Harry Potter countdown: Day 2, How to play quidditch (muggle edition)
June 28, 2011 • Darby Festa ('13)/Eastside online editor
Muggles were first introduced to quidditch when Oliver Wood, keeper extraordinaire, taught Harry Potter the do’s and dont’s of the magical game. This private lesson launched a quidditch-frenzy. All around the world, envious muggles mounted ordinary brooms and even the rare pool noodle, gathered a... Read more »
Harry Potter countdown: Day 2, Emma Watson transferring from Brown to Hogwarts
June 28, 2011 • Juliet Brooks ('13)/ Eastside News/Features Editor
Emma Watson announced early this morning that she is leaving Brown University yet again—this time to return to England. Specifically, Watson is leaving the prestigious liberal arts college to go to Hogwarts for real this time. She said, “Well, I get a lot of Hogwarts letters from fans. Some are... Read more »
Obama outlines plans for Aghanistan
June 28, 2011 • Gilana Levavi ('14)/ Eastside Editorial Assistant
Wednesday night, President Obama outlined his plan for ending the Afghanistan war in a speech delivered from the East room of the White House. Obama announced that troops would begin returning home in July, as promised in a previous address. By the end of this year, 10,000 troops will return, and a total... Read more »
June issue now viewable online
June 24, 2011
The June issue, originally distributed on June 7, can now be viewed online here: http://issuu.com/EastsideNewspaper/docs/juneeastside2011 Read More →
Harry Potter countdown: Day one, Muggle witnesses appearance of wizards
June 21, 2011 • Sherin Nassar ('13)/Eastside humor editor
Authorities received what they believe to be a series of prank phone calls on Tuesday, June 21 2011. Reporting what he calls “a real life uncovering of a magical phenomenon,” Andrew Rogers, 17, told police that he had seen two wizards “magically” appear down his fireplace while he was watching... Read more »
Graduation DVD includes highlight video
June 20, 2011
This year’s graduation DVD will include a highlight video, approximately ten minutes long, created by Eastside Video Editor Becca Mulberg (’12). Forms were sent home to all seniors and can also be downloading by right-clicking here —> For a preview, check out the video below: embedded... Read more »
Jam for Japan
June 18, 2011 • Danielle Fox ('13), Eastside entertainment editor
Fifth grader Jon Hess raised a whopping 2400 dollars to aid the exigencies of Japan through a benefit concert, which PJ Whelihans hosted last Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. “I didn’t expect that many people to be there or to receive that much money,” said Hess who commented on the full house. Upon... Read more »
Introduction to the Harry Potter Countdown
June 16, 2011 • Danielle Fox ('13)/Eastside entertainment editor
The Harry Potter series will close in this final chapter, coming July 15, courtesy of comingsoon.net Muggle t-shirts, Butterbeer and wizardly wands galore, it is safe to say that the Harry Potter series has become one of the biggest global franchises of all time. First premiering in November, 2001, the... Read more »
Teachers vs. Students: Bloopers Episode
June 9, 2011 • Thomas Hudson ('14) and Eric Thompson ('14)/ Eastside Staff
In the season finale, watch bloopers from episodes past: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Read More →
Read and watch online Senior Issue coverage!
June 6, 2011
The June (senior) issue of Eastside will be distributed tomorrow. In the meantime, we have 19 perspectives from members of the Class of 2011 and a video featuring many of these people… Watch EastsideTV’s Senior Perspective Video here! Read: Nicole Joven’s senior perspective! Chandni... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Isaiah Campbell
June 6, 2011
After being at East for the last four years, the most important lesson I have learned is to simply be you. I’ve witnessed people change completely from who they used to be in order to fit in with a specific group. Honestly, people are more attracted to those who are comfortable with themselves. If... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Sydney Gore
June 6, 2011
“Senior year, the year of no fear.” That statement couldn’t be more accurate. Let’s take this back to 2007, the beginning of my high school career. I was intimidated by everything and everyone, and in a constant state of worry. Would I have friends to sit with at lunch? Did I purchase... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Chandni Desai
June 6, 2011
East has a rather peculiar student body. We love to be late to school. We love to be late to class. We love those early dismissals. We love those consecutive fire drills during near-negative temperatures that seem endless. We love that day before spring break when we can finally relax to good music and... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Fangel Tung
June 6, 2011
When I came to East as a freshman four years ago, I had recently left my childhood home. I left all of my friends and the only city I knew to come to a new and mysterious place. I didn’t really know anybody and I was scared. These four years at East, however, have shown me that my initial fear was... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Hannah Westover
June 6, 2011
Listen to yells of “I hate school!” and “I’m so DONE!” and “I just want to graduate!” as you walk through East’s halls during your four years here—but ignore them. Though I’m sure these exclamations will increase exponentially during senior year, especially... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Nicole Joven
June 6, 2011
Okay, I’m not really sure how this should go and I’m not going to trouble myself to know, after all it’s senior year. But, all I know is that I DON’T want to sound like a robot or make anything superficial. On that note, I’m going to tell it like it is…which I’m an expert at anyway.... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Aaron Weinstein
June 6, 2011
My first day at East was surreal. I couldn’t believe that I went to school with people that had full-on facial hair and were about to venture on into college. Now that I am in that situation, maybe without the facial hair, I can reflect on my own four years at East. I am proud to have called East my... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Michael Hollander
June 6, 2011
I never imagined myself publishing anything in Eastside, too afraid that someone might find a typo in my writing, disagree with my opinions, or somehow critique my character. Then again, I could not have expected to achieve most of the accomplishments for East which I am most proud. As a rising freshman,... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Colton Southall
June 6, 2011
Oh no! Stop the presses! Yes, I admit that I am a choir geek! Don’t stop reading just because you are afraid to know what really goes down in D-Wing. If you have ever passed D-Wing, you may hear the normal gossip: the break-ups, the make-ups, and who is dating who. But what happens here goes so much... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Taylor Beatty
June 6, 2011
Entering Cherry Hill East as a freshman, I was prepared for the worst. I remember quite vividly walking into homeroom and not recognizing a single face. Coming from a small Catholic school on the west side of town, I quickly realized that very few faces would look familiar. The few faces, though, that... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Jordan Wohl
June 5, 2011
Over the last four years, East has afforded me the opportunities that a city such as New York would. I have been able to go to Madison Square Garden/DiBart Gym to watch the Cougars win another basketball game. I have gone to Broadway/Auditorium to watch shows and perform in shows. I have gone to the... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Ethan Klein
June 5, 2011
At the ripe age of thirteen Traded in my lunch box for a canteen Bought a coat, black, and a jacket, green ‘Cause over were my days as a preteen. My days of cruising like Air Jordan were over and done Finished with the fun, My work eclipsed it like the sun. They were dark days indeed Sweating bullets,... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Alex Swartz
June 5, 2011
Cherry Hill East: what an… interesting place to be for four years of your life. I never thought that my time at this high school would be the way it was. I never thought that I would make the friends I have now. I never thought that I would have a group of enemies that tries to publically humiliate... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Taylor Festa
June 5, 2011
Although East is considered a community, there are communities within communities, families within the large group that is our school. As I entered high school, I was certain that the cliques that plagued Beck would surely infect East as well. My first day of cross-country practice, I was surprised by... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Vicki Chen
June 5, 2011
Looking back at my four years at East, I would definitely describe myself as being club crazy. No, not clubs like the Roxxy or Club Wawa (people get way too crazy and sweaty there)… More like Adopt-a-Grandparent or the Bridge Tutoring. And those are only two out of an entire laundry list of the... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Brian Cohn
June 5, 2011
Before entering East, I had always envisioned my upcoming high school as that from a movie. Everyone would belong to their “clique,” bullies would push kids into lockers, there would be parties every night and, of course, every person in school would be a professional dancer. Almost all of... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Nina Orwitz
June 5, 2011
Home. Simply put, a place where one lives. Clearly, I do not live at East (although it felt that way during Hell Week and Spirit Week). A more applicable definition is a place of security and happiness. For me, the journey through East over the past four years has felt like the creation of the second... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Tyreek Fisher
June 5, 2011
I got to say I’m surprised as heck to do this paper, but to everybody I got to say thank you on the real. But I am going to talk about East as a whole. The teachers I had on the whole, I must say, were great. Shout out to Mr. de Wolf, Mr. Leonard, Mr. Dapp., Mrs. Lampman, Coach Cohen, Mr. Kov., Valore,... Read more »
Senior Perspective: Gary Reiff
June 5, 2011
“I can’t wait to finally leave this school.” Since the first day of my freshman year, this line has been bouncing around the hallways of East, travelling from one student to the next like a devastating disease. I would be lying if I told you I never said these famous words. Sometimes... Read more »
Battles – Gloss Drop review
June 4, 2011 • Jack Braunstein ('13)/Eastside underground editor
Earlier this year, NBC’s widely popular sitcom satire of the mundane, The Office, said goodbye to Steve Carrell, who played Michael Scott, the Regional Manager at Dunder Mifflan Paper Company and focal point of the show. After six seasons, Carrell moved on, leaving a breakroom full of very funny and... Read more »
Memorial Day program honors veterans
June 3, 2011 • Alex Faye ('11)/ Eastside Staff
Tuesday morning, May 31, several East students, led by Mr. Ed Hall, took part in a ceremony honoring fallen U.S. soldiers. This ceremony, held the day after Memorial Day, consisted of four East students who are members of the Civil Air Patrol presenting our nation’s colors. After the presentation,... Read more »
