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Watching and suffering: SAG awards show

smoltzan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:15:09 +0000

On Sunday January 29th over two hours of my life, that I can never get back, became solely dedicated to what was described as the ” ‘Oscars’ for all actors “. As an optimist I figured that during this tedious show there would be an act or a speech that made it all worth watching or added depth of some sort to the program. Again my expectations fell flat.

How this union has managed to obtain enough viewers to justify it’s time slot on telivision for the past eighteen years aludes me.

Although it was nice to see recognizable figures such as Betty White win the awards refered to as “actors” favorites such as the casts of ’Glee’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ were trumped by lesser known titles such as ‘The Artist’ . Not even Leonardo Dicaprio was able to take away an “actor” from this. Congradulations to “The Help’ and ‘Modern Family’ for taking away many “actors” for their preformances.

Back to the title of the award. An actor receiving an “actor” for acting? Clearly not a lot of imagination went into that title, but if you are going to be an ‘Oscar’ spin off please put more dedication into it.

All in all if you spent your Sunday night locked in a room watching paint dry for two hours you probably took away a better experience than those who watched the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards. Lets hope that the Oscars are a much better experience.

Bison Bring Thunder at Cross-Town Basketball

ADA — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:22:28 +0000

The school pride shown by Great Falls High and CMR was running rampant throughout the Swarthout Fieldhouse on Thursday, January 12.

CMR students sported camouflage and hunter orange colors while Great Falls High students showed up in blue, white, and all sorts of crazy outfits. The cheering started at the start of the game and didn’t cease until the final buzzer. With a 14 point lead by the middle of the second quarter, the CMR Rustlers were beating the Great Falls High Bison, but spirits stayed high for the Bison. When halftime rolled around Bison were within 5 points of tying the game. In the third quarter the Bison lead by 8, but not for long. With 6 seconds remaining, CMR was only 2 points away from equaling the score once again. The last 15 seconds of the game resulted in fouls, free throws, time-outs, and a boisterous crowd. Cheering between the rival schools was nonstop, and the Swarthout Fieldhouse was packed with local fans of both teams.

Crosstown may be considered in many locals’ point of view the most important game of the season. No matter what age, the rowdy, excited, loyal fans of each team came out to show their true school pride.

Know Your Name

smoltzan — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:29:11 +0000

Some people’s names dazzle. Literally the translations of some common names are “dazzle” and “behold”. The name might actually affect thier personality to make it impossible for these people to be uninteresting. On the other hand some people have names that are just descriptions of an area or a person. Like at Great Falls High we have many “persons who sew or cut” and a lot of “seasons”, but thankfully when we are by these people we dont suddenly picture mountains or see snowflakes start to fall indoors, despite how interesting that would make daily life. Unfortunately some people have names that are dreadfully boring in translation and in reality. For instance Sarah means “lady” or “princess”. How exciting. Then again, intended or not, the common case is that people have names that simply lead back to a religious origin. These names might not be dull in any way but because of the background the name could imply “killer of christ” if translations affected the personalities at all.
So if you are feeling random enough look up your name’s translation at http://www.behindthename.com/ and come back next week for more randomness.

Austin Mu

Rustykopeikin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:15:17 +0000

Junior Austin Mu is the opinion editor for the Iniwa. This is his second year writing and designing for the iniwa. Austin is a very creative mind that loves music not only listening to but he plays the piano and the french horn. He also sings and plays a few other instruments from time to time. there is rarely a time when you can find Austin without his game-boy. if you didn’t know him, well even if you do, you’d think it was attached to him. If i where to run into Austin in five to ten years i would expect to see him either running a music studio or designing a sequel to one of the video games he is currently playing.

Katie Rider

GreyWolf — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:41:18 +0000

Katie Rider is the copy editor with Austin Mu and she writes for our school newspaper, the INIWA. She edits the articles and writes things that need to be written. In her spare time she plays clarinet in the varsity band, and plans to be on both the swim team and in Track, running the mile and the half mile. She enjoys doing her homework, but never at home, she rather chooses to do it in the publications room during second period.

David Ashby

David — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:08:09 +0000

IT’S David Ashby!, I am THE photographer for the Iniwa as well as the Roundup, so you will most likely see my Swag spread all throughout both publications. I’m from So. Cal. so if I say, “that’s hecka cool dude” don’t be surprised. I like long walks on the beach, pina coladas & getting caught in the rain.

Christopher Cantalope

Shandon — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:33:59 +0000

Well, hello there. Didn’t see you! My name is Chris Cantalope. I illustrate some mad art yo, want to see? I’ve been in journalism since my freshman year, so don’t hate. I’m as real as it gets. Bet you want to reach out and grab me, but I’m too fast, yo. Basically, when I was young, I had a honey tree that I climbed so don’t fret. Clearly, I’m ultimate supreme master at MK. Also, I’m the head cartoonist for the Iniwa, print and web newspaper, I am very proud of my work in this years run so far and I hope to get even better, I love you Ms. Ballew.

Shandon Bilbrey

Shandon — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:36:34 +0000

Hello my name is Shandon and most people refer to me as the Jesus. Why you say? Because I am in love The Big Lebowski and my favorite character is Jesus Quintana. Well obviously you guessed it, I’m a winner. Anyways, I am one of the few, and proud journalists of the Iniwa. I write for the print and web versions of our newspaper and now manage the Facebook page. Well here is a little fact about me I grew up in the ghetto of Fargo, ND. Also, I regularly attend a vacation with my mother to Oregon where we go on wild parties and raving concerts. I am a huge fan of Alternative Rock dating from 90’s to the modern. When I get out of this town I plan on attending the University of Montana and studying journalism. After I finish, my goal is to get picked up by a major music magazine company in Seattle, WA. Well that’s about it and I’m sure you can tell I’m kind of a big deal.

Ada Kelly

ADA — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:23:12 +0000

Ada Kelly is the Associative Editor this year on the Iniwa staff. Last year she was the Advertising Editor, and she still helps out with advertisements. She is the Sports Editor, and enjoys every minute of it. She chose journalism because it teaches good life skills such as communication, organization, writing, among other things. Ada is a junior in high school. In her free time she volunteers at Special Olympics, and spends time with her close friends and family.

Christian Mu

GreyWolf — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:10:29 +0000

Christian Mu has been writing since the age of 9. He is also an avid fisherman, having gone once in his childhood. He is in charge of Video in the department, having filmed an slew of outstanding projects. Nowadays, you can catch him writing for the “Iniwa” with his overwhelming opinions. In his free time, he enjoys free styling and kicking it with libertarian freedom fighters as well as taking up all the free deals at bookstores. When not producing hip-hop music under his stage name Chemtrails, he plays vintage video games and criticizes his peers on their narrowminded social knowledge.