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Friday,
August 16 2002
Special
Holiday Edition
Quidditch
News
With Quidditch tryouts out of they
way, students are now eagerly awaiting the start of the new term so they
can play their first Quidditch match, and judging from the amount of noise
coming from the Gryffindor common room, celebrations won't be ending anytime
soon. Because not all teams are full, the schedule has not yet been finalised,
but my money is on Gryffindor and Ravenclaw being the first two houses to
compete.
According to Willow Black, Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, and
Quidditch Co-ordinator, students can vote for their choice of Quidditch
Captain over the school break. The voting ballots are located in your
common rooms. Good luck to everyone.
Winton Winchfield Editor
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Headlines
There are how many?!
Near the west coast of
England, a woman by the name of Janette Cambridge recently had octuplets.
This proud mother had named each and every one of them and seems to be the
only one able to distinguish them between each other. Mrs. Cambridge, thankfully
a rather wealthy woman, has four nannies on duty twenty-four hours a day.
Although her husband is away on a business trip, he has said that he is
coming home early to be with his new children. Mr. and Mrs. Cambridge already
have three daughter; Missi, four years old, Anna, six years old, and Janelle,
seven. While the girls are happy that they are getting new siblings, I'm
sure that one of the new additions may not be quite as exstatic. On a recent
visit to the Cambridge household, I found that the octuplets are seven girls
and one boy! The girls' names are Fiona, Keahi, Zenon, Kendra, Kali, Lucricia,
and Seda. Their brother's name is Brian. I can't help but feel for that
poor boy, growing up with ten sisters. It's a good thing the Cambridge's
are well off money-wise, because I believe that boy's going to need a whole
lot of therapy.
Destiny Tisegope Star Reporter
A Few End of Term Notices
Thank you students
and professors. I would like to remind you of a few things as the first
term ends.
Even though classes
are finished until September 2nd, you are all invited to remain at the
school to interact with each other during the break.
Nominations are
still being conducted for Head Boy and Head Girl, and will continue to
do so over the break. Voting will take place when all nominations are
in.
Also being conducted
now is the voting for Quidditch Captains, you can do this in your Common
Room.
I would also like
to remind you of the great new school that has opened up,
"Attend Hogwarts" . This school has
many exciting things to offer, including personal vaults and jobs within
the Ministry of Magic.
See you bright and early on Monday, 2 September 2002!
Your Hogwarts Host
On
a more personal note: Thank you ALL for showing your support
and becoming so involved with the school, and being so patient with me
over the past 8 weeks. I am still working on smoothing out the overall
running process of the site, but with all of your suggestions and encouragements
I am slowly getting there. Next term I hope to be offering you more exciting
things! If you have anything that you wish to see happen at the school,
feel free to put them forward to me. Even if it's just an eggshell of
an idea, Fitz and I will try our best to make anything work! Thank
you.
Sway
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Gossip
Column
Sorry readers about
last times aritcle I had no gossip and I had technical difficulties. This
issue is going to be an exciting one, I have one piece of gossip that
is a real eyeopener. But before we get to that I am going to update on
our Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley story.
Miss Granger herself has told me that she does infact have feelings for
Mr. Weasley so Ron if your reading this please get back to me with your
feelings ... Thank you.
Now here is
that little bit of news, now we've all seen the way Professor Snape looks
at Professor Mcgonagall and if you havent you better get your eyes checked.
Wait did I say look at her i meant to say drool over her. He foolows her
around everywhere as if he were her own shadow. Well thanks to one of
my secret sources I have found out that yes it is true...shocking but
true. Professor Snape has a little bit of a crush on Professor Mcgonagall.
That is all of the gossip I have for now and please if any of you have
any gossip at all please email me with it at xbubblcious3x@yahoo.com
Thank You.
Sarah Dumbledore Student Reporter
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Monday,
August 12 2002
Quidditch
News
Special
Report
For those of you keeping a regular
watch on the notice board in the Great Hall, you will be aware that Quidditch
tryouts are being held at 1pm today, Monday, August 12 2002.
The tryouts, which were originally set to be held on July 29 2002, have
been greatly anticipated by many students, who all rushed out to buy Quidditch
supplies the moment that Quality Quidditch Supplies was opened. During
an interview with Professor Brian Purewood we learnt that orders are coming
in so fast that he can hardly keep up with them all.
When we asked if he was going to be extending his line in the new school
year, Purewood became very thoughtful and then replied playfully, "Nothing
but new Quidditch products!". The new owner, who recently purchased the
store from Marcus Flint told us this. "I am in fact very happy with the
way buisness has grown and hope to only see it get better. I plan on adding
new options such as TRADE INS and monthly payments to make it easier on
the students bank accounts."
The best selling broom at the moment? "Even tho we have recently started
stocking the Wenskian Warrior, the Firebolt is still our best selling
broom at the moment" was the answer we received. You will be able to see
the famous Professor at the tryouts today. Purewood, who is a substitue
Keeper for the England team, has been mentoring Mr Harry Potter and wishes to see him do his best!
Thank you Brian. It was a pleasure meeting with you again.
Winton Winchfield Editor
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Headlines
Wizard Adam Hamilie says, "The little people are after me!
After a recent brush with death, the esteemed Mr. Hamilie was taken to a mental institute. He claims the Pigmi were responsible for pushing him into Azkaban where he was barely saved from a "demented Dementor," in his words. A man by the name of Francis Delaney was making his annual visit to his father when he saw the man being attacked. He quickly formed a Patronus which made the Dementor retreat. He then called a another man to help hold back the rogue while he pulled the man through the door. When the man, unconscious at the time, was recucitated, he began to rave about little men, wearing loincloths and how they had pushed him into the prison and locked the door. The two men, the other being Jacob Stienly, went to the door but found that there was absolutely no possible way that it could be locked from the outside. When, at last, Mr. Hamilie was taken to the mental facility, he claimed that the "little men" were glowing red. But Mr. Hamilie will be kept in intensive care until he is fully recovered. Until then, if you happen see any trace of these "little men," you need professional help, as well.
Destiny Tisegope Star Reporter
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Monday, August
5 2002
Quidditch
News
The Quidditch Tryouts have been moved
to August 12th because of a delay that the Headmaster will not be ready.
But in the meantime, we are having quite some trouble getting people to
do there lessons to tryout.
An Interview with Professor
Black
Q: What do you think about the students
not doing the lessons for the Quidditch Tryouts?
A: "Well, when all the students arrived
at the beginning of the year they were all excited about Quidditch and
asking when it was going to start - so needless to say I'm disappointed
that their enthusiasim seems to be so short lived"
Q: Do you think there will be enough
students to make a team?
A: "At
this point I really don't think so. But hopefully with Prefects Christina
Snape and Ron Weasley taking charge of the situation,things might turn
around "
Q: I have heard that there are being
people being kicked out of the school for not doing there school work
or having little work involded. Has there been any people kicked off the
Quidditch list and if so, how many?
A: "There have been a couple removed,
and if things don't change by August 5 there will be more - which will,
sadly for those dedicated students, will mean no quidditch"
Q: Well, thats not going to be good
for them now is it? Ok, one more question. When you were at Hogwarts,
were you on the Quidditch team? and if so, what postion did you play and
describe how your quidditch seasons were.
A: "I was! I miss playing. I was a
Chaser on the Ravenclaw team. Quidditch players were always selected in
the first term and the first game was on the first week of the second
term. We never won the cup, but we had alot of fun trying"
Well, it was nice talking to you, Professor Black. We hope to hear more
from you in the future.
Professor Black: Thank you. It was a pleasure.
Well, thats all untill next time. Hope you enjoy.
Christina Snape
Student Reporter
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Headlines
Breakthrough
in Wizarding Health Care!
Wizards and witches everywhere are saying that an outbreak of the foot
fungus called Angorol may cure several heart conditions where magic has
failed. Experiments are currently being tested on the Angorol but donors
of the fungus are hard to find and most are unwilling to donate as they
wish to sell it, themselves. However, there are many people that have
been found who are willing to let doctors inflict the fungus into them
and the fungus will then be harvested and cured from the person. If you
have the warning signs of Angorol, which include excessive itching between
the toes, redness and swelling aroung the ankle, and a steadily growing
blue patch of the carpet-like fungus, please send an owl to Mr. Alvin
Gorem. You may also, if you don't mind going public with your condition,
go straight to one of the donation centers near you. The people of the
wizarding world will thank you. Your fungus is our fungus.
Destiny Tisegope Staff Reporter
A Quidditch Star in our Midst
Charms Professor, Brian Purewood,
has just returned to us after a thrilling week of playing Quidditch for
the England team. In an exclusive interview with the talented Professor,
he told us that England infact tried to recruit him to their team the
very moment that he graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The dashing Professor told us this, "You see, I was the Slytherin Keeper
and Quidditch Captain. During my time as captain we won 5 Cups and had
a record 9 shut outs. However I declined, being as I wished to teach here.
Although I told them I would be a reserve." When asked if he would be
playing for them in the near future, Purewood simply said, "Unless their
Keeper gets hurt again, I do not see myself substituting anytime soon".
He had been called only once before this, during the play offs against
Translyvannia where their seeker happened to catch the snitch before any
one had scored. This time around it was England vs Ireland, with England
winning the game 350 points -- 40 points. Due to a stunning catch by the
new England Seeker Charlie Weasley, the game lastest a mere hour and a
half. When we tried to find out if his true love was Quidditch or teaching,
Purewood simply made the comment, "Maybe in a few years or two I may give
up teaching to play but I feel right now I am needed here at Hogwarts".
That's nice to hear Professor, you certainly seem to be making a difference
around the school, it's good to have you back.
-Winton Winchfield
Editor
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