Many students and parents are left clueless as to the reason that hot food is banned for the time being from South concessions
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he cheering of the crowd, the stinging buzzer and the smell of a home team win really make you hungry, but if you are at a South home game, do not expect to get any hot food to satisfy your hunger for the next basketball and wrestling season. Recently, Junior Exec has been banned from selling all cooked food in concession stands, including hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn and nachos. The decision was forced by the Health Department of Kansas City who noticed that the concession stand does not have a sink that is up to code. “We didn’t have a three tiered sink to wash whatever in, whether it’s dishes or utensils, which we don’t really have a lot of,” said Mike Hoffman, math. “Also the water needs to reach a certain temperature to clean well enough.” Since the hot foods banned (hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos) are more satisfying than the candy and chips that are now only provided, some busy families are going to be disappointed. “Most people came thinking that the hot food would be their dinner,” said Abdi Sarbessa, junior. Sarbessa is a member of Junior Exec and volunteers at concession stands.
How does one help the customer understand that there is a pretty slim chance that they will be fully satisfied? “I just had to tell them over and over that we don’t have any [hot dogs, popcorn, or nachos],” said Sara Parolin, junior. “It gets old after a while.” Parolin is Junior Exec’s 2012-13 Vice President and also works concession stands. However, with new rules come new stories in trying to uphold that rule. “We were doing concessions at a wrestling match and people kept asking for stuff and we’d have to show them the sign and then they’d complain,” said Morgan Keesee, junior. “[A visiting bus driver] was kind of disappointed about it, but she understood because she was in the food industry. She just said she would run to QuikTrip or something.” The concession stand at South has been measured for the new sink, but it is not likely to be done before the end of this basketball season. Be ready for the hot dogs and nachos for next year’s sports seasons.
thecenterwing They are coming for our guns? The alleged conspiracy surrounding the Sandy Hook school shooting
On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza allegedly slaughtered 26 innocent people, most of them being children. I am sure everybody is already aware of this, as it is seen as one of the greatest tragedies in our nation’s history. What some may not have heard, however, is that some are saying what we were led to believe about the shooting may be a horrific cover up. Considering the raging gun control debate that immediately ensued in Congress, some see a motive for the government to stage an incident like this. While nobody likes the implications of these types of statements, they are ones that we need to consider. I am usually not the one for conspiracy theories, but this one actually turned my head. A 30 minute video published by the usual conspiracy theory community on sites such as infowars.com came across my Facebook news feed one night. Noticing how long it was I thought I would just skip over it,
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but several of my friends had commented on the video and were shocked and intrigued. I immediately saw why. Instead of a bunch of small, loosely strewn together pieces of “evidence” common in most conspiracy theories, this video looked solely at news clips and actual facts from the day. 30 minutes is a lot of evidence to cover, but I will discuss some of the biggest pieces of evidence. One clip features what we are supposed to believe is the father of one of the victims in the tragedy. You see “Robbie Parker” walk out for a press conference. The problem is he is laughing and joking, then asks, “Are we ready to start?” Afterward, he goes on to do breathing exercises to get into character, much like real actors. If that does not grab your attention, there is an added level of complexity. Emilie Parker, the girl who was “shot” at Sandy Hook Elementary, is featured in supposed pre-shooting family photos in a red dress.
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by KENNETH HARRIS Robbie Parker’s time in the media had garnered him and his family attention, so much so that they got to meet and be photographed with Barack Obama. The problem is, in their picture with Obama, the same girl that is called “Emilie” is seen in the exact same red dress. That was days after her supposed death. Let me be perfectly clear. I am not confirming nor denying this conspiracy theory. All I am advocating is that fascist regimes can arise anywhere. In fact, gaining total trust and dependence from the public is essential in their uprising. A shooting like this does happen to serve as the ultimate justification for gun control legislation. Could the government be trying to “take our guns” and weaken the public? I do not know. All I am saying is that we can never let our guard down and must always remain skeptical.
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