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College Expenses, Something to Consider Lately I’m hearing more than the usual gripe from college grads getting out into the world, looking for jobs, and having huge loans hanging over their heads.  A lot of these graduates are having trouble finding a job in the first place making those loans even more of a burden to carry.  On top of that, these people have to pay for anticipated living expenses.  It seems we go to college to get a good job, to later graduate and pay off loans taken out to pay for college, it doesn’t really make sense.  Some people spend their whole lives paying off college loans. Even if you go to Medical school and become a doctor with a great salary, you still have about twelve years of pricey schooling to pay off.  Not to say there aren’t professions where you can get out of college and right away get a high paying salary, but it’s the long a narrow path.  A lot of people these days are picking their major in college according to what will be the most lucrative career for the future.  I can understand that, but there are a few problems these people run into after graduation.  First, they get out and find that getting into that field, or getting into that field and being successful, is very difficult because there are already a lot of veterans occupying that field.  Second if they get that job, they go on for a few years and many find that they are just simply not happy.  I find that people who pick a major in college that they truly have a passion for, end up doing very well, graduating, and getting a good job in that field.  When you do something you love, you generally do a very good job, and that will take you much farther than paper chasing into a career you’re not happy with, because if you do what you’re meant to do, the money will follow.  So what’s the cure?  Well unless you come from a very wealthy family, try and keep college expenses down, maybe consider a cheep two year start.  Remember it only matters where you graduate from, not where you start out.  It’s much wiser to knock off your required courses the cheap way at a two year school.  Sure some people may shed their own insecurities on you and flaunt the fact that they are going to a great four year school only to waste thousands and thousands of dollars.  Your first two years of college are you usually occupied by classes you are required to take, you can do that anywhere, there is no logic in wasting all that money.  Except the fact that most kids can not wait to get out of their home and would rather waste their parent’s money because they don’t want to miss out on the party.  Parent’s justify this expensive shin dig by saying they want their kid to “get the full college experience”.  You can’t tell me parent’s have no idea what goes on in college.  Not to say all kids are in this mind state, but a good percentage.  I personally know at least ten kids who flunked out of a four year school in their first semester because they spent a little too much time at the keg stand.  Something to think about. -Dennis T

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Red Team Coffee House For the first time the Red Team held their very own first annual coffee house. Not such a great turnout but that means more coffee for whoever came More

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FOOD FIGHT The Battle at Cafeteria High Today at approximately 11:35 a.m there was an incident in the cafe that erupted into an epic battle, that will be remembered for years known as the battle of 08' at Cafe' Hill. Student soldiers were armed with potatoes, salad with Italian dressing, veggie lo mien, and soft drink grenades. It all started off with the battle cry of "FOOD FIGHT", and after the start of the battle joined in the "brown paper baggers" with their nicely packed lunches, trying to see if a pudding snack was packed that day, shortly after the cries of chaos echoed through the concrete walls of the battlefield with the side of "squad $3.25" equipped with their newly purchased lunches all hot and ready to be fired from their home bunker. With many student soldiers placed around the battlefield it was hard to tell who was friend and who was foe. The battle didn't last very long, but many student slacks were sacrificed and some pride was lost in the heat of the battle. Although many people look at food battles as being fun and innocent, it is not and should be looked at as a very serious matter. So for you people tuned in to this article about a historical event in school history, do not try to replicate this horrendous tragedy at a school near you! Matty D. & Patty V.    More

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Am I Overreacting? Editorial Viewpoint: Today at lunch something happened that has never before happened at Catholic High.  There was a huge food fight.  O.K., you say, it is the end of the year, the natives are restless, they're kids, and they do crazy things, but a food fight!  All I know is from what everyone tells me--faculty and students alike, it was a little scary.  Not just individual lunch items were thrown but entire cups filled with drinks and entire food trays were tossed at other students, not just tossed on the floor. Chairs were overturned and from what I heard, the natives were definitely getting restless.  Now, from a kid's point of view, you say, so what?  But, and let me say, this is a huge BUT, from a parental point of view, I would not expect this to happen in a private school, parents are paying thousands of dollars to send their sons and daughters to our school.  If they wanted food fights, they could easily go to Troy High or any other public school, but this is CCHS, it should not happen here.  If you saw the look on Patti's face--(the lunchroom staff) or Tommy's face, or any faculty member in the cafe, you would say strong action needs to happen.  I do not see this as a joke or a springtime prank, I see it as a deliberate and belligerent action that needs to be dealt with in a timely manner.  What other form of malicious vandalism will be next?  If this happened next year in college, would the students still be enrolled tomorrow? More

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Ecommerce students--we will have our end of the year luncheon on Monday, June 9, in the conference room during our regular class time.  Bring your appetite and your food contribution!  See you there!