Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2017, Page 72

Description:	BACK IN BLACKSince 1932, Americans have participated in annual Black Friday shopping. Southstudents who participated in this tradition took note of the differences between theirexpectations of the day and the reality of it.Each year on Black Friday, stores open earlier, deals get buy lots of clothes, even if they [werent] on sale. Shebetter, and shoppers get crazier. Some South students not only got to go to Indianapolis to shop, but she alsojoined the many Americans heading out to shop on this stayed for eight hours, and everything she boughtunofficial holiday after Thanksgiving. As is true of ended up being on sale. The best deal she got wasmany holidays, the reality tends to differ from the shoes that used to be 140 dollars for 60 dollars.expectations of it, whether it be for better or for worse. Black Friday shopping is a great tradition for meWhile many people start their shopping after and my family, said junior Caitlin Lewis. However,dinner on Thanksgiving day, senior Kristen Taylor Lewis love for Black Friday is not only for thethinks that its a holiday and people shouldnt be out shopping, but also because of her tradition of spendingshopping or working, they should be thankful and Black Friday in New York City. Lewis expected this yearspending time with their family. Because of this, Taylor to be the same as the years past, which is absolutelystarted her shopping on Friday morning. She had been crazy. However, she did not expect it to be as crazy ashoping to get Christmas presents for her family, friends, it was. I was shoved aside, Lewis exclaimed, recallingand even herself, and she was successful in this the incident. She shopped for 10 hours and spent mostendeavor, although it was kind of more crowded than of [her] time in Forever 21, [but] Macys is eight floors[she] had expected it to be. While her shopping was so that took a while as well. The long day was worth itsuccessful, the experience still supported her view on in the end: as I hoped, [I got] lots of sweaters, and I gotBlack Friday: Its not even Black Friday, its black shoes and jewelry, Lewis said.Thursday. That should not be a thing. All three shoppers bought everything they wereOther South students had more positive hoping to get plus more. Despite the crowds they had toexperiences on Black Friday. It was way better [than I endure, they all spent as much or more time shoppingexpected] because my mom and my sister and I went to than they originally intended. While it may not haveIndianapolis. We got way more than we were planning been exactly as they expected, the reality of their Blackon getting, said junior Aliya Rife. She had been Fridays were definitely good enough so that they wouldexpecting to just go to the College Mall and shop for participate in the madness again,only a couple of hours. Rife also thought that she would - ANNEKA NELSON LAIRDQ1- UJvuCO \|sJhi l_!O£^cNLU h->- s:CNZ £>< oo^ XzOn November 21, 2016, world famousrapper/producer/designer Kanye West washospitalized in Los Angeles, CA due to analleged mental breakdown, leading to thecancellation of 34 concerts on his SaintPablo tour. Fans of West and some Southstudents expressed concern about thesingers mental health as his days in thehospital went by.Its very sad because his music isconstantly mentioning his struggleswith mental illness, but no one notices,and then everyone is very shockedwhen he has a public breakdown. I justfeel really bad because his music meansso much to a lot of people.JUNIORCREIGHTON KINGPHOTOS COURTSEY OF CREATIVE COMMONS72 \| CommunityOVER 500-000 GATHER IN WASHINGTON DC FOR THE WOMENS MARCH 1/211 BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAM RETURNS
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