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0498dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mrs. Davies                      Room 206</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mrs. Davies Room 20"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>    </B><B> back</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0498dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Issue 7</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>A Computer's Worst Enemy</B></div> <div> by Josh Chen</div> <bR> <div>      Computer viruses in general just attach themselves to outgoing messages or e-mail themselves to all the people listed in a computer address book. The sudden flood of e-mail overwhelms mail servers, causing systems to crash. Other viruses are more destructive and may lie hidden until a certain date. Then they come back to the surface to do their dirty deeds. Sometimes a strange message appears on your screen, or data and programs may be modified. In the worst case, all the contents of your hard drive may be wiped out. These programs start on one computer, then replicate quickly, infecting other computers around the world.</div> <div>      A new worm virus is making its way through the Internet at a rapid pace. This worm comes through e-mail with an attachment, which copies and sends itself to other addresses found in the contact list. Additionally, the virus provides backdoor access to hackers who can then use the compromised computer to download and run files at will. The virus may even arrive from a known address; it is hard to define the file name. This virus is mainly target on Microsoft, and it will have little damage to the personal computer. This virus is known as My Doom.</div> <div> My Doom was designed to launch electronic attacks against the websites of Microsoft and SCO. Although software patches capable of wiping the virus off a machine are available at anti-virus websites, My Doom prevents affected computers from visiting the sites of some leading anti-virus companies. It can also be spread through file sharing network like Kazaa, by installing a “ backdoor” onto machines if launched. </div> <div> Bob Wood, the LAN technician for Liberty Central Schools said that Liberty got the virus numerous, but it was always stopped by the anti-virus system and was never a serious threat, “They were stopped at the gate,”  Mr. Wood said. </div> <div>  Microsoft announced that it is matching the $250,000 US bounty being offered by SCO. My Doom allows the external hackers the accessed to the inflected computers. It is expected to cost as much as $250 million US in lost productivity and technical support expenses. Experts have a little clue about the origin of the virus. But the virus left a very interesting message; the author signed the virus with a cryptic message; calling himself “Andy” and saying “I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry.” Some experts believe that the origin of the virus is Russia, but researchers show that they were just some early victims of My Doom.</div> <div> Popups also are another way that viruses are being transferred around the Internet. These types of popups often have a catchy title such as  "You have just won a new DVD player! “ these titles are trying to get the users to connect to the source of the virus so when there are such advertisements on your computer just close them without connecting to their link. </div> <div> The best way to avoid any virus is to delete unknown e-mail without opening the attachment and also update your virus definitions.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>This Can't Be Good For You</B></div> <div> By:Rebecca Cuttita</div> <bR> <div>                  It's 12:05 p.m. on a typical Monday afternoon in Liberty High School. High school students pile into the overcrowded cafeteria. Over the next few minutes the lunch lines grow and the chatter increases as students rush to buy food before the 30-minute lunch period ends.</div> <div> Shortly after joining the lunch line, students emerge with pizza, chicken patties, tacos, sandwiches, and an assortment of other main dishes. They top their meals off with Snapple or chocolate milk from the Nestle Machine. The meal, however, does not stop here. </div> <div> Upon observation, it has been noticed that almost every student who enters the lunchroom exits with a little snack, some chocolate, some not, that sell for fifty-five cents each. Cheap in price and high in sugar, the consumption of these snacks has become an epidemic at Liberty High School. Some of the more popular snacks include the Double Decker Fudge Round (18g fat, 490 calories, 160 calories from fat), the Zebra Cake (22g fat, 460 calories, 200 calories from fat), the Nutty Bar (26g fat, 460 calories, 240 calories from fat), and the Honey Bun (31g fat, 520 calories, 200 calories from fat.) </div> <div> With the current state of obesity in America, especially among children, one cannot help but wonder why these snacks are being sold. According to Dr. Warren P. Silberstein's website, a physician from Lynbrook, NY, approximately 25 percent of children and teenagers in the United States are obese. With this in mind, why not sell snacks of a less caloric and fat value? Even the “healthy” granola bar, which is currently being sold in the cafeteria, contains double the calories and almost three times the fat as an average granola bar. The Chewy Granola Chocolate Chip contains 10 grams of fat and 230 calories. </div> <div> With snacks like these, it is no wonder that childhood obesity continues to sore throughout the nation. According to National Institute of Health's website, the number of children who are overweight has doubled in the last two to three decades. Why then, is Liberty High School selling outrageously high fat and calorie snacks? Why not sell more nutritional snacks? Cereal, granola bars, pretzels, and even rice crispy treats can all be found containing at least 50 percent less fat and calories than the snacks currently being sold in the cafeteria. In a world that is so obsessed with losing weight and preserving their health, why then are children being exposed to unfathomably fattening foods at their schools? It seems as though schools are favoring the income they receive from these snacks over the nutritional value they hold. This leaves one to wonder where the school's interests lie? Is Liberty High School profiting by promoting childhood obesity?</div> <bR> <div> First Time in a Long Time</div> <div> By:Ashley Argent</div> <bR> <div>      For the first time in 12 years, the Livingston Manor Wildcats have something to be proud of. The boys have made their way into the Section 9 tournament this year, and are ready to win.</div> <div>      The Wildcats beat the Roscoe Blue Devils on Thursday, February 19 at Livingston Manor, to ensure their way into the tournament. Anthony Larry, known better as “Stretch”, score 21 points to lead his team to their 72-53 win. Terence McCann added another 14, Pat Branning added 13, and Timothy Bryant added another 11.  (Dan DeVantier had 17 points for Roscoe.)</div> <div>      There are 9 seniors* on the Boys Varsity team, who all agree that it's a huge honor to be able to participate in the tournament during their last year in high school.                                                                'It's pretty cool that we made it this far, it kind of proves to the underclassmen how far they can go if they try” said senior Evan Bowers.</div> <div>      The starting five** have been going strong since game one, and the Roscoe game was no different. The boys gave Roscoe's team a run around, and when one of Roscoe's players got hurt, and had to be taken out of the game, it was the end for Roscoe.  The wildcats played an amazing game with awesome passing skills, and a sign of true teamwork.  Good luck to the Wildcats!</div> <bR> <div> *The 9 graduating seniors are: Evan Bowers, Pat Branning, Anthony Larry, Josh Evans, George Thomas, Kyle Lackey, Saqib Iqbal, Kris Scheliemarcher, and Terence McCann.</div> <div> ** The starting five for Livingston Manor are: Pat Branning, Timmy Bryant (Junior) Anthony Larry, Terence McCann, and George Thomas.</div> <div>       Bringing it back to Liberty, the boy's varsity, coached by technology teacher David Slater has its last basketball game on Wednesday February 25, 2004 in Cornwall. </div> <div>       Varsity player Jared Levine commented on Liberty's season  “It was a rough year, a project in the making, we had bad games throughout, but we never got discouraged.” </div> <div>      Good luck to the boys on Wednesday!  Other Varsity boys on the team include Andrew Riegler, Shayne Fuller, LaKarri Byrd, Jason Garritt, Peter Panakakos, Mac Isseks, Dan Belgard, Chris Paddock and Larry Edwards.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>          His Time Has Come<IMG SRC="0aa85640.jpg" border=0 width="133" height="100" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> by Jamie Poley</div> <bR> <div> Within the last ten years, anybody who attended Liberty High knows about “Wills.” As Liberty High's band director, Mike Williams has been an asset to the school's music department and to the student body. After a decade on the job, he has new plans regarding the direction in which his career will go. Mr. Williams' last official day of teaching at Liberty is the 12<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> of March. While taking a job offer as principal at Hancock Jr./Sr. High, Mr. Williams admits to gaining the ability to “remain younger than my peers, mentally, physically and emotionally” because of his experience at Liberty. </div> <div> Going from Liberty to Hancock is a transition that required him to give up his tenure and move into a three-year probationary period at his new school. He will encounter the population difference between the two schools. Hancock Jr. Sr. High, grades 5-12, has about 350 kids, whereas Liberty High has approximately 800 kids in grades 8-12. </div> <div> Erin Smith, a 9-year saxophone player said about Williams, “Mr. Williams has definitely made a big impact on my life and my playing.” While she said she will miss Williams, she feels it is going to be harder on the juniors. “At least we got him for half our senior year,” Ms. Smith said. </div> <div>      Although his last official day at Liberty is March 12<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>, his actual departure will be on March 14<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> after Liberty Performing Art's <I>Wizard of Oz</I> has its last show. Mr. Williams is looking to his departure with an optimistic outlook. “Change is good”, he said. </div> <div>      Mr. William's replacement will be by Daniel McConnell, a trombone player from Owego with a master's degree in music. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0a64d4f0.png" border=0 width="77" height="79" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0a64d4f0.png" border=0 width="77" height="79" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0a64d4f0.png" border=0 width="77" height="79" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Too Pumped?</div> <div> By Bryan Jensen                                </div> <bR> <div>      Anabolic steroid use is a growing, and an uncontrollable way of gaining strength. For many weight trainers in the Sullivan County area steroid use is a subject that everyone has an opinion, or at least a comment on. In the eyes of an abuser there is both positive and negative effects of steroids.  </div> <div>      When a 22 yr-old member of the local gym, “John” was asked about the statistics of his abuse, he replied with, “Before I took steroids I was 6'2” and 280 pounds. I can honestly say about 30% of my body weight was muscle.  Afterwards, I was 6'2” and about 222 pounds of solid muscle.”  The person spent about $1400 in a six-month period on what he referred to as an addiction. They also admitted to taking steroids because they craved change stating, “I was tired of being the average kid.”</div> <div>      Not all trainers use steroids, but 20 yr old “Nick” is thinking about it.  “I want to take the drug to excel in the sport of strength training,” said “Nick.” Leaving the opinion up for grabs, that there's other reasons trainers abuse steroids, rather than just craved attention.  When asked if he cared about his health or not, his reply was, “We are all going to die someday.”</div> <div>       “It just shows that you lack respect for your body,” says Jamie Poley, a soccer player for Liberty High School.  When asked what she thought about steroids, Jamie replied with “Basically, it just shows how self-centered a person is when they take steroids.”</div> <div>      Regardless of personal preference steroid abuse is still illegal.  It's abuse can result in serious, or even fatal, side effects.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Students Keep the Music Alive</B></div> <div> By Jared Levine</div> <div>     </div> <div>     Many teenagers interested in music usually do not have the opportunity to start a band as so many dream of doing. A select few are able to come together, save money for equipment, and really be committed to the cause. One of these rarities lies right here in Liberty High School, in the form of the rock group, Tyde.</div> <div>      Headed by lead guitar/singer Shane Noetzel, the three man group consists of Shane and younger brother Connor on the bass and Pat DeMayo at the drums. So far, they have been a success in the area, compiling an impressive resume.</div> <div>      Together, they have performed at four concerts, many alongside Liberty native The Fools (formerly The Unseen Scene). Tyde has been together almost three and a half years now, after Shane and Pat, who already played their respective instruments, found a volunteer bassist in Connor, who quickly picked up the trade. “Pat and I were friends,” said Shane. “I played the guitar, he played the drums…we needed a bassist so Connor said he'd buy one and learn to play. And he did.”</div> <div>      A dedicated group of musicians, Tyde usually spends three or four days a week perfecting their songs, and even more so when a concert rolls around. Even when they take time off to rest, the music never stops. “I practice every other day, no matter what time it is,” said DeMayo.</div> <div>      The trio does need assistance with their equipment and business, and for that, they call upon another Noetzel, Pat. “I just set it up and take it down when we go on and off stage,” says Pat.</div> <div>      In the near future, Tyde plans on taking their acts to local stage halls and doing gigs more frequently. They plan to release their first self-titled album within the next six months.</div> <div>      Overall, Tyde is a hardworking and dedicated unit. “We accomplish any task in front of us, no matter what it takes,” says Shane of his group's state of mind. “We just need to stay focused and everything will take care of itself.”</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>