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Masses hit the web for Cyber Monday deals

Danny McGarry
November 28, 2011

Black Friday —a time for crazy mobs in search of killer deals. In a most recent case, a woman pepper sprayed 20 people for an Xbox 360. But what if there was a day to avoid all the violence and receive the same great buys — maybe even better buys?

Cyber Monday gives customers the same or better deals as Black Friday, but can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Sellers like Amazon, Best buy and Musician’s Friend all participate in these deals.

Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/) is offering Blu-ray movies up to 77 percent off. There are deals like “The Hurt Locker” for $7.99, originally $34.99 (http://tiny.cc/ft2bb), Phillips ear buds for $14.99, originally $39.99 (http://tiny.cc/gqk8p) and a Canon PowerShot for $291, originally $399 (http://tiny.cc/3kofy). To see all Cyber Monday deals from Amazon, click here: http://tiny.cc/8hpdm

Best Buy (http://www.bestbuy.com/) is also getting in on the deals. You can buy a white iPod touch (4^th gen, 32 GB) for $269.99, originally $299.99 (http://tiny.cc/a99a9). All music DVDs including boxsets in CD, DVD, Blu-ray, vinyl formats are 30 percent off (http://tiny.cc/22wta). Microsoft’s Kinect is selling for $99.99, originally $149.99, plus three games included (Kinect Adventures, Fruit Ninja and Gunslinger) (http://tiny.cc/nn3ig)

Even in the music world, stores like Musician’s Friend (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/) uses Cyber Monday to advertise all its great merchandise such as an ESP LTD Deluxe EC-1000 Electric Guitar is $599, originally $1,213 (http://tiny.cc/yesh0). And for the drummers out there, A Tama Rockstar 8-piece Double-Bass Drum Shell Pack is $599.99 for $1499.97 (http://tiny.cc/llt9x). An Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain top is $399, originally $744 (http://tiny.cc/ym4z5).

For a list of the Cyber Monday deals, go to (http://gizmodo.com/5862837/all-the-cyber-monday-deals-we-know-so-far).

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Danny McGarry, Reporter

Entering Journalism for the fourth year, Danny Mcgarry, senior, has formed some interest in Journalism. McGarry went to Athey Creek not until he joined the journalism because his middle school teachers recommended it. He also thought it would be interesting.

Danny took the Journalism III for the second time because he knew journalism was something he wanted to go into. After being part of the Amplifier Senior Edition, McGarry feels great and “has fun because he makes lots of connections with people,” McGarry said. Writing is his favorite part of journalism, because it’s an easier way to express his point.

McGarry’s favorite hobby is playing Starcraft, a video game that he’s decent at playing. Playing the drums and guitar are his other hobbies, as well as listening to music. McGarry feels himself playing the actual instrument when listening to music.

McGarry was born in Virginia, and moved to Oregon at the age of two. He went to Stafford Elementary School and then to Athey Creek Middle school. McGarry says that he’s “great at everything.” McGarry has lots of freedom in school when in journalism.

What McGarry is most looking forward to most this year is being able to graduate high school. So far he’s taking AP classes such as AP English and AP Computer Science. He’s taking Journalism because he wants to major in communication.