Fantasy Football Week 17
December 31, 2010
Did you have a good Week 16? If you’re still in it, then this is truly your last chance to make fantasy noise. This is the most odd week of the entire season, so be careful of who needs their game and who doesn’t. Who to Start: QB Matt Schaub (HOU) vs. JAX: Even if Andre Johnson doesn’t play, this... Read more »
IAmMikeDavis.com kicks off promoting show successfully with burrito-eating contest
December 30, 2010 • Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Sports Editor
Last Wednesday night, Mike Davis (’10) held the first event promoting his upcoming summer show on IAmMikeDavis.com at Panchero’s in Voorhees in the form of a burrito-eating contest. The show will be the “first online late night live talk show” once it debuts this summer. The... Read more »
How Do You Know review
December 27, 2010 • Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside Entertainment editor
Lisa: “This an Italian restaurant.” George: “Yes, it is—it is a very good one.” Lisa: “Oh ‘ya’ looks good.” The aforementioned quotes pretty much sum up James Brooks’s flat motion picture complete with a banal script, How Do You Know?. Surprisingly, the films protagonists Lisa,... Read more »
Winter Concert 2010 recap
December 26, 2010 • Avra Bossov ('11)/ Eastside Editor-in-Chief
Cherry Hill East’s choir and orchestra performed at their winter concert on December 21, 2010 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The auditorium was packed as participants, parents, friends and other members of the community gathered together to witness the musical accomplishments, admission free of charge. First... Read more »
December issue now available online
December 26, 2010
Click below to read the December issue of Eastside, which was distributed last week: http://issuu.com/EastsideNewspaper/docs/decembereastside2010 Read More →
East loses heartbreaker in boys’ basketball to Bishop Eustace
December 25, 2010
This was one of those games that just makes you shake your head as East lost to Eustace Wednessday 64-62. Although Eustace is a well-respected team in the South Jersey basketball community as they entered the season 2nd in the Courier Post’s preseason poll, the manner in which the Cougars lost... Read more »
Fantasy Football Week 16
December 24, 2010 • Matt Lichtenstadter ('12), Eastside Staff
Did you have a good Week 15? It’s Fantasy Super Bowl Weekend for many this weekend, and therefore you need your best performance of the entire season! For everyone else, there’s still hope, so don’t despair. This column won’t include the Thursday Night game CAR/PIT. Who to Start: QB Matt Schaub... Read more »
Cougars begin season with succesful homestand
December 21, 2010
Assange needs to plug up leaks: WikiLeaks releases confidential information
December 20, 2010 • Diana Yu ('11)/Eastside Global Commentary Editor
Secrets, secrets are no fun, but do secret, secrets always hurt someone? Julian Assange would certainly agree so. Starting November 28, the champion of government transparency dumped hundreds of thousands of diplomatic documents and cables on his revolutionary website WikiLeaks. Though this not the first... Read more »
Academy Awards to present 83 annual ceremony
December 20, 2010 • Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside Entertainment Editor
Each year, millions of movie-lovers gather around their televisions with bowls full of crunchy popcorn to view the highlights of a year’s worth of cinema during ABC’s presentation of the annual Academy Awards Ceremony. On February 27, the Academy will present its 83 annual ceremony live from the... Read more »
“The Walking Dead” livens up television
December 20, 2010 • Alex Swartz ('11)/Eastside staff
While the characters of multiple prime-time television shows, such as “Lone Star” and “Outlaw,” failed to survive the turbulent year of huge television flops, Andrew Lincoln and Jon Bernthal of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” barely stay alive. “The Walking Dead,” which is based off the... Read more »
Ed Canzanese’s John Valore reflection
December 20, 2010
My friendship with John Valore began in September 1976. It was my first day at Cherry Hill East. I was completely intimidated as I was looking at a school that was twice the size of my hometown. I did not know one person on the faculty. After the initial faculty meeting only one person came up... Read more »
Charlie Musumeci’s John Valore reflection
December 20, 2010
My experience with John Valore began with his first year as Head Coach of the Boy’s Varsity Basketball Team. I announced the starting line-ups (something I’ve continued to do for the next 34 years). Coach Valore immediatedly provided the fans with a colorful coaching style. A few years... Read more »
BridalPlasty promotes poor values
December 20, 2010 • Sami Saraczewski (’13)/Eastside staff
Every little girl dreams of being the “fairytale bride”, but on E! Network’s new reality series “BridalPlasty”, twelve brides have taken this fantasy a little too far. The twelve brides-to-be compete for their dream wedding and society’s depiction of a “dream body”. Every week the girls... Read more »
Eastside Editors pick the best of 2010
December 18, 2010
Juliet Brookes-News/Features Editor (’13) Best Movie- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Best TV show- Glee Best Song- “Sparks Fly” – Taylor Swift Best Album- Smoke and Mirrors (Lifehouse) Best Lyric/Quote- Lingering question kept me up, two a.m. who do you love?- “Enchanted”-... Read more »
Fantasy Football Week 15
December 17, 2010 • Matt Lichtenstadter ('12), Eastside Staff
Did you have a good Week 14? You’re either in the playoffs or out by now, and again you need your best performances. I’m here to try to help you out with that. This won’t include the SF/SD Thursday Night game. Who to Start: QB Josh Freeman (TB) vs. DET: The Lions don’t have a very good D, and... Read more »
Video looks at Character Education Club’s efforts
December 16, 2010 • Becca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
In this video, Shanice Davis (’12) talks to members of the Character Education Club about their efforts to feed the homeless in the area: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
Weekend activities
December 16, 2010 • Rachel Tinkleman ('13)/Eastside staff
As the holidays draw nearer, houses are decked out in lights, and the bitter cold weather coats everything in white icy frost, many feel a desire to participate in the old winter pastime: ice skating. This essential diversion can be fulfilled at Blue Cross River Rink on Columbus Boulevard and Market... Read more »
Video shows pep talks, action shots and more from Tuesday’s tournament
December 16, 2010 • Becca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
Dan Fabi (’12) and Reuben Natan (’11) take a look at the action of Tuesday’s dodgeball tournament: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
Love and Other Drugs Review
December 15, 2010 • Sydney Gore ('11)/Eastside staff
Love and drugs usually do not mix very well, but when love is the drug, life becomes even more hectic. However, there is nothing more enjoyable than falling in love! “Love and Other Drugs” is a romantic comedy by director Edward Zwick. Taking place in 1996, Jamie, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, gets... Read more »
Return of Cougar Cage
December 15, 2010
With the start of the 2010-2011 Winter Boys Basketball season at Cherry Hill East this Friday, this year’s Eastside Sports Editors Dillon Rosenblatt (’11) and Max Cohen (’12) are very excited to contribute to Eastside’s very own basketball bog: dedicated to exclusive coverage... Read more »
6-4-3 goes undefeated to take another fall dodgeball crown
December 14, 2010
The team of Taj Frazier (’12), Jesse Gold (’12), Zach Ianarelli (’12), Joe La Grossa (’12), Kurt Taylor (’12) and Rob Taylor (’12) — otherwise known as 6-4-3 — went 4-0 in their division, then 6-0 in the championship round of seven teams and then 2-0 in... Read more »
The Taliban must be stopped
December 14, 2010 • Moriah Schervone ('11)/Eastside Global Commentary Editor
By Sunday afternoon, three suicide bombings ripped through the Kandahar province, Afghanistan in two days, killing US and Afghan soldiers alike. The violence in Afghanistan is increasing and the Obama Administration has moved the beginning of the drawdown from 2011 to 2014. We should not be in a hurry... Read more »
Jewish Student Union celebrates Hanukkah
December 11, 2010
Jewish Student Union met Tuesday, December 7 to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The club met in room B236 rather than its normal station in Caf 2 to watch a few brief, culturally relevant Hanukkah clips, including a Hanukkah-themed parody of “Dynamite” and Matisyahu’s Hanukkah... Read more »
Behind the scenes of the Spirit Week dance competition
December 10, 2010 • Becca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
Dan Fabi (’12) and Reuben Natan (’11) take a behind-the-scenes look at the Spirit Week dances: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
Behind the scenes of “To Kill a Mockingbird”
December 10, 2010 • Rebecca Mulberg ('12)/ Eastside Video Editor
In this video, Mr. Tom Weaver and his students discuss “To Kill a Mockinbird” before one of their opening performances. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
Girls rule, boys drool: female heads of state
December 9, 2010 • Gilana Levavi (‘14)/Eastside staff
Since the beginning of time, women have led in government. Egyptian queens are believed to have ruled since 3000 B.C.E., and the first documented female leader ruled in Mesopotamia around 2500 B.C.E. The newest female governmental leader is Dilma Rousseff, who was elected president of Brazil on October... Read more »
French club discusses holiday party
December 9, 2010 • Laura Kane ('11)/Eastside Editor-in-Chief
Yesterday, the French Club met in room B132 to discuss future field trips and a holiday crepe party. Due to a small sign up, this Friday’s field trip has been postponed to an undecided day in January. However, to celebrate the upcoming holidays, on Thursday December 16 there will be a crepe party after... Read more »
Guard Schlessel has quick recovery
December 8, 2010 • Christopher Jung ('12), Eastside Contributing Writer
Last season’s Boys Varsity Basketball starting shooting guard, Marc Schlessel (’12) was excited for his second varsity campaign. However, when he collided into an opposing player in the team’s fall league at Paul IV one Sunday night in November, Schlessel unfortunately suffered a broken left hand.... Read more »
FDA held bake sale today, December 8
December 8, 2010 • Sarah Minion ('12)/Eastside Underground editor
The Future Doctors of America Club (FDA) held a bake sale Wednesday, December 8, directly after school, across from the auditorium. Four members of the club were selling various donuts and cookies to hungry students passing by on their way out of school. The club has bake sales once a month to raise... Read more »
East’s theater performs To Kill A Mockingbird
December 7, 2010 • Avra Bossov ('11)/Eastside Editor-in-Chief
East’s theater department’s rendition of Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” fall play premiered the weekend of December 3, 2010. Following its first official performance on Thursday, December 2 for Beck and Rosa’s eighth graders, opening night occurred on Friday, December 3, with the red... Read more »
Photo club meets today, December 7
December 7, 2010 • Sherin Nassar ('13)/Eastside Opinions editor
Photo club held a meeting today, on December 7, 2010 in room F074. Although normally 25 members usually attend, only five were able to make the meeting. As everyone signed in, Mr. Kovnat, the advisor of the club, asked the members what they would like to do for the meeting. Two members took pictures... Read more »
FOP meets today, December 7
December 7, 2010 • Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside Entertainment editor
FOP met in Cafeteria One to prepare posters for their annual holiday party after school on December 7. Members created festive posters for a holiday party that the club hosts each year. This holiday party is a charitable event for children with special needs, whom East students get to share the merriment... Read more »
Marijuana should stay illegal
December 6, 2010 • Carly Zive ('12)/Eastside staff
In the United States today, 2.7 million people are abusing drugs. One of the most popular drugs among those abused is marijuana, which is technically known as cannabis, but commonly referred to as pot, weed, and hash, among other names. Many people, especially teens, experience peer pressure causing... Read more »
