Voices in the Hall
Expressing Yourself
Marty Wilke
1. What two articles of clothing that you’re wearing right now express your style the most?
My shoes because I’m emo and I have emo shoes and my hair because I wouldn’t be me without my hair.
2. What do you do in your free time that you feel really expresses you?
Listen to music, play guitar, and pretend I can skateboard.
3. Are there any ways that you express or celebrate your heritage?
I eat spaghetti because I’m Italian.
Caitlyn Rutski
1. What two articles of clothing that you’re wearing right now express your style the most?
My skirt because it looks cute and I like how it fits and my flip flops because I like to “skate” in the hall and they’re comfortable.
2. What do you do in your free time that you feel really expresses you?
Listen to music, sing, ands play my guitar.
3. Are there any ways that you express or celebrate your heritage?
I eat Borsch on Easter. It’s a polish soup.
Sam Sullivan
1. What two articles of clothing that you’re wearing right now express your style the most?
My sweatshirt because it’s from 6 flags and I used to work there and my purse because it’s fun, colorful, and wild.
2. What do you do in your free time that you feel really expresses you?
I stay busy because I hate to be bored. I have 2 jobs, in band and on year book.
3. Are there any ways that you express or celebrate your heritage?
I’m a mutt. My family doesn’t really celebrate culture, we celebrate family traditions.
April Nader
1. What two articles of clothing that you’re wearing right now express your style the most?
My shirt because it has a cat on it and I love cats and a snowflake because we live in buffalo and my necklace because my dad got it for me and it says April on it.
2. What do you do in your free time that you feel really expresses you?
I play on swings and ride bikes.
3. Are there any ways that you express or celebrate your heritage?
I eat pierogi on Christmas.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
For Start magazine
What’s in A,
By Tifani Milewski
When I was younger I hated my name. It’s a name with such…I don’t know such…implications.
I do not look like a Tifani.
A Tiffani.
A Tifany.
A Tiffany.
You have to know what I mean right? It’s a name so sugary sweet it practically curls upon the page: Tifani, Tiffani. Tifany Tiffany.
It’s cotton candy. Its marshmallow fluff. It’s the name of a doll, a princess.
A stripper.
No offense to all you other “Tiffany’s”. Let’s use the “original” spelling here (or the only one that came up right on spell check) who have tried to work past the name. To be something more then sparkles and fluff with just a dash of rainbows.
I could never complain to my Mother (Just my mother. According to my father he wanted to name me either Helena or Shannon….Do I look like a Helena?) Apparently she’d loved the name had it picked out since she was six years old (cue the AWWWWWWW, right?) and she could not be fazed could never see my horror at being given such a sweet name.
Maybe if I had ended up a super model, trophy wife, or ballerina…but what world famous authors/doctor’s/actresses (I’ve wanted to be many thing’s in life) are named Tiffany? Huh? Name one and for those of you who have seen Saved by the Bell don’t you dare bring up Ms. Theissen. She doesn’t count.
Point made. Right?
I was too smart to be a “Tiffany”.
Too independent.
Too dignified.
(And again this is just me being a little full of myself. No offense to all you other Tiffany’s.)
And my mother could never see that (will never see that) because she has to LOVE the name so much, since she was six years old.
“Tiffany’s” is the name of a jewelry store in an Audrey Hepburn movie.
“Tiffany” is not…I am NOT a Tiffany!!!!!
You see my point right?
Right?
Shut up! I am not making a big deal out of this. You try walking around with a name that could induce cavities and pretty much predestines a love of the color pink (and I don’t hate pink…I tried for so long!) and then you have earned the right to complain to me.
Okay???!!!
Okay.
Well….
Yeah….
So anyway you’ve probably noticed that I’m saying this all in the past tense right?
Meaning I’m over my past….issues…with what my mother choose to call me out of the BILLIONS of other….anyway I’m over it, I’m over it, it’s not so bad and she meant well giving me a tiny piece of individuality among all the strippers and cheerleaders (Again no offense…don’t hate me!). Out of the fifteen or so other “Tiffany’s” I’ve met in my lifetime I’m the only one with one “F” and one “I” so that’s something. Right? Right.
And I like many others am working on reclaiming the name, making it my own, adding a little less sugar, and a little more buy my books and worship me.
Oh yes one day I will rule the world.
And there you have it.
And all this…this “mess”.
Is nothing compared to my middle name.
D-A-N-Y-E-L-L.
Mother! That is not how you spell Danielle!
By Tifani Milewski
When I was younger I hated my name. It’s a name with such…I don’t know such…implications.
I do not look like a Tifani.
A Tiffani.
A Tifany.
A Tiffany.
You have to know what I mean right? It’s a name so sugary sweet it practically curls upon the page: Tifani, Tiffani. Tifany Tiffany.
It’s cotton candy. Its marshmallow fluff. It’s the name of a doll, a princess.
A stripper.
No offense to all you other “Tiffany’s”. Let’s use the “original” spelling here (or the only one that came up right on spell check) who have tried to work past the name. To be something more then sparkles and fluff with just a dash of rainbows.
I could never complain to my Mother (Just my mother. According to my father he wanted to name me either Helena or Shannon….Do I look like a Helena?) Apparently she’d loved the name had it picked out since she was six years old (cue the AWWWWWWW, right?) and she could not be fazed could never see my horror at being given such a sweet name.
Maybe if I had ended up a super model, trophy wife, or ballerina…but what world famous authors/doctor’s/actresses (I’ve wanted to be many thing’s in life) are named Tiffany? Huh? Name one and for those of you who have seen Saved by the Bell don’t you dare bring up Ms. Theissen. She doesn’t count.
Point made. Right?
I was too smart to be a “Tiffany”.
Too independent.
Too dignified.
(And again this is just me being a little full of myself. No offense to all you other Tiffany’s.)
And my mother could never see that (will never see that) because she has to LOVE the name so much, since she was six years old.
“Tiffany’s” is the name of a jewelry store in an Audrey Hepburn movie.
“Tiffany” is not…I am NOT a Tiffany!!!!!
You see my point right?
Right?
Shut up! I am not making a big deal out of this. You try walking around with a name that could induce cavities and pretty much predestines a love of the color pink (and I don’t hate pink…I tried for so long!) and then you have earned the right to complain to me.
Okay???!!!
Okay.
Well….
Yeah….
So anyway you’ve probably noticed that I’m saying this all in the past tense right?
Meaning I’m over my past….issues…with what my mother choose to call me out of the BILLIONS of other….anyway I’m over it, I’m over it, it’s not so bad and she meant well giving me a tiny piece of individuality among all the strippers and cheerleaders (Again no offense…don’t hate me!). Out of the fifteen or so other “Tiffany’s” I’ve met in my lifetime I’m the only one with one “F” and one “I” so that’s something. Right? Right.
And I like many others am working on reclaiming the name, making it my own, adding a little less sugar, and a little more buy my books and worship me.
Oh yes one day I will rule the world.
And there you have it.
And all this…this “mess”.
Is nothing compared to my middle name.
D-A-N-Y-E-L-L.
Mother! That is not how you spell Danielle!
Robert Long Owes Mr. Cercone a USB Flash Drive
Punk, defined as, a young person, especially a member of a rebellious counterculture group, a punk rocker. “Punk, we didn’t call our self that, that’s the name the headlines gave us, because we of our wild culture.” As stated by Iggy pop in the film “History of rock and roll: Punk.”
Since punk originated in the mid 1970s the United States and the UK. It has under gone many divisions into smaller sub cultures from its already complex diverse culture. “Punk rock is what started it all” say some punks. While Iggy pop did say the head lines gave them the name punk others claim that it was coined by the band Suicide when the played a gig titled “a punk music mass.” The production and consumption of punk culture is an idea shared by most punks, its how punk scenes are generated. The main ideology of punk is a belief is one should maximize freedom and make the most out of a traditional restricted life style.
Punk in politics, when it comes to punks in politics the different sub cultures possess many different ideas. Some sub cultures stress the trend of anarchism, anti authority, anti racism, anti- capitalism, and anti-nationalism. A modern day punk band named Anti-flag believes in all of these. Others stress environmentalism, vegetarianism, veganism, and animal rights.
The punk fashion… High theatrical use of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, body modification, and jewelry. Hair is worn in spikes or cut to a Mohawk or unnatural shapes and colored with vibrant hues. Clothes might be written on with marker and defaced with paint; shirts are ripped and held together by safety pins. Also tight pants and converse. Some jewelry may consist of safety pins and or other sharp objects.
There are many sub cultures within punk. Some of them are Nazi-punk, death rock punk, hardcore punk, skate punk, crust punk, street punk, conservative punk, anarchy punk, Christian punk, queer core, and riot grrl.
Since punk originated in the mid 1970s the United States and the UK. It has under gone many divisions into smaller sub cultures from its already complex diverse culture. “Punk rock is what started it all” say some punks. While Iggy pop did say the head lines gave them the name punk others claim that it was coined by the band Suicide when the played a gig titled “a punk music mass.” The production and consumption of punk culture is an idea shared by most punks, its how punk scenes are generated. The main ideology of punk is a belief is one should maximize freedom and make the most out of a traditional restricted life style.
Punk in politics, when it comes to punks in politics the different sub cultures possess many different ideas. Some sub cultures stress the trend of anarchism, anti authority, anti racism, anti- capitalism, and anti-nationalism. A modern day punk band named Anti-flag believes in all of these. Others stress environmentalism, vegetarianism, veganism, and animal rights.
The punk fashion… High theatrical use of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, body modification, and jewelry. Hair is worn in spikes or cut to a Mohawk or unnatural shapes and colored with vibrant hues. Clothes might be written on with marker and defaced with paint; shirts are ripped and held together by safety pins. Also tight pants and converse. Some jewelry may consist of safety pins and or other sharp objects.
There are many sub cultures within punk. Some of them are Nazi-punk, death rock punk, hardcore punk, skate punk, crust punk, street punk, conservative punk, anarchy punk, Christian punk, queer core, and riot grrl.
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