The Best Of

August 2011

The Best of the Daily Double

August 2011
Daily Double
Eleanor Hermione Dunne
ChristineFaux Fo Foster
Gabrielle Van Gogh Griffin
Mikki One Half of our Output Janower
ZoeZo Zo Lockhart
Lauren Quizzie Malster
Gavin Lady Killer OConnell
Katelyn Laughie Pants Strauss
Robby Big Eyes Van Riet
Lily Eat er up Biro
Sophie aw wouldya just lookatter Biro
Jake Dynamite Rast
Daily Double: Journalism Workshop
RosaYour Boat Ruiz
AhzeemChick Magnet Santos
Loreal Saddles Williams
Daily Double: Blog About It
RavenMad Turtle Novick
Owen Second Enterprises Mortner
Counselors:
Walker Walter Anderson VII
Holly Hooly Tarnower
Rachel Raekquan Leshin
Emily DAngelo
Claire 6 in 1 Robertson
Kevin Dr. Awesome P.H.D. Hong
Special Thanks
Mike ART IN THE AM Descoteaux
Sabrina Ole Alves
Arlyn We all have a crush on you Polleta
John Bon Bon Healey
Printsmith Needham

Another Reason Why

SUPEREPIC Class
By Mikki Janower

Write-A-Min

is

Write-A-Min is a hysterical class. The following is a

fun exercise we did once. By the way, this is dedicated
to Write-a-Min ... duh.
A sentence written with mostly Cs:
Cupcakes in cans clamor cordially cause cantering
cats cause cool CEOs to claim cute clemency.
A sentence written with mostly Ls:
I like to lick lemony lizards likewise to lilting liable
lorikeets lying lovably on larcenist lampshades.

CRCAP News

A sentence written with ALL As:

Amazingly antiseptic and anorexic anagrams always
argue amiably amongst all articulate architects.

CIT Day
By Katelyn Strauss
Tomorrow is CIT Day, as we all know. Its a day to
appreciate all CITs for their hard work all summer.
You can give them cards, candy, and other fun things.
Also, you cant forget to dress up for the farm theme!
You can dress up as a farmer, a farm animal, or as an
object on the farm. I think Im going to dress up as a
farmer! Its so much fun. Also the noontime show is
all the CITs. They sing songs, dance, and other cool
stuff. Its awesome!
Crazy Math Problems
By Eleanor Dunne
Me + performing in the noontime show = nerves
You + me = crazy
Ani + mal = animal
Harryb - b + Potter = Harry Potter
Po + ol = swimming!
CRC + AP = A LOT OF AWESOME FUN!!!
Daily + Double = an awesome newspaper to
read at the end of the day
Ma + th = BORING!
Thank + you + for + reading = this!!!

My First Three Days of Camp

By Sophie Biro
On Wednesday, it was my first day of camp. I was
scared. I held my moms hand super tight. I walked
into the tent to meet my counselors. Bye! I yelled
to my mom. I went outside to blow bubbles. Tour
time, said my sister. After the tour I went to Doll
Making. After lunch I sat down to see the noontime
show. When it was time to go home I headed out to
the carpool circle.
On Thursday it was add/drop day. I switched to
Daily Double. I wrote an article for the Daily
Double. By the time I was out of Daily Double,
the line for lunch was very long. After lunch I
followed everyone to Foster Hall for the noontime
show. At the end of the day, I couldnt wait to see if
my article was in the Daily Double. When I got the
paper, I saw that my article was on the front page!
On Friday, I didnt change any of my classes
during the second add/drop time, because I am
really happy in all of my classes. Noontime show
on Friday was Faiths, and I really liked it. Then
we had the ice cream social. The ice cream was
really good. I danced to the band it was really
fun! I couldnt wait to get to camp on Monday.

Shakespeare Gone Wild

By Katelyn Strauss
Shakespeare Gone Wild is my 5th period class. This is
my fourth year doing it. Its really fun. You get to pick
a Shakespeare play and shorten it. Then you take out
some of the Shakespearian language so that you have
a mix of Shakespearian language and the language we
use today. For Festival Day, we put on the play and
you get to dress up as a fun, unique character. Also,
the teacher is Laurel and shes super nice!

Interview Day!
By Eleanor Dunne
Okay, you missed this on Tuesday, so listen up.
I put an ad in the Daily Double and the title was
Looking for an Interview. I am postponing the
interviews to CIT day at festival period. PLEASE
DO NOT FORGET! The age limit is 15. I am 8
years old and I am a bad speller and a slow typer,
so please dont put pressure on me. For you people
that dont know where the Daily Double room
is, meet me next to the stairs in the old building.
Well I might see you on Friday, so TTFN!

Book Vs Movie: Mr. Poppers Penguins

By: Jake Rast

Arts and
Entertainment
Who are you in Harry Potter?
(For Harry Potter fans only)
By: Eleanor Dunne
1. Who is your favorite teacher?
a) Dumbledore
b) Lupin
c) Everyone except Trelawnly
d) Snape
2. What color is your hair?
a) Black
b) Red
c) Brown
d) Blonde
3. What is your eye color?
a) Green
b) Blue
c) Brown
d) gray/black
4. How smart are you?
a) Smart enough
b) Pretty dumb
c) Top of my classes
d) I dont pay attention in class so I dont know
Answers
Mostly As: Youre Harry Potter
Mostly Bs: Youre Ron
Mostly Cs: Youre Hermione
Mostly Ds: Youre Draco Malfoy

Mr. Poppers Penguins, was a good book

and movie but which was better? The book was
good. It was about a man who loves penguins and
one day, to his wifes surprise, he got one named
Captain.
Later when Captain was dying of
loneliness, the aquarium gave him Greta, another
penguin who was dying of loneliness. Later the
penguins had babies, I think 7. Mr. Popper and his
penguins hit the big time. Later, Mr. Popper had
to choose who to give the penguins to. He has to
decide between a Hollywood movie agent and the
man who gave him Captain (Admiral Drake). He
chose Admiral Drake and to his surprise, he got to
go on an expedition with him. The End
The movie was also good. It was about a
man who never saw his father except sometimes
at one specific restaurant. Later, he became a
business man and got hired for a job to turn that
restaurant into a hotel. Then he got a package that
contained a penguin in it. Later he got another
package trying to get rid of the penguin but
instead, he got more penguins. He frantically
tried to get rid of them, but when his ex-wife and
his kids saw them he started to like the penguins
a little bit more. When a zookeeper he had called
to get rid of the first penguin came, he said that
he didnt want to get rid of the penguins anymore.
The zookeeper plotted revenge. Meanwhile, the
penguins had three eggs, and two of them hatched,
but one didnt. Later, the zookeeper kidnapped
the penguins and brought them to the zoo. When
they realized what had happened, Mr. Popper, his
ex-wife, and his kids went off to rescue them, but
when they saw the penguin exhibits, they couldnt
find the penguins. Then, the zoo-keeper told them
that he was going to trade the penguins for some
other animals. He then lied and said that he had
already done it, but the kids heard the squawking
of the penguins and realized that they were in a
vault. Then, they escaped with the penguins, all
except for one, which got a kite and flew out of
the zoo. Mr. Popper then brought the penguins to
Antarctica to have them see their families. The
End.
Personally I liked the movie more so ok
goodbye!!

Forgive My Fins: Book Review

By Lauren Malster

I just finished reading Forgive My
Fins. It tells the story of Lily Sanderson. Her
sticky situation happens to be thats she is part
human, part mermaid. She is living on land, and
pretending to be a normal teenager. Her Mother
was a human and Lilys father who is a mermaid,
wanted her to experience life as a human. But if
Lily submerges in water, her fins replace her feet.
Her aunt took Lily in, and created a cover story so
that it would sound like she was normal and not
from the sea. Nobody can know her secret, not
even Shannon (her best friend). Sometimes Lily
almost slips her secret that could put her kingdom
in jeopardy. Shes not a regular mermaid, she
is the daughter of the King, and after he dies,
she will take the thrown. She doesnt want the
thrown; shed rather swim around in the sea
without people expecting her to make the right
decisions. In Tasalonia, (the sea world kingdom)
you must chose a person to devote yourself too.
Lily thinks she knows who she wants to become
mermaid with her. This boy is Brody, the most
popular boy at her high school. But when a series
of mishaps lead to kissing her annoying neighbor
Quince, she must try to convince her father that
it was a mistake and she wants to pick a new
person to devote to. But, her father isnt willing
to listen; Lily and Quince have to face some tests
for the separation to happen. Unlike Lily, Quince
actually likes Lily and wants to stay with her

in Tasalonia. Lily actually likes Quince but isnt

willing to admit it. She finally convinces her father
and the separation is decided. Lily and Quince are
not devoted to each other. When she goes back to
land, and falls in love with Brody, and tells him
her secret, he laughs and makes fun of her while
Quince had accepted her. She finally realizes that
Quince is the right one for her. When she tells
Quince that she actually wants him, he forgives
her. As they go back to Tasalonia, everyone is
happy to see that they made the right choice. They
live happily together and enjoy life at sea.
There will be a second one in the series which I
look forward to reading. I would give this book a
9 out of 10. But this book is only appropriate for
kids over ten because some of the chapters have
swears.
Super Friday Dynamite
By Jake Rast
Twins throw my pasta in the air sometimes singing
ea oh eating pasta yo
They want to celebrate and eat it with rice saying ea
oh eating pasta yo
But then the pasta grew to the size of a house and
the twins shrunk down to the size of a mouse
Now I told you once now I told you twice pasta to a
house twins to some mice
The end

An Act of Injustice- HAIKU EDITION!

By Mikki Janower
When I was a child,
I thought that weevils were rodents
thats what they should be.
Then, when I grew old
I saw that weevils were not rats
nor rodents at all.

Creative Writing
Checkers and Thumper
By Katelyn Strauss
I have nothing else to write about so I am going to write
about my 2 bunnies, Thumper and Checkers! Thumper
is 2 years old and Checkers is almost 5! Thumper is grey
with a white belly, just like Thumper in the movie Bambi.
Checkers is White with light brown spots and loves to
eat: cheerios, wires, clovers, buttons on t. v. remotes
and wooden objects. Thumper likes hay. Theyre both
pleasantly plump. And they dont have floppy ears, they
have strait up ones. Sometimes we call Checkers Mr.
Checkers. Those are my bunnies. Now, I will talk about
my friends bunnies. My friend just got a baby bunny
named Jessie. She has white fur with light brown spots
just like Mr. Checkers (except much smaller). She also
likes to randomly jump, (but I guess that makes sense
because thats what bunnies do, JUMP!). She likes to go
under the desk, too, and behind poster boards. Sometimes
she jumps onto chairs. Or when youre sitting down he
jumps on your lap but it hurts because he has sharp claws.
My friend also got that bunnys mom. She is also white
but has dark brown spots instead of light brown spots. I
dont really know what she does. Anyways
I <3 BUNNIES!!!!!
Alliteration
By Gavin OConnell
John Jones drove an ice cream truck. One day he was
approached by an odd, oblivious, all-American, ostrich
eating, operational, over achieving, underappreciated
Oxford alumni.

Weevils are weird bugs

who skitter round and bother you
Weevils are EVIL.
That is very wrong
tis an act of injustice
weevils should be rats!
I feel searing pain
In my heart because they are
not rodents, but bugs.
THE END!!! ;)
The Gods of Olympus
By Christine Foster
Once in the great high mountain of Olympus
lived the mighty gods of the Greek culture.
There are many gods that are known to
many, but no one knows of the great god
of awesomeness, Christanianala! One day
Christanianala made a really awesome thing
called a horse. Then Poseidon was walking
by & saw the horse & told himself he must
have this horse to himself, so late at night
he snuck into Christanianalas apartments &
stole the horse. The next day Poseidon showed
the rest of the gods his creation. When
Christanianala tried to point out SHE made
it, all the other gods drove her away, Hecate,
the goddess of magic & witchcraft & also
Christanianalas best friend. From this day
forward awesomeness was only on earth &
magic was always associated with magic.
THE END

The Real Story of Creation

By Christine Foster

Alliteration
By Gavin OConnel

One day in The Palace in the Sky Christine, the

all mighty Goddess got so bored that she decided
to make a world. She started by taking a chicken
& plucked one of its feathers & molded it into a
ball (that was not perfect for the mountains) she
took some moss, noodles &other food & made
grass & trees. Then she cried to make ocean. After
that she went down to earth to make life. While she
walks around she discovered a beautiful diamond.
Then Christine made woman & animals out of the
diamond. Then she noticed this ugly big rock that
was the ugly twin of the diamond. It was full of
sneeze, cough & spit. She made men out of them.
She realized that she could not rule this planet
all by herself. So, she chose five other girls to be
an immortal with eternal beauty & power. Their
names are Addie, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Jordyn &
Kippy. The six beautiful goddesses went up to The
Palace in the Sky, now known as heaven.

A man by the name of Bobby Van Riet was

walking down the road. He was suddenly struck
by a subtle, silent, saxophone sized snake like
soaring, smelly smack to the face.
Untitled
By Robby van Riet
Once a boy was eating cheese, one cheese ran
away. He ran into a wall and fell into chips and
got cooked. You can guess what happened.
Nachos!

The end

An Itty Bitty Kitty Ditty

By Mikki Janower
Im writing a short ditty
To talk about a kitty
Who lounges, sitting pretty
And goes to knitty gritty.
This ditty has no moral
I like the color coral.
With patterns that are floral,
Id buy them! I adore all!
What is this song about?
Nothing, I have no doubt
And dont you frown or pout
Or Ill get mad and shout!
This ditty had bad timing
And very sloppy rhyming
End it before it gets worse!

The PJ Story
By Robby van Riet
Once a kid was sleeping. BEEP BEEP BEEP!
The kid named Box woke up and went to
school. He forgot to change into clothes. To be
continued
Nonsense Haiku 6
By Jake Rast
Astronaut bubble
Treetop sparkle breath letter
Gum zoo fly man shoe

Songwriting and Short Stories Orange Juice

By Raven Novick (Mad Turtle)

Blog About It!

Creative Paragraph
By Owen Mortner
Editors Note: This article was previously published in
Castle, an independent newspaper founded and edited
by Owen Mortner.
John Lodyn walked solemnly towards Landers Tower.
The grass ticked his exposed shins and his blue muscle
shirt brushed the sharp tree limbs littered on the
ground and benches. Donald Barn, the seventy year
old writer from across the street waved lightheartedly,
and grinned. John reciprocated in his polite, but cold
fashion and continued walking. Black charred street
lights stood smoky on twisted wire. The few cars that
passed were fancy and eye catching, although a tingle
of menace stung the shiny fenders, sending a ghostly
feeling over the grumpy John. John kicked the dirt,
stubbing his toe and cursing at a squirrel that darted
rapidly through the waving leaves of the big Palmerton
Park Tree. His journey continued past the large stone
building that served as the Post Office. A burly man
smoking a fat cigar chuckled, humming some western
tune that sounded evil and stupid. John walked cursing,
towards his final destination, Landers Tower.

Hello everyone. I am from 1st period

songwriting. I know that everyone was paying
attention to our love song to short stories during
the noontime show yesterday. Just so you know,
our love of short stories will be split with other
old building classes from now on. This poem is
for all the people out there who know of our open
relationship with short stories.
Orange Juice
They said it was gross
They said Oh no!
But I raised a toast
And I drank it
It was that O.J.
The one Mike Healy squeezed out
They said theyd make me pay
I made them drink it
And they freaked out
Yeah, so it was pulpy
But it tasted real
And it was tangy
But also sweet
It made my mind bulky
Well that was the feel
It made my heart pangy
For alas, they stole my treat
Did you all enjoy that? That was the poem for the
orange juice we drank on our date on the stairs.
Its beautiful isnt it? Old Building love, I mean.
Its a love fest. Next time its a dinner date.

The Pain of Writers Block

By Raven Novick (Mad Turtle)
Have you ever tried to write the greatest story ever? Not that easy! Although writing is one of my favorite past
times, there are some moments in my life when I just want to put my pencil down, grab a tub of ice cream and a
spoon and pig out with my depression from writers block as my only company. Maybe a little shrimp on the side
as well. Oh man, now I really want seafood. I also want a Snapple so bad A quote by CIT Sam. Oh by the way,
my class is writing the longest poem ever in CRCAPs history, so you may want to torture me for this but please
if you do have too much time on your hands come the old buildings downstairs writing room and help me out
here.

An Interview with the Arts Chief

By Owen Mortner (Second Enterprises)

Family Visits
By Raven Novick (Mad Turtle)

Mike D., Director of the Charles River Creative

Arts Program, has a fascinating interview with the
mysterious figure known as Second Enterprises . . .

Greetings to all creatures with brain cells and a heart

beat. I have a lovely and annoyingly strange story
to share with you all. So two days ago I went to
New York to visit family and what Im about to tell
you may be hard for you to believe. THEY ARE IN
FACT CRAZIER THAN I AM! I know what youre
all thinking, Impossible, no ones crazier than this
kid Well youre wrong. When I knocked on my
cousin Nancys door, she immediately welcomed
my father and I in and made us chocolate egg cream.
(No egg or cream in this drink) Then she put me to
work pouring water on corn and made me put a tea
pot on the corn to weigh it down. (Very creative my
cousin) Nancy has two awesome and strange cats
named Cosmo and Dash. She enjoys writing stories
and putting marshmallow peeps in compromising
positions and taking their pictures. Once she put a
blue peep on our cars windshield to melt in the sun
all day and a yellow peep on the antenna. Nancy is
crazy but shes family. As my family always says,
Its in the gene pool. More cousins came over for
a barbecue and one of them commented on how
my father was doing handling a teenager. I, being
the obnoxious one I am, simply explained, Im a
teenager. It does something to a man. Oh yes what a
happy gathering of family. Im sure you didnt enjoy
hearing any of what I wrote and I hope in the future,
none of you will come after me with pitchforks and
death threats. Thanks for reading. XOXO.

SE: Did you ever imagine becoming the director of

CRCAP, when you were a camper?
MD: No, never occurred to me, just being a happy
camper!
SE: What was your favorite class when you were a
camper?
MD: My favorite class was definitely...
Improvisation.
SE: What is it like to be the director of CRCAP?
MD: Exciting, creative, huge responsibility, and
full of surprises every day!
SE: What you enjoy most at camp?
MD: Seeing what the campers create.
SE: What is the hardest part?
MD: The ten months of camp were kids arent here.
SE: What does it feel like to ring the cowbell?
MD: Loud!
SE: What kind of art do you personally like to
create?
MD: I like musical improvisation, musical theater,
and comedy!
MD: Is there any reason for the mask and paint
suit?
SE: To hide my identity.
MD: OK, thats smart.
SE: Bye!

Creative Paragraph
By Owen Mortner (Second Enterprises)
The light streaming from the dusty windows of
Magellan Shop reflected eerily on the stain glass
windows of the Methodist Church on the corner of
Boalsburg Rd. Picturesque French balconies littered
the clean West side of Florento, Loenburg. The
plump jolly Postman was flinching in the stinging ice
and finishing of the parcel service for the evening.
Probably imagining the warm chicken soup that was
waiting for him, he quickened his pace and laughed
heartily. We might compare him to Santa. But jeez
people, this is Loenburg.

The Adirondacks
By Zoe Lockhart

Odds N Ends
What Flavor Ice Cream are You??
By Lily Biro
1. What kind of pet do you have/want?
A. a Fish
B. a Cat
C. a Snake
2. What is your favorite color?
A. Blue
B. Orange
C. Yellow
3. What do you like to put on your ice cream?
A. Sprinkles
B. Chocolate sauce
C. Gummy Bears
4. What is your kind of book?
A. Fiction
B. Fantasy
C. Mystery
Mostly As: Chocolate. Classic and understated.
Mostly Bs: Cookie Dough. Sweet and full of
surprises
Mostly Cs: Peppermint. Bold and unique.

On vacation this summer we went to
the Adirondacks in New York. We stayed with
our friends from London, England in a big log
cabin house. It was really fun. We went water
tubing, water skiing, and swimming in the huge
lake by the house. We even had a huge island
in the middle of the lake! Every day at about
3:00, we would go in our friends boat and
motor to town, which was at the exact opposite
side of the lake. We got ice cream there and
played around. Riding in the motor boat was
awesome. I had never been in a motor boat
before, so it was really cool to see the waves
coming up and down and to go so fast.

After we got back from town, me, my
friend Georgina, and her cousin Darcy would
go into the screened outside part of the house
and we would draw for the rest of the day
until dinner and SMORES! We got really
hot when we made the smores because of the
hot weather and the heat of the fire. After, we
had a party at our friends great aunts house
(Naiomys house). We ate even more smores,
and we talked.

The next morning, we woke up. It was
our last day there. We went swimming and
water tubing too. We also canoed to the island.
Overall, the Adirondacks was a really fun trip.
I would suggest (to people who are active and
like outdoor stuff) to go to the Adirondacks.

Which Color Do You Represent?

By Lauren Malster
Everyone has a favorite color, but theres a specific
color that represents your unique personality. Take the
quiz below to find out what color you are.
Question 1: When youre at an amusement park, what
activity are you most likely to be doing?
A: On the rollercoaster that has loop de loops and
twists
B: Getting an ice cream cone with your best friends
C: Walking around and looking at the cool sights
Question 2: When youre picking out the days outfit,
which would you rather wear?
A: A red t-shirt with comfortable shorts
B: A patterned skirt with a solid t-shirt
C: A shirt you got from Paris with an Eiffel tower on it
with shorts
Question 3: Which of these foods do you like the best?
A: A spicy Mexican dish with some extra jalapeos
B: Lemon chicken with rice and a salad
C: An Italian dish that you learned about when you were
in Italy
Question 4: Which place would you be most excited to
visit?
A: Mexico. You want to try all the spicy dishes that the
locals make
B: France. They have some killer recipes that would be
fun to share with your friends
C: Anywhere with awesome sights to visit and capture
with your camera
If you answered mostly As, youre a fiery red. Your
daring and competitive spirit never fails, and youre
always willing to try new things. Your friends can
play Truth or Dare and always know your answer:
DARE!
If you answered mostly Bs, youre a light blue. You
have a relaxed attitude and enjoy having a lazy day/
weekend. Your friends know that you will always be
there for them.
If you answered mostly Cs, youre a vibrant purple.
Your sightseeing hobby keeps you active and happy.
You enjoy showing people what you have learned on
your travels, and your friends know to come to you with
their problems.

The Joke of the Day

By Robbie van Riet
Q. What has four wheels and flies?
A. A dump truck.
Siamese Twins
By Zoe Lockhart
Siamese twins are also known as connected twins.
I was looking at a magazine one day and I saw a
story about two little girls who were Siamese twins.
Both of their heads were connected. The article said
that they even shared a brain! They could read each
others thoughts, work together, and move in unison.
You might think, How cool is that? The answer is
its not cool. Because they are Siamese twins, they
have a short life span. The Siamese twins that lived
the longest with connected heads died when they
were 16. Another set of Siamese twins underwent a
surgery that killed them. Separating two connected
brains is a risky and complicated procedure. The
two Siamese twins in this article got tested, and the
doctors found out that they could read each others
thoughts, and when the doctors gave one twin a glass
of water and told her to drink it down fast, the other
twin reacted to the water and started hiccupping and
laughing, just because the other had drunk the water
really fast. The twins mom refused to have the
children undergo a procedure to try to detach them.
Instead, they are having happy lives. One more thing
thats unfortunate: think of them getting into a fight
and trying to get away from each other. Ouch.

By Gavin
OConnell

Annoy Random, Innocent Passerby: Masters

Edition!
By Mikki Janower
This article is inspired by, and thanks to, a good friend
of mine named Norman Zeus Steinberg. (You may
know him hes currently working on destroying
humanity.) Anyway, Norman e-mailed me this list, as
it was a popular forward among students at his school.
I did a bit of editing and cut out a few ideas, but Im
now proud to present to you a hysterical list of ways
to bother people.*
* Note: Actually following through with these ideas is
not recommended.
1. Specify that your drive-through order is TO-GO.
2. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
3. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers
running in all weather conditions to keep them tuned
up.
4. Reply to everything someone says with, Thats
what you think.
5. Practice making fax and modem noises.
6. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers
and CC them to your friends.
7. Finish all your sentences with the words in
accordance with prophesy.
8. Holler random numbers while someone is
counting.
9. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are
green, and insist to others that you like it that way.
10. Staple pages in the middle of the page.
11. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make
a croaking noise.
12. Honk and wave to strangers.
13. TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
14. type only in lowercase.
15. dont use any punctuation either
16. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times:
DO YOU HEAR THAT?What?Never mind,
its gone now.
17. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
18. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping
on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done,
announce No, wait, I messed it up, and repeat.
19. Ask your friends mysterious questions and then
scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something
about psychological profiles.
20. Attempt to sing a song you dont know the lyrics
to. Multiple times. Loudly.

My Championship Swim Meet

By Lily Biro
6 a.m. Saturday morning, my sister woke me up
from deep, deep sleep. I rolled out of bed and we
both got our bathing suits on. We went into my
mom and dads room to see if they were awake
and they were already up and running. We were
all up so early because my sister and I had a very
important swim meet. We checked our bags for
everything we needed and my mom reminded
me to bring a book. When I had everything
we all got into the car and I started to get very
nervous. When we arrived at the pool, I started
shaking. My two events were in the second half
of the meet too, so I had a lot of waiting to do.
Finally, I was called for breast stroke. At that
point, my nerves turned into excitement. I got
on the blocks and I started getting nervous again
and when I got into the water, I did half of my
pullout and had to do the rest very quickly to
make up for time. My mom was also timing
me the whole time. When I finished my race, I
found out that I got a personal best. I had gotten
.06 seconds faster than the last time I had raced.
Then I quickly ran back because I was so cold,
and unfortunately, I got in trouble for running
by the pool. When I got back to the rest of the
girls in my age group, they were all asking me
what my time was and if I got a personal best.
I was happy to tell them I did. At that point, it
was almost time to line up for freestyle. My
mom timed me for freestyle too. When I was
done, I knew I had done well, because my mom
asked if I had been cheating. Of course I wasnt!
When I asked her what my time was, she said
it was 18:65. When I got back, my sister asked
me again what my time was and I happily told
her. My dad came over and told me I had gotten
second place! The person who had gotten first
was also on my team! Then my sister asked if I
wanted to go up into the stands to watch the rest
of the meet and we did. We watched the relays in
the stands with a bunch of our other teammates
and we all cheered really loudly for our team. It
was a great meet and we all did really well our
team got fourth place. But I think, if we were
only competing in our age group, just girls
we would have won by a lot!

Your Real Name

By Lauren Malster
Hello Daily Double fans, I have a quiz that you
should take. Its about what your real name should
be based on your personality.
Question 1: When your mom asks you what your
favorite season is, which one do you say?
A: Summer
B: Winter
C: Fall/Spring
Question 2: Your favorite color is_____? (If your
favorite color isnt one the list, pick your next
favorite)
A: Bright/neon colors
B: Blue
C: orange and yellow
Question 3: When you go to an ice cream parlor,
which flavor are you most likely to choose?
A: Fruity
B: Any soft serve flavor
C: Some sort of flavor based on the season
Question 4: When you get to dress up for a school
event, where you can be anything that you want
what outfit would you most likely choose?
A: A matching outfit with your friend
B: A cup of hot chocolate since it is winter
C: None of the above
If you answered mostly As your real name would
be Rachel. You love the warm seasons and have a
bubbly personality. Your smile is contagious, and
everyone loves hanging out with you.
If you answered mostly Bs your name would
be Mary Anne. You love sitting down and enjoy
relaxing. You love the cold seasons, as long as
you have an unlimited amount of hot chocolate!
Your friends look up to you and always know that
youll be on their side.
If you answered mostly Cs your name would be
Lilly. You have a bright personality and you and
your family are super close. Friends can count
on you to have theyre back through the ups and
downs.

One Really Funny Joke

By Christine Sutton Penfield Foster
One day a little boy in kindergarten who was about 5 and
very very gullible, his teacher told him When you get home
learn the first 4 letters of the alphabet. Okay? Okay!!
said the little boy.Ill do my best.So when the little boy
got home he went to his big brother who was watching
football and the little boy was standing right in front of
the screen and said Big bwother, whats the first letter of
the alphwabet? Out of the way!!!!!!!!! yelled the big
brother. Okay!! So the little boy went to his stereotype
teenage sister who was talking on the phone with her BFF
Lina. So he went up to her and said Whats the second
letter of the alphwabet? She didnt hear him and said to
Lina Like yeah totally, yeah, like totally yeah, Okay!!
said the little boy. Then he went to his little brother who
was watching Batman. He said Wittle bwother, whats
the third letter of the alphwabet? they didnt hear the little
boy and said nananananananana BATMAN!!!!!!!
along to the bat man theme song Okay!! so the little boy
went to his dad who was plumbing and listening to some
music with his mp3.then the little boy said Daddy, whats
the fourth letter of the alphwabet? he didnt hear him and
he was singing along to the music and said Youre a big
fat toad on the side of the road! and the little boy said
Okay!! and the next day, when he went to school, and
his teacher asked him Did you learn the first 4 letters of
the alphabet? and the little boy said Out of the way!
and the teacher said Do you want to go to the principals
office? and the boys says Like yeah, like, totally yeah.
The teacher says Who do you think you are? and the
boy says nananananananana BATMAN! and the teacher
says Ok, then who do you think I am? and the boy says
Youre a big fat toad on the side of the road!
HAHAHA
The End!

3 Things About Ice Cream

By Lily Biro
1. The most popular ice cream flavor is vanilla,
then chocolate.
2. The average American household will buy 7
boxes of ice cream treats per year.
3. Most people like ice cream!

Good Eats
By Zoe Lockhart

A few weeks ago, I went to a summer camp called
Summer Explorations. One of the many things that I did
there was Good Eats, a cooking class. This class made
the best (American) food I ever had. Below there is a
recipe for shepherds pie personally I think this is the
best shepherds pie in the world.
Ingredients
For the potatoes:
1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes (or sweet potatoes)
1/4 cup half-and-half
2 ounces unsalted butter
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 egg yolk
For the meat filling:
2 tablespoons canola oil (or olive oil)
1 cup chopped onion
2 carrots, peeled and diced small (+2 parsnips also
peeled and diced)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 pounds ground lamb (or half lamb and half
beef to total 1 1/2 lbs)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons tomato paste
1 cup chicken broth
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons freshly chopped rosemary leaves
1 teaspoon freshly chopped thyme leaves
1/2 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
Directions
Peel the potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch dice. Place in a
medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over

high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling,

uncover, decrease the heat to maintain a simmer
and cook until tender and easily crushed with tongs,
approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Place the half-and-half and butter into a microwavesafe container and heat in the microwave until warmed
through, about 35 seconds. Drain the potatoes in a
colander and then return to the saucepan. Mash the
potatoes and then add the half and half, butter, salt and
pepper and continue to mash until smooth. Stir in the
yolk until well combined.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the filling:
Place the oil into a 12-inch (cast iron) saut pan and set
over medium high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the
onion and carrots (and parsnips) and saut just until they
begin to take on color, approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
Add the garlic and stir to combine. Add the meat, salt
and pepper and cook until browned and cooked through,
approximately 3 minutes.
Sprinkle the meat with the flour and toss to coat,
continuing to cook for another minute. Add the tomato
paste, chicken broth, Worcestershire, rosemary, thyme,
and stir to combine.
Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer
slowly 10 to 12 minutes or until the sauce is thickened
slightly.
Add the corn to the meat mixture. (If you are not using
a pan that can go in the oven, then transfer the meat
mix into an 11 by 7-inch glass baking dish). Top with
the mashed potatoes, starting around the edges to create
a seal to prevent the mixture from bubbling up and
smooth with a rubber spatula. Place on a parchment
lined half sheet pan on the middle rack of the oven and
bake for 25 minutes or just until the potatoes begin to
brown.
Remove to a cooling rack for at least 15 minutes before
serving.

What Kind of Cupcake in a Can Would You Be?

Lily Biro and Sophie Biro
What is your favorite flavor of cupcake?
A. Chocolate
B. Vanilla
C. Red Velvet
What is your favorite flavor of frosting?
A. Chocolate
B. Mocha
C. Cream Cheese
What do you like on your cupcakes?
A. Sprinkles
B. A cherry
C. Candy
Do you think cupcakes in cans are?
A. Weird
B. Silly
C. Cool
What kinds of cans would you most likely find in your
house?
A. Corn Cans
B. Black beans cans
C. Chicken broth cans
Mostly As: You are a Chocolate Cupcake with chocolate
frosting in a corn can, with sprinkles and you think its
weird.
Mostly Bs: You are a vanilla cupcake with mocha frosting
in a black bean can with a cherry on top. and you think
its silly
Mostly Cs: You are a classic red velvet cupcake with the
cream cheese frosting with chocolate chips on top in a
chicken broth can and you think its cool.
The Story About the Chuckling
By Sophie Biro
When we went to Marthas Vineyard on vacation, there
were chickens and ducks and a chuckling. A duck had laid
an egg, but a chicken had incubated the egg. Now, the
chicken thinks the duck is its mom, and the duck thinks
the chicken is its mom. The chicken tries to teach the
chuckling how to perch and look for bugs but the chuckling
keeps looking down at his feet. When we were there, the
chuckling was only a week old! He was so cute!

Cheetos Dont Like Corn

By Box and Gabbi Griffin
Once upon a time, there was a cup of
water on the table. Then someone sat at the
table and drank the water. Then he decided
to go to the store, and when he came back he
walked past the sink to get to the fridge. He
was hungry so he opened up the fridge and got
an orange. The orange was really good. The
next morning the boy woke up. He was sick
and had to miss camp.
The moral of the story is: wash your
hands before you eat.

Daily Double:
Journalism Workshop
Editors Note. Daily Double: Journalism Workshop is
a new class this year that focuses on longer, more indepth newspaper writing and reporting. This session,
we worked mainly on writing investigative articles.
The Production: Are the Actors in Ready for Life
Ready for the Play?
By Rosa Ruiz
This Friday, the casting list for the production
Ready for Life was put out into the world. Not only does
the play have its normal high schoolers and more, but it
also has zombies included.
Many campers are excited. One camper, Alli, said
I think its interesting how a zombie and a human fall in
love because its out of the ordinary.
The script was written in two months, and the
biggest thing is that Mike, the head of the pack, wrote this
script. It really seems that this is a great group and that they
are excited for this play.
It seems many campers such as Alli, who is 13 years
old, and her friend Jamie, also 13, are proud of the part they
got. Alli said, Yeah, Im proud. I feel that I worked hard
and Im just happy with what I got. Jamie said, Yeah Im
excited for the part, yup. Ali added that she cant wait for
the day.
Jordan the CIT feels that she also has worked hard
to get to the spot she got in the production, but she feels its
more of a group effort. If one person doesnt do their part,
then everybody messes up.

50 people in one class can get nerveracking how? Thats a great question. This
class has a lot of weight on them, and how to
get it off? Do great. Know your part. Scripts
have been found on campus 10 times this session.
When asked if she felt there was a lot of weight
on her, Jamie replied, Not really, I mean, at least
not yet. I think the further along we go the more
the pressure will sort of build, she said. As of
now, no Im just sort of having fun with it.
How can people get nervous? Well, its
easy mess up one line and out the door, so it
may seem nerves will build as they get closer to
the end. Alli said, Well, Im not nervous now,
but I think on the day I will be nervous.
We also asked Jordan and she said,
Throughout the process I would only be nervous
if I thought we werent going to get everything
we needed done in time, and then by the night of
the show really I was never nervous.

I think the further along we go the

more the pressure will sort of build.
--Jamie, a camper

Jordan said about her experience in

production: I started off when I was 13 so I
was still a young person for class when I was 13.
So, I would say the first day in it was definitely
intimidating because it was actually my fist year
at CRCAP.
Jordan thought that many parts of
production were nerve-racking. Not only did I
have to audition the first day, so that was nerveracking, but I was also in a room with 45 people
who Id never met before, she said.
The other thing about production is that
you can make a lot of friends that you havent
met before. But even by the second day, because
I was with all those people, I had made so many
friends by being in production.
Then we asked Jamie, Do you think that
this play can help you in a later production? She
said, Yeah, definitely. I think any experience
sort of just builds on top of each other and yeah
definitely, I think this will help.
Well, we found out enough about the
production, and we hope, as I had stated before:
learn your parts, do great, get that weight off of
you, and dont lose your scripts!

What Do You Think of Production?

By Ahzeem Santos
This year at CRCAP a lot of kids are taking
production, so the Daily Double decided to interview
kids in production and not in production just to get the
groove on the play and whats going on.
We started by talking to Mike, the creator and
editor of the production. It took Mike two months to
write the script for the production, and its main theme
is zombies. Youre probably wondering why he chose
zombies its because he watched a ton of zombie
movies and decided, Hey, Im going to make the
production about zombies.

Now I will give you the campers in production.
Kay is one of the many campers in production. Her
role in the production is a southern house wife. She has
been in the production before and liked it so decided to
do it again. She is very excited and cant wait til the
show is shown to the people.

Diana is also a camper in production. She is
ZOMBIES INVADE PRODUCTION!
By Loreal Williams

Almost every camper knows about production
class. Production is a class that takes up two periods 2nd
and 3rd. Production is a theater class that is about a single
musical. Each person in this class had to audition to get a
part in Ready for Life the musical.

But what people dont know is that the one and
only Mike Descoteaux wrote this musical about zombies
himself. Mike said it took approximately two months to
write this whole script and music.

We asked Mike about why this would be a great
musical for CRCAP. He replied that there are so many
talented kids here, and he wants to see them on stage
where they belong. He also said that there are a lot of
great parts in the play he thinks campers will really cling
to this play because it is about zombies!!!

Probably most of you would like to know the
meaning of the play so we asked Mike what it meant to
him. To Mike it is about kids and adults (zombies or
human) that we can all relate to each other. And to go
chasing for what we want in life.

A lot of you might ask Mike why he would write
a crazy and creative play about zombies. Well if thats
a question that popped up in your head we had the same
thought. Mike said they needed a play for session two and
he was watching lots of zombie movies so the idea just
came to him!

Can you believe it Mike wrote an approximately

very excited for the production to come out. She joined

the production because she likes theater. In auditions
she thought she did pretty well, and its her first year
taking production.

Hannah, another camper, is very excited to see
production. Its her first year seeing production, and she
knows the production is about zombies. She said she
doesnt want to be in the production because it has too
much singing.

The last person I interviewed was Lauren
Malster. She is very excited for the production and is
even more excited because its her first year seeing the
production. Although zombies are horrid, savaged dead
people, she seems to like the idea of zombies like most
of the kids in production. Sad to say, but Lauren does
not plan on taking production because it takes up too
much time.

Overall Mike thought this musical was a good
choice for CRCAP because its got zombies and there
are a lot of good parts. We have a lot of talented
campers, according to Mike.
ninety minute performance! He said it was very hard to
find time to write this play (since he is the camp director)!
But Mike said he enjoyed writing the script and it was lots
of fun.

You might want to know what campers not in
production think of the play. Well if you want to know
keep reading.

We interviewed Hannah, a fourteen year old girl.
She said she was excited to see the play. We asked her
why she decided not to do production. Hannah replied
singing wasnt her thing. This is Hannahs 2nd year at
CRCAP. Hannah said she was thinking about seeing the
play but it depends if her friends want her to come.

I also interviewed a young girl named Iris. Iris
goes to school here at Charles River but is new to this
camp. Like Hannah, Iris is very excited to see the play.
Iris did not do production because she has done lots of
theater before and wanted to try something new. Iris is
planning to see the production when she can.

If you wanted to know what it was like to be in
the production cast, well we interviewed Diana, who is
a 15-year-old in the production. Diana is very excited to
perform and loves theatre. She thinks her audition went
well and was cast as a zombie student in the play.

Diana chose to do production because she has
always wanted to do it. She has been here for 8 years and
is now 15, so she just decided to give it a shot.

We asked her why she liked the script in the play,
and replied that she likes the music and likes how the play
is about zombies. I get to eat brains, Diana said.

Advanced Improv: Fly on the Wall

By Loreal Williams

As you walk into the Middle Building drama room you hear laughing kids, jokes being told, and games
being played. All of the campers were standing in a line against the wall. The energy level seemed to go up as
the class went on. One by one they each came up to the center of the room and told a joke. As we observed them,
we found out they were playing a game where they had to involve an animal and a number. As we observed
more, we noticed that Holly and her Poetry in Motion class was there too. The Poetry in Motion campers
were much younger than the rest of the group. They seemed excited because of the different background. There
were many different energy levels in the room. Many seemed very happy and excited that they had an audience.
Owen Scott, the teacher of the class, is encouraging them to make good jokes. When they did, he was very
excited. He offered advice to the campers about their jokes. He was also very encouraging to the campers no
matter what. As they were playing the first game, they had to make one more joke to play a different game.
When they made up that joke, they got to play a game called Celebrity. Celebrity is an improv game.
Im not sure what the rules quite were, but they were given a scene by the teacher or one of the campers and
they each had three pieces of paper that had random lines and phrases written on them. They had to use those
sentences in the scene. They seemed very excited to play this game. The game seemed really fun but a little bit
difficult for someone who hasnt done improv before. It was fun to observe the class and they seemed definitely
advanced at improv!
Facebook
By Rosa Ruiz
Everyone knows about Facebook; now the thing
is how someone could not know about Facebook? Now I
log on to my facebook everyones like omg You have a
Facebook. God yes get over it. Now if you dont know
what facebook is well then facebook is a website that
750 million people go on to connect with friends and to
have fun, by playing games such as Cityville, Farmville,
chat and more than just that. Now, everyone knows about
the movie that they made about Facebook, The Social
Network. Well, if you dont, let me refresh your memory.
The movie The Social Network is about the founding of
Facebook, how it was created, and more.
Facebook was originally for college students who
went to Harvard, Stanford University, and other colleges
in the Ivy League and in the Boston area. The people who
made Facebook were Mark Zuckerberg, Eduaro Saverin,
Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. 138.9 million
people from the U.S. use Facebook monthly. As of April
2010,41.6% of people in the U.S. were on Facebook,
according to Social Media Today.
Facebook is worth 13.5 billion dollars. I would
never buy Facebook, cause then I would be broke. But
you would have to a company to buy Facebook. The main
thing is that so many people have a Facebook. By the
end of the year, half of the U.S. will have a facebook.
Everyone in my house have a facebook except my mom,
but she will, TRUST ME. However, Facebook lost 7
million users in the U.S. and Canada in May 2011. How
do people find out about Facebook? Well, their friends

tell them, then they go on the website and get a profile,

then they connect with friends and, it just keeps going on
from there.
Everyone tells people, friends and more about
how wonderful Facebook is, how it reminds you about
your friends birthday, and how if you want someones
attention that you poke them well that is all true. I have
60 something friends and I dont know their birthday,
except my brothers and dads. According to a complete.
com study, Facebook was the most used social network
site around the world. Entertainment weekly stated: How
on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers
birthdays, bug our friends before Facebook? So many
people love Facebook. To tell you truth, I like it too.
Facebook got big the second it went up how?
Who knows. Facebook became famous in 2004 in the
summer. The company changed its name from the
Facebook to just Facebook. How they did it I do not
know.

On October 24, 2007, a 1.6% share of Facebook
was worth $240 million. Facebook was then worth a
total of $15 billion. Most of Facebooks ads come from
Microsoft, and that is how Facebook makes most of its
money. Before Microsoft, Facebook wasnt making any
money. September 2009 was the first time Facebook
began making money. Facebooks value was $41billion
in November 2010 (slightly higher than eBay) and the
only U.S. online companies larger than it were Google and
Amazon. Facebook has gone from small to the biggest so
many people care and have the most fun on facebook, so
do I.

Think Improv
By Ahzeem Santos
In advanced improve there is a lot of noise but
noise is the least youd expect from a big large fun class like
improv! If you walked in the room you would notice that the
improv class was doing some very energetic stuff. The kids
were saying stuff that was just plain silly but at the same
time it was funny.

The game the class was playing involved people
shouting out random places and whatever one the counselor
thought was cool he chose and that would be the place they
were at for just that scene. The counselor of the class, Owen
Scott was dealing out slips to the kids in the class. The kids
were supposed to read the script as a line at any random
moment. The funny part about it is that when the kids that
were acting chose to pull out the slip when they said the line

it made no sense. But once the scene was over the setting
would change.

These are some things the class talked about:
bananas, airports, but with both of these topics two people
had to make a scene only improvising what was going on
then thats when the slips would come out. When the plane
topic came up the scene was two girls on a plane to Africa
when they realized that they didnt get their shots so they
left the airport and tried getting their shots but the hospital
was closed so then the slips got pulled out the line was the
names bond, James bond and they had to make sense of
that line into the scene. But unfortunately the doctors who
were closed didnt let them in anyway because they thought
that James bond was real and they never made it to Africa.

I had a very good time observing the advanced
improv class! If youre thinking about taking any improv
classes dont hold back on it the classes seem very fun!

River School during the year, said that the food here is
okay. Iris also knows the chef, and said that she likes
him. If she got to be the chef here, she would make filet
mignon. Iris thinks the food here at camp is about the
As we all know the food here at CRCAP is a
same as the food here during the year.
variety. Im sure we know that some people love the
As all of you know Mike is the camp director.
food and some its not their favorite.
Mike has been working here only since September,
Walker Anderson, a counselor, said that he likes
but was a student here at CRS and was a camper for
the food here. It is sort of very on and off, there are
one summer here. You guys might want to know who
day when theres something Im a big fan of, and some
decides the lunch menu here. Mike says, Im one of the
days like today when I dont really want any of this,
people, Saying that he helps make the decisions. The
he said. If Walker was the chef he would explore more
other people that make the decision are Rob, the chef
vegetarian options.
Ally, a camper who is 11 and has been at CRCAP and the company Sage, that Rob works for.
Can you believe it last session
for three years, said that she likes
I
would
say
for
feeding
the workers in the kitchen fed 275 kids,
most of the food here. Her favorite
300
people
in
25
minutes,
80
staff members, and then 20 other
meal here was the tortellini stuff.
administrators at CRS? This session
She likes the cook here, and she [the food] is pretty good.
there are 210 kids to feed, 24 kids in
thinks to make the food here, it
--Mike Descoteaux, Director
creative starts, and the same amount of
takes a couple of hours each day. If
staff members (That is a lot of kids to feed)!
Ally were the chef here, she would make Oreos dipped
Mike eats the food here every day. There are
in peanut butter for lunch.
certain dishes I like a lot, he said. I would say for
Johnny, an 11-year-old camper who is at CRCAP
feeding 300 people in 25 minutes, [the food] is pretty
for the first year, said that he likes the food here. His
good.
favorite meal this session so far has been the barbeque
If Mike were the chef here, he would make ham
chicken. To make the food for the whole camp, Johnny
and Swiss cheese crepes for lunch and dessert would
said he guesses it takes two hours. If Johnny were the
be more crepes, but the crepes would be strawberry,
cook, he would make tacos for the whole camp.
chocolate, and coconut crepes.
Zeke, a 10-year-old second year camper, said
For all you people wondering how long it takes
that the food here is okay. His favorite meal so far
to prepare lunch, the chefs get here at 6:45 in the morning
this session was the turkey meat tacos. He thinks it
and start preparing lunch until its out at 11:30 for the
takes about two hours to make the food here at camp
Creative Starts kids. I think theyre working that whole
for everyone. If he were the chef, he would make hardtime I dont think theyre playing cards or anything,
shelled tacos.
Mike said.
Iris, a first-year camper who goes to Charles
Food: The Inside Scoop
By Loreal Williams

Low Enrollment at Camp This Session

By Ahzeem Santos
Have you noticed how camp at CRCAP has gotten
smaller? Today I interviewed three people from Edible Art. I
asked questions about simply how camp has gotten smaller.

I walked around camp with Emily and we talked
about how camp got smaller over the years and how many
classes have been canceled either by short amount of kids or
counselors leaving.
Most of the kids we interviewed either said that camp
has gotten smaller or that session 1 has had more energy
than session 2. Even though Im not in session 1, I would
think it would have more energy just because there is way
more campers and because its the beginning of the summer
so kids are still kind of happy that schools over.
These are some things that Sarah DAngelo
(counselor) said. She said that if there was any class she
would bring back it would be mini dance company. Another
thing she said was that in some ways its a little better with

WHATS UP WITH WALL BALL?

By Ahzeem Santos

When Aaron Dana, the CRCAP wall ball
champion, played his first game of wall ball, he lost.
The next year, when he was 12, he won the tournament.
Now, he is still the best wall ball player in camp.

Its terrifying, because if I lose a game
then I will feel like Im starting to become not the
best wall ball player at camp, Aaron said. Id feel
like my identity is completely stripped from me.

I also interviewed two other people who play
wall ball - one of their names is J.P. These are some
things that he said. J.P. said that he would never play
Aaron D. because he would probably smash him. I
think that if I had the chance to play Aaron Dana I
would play just to get smashed WHY? I dont know.

Aaron Dana also said I didnt actually start
till I was . . . well I came here when I was 8, but I
didnt actually start playing until I was 11. I lost my
first gamethe first game I ever played was the first
tournament game that I ever entered. I dont remember
who it was he was much bigger and older than I was, I
didnt know what I was doing. But the next year, I won
the tournament, so that felt good.

Aaron Dana was not always the best wall ball
player at camp. In fact, I also asked if he had any idols
in wall ball and he said, Yes definitely he said his
name was Selvin Hershcowitz. Nobody will remember
himthere might be a handful of people, Bob Johnson

the size change because it lets you give more individual

attention to kids.
Maybe from the counselors in this interview we
can see that the counselors see the size change more than
the campers. I think that some campers dont notice the
size change. I think this is because a lot of kids who take,
for example, all music classes would never see their class
fall because every year so many people sign up for music
classes. Thats just what I think.

Another person I interviewed was Amanda, and
she noticed the size change just like many others. She said
that The size change could help a little because more
of the popular classes have space in them. Although
Amanda felt that way, I had a different take on it. I think
that since there is less classes there would be less space for
kids because most of the better classes are filled.

Readers, just another thing: would you want to be
in session 1 or 2? Please do not let anymore good classes
go to waste because with every missing class goes kids
from our beloved camp.

will remember him. Aaron Gelb will remember him.

Aleta might remember him. But he was very good. He
was a few years older than me and he was the best wall
ball player there was. In one of my first tournaments,
I was supposed to play him in the semi finals, but he
broke him arm and then I got to go to the finals, and
there I beat the second best kid. I wonder if Aaron Dana
would have won the game against Selvin Hershcowitz.
Also, I wonder if they played now who would win.

Aaron said that his biggest challenge at camp
these days is Cooper, because he is in the prime of his
career hes young, hes athletic, hes flexible, hes fast.
He wears short shorts so hes very quick and speedy
he doesnt have extra fabric weighing him down. But
Im in his head, so that helps. I wonder if Cooper and
Selvin are similar. Maybe in the future, Cooper will
take Aaron Danas reputation!

Cooper wasnt always his biggest competitor.
I think the toughest competitor I ever had was Henry
Rechard said Aaron Dana, He was very good at wall
ball

Another thing Aaron Dana said is that if he
had the chance to put any two people in the wall ball
hall of fame it would be Mirinda and Cooper because
theyre both very good and they both have very good
sportsmanship. I was definitely put Mirinda in the wall
ball hall of fame. Shes already a two time champion,
and I think our first female champion ever. And shes
going for number three so thats pretty serious.