| The Owl Gazette |
| Issue: 45 Date: August, 2007 B |
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| Changes at WWW
By Myrrima Goldenleaf Remember all the old skiving snack boxes that you love? The laughter and happiness they brought you when used on yourself (to get out of class) or on others (for a good joke)? Weasley's Wizard Wheezes is now introducing a brand new skiving snack box: Blister Butterscotch These delightful snack boxes cause huge, puss filled blisters to cover the eaters face, neck, and arms. A wonderful new treat that most will not be looking for! For you Muggle lovers out there, or at least, lovers of Muggle 'magic' tricks, we have two new products for you! Magic Wands & Self Folding Dollar Bills And finally, for those of you who may have been waiting for this perfect chance to get an easy gift for friends, aren't sure what a certain person would like, or just want to be nice to someone, we now have 5 and 10 galleon gift certificates for you to buy and give to people that you hold dear! So come on down and check out our new products at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley! |
| A Takeover
By Luna Lovegood of Ravenclaw Arya Drottningu, an active new student, is trying-and succeeding-to take over Amber Thatcher's unofficial title, Queen of Games. Amber is startled by this news and is doing her best to keep her title. I asked Arya about why she was trying to do this. Here is her answer: "Amber's my mentor, you see, so it's only obvious that I would try to take over her title! Games are for everyone, you know, and you can't just have one person to top them all, now can you! So, my goal is to at least tie to her title." And there you have it. One new member already trying to overthrow someone in their title. |
| A Break-up
By Luna Lovegood As you have read in my other article, "A Takeover," Amber and Arya are competing for the title of "Queen of Games," but what you don�t know is that there is someone who is trying to break their chains. This young lady's name is Erica Lovegood. What she is doing is trying to do is to post in-between Amber and Arya in the games. When I asked Erica why she was doing this, she responded: "Oh, after reading through the posts in one of the games I saw that only 2 people were posting(Amber-Arya) and I felt like breaking the chain of the same 2 over and over again. Unfortunately it started an Arya-Erica chain, an Amber-Erica chain and somehow got back to the original chain I was trying to stop in the first place." So with her trying she is not succeeding but helping Arya and Amber along with their trying to get/keep the title of Queen of Games. |
| Writing Club Assistants Announced!
By Ava Black On Tuesday July 24, Professor Dickinson ended the suspense by announcing her new assistants. She had requested a student from Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor to join Bryony Casten of Penshire and Jenii Chang of Slytherin. The new assistants are Elizabeth Crow of Hufflepuff, Luna Lovegood from Ravenclaw and Roxanne Whitez of Gryffindor. Congratulations to each of these assistants and good luck with the tasks ahead. |
| The battle for champion
By Evan Bishop The battle is on in the Slytherin Common Room. From the End-of-Term up until tomorrow, the Slytherin Point-A-Thon has been up and running between house mates. The fierce struggle for first place being fought by teams, Bubbly Boas and Cool Cobras. Each team being led by a senior member of the house. Lily Valeriana and Jennifer Kull vie for the top spot at team leader. The competition between house members is for the prize of each teams choosing. The win between these two teams is within a few hundred points. With the competition ending tomorrow, which team with hold the inevitable title of champion and what will their prize be? |
| Potions Explosion
By Mystie Morrane It happened again! Lyra Sylvertongue in the reason for the recent blow up at Hogwarts. The girl has been out to some illegal potions brewing at one of the many chambers and classrooms at Hogwarts. During this �practice hour�, the girl went to use some ingredients from one of the stores in Knockturn Alley. Miss Sylvertongue used to be familiar with the art of potions brewing and the correct use of ingredients, until this very day. Her practice ended up in a blow up. Lyra was brought to the school�s hospital wing instantly and is still there. The Sylvertongue-daughter is still located there, as she needs to recover from the shock and the different burnings all over her body. We will inform you about her current state as soon as we get more information about Miss Sylvertongue. |
| Name Inspirations
By Amber Thatcher All of us have a name that we use. Whether it is from the Harry Potter books, imagination, or another source, we all chose our names for a reason. I wanted to find out, and share those reasons; the stories behind our names can be very interesting, and the history and origins are just as rich! To start off I would like to tell you the story behind my name: Amber: I chose Amber because at the time, I had just finished reading a book, where this was a name used as an alias by the main character. I thought that the name sounded really nice, and the fact that I also like the color and gemstone helped me make my decision. Amber is a word derived from Old French and Latin from Arabic �ambar�. It was first used as a given name at the end of the 19th century. Thatcher: My chose of Thatcher was more of a look randomly through name generators, address books, the yellow pages, until I found something, or got an idea. Thatcher was my final choice because it goes fairly well with Amber, and I hadn�t really come up with anything else. Thatcher comes from the occupation of thatching, or covering a roof in straw. Originally it came from the Middle English word �thachen�. The Old English version of this was �paeccan� or �to cover or roof�. Summer Levy is the Senior Prefect of Ravenclaw, this is how she got her name: Summer: The main character of one of her favorite movies of all time was named �Summer�, so she always loved that name. When she took the sorting quiz here, she wasn�t going to use her real name, and this was the only name she could think of off the top of her head. Summer is the name of a season from the Old English word �sumor�; it is now used as a given name because of the pleasant associations and sound. Joan: Summer picked her middle name by going with one that flowed with the rest of her name. She also decided to use her middle name of �Joan� to develop her character�s background and family. Joan also became the name of Summer�s mother. Joan is an English name, but it came from the Old French �Johanne�, and Latin �Johanna�. In England it was the usual feminine form of �John� form the Middle English period onwards, along with �Jane�. One of the most famous �Joan��s in history, is Joan of Arc (or Arcadia), a young woman who claimed to have heard the voice of God talking to her. She convinced the French ruler to allow her to lead the French army against the English, which she won the battle in 1429. She was captured and convicted of witchcraft at the age of 18 or 19. Levy: This name was made up; she originally registered in forums as �Summer�, with no last name or middle name thought up of yet. She was playing around with letters, and came up with �Levy�. However, this is an actual surname. To levy actually means to collect taxes or wages, to draft someone in to the military, or to wage war. Another origin of �Levy� is Jewish. It is from the Biblical personal name �Levi�, from a Hebrew word meaning �joining�. |
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