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Black Friday: Deal or no deal

Black Friday is a day that many shoppers look forward to all year for massive sales and great deals. The day after Thanksgiving, the prices go down and the crowds go up.

Many on campus love Black Friday. All the popular stores have huge sales on their clothes and electronics and kids can’t wait to get their hands on new stuff. Some are especially dedicated to getting good deals and camp outside stores before they even open.

“You have to leave extra early, the second everyone goes to bed is when you leave. I get to the store and post up right outside the door and wait for it to open,” freshman Donelle Hunt said.

While Hunt will be braving the Black Friday frenzy, many teachers will be avoiding the crowds.

“I don’t usually go shopping on Black Friday anymore” English teacher Ginny Clark said. “I used to, but I really don’t like crowds, so I try to avoid doing any shopping on that Friday.”

“It’s a disgusting, consumer-oriented narcissistic venture into the American wasteland,” AP US History teacher John Conner said.

Stores are feeling the effects of Black Friday this year more than ever. With so much variety in stock and differences in hours, many have to change their schedules to bring in sufficient numbers of customers. Some, like Target, have to open earlier to compete with 24-hour stores like Walmart.

“We usually open at 4:00 a.m. but on Black Friday we have to open at midnight,” Target employee Erik Waldbauer said. “Walmart is open 24 hours and our usual customers will go there if we don’t open early.”

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Meridan Cavanaugh, Staff Reporter
In the beginning, Meridan Cavanaugh could not talk, walk, read or write. Now, sixteen years after her parents made up her unpronounceable name, she has overcome these obstacles and risen above her initial uselessness. A part of choir, theater and sometimes newspaper, she is involved in only the coolest programs of the school. She enjoys singing and playing piano, bass guitar, ukulele and harmonica, and will play the intro to Billy Joel's “Piano Man” for you until your ears bleed. Also, she is always listening to music from an alarmingly wide range of genres and is a condescending music snob. A cinephile from a very young age, she has vowed to watch every film on the “1000 Films to Change Your Life” list before she dies, which is a tall order for a mere mortal, but she, having gained immortality in a battle of wits with Socrates, will have no issue completing it. Some of her other life goals are to join the South African Extreme Ironing team, go to a Rage Against the Machine or Beastie Boys concert, and high five James Franco. Meridan moved here from Connecticut in eighth grade and while she misses trees, hills of any kind, and seasons, she has grown to love the people and low sales tax here.

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