Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2017, Page 79

Description:	THE HOLI[DIY] SEASONDuring the holidays, South students put their creative abilities towork by making their gifts by hand instead of buying them in store.Every holiday season, families, friends, and gifts are more personal and that she findscoworkers alike are faced with a similar the process to be much easier. Its so muchissue: having to find the perfect present for better since I made it, Mehay explained,each of their loved ones. While many Also, I dont know what to buy people, so Ipeople prefer buying gift cards or asking for just make everyone mugs.present requests, some solve the Sophomore Chloe Zumbrun alsopredicament by making their own gifts by frequently gives out homemade gifts tohand. South students Samantha Mehay andChloe Zumbrun prefer giving their friendsand family members homemade gifts forreasons both financial and personal.Senior Samantha Mehay is a veryinvolved art student at South, and she usesher art skills to make gifts for people duringthe holiday season. Mehay enjoys giving thegifts of hand-printed t-shirts, matted art,and ceramic works. While Mehay nowprefers making presents as opposed topurchasing them, she did not always givegifts this way, saying that she only begangiving her works of art as gifts since [shed]been in the class. Mehay believes that thereare many benefits to making presentsinstead of buying them, including that thefriends and family, but instead of creatingpottery or similar works of art, she enjoysknitting scarves as presents. I dont makeall of my presents by knitting them, but I doit quite a lot, Zumbrun said. For her, too, abig reason to make gifts herself is that itseems to have a more meaningful touch. Itseems more personal, and it has a morethoughtful sort of feeling to it, Zumbrunexplained. Even if its just a generic scarf,its so much better than if it was just fromthe store. While homemaking gifting canhave its benefits, Zumbrun acknowledgesthat it is not always the least costly choice:It can sometimes be less expensive, but ifyou buy expensive yarn, it may end up thesame price. - ELLA NEEDCARRIE FISHERDIES AT 60DEC. 27,2016Carrie Fisher, an Americanactress best known for her roleas Princess Leia in the Star Warsseries, passed away due tomedical issues on December 27,2016. Fisher was not only anactress but was also a writer anda strong advocate for mentalhealth awareness, leaving hermark on Hollywood as well asother aspects of society.It is very unfortunate to havelost this significant figure fromsuch a great movie. Peopleshould remember her bycontinuing to watch andappreciate her movies.SOPHOMORETHOMAS BEGGSIt was really sad because sheplayed such an iconic role asPrincess Leia. I think she shouldbe remembered as one of thebest actresses of all time.FRESHMANSAMUEL ROBERTSWILLIAMS WINS SEVENTH AUSTRALIAN OPEN TITLE 1/281JOHN CENA BECOMES A 16-TIME WWE CHAMPION 1/291 Communjty \| 79
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