Newsday from New York, New York • 91

i-w kMlMMMaWWUflaMtMi my ujiji i 1 3 tIIOWAVEFEEL Why' are fish such bad tennis play JUNE 11 2000 Mary Bauer Nicole Gumpert and Lynn sixth- seventh and eighth-grade classes Jericho Middle School Jericho Matt Barletta Drew Fado Ian Greenberg Tbm Gustafeon Doug Hcrm Joek Hochfidder JeffJohneas David Klein Amanda Luthier Rtmit Maiekan Lance Perlman Edward Quackenbueh Karii Regan Jamm Ruvim Rohin 8alvja Samantha Sperling Andrew Stryker Nicole Suriaon Scott Wanderman Diana Woo WH Syne band members from left Lance Base Joey Fatone Jr Justin Timberlake JC Chases and Chris reporters Amanda Andrew and Scott Kirkpatrick with Kidsday Playing Favorites Do you play favorites with friends How do people treat you at school home or with sports This class Mary Bauer Nicole Gumpert and Lynn seventh and eighth- graders talked about how they feel with Pat Mullooly a Kidsday researcher Nicole Surizon said parents play favorites They treat both their kids the same Sometimes I am bet- ter at things than my brother and he is better than me at parents love 'my sister and me said Amanda Lutkzer is no tition in my family parents play said Scott Wander- man am the middle child and the only boy They say the perfect parents play favorites because it isn't fair for me to get more than my brother said Lance Perlman Edward Quack-' enbush said think teachers play favorites because they think they look for the best child in the David Klein said think teachers sometimes favor the girls probably because they are less annoying than teachers play favorites because there are kids who 'suck to the them all the said Ian Greenberg play said1 Robin Saluja kids are more athletic than others and coaches want the best players to win Matt Barletta agrees He said give more attention to the better is hard not to play favorites with friends and peers for many reasons Some friends have more in common with you you tend to hang out with those friends said 1 Andrew Stryker try to treat all my friends said Karli Regan have favorite friends for certain said Ian Greenberg kids do things better at different ers? Jokes from our class: What drink do boxers like least? Punch Drew Fazio What track event pro- duces the most injuries? The hurdles (hurtles) Diana Woo What do you get when you cross a motorcycle with a riddle book? A Yamahahaha Josh Hochfelder What did the apple say when it tried on its new coat? just Ronit Malekan Did the shark have a good vacation? Yes it was en-jaw-able Samantha Sperling What do catchers eat their dinner on? Home plate Tom Gustafson Traffic cop: You were going 70 miles an hour Lady: it wonder- ful? I just learned how to drive yesterday Matt Barletta "When is a wrestler like a chair? When thrown Rohin Salpja What happened to the race car driver after he ate a watermelon? He had to make a pit stop Nicole Surizon aWhat bone a dog eat? A trombone Eddie Quackenbush What does a frog wear on its feet in the summer? Open toad sandals Ian Greenberg Celebrity Dads By Jeff Johneas Drew Fazio and Doug Heron Kidsday Staff Reporters On the third Sunday of June families set aside this day to express to fathers how much they are loved The idea of Day was first promoted by Mrs John Dodd of Spokane Washington In 1972 Day became an official holiday We asked 31 seventh graders whom they would choose if they could pick a celebrity father We did not give them any choices There was no clear-cut winner But Adam Sandler did get the most votes Kids love his sense of humor Sometimes he acts more like a kid NY shortstop Derek Jeter was the next with four votes Among the others getting votes were Michael Jordan Bill Gates Kobe Bryant and Reggie Miller Sync By Amanda Lutzkei Andrew Stryker and Scott Wanderman Kidaday Staff Reporter W'e interviewed pop group Chris part for us getting to meet a lot of celebrities They Kirkpatrick 28 Joey Fatone Jr 23 Justin are people we look up to Timberlake 19 JC Chasez 22 and Lance What are some of the crazy things your fans Bass 22 at Planet Hollywood in Manhattan recent- have done? ly They were in town promoting their second album A Chris: A couple of them have hidden under No Strings Attached They seem to get along real- desks in hotels and have tried to run into our room -ly well and take their rise to stardom in stride They Is it hard being famous? are regular guys they say who "just want to make A JC: We like it We knew we were going to have to gpod music" give up our privacy and travel a lot Many people How did you think of the name of your group? understand that hard We are on the road A Justin: My mom thought of the name She was a lot we get to go home much I think listening to us one day and said we sang we would ever give it up How long did it take you to make Strings What kind of car do you drive? A JC: I drive Cherokee sport A Justin: With everything we went though it took Joey: I escalated I drive a Cadillac us about two years to make this album really Lance: I have a Toyoto 4Runner about our experiences and everything you go Justin: I have a Mercedes and a BMW Roadster through as a person in this life Chris: I have a car Why spend money on a JC: really fun to go in the studio and create car? something that is totally fresh And then it is even Do you guys like video games? more exhilarating to go out on stage and perform it A Chris: I play video games live for someone so they can see it and hear it at Justin: For Sega Dreamcast I like to the same time Did you know you had a No 1 video when you JC: For PlayStation I like Fantasy made it? For Nintendo I like And for my com- A Lance: You mean Bye We knew it puter I like would be incredible because it was such a great Joey: I play them all especially Nintendo 64 and song and such a great idea Sega Dreamcast Who wrote Bye Lance: I like the old Atari games A Joey: Christopher London But on our album Do you have any goals you would like to accom- Strings we did write half the album plish? Chris: It was a lot of hard work Everyone knew A JC: We make goals every day There are a lot of somebody and brought them into the group At 12 things we want to accomplish We want to make Justin was a member of Mickey Mouse this tour the most mind-blowing thing they have Joey worked at the Disney-Universal ever seen Studios in Orlando How are surprised at your fans? What type of music do you like? A Justin: We think our fans identify with us The A Lance: I love country group alternative every realness that is us We are not trying to be a hip-kind of music there is hop group we are not trying to be pretty boys We Joey: I only like a couple of songs that are country are who we are We like to do music and we have I like old doo-wop music to Boyz II Men Limp fun doing it Biz kit Who would you like to perform on stage with? JC: I think we all have an eclectic taste in music A Justin: Janet Jackson just that you like every song every group Chris: Lenny Kravitz does I like everything when it comes to music JC: Michael Jackson is king of pop Is your age range (19 to 28) a problem? Do any of you play an instrument? A Lance: not a problem We are all mentally at A Joey: I play the drums the same level We get along like brothers JC: I play the guitar How do you pick your clothes? Joey: I play the keyboard A JC: whatever we like at the time You see Lance: I play bass something you like in a magazine you think Is there a lead singer? cool and when you go shopping you pick it up A Justin: No when we started out we sang a cap- Joey: I wear whatever is comfortable Sometimes pella what makes the Sync Bound the people look at me and say is he doing wear- five-part harmony Everyone has a part ing that fuzzy I keep my hair about the We heard you were going to do a movie same red streaks on top letting it grow out A Lance: We are going to do a movie with Tom but still have it red company Playtone It will be a comedy and Are you friends with a lot of people in the music all five of us will star in it industry? Write Sync do Jive Records 137-139 25th A Justin: Yes we make friends everywhere we go St New York NY 10001 We know a lot of sports stars too That is the fm Editor: Rosemary Skapley Staff: Mary Beth Foley Patrick Mullooly jaw 3 IIPI! 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