The Tiger Print — March 2019

THE TIGER PRINT

blue valley high school | vol. 49 | issue 6 | march 2019 | bvtigernews.com | overland park, kansas

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Contents NEWS

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Turn back the clock Kansas legislation discusses whether or not daylight saving time is worth keeping.

FEATURE

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Tiger TV Senior Jackson Hadley looks back on his tenure in broadcast media production.

ENTERTAINMENT

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Surviving senioritis Here’s how to stay motivated during the final quarter of the year.

OPINION

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Airpods — trashy or trendy?

Staff writers Jaron Cole and Spencer Norman debate the popular earbuds.

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editor-in-chief Noma Kreegar managing editor McKenna Cole design editor Nick Lamberti

staff members Chloe Browning Cassidy Carpenter Jaron Cole Emily Cummings Josie Cuthbertson Aubrey Herrin Molly Holmes Maddy Kang

Erika Kolseth Anika Kreegar Frannie Lamberti Shay Lawson J.D Loftin Tymber Moody Spencer Norman Vince Orozco Kate Oudejans

Liya Patel Claire Powell Lauren Reddin Olivia Sherlock Charlie Trent adviser Michelle Huss

“The Tiger Print” is an official publication of Blue Valley High School, an open forum distributed to all students eight times a year. This publication may contain controversial material. Kansas law prohibits the suppression of a student publication solely because it may contain controversial matter. Blue Valley Unified School District No. 229 and its board members, officers and employees may disclaim any responsibility for the content of this publication; it is not an expression of school policy.

Student authors and editors are solely responsible for the content of this publication.

Letters to the editor are encouraged for publication. “The Tiger Print” reserves the right to edit all submissions for both language and content.

Letters should be submitted to Room 450, emailed to thetigerprint@gmail.com or mailed to: The Tiger Print Blue Valley High School 6001 W. 159th St. Overland Park, KS 66085

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR don’t tinker with my rights

noma kreegar Editor in Chief

As a student who’s spent my time taking various journalism classes during my time here at Blue Valley, the concept of free speech has never been an unfamiliar one.

You can say what you want to say, criticize what you want to criticize and publish what you want to publish.

That being said, you are not protected from the criticism or backlash your words will produce, as I — and the entire staff of The Tiger Print — have experienced.

This is not to say that the criticisms we have received — and will, hopefully, continue to receive — are not valued. Keeping an open line of communication between our publication and the students of BV has been a key factor in keeping the staff of The Tiger Print motivated and inspired to create engaging content.

Through criticism and evaluation of the content we have produced thus far, we have learned to consider the impact our words have on the student body.

It’s become overwhelmingly clear that words have an immense and nearly immeasurable amount of power.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech brought widespread attention to a growing civil rights movement in 1963. King’s words led to an upheaval in American society and called for an end to racism in the United States.

Shortly after, in 1965, Mary Beth Tinker and a group of students wore black armbands to protest the war in Vietnam. When the school board was notified of the protest, a ban was placed over the armbands. Tinker

and four other students were asked to remove their bands and were suspended shortly thereafter. The group of students filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the school board.

Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Tinker’s case was carried all the way to the Supreme Court. There, it was ruled that “students do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” according to the ACLU. The same rights King was granted in order to give his groundbreaking ‘I Have a Dream’ speech were granted to the student press, thanks to students like Tinker.

Nearly 20 years after the Tinker vs. Des Moines Supreme Court decision was finalized, newspaper students had their press rights stripped in the Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier court case.

This decision supported the administration, saying that school officials have the right to censor student publications for legitimate reasons.

In response to the Hazelwood ruling, legislators in Kansas decided students should receive the same press rights as professional journalists. Many other states have followed in the path of this anti-Hazelwood trend to allow their student journalists more press freedom.

It’s imperative for students at BV to understand that although you may disagree with an opinion expressed in The Tiger Print, the school administration cannot suppress material purely because of controversial subject matter.

If you have concerns about something you read in the paper, exercise your First Amendment rights. Come talk to the staff in Room 450, drop off a letter to the editor or email thetigerprint@gmail.com. To read some of the letters we’ve received, visit bvtigernews.com. | DESIGN BY NOMA KREEGAR

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Smiling at the audience, junior Olivia Wells performs a Chamber’s number. “My favorite part about Chambers is going on trips,” Wells said.

“This year we’re going to New York.”

R R E E G I G I T T

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Preparing to dive off the block, freshman George Xue competes at the EKL swim meet. The boy’s swim team competed at State Feb. 15 and 16.

Holding up trophies and cheering, Mr. Bacon celebrates the dance team’s success. The Tigerettes went to NDA Nationals in Orlando and placed 7th in the nation.

news|march 2019 | Performing in the senior boy’s sweetheart routine, Luke Crawford and Nick McClain run across the floor. “My favorite part was the practices,” Crawford said. “Getting to hangout with my friends was great.”

S S T I T I B B D I D T TI Dancing in a Chamber’s routine, senior Carlie Sauntry performs at a choir concert. “I have the responsibility of being co-president of the choir department,” Sauntry said. “I love spending everyday with my best friends.”

Giving a teammate a handshake, senior Jeffrey Greenfield gets ready for a game. “My job is to hype the guys up,” Greenfield said. “There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for those guys.”

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Time After

A Timeline of how Daylight Saving Time came to be

Time

1784 1784 Benjamin Franklin first proposed the concept of Daylight Savings

1918 The Standard Time Act established daylight saving to help engineers prepare for World War I

1942 Franklin Roosevelt established a year-round Daylight Savings Time that lasted for three years during World War II

1966 1966 United States Congress officially passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966

2005 2005 President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act to extend Daylight Saving Time in 2007

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An Enchanted Evening

prom committee members plan this year’s dance maddy kang, shay lawson & cassidy carpenter staff writers The prom theme this year is Enchanted Forest and will take place at Hilltop on April 6.

As always, the junior class is in charge of planning and organizing the event with their class funds. Junior Reagan LeValley is on Prom Committee and said the stress hasn’t hit her yet, but she’s expecting it to come as Prom approaches.

“We have all of the information from Prom planning last year — Ms. [Molly] Cowan kept it because she’s the junior class sponsor,” LeValley said. “We’ve kind of just been brainstorming ideas for Prom but we’ve also had two Prom Committee meetings.”

LeValley said activities director Mollie McNally has to sign off on theme ideas for Prom before they can actually use it.

“You have to get everything approved by Mrs. McNally,” LeValley said. “You give her themes and then she decides which ones are approved for us to vote on. We wanted to do a masquerade theme, but it wasn’t allowed because of the masks.”

As far as budgeting goes, she said the largest chunk of funding comes from ticket sales. Any profit made on Prom goes toward the senior class gift.

“Paying for Prom also comes out of the junior class funds,” LeValley said. “Funds come from fundraisers we’ve done like the pie fundraiser or the Sunset Grill night. We also have money from previous years, or we’ll borrow money from the main StuCo account and pay it back later.”

Decorations have to be ordered far in advance, but she said they will be made up of many trees, and they plan on bringing back the light up dance floor.

LeValley said they decided to hire the same DJ from Homecoming earlier this year, but they are also trying something new.

“We’re going to have this photo booth, and we’re going to have a backdrop where you can take pictures,” LeValley said. “We will have a photographer who is walking around during the dance taking candid shots. Afterward, you can buy them for about $1.”

After Prom is at Blue Valley in the main gym directly following the Prom dance, and it will take place until 1 a.m. It’s funded by PTO and will include a variety of games and prizes.

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The United Nations

Representative body of the world’s countries has varied roles that few know about

vince orozco staff writer From discussions regarding the conflict in Venezuela and Yemen to extending the peacekeeping mission in Cyprus, the United Nations holds influence in nearly every global occurrence.

Yet, despite this worldwide presence, few people seem to know what the U.N. is, let alone what it does. The U.N. is comprised of six different bodies, each with their own separate roles and capabilities.

The organization was officially created on Oct. 4, 1945. Its purpose was to maintain international stability.

In the 1960s, the organization grew with the trend of decolonization, a process with which the U.N. assisted.

In the 21st century, the focus of the UN’s efforts have been in combating climate change, enacting peacekeeping operations and fostering the development of global human rights (it is not a world government).

The International Court of Justice The purpose of this body is to settle legal disputes submitted by states.

The Economic and Social Council This body has 54 members. Its main focus is to review approaches to sustainable development and make recommendations for solutions to economic, environmental and social issues.

The Secretariat The Secretariat is the UN’s bureaucratic body. It handles all of the day-to-day activities of the UN and is led by the Secretary-General.

The General Assembly

The Trusteeship Council

This is the main body of the United Nations. It is a congregation of 193 member states. These member states meet every September in New York to discuss issues around the globe covering topics such as climate change, poverty and violent conflict.

This body’s focus was to supervise the preparations for territories to become legally recognized nation-states. However, as of 1994, the Trusteeship Council has suspended operations.

The Security Council • This body is made up of five member states: the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom. In addition to these permanent members, the Security Council has a rotating group of 10 additional member states. | DESIGN BY VINCE OROZCO

• The main function of the Security Council is to determine the presence of threats to international stability and peace.

The permanent members, in addition to their one vote on Council decisions, have veto power. This allows the permanent members to veto any substantive resolutions passed by the General Assembly. This power has been used most recently by the United States to prevent condemnation of violence committed by the Israeli state in the 2018 Gaza border protests.

•The Security Council as a whole also has the ability to pass mandatory resolutions, which every U.N. member state must follow.

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Kickin’ It Freshman experiences tryouts for girls soccer at Blue Valley

Freshman Parker Neal tried out for the Blue Valley girls soccer team, along with many other girls hoping to make it.

With hopes of making a good team, Neal said she believed JV would be the best fit. Neal has played soccer since preschool and has played competitively outside of school during the off-season.

“I really love team experiences and getting to know the team members,” Neal said. “It’s a different bond and not just friends from school or other activities.”

Neal said her competitive team is always doing team-bonding exercises. They frequently go to fitness classes together once a week and always go to team dinners before a big tournament.

Team bonding is important to Neal’s team because it connects the teammates on and off the field.

“We’ve done gift exchanges before,” Neal said. “If there’s ever a time we are all free, we try to get together for a sleepover.”

Although her competitive team gets along great, Neal said she hasn’t always been so lucky. There have been times when her teammates have gotten into screaming fights on the field because of a hatred for each other outside of the game.

Neal said a lot of times her teammates have been able to get over an argument and let it go, which is fortunate for the team’s atmosphere.

In preparation for the new season, Neal said she trained every single day with mandatory weight practices Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. However, now that the season has started, there are practices every day after school.

“On my own time, I run for cardio every day after school,” she said.

During tryouts, Neal hoped to show the coaches all of her talents and make a positive impact on the school’s team this year.

“I have a love for soccer and the way I get to feel free on the field,” Neal said. “It’s always been a passion of mine.”

“ I can’t wait to start the new season and

contribute to the team in a positive way.

“The tryouts were really cold, so we had to move it into district office,” Neal said.

“The coaches made us do a ton of drills, but my favorite was scrimmaging with all the girls,” Neal said.

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liya patel & emily cummings staff writers

- Parker Neal, 9 “ I made JV this season, and I’m so excited to be on the team,” Neal said.

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hope for

‘sco e Student created musical based on life, cancer experience charlie trent staff writer Once students reach high school, most choose to focus on one specific hobby or extracurricular activity. However, junior Ryan Jacobs decided to go against this norm and pursue many of his passions — singing, composing and performing music.

“I wanted to be involved in all the parts of music that I love,” Jacobs said. “It made me upset that I had to choose because I loved all of it the same.”

Jacobs noted that his love for music began from being surrounded by it at a young age.

“My mom is a piano teacher,” Jacobs | DESIGN BY CHARLIE TRENT

said. “I also have three older brothers who all learned the piano from her and were involved in different types of music, like marching band and choir.”

After being involved in choir, band and theater in middle school, Jacobs said he wanted to combine all of his musical passions into composing music himself.

“It’s my way of being able to con-

tinue all the different types of music, by writing it,” Jacobs said. “If I write music, I can write whatever type of music I want.”

Jacobs said he was inspired to use his composing abilities to write a musical with his friend Dominic DeCicco, a junior at Blue Valley Southwest.

“He’s one of my good friends and we had the idea to write a musical together for a really long time,” Jacobs said.

However, Jacobs decided to base the plot for the musical on his family’s personal experiences coping with childhood cancer.

“When I was 5 months old, I was diagnosed with leukemia,” Jacobs said.

“Then I was going to a check in a couple weeks later, and I relapsed.”

Jacobs said after six months, he was given a bone marrow transplant and was able to make a full recovery.

“That’s been my story for so long,”

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feature|march 2019 | he said. “[I always] knew I wanted to create something from [that].”

After getting the inspiration to create the musical, Jacobs said he wrote the music gradually over a two-year period before ever writing the lyrics.

“That’s different than most musical theater people because musical theater is so much about the lyrics,” he said.

“That’s what tells the story. But we never really sat down to actually start a grind of writing it or have anything to initiate working really, really hard on it. We got ideas as it went and worked with it.”

Jacobs said the concept of the musical was to focus on the story of the patient’s parents, not on the patients themselves.

“The show centers around two families, and it all takes place in a hallway,” Jacobs said. “You don’t meet the kids.

You don’t meet the doctors or nurses.

It’s focusing on the emotions of the whole situation. You see people leave the room, and they start processing what just happened inside of the room.”

Jacobs described the multiple meanings behind the name of the original musical, “‘Scope.”

“The title comes from the term ‘dyscopia’,” Jacobs said. “It means the inability to cope, and that’s what we focus on. Another one of the definitions of ‘Scope’ is the possibility or opportunity of doing something and having hope. The whole show is based off both of those.”

Jacobs submitted the show in a contest called “Musical Works.”

“It’s called the International Thespian Festival,” he said. “You enter in original musicals that are 20 minutes long. They pick two of them and then

workshop them at internationals.”

A song from the musical, named “Still”, was also entered into another contest hosted by broadway star Taylor Louderman.

“She has a song writing competition,” Jacobs said. “If [the song] gets chosen, she sings it and we get to record at a studio called Ghostlight Records.”

As far as casting his musical, Jacobs chose to include his peers from around the Kansas City area.

“It’s all of our friends,” Jacobs said.

“It was all people we reached out to.

We have a lot of really, really talented friends from shows we’ve done. We knew that was going to be the best way.”

Jacobs said they plan to perform at hospitals around the KC area, and after that, the next step for the musical is to gain support from producers and develop the show into a full production.

“Our goal is just to get this to as many people as we can and spread awareness,” Jacobs said.

Jacobs said throughout the experience, he grew in many ways.

“It was a really big challenge, but it’s something I’ll never forget because of the collaboration aspect,” Jacobs said. “That process is such a different beast, and I learned so much about how to create something with somebody else.”

Jacobs hopes those who have the opportunity to see or listen to “Scope” realize the message behind his story.

“It’s about understanding the dynamics between

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the struggling families and all the emotions going on,” Jacobs said. “I wanted to make sure the audience understood the emotions behind the families and what they’re going through.”

To listen to the soundtrack of ‘Scope on soundcloud, scan this QR code.

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SOAR SOAR explained and the impact it has on BV students

What is SOAR? SOAR stands for Special Opportunities, Abilities & Relationships. It is an organization where teenagers spend a night taking care of and hanging out with special needs children to give their parents a night off.

“At the end of the day, you just have this overwhelming joy.” ­— Julia Pettijohn, 11

“I fell in love with it.”

— Will Montgomery, 11

| DESIGN BY SHAY LAWSON, MADDY KANG & CASSIDY CARPENTER

Who’s involved? maddy kang, cassidy carpenter & shay lawson staff writers

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lue Valley juniors Julia Pettijohn and Will Montgomery volunteer at SOAR on Fridays. Montgomery said he got involved with SOAR through his friends.

“I fell in love with it,” Montgomery said. “I have been [volunteering] ever since.”

Both have gained life skills and valuable lessons from their work at SOAR. “I’ve learned that everybody’s different,” Pettijohn said.

“You have to love and accept everybody.”

Montgomery has taken away skills on how to deal with people with special needs as well as just people in general.

“Since I transferred middle schools, it’s nice seeing the same faces again that I don’t see anymore since my old friends volunteer here at SOAR,” Montgomery said.

Pettijohn said she has multiple experiences from SOAR. “One of my favorite memories was when we did a water slide,” Pettijohn said. “I had a girl with Cerebral Palsy. They put her on my lap, and we went down the slide. She was smiling and laughing so much.”

Pettijohn said volunteering at SOAR has a greater impact than just on the families.

“You get to get involved in your community,” Pettijohn said.

“At the end of the day, you just have this overwhelming joy.”

| PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY JULIA PETTIJOHN

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LIGHTS, CAMERA,

ACTION

Senior reflects on time in Tiger TV, looks forward to future

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rguably one of Blue Valley’s most beloved Tiger Time lesson plans, Tiger TV has become an integral part of BV student news. With shows airing three to four times every semester, students can expect to see news about BV, comedy skits and sports stories.

The process of completing a story for Tiger TV has three components — planning, filming and editing. Once the stories are done, the rehearsals for the show begin. In order to have enough time for this complicated process, Tiger TV has two back-to-back hours of class time.

“We would not have a show if we didn’t have two hours — there’s just simply not enough time in the day,” senior Jackson Hadley said. “We still come in

during Tiger Paws and after school. It’s a big time commitment.”

Hadley said responses from his peers is a crucial part of Tiger TV and keeps the class passionate and engaged.

“When we get good feedback from people, it keeps us motivated,” Hadley said. “If we have a bad show and people don’t like it, it sucks to come back into class, but I think it’s been pretty good this year.”

For Hadley, Tiger TV is more than just a fun class. Tiger TV competes in events like the 4-State Conference hosted by the Academy of Scholastic Broadcasting and the Kansas State Fair broadcasting competition. Last semester, the class gained two individual awards at the 4-State Conference — first place for two stories at the State Fair and second place overall at the State Fair.

“The win at the State Fair last semester for my agriculture based story [was a huge] accomplishment,” Hadley said. “We had a good time.”

Tiger TV gives many students the chance to practice skills that they can use if they plan on pursuing broadcast, film or any type of video production in the future.

“I like making videos — it’s fun,” Hadley said.

“I’m hoping to go to film school next year in college and I’m [not sure] what I want to do with the videography, but I want to stick with it.”

INTERESTED IN JOINING TIGER TV?

Take Broadcast 1

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Submit application to Mr. Reeves in Room 402

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WORDS BY MCKENNA COLE, J.D LOFTIN, ERIKA KOLSETH, NOMA KREEGAR, CLAIRE POWELL, LAUREN REDDIN illustration by anika kreegar design by nick lamberti On April 19, 1995, a truck filled with explosives that detonated outside of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City left 168 people dead and hundreds of others injured.

This act of domestic terrorism prompted former president Bill Clinton to sign the “Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act� on April 24, 1996.

However, President Clinton asked for increased access to wiretapping and personal records in terrorism cases.

Congress refused due to many congresspeople feeling that loosening restrictions on privacy would be unconstitutional.

Several of these concerns were disregarded after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Shortly thereafter, on Oct. 26, 2001, the Patriot Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush. This document has set the standard for government surveillance in the United States, especially in instances related to terrorism.

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Do you know who s watching you?

surveillance-related issues in the US

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ecently, the investigation of Jussie Smollett’s attack has come to an end; Smollett is being charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report, potentially facing up to three years in prison.

Smollett claimed he was attacked by two men yelling racist and homophobic slurs on Jan. 29 at 2 a.m.

When brought into questioning the two alleged attackers, who are brothers, told the police Smollett had paid them $3,500 to stage the attack.

The Chicago police said public surveillance helped them conclude the investigation. They were able to locate the two brothers this way and identify some of the inconsistencies in

Smollett’s account.

Chicago has the largest scale surveillance network in U.S., with 32,000 cameras, according to INSIDER. These cameras are placed on streets, buses, even private residences with given consent.

By linking the cameras, the police were able to track the two brothers and discover the true story behind Smollett’s accusation.

Edward Wodnicki, the police commander who led the investigation, said camera network did help, but the residents who shared their own information from their cameras were extremely useful in solving the case. The detectives also examined in-car taxi videos, according to a summary of the case issued by prosecutors.

Without the pervasiveness of surveillance cameras, police would never have been able to find the two brothers and finally close their case.

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counts with both an email address and a phone number.

Last year, however, it was found that Facebook was using phone numbers provided by users through the 2FA system to sell to advertisers, according to ExtremeTech.

This year, chief emoji officer at Emojipedia, Jeremy Burge tweeted on March 1 that “Facebook now defaults phone number search to ‘everyone.’ Unless you change this setting, anyone with your phone number can look up and confirm your Facebook profile.”

Burge, in the same Twitter thread, pointed out that every app that asks for your phone number, such as Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp, is most likely selling that information to advertisers.

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ultiple court cases against social media giant Facebook have sparked conversation about social networking sites and the constitutional right to privacy.

According to The Guardian, many of these lawsuits are alleging that Facebook, “used its apps to gather information about users and their friends, including some who had not signed up to the social network, reading their text messages, tracking their locations and accessing photos on their phones.”

Allegedly, Facebook has used the gathered information for commercial purposes. The lawsuits also claimed that on Android phones, Facebook was able to gather content in text messages and collect metadata. On iPhones, Facebook was able to access photos that weren’t posted directly to the site.

The most recent Facebook privacy scandal arose about its two-factor authentication (2FA).

The 2FA system works by having users verify their ac-

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surveillance measures at BV

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lue Valley uses more than 100 cameras inside and outside of the building to protect students and staff from danger.

“It helps us to determine whether or not crimes have been committed,” school resource officer Trevor Burgess said.

When school is not in session, Burgess works as a patrol officer for the Overland Park police department. Most crimes committed outside of school are harder to prove due to far fewer surveillance cameras in public than at BV, Burgess said.

BV’s surveillance camera system helps narrow down the time and place that crimes are committed in the school.

“As patrol officers, we really don’t have any proof [of crimes being committed] unless we get a confession,” Burgess said. “The good thing about the school cameras is if somebody says that a crime was committed, we [can use the cameras to] find out where that area is, and more than likely, unless it was in a bathroom or locker room, we’re going to actually see the crime being committed [on camera], and we will be able to properly figure out law enforcement consequences based on that.”

According to school resource officer Nate Schmidt, he and Burgess can also use surveillance cameras to conduct traffic investigations, find a student’s whereabouts within the school and locate unauthorized personnel in the building.

“We [had] a situation last year where a group of students that didn’t go [to BV] snuck into the school. We were able to figure out where they came in, and where they went,” said Schmidt.

Burgess said that although cameras are not allowed in areas like classrooms, private offices, locker rooms, or bathrooms, the school resource officers (SROs) would be at a disadvantage if BV’s surveillance

system didn’t exist.

“We wouldn’t be able to see if a student was missing or if a crime occurred in this area,” Burgess said.

“Cameras allow us to do our job a lot better.”

While electronic surveillance measures have become much more widespread through legislation such as the Patriot Act, SROs must have a “burden of proof ” to search through a student’s cell phone.

“I cannot talk to you or ask to search your phone if I don’t have reasonable suspicion that the crime occurred and you were involved,” Burgess said. “It goes from reasonable suspicion to probable cause.

Once we have probable cause, I would ask you, ‘Hey, do you care if I look through your cell phone right now?’ If you grant me permission, I’d have you sign a form, and then I could look through the phone with you and see if we could find the proof that we’re looking for.”

Burgess said if a student resists having their phone searched by the SROs, the officer will then put the phone into airplane mode, turn it off and take it to the police department, where detectives will apply for a search warrant.

“A judge decides whether or not we can look into that phone. If the judge [approves the search warrant], we can look through the phone without your consent.”

What is the patriot act?

Passed in 2001, just weeks after 9/11, the Patriot Act is a more than 300-page document “to improve the abilities of U.S. law enforcement to detect and deter terrorism,” according to History. com.

WHAT DOES THE PATRIOT ACT ALLOW THE Government TO DO? Section 213: Secret Searches Search through a person’s property or information without notifying the person Section 214: Trap and Trace search Collects address information about the origin and destination of communications Section 215: Record Searches Search through a person’s activities through third-party information Section 218: Intelligence searches Narrow exception to the fourth amendment to allow for the collection of foreign intelligence

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Library

BV librarians share how the library has become more modernized

What’s new in the library?

Spiro, Dash and Dot These robots are for students who are interested in coding and problem-solving. The robots can be used during class lessons or whenever students want to try or fuel their passion of coding. Some of the robots even talk to each other.

Galley Club Readers of this club get copies of unreleased books. The club members, along with the other 14 Galley Clubs across the United States, review and rate their top 10 young adult books.

How has the library changed throughout the years?

Mary Ellen Gojevic “There’s that Captital One commercial that just came out and Jennifer Garner is in the library and [the librarians] are like, ‘Shhh.’ This is not like a library anymore. [The BV library] is not quiet. There is learning going on, and that’s the way it should be­— hustling and bustling.

[We] are grateful that people come [to the library]. We hope people see it as a place to hangout.”

3D Printer This machine is allowed to be used for anything. Students can use the 3D printer for gifts, projects and more.

Scan the QR Code to start the process of 3D printing

Caitlin Neneman “I still now to this day will have people say ‘Oh, you’re a librarian.

You must like reading.’ I have to explain that’s only part of my job, but I’ve got all this other stuff that comes along with it.

A big part of it is technology. A lot of people still view librarians as a more traditional role where we’re just shushing kids with our cardigans and that we’re not teaching nearly as much as we are.”

| WORDS BY CLAIRE POWELL & J.D LOFTIN | DESIGN BY CLAIRE POWELL, J.D LOFTIN & JOSIE CUTHBERTSON

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Pets Exercising Working out is a great way to get fit and active, as well as de-stress from a long day. After school, take a walk or hit the gym to give yourself time off before doing homework.

Hanging out with friends Being around other people who are going through the same thing as you can help take your mind off school while being surrounded by the people you love.

Petting an animal is an easy way to feel better as well as making your furry friend happy, too.

Listening to music/reading Focusing on other entertainment sources can get your mind off the stress of school.

Yell Take a pillow, and scream into it. It’s that easy. Get the anger out before you focus it on your work.

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Self-Care Using a face mask, bath bomb or lighting your favorite scented candle can help you unwind and relax before jumping back into the daily grind.

Sleeping Letting your mind rest is always a good way to get refreshed and ready to take on the tasks for the day. Take 15-20 minutes out of your day to rest, and give your brain a break.

STRESSED TO

Blessed With only one quarter to go in the school year, many Blue Valley students have trouble finding the motivation to finish strong. As the stress of the last quarter creeps in, it is important to remember ways to keep a clear mind and to have strong ambition for finals. Many students have created tactics for making the end of the school year the best possible. | DESIGN BY AUBREY HERRIN

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An Eye Eye For For Fashion Fashion An Students describe their personal style

12 Macy Macy Erickson Erickson Favorite places to shop: thrift stores, Forever 21, Shein, Zaful Fashion inspirations: to just be herself Types of clothes to go for: colorful and affordable Style description: whatever she feels like putting on for that day; things that reflect what she’s feeling How often she shops: every two weeks Extra/Interesting info: her dyed hair expresses her fashion sense

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Simon Simon Moncke Moncke

10

Favorite places to shop: Zara & thrift shops Fashion inspirations: his mom & A$AP Rocky Types of clothes to go for: anything he thinks looks cool in men’s or women’s sections Style description: random and eclectic How much he shops: quarterly for big hauls Extra/Interesting info: both parents work in fashion

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Will Creamer Creamer Will

Favorite places to shop: Urban Outfitters, Pacsun, Nike, thrift shopping, and depop Fashion inspirations: people on instagram, designers, famous people, youtubers Types of clothes to go for: colorful clothes that have lots of patterns Style description: vintage and retro, from ‘80s and ‘90s How much he shops: every week Extra information: doesn’t like bland clothes; likes some modern materials and patterns

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Leah Leah Jones Jones

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Favorite places to shop: Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, Savers Thrift Store Fashion inspirations: Instagram models Types of clothes to go for: bigger clothing like sweaters and jackets & high waisted pants Style description: she cycles between “hype-beast” and “art-hoe” How much she shops: at least once a month Extra/Interesting info?: her style is a reflection of her “all over the place” personality

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sweet dreams

tips and tricks on achieving lucid dreaming words by anika kreegar & claire powell Lucid dreaming is when a person is dreaming and aware that it is a dream, typically during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.

For some, lucid dreaming can happen easily, for others, they have to practice. Here are some techniques on how to lucid dream.

Ask yourself if you’re dreaming. These reality checks help sense dream signals and trigger the realization that you are dreaming.

Reread a line of text. In reality, the text would never change, but in a dream, the text will constantly shift.

“Mnemonic induction.” Every night, repeat to yourself something like, “tonight, I will notice that I am sleeping.” This will “program” your brain into achieving lucid dreaming.

Keep a dream journal. This will help make your dreams more concrete and become more aware when and when you are not dreaming

“Waking back to bed.” You set an alarm for you to wake up five to six hours after falling asleep. After staying awake for a while, you will go back to sleep, hopefully putting you into REM sleep.

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26% of BV students said they’ve had a lucid dream. Here are some of their experiences: *based on a poll of 160 students

“I had this dream that Blue Valley had a school-wide hunger games, and it started with Mr. Bacon yelling, “Grrr.””

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“I was running through a big open field, and when I got to a cliff and fell off it, I realized I was dreaming.

It was really cool because I stopped in mid-air and then I floated up to the top.”

Leah Jones, 11

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“I went off and won by alliancing myself with Jake Demo, and like in the movie, we co-shared the title.”

Josh Harrington, 12

“I was at school then all the guys I’ve ever liked started walking in, and I had to choose between them. Then I walked to the Black Box, and there was a cliff. I fell down and could not stop falling down the cliff.” Grace Wilson, 10

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shoes

the stories behind the shoes of BV The shoes we wear every day have memories connected to them.

To find out the feelings behind the footwear of the students of BV, keep reading.

MAX KAN

11

“Well, personally, I like having shoes that are hard to obtain that no one else has.

I like really loud shoes with bright colors and especially designs that don’t look like something you just find walk into your local store. You know a lot of hype beast shoes have those qualities. So I like those.”

BEN SPIEGEL

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“Well, my mom was like, ‘What do you want for Christmas?’ and I was like ‘Heelys’ and then she paid for $30 extra shipping so I could take them to New York. Then I went to New York, and everybody was like, ‘You have to learn how to do tricks.’ So I got Heelys, and I learned how to do tricks. Now I can heely.”

GRACE WILSON

10

“I was looking on Instagram and Tumblr, and I saw a whole bunch of people wearing Docs. Then I saw that my mom had some, so I took hers. Then I bought my own for Christmas because I was getting into grunge stuff.”

JACKSON ALLEN

12

“I always loved them. I wear them camping and doing other stuff outside.

They have fun designs on them from national parks or other outdoor designs.”

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KENDRICK KRAMER

“They’re very, very comfortable and very durable. I purchased the American-made shoes over some other dress shoe brands because of their quality and knowing someone’s getting a living wage for producing their shoes. You know, they’re very comfortable. I like the style of them.”

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CLAIRE STEIN

“I feel like my crocs represent my personality. I buy a lot of jibbitz to represent the things I like — soccer, science, my favorite number 19 and my initials. I got them first just to be a slide for soccer, but now they’re one of my favorite pairs of shoes.”

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BRANDON NOAH

“Oh, that’s just what I prefer to wear since I was born.”

11 ELIZABETH PHILLIPS “Basically at [my] studio, once you get into the highest level, most people have more expensive tap shoes. Since I [was] little, I’ve wanted them. I got them for Christmas this year. They are sky blue and silver, and they have much better sounds than less expensive tap shoes.”

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Inside “Jokes” BV students share running gags

Peyton Palmer, 11 — “Christ is watching”

Madi Murphy, 11 — “Cry in the shower”

Annika Wilhelm, 9 — “There’s a ghost in the basement”

Parker Oliver, 10 — “Housekeeping”

Bodee Seaux, 11 — “Cake time”

Lauren O’Donnell, 12 — “Where are my keys?”

Carly Vandervoort, 12 — “RIP grandma”

Conner Watts, 10 — “It’s the soy sauce, mayne”

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Rachel Crawford, 10 — “Tennis”

Drake Franz, 11 — “Oklahoma”

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Where Do Babies Come From? sex education curriculum should be all-inclusive

of the legally dictated Kansas curriculum, rather than informing mckenna cole the youth about sex, it only creates managing editor a negative and inaccurate picture of sex as a whole.

Shouldn’t we be given a comprehensive sex education? At what The Kansas sex ed curriculum age do we start implementing such has become nothing more than a curriculum? scare tactics instead of knowledge.

KMCSHE guidelines state Whether it’s the terrifying that sex education should start in “talk” or your nurse sliding a the eighth grade, but a study from condom onto a banana, it is meant Georgetown University shows that to incite fear — my first exposure starting sex ed in primary school to sex education was nothing more helps avoid future unintended than graphic PowerPoint slides of pregnancies, maternal deaths, STDs. unsafe abortions and STDs. Sex education is held to a A country leading by example completely different standard than is the Netherlands, where they classes like English or Math, which teach that sexuality is a normal is confusing, considering that far part of development by talking to more teens need to know how to children as young as elementary prevent pregnancy than how to school. Eight year olds learn about find the volume of a prism. self-image and gender stereotypes.

The state of Kansas does not Eleven year olds discuss sexual have a mandated curriculum, orientation and contraceptive instead the state allows for school options. districts to decide what their While the LGBT community courses will contain. However, it is generally not covered in U.S. is demanded through the Kansas curriculum, the Netherland’s Model Curriculum Standards for curriculum makes sure to teach Health Education (KMCSHE) information that will not exclude that High School sex ed place emstudents of non-hetereosexual phasis on teaching health promorelationships. tion and disease prevention.

The approach, known as “comAlthough our Blue Valley sex prehensive sex education,” starts education meets the requirements as early as age 4.

Netherlands 4.5 teen pregnancies for every 1,000 births

So how would the U.S. benefit from such a system?

According to PBS.org, researchers found that among 12 to 25 year olds surveyed in the Netherlands, over 50 percent said they had a “wanted and fun” first sexual experience. By comparison, 66 percent of sexually active American surveyed said they wished that they had waited longer to have sex for the first time.

Even more impressive, according to World Bank Data, the teen pregnancy rate in the Netherlands is one of the lowest in the world — five times lower than the U.S. Other countries like Denmark and Sweden are imitating this system, and by doing so, they create an atmosphere where sexual development is not only normal but healthy.

We are the future, and it’s up to us to change the unjust.

It’s up to us to not become a statistic, and it’s up to us to set an example for the next generation.

Knowledge is power, and by creating an open discussion of sex at a young age that is not only comprehensive but positive, we can change the negative stigma on sexuality.

It’s time to start answering the age-old question: where do babies come from?

United States 18.8 teen pregnancies for every 1,000 births | INFO FROM WORLD BANK DATA | DESIGN BY NICK LAMBERTI

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We’ve Got Spirit

How ‘bout You?

Students have a lack of school spirit at BV erika kolseth staff writer

When was the last time you went to a cross country meet or an orchestra concert?

If you said never, then where’s your school spirit?

There are more than 1,600 students and many extracurricular activities at Blue Valley.

School spirit is very important in order to motivate and keep activities alive.

Generally, _____ students around BV haven’t been to any concerts or meets besides football games, basketball games and theatrical productions.

The other activities need support, too.

Some of the most underrated activities include bowling, golf, cross country, tennis, swim team, orchestra, softball, winter guard, wresting and choir.

I’m not saying that no one cares about these activities, but they just need more support. I get that some meets or

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concerts are far away or you have something else going on, but going to one event can’t hurt.

If you were apart of those teams than you would feel encouraged and good about yourself knowing that your friends are cheering you on. There are still people supporting these groups.

Parents, siblings and close friends are usually the ones to attend these activities. Members of Tiger Pride also do their best to show up to these events.

If you compare the number of people who show up to a football game than to a bowling tournament, the number dominates bowling.

There are so many activities that need our support because students deserve to know that their peers support them, and if you take time out of your day to watch a football game, you can come to any of these activities as well.

So the next time you hear about an upcoming softball game, why not go and support to cheer on your fellow peers?

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Bringing Out the

Big Guns

Guns necessary for citizens protection against United States government lauren reddin staff writer

My hairdresser, to put it nicely, is a bit of a nutcase.

Over the past 18 years, my ability to tune out his banter has improved drastically, but every so often this proves to be an impossible task. In the case of this past December, my brain tuned in to his chatter long enough to catch something rather profound.

He was on a tangent about his mistrust for the United States government and said something to the effect of “When the government tries to take its citizens over, I want my guns so I can defend myself.”

My first instinct was to dismiss this, as I do with most things he says — but as time went on, I couldn’t help but wonder if there was some substance to this claim. With the most recent government shutdown and the multitude of politicians partaking in shady dealings behind closed doors, it’s safe to say that mistrust for the government is at an all-time high.

After all, nobody truly knows how powerful our government is or what kinds of weapons they’ve developed without our knowing. With this in mind, is it unreasonable to think that the U.S. government could one day betray its citizens?

I certainly think it is within the realm of possibility, in which case I believe guns are necessary and vital for our protection against our own government.

With pushes to strengthen gun control laws, it seems guns will become harder to access in years to come, meaning a potential decline in the number of armed citizens, and an unarmed population, to me, sounds like a flock of

sitting ducks waiting to be taken over.

Although claiming an inevitable government takeover may seem unreasonable, it is exactly what has recently occurred in Venezuela.

In 2012, a nationwide ban on guns was enforced, effectively disarming millions of people. Since then, a socialist-dictatorship has risen and taken over the lives of Venezuelans.

These people, now armed with nothing more than stones, make futile attempts to fight off the regime. Almost a decade ago, the thought of having to defend themselves against their own government sounded absurd, which is why they complied to the gun ban established to reduce crime rates.

This has an eerie similarity to our thought processes when considering stricter gun laws within the United States, as almost nobody would consider defense against our own government to be crucial.

Still, many believe strict gun laws are only being enacted in order to reduce crime rates and would not lead to an all-out ban on guns, to which I say, “A frog thrown in boiling water will jump out, but a frog put in lukewarm water, heated to boiling temperatures, will not notice the temperature change until it’s too late.”

While the idea of a complete gun ban sounds ridiculous now, the gradual enactment of laws to prevent gun ownership may make us more susceptible to accepting a complete ban on guns in the future.

There is no easier way to take over a population than to take away their means of defense, and it is crucial to protect our right to defend ourselves — because without it, we are nothing more than sitting ducks.

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Against Animal Agriculture System unethical, environmentally damaging vince orozco staff writer

The arguments against the animal agriculture industry are based on ethics and environmentalism.

The nature of the ethical argument lies within the understanding of suffering and rights. Animals, contrary to the beliefs of Rene Descartes, are not automata (beings that emulate negative and positive reactions to stimuli without actually experiencing the sensation) — they are, in fact, capable of suffering. Suffering, in this case, covers mental and physical pain. This suffering that animals feel is not contingent on the status of said animals capacity for higher reasoning.

This position is best summarized

by Jeremy Bentham’s quote, “The question is not can they reason? nor, can they talk? but, can they suffer?”

It is this capacity for suffering that Peter Singer and other animal rights activists claim gives animals a right to moral consideration.

One of the key components of moral consideration is consent. A being with moral consideration ought to have a right to consent.

This right should not be infringed upon even if consent cannot be given in the same way that

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an unconscious person or a mentally disabled person ought not to be taken advantage of.

Therefore, animals deserve consent before actions are done against them, even if they are incapable of giving consent. From these two points, capacity for suffering and right to consent, one can conclude that the practice of animal agriculture is wholly unethical.

The process of slaughter by the millions each and every day can and ought to be considered unethical.

The process of dairy production, where a female cow is artificially inseminated and then has her calf stolen from her in order to be able to extract the milk, is unethical.

The process of stealing eggs from chickens is unethical.

The slaughtered animals, the abused cows, and the chickens are all beings with the capacity for suffering, and in each case, they are being unjustly denied moral consideration and right to consent, even if they are incapable of giving it.

In addition to ethical objections, animal agriculture has environmental objections as well.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the animal agriculture industry contributes 14.5 percent of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas

emissions. This makes the animal agriculture industry the second largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, greater than all transportation emissions combined.

In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, the animal agriculture industry is one of the biggest contributors to water crises. To feed each member of a family of four one-third-pound hamburgers, 2,640 gallons of water is required. This is equivalent to running a shower for 21 hours straight. Scale this up to the United States as a whole, and it comes to a range of 36-74 trillion gallons of water annually for animal agriculture.

Yet another charge against animal agriculture is deforestation.

According to the FAO, animal agriculture has been linked to 75 percent of historic deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest and is responsible for onethird of the biodiversity loss in the region.

With all of these factors in mind, one can conclude that not only is animal agriculture unethical, but it is simply destructive.

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Happily Never After High School High school relationships are set up to fail olivia sherlock staff writer

A high school relationship is just that — a relationship in high school.

The guy you’re sitting next to in chemistry probably isn’t the love of your life. Don’t get me wrong — I am not a heartless monster against love. I understand how having a relationship at this age might seem like everything to some people.

People often feel as if they need to be in a relationship in high school.

While fantasizing about having a relationship is fun, you should keep in mind that it is not vital.

High school relationships can teach you new social skills that will be important in your future. They help you prepare to form different types of relationships later in life, but they aren’t made to last.

The expectation to be with the same person from high school further into your adulthood is preposterous.

The average high school relationship lasts about six months.

Let’s say the relationship lasts longer than six months — what about when it’s time to go to college? The chance of two people wanting to go to the same college is slim.

College is an important decision that shouldn’t be based

on your significant other’s wants.

You should have enough pride in yourself to make your future about you and not make your only goal making someone else happy. Therefore, decisions on going off to college can greatly weaken the longevity of the relationship.

After college, where that person wants to move and what they want to do with their lives are also factors driving the two people apart.

Who you date in high school is not everything, life will go on, so if you’re single, focus on having fun instead of what some guy or girl is doing.

it’s complicated 10.6%

56.6% no

32.7% yes

Are you in a high school relationship?

75% no

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Do you expect your relationship to last beyond high school?

25% yes

30 | march 2019 | opinion Even Your AirPods Can’t Block Out This Story Are AirPods worth the money?

Visions

Grimes

spencer norman staff writer

You can’t hear broke? Well, I can hear overpriced, annoying earbuds.

AirPods may have been one of the most popular gifts of Christmas 2018, but that doesn’t mean they are worth their price. As of Mar. 5, a pair of AirPods costs $159 on the official Apple website.

Someone might expect magical, waterproof earbuds that would last for possibly years for that price, but that someone would be heavily disappointed.

The only reason they are so expensive is that they connect

jaron cole staff writer

Over a year and a half after their release, Apple’s AirPods are still considered by many to be the best wireless earphones ever made. From the viral memes to the quality of sound, these are a musthave product.

One of the many reasons why they are so popular is because of their easy accessibility. The first time you use your brand new Airpods, your phone will automatically try to connect. There is no more hassle of Bluetooth pairing and messing with the

with Bluetooth, rather than a cable.

When you pay for AirPods, the hefty price tag isn’t the only thing you have to pay.

You pay with the loss of the remote controls offered by the traditional Apple EarPods and you have the right of owning minimalistic earbuds taken away from you.

EarPods are far superior beyond just the price being less than one-fifth of the cost of AirPods. With the use of the built-in remote, the user can pause or play music, skip a song, go back to the beginning of a song and control volume — not to mention, you don’t have the hindrance of needing to charge a pair of EarPods, unlike the battery-powered AirPods.

Another issue related to the

new settings.

When your AirPods run out if battery you just have to charge them in the charging capsule. The internal battery seems to last forever, providing more than 24 hours of listening time per charge.

A cool feature that’s useful is when you take out a AirPod from your ear, your music will pause, giving your full attention to whatever you may be doing.

The capsule itself shows quality with a smooth magnetic lock system. AirPods are magnetized to reduce the possibility of them falling out of the capsule should it open accidentally.

The size of the case is perfect. Most clothes today have small pockets. That is not

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charging case for AirPods, other than the charging time, is the high likelihood of your AirPods being stolen. Since the battery charge for the AirPods can’t last being used the entirety of an average school day, you would have to charge them at school.

Of course, with charging them at school, you’re bound to either lose them or have them stolen. There’s also the other unfortunate possibility of losing a single AirPod or the charging case — which will cost you $69 for a replacement.

With all of these inconveniences, it’s clear that price doesn’t always reflect superiority. Someone who uses EarPods isn’t financially inferior, they just know EarPods are better than AirPods.

a problem when capsule can fit in the palm of your hand.

AirPods also come with accessories. Wraps for the case are available for purchase anywhere online. These wraps give your charging case a new stylish look that others might not have. Apple is also in the talk of making a new charging mat to make things even easier.

Join the movement for the low, low price of $159.

EarPod users are furious with the new trend, but don’t let that confuse you. While EarPod users are untangling their wires, AirPod users will be laughing.

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Security should not solely be justified by the possibility of future threats

“If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.”

This is a common platitude one hears when the topic of increased security measures comes up, usually in regard to either increased public surveillance or stricter policing procedures.

However, this aphorism has dangerous implications with regard to the nature of rights and privacy — but surely there is a reason for this position. People who follow this reasoning generally say by increasing security measures, people will be safe from a possible threat.

This line of thinking is clearly visible when examining the response to 9/11.

Once people realized how Al-Qaeda terrorists got past security, increased measures were introduced into airports nationwide. Along with the creation of these measures came institutions to enforce security.

These institutions may seem normal to people now, but to anyone who had flown pre-9/11, they remember a very different reality in terms of security. The events of 9/11 shifted the mindset of

security culture in America to one of prevention of possible future threats.

The danger of security culture becomes evident in the following thought experiment: 1) Security is justified by preventing a possible future threat (i.e. taking off shoes to prevent sneaking in weapons in airports). 2) However, the possible scenarios in which a threat can form is practically infinite. 3) Therefore, the possible justifications for increased security is infinite.

Security can justifiably become more invasive and intensive. This Orwellian possibility presents not only a danger to privacy but a danger to people.

A group already subject to higher scrutiny and suspicion by security authorities will be most affected by increased security measures. The combined increased attention and security measures will lead to greater perceived infringements of security protocol. This process creates a destructive cycle of increased security and increased punishments for groups deemed suspicious.

However, what would one do without

security in place if there is a danger that is immediately present? The answer is multi-faceted.

Firstly, this is another example of justifying security by highlighting possible future threats — a slippery slope at best.

Second, security ought to be justified by currently knowable threats. When police have suspicions that someone may be doing something illegal, and probable cause is not justified, they gather evidence of a present situation to justify their response.

Thirdly, the question, and the other premises surrounding current security culture, seems to imply that terrorists or violent criminals are simply a force of nature. However, this is not the case.

Violent criminals usually form in response to social conditions. They have reasons behind doing what they do.

Perhaps a society that seeks to find why people do the bad things that they do can maintain security by prevention of these people becoming bad in the first place, rather than simply preventing them from doing the bad action.

This staff editorial is the representation of the opinion of The Tiger Print staff.

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RELAY FOR LIFE WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? To donate to this cause scan the QR code.

chloe browning & aubrey herrin staff writers Every year, Blue Valley students have the opportunity to take part in the Relay For Life fundraiser for cancer research.

Participants form a team, and members take turns walking around a track, making sure someone is walking at all times.

When not walking, students can play games, activities and enjoy other entertainment. The sessions range between 6 to 24 hours long and last through the night to represent how cancer never sleeps.

The event is associated with cancer awareness and raises money for research. But where exactly do the donations go?

In order to attend the event at New Century Fieldhouse on March 1, BV team members contributed $20 for general registration and fees as well as a $100 donation. This money goes directly to the American Cancer Society.

According to the American Cancer Society, money raised from Relay has been a key part in saving almost 1.5 million lives since the early ‘90s that otherwise would have been lost without the funds raised.

Relay For Life is a major contributor in funding groundbreaking cancer research, providing free information and support and helping to prevent cancer and find it earlier when it’s easier to treat. It’s also an experience that BV students can share with friends.

$10

provides free exercise programs that assist cancer patients in building strength and fitness during and after treatment.

$25

helps transport cancer patients to and from the hospital for treatment.

$100

allows free accommodations for cancer patients, their families and caretakers during treatment.

$500

pays for overdue electric, phone or gas bills for cancer patients who have not been able to work.

Blue Valley junior Jenna McCarty and her team hang out at their campsite.

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