Sharon Shapiro (’09)/ Eastside Managing Editor
October 25, 2008
Sharon Shapiro is Eastside’s Managing Editor. She has attended Camp Kweebec, an overnight camp in Pennsylvania, for ten summers as both a camper and counselor and it is her favorite place. Sharon also enjoys watching “Friends” and “Project Runway” and hanging out with... Read more »
Sally Yang (’11)/ Eastside Art Director
October 25, 2008
Sally Yang (aka Won Joung) is Korean — not Chinese. The public library is her second home, where she spends most of her time doing homework as any other true Asian would. Her life goal is to be able to catch a fly using only a pair of chopsticks. Read More →
Jacklyn Mahgerefteh (’09)/ Eastside Online News Editor
October 25, 2008
Jacklyn consistently forgets how to spell her own last name. However, she does take pride in the fact that she can remember how to spell it by singing it to the tune of the “Mickey Mouse Song.” Read More →
Freshmen Girl’s Volleyball: East-0 West-2
October 25, 2008
Nickee Plaksen (’10)/ Eastside Photo Editor
October 25, 2008
Nickee enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music, taking photos and the color purple. In her free time she looks for new and adventurous things to do, watches “Scrubs” and hugs trees. Read More →
LaterCity wins Battle of the Bands
October 25, 2008 • Sari Soffer ('10)/ Eastside News/ Features Editor
An admissions ticket and an “x” on the hand are all that is needed to enter one of East’s most entertaining events. This year, East’s second annual Battle of the Bands welcomed Bizarre Silence, SJ Party Supply, LaterCity and Dynamic Monotone to the auditorium stage. The 2008 Battle of... Read more »
Video highlights football’s first victory
October 25, 2008 • Shelly Tan ('10)/ Eastside Video Editor
In the first-ever varsity game played on the grounds of Cherry Hill East, the Cougars defeated Winslow Township 24-23 in overtime. This video captures the intensity of the match-up. Cherry Hill East defeats Winslow Township 24-23 in overtime Read More →
“The Good News”
October 25, 2008 • Ben Branfman ('09)/Eastside Business Manager
Click on image below to view comic. Read More →
Senate honors Brad Hennefer
October 25, 2008 • Zack Rosenblatt (’09)/ Eastside Entertainment Editor
On Thursday October 23rd, Cherry Hill East’s Varsity basketball team was honored by the New Jersey State Senate in recognition for Brad Hennefer.The Joint Legislative Resolution presented to each player and coach reads as follows: JOINT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION By Senator SWEENEY, Assemblymen BURZICHELLI... Read more »
Senior Powder Puff Preview
October 25, 2008 • Jake Fischer (\'12)/ For Eastside
Since the Philadelphia Eagles have not given fans much to cheer about, perhaps it would be more entertaining to witness the East Powder Puff Football game this Sunday, October 26. The game has been dominated by seniors in the past, and they are favored once again this year. Coached by Anthony Giannopoulos... Read more »
Freshman Boys Soccer: Gloucester Catholic-1 East-0
October 25, 2008
Junior Powder Puff Team Preview
October 25, 2008 • Brian Thompson ('10)
Powder Puff Football is a game almost always won by the seniors of Cherry Hill East, yet the juniors (’10) believe they have a solid chance of winning it this year. The game is set for Sunday October 26th on the football field behind Cherry Hill East. During their practices, the girls are split... Read more »
Smitten with badminton
October 25, 2008
Are you smitten with badminton? Apparently many East students are, as the turn out at the second meeting of the school’s first ever badminton club reached a total of 50 students. Subsequent to playing badminton in physical education classes at East over the past four years, Lizz Kramer (’09) and... Read more »
O’Connor has new badge
October 25, 2008 • Jolie Krooks (\'09)/Eastside Online Editor-In-Chief
First day on the job he saw five people shot execution style.For the next five years, criminals fired bullets and hurled beer bottles at him. His bullet-proof vest saved his life after being stabbed with an ice pick. “It isn’t something I miss at all,” said Mr. Bernie O’Connor,... Read more »
McCain suffering from severe old
October 25, 2008 • Zach Schwartz ('10)
If Americans have been paying attention to the presidential debates, it should seem to them like John McCain is a pretty popular guy. John McCain thinks everyone is his friend. Barack Obama; the moderator; Joe Biden… John McCain doesn’t let things like “opposing political views”... Read more »
Midseason NFL review
October 25, 2008 • Scott Gross ('09)/ Eastside Staff
It is almost midway through the NFL season and we have seen our share of surprises and our share of disappointments. With that said, if I had to predict how the playoffs would turn out here is what it would look like. AFC 1. Tennessee Titans 13-3 (proj)- Tennessee has shocked everyone by starting out... Read more »
Girls tennis ends season with win over West
October 23, 2008 • Brooke Weiss (\'10)/Eastside News/Features Editor
Girl’s varsity tennis team won their last game of the season against West this afternoon with a score of 3-2, while Junior varsity earned a total score of 8-0. 1st and 2nd singles for the day Mehak Basu (’11) and Sarah Vallett (’10) lost their matches, and 3rd single for the day Monica... Read more »
House “Lucky Thirteen”
October 23, 2008 • Caroline Babula (‘09) / Eastside Entertainment Editor
Dr. Hadley, “13,” is in a reckless stage of her life now that she has been diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease. She stays out all night, does drugs and brings home strange women whom she’s never met before. All’s fine and dandy until one “date” starts seizing... Read more »
A miraculous end to the Girls Tennis Season
October 23, 2008 • Mike Davis ('10)/ Eastside Online Sports Editor
Yesterday, the Varsity Girls tennis team defeated Bridgewater-Raritan in the semi-finals of the State Tournament. East came into the match regarded as a major underdog, while Bridgewater-Raritan was ranked number one in the tournament. East pulled off a major upset winning 3-2. Joy Hu (’09) lost... Read more »
Hurricane storms through East
October 23, 2008 • Dara Weinraub (‘09)/ Eastside Editor-In-Chief
While some teachers at Cherry Hill East may be looking for hardware to fix the noisy air conditioners in their classrooms, Mr. Jason Hicks has hardware of his very own. Hicks, a special education teacher at Cherry Hill East, was a member of the University of Miami’s football team when they were... Read more »
East athletes compete nationally
October 23, 2008 • Brett Marlowe (‘10)/For Eastside
Although summer is supposed to be a time to rest and rejuvenate one’s mind and body from a stressful school year, many of Cherry Hill East’s most prominent athletes traveled the nation to compete in what they do best. Often, these student athletes are trying to either get noticed by college... Read more »
Junior Powder Puff Preview
October 23, 2008 • Brian Thompson ('10)/ For Eastside
Powder Puff Football is a game almost always won by the seniors of Cherry Hill East, yet the juniors (’10) believe they have a solid chance of winning it this year. The game is set for Sunday October 26th on the football field behind Cherry Hill East. During their practices, the girls are split... Read more »
Online courses fail to approach teachers
October 23, 2008 • Scott Kessler (‘09)/Eastside Opinions Editor
Online courses serve several functions for many students; one is to offer them a course in a relatively stress-free environment, while another is to open up a place in their schedules for a more typically preferred class. Meanwhile, other students attempt to skirt notoriously difficult in-school courses... Read more »
Indian Food Restaurants to remind students of summer
October 23, 2008 • Devon Braunstein ('10)/Eastside Community Editor
The time for exotic vacations may come to a close as the summer ends and the school year begins. However, that doesn’t have to stop anyone in Cherry Hill from enjoying an exotic Indian food feast all year round. Coriander Indian Bistro, a restaurant located in the Ritz shopping center in Voorhees,... Read more »
Mexican Food restaurants to remind students of summer
October 23, 2008 • Devon Braunstein ('10)/Eastside Community Editor
It takes two and a half hours to travel by plane over the two thousand mile stretch across the border and into Mexico. Its hard returning to hours of homework a night after vacationing in tropical paradises all summer, or even after just relaxing in the warm, summer weather. But why spend tons of money... Read more »
East needs more active role in turning “green”
October 23, 2008 • Eastside Editorial Board
We’ve all witnessed the new “green” fashion statement, producing attire spreading the message to saving the world by stopping global warming, However, no matter how many “go green” T-shirts a student or teacher may own, it is the action we take that truly affects the world: REDUCE Print... Read more »
Girls Varsity Tennis Loses 2-3 to East Brunswick in State Championship
October 22, 2008
Freshmen Girls Volleyball: East-0 West-2
October 22, 2008
Girls JV Volleyball: East- 2 West- 1
October 22, 2008
Girls Varsity Volleyball: East-2 West-0
October 22, 2008
Grey’s Anatomy “Brave New World”
October 22, 2008 • Danielle Burkhart ('09)
The crew really seems to be stepping their game up, although some still follow slowly behind. The chief has ordered all the residents to study a practice different from their specialties, and they are all in an uproar when they are told the new policy. Meredith is taking on Christina’s cardiothoracic... Read more »
Fifty students smitten with badminton
October 22, 2008 • Sharon Shapiro ('09)/Eastside Managing Editor
Are you smitten with badminton? Apparently many East students are, as the turn out at the second meeting of the school’s first-ever Badminton Club reached a total of 50 students. Subsequent to playing badminton in physical education classes at East over the past four years, Lizz Kramer (’09)... Read more »
Karina Korneyeva (’10)/ Eastside Photo Editor
October 22, 2008
Karina lived in Ukraine. Now she is a junior at Cherry Hill East and an Eastside photo editor. She enjoys taking sports photos and loves the beach. Read More →
Way of the future created by new pilot program
October 22, 2008 • Andrew Huff ('10)/ Eastside Staff
Walking to class has become obsolete, and in its place a multitude of futuristic ways to travel begin to usher Cherry Hill East into the future. The Parent Teacher Student Association announced recently that the school won a nationwide contest to be “Made” into a “school of the future”... Read more »
