Paw Prints Newsblog

by April Ball

Everyone has been stressed at one point or another in his or her life; the secret to stop stressing is understanding stress and relaxation.

Stress comes from your brain. Your brain lets off small particles, which in turns gives you that stressful feeling. To stop this, you need to take a deep breath and let your mind and body relax. By relaxing, you are allowing your nerves to calm.

Finding the right way to relax is different for every person; this is why it is up to you to find your special niche where you can relax. When you are completely calm, you will be able to tackle your stressful situation head-on and cope with a clean mind and positive attitude.

by April Ball

The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish could be the only animal known in the world to have the capability of living forever.

Since it is capable of cycling from an adult stage to an immature polyp stage and then back again, there could be no natural limit to how long it lives. Scientists say the hydrozean jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly go back to its first stage of life.

The secret lies in a process called transdifferentiation. This is where one type of cell is transformed into different type of cell. Some animals can undergo limited transdifferentiation and regenerate organs. These species includes salamanders, whom can regrow their own limbs. This jellyfish, however, can regenerate its entire body repetitively. Scientists are studying the jellyfish to discover how it is able to reverse its aging process.

Because they are able to cheat death, the number of this species is quickly growing. They are now found in oceans chartered around the world instead of just in their native Caribbean waters. This is one truly amazing animal and deserves the respect of the scientists.

by Aubrey Walford

Hey seniors! So, college is right around the corner. In six short months, we will be living the lives of college students. Right now we are making the crucial decision on where we actually are going to go. Personally, I am trying to decide whether I want to go to an amazing school in New York, my dream. Or to go to San Francisco, another wonderful city, where it would be cheaper. This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make because I want to make the right one.
Where would I be happy? Where would I have the best opportunity to pursue my career? Where would I have the best college experience? These are questions that continually flood my mind and, I’m sure, the other seniors that are in the same boat that I am. I think that the best way to answer these questions is to really think about where you see yourself in the next 20 years, after you have already graduated from college. I also think that pro/con lists are key in making crucial decisions.
However, I truly believe that if you are trying your hardest to pursue your dream, you are being successful, and you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Good luck!!

by Chanel Yust

As a person who goes to the movies on a regular basis, I cannot help but to agree with Grace Wong from CNN in her article titled, “Are These The Worst Movie Remakes of All Time?” You can tell just by the title of her article that this will express her true feelings.

A good example of this would be the movie Romeo and Juliet. One of Shakespeare’s classic love stories, a beautiful piece of work, really, but when it came out into a movie, spectators did not think it would be so great. They were proven wrong. They loved the 1968 version of this movie! Two thumbs way up, some might say, but what is this nonsense that makes movie directors/producers think that they can re-produce a classic such as this? Baz Luhrmann, the director of the 1996 version starring the ever-so-gorgeous Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, obviously thought he could entertain us and make us feel the way we did when we saw Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 screenplay starring Leonard Withing and Olivia Hussey. There is no other way I can say this without it sounding mean, but the movie was crap! I had to literally walk out of the room because it didn’t follow the book or the original movie at all! Although the older one was not up to today’s standards of special effects, I proclaim the movie to be very well put together. Bravo!

I would say that I agree with Grace on her opinion with the Pink Panther movies as well.  SNL veteran Steve Martin, a comical genius, which some of you may recognize as the father in Cheaper by the Dozen was casted as Inspector Closeau. Although we love the white-haired funny man, he just doesn’t do it for me or Grace at all. There are plenty of other movies that I could mention as well, but I don’t want to be too mean.

If you have any comments, please feel free to leave them!

by Chanel Yust

Hollywood has indeed seen the highs and lows of Sandra Bullock this year. We’ve seen her win her first Oscar for her role in The Blind Side, also starring country star Tim McGraw. We’ve also seen her humiliated after filing for divorce from her “bad boy” husband Jesse James due to his extensive cheating. There is some uplifting news for Sandra, however: She will be undergoing the process of becoming a momma! No, she is not pregnant, but she has adopted Louis Bullock, a boy from New Orleans, Louisiana. She has kept him a secret since January of this year. The original plan for the (then) James-Bullock family was to adopt him together and then release information to the public later in the spring. This unfortunate tragedy of the divorce has made it so that Sandra Bullock will actually be adopting Louis as a single mother. Way to go Sandra!

by Chanel Yust

Georgio Armani~ famous designer, and a man of many riches.

Dubai~Wealthiest island that has the world’s tallest building.

Connection: The Italian designer owns an exclusive hotel located there. It’s the tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. It occupies 10 levels of the 800-meter, 160-story tower, and has 160 rooms.

If you’re thinking about this hotel as a possible stay for your trip to Dubai, consider this budget: prices range from $760 a night to $2500 for some of the more luxurious suites. A typical room includes walls crafted with handmade Florentine leather, green Brazilian marble bathrooms, and Japanese tatami on the floors.

Better start saving up that money for your trip to Dubai!

by Lauren Brown

A 28-year-old man was found under a neighbor’s sport utility vehicle this past Wednesday by the police. He was hiding after his mother reported that she caught the man, her son, stealing drugs from her bra while she was sleeping. She told the police that she had awakened before dawn to find her son sneakily taking the drug Xanax from her bra, where she kept it so that he would not steal it. Police said the man had 22 Xanax pills, 15 of them wrapped in toilet paper and hidden in his sock. One officer said a search of the man’s room turned up more pills and various drug paraphernalia. He was in jail Thursday with bond set at $40,000.

by Camille Vernon

by Kyle Tonkyro

He is safe. Brian Kownacki from Fordham University jumps over Iona’s catcher and was safe. This run capped of a comeback win for the Fordham Rams and people are saying that this play is the best baseball play ever. This is the most bizarre thing that has ever happened in the NCAA Baseball. This play is truly amazing. I would not be surprised if this play got an ESPY for the best play. If you looked at the footage then you saw that the catcher did not even come close to tagging the runner ,so he scored the run, and Fordham came back to win the game.

by Lea Morgan

On Friday, April 23^rd, the streets of Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, were cleared after a noon shoot-out took place. There were seven victims total; among the dead were five federal police officers, a drug dealer, and a 17 year-old boy that had been standing nearby at the time of the incident. The police officers had been there in an attempt to combat the drug violence that still reigns within the border towns of Mexico. Two police officers and another civilian were critically wounded but are expected to pull through. The shoot-out began after two police cars had stopped several people under investigation for drug dealing. The gunmen in the vehicles were said to have pulled out AK-47s and started firing. Luckily, the feuding ended before the firing became completely out of hand and took even more lives.