The Tiger Times February 2017 Edition

The TigerTimes

Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Volume XL

February 28, 2017

Chagrin Falls High School

February Issue 2017 School News (2-3) Sports (4-5) Feature (6-7) Community (8) Metro/Entertainment (9) Opinion (10-11) Special News (12)

A.L.I.C.E. Drills and Assembly Teaches Students to be Aware of School Shooters

BY SARAH CRANE

Chagrin Falls High School is holding more regular A.L.I.C.E. drills to teach students how to face a shooter in order to prepare students for the real threat that school shootings pose on our society.

The assembly on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 was held to teach students the danger if a shooter staged an attack and what to do when faced with one.

School shootings are becoming a normality in American school systems. Since Sandy Hook, where 26 students were killed in a school shooting, there have been 142 shootings at schools

Principal Steven Ast announces resignation

BY SARAH CRANE AND COLE NEWBAUER

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according to The Washington Times. This is an average of almost one per week.

“I felt like the assembly made the threat of a shooter seem very real,” said senior Chance Herbst.

The assembly began with a video created by Sandy Hook Promise, one that has been widely seen and shared on the internet for the past few months. It is a love story between students, and at the end, it goes back through showing the view all of the times they missed someone showing signs of planning a school shooting.

“It is so important that ABOVE: The Performing Arts Academy acts out a live shooter scenario. Photo by Sarah Crane every student and staff comes to confronting an at- that will help them surmember understand their tacker and know very easy vive,” said Assistant Prin- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 response options when it and very effective skills cipal Amanda Schmidt.

the assistant principal in 2010 and became the head principal in 2011. He previously worked in administration at Normandy High School.

“It provides me with a unique and special opportunity to be n e a r my family and work at

Chagrin High School principal, Steven Ast, announced his plans to leave his position for a new one on Feb. 17. Ast will serve as the principal at Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School in the upcoming school year.

Ast has been a principal here since 2010. Ast was

Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School,” said Ast. As a resident of Brecksville, this new job will keep him closer to his family. “We will begin the search for a new principal immediately,” said superintendent Robert Hunt in a

statement released to parents on Feb. 17. “We have enough time and are fortunate enough to work in a district that will draw many qualified candidates. Mr. Ast will continue to work as we transition the building to ensure the quality education and progress at Chagrin Falls High School continues to be ready for the opening of school in August.”

“I have loved my time at Chagrin, this is such a special place with outstanding students, great parents, dedicated teachers and staff, and an engaged and supportive community. I will miss Chagrin and always cherish my time here,” said Ast.

UPCOMING EVENTS: Mar. 9-12 - Spring Musical Mar. 15 - Winter Athletic Awards Mar. 17 - Last Day of Third Quarter Mar. 18 - Charity Basketball Game vs. Fire & Police

ABOVE: Principal Steven Ast Photo by Cole Newbauer

IN THIS ISSUE:

Innovation Lab ON PAGE 3

Winter Formal ON PAGE 6

Trump Inauguration ON PAGE 11

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New English Course to Begin Next Year

BY DYLANA FELTON

Starting in the 2017-2018 school year, CFHS will no longer have an Honors English 12 Class. Instead, the course will be replaced with a College Credit Plus (CCP) English 12 Course for seniors. The class will be taught by current English 12 and Honors English 12 teacher Mr. Culler Stuart.

Rather than earning a one high school credit and having the class weighted on a 4.5 scale like Honors English 12, CCP English will offer many more benefits.

First, the class is weighted on a 5.0 scale, the same scale used for all AP and CCP courses. Secondly, the course will award stu-

dents two high school credits rather than one (one per semester), as well as six college credits (Composition 1 and Composition 2). These college credits are guaranteed to transfer to any Ohio public college or university, as well as many out of state schools.

However, the criteria for the class is much different than that of Honors English 12. For Honors English, students simply needed to schedule a meeting with a counselor and meet the selection criteria.

For CCP English, students must schedule a meeting with a counselor, complete a letter of intent, register with Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) and request that transcripts from

the counseling office be submitted to Tri-C. Additionally, ACT of SAT scores must be submitted to Tri-C, or students must take a 45 minute Accuplacer English assessment through Tri-C. On Feb. 17th CFHS held testing for the class on campus. Depending on need, future tests may be available on the CFHS campus or on Tri-C’s campus.

“Students conduct a year-long research project that they entirely design and execute on their own,” said Kanzinger. AP Research does not contain an end of course exam, rather the score is based on the 4000 to 5000 word research paper and a 15 to 20 minute oral presentation/ defense. Students select an area of interest, read deeply about that area, develop a research question based on a gap in the existing research, design and conduct a study, and code and interpret the results.

Students formulate their own research question and collect data accordingly, along with various other methods of finding necessary information to support their argument. Their studies must also “fill a gap in knowledge” within their field of study. “In Seminar, we did a lot of research using studies that were already completed, but in research we get to do our own studies.” said junior Marley Vidmar.

“Because the students are self directed and are all studying such different things, when we have lessons, they have to do with skills that would be relevant to everyone,” said Kanzinger. The instruction tailors to the individual, since the process may not apply to every student in the same way. At the same time, instruction is kept to a minimal, as students develop the ability to work independently.

To those thinking about taking this course at some point in the future, Vidmar offers a word of advice: “I would tell Seminar students [and anyone who is considering to follow through with the AP Capstone sequence] that you need to be sure you can invest a lot of time into this class. While it is very interesting, it can also be extremely time consuming. I would also tell you to be sure you can be independent and take care of your tasks without much direction or guidance. Since this

New AP Research Course Offers Critical Thinking

BY TYLEE NGUYEN

The 2016-17 school year marks the opening of the new AP Research course, which follows AP Seminar in the AP Capstone sequence.

Currently taught by teacher Jean Kanzinger, AP Research was created by the College Board in efforts of providing students the opportunity to practice scholarly research skills while still appealing to individual interest.

Receiving a score of three or higher in this course as well as AP Seminar and four additional AP courses (taken anytime throughout high school) results in an AP Capstone Diploma along with skills that are carried along into college and even future careers.

Students also enhance their communication, researching, and general learning, as well as learn to make logical, evidence-based arguments.

February 28, 2017

Speech and Debate takes on States

Congratulations and best of luck to the Speech and Debate competitors who qualified for the State Tournament in March.

LEAH GILLESPIE MATT BATOS CARTER RIEGEL ANNA SHERMAN DAVID MARQUETTE DERRICK VEHAR JOEY KING CHRIS CURREY BEN CERVELLONI JACK REBOUL KARL KOENIG MISSY McDONNELL REM WEBER ENEH TUROCZI MARGAUX AUGIER NIELS KRISTENSEN OLIVIA ANDRESEN AIDAN HASKETT AJ WAHL SASHA HAINES DAN BROWN MAGGIE MILLS SEAN LORDAN ROBERT SNIDER MADIGAN COPLEY ABOVE: Speech and Debaters celebrate. Photo by Molly Miller

is an independent study, the teacher cannot be too involved in your work.

You have to be very proactive and willing to get things done without being asked.“ In general, AP Research is a course in which students get to independently explore and research a topic that interests them personally. Junior Ben Cervelloni stated, “Taking Research helps you learn how to research your own ideas and thoughts.” Many additional benefits stem from taking AP Research as it prepares students to become more self-reliant and better prepared for the college environment, with a more hands-off instructor.

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Some Seniors Upset over “Lack of Freedom”

BY CONNOR LEWIS

Under the current open campus system in Chagrin Falls High School, seniors may utilize their open campus privilege if they have more than one commons back to back or if they have a 1st or 8th period commons. However, if a senior has only one commons or two commons that aren’t back to back, they are not permitted to participate in open campus.

The student handbook says, “Open campus is an incentive based program for senior students. Seniors will be granted the ability to leave campus for the following reasons only: First 8th period Commons, two Commons period back-to-back, or having a lunch period that backs up against a Commons period.

This rule has led to much controversy and some angry seniors. Only 102

out of the 168 students get to use open campus.

When asked if seniors should be allowed to have open campus with only one commons, senior Tessa Kostelec responded, “Yes, I feel that having [open campus] gets seniors ready for college by having freedom.”

Head Principal Steven Ast said on the topic, “One period isn’t enough time for a student to leave and come back.”

However, senior Jane Goble said, “I feel like an hour is definitely enough time to run home and come back.”

In addition, senior Reed Flynt said, “It takes me only 15 minutes to get food.”

In contrary, senior Schaffer Berg said, “It can take more than 30 minutes to get food during the lunch rush,” which isn’t enough time to get food and eat with only 51 minute periods.

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Students and Teachers Utilize Innovation Center

BY CASSIE STURMAN

On the first day of school in August of 2016, students were welcomed back to their familiar campus with one unfamiliar new addition: the Innovation Center. The Innovation Center, which is complete with 3D printers, flat screen TVs, and a creation lab, was built to encourage student creativity and expression.

“The Chagrin Falls community thought that the school district needed a contemporary workspace for students to collaborate and design products that can be manufactured in the creation center,” said school librarian Lori Guerrini..

The Innovation Center has been beneficial to both students and educators since its construction. In fact, members of the Chagrin Falls community have also been able to utilize the space.

“The utilization of the innovation center varies, depending on the teacher who wants to bring his or her classes here. We’ve used it for small group projects, we’ve used it for students to sit at the booths and project their chromebook image up on a screen for cooperative projects. We’ve had guest

speakers. We’ve had teachers who wish to set up stations, so we’ve used it for that purpose. We’ve used it for book talks and reading.

It’s also used by a lot of outside the school groups and community members will come in and hold meetings in here. We house book buddies and science buddies from the elementary school here so the little kids have room to spread out and have books read to them,” Guerrini said.

Students have been given a unique ability through the innovation center and creation lab to bring their work to life. “Many students I’ve heard about have created many different things. For example, one kid was able to create a toy soldiers on the 3D printer and many other objects. Another engraved his keychain to have his name on it,” said sophomore Madison Greenlief.

Greenlief also had the experience to design her own creation. “My most exciting experience in the innovation center was creating a shelf because I was able to design it, create it, make it come to life and have it work efficiently,” said Greenlief.

The innovation center is an excellent space for studying or even relaxation. Ad-

Sherrie Wooden said that ever since open campus was implemented, there has been a decline in students cutting school. Wooden also said that open campus helps give seniors freedom that they wanted and didn’t have before. Further, she indicated that less than 1% of seniors abuse this privilege.

ditionally, one of its greatest accomplishments has been encouraging collaboration between students. “It’s a good place for students to study and collaborate because the innovation center has conference rooms for group projects, and many table to collaborate with others,” Sophia Arjani said.

Collaboration is a ABOVE: Junior Nathan Kristoff in the Innovation Lab. Photo by Anne Nafziger common theme in terms of the innovation center. “With the booths and added collaboration, it allows students to work together on projects which I believe is extremely beneficial,” said Greenlief.

The innovation center has expanded the horizons of Chagrin Falls High School.

Recently, the innovation center has housed speakers ABOVE: A view of the Innovation Lab. Photo by Tylee Nguyen from many different neurs. Mr. Schach is the CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 backgrounds, allowing stuhigh school teacher who dents and faculty exposure brings a lot of his students to different walks of life to the creation section and career opportunities. of the innovation center.

“We’ve had a couple of writers, some entrepre-

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Athlete of the Month

February 28, 2017

Baseball Coaches Awarded

BY COLE NEWBAUER

BY SCHAFFER BERG

For this edition, I sat down with Trey Grimes, second year varsity member and starter on the boys basketball team this year. “Yes this is my second year on varsity, however, I’ve been playing on the little tikes hoop since birth” Before Trey goes out to drain some threes, Trey expresses his favorite pump up music, “Yea I listen to everything before a game, but Adele is instrumental in my heavy rotation, she adds a nice, soothing intensity that can’t be matched anywhere else.” “ B e fore a game, I like to joke around with my teammates, loosen the mood a bit. Especially with Reed Flynt, me and him

have a good comedic moment before each game.

I asked Trey which NBA player he thought he most resembled the most and replied, “ I ’ d h a v e to say Kevin Durant, e v e n though h e

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kind of wimped out to join the warriors, he is still a 7 foot guard who can do anything on the floor.” Expecting to also say KD, I asked Trey what his favorite, non-team, shoe was, “I really like to play in Kobe’s, yea I know Kobe was extremely overrated, but his shoes are really nice.”

I next asked Trey to relive his favorite basketball memory over the years. “My favorite all time memory was when Tom Vandertill, who graduated last year, tried to dunk in a real game when he could not even touch the net. Another memory relating to Vandertill was when he made a Hudl highlight tape of him sitting on the bench and handing his teammates water called, ‘Garbage time hero’.”

The baseball team’s success didn’t end at the regional finals. The two coaches for the baseball team, Mike Sweeney and John Scott, were announced head and assistant coaches of the year by the Greater Cleveland Baseball Coaches Association.

When Sweeney was asked if he expected to in the award, he humbly answered, “No, there were many other coaches in the Cleveland area that could have won the award.”

Although he did not expect to win the award, he was happy when he won it. “I was attending the greater Cleveland baseball coaches association meeting when they announced that I had won,” said Sweeney, “I was ecstatic, and to see Coach Scott win as

well, it was a great night.”

Scott was also excited to get the award. “Great feeling to get recognized,” said Scott, “However, to me, it is a direct reflection that the work of our team is what made it possible.”

People have been saying that Scott and Sweeney are one of the best duos of all time.

“I wouldn’t say we are the greatest duo,” said Sweeney, “Batman and Robin. I CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

ABOVE: Coach John Scott (LEFT) and Coach Mike Sweeney pose with their awards. Photo courtesy of Charlie Barch.

Girls Basketball Excites Gurney Students

BY PIERCE FRICKE AND NICK DIFIORE

On Friday January 13, the girls basketball team traveled to Gurney Elementary School to participate in a pep rally. Students from K-3 were extremely excited, as the girls came to promote their upcoming game against Orange.

Teachers could barely contain the students excitement as they filed into the gymnasium dressed in all orange and black, bringing their rowdiest attitudes and screaming voices.

Once the students attention was gathered, all members of the girls varsity basketball team introduced themselves to the rowdy crowd.

Head Coach Brittany Anderson then gave an inspirational speech regarding their team slogan for the year: “Drive”. She began by asking what the students thought the word meant. Several confident students responded saying, “driving a car”, or “driving to the basket”.

Senior Emily Owen then spoke on behalf of the team,

giving their definition of “Drive”, saying, “for us drive means being determined and working hard.”

This speech sparked a lot of excitement among one student, as he raised his hand and asked, “are you going to be on TV?” Sadly, the game was not on TV, howev- ABOVE AND LEFT: Teachers and students both participate in basketball er the students’ demonstrations during assembly. Photos by Nick Difiore and Pierce Fricke. spirits were not mained. Brian Ritz and third crushed by this realization. grader Tom Wilkinson were at the assembly, saying, After Anderson gave ready for a battle that could “There was definitely a lot an inspirational speech to last ten days, or 20 short of energy. These kids look the students encouraging seconds. To the suspense up to high school athletes them to come out to the of the whole student body, like they’re superheroes.” game the following day, Wilkinson hit his first shot All that was left for the stuthe real event happened. before Ritz ended the entire dents to do was come out to The game of knockout be- game. He was the champi- the big game the next day and tween some lucky students on and the students erupted! make their presence felt. The and a few of the teachers Dr. Rachel Jones, Princi- girls went on to win the big was a spectacle of itself. pal of Gurney, was very game against Orange 49-34.

After several rounds of an pleased with the turnout intense battle, only two re-

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Flaw of NBA Selection Process

BY MASON BARTLETT

Currently, the NBA all-stars are selected in three parts; the fans, media members, and players. Although this is true, fans have the lion’s share of the power due to their 50% of voting power compared to 25% for the media members and players.

This has proven problematic over the years, and personally, I don’t know why they still allow fans to vote. Compared to media members, usually sports analysts, and actual NBA players, fans have little knowledge of the best players in the NBA. Every year, players get

snubbed from being an All-Star due to fans’ lack of knowledge.

Aside from individual achievement, this can cause players to lose large amounts of money, because many contracts include AllStar dependent bonuses. For example, only last year Zaza Pachulia got a massive amount of fan votes.

If he had mustered up only 14,000 more votes, he would’ve been locked to start in the All-Star game, causing Anthony Davis, a far superior player, to lose $23 million in his All-Star bonus.

The same predicament is occurring this year with Pachulia. He fin-

ished with 823,376 votes, more than Demarcus Cousins, Hassan Whiteside, and Karl-Anthony Towns combined.

Just for reference, Zaza is averaging 5.5 ppg and 6 rpg compared to 28 ppg and 10 rpg for Cousins, 17 ppg, 14 rpg, and 2 bpg for Whiteside, and 22 ppg and 12 rpg for Towns, all drastically better than Pachulia.

As the results depict, fans shouldn’t be trusted with voting for NBA All-Stars and for good reason.

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Power of Junior Varsity

BY JUSTIN RAYNER

School sports are a very popular extracurricular activity here in Chagrin Falls. Many students are involved in each and everyone. Although this is a great thing, the amount of students may exceed the amount needed for one team. Where do the other players go one might ask? JV. To most, JV is considered the “B” team or the backups for the better players but unknown to most, JV players have significant value to the team. JV play-

ers not only push themselves to make varsity, but they push the varsity players to get better. JV consists of all different ages and grades because different players advance and improve differently.

Basketball for example: Junior Jake Fritz is a starter on the JV team. When asked about his impact to the entire team as a whole he responded, “ I like to think with me there it gives the varsity players a reason to practice harder to keep their spot on varsity. At the same time, being JV makes me try harder to be a part of Varsity. All in all JV pushing the varsity and varsity pushing JV makes

us better as a whole.”

Similarly to Fritz, Varsity player Will DiFiore was asked about the impact JV has on the team and responded with, “Having such dedicated JV players is important in the progression of the team.”.

All in all JV is just as meaningful to a team as varsity and all players should be proud to be a part of the team.

Kickball Memories from Gurney

BY WILL DIFIORE

When many think back to their memories as a young tiger growing up in Chagrin Falls it all starts at Gurney. Where students count cubes and practice cursive till their arm falls off, Gurney is the base of where every student is exposed to tiger spirit. And there is no better way to express one’s school spirit through none other than a kickball tournament.

Many memories were certainly taken from kickball at gurney, and here are a few students have shared their personal ones.

Nick Streicher: After a tough regular season Nick Streicher and his Halagan classmates came into the kickball playoffs as an eight seed, setting the tone for a Cinderella story. “No one believed in our class, to be honest I didn’t have much faith in our class either”, Streicher said. Although many people doubted them this Cinderella story turned into a

nonfiction tale in a matter of games. As Halagan won their first two games in the playoffs they quickly found themselves in the finals facing Mrs. Todaros class. As the game played out, both teams kept it close, leading to the most controversial call in Gurney Kickball history. As third grader Michael Donley went up to bat he hit a rocket to center court, smashing the kickball into the backboard and through the net for a ten pointer... or so he thought. As the ball began to drop from the net fellow third grader Adam Bencko dove under the rim. As the gym arose in a frenzy Mr. Q made the call, saying Donley was out, and losing the championship for Todaro’s class.

Michael Mussara: As current senior Michael Mussara entered gurney as the new kid on the block he quickly heard about the greatest kickball player of all time; Mitch “The Terminator” Johnson. “I saw him at the plate, and thought to myself, ‘Oh

my god I’m in the presence of a legend” said Moussara. As The Terminator went up to the plate Michael braced himself for the longest kick the gurney playground would ever be a part of. With the pitch rolling in Mussara embodied the jaw dropping technique from the legend himself, as the student was about to be taken to school. While the ball reached the plate Mitch “The Terminator” Johnson wound up, and with one sweep of the leg he failed miserably, missing the ball and shocking the minds of little tigers everywhere.

Ally Ducas: As many people know, Gurney kickball was just about the greatest experience any little tiger could have. So it was no secret that current sophomore Ally Ducas wanted a piece of the kickball flavored pie. But as her and all her friends tried to play they quickly realized that the boys would not let them join in on any of the games.

Feeling upset and eager to

play many girls went to the principal’s office and vogued for girl kickball games on Wednesdays.

This wish ended up coming true as all the girls were able to play the game they loved every Wednesday.

Although Ducas admitted it wasn’t very competitive she still had a fun time playing with her and all her friends.

Nick DiFiore: Current junior Nick DiFiore shared a truly soul crushing story of his experience as a third grade kickball all star. As he and his fellow teammates had a rough regular season, they ended up making it to the finals, where they faced Mrs. Halagan’s class. Going through the undefeated class of Mr. Jones in the semifinals they were feeling confident and ready to play.

As a matter of fact they felt so confident they even made team shirts for their class. But to their dismay they took off the jerseys midway through the game as classmates decided they

were “bad luck”. As they found themselves in a hole late in the game Mrs. Todaro’s class began to lose hope even with Michael “Don Bomb” up to kick. As the ever so specific slow and a little bumpy pitch rolled in Donley gave a precise kick to the right corner of the gym.

“We all thought the kick was horrible at first”, said DiFiore. But they proved to be wrong as it went in the hoop for a ten pointer.

As they ball began to hit the ground Adam Bencko came out of nowhere and caught it, erasing the team’s points. “He definitely didn’t catch it and Q would have saw it if he wasn’t talking to a parent”, said Nick. It seems that after all Todaro’s class should have kept their jerseys on as the other shirts proved to be even worse luck.

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Winter Formal 2017 PHOTOS BY ELIZABETH BALDWIN AND OLIVIA TARR TOP: Pearson Gottschalk Courtney DenBrebar Edie Doman MID-LEFT: Elizabeth Baldwin and date MIDDLE: Margot Weber Mary Baldwin BOTTOM LEFT: Robert Snider Eriana Kellis MID-BOTTOM: Ellie Covington Ian Deuberry

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Car Spotlight

BY NICK DIFIORE

Car: Jack Kukla’s 2005 Subaru Impreza The story of the Kukla-mobile all began when junior Jack Kukla saw an ad on Craigslist for a 2005 Subaru Impreza. Little did he know, this would become his future car, as well as one of the most recognizable vehicles on campus. Most wellknown for its spoiler, and hood scoop, Kukla’s car certainly stands out. However

the ladies might not be responding to the car as Kukla may have hoped. When asked how many chicks he’s picked up in what some call the “fatty wagon”, Kukla said, “other than my mom, none.” Kukla also responded “obviously” when asked whether he thought he had the coolest car in the school.

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Burt Wonderstone Delivers Laughs

BY JOEY KING

As a boy, young Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) is loner targeted by bullies.

His mother gives him a magic set for his birthday.

Young Burt tirelessly practices his magic in and out of school, another boy named Anton (Steve Buscemi) and the two quickly became friends. The two practice magic together and they grow up to work as the main act in the Ball’s Hotel in Vegas. The magic duo is on the fast track to fame. However, the public grows bored with Burt’s act, Burt and Anton discover a new edgy magician named Steve Grey (Jim Carrey). The owner of the Bally’s tells Burt and Anton they need to step up their act or they are fired. Burt and Anton’s answer to this dilemma is to lock themselves in a plastic box for two weeks. But, Burt has nervous breakdown and breaks

the box injuring Anton.

Soon after this, Anton end their partnership. Burt attempts to perform the same tricks alone, but they do not work and he is fired. The only work Burt can find is in retirement home for former performers, and there he meets his former magic idle Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin). The pair polish their magic tricks and Burt also patches things up with his former stage assistant Jane (Olivia Wilde). Burt hears news of a magic contest where the winner gets a five year contract to work at a new casino. Burt, Anton, Rance, and Jane all team up to help Burt win the contest.

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Even though others will disagree with, I loved this movie. This was a quality comedy with a quality cast.

One of my complaints of the movie was some of the magic tricks didn’t seem believCONTINUED ON PAGE 12

Student Travels to Korea for Curling Jr Nat’l Championship

BY CONNOR LEWIS

There comes a time in every American’s life when they must represent their country, and that time is now for junior Ally Howell.

Howell left on February 10 to represent America in the World Junior Championship. Her team will be participating in curling. Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across ice and try to land it on a target. It’s practically shuffleboard on ice.

“I’m a little [nervous], because I don’t know what to expect with the competition,” said Howell.

“I’m also… excited at the same time because it’s a new experience.” Howell will be spending two weeks in South Korea for

the championship. “I hope to place higher than 6th,” said Howell. Regardless of the outcome, the whole school has Howell’s back.

“I know she’ll do great,” said junior Nick Streicher.

Sophomore Lucy Fricke also got in on the Howell support: “She’s going to kill it.”

“It’s an honor [representing America],” said Howell.

“I feel confident and happy I get the opportunity.”

INFORGRAPHIC AND CAPTION BY WILL DIFIORE

ABOVE: Ally Howell and her awards.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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February 28, 2017

America Welcomes New President

WOMEN’S MARCH

INAUGURATION

BY DAVID WORKUM

BY DAVID WORKUM

Washington DC -- On Jan uary 20th, Mr. Donald J. Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States.

Many people in the United States gathered around their televisions to witness such a historical event, while others attended this event like our own senior Jake Levine.

Levine notes, “you contact your representatives office, and then they enter your name into a raffle to become eligible to receive tickets to the Inauguration.” Additionally, Levine stated that he and his father “spent Thursday night in downtown DC walking around to kill time, and arrived at our security gate around 1:00 AM.” When asked about his opinion on Donald Trump, Levine mentioned “seeing Trump, especially as an official president, was

very exciting.” Just like Levine, others around the world were watching history, a new president being sworn into office.

While attending the speech, Levine noted, “what was even more impressive than seeing Trump was

dent Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the 11 month-old vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, fulfilling his campaign promise to appoint a new justice to replace Antonin Scalia.

Along with the appointed justice, Trump has made many executive orders such as the “Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvem e n t s ”.

This fulfills one of Trump's key campaign promises (enhancing border security) by directing federal funding to construction of a wall along the Mexico-U.S. Border.

“...Seeing Trump, especially as an official president, was very exciting.” talking to everyone we met there, and seeing where they were all from. I lost track of how many people had traveled across the country to be there on election day” which shows the cultures all around the world who witnessed Donald Trump being inaugurated into office.

Since the inauguration, Trump has passed many executive orders, met with world leaders, and hired a new judge into the Supreme Court.

On January 31, Presi-

Washington DC -- Over the course of the last couple months, there have been marches all over the world to support and protest different events that have happened worldwide.

Many people have witnessed such events, including The Women’s March on Wa s h ington in Janu ar y.

Senior Aly s o n B e r gomi attended this event the day after the Presidential Inauguration and gave us an idea of what happened while she was there.

When asked about the rally at the march she stated “there were several prominent speakers, and we started marching around 1:00 pm.” Later, Bergomi talked about the reaction of others when she said: “I found the attitude of the crowd unusual, given our circumstances. I expected

some tension, but everyone seemed almost festive; in fact, some of the marchers were downright hilarious.”

There were sister marches across the United States, making the Women’s March the largest protest in American History. However, some of the sister marches like the one in Oakland, California w e r e not as peaceful as t h e one in Washington, D.C., and violence was reported.

In Bergomi’s opinion, “the marchers seemed to be celebrating our [the protestors’] defiance rather than condemning the President.”

To clear up any confusion, Bergomi stated “our goal was never to change the election results, but to ensure that the issues in which we believe would not be overlooked in the coming administration.”

“Our goal was never to change the election results.”

All photos of the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., Alyson Bergomi.

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February Recognized as Black History Month

BY DYLANA FELTON

During the month of February, we celebrate the history of African-Americans.

We regard many historical African Americans such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman during this month; however, I would like to honor some modern African-Americans who have influenced American in the recent years.

ALICIA GARZA, PATRISSE CULLORS AND OPAL TOMETI-- as the founders of Black Lives Matter (BLM), a movement that was sparked after the fatal police shooting of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. These women created a modern campaign against racial profiling, police brutality and the racial inequality in the United States’ criminal justice system.

AMANDLA STENBERG-although best known for her role as “Rue” in the first film of the Hunger Games series, Stenberg is also a self-proclaimed intersectional feminist, for she was named “Feminist of the Year” in 2015 by the Ms. Foundation for Women. Stenberg has called out several celebrities for their cultural appropriation of African-American hairstyles and created an informative video regarding said appropriation titled, “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows.”

for his environmental work.

Of course, there are many other African-Americans who have influenced America in recent years, but these five are people whose names I rarely, if ever, hear recognized in the media.

Additionally, during February, one question I hear arise too often is, “Why don’t we have a ‘white’ history month?”

I can ask a similar question: “Why don’t we have hospitals for healthy peoJADEN SMITH-- in March, ple? Why don’t we have Jaden Smith is scheduled to food drives for the wealthy speak at the Environmen- and satisfied? Why don’t tal Media Association’s we draw attention to those IMPACT Summit, where who already have it?” he will discuss JUST Water, an organization Smith helped found that sells spring water in eco-friendly bottles. Last October, Smith was awarded the Male EMA Futures Award

February 28, 2017

Would you Rather?

BY SARAH CRANE AND COLE NEWBAUER

Would you rather eat a bowl of ice cream with a used spoon or lick the bottom of your shoe?

“Eat a bowl of ice cream, because I don’t want to lick the bottom of my shoe because my shoe has been more places than that shoe,” said junior Devin Gilmore.

“Lick the bottom of my shoe, I know where I’ve been, I know what I have walked in,” said junior Cam Lucas.

Would you rather have Mr. Brownlow yell at you or have Ms. Serensky yell at you?

“Mr. Brownlow, Because Serensky is scarier and is much more intimidating,” said junior Emma Bottcher.

Would you rather be in newspaper or yearbook?

“Newspaper, because it seems like so much fun,” said junior Devin Gilmore.

Would you rather only be able to whisper or only yell?

“Only yell, because I’m really bad at whispering,” said junior Maddie Ferguson.

Would you rather know when you’re going to die or how you are going to die?

Super Bowl Commercial Superlatives

BY MASON BARTLETT AND MATT SFERRA

This year’s Super Bowl was a fantastic game between two great teams.

Another big part of the Super Bowl experience is the commercials, so I conducted a survey to see how people liked them.

This survey included four questions: best overall commercial, funniest commercial, worst overall commercial, and this year’s commercials compared to previous year’s. A total of 117 Chagrin Falls students took time to answer this survey.

For the best overall commercial, 21.7% of students answered with the Buick commercial, starring Cam Newton. Coming in a close second, the Mr Clean “You gotta love a man who cleans” commer-

cial gained 20.9% of the votes in a close second. The Kia commercial, starring Melissa McCarthy, also gained 13.9% of the votes.

For the funniest commercial, the Mr Clean commercial took the victory with 25.5% of the votes.

Coming in second place, the Kia and Buick commercial mentioned earlier tied at 20.9%. Other big vote gainers include the NFL Super Bowl Babies and the Skittles “Kate in the window” commercial.

For the worst commercial, 37.5% of students voted the T-mobile commercial starring Justin Bieber and Rob Gronkowski, and 31.3% of students voted for the other T-mobile commercial, where a customer service call wants to be punished for overage data. Besides these two power houses, no oth-

er commercial received over 12% of the votes.

Finally, the comparison between this year’s commercials to the previous year’s on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 is better than previous).

Many people believe that these commercials were average with 61.2% of students voting in the 4-7 range.

All of the rest of the votes were relatively spread out with none receiving more than 8% of the overall vote.

All in all, the Mr Clean and Buick Cam Newton commercial highlight a year of mostly average Super Bowl commercials

“When because how I would be so paranoid,” said Maddie Ferguson.

“How, because I wouldn’t want to look forward to my death,” said junior Chris Currey.

Would you rather dip your cookies in orange juice or your chips in syrup?

“Chips in syrup, because cookies in orange juice would get all soggy,” said junior Madeline Gregoire.

“Cookie in orange juice, because I have tried it before and I liked it,” said junior Charlie Ellis.

Would you rather eat the endpiece of a loaf of bread or the crust on a pop tart?

“Poptart, because I really like poptarts,” said junior Marley Vidmar.

“End part of a loaf of bread. I like the end pieces,” said junior Anna Hazelton.

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February 28, 2017

Best Quotes Big Sean: Bigger Hits from NBC’s The Office

BY SCHAFFER BERG AND MATT SFERRA

Released on February 3rd 2017, the follow up to his previous album Dark Sky Paradise, G.O.O.D. Music MC Big Sean released his latest project, “I Decided”.

The album starts out very strong with arguably the best song of the album with “Light” (feat. Jerimih.) It then follows with “Bounce Back” which is an expertly crafted song which elaborates on the hardships after taking “L”s at the club the previous night. Other notable bangers on this record include, “Sunday Morning Jetpack” (feat. The-Dream) and “Sacrifices” (feat.

Migos). This album wasn’t all that and a bag of chips however, the track “No Favors” was is up in arms with me. Big Sean starts out the song hot with a few great verses that alone would have made it the best song

on the album. However, with an extremely corny feature from Eminem in which he sounds more like a middle school wannabe rapper that’s begging you to “check out his mixtape”.

His verse is plagued by cheesey puns, terrible plays on words and idiotic lyrics.

“So ahead of my time, “late” means I’m early. My age is reversing, I’m basically 30,” said the 44 year old. He also rambles on about random

nonsense later in his verse “a piece of furniture, egg beater, thermos” This verse

by Eminem is frankly embarrassing and he ruined the song in our opinion. Overall this album was some of

BY NICK DiFIORE Sean’s finer work but does not beat “dark sky paradise” 1. “Wikipedia Is The Best Thing Ever. Anyone In The and is deserving of a 7/10. World Can Write Anything They Want About Any Subject, So You Know You Are Getting The Best Possible Information.” - Michael

Now you finally have a comeback for when your English teacher claims that “Wikipedia isn’t a credible source”

2. “Don’t turn your back on bears, men you have

wronged, or the dominant turkey during mating season” -Dwight Have a fear of snakes, spiders? These three things are what you should really be afraid of.

3. “Tell him to call me ASAP as possible” -Michael Emphasize the urgency of your message for those who never return your texts.

ABOVE: Typical reaction to the one bad track on the album.

Photo by Matt Sferra

Melted Cheese Melts Hearts

BY PIERCE FRICKE

Food: Bosco Sticks Price: $2.50 Day for sale: Tuesday Review: While most Tuesdays seem to bring the blues to the local hallways around CFHS, there is always one constant to cheer up the students. Many students immediately become elated every time they BELOW: Senior Andrew Kwasny shows his true feelings walk into the lunchroom. after munching on Boscos. Photo by Pierce Fricke school Once you make your trip up half piece at a time. After a strugand grab your bag of wonhefty dip in marinara, get gling to get out, rederful, heartwarming sticks ready for a bite you will al- member, you are only of joy, your mouth is in for ways remember. From the a couple of hours away an adventure. The moment crunch of the bread smoth- from a joy ride your you break the crispy bread ered in sauce, to the soft, mouth will not forget. filled with the warm gooey creamy cheese within, the cheese in half, you are ready taste is outstanding. So next to begin. The perfect way to time you are lying in bed on approach them is to eat each a Tuesday morning before

4. “Fool me once, strike one, fool me twice… strike three” -Michael

Never get fooled again with this gem of a quote.

5. “Catch you guys on the flippidy-flip” -Michael “Goodbye” is lame. Add a little pizzaz to the end of your conversation with these words of wisdom.

6. “It’s never too early for ice cream, Jim” -Michael This quote will be sure to shut up anyone who has the nerve to question your morning meals.

7. “Andy Bernard does not lose contests. He wins them or he quits them... because they are unfair” -Andy

Take a page out of the book of Andy Bernard. Every contest you lose is completely rigged.

8. “How would I describe myself? Three words.

Hard-working. Alpha Male. Jackhammer.” -Dwight Any boss you’re applying to work for will be amazed and intimidated by this answer. You’re sure to get the job.

9. “I just wanna lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted” -Kevin

The perfect combination for your Spring Break plans: Hot dogs and the beach.

10. “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious” -Michael

If anyone asks if you’re superstitious, you now have the

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February 28, 2017

What Would Joey Do?

BY JOEY KING

I’ve got 2 girls snapping me, what do I do?- Anonymous Well most Snapchats I send are pun related, so I don’t have a lot of experience in this area. In the wild, female lions are attracted to the male with the biggest mane. So naturally, the same thing will work with humans.

Grow out your hair for a couple of months till you achieve a thick mane of hair. Female lions are also attracted to the males with the darkest mane. Once you have grown out your hair, dye it midnight black.

Once those girls see your mane, they will be fighting over you in no time!

It all depends on your personality. If you are a bit old fashioned and would prefer an evening in, you are an original kinda guy. If you think you are a bit robust, live on the edge, and have a bit of a wild side, don’t even waste your time with rice crispies.

I met this girl in an online chat room, but I think she is catfishing me?- Anonymous

Well here is an easy solution, turn the tables. If you think she is catfishing you, make her think the same thing. Give information that doesn’t make any sense. Where are you from? How old are you? What’s your name? Do not answer Double chocolate chunk any of these questions. or regular rice crispy? Ask her for her cred- Andrew Davidson it info. Tell her she is

long lost relative of the How do I get deposed King of Nige- the most bang f o r ria and he requires some money. If she responds with info, then you will discover if you are taking with a real person.

How do I take my m y Instagram to the b u c k next level? - Jack in the cafeteria?First off, have a very Anonymous vague profile picture.

Maybe you are standing Right off the 30 feet from the camera bat, take advanon a beach or it’s you tage of the free with 5 other people or chip fridays. maybe there’s no one in The cheese sandthe picture at all. Second, wich is a highly try and limit yourself to underrated menu posting 2 to 3 pictures item in the luncha year. This will make room. Also, I would people hunger for posts strongly recommend and it will also raise the the chicken tortilla soup. likes. You are also going For more info, you might to want to follow a very want to read Pierce Fricsmall number of people. ke’s food review articles.

This will make your gram appear very exclusive.

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A.L.I.C.E. Drill (Cont.)

BY SARAH CRANE

The academy was also involved. About four students acted out a shooter scenario in which a shooter enters a room and the students tackle him, emphasizing the Counter approach as

outlined in A.L.I.C.E. This tactic really displayed for the student body how effective fighting back could be.

“I felt a lot safer. Before hand, I never would have thought to fight back, but after seeing how effective it was, it really made me feel safe,” said

junior Allie Rodusky.

Seniors Jack Dawson and Tommy Richmond along with senior Bella McGreevy and sophomore Camryn Safenovitz helped display that fighting back against a shooter can be the most efficient way to save lives in dire situation.

LEFT: The Performing Arts Academy acts out a live shooter scenario. Photo by Sarah Crane

Innovation Lab (Cont.)

BY CASSIE STURMAN

So business people, entrepreneurs come in and give a lot of guest presentations,” said Guerrini.

Critics of the innovation center claim it’s unnecessary on the basis that a library already exists within the same building. While these two structures house many different features, some lump them together because they both house books.

“The number one difference is we are down in the size of our collection of print materials,” said Guerrini.

Over the past year, student have become accustomed to the innovation center and the rift between it and the rest of the school.

It works as an island, providing a paradise from the endless barrage of repetition. Although, every once in awhile, a fresh face will grace the innovation center.

“The students who walk in here, especially when they walk in here the first time appreciate the openness and the contemporary design of the innovation center. So I’m happy when students appreciate the facility that they have,” Guerrini said.

The innovation center is now a facet of the Chagrin Falls community. It built a bridge between the high school and the surrounding communities, bringing in community members and speakers. Through these processes, it broadened the horizons of students, and will hopefully continue to for much time to come.

“The community is proud to see such a contemporary, nice looking facility for our students to use. I think they feel pride when they walk in and see this facility,” Guerrini said.

Baseball (Cont.) is best for the team. While these awards are definitely well deserved, Coach Sweeam batman, and coach Scott ney and Coach Scott won’t is my trustworthy sidekick.” let it get to their heads.”

Scott begs to dif- fer. “We are like Hans Solo and Chewbacca.”

Being coached under these two is a privilege for one Chagrin Falls student.

“I feel very fortunate to have two coaches that we have,” said senior Andrew Kwasny, “they always push me to be my best and care immensely about the team.”

“These two guys aren’t concerned with individual recognition,” said Kwasny, “all they worry about is what

February 28, 2017

Movie Review (Cont.)

BY JOEY KING

able. However, you don’t go to see a comedy to see plausible things. You go to see a comedy to laugh, and in that department this movie delivered. The cast had good chemistry in my opinion. Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi worked very well together, and they always delivered laughs. Steve Carrell was the perfect choice this role. Any fan of Steve Carrell will love this movie. Another negative of this movie is that the plot

is based mostly on coincidences. That being said, you don’t go to a comedy movie for a believable plot. The main purpose of this movie was to get laughs, and it delivered.

HUMANS OF CHAGRIN

BY TOM PRESTON

While walking through the halls, Sophomore Piper Magyaros talks about her school day. “My favorite class is marketing because it has a great teacher; Mr. Schach is a great teacher we’re currently using augmented reality to market for places.”

BY COLE NEWBAUER

Don’t forget to submit to Prism, our school’s literary magazine!

When walking the halls, senior Dustin Kushious talks about Excel TECC. “I would definitely recommend people doing excel TECC. For me personally it really gave me a different experience and I got to meet new people and I really get to kind of fine tune what I wanna do for the rest of my life.”