2022-23 Spring Supplement

IN THIS ISSUE

NEWS & FEATURES

3 Songs For Summer Concert Watch

4 Second Lives

UAHS Staff share summer plans and a few outgoing words.

5 Headline

This is the dek of the story.

SPOTLIGHT

6 A Final Farewell

A look into nostalgia and its effects on graduating seniors.

OPINION

12 Tupelo Honey

Columist reviews popular and trendy southern resturant, Tupelo Honey.

13

Great Goals Need an Assist

Columnist discusses the need for more professional women’s athletics in Ohio.

14 Transgender Eradication

Columnist discusses the impact of bigotry against the transgender community.

15 Top Summer Pins

Columnists predict the top trends for this summer.

ARLINGTONIAN

Volume 86 • 2022-23

THE SPRING SUPPLEMENT

The Spring Supplement is a special issue of Arlingtonian produced yearly by the students of Journalism II, a semesterlong course prerequisite to joining Arlingtonian as a staff writer.

JOURNALISM II

2023

Lucy Baker

Jude Blackwell

Alex Burns

Claire Dungan

Stella Goff

Kate Hauswirth

Evie Jones

Elise Karas

Kayle Lenzo

Anna Rodman

Sophia Wood

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Mallory Johnson

Caroline Kegg

Edi LeBlanc

Safia Malhotra

Scarlet Poor

Thea Postalakis

Carly Witt

James Underwood

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Songs For Summer

BY JUDE BLACKWELL ’23

As many UAHS students make their summer plans a key component of those plans is a good summer playlist. For me a good summer song sould be upbeat and fun. Everyone has different tastes and songs that make them think of summer, so there is sure to be disagreement, but I picked songs that make me think of summer. I tried to have a somewhat diverse set of songs from big names and lesser known artists. I also tried to limit myself to one song per artist. Without further ado, here is my summer playlist:

1. Electric Feel-MGMT

2. Sports-Beach Bunny

3. I Liked You Best-Remember Sports

4. That’s How People Die-Retirement Party

5. Here Comes The Sun-The Beatles

6. Alright-Kendrick Lamar

7. Rhymes Like Dimes-MF DOOM

8. Mo Money Mo Problems-The Notorious B.I.G

9. Just Wanna Rock-Lil Uzi Vert

10. Loving Is Easy-Rex Orange County

11. pg baby-redveil

12. I Want You Back-Jackson 5

13. Ain’t No Mountin High Enough-Marvin Gaye

14. Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison

15. Freakin’ U Out-Antarctigo Vespucci

16. Sunflower-Post Malone

17. Blitzkrieg Bop-Ramones

18. No Problem-Chance the Rapper

19. Heatwaves-Glass Animals

20. 19-2000-Gorillaz

21. Good Life-Kanye West

22. 22-Taylor Swift

23. Three Little Birds-Bob Marley & The Wailers

24. Jonny B. Goode-Chuck Berry

25. Superstition-Stevie Wonder

26. Levitating-Dua Lipa

27. One Dance-Drake

28. Feels Like Summer-Childish Gambino

29. Mabu-PUP

30. All The Small Things-blink-182

31. Our Song-Radiator Hospital

32. Paper Planes-M.I.A

33. GONE, GONE/THANK YOU-Tyler, The Creator

34. Call Me Maybe-Carly Rae Jepsen

Concert Watch

June July August

June 6: Louis Tomlinson

Columbus (KEMBA Live!)

June 10: Paramore

Columbus (Schottenstein Center)

June 12: Pixies

Columbus (KEMBA Live!)

June 13: Dead & Company

Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)

June 15: Steve Lacy

Columbus (KEMBA Live!)

June 19: Charlie Puth

Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)

June 28: Earth, Wind & Fire

Cincinnati (PNC PAVILION)

June 30: Zac Brown Band

Columbus (Nationwide Arena)

June 30: Taylor Swift

Cincinnati (Paycor Stadium)

July 1: Taylor Swift

Cincinnati (Paycor Stadium)

July 2: Drake

Columbus (Schottenstein Center)

July 5: Melanie Martinez

Cleveland (Jacobs Pavillion at Nautica)

July 12: NF

Columbus (Schottenstein Center)

July 15: Fall Out Boy

Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)

July 15: Big Time Rush

Columbus (Schottenstein Center)

July 18: Fall Out Boy

Cuyahoga Falls (Blosson Music Center)

July 26: P!NK

Cincinnati (Great American Ball Park)

July 30: Yung Gravy

Columbus (Celeste Center)

August 2: Madonna

Cleveland (Rocket Mortgage Fieldouse)

August 9: Maisie Peters

Columbus (The Bluestone)

August 9: The Beach Boys

Cleveland (Jacobs Pavillion at Nautica)

August 12 & 12: Morgan Wallen

Columbus (Ohio Stadium)

August 15: Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks

Columbus (Ohio Stadium)

August 16: The Chicks

Columbus (Nationwide Arena)

August 18: The Goo Goo Dolls

Cincinnatti (Riverbend Music Center)

August 26: Lil Baby

Columbus (Schottenstein Center)

August 26: 5 Seconds of Summer

Cincinnatti (Riverbend Music Center)

COMPILED BY CLAIRE DUNGAN ’26

GRAPHIC BY LINDSEY ACKER ’24

GRAPHIC BY CHLOE HARRIS ’24

Second Lives

UAHS staff share summer plans and a few outgoing words.

BY STELLA GOFF ’25

Students often associate tests, quizzes, and grades as being the extent of teachers’ lives outside of the classroom. However, this is far from the truth. The human-side of the staff, that students interact with every

Pulling out a few maps this summer, social studies teacher and basketball coach John Staley has a break full of big plans and new freedoms. This is Staley’s first summer that will not be spent coaching basketball, so he’s excited to get in more golfing time with friends and hopefully take a trip down to Florida. His biggest plans include tying the knot in July, followed by a honeymoon in Cancun. After he returns, Staley will pack up his tent and lantern for a trip to the Smokey Mountains for a week and a half with his family.

Staley’s goal as a social studies teacher is to remain balanced in the content covered. “Students shouldn’t know politically what way I lean. As a student, Staley had teachers who only taught their opinions, so he tries to keep personal bias and opinions out of the classroom.

“My goal is to just present the facts,” Staley said.

BY MALLORY JOHNSON ’26

During the first two weeks of summer, social studies teacher Mikayla McVey intends to spend as much time soaking up the sun and listening to podcasts as possible. With plans to attend friends’ weddings and chaperone the school’s Education

First tour to Spain, McVey is excited to take a trip out west, heading all the way to Big Sky, Montana, for a family getaway. Her trip to Montana will feature horseback riding, farmers markets, a trip to Yellowstone and floating down the rivers of Big Sky in tubes.

The energy and joy brought by the students every day is something McVey cherishes.

“You basically have 100 comedians in class all the time to make you laugh; I laugh, like, all day long,” McVey said.

She said that cultivating relationships with students is the most rewarding and important part of the job.

day, is full of unexpected hobbies and niche interests. Here are four UAHS staff members who sat down with Arlingtonian to discuss each of their unique and passion-driven summer plans.

Far away from his beakers and safety goggles, science teacher Frank Tuttle will enjoy a summer full of hobbies and travel. In between woodworking projects here in Columbus, he is taking a trip to the Smokey Mountains to capture images of fireflies that glow in synchronicity. Although he has been to all 50 states, Tuttle will return to Maine for the third summer this July, and continue north with a stop in Acadia before spending time photographing puffins.

Tuttle works hard to create connections with his students.

“I care about them as much as I care about my own family. During the day they are my kids,” Tuttle said. “If I didn’t like them I wouldn’t be

Although students aren’t in the building, head princiAndrew Theado has a busy summer schedule. He spends most of his day working in the building with administrators and getting ready for next school year. Apart from time off for the Fourth of July and occasional vacation days to take Fridays off, Theado plans to spend his non-working hours in Dad mode and coaching mode. Apart from some day trips around Ohio spent hiking and enjoying the sun, Theado can be found coaching his son’s travel baseball team on various fields around Ohio.

Theado shares his perspective on the pressure put on students, saying: “You’re not just building your resume in high school. You’re living your life. You’re learning about what you’re interested in, a lot of you are involved in service and making an impact on the world. It’s not just about taking certain classes to get certain things on your transcript.”

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GRAPHIC BY LINDSEY ACKER ’24

GRAPHIC BY SCARLET POOR ’24

A Fun-Friendly Market

A look at the new market opening in Tremont Center.

BY ANNA RODMAN ’26

In July of 2018, local community store Huffman’s Market closed its doors forever after more than 30 years in business. That storefront is now being filled by a brand new store: Littleton’s Market. Littleton’s Market is being opened by Upper Arlington local Rob Littleton. Littleton and his wife, Susan, are both UAHS alumni, but moved away after graduating. When Littleton had an innovative new idea for a community market, he knew his hometown of Upper Arlington was the only place to build it.

“It’s the only community I know well enough,” Littleton said. “I’ve learned communities are very unique and so especially in this process I think we can fill a need in Upper Arlington.”

Littleton’s idea was to create a community market that could serve as a place for locals to gather. He’s included a small café near the entrance, as well as a food-service counter in the center with prepared food.

“[It’s] pretty much all-in-one, because it’s all united by food,” Littleton said. “You’re not just going into a standalone coffee shop, you’re going into a whole world of food.” He also plans to have a grab-and-go section for those who don’t have the time to visit the café.

However, the aspect of Littleton’s Market that has really caught peoples’ attention is the large pavilion he’s built in the middle of the parking lot. Littleton envisions his pavilion as a place for the community to gather and hold events.

“That’s why we built this here, because there were already so many events in the parking lot,” Littleton said. “Our marketers were actually like, ‘Hey why don’t we put a structure out there to have the events.’”

Littleton says his market was originally meant to open sooner, but got held back by multiple delays, such as supply chain disruption and the store being expanded by around 50%. Despite these setbacks, Littleton hopes to open before the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

“I really want to be done before you go back to school, and ideally late summer,” he said.

Littleton hopes to add to the sense of community in his store is locally sourcing his products.

“I think to really differentiate our market, the local thing’s going to help a lot,” he said.

Littleton is working with local farmers and other local businesses to provide fresh quality food for his shop. According to Littleton, many vendors at the local farmers

market will have products available at Littleton’s Market.

“Lots of the people at the farmers market [have] stuff available in the store,” Littleton said. “We have a really good relationship with them so far.”

Littleton said the farmers market, previously held across the street from Tremont Center, will be moved to surround his pavilion.

Littleton didn’t start out in the food world. Following his graduation, he took a job at Cover My Meds and pursued a career as a manager of analytics. He initially became interested in food as it related to healthcare, seeing food through its health benefits. However, through the process of opening his store, he’s begun to appreciate food as something that can unite people within a community.

“It’s like starting something where it brings people together to enjoy themselves, and that’s the real health of food in a lot of ways to me, that it’s a community event,” Littleton said.

Littleton is excited to provide a sense of community and gathering to Upper Arlington that Huffman’s Market used to provide.

“That’s why they embrace this in a lot of ways I think: they wanted the sort of Huffman’s community feel back,” Littleton said. “So we’re a fun, friendly community market focused on high quality goods and a great experience.”

▼ LITTLETON’S Littleton’s Market will open over the summer and is the brainchild of UAHS alum Rob Littleton.

PHOTO BY HAILEY HOFFMAN ’23

A FINAL FAREWELL

A look into nostalgia and its effects on graduating seniors.

BY ALEX BURNS ’24, KATE HAUSWIRTH ’25 AND SOPHIA WOOD ’25

Seniors have made the switch from baseball hats to graduation caps, a Golden Bear sweatshirt for a graduation gown, and a Canvas assignment due at midnight for a high school diploma. The label of “@uaschools.org” will no longer follow their name when drafting an email, and that six-digit student-ID number goes to lose its association. The years a student spends in high school contribute to many of the most valuable moments in an adolescent’s life.

According to the nonprofit organization Understood, “There are huge changes in social and emotional skills between ages 14 and 18. The emotional maturity of a high school freshman is very different from that of a graduating senior.”

The time between freshman and senior year is meant for students to explore new passions, hobbies, clubs and interests. Stu-

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dents may find interest in fields such as business or psychology and have the ability to take those courses at UAHS. Fields such as art and creation can be put to use in classes like Designing with Materials, or Ceramics at UAHS as well.

These four short years provide an immense amount of room to grow and emerge out into one’s true self. However, as graduation approaches it provides a time for those leaving Upper Arlington to reflect on their childhoods and reminisce over memories.

Someday these alumni will look back on the nostalgia that was not just high school, but their time within the district as a whole. Reflecting on their time and experiences gives individuals the comfort and joy of feeling connected to their childhood and past, which evidently can help them step into the next chapter of their life. Yet before they leave,

it is important to value the aspect of nostalgia.

NOSTALGIC ORIGINS

In the 17th through 19th centuries, nostalgia was a common cause of death for young people in the army. The diagnosis of nostalgia was “a psychopathological condition affecting individuals who are uprooted, whose social contacts are fragmented, who are isolated and who feel totally frustrated and alienated” as per National Institutes of Health. It most affected people who were separated from their homes and families and had sickening obsessions with returning home. Nostalgia also referred to the moral pain from forced separation from one’s family or social environment.

The most effective cure for those diagnosed with nostalgia was to satisfy their desires and return to their homeland or the place they desired to be. However, common treatment plans included fear or inflicting pain, although neither treatment was very effective. If they couldn’t return, the symptoms, including depression, anorexia, frequent fainting and insomnia, could occur. Sometimes the episodes of symptoms were so bad they lead to death.

The term nostalgia originated in 1688 by the doctor Johannes Hofer (16691752). It comes from the Greek words nostos and alga which mean ‘homecoming’ and ‘pain’, respectively. The term is inspired by the Ger-

man word Heimweh or “homesickness.” It was first classified as a disease during the late 1700s, during the Napoleonic Wars and the American Revolution. However, soon after the wars were over, it ceased to exist in the army. In the beginning of the 1800s, it was removed from the medical branch involved in the classification of diseases. From a historic point of view it is considered a “transient illness” because it was only classified as a disease for a short period of time.

Centuries later, it became the romantic notion that it is today. Nostalgia was essentially lost in history after no longer being considered a disease, but in modern times it has made a comeback as an entirely new idea.

In the word’s second life, nostalgia is described as wistful affection for the past. It is a homesickness for places you’ve never been and a longing to go back to childhood. Studies have found that rather than causing depression, modern nostalgia emphasizes the positive uses to which memory, even painful memory, may be put in the effort to confront the challenges to personal identities of such massive changes in the lives of an individual.

Current nostalgia is often triggered by the five senses. Most notably the sense of smell can cause one to feel nostalgic. This is because the nose is directly linked to the limbic system in the brain. The limbic system is responsible for processing emotions. Because of the nose’s link to the amygdala (the part of the limbic system that controls social cognition and

emotional memory), it associates certain smells with memories or places.

Baked foods made up the largest category of nostalgia stimulating smells, according to a BBC report. The second largest category of nostalgic smells includes bacon, spaghetti and meatballs. Other senses like sound can also trigger nostalgia. For instance, playing songs from childhood can also play into memories.

“SINCERELY, YOU”

With such positive effects seen in nostalgia, some UAHS teachers have acknowledged the relevancy of reflection within students’ lives and careers. For over 20 years, teachers and staff members within the UA School District have conducted a certain heart-felt activity that contributes to the underlying value of growth and prosperity.

This activity of “Senior Letters” has been a sentimental tradition for over two decades and has provided hundreds of students a small window into their past.

Some students in elementary school were given the opportunity to write letters to their future selves that they would receive at the end of their senior year.

“[The letters are] mini time capsules because as you’re living day to day, there are those little pieces and parts that you remember of big events, but it’s more of those day to day things that are fun to look back on as a whole,” fourth grade teacher at Greensview Elementary School Suzanne Kotch said. “It’s far enough from fourth grade to when you’re a

senior in high school for major changes to have happened also.”

The teachers that partake in the senior letter activity with their elementary schoolers then keep the letters to give to their students at the end of their senior year. This activity allows the students to see what they thought about themselves and the world as kids.

The time between fourth grade and a student’s senior year totals to over 2,922 days of growth and changes. In the meantime, the letters are divided up into the graduation year, and kept on-file in the classroom as a form of safe-keeping.

“These letters hold such sentimental value and precious information, it would be a shame if any were to be misplaced,” Kotch said.

After those long awaited eight years finally comes the day those sacred early memories replenish and restore that nostalgic feeling. Just as the celebration of graduation, the elementary schools host a Senior Day which provides seniors the opportunity to return to their old school and reminisce on that chapter of their life.

“Typically, if people come to the senior day that we host then we try and put them out just on the table so that people can find them,” Kotch explained.

Senior Day is the most common way for these seniors to receive their letters, although teachers have resorted to other ways of delivering these letters to those who do not attend Senior Day.

“We often mail them to people or their parents. Due to

COVID we are still hunting down certain people in different classes and mailing them their letter,” Kotch said. “I actually received an email from a student this summer. That’s the great thing about teachers; our emails don’t change with Upper Arlington City Schools, so they are able to find us. He had moved away and is now back in Upper Arlington and he asked if I still had the letter and I did in fact have the letter, so I sent it to him.”

Teachers like Kotch try to guide the fourth graders to write letters that their later selves will find compelling.

“We definitely brainstorm ideas of what types of things and questions to put in. A lot of times we do make sure that there are going to be things that are changing, just with your interest… a lot of times we will say ‘What is your favorite book, movie, etc’ because it’s something really current that 8 years later you look back on and go, ‘Wow, I really liked this,’” Kotch explained. “Once you kind of get them talking about their futures, a lot of times they get excited — especially when they see seniors come in on [senior] day… and they see the seniors’ reaction… and then they think, ‘Wait a minute that’s going to be me’... So that kind of inspires them.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, several of the teachers had to readjust their approaches to different questions and ideas to put into these letters due to the changing times and situation at hand. The pandemic may have changed different areas of this activity, yet the tradition continues to be a prevalent learning op-

portunity for students within the district.

While this activity is for the students themselves, teachers take away just as much or possibly even more from this activity.

“I think especially when [seniors] come back, that’s when they really enjoy it. The fun part is to see as they read the letter and they are standing next to a current friend and then the dialogue that happens…It’s so fun to see their faces light up, and we, teachers, sit back as the old people and go ‘Aw,’” Kotch said. “It’s really fun especially, so many people who lived in Arlington as a kid a lot of times come back to UA, even if they go somewhere for college, ... so we will even be in stores and run into people, which is so much fun.”

As teachers conduct these letters every year, it becomes a staple in their careers and brings several of them an immense amount of joy and excitement.

In reflection, Kotch said, “It really makes me wish that, almost at the end of every year there is a letter that you write to yourself, where they could be compiled all from kindergarten to senior year, where you’d have just one page of memories. Because when you take photos on your phone, you’re not printing them off as often, and scrapbooks aren’t really what people do anymore so to have a letter from every year K-12 would be really neat, to just have the progression and to see how you changed emotionally, such as your hopes and dreams.”

With such a technology driven generation, Kotch believes that having a physical copy of

memories printed out on paper adds a much more valuable and affectionate meaning. The process itself of writing these letters is exciting to children and gives them something to look forward to.

NEW BEGINNINGS

The class of 2023 will soon be freshmen again. Seniors are leaving their homes, and heading to colleges all over the country. Leaving behind their childhood homes and heading somewhere new. Upper Arlington holds a lot of memories for students. Something that will help students have that feeling of comfort and home, is bringing an item from their childhood to college.

“I think it’s a wonderful way, as their life is changing, as a senior and you are about to start a new chapter, it’s really nice to reflect and reminisce on things that were important to them and it also lets them know that it’s okay to have that change that they are currently going through, because they see how much they’ve already grown and its almost a boost of confidence,” Kotch said.

Even staying local at The Ohio State University, students have to develop an unfamiliar routine in order to succeed in the future. No parents will be around to help students with their everyday life. Instead of waking up at seven in the morning for classes everyday, students start to wake up at nine and head to their first classes at ten.

College creates a brand new opening into adulthood. Senior Isabella Mauro feels that Upper Arlington has prepared her in all

the right ways for college.

“I feel excited. I feel Upper Arlington prepared me a lot for the real world, so I feel like I’m just ready to go out there,” she said.

However, seniors will forever miss their high school memories, from spending hours with sports teams, to working at the UA Rise coffee shop during lunch with new people.

“It’s inspiring… because I see what they do here over the course of the year that I get to have them intimately and I’ve seen them since kindergarten usually, so then thinking what they are going to be like and what their interests are,” Kotch said. “ It’s always fun to see the people who were always interested in our government study or the people who really gravitated towards the arts… and kind of looking and going, ‘I wonder, when they come back as a senior, what’s going to be their passion?’”

UAHS provides students with not only everlasting memories, but opportunities to express creativity and help students figure out who they truly are.

Senior Katherine Bartlett spoke about working in the UAHS Rise Coffee shop for the last two years.

“I really liked working in the coffee shop,” Bartlett said. “ I’ve done it for the past two years and definitely there’s been way more involvement in it this year and so I feel like that would count as an activity because you get really close with a bunch of different people.”

Walking the halls with friends, heading to a particular

class at the end of the day, and greeting a favorite teacher is now just a memory for seniors.

“I’ll definitely miss a lot of my teachers,” Bartlett said. “ I’ve had some really good teachers.”

Walking across a stage, instead of walking up the stairs to a classroom, followed by a final summer in UA a fresh start

begins in the fall, and everything from high school will be left behind. Upper Arlington has provided seniors with a rich array of moments and memories in the last four years, and now another chapter begins for the class of 2023.

PHOTO BY EDI LEBLANC ’23

Tupelo Honey

Columist reviews a Southern resturant that has finally reached Upper Arlington.

BY SOPHIA WOOD ’25

The southern-rooted restaurant chain Tupelo Honey has now reached Upper Arlington, one among 26 locations across the United States. Tupelo Honey is located across from The Shops on Lane Avenue. Probably the least Southern location out there, but Tupelo Honey is perfectly convenient.

I have never tried Southern comfort food; however, this restaurant set the bar very high. When you first walk in, you are greeted with a bright and modern feel. I selected booth seating, comfortably next to a window that overlooked the patio. Unfortunately, the Ohio weather won again, and it was way too windy to sit outside comfortably. So, I went with the next best thing, booth seating. Ultimately, this restaurant had an upscale and chic feel, but also felt homey and comfortable.

I first started with a seemingly refreshing drink: the Kiss of Lavender Lemonade. The drink is made of tart lemonade, a hint of lavender and soda water. I expected the drink to have a purple color and taste sort of like a raspberry lemonade. When it came out, I was not impressed by the color; I expected it to be brighter. The glass was cute, with a rustic

feeling. When I put the dewy glass up to my lips and took a generous sip I was very disappointed with this drink, to say the least. There was way too much carbonation for my liking. I am personally not a fan of soda, so this was not my favorite. It also had too much lavender flavor and reminded me of an essential oil. I expected it to have more of a lemonade flavor, but it did not. As an avid lemonade drinker, I would not get this drink again: 3/10.

After this disappointing experience, I just stuck with water. While scanning the menu, I went for a classic southern dish: chicken and waffles. This was my first time trying chicken and waffles. When the piping hot food came to my table, the smell permeated through the room. Let me just say, this is what I imagine heaven smells like. The plate was placed directly in front of me, and the hot steam embraced my face. The aroma of breakfast food and a grandmother’s kitchen are things I would have never expected to smell so good. Just thinking about the smell alone makes me hungry. I was extremely excited to indulge in this delicious southern comfort. I took the hot syrup and poured the thick liquid over the meal. The hot syrup coated the waffles perfectly, and I couldn’t wait to cut through the food. I took a bite with the chicken and the waffle, and wow was I amazed. I never expected something to taste so flavorful. I savored every bite. The waffle was nice and fluffy and had a perfect texture. The chicken was seasoned beautifully and was so crispy. This had to have been the best chicken I’ve ever tasted. I loved the combination of the savory and sweet, and they went very well together. The food came out at a perfect temperature, had wonderful flavors, and was very unique; perfect 10/10.

Overall, Tupelo Honey is a great restaurant. The price of the lemonade was $4.95, and the chicken and waffles were $15.95. Not the most expensive for one person, but can tend to be pricier the more people you have. I think that this price was worth it, and would go back again. This restaurant had a lot of great elements and made me feel very comfortable while dining. Southern comfort food is a solid 10/10. Tupelo Honey is in a great location, and a cute restaurant with great food. Overall 9.5/10.

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SIMPLY SOUTHERN Patrons enjoy the comfortable and homey enviorment in Tupelo Honey.

PHOTO BY SOPHIA WOOD ‘25

Great Goals Need an Assist

Columnist discusses the need for more professional women’s athletics in Ohio.

BY ELISE KARAS ’26

Getting dropped off at soccer camp, holding a chocolate milk and crying, is the earliest memory I have of soccer. The fields teemed with my future friends and teammates. Many of the girls there made up the first real team I was on. This hasn’t always been the case. When my mom talks about her first childhood team she mentions how there were only three girls on a team of all boys. There were very few girls teams at the time. That was the 1980’s. Now in 2023 there are hundreds of girls soccer teams in each state. It took 40 years to get where we are today. But with soccer being the most popular women’s sport across the world, it feels like these advancements are happening by the week.

The beginning of this movement seems to have started back in 2020 with the creation of Angel City FC. Angel City FC is a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team that is owned by a group, with most of the group being high profile women like Serena Williams. This group is led by actress Natalie Portman, making it the first female-owned NWSL club. This is one of the only current examples of women leading women in sports. When I first heard about Angel City FC, I couldn’t believe it. It seemed impossible for a woman to own a team. On T.V. It’s always a man cheering from the owner’s box, and a man making the calls. It’s relieving to know women are finally filling that role.

News of the Women’s World Cup is all over social media. In preparation for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Nike has announced they have designed the first women’s exclusive kits for six of the 32 participating countries. The women finally have an opportunity to make a name for themselves. Other news regarding the Women’s World Cup came as a surprise to me. After years of protests and negotiations, the prize money was increased by 300%, making the winning prize $150 million, as opposed to $300 million in 2019. This is still nowhere close to the men’s prize of $600 million, but this is a substantial win nonetheless. Watching the Women’s World Cup has inspired me since I was little. Seeing so many strong women competing made me feel as if there was no reason I couldn’t be on someone’s TV one day motivating a new generation.

Prior to the shocking increase in interest in women’s soccer, I had never noticed the lack of women’s profession-

al sports in Ohio. There isn’t just a lack of them, either; there are zero mainstream women’s professional sports in our state. Yet, there are two Major League Soccer (MLS) teams, two National Football League teams, two Major League Baseball teams and one National Basketball Association team. With so many men’s teams, it doesn’t seem far fetched that one of them could cultivate a women’s team. The best opportunity I’ve seen to create a women’s professional team in Ohio is to start an NWSL team. This is due to the sheer amount of girls playing soccer in America at the moment, and there are two MLS teams that could help support a newly founded team.

The Columbus Crew has had success recently by winning the MLS Cup in 2020 and relocating to a new stadium. Now is the time for the Crew to begin the creation of a NWSL team. In Europe, many clubs have a men’s and a women’s side. MLS teams in Amer- ica have contemplated following Europe’s example and creating a women’s side to their clubs, but no clubs have gone through with the idea. The Crew currently has the resources to fund a team until the women can gener ate their own income. The team will eventually become self-sustaining, re lieving the Columbus Crew Men’s team of some responsibility. Creating a wom en’s expansion is a smart future invest ment as well, seeing as the NWSL has been growing.

Historically, men have been dominant over the world of sports. Many of the teams and leagues for women that we see today could never have been possible without the support of the men who already had money and power. The Columbus Crew has a defi nite presence in the MLS. They made histo ry by being one of the founding MLS teams. They were pioneers for soccer in America once. Why not do it again?

Transgender Eradication

Columnist discusses the impact of bigotry against the transgender community.

BY KAYLE LENZO ’25

On March 27th, a 28-year-old transgender man killed six people at an elementary school in Tennessee. Recently, in the media, Republicans have been weaponizing this instance to attack trans issues instead of addressing gun control. Due to their gender identity, transgender people bear the brunt of discrimination. They face violence regularly in our schools, our homes, law enforcement, and with government officials. As a member of the transgender community, I’m scared for the safety of my family and the future of the LGBTQIA+ population.

According to Gun Violence Archive, an project tracking mass shootings, from 2018 to 2023, there have only been three mass shootings done by transgender people, compared to 2,826 carried out by cisgender people. In today’s polarized politics, the Republican party’s primary strategy is platforming anti-trans narratives, excluding trans perspectives, accusing them of silencing transphobes and basing legislation on fake science.

I’ve been paying close attention to the recent development of Ohio’s HB68 bill. The bill calls for bans — for transgender people only — on hormone therapy, gender-affirming surgery, vasectomy, and oophorectomy and declines the right to meet with a therapist about being transgender. Republicans are trying to pass these carbon-copy bills throughout the whole country. As of April 2023, according to LegiScan, a database tracking legislation, over 45 states have proposed anti-trans legislation. In the past four years, 12 states

have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care. Three of the 393 proposed bills have passed this year, all affecting trans healthcare. This year’s bills include bill H0071 in Idaho, SB99 in Montana, HB2238 in Kansas, and SB0480 in Indiana.

Bills like H0071 in Idaho, named the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, call for genital inspection for athletes suspected of being trans. Including the genitalia inspection, the legislation also restricts trans women and girls from participating in female sports. Trans men and boys are not affected. The bill was signed on April 5th and is being enforced on July 1st. This bill feels disgusting to me, and it’s invasive for young students and clearly violates trans and cis women’s Fourth Amendment rights.

Regarding the negative outlook of trans healthcare for children, a paper published by JAMA Network contradicts anti-trans lawmakers’ views. The study followed 104 transgender and nonbinary children, ages 13 to 20, over the span of one year as they received care at a clinic. This study, and many others like it, found those who received gender-affirming hormones or puberty blockers had 60% lower odds of depression and 73% lower odds of selfharm and suicidal thoughts. According to the National Library of Medicine, within a three-month period, most antidepressants only have a 44% success rate. Without proper healthcare, the suicide rates of trans people could drastically rise.

The dehumanization of trans-

gender individuals has also led to poverty and abnormal suicide rates. Trans Equality did a study on 6,450 transgender and gender-nonconforming participants and found 41% of respondents reported attempting suicide compared to 1.6% of the general population, 51% were harassed or bullied in school, 61% were the victim of physical assault, and 64% were sexually assaulted. According to the American Census, transgender people are four times more likely to have a household income of less than $10,000 annually. In comparison, the yearly income in Upper Arlington is $74,000.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, in reports of violence against transgender people, most — if not all — of the victims are misgendered in statements, which delays the awareness of deadly incidents. In 2021, the Human Rights Campaign tracked a record number of violent fatal hate crimes against transgender and gender non-conforming people — with over 50 fatalities tracked. The public should pursue respect for transgender and gender non-conforming people.

From my perspective, the Upper Arlington public could help the local transgender community by protesting the passing of the HB68 bill. We are witnessing the beginning of the eradication of transgender people in America. We aren’t only losing the rights of trans people; we’re losing the lives of trans people. The misinformation and misrepresentation must be stopped — we are people too.

PHOTO BY KAYLE LENZO ’25

Top Summer Pins

Columnists predict the top trends for this summer.

BY LUCY BAKER ‘26 AND EVELYN JONES ‘26

Casual and confertable monochrome sets from the online Aritiza shop.

Need a summer read? Media Specialist Mrs. Deal recommends All the Light We Cannot See, 1984 and The Long Way Down.

Gold jewelry and bright colors are in for summer ‘23!

Purple, almond, acrylic nail inspiration.

Perfect summer breakfast; berry banana smoothie from Zest on 980 W 5th Ave.