By Christopher Cassidy, Senior Editor
If Inception or Avatar was a fancy French banquet, then Salt was a giant chocolate bar. It was basically a running gunfight; fast, intense, and easily burned and digested.
But who doesn’t like chocolate bars? Designer chocolate bars (James Bond) have made it to the finest restaurants all around the world.
Unfortunately, Salt was just a Hershey’s bar.
In the beginning of the movie Evelyn Salt is rescued from a North Korean prison, shown bloodied, haggard, and dead looking, while begging innocence to the North Koreans. Evelyn Salt actually works for the FBI.
Early in the movie, a Russian defector is brought in, claiming that a Russian agent will travel to Washington to kill the president of Russia. Stop. Problem there. Since when are the Russians the bad guys? I know that Russian super-villains have killer accents, but since when are we enemies with Russia?
Oh well. I’m probably the only one who cares. Moving on.
The early stages of the movie are shot with an incredible bias from the director, trying to make Evelyn Salt look innocent. This just made me extremely uncomfortable, wanting to hate Salt but being pushed to like her. I was waiting for a Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde twist to emerge, but Evelyn Salt remained the unstoppable (and unremarkable) secret Russian “G12” agent (despite the fact that Russia’s CIA equivalent is the GIU).
Story aside, the movie was somewhat entertaining. The chases were entertaining, but the martial arts were disappointing, to say the least. Angelina Jolie might be as her name says, but she can’t fight for her life. Replace her with Jackie Chan, and THEN you have something good coming, but what they got done was repetitive and un-creative. Salt would take down the pathetic one guard who stupidly happened to have the key to the room that was just sealed off, and then was entered by Salt.
Summed up, the movie was an entertaining action film, but was so lacking in substance that I do not recommend it. Film aficionados, stay away, but have fun Bond fans.
Planner and Notebook Art
By Cameron Kay, Contributing Writer
As I have been walking around the campus from class to class I have noticed how creatively kids have been decorating their school supplies. There are the people with a sticker obsession and others, like having the family photos. You can learn so much about kids just by looking at journals or planners. There are many great things about decorating planners such as it is harder to lose because nobodies looks the same. It will also stand out in a lost and found bin if it should end up there. I’m not the most organized person in the world. Even when decorated for me to keep track of my planner it could require a siren and neon lights. I have some pictures below showing some crazy notebooks and planners.
As I have been walking around the campus from class to class I have noticed how creatively kids have been decorating their school supplies. There are the people with a sticker obsession and others, like having the family photos. You can learn so much about kids just by looking at journals or planners. There are many great things about decorating planners such as it is harder to lose because nobodies looks the same. It will also stand out in a lost and found bin if it should end up there. I’m not the most organized person in the world. Even when decorated for me to keep track of my planner it could require a siren and neon lights. I have some pictures below showing some crazy notebooks and planners.
The Arts and Crafts Club
By Cameron Kay, Contributing Writer
The arts and crafts club is a new and exciting addition to Menlo School’s clubs. From my email interview with Ms. Silver, she decided that kids might want to learn some of the art technique that is not taught in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade classes. Ms. Silver is teaching technique that will most likely take more than just one period of clubs to complete. She has been teaching at Menlo for eighteen years and before that she helped write and organize the Art in Action Program at Phillips Brooks School.
The first thing this club did was making string art and discs woven with string. All of the student’s projects will be arranged into a large 3D project that the students will take home. Ms. Silver will be teaching other clubs this year in acrylic, mosaics, texture, and pattern, though this club will not be offered again. Feel free to drop in and make some cool artwork!
The arts and crafts club is a new and exciting addition to Menlo School’s clubs. From my email interview with Ms. Silver, she decided that kids might want to learn some of the art technique that is not taught in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade classes. Ms. Silver is teaching technique that will most likely take more than just one period of clubs to complete. She has been teaching at Menlo for eighteen years and before that she helped write and organize the Art in Action Program at Phillips Brooks School.
The first thing this club did was making string art and discs woven with string. All of the student’s projects will be arranged into a large 3D project that the students will take home. Ms. Silver will be teaching other clubs this year in acrylic, mosaics, texture, and pattern, though this club will not be offered again. Feel free to drop in and make some cool artwork!
The Good and the Bad of FFL
By Alec Sullivan, Sports Editor
This season for fantasy football you are all probably banking on your Chris Johnson or Adrian Peterson type guy. During this article I am going to tell you guys all about what to expect during this season from sleepers to guys completely falling of the charts. There are many keys to winning your league but I’m going to give you 3 things that will definitely help you win your league
1) Go for guys going into their 2nd through 4th years. Try to avoid aging running backs because you never know when they drop off the shelf like running backs often do.
2) Make sure you’re not left in the dark when it comes to the Tight End position because of the lack of depth at this position.
3) Try to avoid players that share time like Jonathan Stewart and Deangelo Williams from Carolina because they aren’t going to always be consistent for you because of the fact that they share time.
If you have a solid team and you make sure you do this. You’ll most likely have a great fantasy season
The Last Song
By Georgia Anderson and Tatum Tai, Contributing Writers
In the movie The Last Song, a sassy teenager, moves from her hometown, to live with her troubled father for the summer. While she is there she has a very dramatic summer. She becomes friends with Blaze, ( Carly Chaikin) , the daring, young girlfriend of the fire juggler, Marcus, ( Nick Lashaway.) Over time she falls hard for Will Blakelee, aka the richest man in town’s boy played by Liam Hemsworth. This riveting story ends with an unexpected twist. Hope you enjoy this new hit!
Director: Julie Ann Robinson
Released: March 31st , 2010
An Interview with Norm Colb
JUSTIN KASSER: We have now celebrated the opening of the new athletics center a few days ago, and how are you feeling about the new building?
NORM COLB: I feel wonderful that the building has finally been created. One of happiest days of my career at Menlo was watching the community enjoy the new, beautiful facility, and I think that with this move the school just got it right… they nailed it.
JUSTIN KASSER: And you were one of the first people to be up there, on the new floor of the Athletics Center, speaking about it. What did you feel when explaining to the crowd about the new gym?
NORM COLB: Well, when you are speaking in front of twelve thousand people, it is never so easy, I actually enjoyed myself up there tremendously, celebrating with the community about what it will accomplish for the Menlo students. Before the sixth graders arrived, the gym was way across the campus, shared with the college, and what that meant was that we didn’t have a ready way to support our athletics for students here. And because it is now very easy to access, I think it will now be very helpful for the health and wellness of our students here at Menlo. So to answer your question, I was glad to have the honor of presenting that information to the community.
JUSTIN KASSER: So going a little off topic, what are you looking forward to in the 2010- 2011 school year at Menlo?
NORM COLB: I want to make sure that students, especially those new to the sixth grade and ninth grade have an outstanding year and get off to a wonderful start. I wish also that the teachers in the middle school and high school have an outstanding as well. We are also putting the finishing touches on the design of the new Creative Arts Center for the high school, which will be part of the challenge Menlo program, also. That building, which will be done by about the summer of 2012, will have as much as an impact in learning for the high school as the athletics center did for the middle school.
JUSTIN KASSER: Well, thank you for being interviewed for the Scribbler, and I am sure this will turn out as a great article for the paper. And hopefully we can get even more articles for the Scribbler.
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