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Temple Run: New Hottest App to Hit Penn Manor

By Dayonte Dixon –

Game trends continue to change throughout Penn Manor High School. From Words with Friends to Dragonvale, the hottest app is quickly evolving into the newest phenomenon, Temple Run.

Temple Run is the simplest of games, but has proven to be a consistent form of entertainment for its’ players.

“The game is very addicting, and it kills free time,” said senior Reagan Forrey.

There are only four actions involved in the game. You can either jump, slide, move left or move right.

The controls are simple, to go left or right you slide your finger across the screen in the direction you seek to move. To jump, slide your finger up and to slide along the floor, slide your finger down.

The goal of the game is to get as far as you can before you die. Scores can vary from one hundred to several million. The game offers ways to improve your score by buying different perks such as power boost, invisibility, magnets and wings. Each of these perks have different abilities that enhance the score of your current “run.”

DSCN1612 — Janelle Musser playing Temple Run during school

Janelle Musser, a senior at Penn Manor, is a beginner in the Temple Run world.

“Lets just say it’s really low.” Janelle Musser said referring to her top score.

In order to get perks for the game you must collect coins throughout each of your runs. Collecting these coins allows you to buy and upgrade different perks. Players should collect as many coins as possible because the cost of each perk increases as you upgrade it.

“Yea, I don’t even collect the coins; it’s hard enough just to stay alive.” Janelle Musser.

Home screen for the hottest new app. Photo from Barnes and Noble.

This hot App is beginning to pose a problem in Penn Manor High School though, as more and more students are playing it during school hours, despite the risk of getting their phone taken away.

Diane Bounds, librarian at Penn Manor, says she sees this very often. First she will give them a warning, then she will take their phones until the end of the block.

“I give out at least three to four warnings a day,” said Bounds.

To ensure that its players’ do not lose interest, the app allows its players’ to share their scores on Facebook, which encourages friends to compete against each other to see who can get the furthest.

You can also change the appearance of your runner. There are several different characters including a football player, Barry Bonds, Montana Smith and Francisco Montoya.

Temple Run has created a game that will take a while to go out of style. It provides an everlasting form of entertainment that has knocked its competitors out of the water.

Said senior Alex Cummins “Temple Run is so much better than Angry Birds.”

A Day in The Life of Tim Rhinier

By Corey Fry –

“Just like a normal kid.”

That’s the phrase Tim Rhinier repeatedly stressed during the day spent with him. Rhinier a student at Penn Manor High School has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheel chair.

Cerebral palsy is a developmental disorder in the brain, specifically around the cerebrum. It can restrict muscle and bone growth to varying degrees of impairment.

Its important to realize that each case of cerebral palsy is unique to the individual; in Rhinier’s case, he’s been permanently confined to a wheelchair. Despite this, Rhinier maintains a positive attitude and tries not to let his impairment stop him him from living a normal life.

“I can get around really well now, it used to be a lot harder,” Rhinier said.

He credits much of his mobility to his new electric chair that can automatically get him up inclines.

Rhinier is able to do most things by himself, but some limits inevitably arise from having cerebral palsy.

“I get on the bus around 6:30 and go to school, just like any normal kid,” Rhinier said. “The only difference is that I have to get loaded onto the ramp to get on.”

When he arrives at school, Tim stops at his locker before heading to his “Life Skills” class for first block. Here he develops skills that help him overcome the physical limitations he faces through life in a wheelchair. Every Wednesday, the class goes to the east gym for adjusted phys ed.

His one-on-one aide, Mrs. Saxton, had this to say, “Normally Tim isn’t too loud, but in this class he’s always yelling and hollering and having lots of fun, I’m pretty sure it’s his favorite class.”

As the class played a match of volleyball, it was noticeable that Rhinier had established several strong friendships with his classmates and was able to fit in with his peers well.

As part of his individual program, Rhinier leaves for his next class nine minutes before the bell rings to avoid the masses of students who would soon be pouring through the halls.

Tim wheeling himself down the hall before fourth block ends.

“The halls can get pretty crazy,” he commented.

“Kids can be really reckless in the hallways, we don’t want them to get run over or for Tim to get trampled,” added Saxton.

The cramped hallways aren’t the only thing making Rhinier’s life more difficult, there’s also the limited number of elevators (four across the entire school), which Saxton pointed out, aren’t always working.

“If one of the elevators isn’t working, we have to go the whole way to the other side of the school to get downstairs,” she said.

Rhinier was the first one to his video production class in the library. As we waited for the class to arrive, he showed the projects he was working on; a music video made using the sounds of his chair, and an informative video about the upcoming school blood drive.

Surprisingly, Rhinier could use the software better most other kids in the school. His videos were creative, well thought out, and neatly made.

As students began filing in, a few said ‘hi’, but they mostly kept to themselves. Some of them didn’t acknowledge us at all. It was possible his physical condition was intimidating to some students although he interacted naturally with many teens as the day went on.

He discussed news, media, sports, just some basic teenage things. Rhinier shares many of the same hobbies and interests as any other teenager.

“Do I play video games? Um, yeah I have an Xbox,”said Rhinier. “I got Live for Christmas so I’ve been doing that a lot.”

Not only does he play the video games, he’s also an avid football fan; and like many other male students in the school right now, he’s been caught up in the “Tebow” fad. He even did the Tebow stance.

It may be shocking to some to know how a student who seemed so different on the outside could be so normal when you took the chance to get to know him. Tim’s got all the aspects of a normal teenager in spite of his condition. He is nearly always be in a good mood, has a positive outlook on life, and is just a generally nice person to be around.

Tim Rhinier may not be able to experience all the aspects of being a teenager that other kids do, but he’s certainly never going to let it bring him down.

DragonVale Breeds its way through Penn Manor

By Alicia Ygarza

“My egg hatched. Yes I’m a tree dragon.”

Little dragons are firing an addiction within many Penn Manor students.

According to dragonvale.wikia.com, DragonVale, the new iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad sensation, is a simulation video game created by Backflip Studios for the iOS platform.

While playing DragonVale, players have the chance to use their imagination and create a magical theme park with similarities of a zoo. The objective of the game is to get as many different types and levels of dragons in your park so more visitors will come and spend their money, according to dragonvale.wikia.com.

The game may seem simple, but when you first begin playing it, it’s a little confusing.

“I enjoy playing DragonVale because it takes time and effort to get far [moving to a different level], so you’re working toward something,” said Penn Manor student, Alex Lombardo.

In your theme park, you have the opportunity to create different types of dragons.

For example, in order to create a Tree/Moss dragon, you must mix earth and plant. To create a Poison/Flower dragon, you must mix fire and plant. But the most powerful type of dragon is a Rainbow dragon. According to Penn Manor students who play DragonVale, a Rainbow dragon is a mixture of different types of dragons, and you cannot tell when one will be made.

Although DragonVale was released in September of 2011, it has just begun to gain popularity.

“When I first heard about DragonVale I thought it sounded like a stupid game, but then more of my friends started playing it so I decided to try it. I actually like the game a lot, and now I play it for a good amount of time during the day,” said Lombardo.

“I’ve been hearing a lot about DragonVale, and I was bored at home so I decided to download it. Now it’s hard for me to stop playing it,” said Greta Lindsley, student at Penn Manor.

With the amount of attention DragonVale is receiving, it seems its fire won’t burn out anytime soon.

Elizabeth Taylor’s Beautiful Jewelry Collection: What Attracts Girls to Jewelry

By Alicia Ygarza

Elizabeth Taylor lives on, through her jewelry.

Elizabeth-Taylor-in-1953-with-some-of-her-trademark-jewelry — Elizabeth Taylor, photo courtesy of conciergeauctions.com

Jewelry owned by Taylor such as the Taj Mahal, a diamond tiara, and many other extravagant pieces, were sold for a whopping $116 million, December 13.

Some of the late movie star’s jewelry was not only famous for being worn by her, but was also famous for being historic.

A beautiful pearl hidden in the Gulf of Panama which was discovered in the 1500s, the La Peregrina, was given to Taylor by her once husband, Richard Burton.

a-close-up-of-the-pendant-of-the-la-peregrina-necklace — The beautiful La Peregrina, photo courtesy of internetstones.com

The La Peregrina was predicted to sell for two to three million dollars, instead it was sold for $11.8 million, which makes it the most expensive pearl bought at an auction, according to auction statistics.

According to abcnews.go.com, Taylor’s love for jewelry grew when she bought her mom a costume brooch as a child.

It took her a few marriages, and numerous hit movies to obtain her extraordinary jewelry collection.

Taylor’s jewelry ranged from a green emerald and diamond pendant brooch, to a diamond tiara.

Price expectations were far off during the auction.

Taylor’s ruby and diamond necklace was expected to be sold for $200,000 to $300,000, but was instead sold for $3.7 million.

According to nj.com, art, clothing, and memorabilia from Taylor who died March 23, 2011, will also be auctioned off. Some of the proceeds will go to the Elizabeth Taylor AIDs Foundation.

To many Penn Manor female students, Forever 21 located in Park City Mall, is like a Taylor jewelry collection, because each piece is flashy and stylish.

“I enjoy flashy jewelry on occasions, but I don’t like costume jewelry,” said Monica Hoffman, student at Penn Manor.

“Forever 21 has really cute necklaces, so I typically get my jewelry from there,” said Hoffman.

Forever 21 does not only have great jewelry, but many girls shop there for its clothes also.

Forever 21 is like Taylor’s collection, beautiful jewelry, and beautiful clothing.

“I’m really attracted to flashy rings, which I typically get from Forever 21. Their jewelry stands out, and they have great designs,” said Destiny Plaza, student at Penn Manor.

DSCN3662 — Penn Manor student, Ashlyn Graybill, is wearing a unique pair of woven earrings with a colorful peacock design. She is also wearing a long necklace with a few accents hanging from it. This jewelry would go great with any outfit, especially a lovely blue dress to correspond with the green and blue in her earrings. Photo taken by Alicia Ygarza

DSCN3614 — Penn manor student, Janece McDonald, is wearing large gold hoop earrings, with numerous gold bracelets. McDonald’s hairstyle goes nicely with the hoop earrings. Photo taken by Alicia Ygarza

DSCN3753 — Penn Manor student, Jenna Lacock, is wearing a colorful necklace that goes nicely with any t-shirt and jeans outfit. Photo taken by Alicia Ygarza

Penn Manor Loads up their Christmas List

By Kevin Holton –

The smell of fresh cookies and pine needles, the beautiful snow, the family time, the singing and decorating, the warm fires and roasted marshmallows are all things that get people excited for the holidays. But, one of the most stressful things for parents is what to get their teenage kids.

With Christmas just around the corner, Penn Manor students have only one thing on their mind – presents! There is no problem finding out what the biggest crave around the school is.

One of the more popular toys that are wanted are the new electronics that are on the market.

Seniors Mitch Domin, Dylan Weber and Alec Keck all said they were asking for the new Iphone 4s for Christmas.

Although electronics are a huge necessity for Penn Manor students these days, not everyone is asking for the latest gadget.

Smith daydreams about his christmas wish

“I want a BB gun so I can show it off to all the people on my block,” said senior Tyler Smith.

Junior, Devon Reis and freshman Nate DeBerdine, both are asking for money for Christmas.

“Money would be great. That way I can buy things for other people,” said Reis.

Some students and even teachers at Penn Manor can only dream of gifts they want for the holidays.

“I want a 50 pound bag of 100 dollar bills and then I would spend it on a sweet new car,” said junior Remi Briand.

TV production and ceramics teacher, Jeffrey Himes, wishes for a winning powerball ticket.

“If I won the lottery, I would invest it and start my own charitable foundation,” explained Himes.

Math teacher Jerod Staub only wishes he could receive, “The original Packman game system” for Christmas even though he said he would never get it.

Then there are those who have their mind set on one thing and will do anything to get it.

“I want the Official Red Rider Carbine action 200 shot range model air rifle,” said senior Bryson Neely.

“I hope to get the new Darker Then Black series. Its my favorite,” said Senior Bryan Franklin.

Not every student is asking for the latest and greatest gifts.

Christmas times brings the joy out in everyone, including Dixon who is hoping for a new wardrobe. Photos by Kevin Holton

“I need some new socks ’cause I like socks,” says Junior Juan Cubano.

“I have a lot of old clothes so I’m asking for new ones for Christmas,” says Senior Dayonte Dixon.

According to MSN, five popular Christmas gift ideas for males are video games, power tools, toys, computers and upgrades, and sports tickets and gear.

There are also those things that you want to stay away from, experts say, when picking out a gift for guys. Key chains, things “seen on TV,” artwork, jewelry, are some of the no-nos.

MSN also states the best and worst Christmas gift ideas for women. Some things to stay away from are anything that belongs in a kitchen, anything that deals with losing weight and framed pictures of yourself. On the other hand, there are many gifts that almost always work like jewelry, spa sessions and bath gift sets.

Choosing the perfect gift for someone isn’t always the easiest but between listening to Penn Manor students and browsing the internet, it shouldn’t be a very hard task.

Returning to the Old Days, Students Tire their Legs Walking to the Bus Stop

By Alicia Ygarza –

Parents and grandparents often recall how back in their day, they had to walk five miles to school every day. They sometimes walked through snow, and it was uphill both ways.

Many of today’s Penn Manor students will have similar tales to regale their own kids and grand kids. Bus stops in the school district are becoming a little stranger and a lot further from where they used to be.

Sue Kelshaw, Penn Manor transportation coordinator acknowledged that budget cutbacks have made many bus stops less convenient.

“Penn Manor, along with most other school districts, are experiencing reduced funding from the state. As a result, even though district costs have decreased, Penn Manor along with most other districts have streamlined their bus routes in an effort to reduce overall district expenses,” said Kelshaw. “Reducing the number of stops and the distance the buses have to travel, reduces the cost of the buses.”

“I hate walking to my bus stop, it’s so far away,” said one student.

“Last year, it took me ten minutes to get to school, and now it takes me 35 minutes,” said student Dimitrius Dennison.

According to Kelshaw, bus locations have been relocated in order to make it an equal distance for each student. They have also been relocated to find “safe locations and walking areas” for the students. She said in some cases buses are not traveling as far into housing developments as they used to, which now require students to walk to a common location near the entry of the development for pick up and drop off.

“I don’t like my new bus stop location because I have to get up earlier than I had to last year,” complained Cody Rebman, a student at Penn Manor.

Distance is not the only issue being addressed by these students, safety is also a problem.

“My bus stop is more dangerous than others because it’s at an intersection,” said Rebman.

A happy Dimitrius Dennison, when he is not riding the bus to school. Photo taken by Alicia Ygarza

Barbara Trostle, Penn Manor librarian said, “When I was young I didn’t walk very far, but the location was very dangerous. My kids have the same bus stop now, and I get worried for them because it’s on top of a hill, and cannot be seen very well.”

“When I was in high school I walked half a mile to my bus stop on a dirt road. There wasn’t much traffic, but there was a man that people considered dangerous. He would show up at bus stops in the country and pull his pants down. After that my mom began walking with me to my bus stop with the huge dog we had. She saw him once and sent my dog after him,” said Dr. Jan Mindish, former principal at Penn Manor.

“I did receive some complaints about the stop changes,” said Kelshaw. “The superintendent had input on the changes and followed up by visiting some of the changed spots to evaluate the safety of the walking path to the stop and the actual stop location. Two stop locations were changed based on the superintendent’s input.”

Now, students who live across the street from each other have to walk all the way to the end of their developments to catch the bus.

“Many districts have done the same this year,” said Kelshaw. “Districts like Solanco (largest district in area in the county) have never gone into developments and have always picked up at the development entrances. This year Penn Manor has shortened bus routes in an effort to reduce transportation costs by picking up at the entrances of some developments rather than driving through the main street in some developments rather than traveling up and down the side streets,” said Kelshaw.

The benefits to these new locations are that they are helping the school save a lot of money. Also, the students are getting a good morning workout.

“Penn Manor has saved approximately $110,000 in transportation costs this year,” Kelshaw noted. “This cost reduction was a direct result of changing bus routes, bus stop locations, and by eliminating midday kindergarten transportation and evening activity runs.”

“I’ve heard both sides of the story. I’ve heard students say they like their new bus stop locations, and students say they don’t like their new locations. Although I think the school should relocate many of the stops I’ve seen, I think too many students take their busing transportation for granted,” said Trostle.

“The school needs to make a compromise for the bus stops. They need to make the bus stops an equal distance for each student, and also locate them in a safe environment,” said Mindish.

Brains Change After Violent Video Games

By Chris Fleming –

Playing violent video games might be fun, but a new study indicates it may not be harmless fun, after all.

For years now plenty of different researchers have been trying to analyze the affect of violent video games versus the brain. Finally, the researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis discovered signs through magnetic resonance imaging that the brain is affected, according to a published report in USAToday.

Some gamers who go to Penn Manor have seen similar results.

“Once I start playing a game I can notice that I get angry faster,” said Alex Sorce, senior at Penn Manor,” but I leave my anger at my Xbox once I turn it off.”

According to the study done in Chicago, researches took 22 healthy men ages 18-29 and split them up into groups of 11. One group was assigned to play a violent first person shooter game for 10 hours a day for one week and then not play at all the next week, while the other group was told not to play video games at all for both weeks.

After the first week every one got an MRI brain scan and were told to do specific tasks to see what changes took place. After the first week the group playing video games had less activation in the left inferior frontal lobe while doing emotional tasks and lower activation in the anterior cingulate cortex during counting tests compared to their results previous to video game playing and to the other group which did not play video games at all.

After the second week’s MRI scan took place, the group playing video games results were disturbing.

“The activation returned toward baseline but did not completely normalize. We don’t know how long the effect lasts for those who play longer,” said study co-author Dr. Vincent Mathews.

A well known violent video game, image coutesy of gallery.neoseeker.com

Yang Wang, a professor in radiology and imaging and lead author of the research done at Indiana University School of Medicine said, “These findings indicate that violent video game play has long-term effect on brain functioning.

“The part of the brain that the group that played video games changed in ” is involved in inhibition and emotional modulation,” said Mathews, “(Other researchers) have shown an increase in aggression after playing violent video games. We suspect our findings may be a physiological explanation for this.”

The Center for Successful Parenting supported this research, they argue that there should be less video games and other certain media that young children have access to that they don’t necessarily need , according to the USAToday story.

Mathews suggests to gamers that they should “be aware that playing violent video games has an effect on the way the brain functions and consider this when you choose how to spend your leisure time.”

According to a few students at Penn Manor, these results don’t match up to how they feel.

“Well of course I get angry sometimes when I play a certain violent video game like if I lose or something, but I doubt that it really affects the rest of my day, or life, according to the long term effects you said it gives us gamers,” said Bob Warfel.

“I’ve been playing street fighter for a long time, I haven’t noticed any changes yet. I do get mad sometimes but it’s over dumb stuff so I feel like it doesn’t really effect me at all because it’s just a game,” said Brian Le.

Many recommended a new study be done again but on a larger scale than just two weeks and with a larger group or people.

Sony’s Vita Loaded With Extras

By Jacob Harvey-

Touch screen and a multitude of features are becoming the standard for new devices and the Vita is no exception.

July 7, 2010 the Wall Street Journal made a report about a new hand-held mobile gaming system that was under production by Sony to replace their PSP. Ever since then more and more information about the new device has been pouring out onto the web.

According to GameInformer magazine it comes standard with a 5″ OLED touch screen with dual thumb sticks and a touch pad on the rear of the device. The Vita provides connectivity to both Blu-Tooth and Wifi standard, with an optional ability to get it to connect to a 3G provider.

The rear touch pad is the feature that has caught most people’s eye because there isn’t a screen associated with the pad it is just placed there to add more variety to the games being released on it and give more options for video game and people trying to make apps for the Vita.

Vita is facing serious competition in the hand-held market though. Between Nintendo with their DS line and Apple with all of their mobile devices featuring download-able games. Though Sony has the competition, they are already a big name in the hand-held market with their PSP which is supposed to be replaced by the Vita.

“I think that the Vita is Sony’s attempt to delve into the app market and try to compete and steal some profit from Apple with their ever expanding app store,” Said Matt Scheuing a history teacher in Penn Manor, “I wonder if they are trying to reduce the visual price of game’s to make them similar to app prices,” Scheuing added.

The Vita not only provides gamers with a new mobile system that performs about the same as the original Xbox and a four core processor which is probably about the same size or larger than the processor in your standard desktop computer. It also has apps that help the user get connected to social media and friends. Twitter, Skype, and Facebook apps have already been announced for the Vita.

The Vita also already has an exciting line-up of upcoming titles to be released for it such as Uncharted Golden Abyss, Hot Shots Golf Next, Little Big Planet, and even a Call Of Duty title has been mentioned.With all of these title’s and accessories already being released Vita should be a shoe in for one of the best mobile devices made to date.

However with all the positive features the Vita supplies people are still skeptic about Sonys’ new mobile device.

“I think it will be terrible, but then again so has every single hand-held released since the Game Boy Color,” Said senior Ryland Overly.

With all of these neat new features though how reliable is the Vita which is showing features that have never been heard of before for a hand-held system. Some people in Penn Manor are actually curious as to how well this device will hold up through some of the wear and tear they will be going through in people’s pockets and bags.

“I feel like there will be a ton of issues with the Vita because it seems that the more technology crammed into devices the faster they completely break or just stop working there are just too many new things in it I think,” Said senior Logan White.

With all these extra’s the Vita seems set up to really impress which they will need to do to try to surpass the Nintendo 3DS that has 3D capabilities over the Vita. With all the Vita’s added features though it should be able to hold its own in the hand-held gaming category.

Vandals Strike Again, But Why?

By Jake Harvey and Tim Harris –

Holes in bathroom walls, graffiti and profanity.

That is an annoying usual occurrence for the custodians around Penn Manor High School.

“It gets very frustrating,” said Penn Manor custodian, Mark Homsher.

For custodians who try very hard to keep the school clean, vandalism is anything but funny.

A recent incident at Penn Manor included a large hole in the Central Complex bathroom. For a temporary fix the janitors covered the hole. A note on the cover says “Wow, the school really didn’t have time to fix this right.” However fixing it right would seem pointless if someone just destroyed what you just finished fixing.

Imagine being in the middle of doing your job and receiving a call saying someone wrote a bad word in the bathroom. You need to drop exactly what you’re doing and go try to clean foul language off the wall that is sometimes carved into the stalls.

The custodians even repainted the stalls and people just carved their profanity and it made it stand out even more because the two different colors makes it stand out more.

A large hole in the Central Complex bathroom has been added to the long list of vandal strikes at Penn Manor.

But custodians aren’t the only one’s upset about the debauchery. Students aren’t too happy about the damage done to the school environment.

“It’s kind of frustrating to me that people don’t respect the school,” said Penn Manor student, Cody Diehl.

Between school budget cuts and a lack of funding, every penny counts to keep the school a clean and functional learning environment, and for students who wish that teachers and administrators would be able to trust students more, vandalism isn’t helping anyone.

“The sad thing is that these are 15, 16, even 17-year-old people doing this stuff,” said Penn Manor junior, Lake Heckamen. “I just wish people would act their age.”

Vandalism may seem like an innocent crime that is simply a way to vent anger and other emotions or maybe just a joke but much like gateway drugs vandalism is a gateway crime. A study done by MSNBC supports this by saying “broken windows, graffiti and litter, can open the door to individuals breaking other social norms and rules.”

“I think that it (bathroom graffiti) is stupid, and it makes no sense. Like why would someone destroy a bathroom wall like that. You would have to seriously go out of your way to cause that kind of destruction,” said Alexa Janaskie, a Penn Manor senior.

For students that think that it is the school’s responsibility to clean up for the vandals, think again.

“It’s the students responsibility to keep the school bathrooms clean and vandalism free,” said Penn Manor administrator, Krista Cox.

Kim Kardashian’s Wedding Real Or Fake?

By Jena Lacock –

Thirty- one year old business woman Kim Kardashian profited $18 million off her wedding to Kris Humphries in August.

Seventy-two days later, Kardashian filed for a divorce from the 26-year-old basketball player Kris Humphries, who was blindsided when he heard the news on TMZ, just like many students here who watched the wedding or tune into reality shows.

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries kissing at their "fake" wedding. Photograph by abc news

Some said their split was just a matter of time.

But the real story would be if the whole wedding was fake, and just business, nothing else.

Makes one question if all reality TV is staged. Doesn’t reality mean real life? Guess not.

“Reality TV isn’t reality,” says senior Matt Ulmer.

“I think a lot of it is pre-staged,” said athletic office assistant Cindy Bachman.

Reality TV shows often share a similar story line close to regular television dramas.

“It was pretty much an arranged marriage right from the start,” one source says, that is close to the Keeping Up With The Kardashians production.

Apparently Kim was just looking for a husband and wasn’t really into Kris. Once Kim got to know him, she realized they were not a good match.

“She knew weeks before getting married she didn’t want to do it,” claims Kim Kardashian’s former publicist Jonathan Jaxson.

“My dad knew it was going to end because she was married before, and it ended in a divorce,” noted freshman Tori Valentin.

The whole wedding might have been a hoax and a publicity stunt that turned out to be a good money maker due to high ratings.

It makes a lot of sense because in the show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, you saw the couple fight, and Kim had no intentions to make New York her new home.

Kris Humphries spotted not wearing wedding ring after working out. Photograph by globalgrind.com

The whole relationship seemed rather forced, especially in hindsight.

“Reality TV is all scripted, and I think they got married just for the money,” stated junior Bobby Goss.

According to E! news, they are threatening to cancel Kardashian’s new show, Kim and Kourtney take Manhattan. So now she is trying to save her marriage.

Kim flew to Minnesota to see her husband in a last effort to try to make her messy marriage work.

The couple had a four-hour meeting with their pastor, Joel Johnson. The pastor helped the two put a lot of issues out on the table.

However the marriage is in the public eye and seems to be taking a toll. TMZ reports that reconciliation between the two is so “up in the air.”

If E! decides to drop her reality show, she would lose millions of dollars. The divorce could end up being fake too.

“I think the whole wedding was really stupid because she basically used Kris,” exclaimed junior Maddie Rohrer.