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     the views of either the ALC or of Independent School District 518.

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     story in this issue of our newspaper is completely made-up…

 

 

ALC’s Mr. Langseth wins Mr. Universe competition

 

April 1, 2005

 

 


 

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ALC’s Gothic couple are lab creations!

 

     ALC students were surprised to learn that their favorite gothic couple, Ryan White and Dez Briski, are not what they’ve always seemed.  Everyone assumed Ryan and Dez were ordinary kids who just preferred to dress in black.  But it has recently been disclosed that Ryan and Dez are, in fact, laboratory creations.

 

     The truth came to light when Ryan had a check up at the local clinic.  Tests revealed that each of Ryan’s organs contained DNA tissue distinct and different from each of his other organs.  “The simple fact is that each organ comes from a different source,” explained Dr.  Lazlo Krablazian.  “The only explanation is that Ryan was stitched together from numerous body parts.”

 

     Separate medical tests revealed that Dez was likewise cobbled together with body parts taken from different sources.

 

     Information provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) revealed that Ryan and Dez first came to American in 1987 and that they came here from Transylvania.

 

     “I have vague memories of living in the castle of a Dr. Victor Frankenstein,” said Dez   “But I can’t remember if he was my father.”

 

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The ALC’s favorite gothic couple

are lab creations!

 

     Ryan’s memories of his time in Transylvania are even more vague.  “I recall a great darkness,” said Ryan.  “And then there was light – lots of light.  And flashes of electricity.”

 

     Ryan’s earliest distinct memory is of the day he first met Dez.  “From the moment I saw her,” said Ryan, “I knew we were made for each other.  I’m just not sure who it was who made us.”

 

     Initially, Ryan and Dez were hurt and shocked by the revelations made by the INS.  “At first we considered suing,” said Ryan.  But as Dez explained, “After discussions with attorneys from the firm of Dewey, Cheetham and Howe, we were made to see that we really didn’t have a case.”  As Ryan put it, “We couldn’t sue the INS for revealing the truth – that we are laboratory creations.  And we can’t sue Dr. Frankenstein because U.S. law is inapplicable in Transylvania.”`

 

     Dez looks at the bright side.  As she puts it, “A lot of kids look at their parents and say, ‘yuch – I don’t want to be like those two.’  But I have like, fifty parents.  Or sort of.”

 


 

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The great Lake Okabena shark attack

 

     With temperatures in the 70s and the ice on Lake Okabena melted, it was inevitable that swimmers would make their appearance.   As fate would have it, several swimmers and a shark appeared in the lake on Easter Sunday!

 

     Reporters at the scene witnessed a 20 foot long great white shark as it attacked a young child.  The shark actually managed to swallow the poor kid alive. Parents also witnessed the event and couldn’t believe what their eyes were seeing.

 

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This map shows the precise location of the recent Lake Okabena great  white shark attack

 

A twenty foot long great white shark was recently seen in the waters of  Lake Okabena

 

     Despite the fact that the shark swallowed the child, quick thinking by the Worthington Rescue Squad managed to save the day.  Scuba divers went into the lake and captured the shark.  An ambulance was then dispatched to take the creature to Worthington Regional Hospital

 

    One of the doctors on duty pumped the shark’s belly to get the child out. When they finally got the kid out, his parents asked him if he was okay and he said, “ah yeah!”  All sorts of weird questions followed such as “What does a shark’s belly look like in the inside?” or “What did it feel like being inside the shark’s belly?”  

 

     The young victim swore revenge upon the shark.  Consequently, members of the Rescue Squad quickly returned the shark to the waters of Lake Okabena.  “We don’t want anyone harming this animal,” said one rescue worker.  “That would create all sorts of trouble with the animal rights people, and we don’t want that.”

 

Animation by www.hugkiss.com

 


 

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Mr. Langseth wins Mr. Universe title

 

     When the school board announced the restructuring of Mr. Langseth’s Dean of Students position to .50 FTE, many people were shocked.  Mr. Langseth, however, was not among those.  “I had anticipated this for some time,” he told The Insider.

 

     “The way I look at things, when one door closes, another one opens,” he said.  “I just decided to put other skills I have to work.”

 

     Most people are aware that Langseth has operated a tree business called Prairieland Nursey for many years.  The constant climbing and cutting of trees developed his physique to a degree comparable to many body builders.  “The way I figured it,” said Langesth, “it was time to become a body builder.  Just look what it did for Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger.”

 

     Langseth immediately entered the Mr. Minnesota contest where he took first prize.  He advanced to the Mr. America contest where he also won top honors.  From there he went on to the Mr. Universe contest where he competed with top body builders from all over the world.

 

     “Most body builders are pretty much locked into weight lifting,” explained Langseth.  “They don’t explore other

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Mr. Universe 2005

 

potentially beneficial avenues for training.”

 

     Langseth pointed to the Sylvester Stallone Rocky character as an example.  “Look how the hours spent each day pounding sides of beef helped out Rocky,” he said.  “Wrestling with trees for year after year has done the same thing for me.”

 

     Langseth isn’t sure where his new Mr. Universe title will take him.  “Perhaps I’ll get paid to appear on boxes of Wheaties,” he said.  “Or perhaps I’ll enter politics like Arnold or Jesse.” 

 

     Whatever his future, Langseth is optimistic.  “There’s always opportunities, and tomorrow is another day.”  He closed with this comment:  “Hasta la vista, baby.”

 


 

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Bush carves self on Mount Rushmore

Renames monument

 

     Secretary of the Interior Gale E. Norton announced today that the National Park Service will rename Mount Rushmore effective tomorrow.  After that time, the famous Black Hills monument will be known as Mount Bushmore.

 

     This follows the Bush Adminstration’s decision to have President Thomas Jefferson’s likeness removed from the monument and to have President George W. Bush’s likeness carved in its place.

 

     “Basically, we wanted to remove any Democratic Party influence from the sacred monument” said Vice-president Dick Cheney.  “Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, as was Theodore Roosevelt. George Washington was not a member of any political party,” added the Vice-president.  “But Jefferson was a Democrat, plain and simple, and we wanted him off the mountain.”

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Washington, Bush, Roosevelt and Lincoln:  The new faces of Mount Bushmore

 

     Democratic Party leaders noted that Jefferson was president when the United States acquired the Black Hills as part of the Louisiana Purchase.  “He certainly deserves to be up there,” said party leader Howard Dean.  “Certainly more so than George W. Bush.”

 

     Former President Bill Clinton described the action as self-serving.  “Leave it to George W. Bush to build a monument to himself,” said the former president.  Clinton made this statement at the opening ceremonies of his $350 million Clinton Memorial Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.

 

    Vice-president Cheney, however, noted that the deed has already been done.  “We used fifty tons of TNT to wipe Jefferson’s image off the mountain,” said the Vice-president.  “And President Bush’s image has already been carved in its place.”  Cheney added, “We don’t care what anybody says.  We are not going back to the failed policies or monuments of the past.”

 


 

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Elvis seen at ALC!

 

     It started as a rumor whispered from student to student.  Soon it was the talk of the entire school.  By the end of the week, numerous ALC students insisted they had seen Elvis wandering the hallways of their building on March eighteenth.

 

     But how could it possibly be?  Everyone knows that rock legend Elvis Presley expired back in 1975 while sitting on a toilet in his Graceland mansion.  Since that time, Elvis sighting have been numerous.  But this recent sighting marks the first time anyone has claimed to have seen him at the ALC.

 

     “Maybe it has something to do with the Michael Jackson trial,” speculated ALC student Cody Phrommony.  “You’ve got to remember that Jackson was once married to Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie.  If Jackson were my son-in-law it would rouse me from the dead.”

 

   Others were open to the possibility of involvement of extraterrestrials.  “Elvis was pretty much a space cadet,” said  ALC

 

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Elvis sighting or mistaken identity?

 

student Ramon Barraza.  “Maybe a flying saucer from the planet Frunabulax dropped him off at our door.  It makes as much sense as anything.”

 

     Still others considered the possibility of mistaken identity. Alie Paine pointed out that the Elvis sightings were made the morning after St. Patrick’s Day.  “I wonder if what people actually saw was Mr. Lowry having your basic bad-hair day,” she said.  “You’ve got to admit – it’s a possibility.”

 

 

 

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