Blog

Apr

11

2023

A Blind Seer

Odds 'N Ends

By Mia Basim Have you heard about the “Blind Seer '' from Bulgaria who lost her sight at the age of 12 due to a bad storm? Baba Vanga was a Bulgarian mystic and herbalist known as a powerful force in the spiritual realm predicting world historical events. Gathering followers with her psychic abilities, Vanga predicted our world's natural disasters, and political upheavals. Vanga passed away in 1996 at the age of 85, but not before making tons of predictions about our world's greatest historical events. In one of her predictions, Vanga said the world would suffer from droughts and…

Mar

31

2023

Addressing Fed Hock’s Changes (2023-2024)

In the Classroom, Odds 'N Ends

By Todd Bonzalez It is no secret by now that Federal Hocking has had what some would say are controversial changes in mind for the next year. Our very own principal, Mr. Amlin, along with Mrs. Wright, had pulled aside our students a few weeks back to discuss some of these changes planned for next year. These conversations were pulled by groups, a separate session for each high school class. The goal of these meetings was to address the new schedule, as well as any questions and concerns among the students. In this article, these new changes will be discussed.…

Mar

29

2023

The Schedule Situation

Editor's Corner, In the Classroom

By Jozlyn Bew - Editor in Chief The cat’s out of the bag. It’s no secret that the school schedule will be changing drastically in the coming year. The working plan involves a single weekday for clubs, three different class blocking times that flip halfway through the week, and completely different schedules for underclassmen and upperclassmen. It’s safe to say that this is a jarring change from the classic four-block schedule, paired with our hour of free lunchtime. A change in our day-to-day schedule has been in process for a little while, but now it’s upon us. Even after…

Mar

28

2023

Should Tik Tok Be Banned?

Culture & Tech

By Danielle Rymer Tik Tok is a popular app used to post videos to the internet. This app allows teens and young adults to connect and communicate across the world. There are many things you can learn from Tik Tok; life hacks, recipes, crafts and more. This popular form of social media has an estimated one billion users per month. Each user is required to upload their personal information when creating an account, this could potentially be dangerous for the U.S. population. There are also many concerns that Tik Tok could be detrimental to our mental health due to the…

Mar

27

2023

High School Career Day

Photo Galleries

Mar

27

2023

Meet the Teacher: Mr. Sweeney

People

By Chelsea Burke This year Federal Hocking has opened their arms to an abundance of new staff members, including the new American and World Studies 9 teacher, Mr. Sweeney. This is Mr. Sweeney’s first year teaching and he’s already gained the respect of so many students! I wanted to interview Mr. Sweeney because I was intrigued to know more about why he chose the subject he did. It’s very rare and inspiring to have a teacher who is so passionate about what they're teaching, who discusses the topic with you rather than just talking at you. He has always been…

Mar

22

2023

Slaughterhouse-Five: Student Perspective

Reviews

By: Jaden “War never changes.” This infamous quote that the 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant, said quite often. And to his credit, this statement at its base value often seems to be true. As long as people will disagree with each other, there will always be war, and there will always be people foolish enough to engage in war, or even wage it. The most foolish of these people will always glorify war, and believe themselves heroes of their people, often not realizing how horrible war is. Slaughterhouse Five, or Schlachthof-Fünf is a famous novel by the late Kurt Vonnegut,…

Mar

17

2023

Meet the Editor in Chief

Editor's Corner

By Jozlyn Bew Hey there, Fed Hock community! Lancer Local News has someone they’d like to officially introduce you to: me! For all of you who don’t know, I’m Jozlyn Bew. Thespian. Artist. Journalist. And now, I’m happy to introduce myself as the official Editor in Chief for Lancer Local News! I’m here to contribute to and review articles for the newspaper / website, but I’m also here for YOU! Send your letters to [email protected]. Got a grievance? Question? Just something to say? Feel free to message me! Your letter, along with my answer, may end up on the website. If so,…

Mar

16

2023

Senior Girls Basketball Spotlight 22-23

Basketball, People, Sports

By Juni Ballew Senior year is different for each and every person. Some say it was the best, some say the worst. I personally don't know anything about senior year or the feeling of leaving everything you knew for the last 12 years. In a way I would imagine it can be tough and scary but also freeing and exciting. If you participated in a sport throughout high school or just a couple years you know how important the last year of a sport is for seniors. There's senior night, with raging crowds, gifts, and many congratulations. There's the last…

Mar

16

2023

Hayward Knopp, Class of ’94

Alumni Spotlight

By Haley K. Hayward Knopp is a former student of Federal Hocking High School, as well as Tri County, and graduated in 1994. Hayward currently works for 7 Rivers Marine, a boat shop and repair located in Coolville as a boat mechanic. In this profession he puts all of his math skills to use and auto mechanics from Tri County. During high school you would likely find him in one of his classes, but he also enjoyed working on teacher's cars for them. He saw it as great practice for the future since he wanted to be an auto mechanic.…