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Warrior
the
34th Year
300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
May 17, 2012
Sherwood High School
News: 1-2Columns: 10-15Sports: 16Wondering Warrior: 3Features: 4-5Destinations: 6-9
 
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Inside:
The Senior Issue
Q:
What do you think makes a good graduationspeaker?
A:
Honestly? I have noidea how to answer this question. Myimmediate, instinctive/gut would be:someone who’s involved in many extra-curricular activities, or “bleeds Warrior  blue,” or is generally known as an in-credibly powerful speaker, leader and so-
cial buttery (or something along those
lines). But then I got chosen. Which still
 bafes me and clearly shows there’s no
“traditional” mold or criteria. I mean, inmy entire high school career, I’ve been
to one football game (though it was a
homecoming game); I do one extracur-
ricular (but in my opinion, the best one):newspaper. And I’m terried of class presentations (I literally start to shiver 
and my teeth begin to chatter during
them). However, I’m ercely passionate
about my speech’s topic, and I’m a reallygood writer. I had genuine enthusiasmwhen I spoke, and could craft my wordswell enough to evoke the same in my au-dience. So to answer your question basedoff my own experience: Passion. Think Ms. Woolley’s level of passion. That’swhat moves the audience,and therefore makes an ef-fective grad speaker.
Q:
How have your ac-complishments and expe-riences throughout highschool shaped you to givesuch important insight?
A:
Another hard ques-tion. I’m really not sureif anything within high school walls hasgiven me “insight.” To be honest, my ini-tial inspiration for my speech’s topic came
from my watching Ratatouille (as I men
-tion in the speech). I will say, however,that there have been many times through-out this particular year that I have been re-minded of my speech’s message. Whether it’s sitting in a class I really love, workingon a graphic design for newspaper, or sim-
 ply walking down the halls, I nd myself 
taking mental pictures of moments I knowI’ll wish I’d appreciated longer.
Q:
What encouraged or inspired you to put in the effort to beat the other contes-tants for the honor?
A:
Gilmore girls plus inspiration plusmy love for writing equals my motivationto audition. In middle school and the begin-ning of high school, my mom and I wereaddicted to Gilmore Girls largely becauseour relationship and our personalities wereso similar to theirs. So, in 8th grade, when
I watched Rory (the daughter) give her 
graduation speech, I started thinking thatmaybe that was something I could do too.It’s silly. But that plus already having theinspiration for my speech’s topic plus actu-ally having the desire to write it equaledmy “putting in the effort.”
Q:
Don’t give us any details, but couldyou elaborate a little on the big ideas dis-cussed in your speech?
A:
My speech is about savoring a mo-ment; absorbing yourself in it. I remind people to try and eliminate the trivial, un-important-in-the-long-run distractions thatwe often let ourselves get caught up in, andthat often distract from events that deserveour full attention. It’s essentially about en- joying every moment –big or small– and
not letting yourself get caught up insigni
-cant distractions.
Q:
How will you carry on the Sherwoodlegacy next year?
A:
I am going to NYU next year. I’ll be in the Gallatin School of individualized
study (you craft your own individualized
major around seemingly unrelated inter-ests. It’s the “hippie” school for indecisive
kids.) My interests will be (I think) Adver 
-
tising, Art (especially graphic design), and
Philosophy. I hope to get into the advertis-ing industry and be the one both concep-tualizing the ads and then also creatingthem. I’ll be sure to try and give Sherwooda good name in the Big Apple!
 WithOlivia SnyderGraduation Speaker
The NFL has been under re recently
with the 2011 lockout that threatened tocancel football for that season, the player 
 bounty issue, and numerous lawsuits led
all over the country by former players al-leging concussion injuries from their 
time on the eld. On the other side, at the
forefront of representing the professionalfootball players of the NFL, is DeMau-rice Smith, Executive Director of the Na-tional Football League Players Association
(NFLPA) and Sherwood’s 2012 graduation
speaker.Smith was elected unanimously to the NFLPA position in March of 2009 after working nine years as a lawyer with theU.S. Department of Justice and in the pri-vate sector as a trial lawyer and litigation partner representing important corpora-tions. “The private practice was extremelyengaging and mentally rigorous. I got to
 A Q 
 
& 
by Nathan St.Pierre ‘12by Ellen Kirkness ‘12
see SMITH, pg. 2
Students Opt To Earn Degrees Across the Pond
by Holly Cuozzo ‘12
“I feel that the more you travel, themore you realize how much of the worldthere is still left to see. Many argue thatthere is always the safer option of going toa university closer to home and spendinga year abroad through their programs …[but] I would hate to regret a missed op- portunity, and in 20 years you will regretthings you didn’t do more than things youdid do,” said senior Caitlin Hanratty.During the hectic application process,many students considered local colleges,reach schools, safety schools and many
others, in hopes of nding the perfect t.
Students considered cost, availability of their majors, and opportunities in order tomake a decision, but a factor that seemedto affect everyone’s decision is the loca-tion of his or her school. At this age, theidea of travelling far from home usu-ally sounds more than appealing, but some studentshave decided tothink outsidethe continentand go toschool over-seas.“Attend-ing schoolin Germanywill be aunique andexciting ex- perience inmany ways, but I ammost lookingforward to the independence I will gainfrom living across the pond. Though I havefriends in Munich and family close by, I will be living onmy own and will have toadjust,” said se-nior Katarina Niedermair.Thereare manyways for studentsto studyabroad:studentscan do agap year  programto travel betweentheir se-nior years in high school and their fresh-man years in college, they can study abroadfor a semester or a year through a programat their university, or they can go to collegeabroad.Joe Hock, the career center advisor, believes that going to college abroad hasits advantages, but sometimes “the deci-sion bases on immaturity.” It is easy towant to go to a foreign country for four or more years for the experience and the fun, but the decision to go overseas may re-quire more consideration than choosing anAmerican college because of the culturaldifferences and possibly heightened cost of living. Colin Kee, for example, is deciding between Montgomery College and Univer-sity of Limerick in Ireland because, he be-lieves, it is a big decision to be away fromfamily and friends for four years.“I think time spent at any university is,
see STUDENTS, pg. 2
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To Speak at
2012 Graduation
“I think time spent at any university is, andcan be, whatever you want to make it. Iplan on using my location in Europe to my advantage.”~ Senior Caitlin Hanratty 
NFLPA executive DeMaurice Smith.
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The Warrior•News
May 17, 2012
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 Section Editors:
 News:
Darby Whitehair
Wondering Warrior:
Isabel Paterson
 Features:
Holly Cuozzo Will Gavett
 Destinations:
Devin CorneliusEllen KirknessKatie Nolan
Columns:
Hannah Chertock 
Olivia Snyder
 Sports:
Jacob Bogage
 Photographers:
Hannah Chertock 
Brett Melnick Paul Szewczyk 
Content Directors:
Devin CorneliusHolly CuozzoIsabel Paterson
Rebecca Stussman
 Pollster:
 Amanda Harrington
Warrior SeniorStaff 
 Advisor:
Peter Huck 
Students Choose Alternatives toTypical Post High School Endeavors
Encouraged by the social norms of our time, students from a young age have beenurged and urged to go to college after highschool in order to strengthen their educa-
tion and master one specic area of inter 
-est. Even with more than half of the Senior Class continuing their education at a four-year college, some students are more inter-ested in taking the less beaten path. Thesestudents have decided to take either a shortor permanent break from school to pursuesomething else that interests them.Senior Perry Stylos already has a jobset up for him after high school, at the lo-cal 5 Plumbing Union in D.C. Stylos gotthe interest of starting a career in plumbingafter spending a two-year program focus-ing on the trade at the Thomas Edison HighSchool of Technology in Wheaton.“I looked at the classes at Edison and plumbing looked the easiest to do, and I
found the rewards to be benecial,” said
Stylos. Edison enrolls around 600 studentsevery year, and most use their learnedskills to help pay for college expenses, or to continue their pathways and make a ca-reer out of them. Stylos will make around$18 an hour when he starts his new job
in October, but once he turns 18, he will
 be able to make between $25 and $30 anhour. He hopes to continue his career pathin plumbing until he retires.Another respected path choice af-ter high school has been to take the timeto give back to the country, and join thearmed forces. Senior David Barnhard has
wanted to be a soldier since the fth grade
and enlisted to be a Marine in July of 2011.Starting June 22, David will go to ParrisIsland, North Carolina, to begin his MarineCorps training. Although Barnhard hasmaintained a 4.0 GPA and has taken nineAP classes all through high school, he doesnot want to continue getting his educationat this time and wants to give back. “Thereare so many people in this country worth protecting, that I feel obliged to help. AndI think college is a waste right now. Thereare more important things to do at 18,” saidBarnhard. If Barnhard were to want to goto school after his time in the Marines, theMarine Corps would pay for it for him.These alternative options, though dif-ferent from the traditional paths, are just
as rewarding and benecial as spendingthe next years of life conned on a college
campus. “People always heckle me aboutnot going to college, but I don’t care,” saidStylos. “I really like my choice. And, wheneveryone’s in college, I’ll be making about$30,000 a year.”and can be, whatever you want to make it,”said Hanratty.” I plan on using my loca-tion in Europe to my advantage in the waythat I can travel much more easily and soak in a lot more in regards to foreign politicalsystems, economic and languages. If oneis looking for a job that involves global re-lations on any scale, employers are goingto be much more eager to put you on their team if they know that you’re not afraidto step outside of your comfort zone.”Hanratty plans to attend the University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK, and Nieder-mair hopes to attend Ludwig Maximilian
Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany,
 but may go to Heidelberg, Würzburg or Freiburg because she will not receive her acceptances until August. Both studentshave frequently travelled to the countriesin which they will go to college, so theywere neither intimidated by nor worriedabout the cultural differences.
Students Attend
College Abroadfor Opportunities
from STUDENTS, pg. 1
represent some of the best companies inthe world. Very high end and very precise,”said Smith.At the NFLPA, Smith’s primary goalwas improving players’ careers and pri-oritizing their long-term health and well- being through improved health and safetymeasures. “The challenge was not only tocome up with a fair deal economically, buttruly a deal [regarding the NFL lockout]that changed football by making the gamesafer and more rewarding for the players,”said Smith. Smith forged a new agreementwith the NFL that eliminates practice twotimes a day, limits the amount of practicesa week, and provides vastly improved ben-
ets for both current and former players.
Smith grew up in the D.C. area andis an experienced speaker, having givenspeeches at his own high school gradua-tion, his graduation from the University of Virginia Law School, and most recently atthe Howard University Law School. Hewas last year’s commencement speaker atthe University of Maryland College Park.Smith’s educational background is veryimportant to him. “I am so thankful to theschools I went to especially elementaryand high school. Those times are importantyears, not only academically and educa-tionally, but from the relationships you de-velop and the sports you play,” said Smith.“Good professors, good coaches and good
counselors really make the rst lasting im
- pression on what you will be in your life.”
What Smith really nds essential to
success in his life is not viewing only hissuccesses, but learning from his failures.“When everybody looks at my job theytend to look at oh you’ve been successfulat this and successful at that. What every- body glosses over publicly are those mo-ments when people do fail,” said Smith.“People tend to not want to remember thetimes when they fail. The courage to acceptfailure is the prelude to success.”
Smith RemindsKids To Learnfrom Failures
from SMITH, pg. 1
by Brett Melnick ‘12
 Staff Writers:
Scott BolenRyan CoulterSam FarrellDaniel Frank 
 Abby Issacs
Christopher Jou Arjun Singh Allie StrosniderNathan St.PierreMichael Wagner
Perry Stylos (left)
Paul Szewczyk ‘12Brett Melnick ‘12
David Barnhard (right)
 
The Warrior•Wondering Warrior
May 17, 2012
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Sum up your high school career...
“We Own The Night”-William Drozdoski
 “ Th e  Ma n  Wh o  K n e w  T o o  L i t t l e ”- Ch r i s  M u e c k 
“  A cce pt ed ” -N i no   A  z cuy
“High School Musical 1, 2and 3 with some aspects of Grease.”-Jordan Kleiman
“Da z ed  a nd  Co n f  us ed ”- Ja r r e t t M e t ro
“#weekends”-Price Peters
“#thatawkwardmomentwhenyourealizethatyouretheonlyseniorintech”-Jon Burnsky“#ihatemondays”-Sophie Sweeney
“#frstworldproblems”
-Paige Wise“#weoutchea”-Randall Stewart“#nerdshavemorefun”-Yi Chen
“I need sleep.”-Irene Szeless
 “ I  made  i t. ” - Jo na t ha n  F lo res
 “Read y  to leave. ”- Brian  K a plan
“ M o s t  c h e r i s h e d  m e m o r i e s .” - L  y d i a  H a ns o n
“So many shenanigans.”-Daniel Barnette
“ Eat , st ud  y, col l a pse .” -L aksh mi  K i r ki r e 
“Meeting many new people andmaking a lot of friends.”-Gabriel Rosa
 “ I  w i l l  fo r e v e r  r e m e m b e r a l l  t h e  e x p e r i e nc e s  I ga i n ed a nd  m e mo r i e s  I  mad e. ” - E m i ly  Ko ng
“Our two classmates Daniel Honand Alex Popeck.”-Amanda Schell
“Go ing  to Euro pe  f or  S pr ing  Break.”- S te ven  Sloane
“Drop balloons and confetti ... or streak.” -Rodney Christian “Bust a move on stage.” -Eva Chakalakis 
“ A r r i ve vi a  m y own   per son a l   f l oa t  a n d   pa r a d e.” -Da vi d  Ma r i n 
“Set off fireworks.” -Erica Peters 
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”-Briana Covington
...using movie titles
 
...u s i n g  a  h a s h t a g 
If you could do anythingat graduation, whatwould you do?What will you remembermost from high school?
...i n t h r e e  wor d s
“#lifegoeson”
-Lauren Alexa Gambrill
“ T  h e   J u d  d   N  e l  s o n  a r m  t h r u s t  a t  t h e  e n d   o  f   ‘ T  h e  B r e a k  f  a s t  C l  u b ’ .” - L i z  S c a n l  o n 
“Never back down.”-Joey Quinn
“Have people throwme money.” -Jordan Lichtenstein 
“ B e d  a z z l  e  m y  e n t i r e   g o w n  a n d   c a  p .” -  F a i t h  U d  o  f i a 
 “ S h a k e  h a n d  s  w i t h  s o m e o n e   f a m o u s .” - K r i s t i n e  K i m 
“Breakdance on stage.” -Joshua Hahn 
“Being hit by a car.”-Dayo Adegbite
“ My sen ior  year  homecomin g w it h all my f r ien ds , hav in g t he t ime of  our  liv es.” -Sheyen n e Bosw ell
“ T he E very  1 5  M inu tes  program.  T h is  w ill  f ore ver be  in my m ind.”- Del ic ia Kama
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