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Beauty companies like CoverGirl and Maybelline have provided ladies across the globe with an endless amount of products. Though, all the facial cleansers, moisturizers, nail polish removers, etc. can be a bit pricey. What do you do if you’re too lazy and/or out of money and need to re-stock the beauty cabinet? Simple, everyday household items can be replaced with a lot of beauty products.

Take for example, Pam Cooking Spray. It’s guaranteed that every home has at least one can in the kitchen. Used to keep food from sticking to the pan, Pam can also replace quick dry-oil to speed up the process of drying nails. Senior Hannah Hughes says, “There’s no harm in trying it out! If it worked, it would definitely save time.” While we are still in the kitchen, baking soda can be used in a cold bath to relieve sunburns. It’s much cheaper than Aloe Vera! Also in the kitchen, a mix of honey and milk can be a great cleanser for acne-prone skin.

Of course, cosmetic products are abundant, and much of them have some of the listed above kitchen items as an ingredient. One could find that, if desired, they could easily shift all beauty products exclusively to homemade, all-natural products. Sophomore Catherine Clark said, “It’s a good idea because my parents buy all the food, so I would save money on cosmetic products.” Some of the time, store bought products can be un-safe for your skin, so homemade cosmetic items can be a good switch.

Over the much-needed three-day weekend, I, like several other men, was encouraged to watch “The Vow” with my girlfriend. If you don’t know, “The Vow” is a movie starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, is a drama about a husband and wife who get in a car accident. This accident gives the wife amnesia and she doesn’t remember her husband. I’m not going to go too much into detail for those of you who still wish to watch the it, which I highly recommend. Now I’m not going to lie, when I went into the theater, I was thinking, “This is just going to be a waste of time and money.” Fortunately, I was wrong. Watching the previews I, had in mind this movie would be a full-blown chick flick that I would have to painfully endure. However, as the movie progressed I found that not only was it not a “chick flick”, but I was actually enjoying the movie. There wasn’t a time were I was bored. The movie never slowed down or lost interest. I was fully attentive throughout the duration of the movie.  Sophomore Bailey Brown says, “I thought it was going to be a chick flick, but it ended up being really good. It was a very romantic movie.  The husband’s persistence in never letting go of their love inspired me to believe in true love.”-not bad from a man’s point of view. Senior Morgan Miller adds, “It was right up there with ‘The Notebook’ on my favorite movie list. It’s definitely not as good as The Notebook, but it is still one of my favorite movies. Channing Tatum was looking fine.” Senior Taylor Lewis also adds “It’s very romantic. I would recommend for everyone to see it.” Overall, “The Vow” was a great movie. If you’re prone to crying during movies; be aware you might get a bit teary eyed a few times. So no matter what gender you are, I recommend everyone go see “The Vow”.

Hey everybody, as you all know I am Philip Blair and I’m a senior here at OHS. In my last semester at Owensboro and as writer for the school newspaper, I feel obliged to give underclassmen and incoming freshmen some helpful tips on how to make your high school experience much more fun and not all about homework and that dumb stuff.

First of all, join extracurricular activities. I know that’s what all the school officials tell you, so I can see how you’d easily blow it off, but I can’t stress enough how much better school will be if you are engaged in a club, sport, or school organization. Not only will this help you make friends, which is critical in having fun in high school, but also being involved will give you something to look forward to. I have been a member of the soccer team since I was a freshman and I can’t tell you how much it helped me survive the day-to-day bash of homework and boredom. Soccer gave me something to think about other than academics. It also put me in a routine of: school, soccer, shower, then homework. When the season ended I felt unmotivated to do schoolwork, so I joined another extra curricular activity. Senior Allison Webb says, “Extracurricular activities keep you involved and they keep you out of trouble. It allows you to belong to a group of people instead of just being one of 1,100. You make new friends and it keeps you busy. It’s just good for you, simple as that.” One thing I want to add is that if you are on a team, cherish every moment of it. I was told the same thing and I didn’t believe it, but it literally is the fastest four years of your life when you look back on it.

The last tip I have for you is to stay organized. If you haven’t experienced the overwhelmed feeling yet, you soon will. Every now and then there comes very busy schoolwork periods where all you can think about is keeping your head above water. You have so much to do that you don’t even know where to start working. I am very familiar with these periods of being overwhelmed. My advice is to stay organized. If you haven’t figured it out yet, these times do pass. However, as you progress in your high school career, these overwhelming periods become longer and longer. I think what best worked for me was to: stay motivated, take the work in small sections instead of seeing it as an insurmountable being, and most importantly stay organized. Playing sports throughout high school helped keep me motivated, which again why it is important you partake in extracurricular activities. As to taking your work in sections, just do one assignment at a time. Don’t think about how much you have to do, just take one assignment at a time. If you are in one of those overwhelmed periods right now, I strongly encourage you to take my advice and remember this…in less than three months it’ll all be over. I know that sounds like a long time, but just take in small sections ad soon enough you’ll find yourself enjoying summer break and on the bigger and better things.

Males live a cursed life. Everywhere they turn they are greeted with hoards of desperate women. Most likely, if you are a female, you are one of them.
Although we are flattered by your interest, we are still somewhat annoyed by your tactics. So for this reason I am using this article to inform you the ways that all women are turning us off.
First off, please quit touching me. Brief physical contact is mildly attractive when used appropriately, but you girls are way over the top. Don’t hold my arm when you walk with me. It embarrasses me. Please don’t rub my hair when we have a moment. I am not your dog. And most importantly, please, understand that under no circumstances ever put your hands on my face. Your palms feel greasy and it grosses me out.
Your laugh is annoying when it’s fake. If you throw your head back and flip your hair every time I make a joke, I start to catch on that you are faking it. Also, forced laughs typically sound like they are coming from clueless sorority girls that just woke up from getting their wisdom teeth taken out. It’s embarrassing for me to know that my joke isn’t funny, and it’s more embarrassing for you to look like an idiot. When something isn’t funny enough to giggle, just smile. It’s cuter anyways.
Finally, if I turn my head when you talk to my face, pop a Tic-Tac. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a girl with bad breath. I don’t want to hurt your feelings by letting you know your mouth smells like rotten eggs, so take my hint. After eating pizza, spaghetti, or any known bad-breath prompting food, just don’t get close when you talk.
These are just a few of the annoying acts that girls attempt. Girls, we do not need you to spend hours on your hair or make-up. It’s annoying to wait and you can just go as is. I’m not the only male that is tired of these occurrences, Copeland Sook says that although he can’t live without women, he gets very annoyed with them at times. “My biggest pet peeve with girls is when they are so insecure and say that they are ugly,” Copeland said. I can’t disagree with Copeland. As the saying goes, you can’t live without them and you can’t live with them.

EDITOR’S NOTE: BRADFORD SMITH IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY NICE GUY. DESPITE THESE HARSH REMARKS (AND THE FACT THAT HE USED COPELAND SOOK AS A REFERENCE) HE DOES HAVE A GIRLFRIEND. LOOK FOR HER COUNTER TO THIS TIRADE SOON.

            Before I begin this article, I would like to open with some excerpts from the affidavit of the night Chris Brown beat Rihanna:

*the affidavit refers to Rihanna by her birth name, Robyn F.

“Brown pulled the vehicle over on an unknown street, reached over Robyn F. with his right hand, opened the car door and attempted to force her out… When he could not force her to exit, he took his right hand and shoved her head against the passenger window of the vehicle causing an approximate one inch raised circular contusion. Robyn F. turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand. He then drove away in the vehicle and continued to punch her in the face with his right hand while steering the vehicle with his left hand. The assault caused Robyn F’s mouth to fill with blood and blood to splatter all over her clothing and the interior of the vehicle.”

“Brown looked at Robyn F. and stated, “I’m going to beat the s**t out of you when we get home! You wait and see!”

(After Rihanna faked a call to the police) “Brown looked at her and stated “You just did the stupidest thing ever! Now I’m really going to kill you!” Brown resumed punching Robyn F. and she interlocked her fingers behind her head and brought her elbows forward to protect her face… Brown continued to punch Robyn F. on her left arm and hand causing her to suffer a contusion on her left triceps that was approximately two inches in diameter and numerous contusions on her left hand. Robyn F. then attempted to send a text message to her other personal assistant, Melissa [redacted.] Brown snatched the cellular telephone out of her hand and threw it out of the window onto an unknown street.”

This struggle continued for several more pages until Rihanna was able to flee the car and scream for help, but I’m sure you get the idea. This incident caused quite a stir when it happened in 2009, and after several court hearings and a restraining order, not much happened to Brown. Apart from the occasional jeer from comedians and being completely owned by a Fox News syndicate, Chris Brown got off with nothing more than a quickly fading scar on his reputation.

While Chris Brown’s Christ-like second coming has been building since 2010, with guest spots on Saturday Night Live and a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, his rise from the flames of domestic violence came to full fruition this past Sunday, when he won a Grammy, only three-and-a-half years after being arrested for putting a woman in the hospital.

What is it about Chris Brown that has allowed his violent history to slide right off like some form of morally reprehensible Teflon? Many artists more famous and more talented than Brown have had irreparable damage done to their careers by personal controversies.

Kanye West had to create his best album ever in order to negate the effect of the Taylor Swift fiasco. Kanye looked at what he had done, who he was, and wrote an album that addressed his shortcomings as a human, exposing his strengths and the weaknesses that formed them. If Kanye West did that after an awards show faux paus, Chris Brown must have released an album akin to “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” to make up for his crimes, right? Well, not exactly: Brown released “F.A.M.E”, which features angry misogynistic lyrics alongside overly sexualized dance tracks and boasting rap beats. On the more intense tracks it doesn’t take much insight to figure out what Brown is trying to say: Rihanna brought it on herself. The Grammy must have sympathized with this message when they gave Chris Brown the award for Best R&B Album of the Year.

Why is this being praised, why is Chris Brown being rewarded for harboring bitterness towards the woman he abused? Could it be that we are more accepting of violence against women than we should be? A quick Twitter search of the hashtag #teambreezy suggests we are. Most of Chris Brown’s female fanbase don’t seem to care that he beat Rihanna. They seem to think it’s a joke. Many tweets from females go along the lines of “I’d let Chris Brown beat ME!” Rather than suffering or learning from his actions, Chris Brown is instead prospering from them.

I believe Margaret Wappler of the Los Angeles Times put it best with her review of Brown’s most recent album: “He seems to be seeing his violent encounter with Rihanna as a kind of strange gift, something he’ll no doubt manipulate for years to come, even as the memories of Rihanna’s bruises fade.”

On October 21, 2010 Sketchers copied the concept behind “Toms” shoes but named their shoes “Bobs”. Just like Toms, when you buy a pair of Bobs, Sketchers donates a pair of shoes to a child in need. One major difference is that Toms donates their shoes to children outside the United States and Bobs donates their shoes to children here in the United States.
“I prefer Toms more because they were here first and express more originality than Bobs, but I can see why people also prefer Bobs because they give and extra pair of shoes to a child in the U.S while Toms give shoes to children out of the country,” junior Zac Garrard said.
Even though many question the originality of the Bobs,  some people still prefer the Bobs to Toms.
“I don’t have anything against Toms but I have a pair of Bobs because they’re easy to find and they are a lot more cheaper than Toms,” sophomore Skyler Chilton said.
Since Toms came out before Bobs many people had jumped on to the bandwagon of Toms shoes before Bobs even came out.
“I like Toms better because Toms came before Bobs and I think Toms are mission centered, they really want to reach out and give kids shoes (more compassion money) and Bobs are just more for profit, popularity and status. I think Sketchers made Bobs Just to give Sketchers a new boost, because Sketchers aren’t the coolest shoes. Once you buy your first pair of Toms, you can never go back or switch over to Bobs,” junior Lily Soza said.
Also, Toms come in more styles and designs that people think are more presentable than Bobs. Bobs just come in the basic colors and don’t have that many cute designs on them.
“Toms come with many other designs, Bobs come in your basic colors, but when it comes to who gets the other pair I say Bobs are better. It’s like if you were a mother, you would want to feed your own child, before you feed another’s,” senior Kaelin Kellems said.
A lot of people around the world say Toms are so worth the price and that Bobs are wannabes of Toms, but then others say Bobs are better because of the price and how much cheaper they are. When it comes down to it you’re either a Bobs fan or a Toms fan, there is no in-between. Which one do you like better and why?

It’s that time of year. Facebook is filled with a mixture of complaining singles and bragging girlfriends uploading image after image of chocolates and flowers. The halls contain more hugs than high fives, and even a little public kissing becomes socially acceptable for this particular holiday.

Yes, Valentines Day is here. And though at midnight tonight the glorious day of love will be over, the warm occasion still carries on.
For OHS, the occasion will seem to carry on much longer than usual.

Why, you may ask? Because for the 2012 Owensboro school year singing valentines have yet to be sung.

That’s right, Digital Devils, the V-Day tradition of lip syncing student council members is set to begin the day after the festivities are typically over; February 15th.

At first, this concept seemed a little strange to me. It compared in my brain as going Christmas caroling in January, or perhaps setting off red, white and blue fireworks in August. However, after a decent mulling over in my brain I began to realize I rather like the idea of post-valentines day lovers’ celebration.

Who wouldn’t want more presents after Christmas? Who doesn’t want a chocolate bunny after Easter? Who doesn’t want to wear green after St. Patty’s’ Day?

Holidays are special, exciting, and painfully… short. There is no sadder feeling then the 11:00 pm realization that hits on Christmas Day, or the moment when you wake up on New Years Day.

The celebration is over and you have 365 and 1/4ths days until you get to re-experience the time you had.

What could have first been labeled, “bad scheduling,” becomes an excellent idea to keep those loving feelings flowing past Cupid’s favorite 24 hours in the halls of OHS.

One of the many singing valentine performers, Susan Parker, loosely agrees with the statement that Valentines Day deserves an extension saying, “When you’re like Susan Parker, ery’ day is Valentines Day”

As a lover of love, I can envy her ability to bring admiration and joy every day when so few even think of cupid after February 14th has passed. So many men cease buying flowers and chocolates when truly no good boyfriend or husband ever should discontinue such a practice.

On Valentines Day no man or women should ever think of cutting off a relationship or taking a break. But the week following the celebration is fair game for any tragic end. Every Valentines Day there is profound security that happiness in your relationship is guaranteed. But afterwards, words and actions must be chosen carefully to ensure a hand to hold.

What if Valentines Day was everyday? Would all couples stick together forever? Would there be world peace? Would the third world children quit starving? Probably, yes.

However we lack the technology and the funds to do so as a planet. So this year, OHS’ student council took the matters into their own hands and did the next best thing. They extended the festivities beyond the 14th, to the 15th and 16th as well.

So at least in our high school we can have an extension to the happiest holiday of all. Or at least, some bad scheduling thanks to the cheerleaders’ return from Nationals.

Enjoy your Valentines Day, get some rest, and come back again to tomorrow prepared to be struck with Cupid’s arrow again.

If you are anything like Mrs. Johnson, then you absolutely love Brendan Brown. Brendan Brown is one of the most adored students at OHS, and many teachers are simply astonished at the amount of charisma and knowledge he brings with him in the classroom. Now, in a Digital Devil exclusive, we bring you inside the mind of Brendan Brown as he goes through an ordinary day at Owensboro High. Be prepared, naive reader; the inner workings of this young man’s mind may very well change your life.

7:15 – Time to wake up!

7:26 – Time to wake up!

7:42 – Okay, this time I actually need to get out of bed.

7:46 – Gotta get dressed, son.

7:54 – AMERICAN EAGLE MAKES THE MOST COMFORTABLE UNDERWEAR I OR ANYONE WILL EVER OWN.

7:59 – I’m freakin’ STARVED, I’m gonna eat, like FOURTEEN TOASTER WAFFLES.

8:08 – We’re out of syrup.

8:10 – I hate you Bailey…

8:13 – Gotta go get some Mickey D’s breakfast before school!

8:23 – Shut your awful face Bailey, we aren’t gonna be late!

8:28 – Yeah I’d like two Egg McMuffins, an orange juice, and, like, fifteen hashbrowns?

8:43 – That was love! Aight, lets go to school, bro.

8:54 – Shut the flip up Bailey, how was I supposed to know school started before nine? I thought we were EARLY.

9:01 – Sup, Milbra? Did we have homework last night?

9:01 – Oh, we did?

9:12 – I’m freakin’ starvin’, when’s lunch?

9:15 – Milbra, are you sure you didn’t lose mine? I swear I did it!

9:32 – Frankenstein? More like, like, like… STUPIDSTEIN! HA!

9:50 – Time to skedaddle to Journalism- Making mad articles!

9:55-10:43 – Youtubin’ it!!!

10:44 – Aight, Libby looks mad, better pretend to do something.

10:47 – How come I have a zero in here? I wrote like fifteen articles last week!

10:51 – Oh, we have to send them in now? Did we do that last semester?

11:14 – Libby, calm down, it was a JOKE! I wasn’t actually trying to kill Mackenzie with my sweet roundhouse kicks to her FACE.

11:20 – Time to go GORILLAZ with Tines!

11:26 – Did I say gorillaz? I meant bananas. We go bananas. CUZ IT’S LUNCH TIME BAY-BAY!

11:31 – Footlong hotdogs? SOMEONE’S getting backhanded!

11:37 – Stupid hotdogs, they were so bad I only ate like, four.

11:43 – Y’know what’s better than a footlong hotdog? Any country fried steak, ever. Like, the worst country friend steak EVER!

11:54 – Looks like it’s time for the Kid Cudi Power Hour.

12:27 – I wish I could like, listen to three Kid Cudi songs at once.

12:32 – Sometimes I wonder about all the people I’ve hurt in my life.

12:54 – Milbra wouldn’t fail me if I was a dragon.

1:15 – Gym time baby! Friggin’ love AE!

1:23 – I hate knock-out, this is the worst thing in the world.

1:45 – Did I brush my teeth this morning?

1:54 – “Hey Ms. Cavitt, can I go potty like a dragon?”

1:55 – Ha, time for a DQ run!

2:06 – I friggin’ love those cheeseburgers.

2:11 – This class is boring! I only signed up cuz it’s so close to Dairy Queen!

2:23 – How come we take, like, so many notes? I mean, how much Medical Terminology could there actually be?

2:34 – I have found myself enthralled with the ideas of Aristotle and Descartes lately. Perhaps I should sign up for more philosophy classes in college.

3:20 – I’m out, peace!

3:24 – I hate you Bailey…

3:56 – I swear to God, if you don’t shut up Bailey I’m gonna roundhouse you into fricken oblivion.

4:20 – Are we ordering pizza for dinner? Yeah just get me a couple large pies. Like, eight or nine.

4:21 – Hey, that reminds me, can we get pie too?

5:46-6:20 – FEAST ON!

6:24 – Aight, I’m full, better do homework.

6:24-6:25 – Doin’ the homework, cuz!

6:27 – Done!

6:28 – I’m friggin’ hungry.

6:34 – Dang, gotta get ready for swim practice.

6:45-7:30 – Straight tearing this pool UP. Glub glub, y’all!

8:23 – Man, I’m mad tired. I’m gonna go to bed at 8:30 LIKE I DO EVERY NIGHT.

And there you have it, a day in the mind of Brendan Brown. I hope you all learned something. I know I sure have.

If you have watched the news lately you would know that a man named Josh Powell  killed both himself and his two kids in a fire during a supervised visit with his children on Feb. 6th.

Powell was the husband of Susan Powell, who went missing in 2009. As reported by many news outlets, the man claims to have taken his children and wife on a camping trip when the mother went missing, but the weird part was that they went in the middle of the winter.

I don’t know any one who decides to randomly go camping in the cold, it is just suspicious. As his two sons are starting to get older, their grandparents said that they started to talk about what really happened that night in 2009. One of the kids had drawn a picture of him, his brother, and his father in the car, when the grandfather asked where his mom was; the kid said she was in the trunk. In my opinion, the fact that the kids were starting to remember what happened and were starting to talk about it could have been Powell’s motive for taking not only his life, but his innocent children’s as well. The police are now investigating and are finding things such as emails that Powell had sent to attorneys, pastors, or family members, telling them what to do with his money and other things he owned. The day of his suicide/murder Powell sent an email to his attorney saying only 3 words, “I’m sorry, goodbye”. The attorney did not receive this email until the damage had already been done. The child services lady that was supervising the visit with the children’s father said that the kids ran ahead and that Powell locked the door before she got to the door. She started to smell gas and called for help after the house caught on fire. Investigators later came to find that before Powell caught the house on fire, he had attacked his kids with a hatchet but was unable to kill them before the fire engulfed them.

I find it sad that someone would be so messed up in the head that they would actually be able to hurt their family and innocent children like that. I couldn’t even imagine how the rest of the Powell family feels or the pain that they are going through because of their losses.

Beyoncé Knowles recently gave birth to a baby girl, but rumors have been circulating concerning the validity of the pop icon’s pregnancy. Rumor has it that Beyoncé and Jay-Z hired a surrogate mother to carry Blue Ivy Carter. Such talk has caused questions to arise about this bizarre speculation. Why lie to the public about your pregnancy? Why even fake a pregnancy?

In early August, Beyoncé performed four sold out performances in New York, wearing skimpy outfits and showing off her fit body. Just ten days later, she showed up to the MTV music awards obviously pregnant, where she officially made the announcement. Some time later, a video clip surfaced on the Internet of Beyonce’s baby bump apparently collapsing after the star sat down for an interview on an Australian TV talk show. The media and public went crazy, and this is where the surrogacy assumptions originated. Also, the star supposedly had the baby a month before she was due, but had a C-section. It just doesn’t add up.

Which brings us to the question, why lie about being pregnant? Beyoncé’s track record shows her to be a respectable person, and surrogacy isn’t frowned upon in our society. Did she not want to ruin her amazing body? We all know she has the money to hire a personal trainer to get her back in the shape she was before pregnancy. Other celebrities have been open about fertility problems, so why isn’t B? The whole situation is a bit dodgy.

Though, at the end of the day, Beyonce’s pregnancy is nothing anyone should worry about except good ole’ Jay-Z and mama Knowles. Her pregnancy did cause everyone to “Ring the Alarm” and “Check on It”, but we all know Beyoncé will put her baby’s “Love on Top” and document Blue Ivy Carter’s life on her “Video Phone”. If Beyoncé is a liar, she’s a “Beautiful Liar” at that.

Video of B’s baby bump deflating:

Beyoncé Knowles recently gave birth to a baby girl, but rumors have been circulating concerning the validity of the pop icon’s pregnancy. Many say Beyoncé and Jay-Z hired a surrogate mother to carry Blue Ivy Carter. This has caused questions to arise about this bizarre speculation. Why lie to the public about your pregnancy? Why even fake a pregnancy?

In early August, Beyoncé performed four sold out performances in New York, wearing skimpy outfits and showing off her fit body. Just ten days later, she showed up to the MTV music awards obviously pregnant, where she officially made the announcement. Some time later, a video clip surfaced on the Internet of Beyonce’s baby bump apparently collapsing after the star sat down for an interview on an Australian TV talk show. The media and public went crazy, and this is where the surrogacy assumptions originated. Also, the star supposedly had the baby a month before she was due, but had a C-section. It just doesn’t add up.

Which brings us to the question, why lie about being pregnant? Beyoncé’s track record shows her to be a respectable person, and surrogacy isn’t frowned upon in our society. Did she not want to ruin her amazing body? We all know she has the money to hire a personal trainer to get her back in the shape she was before pregnancy. Other celebrities have been open about fertility problems, so why isn’t B? The whole situation is a bit dodgy.

Though, at the end of the day, Beyonce’s pregnancy is nothing anyone should worry about except good ole’ Jay-Z and mama Knowles. Her pregnancy did cause everyone to “Ring the Alarm” and “Check on It”, but we all know Beyoncé will put her baby’s “Love on Top” and document Blue Ivy Carter’s life on her “Video Phone”. If Beyoncé is a liar, she’s a “Beautiful Liar” at that.