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February 2006

Military Recruiting
By Samantha Saenz
Flash Staff Reporter
Reporter/Around the
United States, many high
schools are closing their
doors on military recruiters.
In the past, the military has
been allowed to visit two
times per semester to set up
a display, talk to students and
ask them questions. This is
causing controversy in some
schools that are finding it
unfair to give the military
access to high schools.
The military is allowed to
have the same amount of information (names, addresses,
phone numbers) as college
and career counselors. In a
column
on
www.boggscenter.com it
states, “although parents and
students have the right under
the Family Education Rights
and Privacy (FERPA) to

withhold this information by
submitting a simple ‘opt-out’
form, many school districts
have not explained this option to students and their
families.”
Some parents think that recruiting shouldn’t be allowed
at high schools, but when the
students are in college. Students may not even be ready
to make that big of a decision.
“Each military branch is
allowed to get a copy of the
juniors and seniors information and they get contacted
if desired. Anytime they want
to come to Fraser, they have
to check,” said counselor Mr.
Borelli.
Given the same treatment
as recruiters or college and
career counselors, Fraser
alumni, who are in the armed
services, are allowed to come
back to talk to students about

their experiences, with
proper clearance from the
school.
“I think it’s a great idea to
allow these past graduates to
share their past experiences,”
said Borelli.
Students who are serious
about joining the military
may take the ASVAB
(Armed Services Vocational
Aptitude Battery) to see if
they are qualified or for a
profile of themselves giving
them opportunities of careers. Many students choose
to join to help better their
education as well as serve
their country.
“I think they are brave and
care a lot about our country.
I can’t tell them it’s wrong or
they shouldn’t do it. It’s their
choice what they want to do,”
said junior Zack Pine.

The life and legacy U n r e c o g of Coretta Scott King nized heroes
By Alleysha Tucker ‘06

spoke out “on the behalf of
racial and economic justice,
women’s and children’s
rights, gay and lesbian dig“Coretta Scott King not
nity, religious freedom, the
only secured her husband’s
needs of the poor and homelegacy, she built her own,”
less, full employment health
said President George W.
care, equal educational opBush. “Having loved a
portunities, nuclear disarmaleader, she became a leader,
ment, and ecological sanity.”
and when she spoke, Ameri“She was a staunch freecans listened closely.”
dom fighter,”
Born in
said ReverMarion, Alabama
end Jessie
on April 27,
Jackson.
1927, Coretta
On JanuScott graduated
ary 30, 2006
as valedictorian
Mrs. King
of her high
died in an alschool class.
ternative
Soon after, she
medicine
received a Bachclinic
in
elors Associates
M e x i c o
Degree in music
while awaitand education at
ing further
Antioch College
treatment for
in
Yellow
Springs, Ohio The King children Dexter, left, Bernice, center, Martin III, ovarian canand went on to second from right, and Yolanda at a musical tribute to cer. In life,
study concert Coretta Scott King at Ebenezer Baptist Church’s Horizon as in death,
Mrs. King
singing at the Sanctuary in Atlanta, Georgia.
helped make
New England
Conservatory of Music in Southern Christian Leader- history and impacted the
lives of millions.
Boston. While there, she ship Conference.
“She leaves us all a better
met a theology student from
After her husband’s death
Atlanta who, even then, had in 1968, Mrs. King contin- America than the America of
a dream. Martin Luther King ued his civil rights work. Ac- her childhood,” said Oprah
Jr. and Coretta Scott married cording to her biography, she Winfrey.
Editor-in-Chief

in her hometown of Marion
on June 18, 1953.
As Mr. King began his
fight for civil rights, Mrs.
King worked closely with
him. While raising their four
children, she organized numerous marches and sit-ins.
Mrs. King also sung and read
poetry at “Freedom Concerts” to raise money for the

By Petia Kapintcheva ‘07 heads of the Renaissance
Exchange Editor

Committee, send out the
forms each month. The
month of January’s winners
were, Jenna Barnes ‘07,

Going unnoticed and
unpublicized, most students
do not realize that six to
ten classmates are chosen for the Student of
the Month award here
at FHS.
“If someone has done
something outstanding
or out of the ordinary,
then I would consider
him or her for this
award,” said French
teacher Ms. Wright.
A student of the Students of the month for January:
Jenna
Barnes,
Charles
month is an award Kollmorgen, Shane Bellow, Robert
achieved by those who Sewell,
and
Jonathan
have greatly pro- Hoopingarner.
gressed, improved a lot
in a class, done something Shane Bellew ‘09, Jonathan
oustanding, or just have been Hoopingarner ‘09, Charles
a good student in the class. Kollmorgen ‘06, Robert
Once a month, one teacher Sewell ‘08, and Craig
from each department gets to Szimiel ‘07.
nominate a student from one
The winners receive a
of their classes. The purpose showcase plaque, a certifiis to give each teacher an op- cate to Jostins and other naportunity to nominate one tionally known places, a big
student per year.
candy bar, Fraser dollars
Each month a group photo (which can be spent at the
of awarded students is dis- school store), a little picture
played in the showcase be- of everyone else who was
tween A and B house. Mrs. awarded, and Fraser Pride
Bartlett and Mrs. Hepper, ballons.