Le Journal October 2018

LE JOURNAL NOTRE DAME DE SION HIGH SCHOOL | OCTOBER 2018 | VOLUME 37

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LIMITED EDITION PUMPKIN TREATS

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KATE VANKEIRSBILCK: HAPPY HUNTING

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CULTURAL APPROPRIATION VS APPRECIATION

Goodbye Privacy

THE ROBOT GENERATION

Relinquishing privacy for the sake of convenience

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A new program allows students to anonymously text teachers for aid and suicide prevention.

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Venmo should be avoided due to security and safety concerns

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The golf team celebrates their success after competing at State

Junior Rachel McRae is interested in politics

Invasions of privacy may be more invasive than you know. Get informed about privacy policies and how companies track you

WHAT’S ONLINE

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Tracking apps on phones are excessive and harmful

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Freshman Kate Accardo joins rowing club

Math teacher Mac McGory’s life beyond the classroom

The symphony and choirs perform at Her Majesty’s Theater

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Sophomore Kate Vankeirsbilck uses a family tradition of hunting to bond with her dad

A&E

Everything to know about the 2018 midterms

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FEATURES

Senior Maggie Carr leads her parents, Patrick and Kate Carr, across the field as they celebrate field hockey senior night at the end of the season Oct. 16.

(Photo by Dani Rotert)

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Staff recommended movies to watch this Halloween

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2018 Plaza Art Fair Review

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Test-optional schools are more fair when it comes to applying to college

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Cultural appropriation is sometimes hard to define but should be avoided

What is Your Fall Scent Quiz Limited edition pumpkin-flavored foods Review

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Duck Donuts Review

@lejournalsion @lejournalsion Dedicating the Press Box to math teacher Reynold Middleton

French Exchange Students Arrive

Ed Sheeran Concert Review

Keeping up With Cross Country Vlog

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EDITOR’S INK OUR TIPS: Stay Warm: 1. Do your laundry Putting on fresh clothes straight from the dryer not only forces you to do your laundry but also keeps you warm. There is nothing better than enveloping yourself in a bundle of freshly cleaned clothing.

2. Cozy Socks Target has fuzzy socks starting at $2.50, but your feet would say that they are worth a million bucks. And as a bonus, if the socks are solid white or black you can frollic in your fuzzy feet saving socks to school.

3. Drink Up Be hot where it counts, the inside, and there is no better way to do this than with a hot drink. Whether it be coffee or something more seasonal like hot chocolate or warm apple cider as long as you don’t drink warm milk you are okay.

4. Get Lit Not everyone has a fireplace, they are the bane of Santa’s existence but they are a tried and true way to heat up a cold evening. Even playing the fireplace movie on Netflix, with its serene flames licking the screen will make you feel decidedly more warm.

5. Think Warm Thoughts Mental toughness is always necessary but convincing yourself that you are warm when you are cold is not denial, it is nothing but mind over body here.

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emperatures are dropping and leaves are falling which means it is officially fall, Sion, and we are well into the school year.

The first quarter flew by and now the holidays are just around the corner. Hopefully these first few months haven’t been too stressful and you’re getting enough sleep.

Much like the weather, we are out with the old and in with the new. So make sure that you are up to date with all the new faces making appearances in the Kansas and Missouri elections come November. Whether you live east or west of State Line, you need to do more than angrily listen to the plethora of political propaganda pop-ups to be informed for the upcoming trek to the polls if you can vote.

Knowing who is representing you in politics is good, but knowing your teachers is better. So take a look at the life of Mac McGory (pg. 8-9) to better understand just how he got to be the joketelling, Ebay-side-hustling teacher that he is. The politicians may feel lofty and distant, but we have some in our midst, with junior Rachel McRae (pg.

18-19) who volunteered in the Kansas House of Representatives this past summer.

We can’t talk about all the powerful adults in your life without mentioning parents. The growing trend of tracking apps has escalated from a causal Find my Friends to being able to look at every angle of life. Tracking apps and the problems that come with it (pg. 10) presents a unique set of circumstances leaving people feeling invaded.

Starting off the long, fall break weekend, Storm Stomp was a success this year and raised

PUTT IT AWAY While putting on the back nine, sophomore Megan Propeck makes par.

Propeck broke the MSHSSA golf course record with a total score of 139 and earned the State individual title Oct. 9.

The team won second in the Class 2 state tournament.

over $37,000. Check out the photo essay (pg. 28) for a look at the teams and the costumes that made an appearance at the tournament.

For some seasonal fun there is a wide range of fall activities for every freaky fall fanatic out there. Whether it be carving pumpkins (pg. 26), watching Halloween classics (pg. 25), scary, and funny alike, or visiting a haunted house (pg. 27) fall is action packed. And for every fall activity there is a pumpkin flavored treat just around the corner (pg. 27). With everything from ice cream to coffee to pancakes, pumpkins are easily implemented into every meal of the day.

Now working off all that pumpkin flavored goodness is a whole other story, winter sports (pg.

21) are the perfect way to do it. All the information on winter sports season is a good way to start thinking of all the treat yourself moments those pumpkin pie flavored ice cream custards will fill.

Although there is no shame in listening to Christmas music this early, the women’s empowerment playlist on LeJournalLive makes up for its lack of jingle bells with a big, healthy dose of Girl Power. And before we say goodbye to our Cross Country seniors and good luck to those heading into Districts, check out the vlog of two staffers trying out their practice to see just how hard they are working.

Stay warm Sion!

Sincerely, Cecilia & Ava

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FRESHMAN DAY OF SERVICE The freshmen class was given the opportunity to explore volunteer opportunities around the city Oct. 10. Before their day of service, the students took a service questionnaire about their previous service experiences, career aspirations, and future service interests to place them into their assigned location that best fits them. They were divided up among seven different locations such as Growing Futures Early Education Center, Uplift and Amethyst Place. “I found it interesting how well the children were able to communicate with me and tell me what they needed,” freshman Ashley Ulowetz said. “I would go back in a heartbeat.”

(Photo Submitted by Jessica Hull)

HURRICANE MICHAEL Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida Oct. 10 as a category four hurricane. The death toll has risen to at least 32, and many more people still missing, Hurricane Michael’s destructive path impacted more than the coastline. The damage alone could cost upwards of $4.5 billion, according to Fortune. In the southern states, more than 150,000 people were still without power a week after the storm hit. The category four storm is the third largest storm to ever hit the continental United States, according to The Hill.

(Photo by MCT Campus)

DONATE // FOOD FOR THOUGHT

NEWS IN BRIEF

VEGETABLE STOCK Can be found at your local grocery store for around $2.

PEANUT BUTTER Can be found at your local grocery store for around $3.

CANNED VEGETABLES Can be found at your local grocery store for around $1.

RAMEN

RAMEN Can be found at your local grocery store for around $1.

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Night of One Acts kicked off the fine arts program for the year Oct. 3. The production included an arrangement of short plays and skits in addition to improv. The show was student-run, performed and produced by the senior theatre duo Tess Prusa and Jordan Harrison. Pictured are senior Gwyn Powell and sophomore Mattie Mills acting as if they were stranded on an island after their boat crashed into rocks. "My favorite part was at the end when Sabrina, played by Peyton Wade, came out with a pineapple over her head," Mills said. (Photo by Sela Kincaid)

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NIGHT OF ONE ACTS Bishops Defrocked

Pope Francis stripped the status of two Chilean bishops that were accused of sexually abusing minors. To show greater support to the scandal, Pope Francis responded with a public statement explaining the bishops’ removal. Former archbishop Francisco Jose Cox Huneeus, one of the accused, has also had previous accusations of abuse back in 2002 and 2004.

Journalist Killed

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Oct. 2 in the Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Turkey. This has sparked international outrage as the writer often wrote critical columns of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince.

The Saudi Arabia’s government denied any involvement in the death, citing a rogue operation, according to the BBC. A number of newspapers published what is said are details from audio recordings of the alleged torture and death of the journalist.

PERFORMANCE FOR THE BLIND The cheer team and drumline performed for the students at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kansas, Sept.

21. The KC Blind All-Stars Walk and Student Track Meet was for their annual field day. Drumline participated in the procession and played during the races. At the end of the race, the runners listened for the drums to know how much further they had to run. The cheerleaders helped lead the children down the track with the drumline. “It was amazing to see kids of all ages overcoming their disabilities and performing in a sport that is very difficult for the visually impaired,” sophomore Paxton Meismer said. “Tons of the kids were so insanely fast, and it really showed me how they don’t let their disabilities stop them.” (Photo Submitted by Elizabeth Mulkey)

Canada and Cannabis

Cannabis was made legal in Canada, effective Oct. 17. The sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational use was made legal through The Cannabis Act, which was passed by the Canadian Senate June 21, according to Forbes.

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Know Your Candidates

Welcome to Our House The 2018 Open Houses welcomed over 100 families to the school this month.

BY KAITLIN LYMAN REPORTER

It’s all about future enrollment this year and Open House is taking the lead to seal the deal for prospective students, according to Katie Glatz.

Parents had two opportunities to visit the school this year: Wednesday Oct. 10 and Sunday Oct. 21. Offering two Open Houses gives families who cannot attend on Sundays another option.

Both Open Houses started with a welcome introduction in the chapel from President Alicia Herald Kortarba where visitors got a quick explanation of what their evening would contain. Then the tours began.

Led by a Student Ambassador and National Honor Society student pair, parents and their daughters received a view of student life through the eyes of the student.

“For the parents specifically I really want them to get the same feeling that their daughter had when they came on their shadow day,” Glatz said.

To get that feeling, this year's tours were a little different.

Visitors stopped by each academic department where they got to meet one on one with teachers and staff, student run club members, and college counselors. A highlight in each stop was the focus on areas of excellence, where staff advertised students’ achievements and informed parents how their daughter could get involved if attending.

“Were trying a little bit of a different format. Last year we had all the teachers in the gym and then the parents went on the tour and then they went into the gym to talk to teachers,” grade school Director of Admissions Mary Kenney said.

To prepare for the Open Houses, students and faculty cleaned by decorating bulletin boards, rearranging furniture and placing directional signs.

KANSAS Sharice Davids (D) ­­—Supports gun control —Wants to reinstate DACA —Will work on preventing climate change —Pro-choice.

Kevin Yoder (R) Junior Maya Bair talks about the school's international programs while giving a tour during Open House Oct 21.

On top of the clean house, student ambassadors put together thank you cards and wellness bags containing a purple pajama tank, an eye mask and bath bomb.

“Something that really excites me is as I’m looking at the names of the students coming for Open House. A lot of them are shadows.

We have almost 200 shadow visitors,” Glatz said. “To me just seeing that they’ve already completed their shadow visit and they’re coming back, that’s exciting.”

Keeping up With the 2018 Midterms With the elections approaching and 35 senate seats up for grabs, the midterms are keeping pollsters guessing.

BY KENNEDY WADE REPORTER

—Supports background checks for buying guns.

—Wants to secure the U.S. border —Opposes the Affordable Care Act —Pro-life.

Chris Clemmons (L) —Believes in a balanced federal budget —Will uphold the 2nd Amendment —He wants to secure the U.S. border —Pro-life

MISSOURI Claire McCaskill (D) —Supports improving gun safety —Wants to secure the U.S. border —She will work on preventing climate change —Pro-choice

Josh Hawley (R)

—Will uphold the 2nd

KANSAS The nation is eyeing key races DAVIDS 48% in Kansas and Missouri. At press YODER 39% time, the polls for Kansas' 3rd MISSOURI District and Missouri's Senate McCASKILL 47% races looked like this: (Data according to NY Times and CNN)

HAWLEY 44%

There is a 4 in 5 chance Republicans will control the Senate.

(Data according to FiveThirtyEight.com)

If Republicans win the Senate, it will be the first mid-term since 2002 that the President and the Senate shared the same party. (Data according to Politico)

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Where can you vote?

For those who are 18 and can vote in this mid-term election, go to s1.sos. mo.gov/elections/voterlookup/ to find your voting location. For the next election, register to vote at the DMV or go to USA.gov to register online. You can register when you are 17 1/2.

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Amendment —Wants to secure the U.S. border —He will not work on preventing climate change —Pro-life

Japheth Campbell (L)

—Will uphold the 2nd Amendment —Supports legal, industrialized hemp —Recommends an individualized tax plan —Pro-life

Jo Crain (G) —Supports increased gun control —Supports DREAM Act —Wants to prevent climate change —Pro-choice

Craig O’Dear (I) —Believes in improved gun control —Supports DACA —He will work on preventing climate change —Pro-choice

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NEWS

Text About It are willing to help."

Teachers can offer support, resources, and build a conversation with students according to McDonough. Students can choose to share their identity with teachers if they wish. Students can ask for help, resource numbers, or just have a

BY ANA PENDERGAST conversation.

WEB MANAGING EDITOR “Hopefully it opens a conversation and that eventually would feel comfortable. But they don’t The administration is introducing a new necessarily have to,” McDonough said. “Maybe wellness and communication tool called txtit’s just a conversation they want to keep going about-it. The new program will allow students to anonymously. Maybe they just need somebody to anonymously text selected teachers and to talk listen every now and then.” when they are feeling stressed or overwhelmed.

If a student makes a threat to themselves, “It’s an anonymous way for students who others, or the school, the program can identify the are feeling stressed, or maybe they want to report student, which students agree to when they log abuse, maybe they just are feeling down or maybe in. The school will not be able to see the names somebody’s bullying them or maybe somebody of students unless these harassing them,” High School circumstances are met.

Principal Natalie McDonough However, Campbell said. “They can anonymously worries that students may text somebody at the school.” not adopt the program or Along with counselors believe that they will stay and administrators, students anonymous, but hopes they can text four teachers that Tuesday, October 23 will learn to trust it. have been selected. The Some students are student can choose which hesitant to share with the teacher, counselor or faculty MESSAGES teachers over text and member to text and will All students will be worry about the anonymity remain anonymous. There anonymous of the program. are 13 total faculty and staff MESSAGES “I think one of the members they can choose Students can text from biggest challenges will be from. Selected staff members 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. getting students to adopt attended a training for the new MESSAGES it as an outlet,” Campbell program.

13 faculty members will said. “I think once students “He trained us on the be available understand that it is interface of the website and anonymous it will be a great how to set up our accounts.” resource for them,” Librarian Jennifer Campbell The new program will said. “Then he sent us some be explained to students extra stuff on how to be a during class meetings Oct. resource.”

23. It will allow students to Administrators (Illustration by Ana Pendergast) have better access to help McDonough, Ellen Carmody and give them a way to express their problems in a and Fran Koehler, counselors Erika Ellwanger, Karen Phillips, Laura King, Erin Stein and Heather new way, according to senior Hope Locke.

“It’ll make the counselors so much more Henning, Athletic Director Kate Pilgreen, Campus available,” Locke said. “It will be more comfortable Minister Stephanie Pino-Dressman, Biology because sometimes it’s hard to say it in person teacher Erin Paterson, Campbell, and journalism because your emotions get the best of you.” teacher Alison Long have been selected to be According to McDonough, the school available to students. received federal money for a wellness program for “I think it will be a phenomenal asset of grades 6-12. Both grade school principal Dr. Paola getting students who may be struggling with any Clark and McDonough decided this tool would number of things,” Campbell said, “even if it's just be a great program to help with wellness and anxiety for a test, and having them reach out and communication. know that the adults in this community care and

The administration is introducing a new program that will allow students to anonymously text teachers to aid in student wellness.

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Women’s Wellness Week November 6-15 Wellness Peer Education and Women’s Awareness Clubs will be partnering to sponsor a week devoted to promoting women’s wellness. Activities will include self-defense, yoga, and compliment cookies.

Following is the tentative schedule and topics.

MONDAY COMBATING JEALOUSY Shout Outs at Lunch Writing Kind Notes

TUESDAY SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS Self-Defense at Lunch

WEDNESDAY POSITIVE BODY IMAGE White Board Wednesday, Compliment Cookies and Cuties

THURSDAY TO BE DETERMINED...

Shout Outs at Lunch Writing Kind Notes

FRIDAY MINDFULNESS Yoga

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Her Majesty’s Theatre Choir and poetry performances bring together the audience through theme of community.

BY AVA STOLTZ NEWS & SPORTS EDITOR

“I just really like it,” junior Ana Switzer said. “Mrs. Mulkey is really nice and it is just a good group of girls to be around.

Yeah I like it a lot.”

(Photo by Ava Rawson)

What makes you want to sing?

What excites you about poetry?

“ I want to sing because I like how music affects people and how it just positively impacts everyone and I want to share that,” senior Jordan Harrison said. “I love the whole process and just growing as a musician.”

“ There are so many different forms of it, that you can use whatever character voice you want,” junior Inaya Khan said.

“There are so many different issues so it is really easy to find what you are wanting to talk about.” (Photo by Ava Rawson)

(Photo by Ava Rawson)

POETRY

What makes you want to be involved in music?

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Petit and Grand Choeur performed Monday night Oct. 15 in the gym, along with other artistic performances, for the sixth annual Her Majesty’s Theatre with the theme of 'A Community of Dreamers, Voices and Believers.'

Visual and Performing Arts teacher Elizabeth Mulkey decided on the community theme to help bring the audience and the performers together.

The theme included different sections within community including a community of dreamers, community of voices and community of believers.

“I felt like in our world right now we are so divided,” Mulkey said. “I wanted to show how tied together we are, and so that was my concept for the theme this year.”

The performance consisted of both choirs performing pieces that fit into the different sections of the themes of community. These pieces included “Dreams,” “Run Away” and "I Thank You God.” In between the sections there were five minute breaks so the audience could participate in various activities.

The activities included a community zentangle quilt and a community feast of cookies. The zentangle quilt was made up of small squares of paper that were decorated by the audience and pinned to a board next to each other so they made a collective art piece.

“I really liked the flow of it,” junior Peyton Wade said. “The community based activities were really unique and added a cool part to the show.”

For the final song, the choirs invited the audience to form a circle with them to sing together. Mulkey said she chose the sing along to help further promote the theme of community and really get the audience involved.

“I wanted to do something that we could all sing along with something that would be easy to learn,” Mulkey siad. “So that was that piece of that community. We had the community art, community meal and then that community music.”

The show also included poetry read by students to fit with the themes.

These poems included “Note to Self: What it Means to Be a Woman,” “Eating Poetry” and “To My Sister.” Junior Inaya Khan performed 2 pieces in the show.

“I think [poetry] shares more emotion because it’s another person standing up there talking about whatever she chooses,” Khan said. “It conveys what’s probably most important with her voice.”

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nce the bell rings, McGory starts class the way he always does.

With a joke: “I used to work in a fire hydrant factory,” McGory said. “And I hated that job because you couldn’t park anywhere near the place.”

Whether it’s his daily joke, his plethora of ties or the 3D printer he uses for Robotics, this second year math teacher is a jack of all trades.

He even has a side eBay business.

But maybe it’s all that came before his stint as a teacher that shaped who he is today.

Before teaching, McGory had spent time working at Lakeland Engineering, supervising the building of the control panels for Fresh Start Bakery, the main producer of McDonald’s hamburger buns. Despite McGory’s passion for the job, he felt as though he needed to do more.

“It has always been important to my husband to be of maximum service to God and others,” his wife, Candice McGory, said. “He had a love for math and wanted to contribute more to society. So he told me one day that he wanted to go back to school to become a math teacher, just as his father had done.”

But even before his engineering job at Lakeland, McGory spent 10 years in the Air Force, which is where McGory’s experience with technology began.

While serving in the Air Force, McGory spent time working on B-52 airplanes, or more plainly, ‘spy planes’. He worked on electronic countermeasures, which uses an electrical device to detect or trick radar or sonar systems.

"I was stationed in Blytheville, Arkansas when I worked on B-52’s and I did not like it at all,"McGory said. "A very bad place to be stationed as a single guy. Nothing to do, and no girls. Just soybeans, cotton and B-52’s."

He was later switched to military reconnaissance, serving on missions to gather intel for the Air Force. This often involved fixing plane and spy equipment during 24

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hour flights. While flying on these missions, McGory did temporary duty in England, Sudan and Japan.

"I probably got most of my appreciation of how good my life is from my time in Sudan, McGory said. "After seeing how hard it was for people to live there I could see how blessed I was to be born where I was. We often forget much of what we have is not from what we have done or how hard we have worked,

“It is really fun to buy and sell stuff. Like a game, when ever I make money on something I win."

-Mac McGory Math Teacher though those are important, but much of what we have is just from the society we are born into."

Traveling to different places was nothing new as McGory grew up in a military family. His dad also served in the Air Force and their family was constantly moving from state to state.

“So we were always moving," McGory said. "We lived in Ohio, New York, Texas, Mississippi, Germany and Florida. But [my dad] retired in Florida.”

McGory finally landed in St. Petersburg, Florida attending Dixie Hollins High School in 1969. But because of desegregation that began in the 1970s, McGory got transferred to Gibbs Senior High School in 1970 and graduated from Gibbs in 1973, a predominantly African American school.

Though his transition to Gibbs was relatively peaceful, it was drastically different from his experience at Dixie Hollins.

“Many schools in my city were having riots and other troubles over racial issues,” McGory said. “Add to that the usual concern about grades

and girlfriend/boyfriend issues. It was a confusing time."

Twenty years ago, McGory began teaching at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He incorporated a flipped classroom during his 2012-2013 school year at Archbishop O’Hara High School. He joined Sion in 2017.

Former O’Hara principal John O’Connor had the opportunity to watch the original implementation.

“He is a teacher who truly cares about the success of the students and about introducing his students to the most up to date ideas and concepts in the teaching field,” O'Connor said.

Senior Savannah Friedebach said that he doesn't just teach math, but he truly cares about all the students.

"He cares so much about the students," Friedebach said. "I’m not even in his class anymore and he came up to me to ask if I was doing okay after the Senior Class Mass dedicated to Matthew Bloskey."

Beyond teaching, about 10 years ago McGory and his wife were at an auction. They bought a box full of little bottles. Each were going for $10 on eBay. "I sold [the bottles] and made some money and was hooked," McGory said. "It is really fun to buy and sell stuff. Like a game, when ever I make money on something I win."

To date, the biggest thing he has sold is an electric grand piano which sold for around $15,000. Currently he is working on selling eight pallets of model airplane and train items.

"I'm trying to get that all sold since it is filling my garage," McGory said. "I sell so much different stuff, it's hard to say the craziest [thing I have sold]. But the girls think it's funny that I sold a bunch of hypodermic needles."

The one that got away was a buffalo taxidermy. Bass Pro outbid him at an auction.

"This is not a huge part of my life," McGory said. "It is my main hobby. Like any hobby, sometimes I spend a bunch of time at it, other times not so much."

left: Mac McGory stands in front of the ocean with wife Candy McGory while on vacation right after getting married. middle: Mac McGory stands next to his truck packed with everything he owned while moving from the army base in Nebraska to Kansas City in 1984. right: Mac McGory and Candy McGory take a family picture with son Derrick McGory outside their house in Kansas City in 1988. (All photos submitted by Mac McGory)

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D wn With Big Br ther Parents are using monitoring apps to obsessively keep tabs on their children and it’s unhealthy.

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hen our parents were growing up they would take their bikes out to ride around the neighborhoods and appear hours later for dinner.

As teens, their nights were occupied by driving the streets until they had to return home.

They may have told their parents where they were heading and then they were out.

Their generation had a sense of freedom that has been taken away from ours.

With the rise in technology, parents are getting hooked on new ways to keep tabs on their children. While it is understandable for parents to want to keep their teens safe, the new measures being taken to ensure this are excessive and harmful. Parents now have access to apps that allow them to spy on their children and it is getting out of control.

These apps are being used for everything from monitoring a driving teen’s speed, searching through text messages, pictures and social media, and most commonly used, tracking the location and every move of their child.

They work by analyzing their social media, photos and browser history, by screen recording their actions and sending it to parents. Parents obsessively rely on these apps to stalk their children in an effort “to keep them safe.” However, when parents resort to these extreme measures they are damaging the relationships between their children as well as invading trust and privacy.

Over a million users are accessing text messages, Snapchats and photos, as well as other social media apps through mSpy. It allows parents to view all sent, received and deleted texts through the app, monitor internet usage and call logs, and even keeps track of keyboard strokes. mSpy advertises spying on a teen’s photos can protect them from the “dangers of sexting and cyberbullying.” But in reality having access to this information is far different than taking real measures at ensuring safety.

While location tracking is present and relevant, old photos and texts can not prevent unsafe behaviors because they have already occured. Lurking through past “evidence” to use against teens is not going to keep them safe.

Rather, it’s going to increase parents’ anxiety and tip helicopter-parents over the edge into snowplow parents.

Furthermore, parent-tracking apps are violating trust and damaging relationships. When it comes to parent-child relationships, trust is a

two-way street. While kids should feel comfortable voicing their concerns to their parents, parents should do the same. Monitoring apps are violating trust and closing the door for healthy dialogue to occur between parents and their children.

Fifty-two out of 100 interviewed students said that they feel uncomfortable with their parents obsessively monitoring their every move through an app, not because they were doing anything deemed wrong, but because they felt their parents were not offering a chance for trust. Kids feel less safe with monitoring apps, according to a study from Yourteenmag.

When parents are constantly monitoring them with no room for error, teens not only feel like there is a lack of trust from their parent, but they will be less likely to extend trust in exchange.

Strict authoritarian parents are most likely to raise rebellious, delinquent children, according to a research study from the University of New Hampshire. Students admit to resorting to extreme measures, such as leaving their phone at a friend’s house, blocking parents on social media, or turning off location services to get their parents off their trail.

Not only is it a violation of trust for teens, but installing these parental-control apps are a huge violation of privacy. Many of these apps work without the teens’ knowledge. In some apps parents can secretly enable the feature so that the actual application will not appear on the child’s screen.

Law requires that users must notify device owners to install the software, according to mSpy’s website. However, everything about their app goes against this, as it advertises its ability to work undercover and invisibly.

Additionally, it is so important for kids and teens to have privacy apart from their parents’ intervention as this is the time in their lives for them to learn.

In the long run, these apps are not beneficial in a child’s life. In fact, these apps are further encouraging overparenting, which has lasting effects on children’s development. Hover-parents lead to more emotional and behavioral problems and an increase in anxiety, according to studies from Psychology Today.

Parents concerns are understandable. But creepy tracking-apps are not the way to go about it. Limit reliance on these apps and confront your child in person, rather than from behind a screen.

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(Illustrations by Katie Fitzgerald// Map by Vecteezy)

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: Convenience Over Security Venmo is convenient and easy, but when considering its security and privacy, the app should be avoided.

BY MALEAH DOWNTON EDITORIAL EDITOR

‘Ready, Set, Pay,’ mobile payment service Venmo advertises on its website. Venmo is an app operated by PayPal that is available for both IOS and Android mobile devices. The app provides a ‘simple and convenient’ way for users to make and receive payments. It is the epitome of today’s modern society.

But with its easy accessibility, it has many deficits and issues within its security and privacy. Users should refrain from using the app entirely as their privacy and security shouldn’t be up for grabs.

Venmo is convenient. That is what draws users to the app.

Payments are made both swiftly and easily from one’s smartphone.

However, the pressing question of whether that convenience outweighs

the need for privacy and security begs an answer. Venmo has been prone to issues, according to Consumer Affairs, from users being locked out of their account, to mystery payments made without the user’s knowledge.

When receiving a transaction through Venmo, users assume that when a transaction says it is complete, that is the truth. Venmo even states that it is impossible to cancel a payment. However, that statement fails to account the possibility of payments being declined, voided or disputed by a user’s credit card. This possible error serves as a goldmine for scammers.

Con artists utilize users’ confusion when it comes to purchasing items.

With the assumption that the payment has been received, users relinquish the sold item only to discover the payment has later been redacted.

Researcher Hang Do Thi Duc recently released a project in which she exposed Venmo’s shocking privacy settings. Venmo users’ transactions and messages are public to all as the default setting. Through accessing data through Venmo’s

public API, Hang discovered that there were approximately 208 million public transactions on Venmo in 2017 alone.

To demonstrate this danger and breach of privacy, Hang gave a very detailed account into the transactions of five unsuspecting users. Each revealed detailed and sensitive information into the lives and purchases of these people.

From the numerous transactions of a cannabis retailer operating out of Santa Barbara, to a married couple’s long journey with paying off their extensive debt, everything they had assumed that would be private was available for the world to see. These public transactions gave a window into the routines and habits of their everyday lives.

The Federal Trade Commission released a complaint against Venmo in March 2016. The complaint cited that Venmo had misled users on multiple accounts in terms of privacy, security and reliability. The FTC concluded that Venmo was in violation of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguard Rule and Privacy Rule. Venmo failed to implement

safeguards within the app to protect customer information and they failed to deliver the required privacy notices to users. Their violations presented a false sense of security to users, when in reality their information and transactions are and have been at risk. The FTC noted that Venmo didn’t fully disclose with its users what was public with their accounts and the true extent of their security. Venmo and the FTC reached a settlement over the numerous allegations of violations in Feb. 2018.

Venmo claims now to be improving its security, but issues within the app remain. The Mozilla Foundation, developers of the web browser Firefox, recently has pushed for Venmo to make its settings private by default, but Venmo has failed to respond. Venmo’s trustworthiness comes into question as the rise of digital purchases engulfs our society. Venmo is convenient and easy, but users should not completely trust the app’s security. The trend towards digital payment is tempting, but trusting in these third-party apps only makes users susceptible and vulnerable to financial adversities.

A Long Road To Recovery The effects of natural disasters do not disappear when the media leaves.

BY CECILIA MOHÁCSI PRINT CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF

When disaster strikes, the media joins the wave of first responders to cover the immediate aftermath and survivor stories. Whether it’s an earthquake, hurricane or tornado, the news is flooded with depressing images of destruction and dramatic rescues.

However, after the initial coverage is over and the cameras leave the scene, the affected areas are left in the dark and the public tends to forget.

Natural disasters need continual coverage because the victims still need help months after the disaster, and they aren’t going to receive help if no one knows they still need it.

Of course recovery time varies for different situations and the severity of the disaster, but nothing is repaired or healed overnight. Typically, reconstruction takes 10 times as long as the emergency period, according to a National Academy of Sciences study.

With the exception of hurricane Katrina which had a much longer emergency period, that means that if the emergency period lasted four

weeks, recovery would take roughly 40 weeks.

A fairly recent disaster in the last year was Hurricane Maria that had a huge impact on the island of Puerto Rico.

The storm devastated the island leaving thousands of people without power for almost a year, and sent the entire territory into a humanitarian crisis, according to Mercy Corps. Electricity and cell towers were down and there was little to no access to clean water for people. Hurricane Maria caused over $90 billion in damage, and the recovery has barely started.

Puerto Rico’s long road to recovery, and other affected places alike, aren’t being covered with updates like they should be.

The storm may have passed, but the long term effects are what take the biggest toll. It will take years for some families to recover, according to the New England Journal of Medicine.

There are so many ways for the public to have access to news from television, social media and alert apps. On average, media outlets report on natural disasters for a shorter period of time compared to other topics, according to a 2013 study published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. News topics generally have a span of 18 months, but disasters

FORGOTTEN PUERTO RICO Hurricane Maria still leaves lasting damages in Puerto Rico one year after the disaster.

(Photo by MCT Campus)

are only covered for 12 months on average, and the majority of this coverage comes in the first 30 days with 62.8 percent of all reporting done in the immediate aftermath.

Increasing coverage on these issues would potentially increase donations to aid the recovery process. With so many ways to reach audiences through television and social media, news outlets bring general awareness to large scale events such as natural disasters. By simply getting the word out that help is still needed, the public would be more aware of what needs to be done.

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OPINION

Test-Optional Schools are the Best Option Test-optional schools give students a fairer opportunities when applying to colleges.

BY JENNA BARACKMAN REPORTER

As students all over the country prepare to take the dreaded ACT or SAT and apply to colleges, the pressure is on to perform extremely well. But the question has to be asked as to whether these tests are really a fair and accurate way of determining a person’s intelligence and eligibility to get into certain schools. There is no one way to measure intelligence. People’s minds work differently.

Test-optional schools provide alternatives to submitting standardized tests, often supplementing them with letters of recommendations or essays.

They allow students to submit their test scores if they think it accurately represents them as a student, or they can choose to opt out of submitting their scores. This is extremely helpful for students who don’t test well or have test anxiety to be allowed to measure their intelligence on their own terms.

There are currently 850 public and private universities that are test optional, according to PBS, and each of them varies on what they require in order to apply. For example, Bates College requires three letters of recommendation and a student’s transcript. Saint Lawrence College requires two letters of recommendations and a transcript. Testoptional schools give opportunities for students to showcase their strengths in other ways besides a standard, and, frankly, unreliable form of measuring students’ abilities.

Standardized tests cannot accurately gauge the intelligence of every student who takes it and they are much different from tests during school because of the ‘score gap’. The score gap refers to black and Hispanic students scoring significantly lower compared to white and Asian students. 11% of Hispanic students and 4% of black students met the ACT’s benchmarks for college readiness in all 4 areas, compared to 30% of whites and 39% of Asians, according to EdWeek. The gap could very

well be a result of not getting the test preparations or tutors that white and Asian students receive.

Hispanic and black students are ‘far less likely’ to receive test preparation, according to EdWeek.

Most private tutors guarantee a score increase of at least three points, according to PrepScholar, but are expensive and, to some lower-income families, are not an option. They can cost, on average, $30-50 an hour, according to PrepScholar, and with multiple tutoring sessions and hours that are needed to improve a score, the cost can go into the thousands. Students coming from higher-income families along with White and Asian students already have a distinct advantage when going into the test, so the ACT cannot be regarded as “fair”.

In addition, Each section of the ACT or SAT is set up so students must answer lots of questions in a very short amount of time. There is significantly more pressure than with any normal test at school. In addition to it being timed, being over multiple core subjects and it being an over-three-hour test, it also can have a huge effect on a student’s future in terms of getting into a university. Standardized tests can also determine what kind of scholarships that students get. Many universities even have minimum score requirements to even be able to apply to them, like New York University, who requires a minimum of a 28. The ACT and SAT provide unnecessary pressure for students who are told that these scores can dictate their entire life.

Test anxiety can affect anywhere between 25 to 40 percent of students, according to the Washington Post. This can be detrimental to students’ school life with special emphasis on standardized testing. Students suffering from anxiety disorder were proven to score about 12 percentile points lower, which may not sound like a lot but could potentially mean the difference between a pass or a fail, scholarship opportunities or being admitted into a university of choice, according to Dr. Richard Driscoll, a clinical therapist who specializes in test anxiety. Students with anxiety should not be barred from certain schools because of a disorder that they cannot help.

Test-optional schools are the only way to ensure that each student gets a fair shot at being given entrance to students’ colleges of choice.

Best Test-Optional Schools

#1 University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

#2 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine

#3 Bates College Lewiston, Maine

#4 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#5 Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts

#6 Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut

#7 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts

#8 Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

#9 College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Massachusetts

#10 Pitzer College Claremont, California

#11 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts

Test anxiety can affect between 25% to 40% of students.

There are more than 850 test-optional schools in the United States.

(according to the Washington post)

(according to PBS)

Students with anxiety disorder perform about 12 percentile points below their low anxiety peers. (according to American Test

#12 Whitman College Walla Walla, Washington (according to Niche)

Anxieties Association)

(Illustrations by Kamryn Rogers and Vecteezy)

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OPINION

The Fine Line Between Cultural Appropriation and Appreciation The line between cultural appropriation and appreciation is thin and definitely not straight.

BY KAMRYN ROGERS FEATURES EDITOR

My hair. It is untamed. It is a big part of who I am because it has affected the way I present myself to the world. I have spent my life subjected to belittlement by my peers who ask curiously, ‘Why is your hair so poofy?’, ‘Can you straighten it?’, ‘You should get this hairstyle instead.’. This and the constant fingers lingering through my kinky curls at a young age made me feel different and like I was lesser than. I’m surrounded by other Black people who wear cornrows, dreads and braids to make their hair more manageable.

As I’ve grown older I’ve begun to appreciate and embrace my natural hair instead of conforming to what society thinks it should look like. So this is why, when I scroll through my social media feed to see non-Black people wearing afro-centric hairstyles and are gaining praise from it while I and others from my race are called ‘dirty’ and ‘ghetto,’ I am reminded of the systemic privilege that plagues our society.

Matters involving cultural appropriation are omnipresent in America today. Cultural appropriation is destructive due to its extension of centuries of racism, oppression and disenfranchisement. The opposition of cultural appropriation stands on the fallacy that race relations exist on a level playing field, as though racism has been extinguished.

An example of this can be found in the National Football League’s Washington Redskins whose logo presents a Native American man in a traditional headdress. The team sells feather headdresses, foam tomahawks, faux Indian clothing and containers of paint meant to be worn in imitation of Native American war paint, which together are inaccurate and negative depictions of Native Americans. Because Native Americans are such an underrepresented community, we have brushed under the rug the blatant ethnic stereotyping and racial slurs that are connected with this logo, which in turn leads further defamation and marginalization of their race and culture.

Misrepresentations like these are also found in Halloween costumes. This includes but is not limited to Black face, sombreros and ponchos and the fusing of East Asian culture. This is most often seen in performances such as Nicki Minaj’s ‘Chun Li’ on Saturday Night Live earlier this year. She began her performance in a kimono-

style garment, shedding it to reveal a bodyarmor-type of bodysuit that was half Chinese and half traditional Japanese samurai armor.

This blending of Chinese and Japanese culture is bad enough, but Minaj also sexualizes these two cultures in the process. Intentionally or not, she demeaned something meaningful.

Ideally, the majority of people dressing up in costumes are well-intentioned. Most are making an attempt to show admiration but receive negative backlash because they crossed a line they didn’t know was there.

This could be avoided by simply asking someone from that culture, ‘Does my costume come off as offensive?’ It is imperative to have a dialogue on what is appropriate and what is not because it will inevitably help to foster a more conscious America.

Cultural appreciation is when elements of a culture are used while honoring the source they came from. It’s one thing to bring back jewelry from a country you visited where you experienced the traditions and rituals performed and another to style your hair in cornrows because you saw a celebrity do it.

It takes some personal interaction in some form to truly comprehend and appreciate someone’s lifestyle. To give an example, if you get henna before a music festival with the sole purpose of looking cute, then you are appropriating South Asian culture. But if you are getting it done in a way that honors the traditions associated with this body art, then you are appreciating it.

That said, respect is the most important part in distinguishing the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation. We are not at a point in time where we uphold the dignity of each individual. We continually stereotype people because of what they look like and those are the ones who get belittled on a day to day basis and are frowned upon by their white counterparts. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Our inability to acknowledge and accept this pressing fact shows how far this country has come and how much farther it needs to go.

Cultural Appreciation is the goal but cultural appropriation is the reality. We need to begin to take the time to understand, respect and embrace people’s differences. Thus, when contemplating costumes for this Halloween season, instead of putting on what you think will get the most laughs or likes, put yourself in someone else’s shoes figuratively before you do so literally.

Madonna’s Mayhem At the VMA’s held in August, Madonna wore an elaborate headpiece with horns, layered jewelry, braids and a multi-hued printed robe which were all appropriated from different parts of North African culture. (Photo from MCT Campus)

This is How We Do Katy Perry performed ‘Dark Horse’ on the “The Prismatic World Tour”. She’s appreciating Egyptian culture because the costumes and accessories used were accurate representations of said culture.

(Photo from Wikimedia)

Stop Feeling Yourself Nicki Minaj performs her ‘Chun Li’ on Saturday Night Live wearing chopsticks and a half Chinese and half traditional Japanese samurai armor.

(Photo from Nicki Minaj’s Instagram)

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We may collect information regarding customer activities on our website, iCloud services, our iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, App Store for Apple TV and iBooks Stores and from our other products and services.

This information is aggregated and used to help us provide more useful information to our customers and to understand which parts of our website, products, and services are of most interest. Aggregated data is considered non‑personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.

We may collect and store details of how you use our services, including search queries.

This information may be used to improve the relevancy of results provided by our services.

Except in limited instances to ensure quality of our services over the Internet, such information will not be associated with your IP address.

With your explicit consent, we may collect data about how you use your device and applications in order to help app developers improve their apps.

If we do combine non-personal information with personal information the combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it remains combined.

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Ads that are delivered by Apple’s advertising platform may appear in Apple News and in the App Store. If you do not wish to receive ads targeted to your interests from Apple’s advertising platform, you can choose to enable Limit Ad Tracking, which will opt your Apple ID out of receiving such ads regardless of what device you are using. If you enable Limit AdTracking on your mobile device, third-party apps cannot use the Advertising Identifier, a non-personal device identifier, to serve you targeted ads.

You may still see ads in the App Store or News based on context like your search query or the channel you are reading. In third-party apps, you may see ads based on other information.

Apple and our partners also use cookies and other technologies to remember personal information when you use our website, online services, and applications. Our goal in these cases is to make your experience with Apple more convenient and personal. For example, knowing your first name lets us welcome you the next time you visit the Apple Online Store.

Knowing your country and language − and if you are an educator, your school − helps us provide a customized and more useful shopping experience. Knowing someone using your computer or device has shopped for a certain product or used a particular service helps us make our advertising and email communications more relevant to your interests. And knowing your contact information, hardware identifiers, and information about your computer or device helps us personalize your operating system, set up your iCloud service, and provide you with better customer service.

If you want to disable cookies and you’re using the Safari web browser, go to Safari preferences and then to the privacy pane to manage your preferences. On your Apple mobile device, go to Settings, then Safari, scroll down to the Privacy & Security section, and tap on “Block Cookies” to manage your preferences. For other browsers, check with your provider to find out how to disable cookies. Please note that certain features of the Apple website will not be available once cookies are disabled.

As is true of most internet services, we gather some information automatically and store it

system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We use this information to understand and analyze trends, to administer the site, to learn about user behavior on the site, to improve our product and services, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Apple may use this information in our marketing and advertising services.

In some of our email messages, we use a “clickthrough URL” linked to content on the Apple website. When customers click one of these URLs, they pass through a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our website. We track this click-through data to help us determine interest in particular topics and measure the effectiveness of our customer communications. If you prefer not to be tracked in this way, you should not click text or graphic links in the email messages.

Pixel tags enable us to send email messages in a format customers can read, and they tell us whether mail has been opened. We may use this information to reduce or eliminate messages sent to customers.

Disclosure to Third Parties At times Apple may make certain personal information available to strategic partners that work with Apple to provide products and services, or that help Apple market to customers.

For example, when you purchase and activate your iPhone, you authorize Apple and your carrier to exchange the information you provide during the activation process to carry out service. If you are approved for service, your account will be governed by Apple and your carrier’s respective privacy policies. Personal information will only be shared by Apple to provide or improve our products, services and advertising; it will not be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes.

Service Providers Apple shares personal information with companies who provide services such as information processing, extending credit, fulfilling customer orders, delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys.

These companies are obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever Apple operates.

Others It may be necessary − by law, legal process, litigation, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence − for Apple to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for purposes of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary or appropriate.

we establish a relevant need we only retain it for the shortest possible period to realize the purpose of collection unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Access to Personal Information You can help ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete, and up to date by signing in to your Apple ID account page. For other personal information we hold, we will provide you with access (including a copy) for any purpose including to request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data if Apple is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business purposes.We may decline to process requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. We may also decline aspects of deletion or access requests if we believe doing so would undermine our legitimate use of data for anti-fraud and security purposes as described earlier. Online tools for the exercise of access, correction, or deletion requests are available on a regional basis by signing in to privacy.apple.com. Where the online tool is not currently available for access requests in your region, a request may be made directly to apple. com/legal/privacy/contact.

Children & Education We understand the importance of taking extra precautions to protect the privacy and safety of children using Apple products and services.

Children under the age of 13, or equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction, are not permitted to create their own Apple IDs, unless their parent provided verifiable consent or as part of the child account creation process in Family Sharing or they have obtained a Managed Apple ID account (where available) through their school. For example, a parent must review the Apple ID and Family Sharing Disclosure and agree to the Consent to Apple’s Collection, Use and Disclosure of Your Child’s Information; and the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions, before they can begin the Apple ID account creation process for their child. In addition, schools that participate in Apple School Manager and have reviewed and consented to the Managed Apple IDs for Students Disclosure may create Managed Apple IDs for students.

The Managed Apple IDs for Students Disclosure describes how Apple handles student information and supplements Apple’s Privacy Policy. Learn more about Family Sharing, the Managed Apple IDs and Restrictions for children’s accounts.

If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction, outside the above circumstances we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.

We may also disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or protect our operations or users. Additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale we may transfer any and all personal information we collect to the relevant third party.

Protection of Personal Information Apple takes the security of your personal information very seriously. Apple online services such as the Apple Online Store and iTunes Store protect your personal information during transit using encryption such as Transport Layer Security (TLS). When your personal data is stored by Apple, we use computer systems with limited access housed in facilities using physical security measures. With the exception of iCloud Mail, iCloud data is stored in encrypted form including when we utilize third-party storage.

When you use some Apple products, services, or applications or post on an Apple forum, chat room, or social networking service, the personal information and content you share is visible to other users and can be read, collected, or used by them. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to share or submit in these instances. For example, if you list your name and email address in a forum posting, that information is public. Please take care when using these features.

If you or anyone else using Family Sharing logs on to a device that is owned by a third party, any information shared within your Family— including calendar, location, photos, and iTunes purchases—may be downloaded on to that third-party device thereby disclosing any such shared information. Visit Family Sharing for more information.

The existence of Automated Decision-Making, Including Profiling Apple does not take any decisions involving the use of algorithms or profiling that significantly affects you.

Integrity and Retention of Personal Information Apple makes it easy for you to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date. We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes

If at any time a parent needs to access, correct, or delete data associated with their Family Sharing account or child’s Apple ID, they may contact us through one of the options provided at the bottom of this page.

their subscriptions.

International Users All the information you provide may be transferred or accessed by entities around the world as described in this Privacy Policy. Personal information, relating to Apple services, regarding individuals who reside in a member state of the European Economic Area and Switzerland is controlled by Apple Distribution International in Ireland, and processed on its behalf by Apple Inc. Apple uses approved Model Contractual Clauses for the international transfer of personal information collected in the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Apple, as a global company, has a number of legal entities in different jurisdictions which are responsible for the personal information which they collect and which is processed on their behalf by Apple Inc. For example, point of sale information in our Retail entities outside the U.S. is controlled by our individual Retail entities in each country. Apple, Online Store and iTunes related personal information may also be controlled by legal entities outside the U.S. as reflected in the terms of each service.

Apple abides by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rules System. The APEC CBPR system provides a framework for organizations to ensure protection of personal information transferred among participating APEC economies. To learn more about the APEC Certification and Dispute Resolution, please click on the TRUSTe seal.

Our Companywide Commitment to Your Privacy To make sure your personal information is secure, we communicate our privacy and security guidelines to Apple employees and strictly enforce privacy safeguards within the company.

Privacy Questions If you have any questions or concerns about Apple’s Privacy Policy or data processing, you would like to contact our European Data Protection Officer, or if you would like to make a complaint about a possible breach of local privacy laws, please contact us. You can always contact us by phone at the relevant Apple Support number for your country or region.

When a privacy question or question about personal information received in response to an access/download request is received we have a dedicated team which triages the contacts and seeks to address the specific concern or query which you are seeking to raise. Where your issue may be more substantive in nature, more information may be sought from you. All such substantive contacts receive a response.

If you are unsatisfied with the reply received, you may refer your complaint to the relevant regulator in your jurisdiction. If you ask us, we will endeavor to provide you with information about relevant complaint avenues which may be applicable to your circumstances.

Apple may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. When we change the policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along with the updated Privacy Policy. Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact a single person.

You may be asked to provide your personal information anytime you are in contact with Apple or an Apple affiliated company. Apple and its affiliates may share this personal information with each other and use it consistent with this Privacy Policy. They may also combine it with other information to provide and improve our products, services, content, and advertising. You are not required to provide the personal information that we have requested, but, if you chose not to do so, in many cases we will not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to any queries you may have.

Here are some examples of the types of personal information Apple may collect and how we may use it: What personal information we collect When you create an Apple ID, apply for commercial credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at an Apple Retail Store, connect to our services, contact us or participate in an online survey, we may collect a variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, device identifiers, IP address, location information and credit card information.

When you share your content with family and friends using Apple products, send gift certificates and products, or invite others to participate in Apple services or forums, Apple may collect the information you provide about those people such as name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. Apple will use such information to fulfill your requests, provide the relevant product or service, or for anti-fraud purposes.

In certain jurisdictions, we may ask for a government issued ID in limited circumstances including when setting up a wireless account and activating your device, for the purpose of extending commercial credit, managing

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Location-Based Services To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. Where available, location-based services may use GPS, Bluetooth, and your IP Address, along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations, and other technologies to determine your devices’ approximate location. Unless you provide consent, this location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, your device may share its geographic location with application providers when you opt in to their location services.

Some location-based services offered by Apple, such as the “Find My iPhone” feature, require your personal information for the feature to work.

Third‑Party Sites and Services Apple websites, products, applications, and services may contain links to third-party websites, products, and services. Our products and services may also use or offer products or services from third parties − for example, a third‑party iPhone app.

Information collected by third parties, which may include such things as location data or contact details, is governed by their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of those third parties.

If you purchase a subscription in a third party app or within News, we create a Subscriber ID that is unique to you and the developer or publisher which we use to provide reports to the developer or publisher that include information about the subscription you purchased, and your country of residence. If you cancel all of your subscriptions with a particular

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with your consent, for compliance with a legal obligation to which Apple is subject or when we have assessed it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Apple or a third party to whom it may be necessary to disclose information.

The personal information we collect allows us to keep you posted on Apple’s latest product announcements, software updates, and upcoming events. If you don’t want to be on our mailing list, you can opt out anytime by updating your preferences.

We also use personal information to help us create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our products, services, content and advertising, and for loss prevention and anti-fraud purposes. We may also use your personal information for account and network security purposes, including in order to protect our services for the benefit of all our users. Where we use your information for anti-fraud purposes it arises from the conduct of an online transaction with us. We limit our uses of data for anti-fraud purposes to those which are strictly necessary and within our assessed legitimate interests to protect our customers and our services. For certain online transactions we may also validate the information provided by you with publicly accessible sources.

We may use your personal information, including date of birth, to verify identity, assist with identification of users, and to determine appropriate services. For example, we may use date of birth to determine the age of Apple ID account holders.

From time to time, we may use your personal information to send important notices, such as communications about purchases and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

Because this information is important to your interaction with Apple, you may not opt out of receiving these communications.

We may also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to improve Apple’s products, services, and customer communications.

If you enter into a sweepstake, contest, or similar promotion we may use the information you provide to administer those programs.

Source of your personal information where they are not collected from you We may have received your personal information from other persons if that person has shared their content with you using Apple products, sent gift certificates and products, or invited you to participate in Apple services or forums. We may also validate the information provided by you when creating an Apple ID with a third party for security and fraud prevention purposes.

For research and development purposes, we may use datasets such as those that contain images, voices or other data that could be associated with an identifiable person. When acquiring such datasets, we do so in accordance with applicable law in the jurisdiction in which the dataset is hosted. When using such datasets for research and development, we do not attempt to re-identify individuals who may appear therein.

Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information We also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The following are some examples of non-personal information that we collect and how we may use it: We may collect information such as occupation, language, zip code, area code, unique device identifier, referrer URL, location, and the time zone where an Apple product is used so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our products, services, and advertising.

We may collect information regarding customer activities on our website, iCloud services, our iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, App Store for Apple TV and iBooks Stores and from our other products and services.

This information is aggregated and used to help us provide more useful information to our customers and to understand which parts of our website, products, and services are of most interest. Aggregated data is considered non‑personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.

We may collect and store details of how you use our services, including search queries.

This information may be used to improve the relevancy of results provided by our services.

Except in limited instances to ensure quality of our services over the Internet, such information will not be associated with your IP address.

With your explicit consent, we may collect data about how you use your device and applications in order to help app developers improve their apps.

If we do combine non-personal information with personal information the combined information will be treated as personal information

may use “cookies” and other technologies our product and services, and to gather demomore information. such as pixel tags and web beacons. These graphic information about our user base as a The existence of Automated Decision-Making, technologies help us better understand user whole. Apple may use this information in our Including Profiling behavior, tell us which parts of our websites marketing and advertising services.

Apple does not take any decisions involving the people have visited, and facilitate and measure use of algorithms or profiling that significantly the effectiveness of advertisements and web In some of our email messages, we use a “clickaffects you. searches. We treat information collected by through URL” linked to content on the Apple Integrity and Retention of Personal Information cookies and other technologies as non‑personal website. When customers click one of these Apple makes it easy for you to keep your perinformation. However, to the extent that InterURLs, they pass through a separate web server sonal information accurate, complete, and up to net Protocol (IP) addresses or similar identifiers before arriving at the destination page on our date. We will retain your personal information are considered personal information by local website. We track this click-through data to for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes law, we also treat these identifiers as personal help us determine interest in particular topics outlined in this Privacy Policy and our service information. Similarly, to the extent that and measure the effectiveness of our customer specific privacy summaries. When assessing non-personal information is combined with communications. If you prefer not to be tracked these periods we carefully examine our need personal information, we treat the combined in this way, you should not click text or graphic to collect personal information at all and if information as personal information for the links in the email messages. we establish a relevant need we only retain it purposes of this Privacy Policy. for the shortest possible period to realize the Ads that are delivered by Apple’s advertising Pixel tags enable us to send email messages in purpose of collection unless a longer retention platform may appear in Apple News and in the a format customers can read, and they tell us period is required by law.

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And knowing formation very seriously. Apple online services Apple’s entire privacy policy available, location-based services may use GPS, your contact information, hardware identifiers, such as the Apple Online Store and iTunes Bluetooth, and your IP Address, along with and information about your computer or device Store protect your personal information during crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower helps us personalize your operating system, set transit using encryption such as Transport locations, and other technologies to determine up your iCloud service, and provide you with Layer Security (TLS). When your personal your devices’ approximate location. Unless you better customer service. data is stored by Apple, we use computer provide consent, this location data is collected If you want to disable cookies and you’re using systems with limited access housed in facilities anonymously in a form that does not personally the Safari web browser, go to Safari preferences using physical security measures. With the identify you and is used by Apple and our and then to the privacy pane to manage your exception of iCloud Mail, iCloud data is stored partners and licensees to provide and improve preferences. On your Apple mobile device, in encrypted form including when we utilize location-based products and services. For go to Settings, then Safari, scroll down to the third-party storage. example, your device may share its geographic Privacy & Security section, and tap on “Block When you use some Apple products, services, location with application providers when you Cookies” to manage your preferences. For other or applications or post on an Apple forum, opt in to their location services. browsers, check with your provider to find chat room, or social networking service, the Some location-based services offered by Apple, out how to disable cookies. Please note that personal information and content you share is such as the “Find My iPhone” feature, require certain features of the Apple website will not be visible to other users and can be read, collected, your personal information for the feature to available once cookies are disabled. or used by them. You are responsible for the work. personal information you choose to share or Third‑Party Sites and Services As is true of most internet services, we gather submit in these instances. For example, if you Apple websites, products, applications, and some information automatically and store it list your name and email address in a forum services may contain links to third-party in log files. This information includes Internet posting, that information is public. Please take websites, products, and services. Our products Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type and lancare when using these features. and services may also use or offer products or guage, Internet service provider (ISP), referring If you or anyone else using Family Sharing logs services from third parties − for example, a and exit websites and applications, operating on to a device that is owned by a third party, third‑party iPhone app. system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. any information shared within your Family—

privacy practices of those third parties.

If you purchase a subscription in a third part app or within News, we create a Subscriber ID that is unique to you and the developer or COVER publisher whichSTORY we use to provide reports to the developer or publisher that include information about the subscription you purchased and your country of residence. If you cancel all of your subscriptions with a particular developer or publisher, the Subscriber ID wil reset after 180 days if you do not resubscribe This information is provided to developers so that they can understand the performance of their subscriptions.

International Users All the information you provide may be tran ferred or accessed by entities around the wor as described in this Privacy Policy. Personal i formation, relating to Apple services, regardi individuals who reside in a member state of t European Economic Area and Switzerland is controlled by Apple Distribution Internation in Ireland, and processed on its behalf by Ap Inc. Apple uses approved Model Contractual Clauses for the international transfer of personal information collected in the Europe Economic Area and Switzerland. Apple, as a global company, has a number of legal entitie in different jurisdictions which are responsib for the personal information which they colle and which is processed on their behalf by Ap untry. Apple, Online Store and iTunes related personal information may also be controlled legal entities outside the U.S. as reflected in t terms of each service.

Apple abides by the Asia-Pacific Economic C operation (APEC) Cross Border Privacy Rule System. The APEC CBPR system provides a framework for organizations to ensure protec tion of personal information transferred amo participating APEC economies. To learn mor about the APEC Certification and Dispute Resolution, please click on the TRUSTe seal.

Our Companywide Commitment to Your Privacy To make sure your personal information is secure, we communicate our privacy and sec rity guidelines to Apple employees and strict enforce privacy safeguards within the compa Privacy Questions If you have any questions or concerns about Apple’s Privacy Policy or data processing, you would like to contact our European Data Protection Officer, or if you would like to ma a complaint about a possible breach of local privacy laws, please contact us. You can alwa contact us by phone at the relevant Apple Sup port number for your country or region.

When a privacy question or question about personal information received in response to an access/download request is received we ha a dedicated team which triages the contacts and seeks to address the specific concern or query which you are seeking to raise. Where your issue may be more substantive in nature more information may be sought from you. A such substantive contacts receive a response.

If you are unsatisfied with the reply received, you may refer your complaint to the relevant regulator in your jurisdiction. If you ask us, w will endeavor to provide you with informatio about relevant complaint avenues which may applicable to your circumstances.

Apple may update its Privacy Policy from tim to time. When we change the policy in a mat rial way, a notice will be posted on our websi along with the updated Privacy Policy.

Collection and Use of Personal Information Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact a single person.You ma be asked to provide your personal informatio anytime you are in contact with Apple or an Apple affiliated company. Apple and its affiliates may share this personal information with each other and use it consistent with thi Privacy Policy. They may also combine it wit other information to provide and improve ou products, services, content, and advertising.

You are not required to provide the personal information that we have requested, but, if you chose not to do so, in many cases we wil not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to any queries you ma have.Here are some examples of the types of personal information Apple may collect and how we may use it:What personal informatio we collectWhen you create an Apple ID, appl for commercial credit, purchase a product, download a software update, register for a class at an Apple Retail Store, connect to our services, contact us or participate in an onlin survey, we may collect a variety of informatio including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, device identifiers, IP address, location inform tion and credit card information.

When you share your content with family an friends using Apple products, send gift certifi cates and products, or invite others to OCTOBER 2018

Generation Consumers are increasingly dependent on technology and, in turn, are unknowingly opening themselves up to many invasions of their privacy.

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The U.K. based company GameStation put an “Immortal Soul Clause” in their terms and conditions and over 88 percent of people agreed to it. This gave GameStation legal ownership over their souls. Of course, it was just a joke and the people who didn’t agree received a coupon to their online store. The company wanted to highlight how few people actually read it. GameStation will be contacting consumers with notifications of nullification but they have proved a point.

The privacy policy of a company, app or website tells the user what the company can and will do with the information if the user accepts.

Companies, like Amazon, say they will use the user’s non-personal information, like what ads they click on, to make their ads better and have more of a chance of the user clicking on them.

“Reading those user agreements is important,” Karro said, “and understanding what’s really possible when you give them that permission is important to know.”

Burton has agreed to privacy policies that had shared her non-personal information and in turn received ads that relate to her information. For example, one day Burton went to Subway and got an ad for Subway sandwiches as she walked into the restaurant. She has also received ads during school for information talked about at school.

“A few times after Spanish class, when my phone is sitting on my desk, I get a bunch of ads in Spanish on my phone,” Burton said. “It’s creepy.”

Junior Maggie Duncan always knew reading the privacy policy was important, but still never found the time to read them. She said that she isn’t surprised that apps and companies are taking their users’ data since consent is in the policy. But reading the policy takes time that she doesn’t have.

“I’m sure it’s important. I’m just too lazy to read it,” Duncan said. “It doesn’t surprise me [that they use your information] because they say it right there in the disclosure. We just don’t read it.”

Most policies allow for the use of nonpersonal data to be shared for the use of targeted ads. Non-personal data is data that is not able to identify the user, like what kind of websites they use or apps they frequent.

But personal data includes the user’s name, address, e-mail, phone number, location and credit card information. Senior Caroline Hunter has seen these targeted ads when she looks up items on her computer. She recently bought concert tickets online and now gets ads for upcoming concerts on ticket websites she didn’t use.

“When I’m looking up dresses for dances or for colleges I will see ads on my Instagram for those things,” Hunter said. “It’s so creepy.”

Many companies, like Apple, have privacy policies that allow for the sharing of only nonpersonal data. When asked, Apple employee Dominic Bush declined to comment on Apple’s privacy policy due to his contract. But according to Apple’s privacy policy they may ‘collect, use, transfer and disclose any non-personal information for any reason.’

Privacy policies can also include for the allowing of compiling of the user’s data to build a profile for that user. According to Amazon’s privacy policy, ‘We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.’ These policies are allowing

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many different companies, not just Amazon, to have accounts for their users, full of their personal data and cookie information. “[The privacy policy is] really the only avenue people have of protecting themselves,” Karro said.

“It’s knowing what companies say they are doing with the data.”

TARGETED ADS Hey, Siri.” The screen goes black as the rainbow sound waves pop up and the iconic ding goes off. She sits patiently as the user asks her to do a simple task on the iPhone. Many students have done it and not given it a second thought, thinking it’s just another cool feature Apple has

created. But how does Siri know exactly when she needs to be at the user’s beck and call? Is she constantly listening? Is that why Siri will go off randomly when she thinks she’s been summoned?

Amazon Alexa and Google Homes have similar features which allow the products to always be listening for their names when plugged in. Their policies state that as soon as the device hears “Alexa” or “Okay, Google” the device begins to record, whether or not their name was actually mentioned. This allows Alexa and Google Homes to hold information stated in these times to better suit users’ needs. The device is listening all the time to hear their name, but not recording until it hears it.

The power is primarily in the apps. Phones take user’s info when users quickly click through the “agree” popups that come when setting up a new phone or downloading a new app. Essentially once you allow an app access to your microphone, they can listen in at any time they want. This is mainly used for targeted ads.

Companies like Google, Facebook and Instagram are free for use, and yet they have a revenue of over $100 billion. These companies can take anything said or searched and sell your name and info to the highest paying companies.

This allows the companies to advertise to a person’s specific needs. Whether booking a flight on Google or looking up homecoming dresses, you’re guaranteed a coupon for luggage in your e-mail inbox or millions of dress ads cluttering your desktop because of the passing on of this information.

Sophomores Anna McQueeny and Avery Brundige were on their way to Oklahoma with the field hockey team when they decided to test the theories that phones are always listening. They talked about goldfish in great detail during the rest of the trip. Sure enough, a few days later, an ad for Goldfish crackers popped up on McQueeny’s Instagram feed.

“It was super out of the blue because I always get ads for clothes and stuff but never for food, until the time I tested it,” McQueeny said. “It was super freaky. ” Many big companies such as Amazon and Apple use “cookies” that obtain your searches and information while on websites where the cookies have been enabled. Apple’s privacy policy, found on their website, states, “We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose.”

Apple’s policy still reserves the right to base ads on the context from your search engine or channel even if you turn on the Limit Ad Tracking option.

Another example of technology listening and then creating targeted ads is when Technology Support Specialist Johnnie Calloway had just finished telling his wife they needed to get baby clothes as he glanced through NBA.com checking out basketball scores. Just five minutes later he opened his e-mail to find a message from NBA.com with a headline of “You Have Great Taste!” He swiped through the dozens of basketball-themed baby onesies and laughed.

“We are robots, and we don’t even realize it,” Calloway said. “It’s just so normal. We wake up, brush our teeth and eat. We have diversity of

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people, but our diversity of thought is slowly going away.”

COVERING CAMERAS When sophomore Anna Gordon saw the green light on her computer turn on last year, she freaked out. She was shopping on Zaful and using Spotify, but not using any applications that use the camera. After that experience, Gordon immediately began covering her camera and began telling her friends to do so as well.

“I think we are all pretty vulnerable,” Gordon said. “No one wants anything leaked, even if it’s just a picture of your face.”

Only 40 percent of students cover their camera on their laptop, and 18 percent of students said they have seen the green light indicating that their camera was turned on when they were not using it, according to the survey of students.

While camera hackings are not common, they are definitely not unheard of according to Karro.

“It’s not an urban legend, it has “We are happened,” Karro said.

“The first thing I do robots, and on any of my laptops is we don’t even take a piece of tape and realize it. It’s a sticky note to cover just so normal. the camera. It does happen.”

We wake up, Covering the brush our teeth computer camera is a simple, easy way to and eat. We take a little privacy have diversity back. Even if the chance of being hacked of people, but is small, it is better our diversity safe than sorry. There have been instances of thought is in Australia this year slowly going of hackers getting into away.” to people’s webcams and broadcasting the - Technology footage on YouTube.

Support This also happened in 2016 in Russia where Specialist footage of people was Johnnie broadcasted without their knowledge or Calloway

consent on YouTube for the world to see.

“I think it’s important to cover your camera, even with tape so it blurs your face,” freshman Maddie Haukap said. “If your computer’s open, and you were getting dressed or something, someone might be able to see you.”

Even people such as the former FBI Director James Comey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg cover their computer cameras. Having students cover their camera is a simple way to protect themselves as well.

However, it is not all people should be doing to protect themselves. A simple sticky note will not solve all of our privacy problems. People still need to be careful with reading privacy policies, limiting location services and scams.

“If you want to cover your computer, sure,” Calloway said. “However, you use your phone more than your computer, so that’s where the larger threat is.”

locations on to posts. Many of these apps have tracking abilities, as well as new apps specifically being made for tracking such as Find my Friends of Life360. These are prime opportunities for hackers to take information. Karro doesn’t recommend or understand the use of these apps either.

“I personally don’t understand why anyone would want to use an app like that,” Karro said.

“If I want to know where my friends are, I can call and ask them.”

There are ways to turn off your location services in settings or specify when apps can have access to your location along with your camera, microphone, photos and contacts. This denies the apps ability to be constantly watching and puts the power back in users’ hands.

“To me, it’s better to be safe than sorry,” Karro said.

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF LOCATION SHARING It is something that is ingrained in many users’ brains. A notification pops up on phone that is getting in the way of looking at their Instagram feed or scrolling through Pinterest. It asks if the user will allow their location services to be on. In order to continue on with their day, many click yes, and don’t think twice about it.

Whether you forget about it or don’t think it matters, this app now has access to your location at all times of the day. This allows the apps to be able to use target ads to increase their ad revenue.

Karro does not recommend giving apps access to your location at all, and only turning on location services when absolutely necessary. That feature can be helpful with apps such as navigation and weather apps, and apps like Yelp. However, in apps where location is not necessary, such as Snapchat, Instagram or games, Karro strongly suggests turning it off.

“If they can provide targeted ads, they get a little more money for each ad they show rather than showing you generic ads,” Karro said.

“Sometimes app makers are just being lazy, but sometimes they are being over malicious and will over request permissions they really don’t need.”

He also recommends never giving apps access to your contacts and to be careful when putting

How to turn off location services:

Large companies knowing your favorite places to eat and what you are doing on Friday night has unfortunately become apart of many people’s everyday lives. This makes it even harder to keep personal information private. The average American spent over six hours a day on their phones in 2017 according to Internet Trends 2018.

That is a lot of information given to thousands of companies about user’s everyday. This information can consist on a picture you liked, an e-mail you opened, or a Facebook post you took the time to read rather than just scrolling straight past.

This is an inevitable part of the modern world, that is inescapable. However, the more aware of these dangers, the less risk you are putting yourselves and your information in. There are many precautions that can be taken to help feel more protected. There is even an alternative web browser called DuckDuckgo, that vows not to use or sell users’ personal information. By being more careful about location services, covering cameras, and being more aware about the lack of privacy in the policies and the ability to have targeted ads, a sense of comfort can be felt about your protection.

“It’s a rabbit hole that you can get into. None of it makes sense, and if you over think it you will go crazy,” Calloway said. “Information is the key.”

Apple users, follow these steps in Settings to manage your location services.

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Taking The Lead For junior Rachel McRae, her experience in politics has led her to discover new ideas and a new career path.

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BY DANI ROTERT CO-PHOTO EDITOR

creaming and yelling wanted to do even more for her surrounded her as she country. So, she decided to take an quietly observed the debate internship with Jay Sidie’s campaign proceeding in front of her. for one of the Kansas seats on United As angered voices rose throughout States House of Representatives the room consuming the Kansas against Kevin Yoder.

House of Representatives in the “The first time I found myself Kansas State Capitol building, junior interested in politics was the 2008 Rachel McRae looked on in awe and election,” McRae said. “The 2016 disbelief of all the intricate parts of election is what actually got me the political system. Through the involved in issues and interested in arguing and inevitable passing of the doing something with politics.” bill by the House, McRae realized While Sidie didn’t win the seat, that she wanted to be able to help McRae’s interest in social justice these people. issues grew even more and led her According to McRae, she has to help create an anti-gun group always been interested in politics and within her youth group at Rolling also in helping others. At an early Hills Presbyterian Church after a age when asked trip with her what she wanted to church to Detroit, “I’d like to do be when she grew Michigan, where something where up, she would not they learned say an actor or information I can influence astronaut as most about the March people to make the other kids in her for Our Lives, the right decisions.” class would say. anti-gun group She would talk that was formed -junior Rachel McRae about her dream by the students of becoming the at Marjory President of the United States instead. Stoneman Douglas high school “I am proud of her desire to after a school shooting Feb. 14. This make the world a better place and her served as inspiration for McRae and involvement in lots of activities,” her her youth group to plan a rally with dad Ken McRae said. “I am especially speakers in and out of politics to give proud that she came to her political speeches regarding gun laws. They opinions on her own.” are planning now and hope that the McRae first began her long rally will occur next year. journey within the Kansas political “We decided that we wanted scene when she was only in sixth to do something along with that, grade as a page. As a page, she would we didn’t want to be as politically run errands for the representatives motivated,” McRae said. “We wanted around the building. She was able to to have more of this as an issue not just work as a page at the Kansas that shouldn’t be a political kind of House of Representatives, but was stance.” also given the opportunity to work Even though when she was as a page under Representative younger she dreamed of being one Stephanie Clayton. day being President of the United “While some parts [of States or another powerful political volunteering] are more serious than figure, McRae has realized through others,” Shawnee Mission senior her close-work within the political Megan Smith who volunteers with system that politics are not as McRae said, “Rachel and I have glamorous as she pictured it when always found time to make jokes and she was younger. have fun while working.”

“I think politics is just a very Following the 2016 presidential dirty game that I don’t feel like election, McRae realized that she getting into. But I’d like to do

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something where I can influence other people to make the right decision,” McRae said. “ I’d like to do investigative journalism or something in the medical field, something that’s going to influence someone else.”

Although the politician route is not right for her as she once thought, she still wants to be able to help those suffering through horrible situations that are completely out of their control. The violation of human rights in both the United States of America and across the entire world is an issue very close to McRae she hopes that she can do something with her life to help those in need.

“As a parent it is thrilling to see [Rachel’s] independence,” Ken said. “I tell her she needs to obey her parents, but secretly I’m very proud of her independence and commitment.”

Even if she isn’t creating the laws to protect the rights of others, she still wants to be there step by step helping to protect and serve those who are not always heard by those in charge of the country.

“I care a lot about human rights.

I think that’s my biggest thing, we violate human rights so often in society and need equal opportunities for everyone,” McRae said. “That’s just my big thing, that everyone is equal.”

JAY SIDIE FOR CONGRESS While volunteering for Jay Sidie’s campaign for Congress, junior Rachel McRae and Shawnee Mission East junior Eden Sokoloff decorate a car to promote his campaign.

(Photo submitted by Rachel McRae)

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SPORTS IN BRIEF DIG PINK AWARENESS Varsity Volleyball defeated Bishop Ward High School in two sets for the annual Dig Pink game Oct. 1 It was organized this year by seniors Savannah Friedebach and Megan Flanagan to mark the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness month.

The annual Dig Pink volleyball game helps raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. To raise money, Friedebach and Flanagan held a bake sale and sold Dig Pink shirts that were worn the day after the game at school.

“Raising money at the bake sale was really fun,” Friedebach said. “It felt good to raise money for them.”

(Photo by Grace Parrott)

TENNIS DISTRICTS The tennis team lost in the District semifinals against St. Teresa’s Academy Oct. 2 on the Plaza Tennis Courts. Tennis Districts started Oct. 1 with a win against Lee’s Summit at Lee’s Summit High School. “In the first match I think I played really well,” sophomore Addie Vance said about playing Lee's Summit. “My second match I think I could have done better.”

(Photo by Lilly Concannon, Le Flambeau)

FIELD HOCKEY SENIOR NIGHT The field hockey team honored five seniors Tuesday Oct. 16 at their last home match versus the Titans of Pembroke Hill High School. Senior Grace Watkins is pictured left as she is introduced with her mom, Heidi Peter. The game resulted in a loss with a final score of 0-4. The team lost their final game 0-4 Oct. 22 at Pembroke to close out their season.

However, JV won 2-1. “I’ll just miss having them around,” junior Lilly Denney said. “I love our captains this year. I love their energy and how they lead the team.”

(Photo by Dani Rotert)

DANCE TEAM HALFTIME The Dance Team performed at the Rockhurst Football game against Blue Valley High School Oct. 1. They performed their pom routine, choreographed by coach Shelli Vaughan.

The next day the team had a kick technique intensive to prepare for the upcoming season. Senior Chandler Rawson, pictured left, performed at her last Rockhurst football game.

“There is still the pressure of a big crowd but there are no judges there so it is more fun,” Rawson said.

(Photo by Ava Rawson)

Accardo’s New Wave Freshman Kate Accardo tries rowing for her first time and loves it.

BY SELA KINCAID REPORTER

Hauling a long thin rowing boat to the banks of the Kansas River on a clear Saturday morning, freshman Kate Accardo began her weekly rowing practice. She strapped in her oars and waited for the sign to enter the water.

For the first time this fall, Accardo was eager to tryout rowing. It is a water sport that involves a team of people in a rowboat competitively working together to make the boat go faster. She rows 8s.

“I didn’t know what it was about and then I tried it out one day and I thought it was pretty fun,” Accardo said.

After her mother, Shannon Accardo, began rowing earlier this year, she became inspired to pursue the sport.

She joined the Kansas City Boat Club at the beginning of September and practiced four times a week.

“I think she should always be active, playing a sport,” Shannon said. “And I think rowing was a great choice.”

Accardo enjoyed the sport so much that she invited many of her friends to try out it out, including Kiley Condon a sophomore at St. Teresa’s Academy. They have been best friends since fourth grade at Visitation and now row together on the same team. They took this opportunity to keep

Freshman Kate Accardo carries her oars after practice on the Kansas River Oct. 20.

in touch since they go to different high schools.

“Rowing was a good excuse to see each other, as well as great exercise,” Condon said.

At a normal practice, Accardo starts off in one direction down the river and halfway through her two-hour long practice, she and her team turn around and make it back to their starting point.

Accardo said rowing is a team building sport that takes many committed team members to form a consistently strong and fast group. Not many people row, which is why the sport is considered out of the ordinary, according to Accardo.

“It’s not usually done in the Midwest,” Accardo said. “It’s not a typical sport like volleyball or basketball.

It’s unique.”

Rowing is becoming a bigger part of Accardo’s life the more she learns about the sport. Since it’s a fall sport, her season ended in mid October, but she plans on continuing next year.

“I really enjoy the feeling I get when we start on the water. It’s just really cool,” Accardo said. “I plan on continuing past this season.”

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Winter Sports Preview Tryouts for winter sports begin at the end of October.

Take a look at what is needed for tryouts as well as what seniors and coaches are looking forward to.

BY SELA KINCAID REPORTER

Time and date of tryouts Where tryouts are What you need to bring Fom the coaches From the seniors

SWIM & DIVE Nov. 5-9 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Par-Tee Time After every team member finished the 18th hole, the team gathered for a picture. Head coach Dana Hoeper, junior Barbara Mae King, sophomores Megan Propeck, Lia Johnson and Caroline Giocondo, and junior Helen Willis were congratulated for a second place team State finish. Propeck clinched first place overall. (Photo by Kamryn Rogers)

Second State Success The golf team finished second at State and sophomore Megan Propeck won back to back titles.

BY KAMRYN ROGERS FEATURES EDITOR

The golf team competed at State Oct. 15 and 16 at Swope Memorial Golf Course. They placed second as a team and sophomore Megan Propeck won first individually.

The team of five consisted of Propeck, juniors Helen Willis and Barbara Mae King and sophomores Caroline Giocondo and Lia Johnson. At the beginning of the day, the greens and other grass were still swollen with rain from the night before, causing a delayed game. By the end of the frigid Monday, the team ended with a score of 319, with Propeck scoring 71, Giocondo 79, Johnson 84, King 85 and the alternate, Willis, scoring 86.

As the end of the first day came to a close, they were in second behind St. Joseph’s Academy, only 6 strokes away from the other team’s score. Individually, however, Propeck was tied for first. Despite the bad weather conditions, Propeck was happy with the way she played.

“My putting wasn’t great,” Propeck said, “and I knew I left a few shots out there, but it was a good starting point.”

On Tuesday, the team was met with a layer of frost spreading across the length of the course. They made sure to get in some extra practice swings and putts during this time.

But as the day went on, the weather got warmer according to Giocondo.

Players started to take off their hats and windbreakers and spectators

began to throw away their coffees and hot chocolates, embracing the fall weather.

“As the day went on it was in the mid 60s,” Giocondo said. “When you were in the sun it was almost hot.”

As each group finished the 18th hole the sun was setting. They were greeted with cheers and hugs from teammates, coaches and parents. Emotions ranged from tears falling off faces to grins from ear to ear. The team was all smiles though, congratulating each other and reflecting on their rounds. Even though they knew they weren’t going to get first, they all still radiated positivity towards each other and to their opponents.

They ended with a back-toback second place finish. Giocondo and King made the all-State team along with Propeck who got first individually, scoring 138, a recordsetting State finish. Head coach Dana Hoeper thought that the girls achieved a lot this season and is very proud of each of their accomplishments.

“We played much stronger on a very difficult course under very wet conditions,” Hoeper said. “The girls as a whole improved tremendously in their course management and short game.”

Overall this season was a success according to Willis. She said that even though she didn’t do as well as she had hoped, she will miss playing with her teammates.

“After State I was pretty upset about how I played. But Barb, Megan, Caroline, and Lia definitely lifted my spirits with a big group hug,” Willis said. “That’s the best thing about our chemistry. It’s like a family and I wouldn’t want any other team out there."

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Sophomore Abby DeLong and alumna Meredith Oswald We are willing to work with inexperienced swimmers. You should just know all four of the get ready to tryout for the 2017 swim strokes. We have a good group this year and season. (Photo by quite a few interested. I’m excited to see how Paige Ritter)

the season goes.

-swim coach Kelly Timson

I’m a captain this year, so I am really excited about leading our team and picking out the uniform. It’s a really fun sport. Even if you are really good or have never done it before there is a place for you.

-senior swim Co-Captain Sarah Tappan

I’m looking forward to the senior race on senior night, it’s pretty fun.

-senior diver Ellie Gamble

BASKETBALL Oct. 29-31 from 3:30 to 5:30 The Gym Basketball shoes Basketball shorts

Even though it’s a long season, it’s a fun season. We mean business, but don’t be intimidated.

-Director of Athletics and basketball coach Kate Pilgreen

Senior Molly Wagner dribbles down to the basket during a game against Blue Valley North Jan. 18, 2018.(Photo by Paige Ritter)

Even though it’s a really hard sport it will be relaxed because I think we all have the goal of making each other feel good about how we play. Freshmen, don’t be nervous about your abilities. You will get so much better practicing everyday.

-senior Mia McLey

Just stick with it and keep practicing. You’ll get better and enjoy it more!

-senior Gretta Allen

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ON THE HUNT Sophomore Kate Vankeirsbilck uses a family tradition to bond with her dad.

BY AVA RAWSON PRINT CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF

R

ising before the sun, her little time in the morning is spent trying to outfit herself with enough camo to make herself invisible, while also throwing on as much hunting orange to do the opposite.

The second time she rose that day the sun was up, but couldn’t reach her slumped figure in the corner of a deer blind far away from her home. Her worries and the organized chaos of the early mornings fade. This is opening season. Sophomore Kate Vankeirsbilck looks out at the dew covered curtain of green that surrounds her, where she is joined by her father in the solitude that she has grown accustomed to in nature.

“Our alarm goes off around 4:50. We get up a little later than that for sure, and everyone is up

“He’s super excited. I’m super excited, and it is just all of our energy.

It is just fun to share it with my Dad because not many people get the opportunity to do that,” Vankeirsbilck said.

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and moving, passing by just grabbing a bunch of camo clothes and bright orange if you can find as much as you can,” Vankeirsbilck said.

In seventh grade she joined her father on her first active hunting trip. It was a step in the direction of her brothers, and the footsteps of her father, her uncles and her grandpa. A step into a family tradition that she was happy to become a part of. She had been around hunting for the majority of her life, growing up with it, while never participating.

“She was around it, she never shied away from it. It allowed me to spend time with her,” Vankeirsbilck’s father, Mike Vankeirsbilck said.

From the woods and the aftermath meandering back onto paved roads leads them first to the food kitchen to donate the unused meat and then home, where venison tacos are now on the menu made by her mom Joanne Vankeirsbilck.

Sitting around the table with the seemingly never ending stream of stories signifies their arrival back home. The conversation starts with new stories, and the rehashing of old ones while never forgetting the ones that got away. Everyone shares stories. Everyone listens. She had heard the stories all her life and wanted to make some memories hunting of her own.

“She always wanted to keep up with her brothers and hang out with her Dad,” Joanne said.

All of her siblings went hunting with their father and thought of it as an opportunity to bond with one another. It seemed natural for her to step into the same traditions as her brothers. Leaving the world behind and taking everything in, the excitement, and the nerves brings Vankeirsbilck and her father closer — closer than they were before they put on their hunting orange.

“It is a cool tradition that we get to have together. Hopefully when I get married and have a husband then they’ll go hunting and it will be a thing we pass down. And the tradition will keep going,” Vankeirsbilck said.

It’s not about the painstakingly early mornings, the countless hours spent practicing her aim, or even the birds counted and grass tied into knots out of boredom. It's about spending time with her father. Whether it is time dedicated to preparing days in advance, the morning of, and all the time in between, no matter how it is spent, it is time together.

“You’re sitting there experiencing it all together,” Vankeirsbilck said. “He’s super excited. I’m super excited, and it is just all of our energy. It is just fun to share it with my Dad because not many people get the opportunity to do that.”

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LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER (far left) Sophomore Kate Vankeirsbilck and her dad venture into the woods on a hunting trip together in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Photo submitted by Kate Vankeirsbilck

CAN’T SEE ME (left) Sophomore Kate Vankeirsbilck dressed in her hunting camo, blends into her natural element.

Photo By Ava Rawson

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Fun, Freaky Fall Flicks From the ridiculous to the horrifying, view one or all of the staff’s must-see Halloween movies.

BY JENNA BARACKMAN REPORTER Amandla Stenburg stars in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE HATE U GIVE. Photos used with permission from Twentieth Century Fox. Photos by Edika Doss.

The Hate U Give This movie is worth the hype and crucial for understanding culture divides and pursuing justice.

BY MOLLY CONWAY PRINT MANAGING EDITOR

“The Hate U Give” grabs viewers attention through portraying one of the most overlooked issues in today’s society.

The director George Tillman does a fantastic job with the movie and helping viewers form connections through the powerful message of standing up for what you believe in even it feels like you should be quiet.

The movie “The Hate U Give,” released on Oct. 5, is based on Angie Thomas’ book “The Hate U Give,” which has remained on the New York Times best seller for 86 weeks and counting. Thomas was inspired to write the book after the Black Lives Matter campaign hit the media back in 2013. The production of the movie quickly followed.

The #BlackLivesMatter campaign started after the violent death and of an African American teenager, Trayvon Martin, and the acquittal of George Zimmerman. This movie highlights the struggle, fear and experience of violence.

In the movie, we are able to see through the eyes of main character Starr Carter, played by Amandla Stenberg, this violence and resistance up close. Starr is a 16 year old African American whose world is turned upside down after she witnesses one of her closest friends Khalil,

played by Algee Smith, get wrongfully killed by a white police officer. Her two worlds collide.

The Carter family lives in a predominately black community in Garden Heights, Georgia. But they send their three kids, Seven, played by Lamar Johnson, Sekani, played by TJ Wright, and Starr to the predominantly white private school outside of town to ensure that they will have successful futures.

The intense racial divide between these communities leaves Starr with two different identities: who she is at school vs. who she is at home around “her people.”

Starr describes the situation as “Starr version one and Starr version two,” version one being her with her family and in her neighborhood and version two being her in her school community.

Throughout the movie we watch Starr navigate through her two worlds and eventually evolve from the young timid girl she is at the beginning, into the confident individual she is at the end.

After losing two of her closest friends to unnecessary and uncalled for shootings, Starr finds, and eventually uses, her voice to pursue justice even though it significantly alters her school life.

The title “The Hate U Give” is taken from Tupac Shakur’s explanation of his album “Thug Life.” The intention of the title is to highlight the cycle of racism which is pertinent in several scenes throughout the movie.

“The Hate U Give” conveys a powerful message about how you should stand up for what you believe in. Find ur voice even when it feels like you can’t.

INSIDIOUS (2010) Don’t let the PG-13 rating distract you from this genuinely terrifying flick. It doesn’t rely on jump scares like most modern horror films.

Instead, its eerie plot is centered around a child trapped in another dimension, and contains unsettling characters that leave the audience cowering in fear without the typical horror clichés. It shows watchers what is scary, abandoning the “door mysteriously locking” fad and instead showing you who’s doing the unlocking. Combine the unexpected plot twists and incredibly realistic performances from stars Josh Lambert and Elise Rainier, and “Insidious” is sure to scare your pants off.

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988) Though the premise itself is laughable, despite the fact that it’s about clown aliens from outer space, the film is fun and imaginative. The acting is surprisingly good considering their low budget. The real genius of this movie comes in the costume design, with big, overdone clown masks that are unique to each of the clowns. “Killer Klowns From Outer Space” is a classic example of a movie that’s “so bad, it’s good” and will be sure to make you laugh with its cheesy ‘80s special effects.

TWITCHES (2005) If you enjoyed “Twitches” when it first debuted on Disney Channel, rest assured that you will enjoy it again. A timeless Disney Original movie, the story of these twin witches will surely give you feelings of nostalgia while also being a fun, seasonal movie.

Not necessarily considered a “scary” movie, “Twitches” provides a fun and heartfelt alternative to traditional horror movies while still rating a Halloween favorite. Though the acting may be a little cheesy and the technology a little outdated, this timeless story of magic, drama, and 2000’s teen stars are what makes this a classic Halloween pick.

A QUIET PLACE (2018)

Director John Krasinski establishes himself as a visionary in his first film, “A Quiet Place”, a new and refreshing twist on the horror genre. The movie features blind aliens who will go after and kill anything that makes a noise, forcing all characters to stay silent, no matter how much physical pain they may be in. It immerses the audience in this apocalyptic universe, creating tense and suspenseful scenes so beautifully and realistically that the audience, too, makes every effort not to make a sound.

(Illustrations by Jenna Barackman)

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(Photo by Ana Pendergast)

Plaza Art Fair Brings Together Music, Art and Food

BY ANA PENDERGAST WEB MANAGING EDITOR

The Plaza Art Fair represented local food and music, and artist from around the nation.

The Plaza Art fair took over the streets of the Plaza for the 87th time from Sept. 21-23. Featuring over 20 local restaurants, three stages for live music and 240 artists from all around the country.

Restaurant tents lined the streets with foods ranging from Bravo to Bo Ling’s to Jack Stack and Chuy’s Mexican Food. There was something to eat for everyone’s taste, as well as snacks like kettle corn, hot dogs and

funnel cakes. However, like most fairs, the food was good but way overpriced for what was received.

Though adults had multiple options for beverages, for those under the age of 21 drinks were quite limited.

Even though there was an abundance of alcohol, the event was labeled as a family and dog-friendly occasion for a wide range of ages.

Even for those who do not regularly attend art fairs, visit museums and can’t tell a Claude Monet painting from one by Pablo Picasso, the plaza art fair offered a wide range of mediums for people to observe and admire. Artists featured their paintings, drawings, sculptures

and jewelry to be purchased by the attendees. Artists came from all across the country, even hailing from as far away as Canada to be featured at the fair. During the day, people could bid on the featured art, but after bidding halted the artwork was displayed solely for viewing.

Though the musicians were not well known, the music added a pleasant background track to the evening. The music played by these artists ranged from jazz to pop and more. Just like the artwork, there was music playing for all ages and walks of life. Chairs were set out to allow people to eat and listen to music.

Since artists featured their original

songs not many people sang along, but every once in a while there was a well known cover that added a little more excitement to the evening.

Though no part of the fair was without music, the volume was well controlled and it was easy to talk to people about the art and music.

The art fair added to the chaotic traffic of the plaza and surrounding areas. Parking garages filled up fast, but the weather was perfect for walking around. Police were present to help control traffic and control the crowd. However, once in the art fair itself, it was easy to move around and enjoy the beautiful pieces brought to be admired.

A Fabulous New Way to Donut: Duck Donuts

BY KATIE FITZGERALD REPORTER

Duck Donuts brings its first Kansas City location to Leawood, Kansas and we wish it came sooner.

Stepping into the vibrant, welcoming atmosphere, customers are immediately greeted by the friendly workers and the smell of the fresh made-to-order donuts. Duck Donuts, located off 95th in Mission, is a unique donut shop with their fascinating origin, bright and relaxing interior and creative menu.

The store originated in Duck, North Carolina, in 2007 where it has taken off ever since. In June, they introduced their first Kansas location to Leawood.

The yellow chairs and blue ceilings offer a beachy vibe contrasted by the wood-lined walls making it the perfect spot to relax for a morning donut and coffee. Lining the right wall, workers are hard at work glazing and decorating each donut to perfection. Duck Donut’s customizable approach makes this donut shop different than any other.

Duck Donuts offers numerous donut options, each made warm and fresh for only $1.20.

Customers designing start with a warm vanilla donut, then choose from various flavored icings, toppings and finally a drizzle. The toppings include

sprinkles, Oreos, coconut and bacon pieces.

Can’t decide? Choose from one of the 12 signature or classic assortments or check “random assortment” ($15.25). Through November, Duck Donuts is also promoting their seasonal fall assortment. This includes fall featured flavors such as pumpkin or maple icing and apple or streusel toppings. Special to Halloween, they are also advertising their new “Spooky assortment” including the “Werewolf,” “Boo-berry,” “Spider Web” and “Full Moon” donuts.

Each store has opportunities to partner with non-profit organizations or other local fundraisers. Duck Donuts has also committed themselves to helping children undergoing treatment for cancer by partnering with Gabe’s Chemo Duck Program, an educational resource program to support children and families living with cancer.

They have raised over $75,000 to provide the children with their very own stuffed “Chemo Duck.” The yellow ducks wear blue scrubs with a bandana and has a chemotherapy port on its chest.

The owners knew Kansas City’s love for breakfast and decided that it was the perfect place to open a new location. Unlike other donut shops, Duck Donuts stays opened well after breakfast hours. Monday and Tuesday they are open from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesday through Sunday they stay open until 7 p.m.

(Photo by Katie Fitzgerald)

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Turn Over A New Leaf Don’t leaf through fall and make the most of autumn with these seasonal activities.

BY CECILIA MOHACSI AND AVA RAWSON CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

What is Your Fall Scent Quiz

3. On a chilly, fall evening, you would most likely be a. Curled up in a blanket on the couch b. Cooking your favorite seasonal dishes c. Going on a walk or a bike ride through the park

6. Your favorite thing to do during the autumn season is a. Watching Halloween movies b. Create DIY crafts c. Exploring haunted houses with a group of friends

1. Your go to hot beverage to warm up on a cold day is always a. Hot Chocolate b. Apple Cider c. Coffee

4. Your autumn wardrobe is not complete without this in your closet a. A cozy sweater b. Cabin socks c. A comfortable beanie

7. Your favorite thing to do after picking a pumpkin from the patch is a. Leave it on the porch as a pretty decoration b. Carve a jack-o-lantern c. Roast the seeds

2. While watching a scary movie, you find yourself mucnhing on a. Your favorite chocolate snack b. A bowl of buttered popcorn c. A sour treat

5. During Halloween, you find yourself participating in a. Handing out candy to trick-or-treaters b. Putting up all the spooky decorations c. Dressing up and going out

8. Your favorite flavor of pie is a. Pumpkin b. Apple c. Blueberry

Results are upside down at the bottom of the quiz.

Mostly A’s: Vanilla Pumpkin Mostly B’s: Apple Cinnamon Mostly C’s: Gingersnap

Pick of the Patch

Haunted Houses

Carving season is here so get your pumpkins at these local patches.

Get spooked at Kansas City’s most popular haunted houses.

Louisburg Cider Mill

Edge of Hell

14730 KS-68, Louisburg, KS 66053 Everyday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

1300 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64101 Thursday 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Friday 7:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Saturday 6:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Carolyn’s Country Cousins 17607 NE 52nd St, Liberty, MO 64068 Everyday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Johnson Farms 17701 Holmes Rd, Belton, MO 64012 Everyday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Macabre Cinema 1222 W 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64101 Friday 8 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Saturday 7:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

The Beast 1401 W 13th St, Kansas City, MO 64102 Thursday 7:30 p.m. - 11 a.m.

Friday 7:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

Saturday 6:30 p.m. - 12 a.m.

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Pumpkin Spice Paradise

With the fall season arriving, restaurants serve up their annual flavored treats.

BY STEPHANIE VINCE REPORTER

THE BEAST Terrorizes This haunted house offers both fear and fun in an abandoned warehouse.

BY TAYLOR PITZL WEB EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Shrouded in fog and surrounded by abandoned warehouses, The Beast haunted house draws haunted house aficionados and newbies from all over the region with hopes for scares and screams. While a tad too long, The Beast offers an at times scary but other times silly experience that is perfect for the Halloween season.

The Beast takes about 40 minutes to an hour to complete. The use of fog, strobe lights and dramatic sets help to create a feeling of eerie suspense while walking through the various rooms and scenes. The first part of the haunted house is the undoubtedly the best part, with the scares still fresh. After getting trapped in the humid and stuffy marsh maze, the rest of the house tends to feel repetitive. However, it is still fun to walk through the rest of the house.

Walking through the house, it becomes clear that The Beast must be an amazing place to work. The dramatically dressed actors all seem to thoroughly enjoy dressing up in the elaborate costumes, screaming at the top of their lungs and trying to scare each and every guest that ventures into their domain. The great cast only heightens the experience and adds another level to the multi-dimensional experience.

While employing classic haunted-house tropes such as jump scares and animatronics, The Beast also surpasses lesser haunted houses with its unique features.

The disorienting mazes heighten feelings of anxiety and nervous anticipation. There are also two multi-story slides inside the house, including a four-story slide to end the experience. For an extra fee, there is also the opportunity to jump out of a two-story window onto a crash pad instead of sliding down the final slide.

Located in the West Bottoms, tickets start at $27, but with a $5 processing fee and taxes, expect to spend about $35. Unlike in past years, now the two story jump costs an extra $15. Fortunately, parking is free. The price is a little steep, especially with the sneaky fees and unclear description of what is included with each ticket.

However, the ticket is well worth it for the experience.

Even after the scares wear off, the haunted house is fun to walk through and to appreciate the creepy props, costumes and sets.

If going to The Beast, aim to arrive as close to the opening as possible, usually around 7:30 p.m. to avoid long lines. It also gets pretty hot and stuffy in the house so dress in light, breathable clothes. There’s an abundant use of strobe lights throughout the haunted house, so if sensitive, it is wise to stay away.

The Beast is a great way to get into the Halloween spirit, and is sure to bring screams and frights to any haunted house visitor.

SMOOTHIE KING // Pumpkin Yogurt D-Lite Smoothie King opened up their fall menu with their annual four items including: the Pumpkin Coffee High Protein Shake, Pumpkin Slim-N-Trim, Pumpkin Vegan Shake, and the Pumpkin Yogurt D-Lite. The pumpkin yogurt d-lite is a sweet, creamy frozen yogurt based smoothie with just the right amount of sweetness. Each sip bursts with the delicious flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, and spices in your mouth. Although a pumpkin smoothie may sound outlandish, it is definitely worth the purchase. Smoothie King was able to make pumpkin and smoothies work! This drink tastes like a pumpkin pie frosty with the perfect ratio of pumpkin to froyo. For only $5 you can purchase this festive, velvety beverage.

FREDDY’S // Pumpkin Pie Concrete The annual, limited edition Freddy’s pumpkin pie concrete is certain to put you in the festive fall mood. This creamy, delicious treat is blended with vanilla soft serve and a slice of real pumpkin pie topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. When taking a bite of the concrete, you feel as if you are with your family on Thanksgiving Day. The velvety, smooth texture with the occasional chunks of pie leaves your mouth watering. This drink is perfect for those that love pumpkin pie and soft serve ice cream. Although it is on the sugary side, it is definitely worth a try. You can get this pumpkin pie concrete bursting with flavor for only $4.59.

IHOP // Pumpkin Pancakes The fast-food chain IHOP has begun selling their limited-edition pumpkin items for the fall season. Their yearly seasonal item, the pumpkin pancakes, are now hitting griddles across the nation. For $4.99, you can now purchase four of these fluffy, cakes topped with whipped cream and spices. Each bite of the pancake fills your mouth with a soft, airy consistency with a subtle pumpkin spice flavoring that is not overwhelming. For all of those who do not want an overbearing pumpkin flavor, this is a good balance of pumpkin and spice. However, this item would not pack a punch for all those vibrant pumpkin spice lovers. Overall, this breakfast item is perfect for a crisp, fall morning.

Nothing Bundt Cakes // Pumpkin Cake Nothing Bundt Cakes is now offering their yearly pumpkin spice bundt cakes this fall season. From the very first bite, your mouth waters with the perfect mixture of cream cheese frosting and pumpkin cake. The light frosting adds the perfect amount of sweetness to the moist, airy cake. This treat gets five-stars because of its blend of texture, taste and price. The pumpkin spice flavoring is consistent with the taste of pumpkin bread, but in a more luxurious representation. You can get the delicious miniature pumpkin bundtlets for only $4.25.

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STORM STOMP WON’T BE STOPPED The faculty team, Superheroes, won the annual Storm Stomp 3v3 basketball fundraiser. Over $37,000 was raised for endowed scholarships Oct. 19.

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1. Super Shield Emerging from the tunnel, President Alicia Herald Kotarba hits her Wonder Woman pose as the Superhero team is announced. The team won the tournament.

Other team members included Athletic Director Kate Pilgreen, math teacher Kristi Hilgenfeld and College Counselor Erin Stein. (Photo by Dani Rotert) 2. H2O As the clock counts down, biology teacher Erin Paterson sets up to take a shot against junior Anna Switzer. Ultimately H2O lost. “I didn’t get to compete last year," Paterson said. “I loved competing with my fellow science department.” (Photo by Ava Stoltz) 3. Shark Bait Director of Marketing Prentiss Earl III and sophomores Mason Lewis and Olivia Pope from team Sharknado, rewatch their game in the tournament. “It was fun playing a friendly game against them and all the other teams in the competition,” Lewis said. (Photo by Ava Rawson) 4. Lets Play Ball Kicking off the Storm Stomp tournament, Cheer performs for all participants and the audience before the games begin. “My favorite part of performing is always entertaining the crowd,” Cheer Captain and senior Savannah Childress said. (Photo

by Ava Rawson) 5. Rowdy Rats Juniors Anna Switzer, Lauren Mead, and Phoebe Mullen cheer as their team the Rooney’s Rats wins best costume award. “It was great winning because Phoebe and I won freshman year and we love that movie,” Mead said. (Photo by Katie Fitzgerald)