TITANIC 10.07 vol. xix, issue i
TITANIC vol. xix, issue i
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Dear Reader, “Titanic,” a 1997 romantic and disaster film directed, written and produced by James Cameron, incorporates both historical and fictional aspects of the sinking of the “Unsinkable” RMS Titanic in 1912. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack) and Kate Winslet (Rose) as members of opposite social classes who fall in love aboard the Titanic. In this issue, we step aboard the ship and explore the themes of “Titanic” through the lives of our own CHS students. We hope you enjoy the adventure into our first issue of the Acumen, Volume 19, and that it opens up your eyes to new experiences.
Sam Hawkins & Karolena Zhou Editors-in-Chief
WORDS Cady Armstrong Aniket Biswal Avery Carlisle Sowmya Chundi Tsion Daniel Matthew Du Lily Farrell Eva Glazier
Austin Guo Maryam Hafeez Zainab Idrees Addison Joyce Saahas Kandru Dariush Khurram Daniel Kim Sumedha Kota
PHOTOS Marissa Finney Sam Hawkins Caroline Just Karolena Zhou
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The Art of Cards Loud and Clear More Than Meets the Eye The Heart of Fashion No Man Left Behind Women First Individual Icebergs A Mythical Reality Hope for the Best; Expect the Worst Antique Accolades The Sound of Music Turning Gears Representing Everyone Hockey Highs A Ripple Effect
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GRAPHICS Siri Byrisetty Sowmya Chundi Marissa Finney Lily Ferrell Kent Fujita Grace Guo
Claire He Mahmoud Homsi Addison Joyce Archit Kalra Maddie Misterka Riley TerBush
EDITORS IN CHIEF Sam Hawkins Karolena Zhou ASSOCIATE EDITORS Tsion Daniel Sarah Zheng
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Junior Grace Zhu holds cards up to her face, contemplating her next move. Zhu said that she is very competitive: “I like to win.”
What is your favorite game to play? I definitely like playing Egyptian Rat Screw (ERS), when people slap on the cards. It gets pretty hectic and really loud, but I also really like playing Capitalism a lot too. I like the games that are more chaotic and have more action in them.
Why are cards so impactful to you? We’re competitive when we play card games. Occasionally, we will place monetary bets, like the winner gets $10 from the loser. (Also), card games are more interactive and lead to memorable moments that can’t happen through anything else. There are several card games out there; you can really play a variety of games. I also like board games, but I feel like card games bring an environment that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s playful, competitive, fun and enjoyable. They build up stronger relationships.
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Q&A with junior Grace Zhu on her passion for playing cards
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What card games do you primarily play? How did you get interested in playing cards? With my family and church friends, we always play Capitalism. I also play ERS a lot with my church friends. I think when I first started playing cards, it was really to get close to my family. Since a lot of them knew how to play card games, they started to teach me, so we could have some family bonding moments.
Check out the different ways you can play competitive card and tile games Art of Poker A competitive game where players bet against each other to see who has the best hand. Players may bluff that they have a strong hand to convince their opponent to fold their hand.
The royal flush is the highest combination in the game
Art of Blackjack A competitive game where players try to get closer to the score of 21 or hit exactly 21. Two main terms in blackjack are stand (not ask for another card) and hit (add another card). The one closest to 21 wins the game and the money.
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How have cards affected and strengthened your relationships? Capitalism is basically a team game, two people versus two people. When you’re in that partnership, you work together. You have to work together to defeat the other team, so you have to partner up, and this teamwork really builds connections and understanding between people. And it doesn’t have to just be through teamwork; sometimes competing and having those playful moments makes a better relationship.
Q&A DARIUSH KHURRAM
PHOTO KAROLENA ZHOU
Why are you interested in playing cards?
My family has always played card games. It’s been years since we first started playing. I guess it’s like a family tradition at this point. Every time my brother comes back from college, we say: “Oh, we have to play some card games so we can be closer together.” And there are other family activities we do as well, such as watching movies, but I think playing card games really brings us closer together more than anything else.
Are there any specific stories from playing cards that are memorable to you? Once, my family was going on a road trip. The car ride was really boring, so we brought a deck of cards. I remember we had a lot of fun and spent a lot of time together. The different setting made it really memorable. I think that shows why cards are so much more special than something like board games; they’re mobile and can be played anywhere.
GRAPHIC SIRI BYRISETTY SOURCES BICYCLE CARDS, SPRUCE CRAFTS
A “natural” blackjack with a combination of 21.
Art of Mahjong A competitive Chinese game where there are three basic sets of tiles called pung, cho and kong. When playing, players are trying to get Mahjong, which consists of getting all 14 tiles into four sets and one pair. A pair is two identical tiles.
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LOUD AND CLEAR
Student, WHJE adviser, NPR journalist share insight on importance of radio WORDS TSION DANIEL
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aroline Houck, co-host of WHJE live show “In Her Zone” and senior, is acquainting herself with her new role as WHJE Live Shows manager for this school year. Houck said she believes radio took on a newfound importance recently that was less present prior to the pandemic. “I think people are looking for different outlets. Like, I could say that I know that, especially over quarantine, I started listening to podcasts more, no matter if that’s crime podcasts, or whatever it is,” Houck said. “I just think access to information is definitely a very prevalent thing this year, in general and having been able to just flip a switch and turn the radios pretty much the easiest thing ever, no matter if it’s music, or if you’re listening to somebody talk to you.” Houck is not alone in this sentiment. According to Nielsen Media Research, 25% of Americans listen to the radio more due to the pandemic and 42% say radio has helped them deal with the outbreak. Similarly, Steven “Steve” Inskeep, co-host of “Morning Edition” and “Up First” on National Public Radio (NPR), said although there was a decrease in listeners at the beginning of the pandemic due to less usage of cars, ultimately the digital audience, and now the overall audience, rose to their highest levels ever. Inskeep said he feels this increase is a result of the steadiness it provides. “The past year for a lot of people has been extremely stressful and unsettling and filled with change, and many of us have been safe and at home, but it’s still been weird and stressful and some of us have (had) people close to us die or people have lost jobs and they have extraordinary trauma to deal with,” Inskeep said. “And we have tried to
Caroline Houck, co-host of WHJE live show “In Her Zone” and senior, conducts a live show during her Radio 7 class on Sept. 21. Houck said radio has taken on an increased importance since the start of the pandemic.
remain steady through all of that, that when you turn on the radio in the morning, or whenever it is that you listen, that we’re there.” However, this increased importance comes with extensive changes––safety precautions. WHJE radio adviser Dominic James said there are several ways in which WHJE stays safe while broadcasting. “In the live studios, we’ve insisted that people have to wear masks all the time. We did invest in some quite fancy masks to begin with, which look a little bit like dog masks so that people’s mouths weren’t obscured in any way. We’ve had quite a lot of Zoom calls and Zoom-based podcasts as well,” James said. “I’ve had to be quite strict about moving people on and being a bit grumpy about that sometimes. But to be honest, I don’t think it’s things people do deliberately (that are dangerous), they kind of just forget, and now understand that I have to be quite sharp sometimes about people leaving food and that sort of thing.” Inskeep said there are safety precautions that NPR staff members take as well. Moreover, he said reliability is imperative in radio. “I feel that I’ve become, if it is possible, more absolute over the last year about being very sure that we are conveying to people reliable information and only reliable information. In those instances where a public official says something deceptive or whatever, we want to be ever more careful to make sure that we’re not just unknowingly passing on their deception,” Inskeep said. “We need to keep track of public officials when they are saying things that aren’t true. You may even need to report the untrue things that
Scan this to listen to “In Her Zone,” seniors Caroline Houck and Hali Papacharalambous’s WHJE talk show about women in sports. they said but you want to say this thing that he’s saying is false, you want to be really clear about that. And I think that (my colleagues and I) have all learned from experience or further experience within the last year.” Houck said she agreed that reliability is crucial with the increased reliance on radio stations, such as WHJE, for information. “I think that people’s access to information has definitely been boosted up, we’ve, this year, the most we ever had, updated our Instagram, our Facebook, our Twitter, no matter what social media it is,” Houck said. “Also we’ve been updating things (on our website) constantly. We have a lot of shows that also highlight news and stuff like that, also constantly being updated.”
Caroline Houck, co-host of WHJE live show “In Her Zone” and senior, operates the sound board during her independent live show on Sept. 21. Her regular show, “In Her Zone,” which she co-hosts with senior Hali Papacharalambous, goes live every Thursday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on 91.3 FM.
In addition to this reliability, Inskeep said a holistic viewpoint of stories is beneficial in telling stories in an authentic manner to reach a wider audience. “(In my occupation), one day you are interviewing the president of the United States and another day you’re interviewing Bruce Springsteen. But another day, you’re interviewing a voter in Gwinnett County, Georgia or Cincinnati, Ohio, or in my home state, (Indiana), and you’re meeting people who have all these different experiences that are interesting and you’re constantly drawing on your past interviews and your past knowledge to inform what the person in front of you is saying and that’s been really rewarding,” Inskeep said. “If you’re just covering one thing, you may become very knowledgeable but you may struggle a little bit to fit it into the wider world, and in my position, I get to fit things together. What does life in the military have to do with racial justice? What does racial justice have to do with movies and literature? What do movies and literature have to do with politics? What does politics have to do with economic equality? Like, everything that you cover gives you a new angle on other things that you’ve covered, which is unlike A any other job that I can imagine, really.”
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MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE Students reflect on “iceberg illusion” of success WORDS MARYAM HAFEEZ
GRAPHIC MAHMOUD HOMSI, SAM HAWKINS
SUBMITTED PHOTOS AAYUSH SINGH
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enior Jinhee Won is involved with several extracurricular activities, holding leadership positions in Science Olympiad and CyberPatriot Club while also participating in several other clubs including Key Club, Math Club and Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA). When people see her, they see her success, excelling in several activities while simultaneously balancing them out with school. What they don’t see is what lies below the surface, the hard work that goes into achieving and maintaining that success. “I spend about 20 hours a week on average on my extracurricular activities,” Won said. “Stress and sleep are definitely huge problems for me. I feel pressured to finish everything despite feeling dead inside at times.” This phenomenon of having big concerns below the surface of what people see is known as the “iceberg illusion,” the illusion of success. According
Freshman Aayush Singh takes a dive into the pool during swim practice. Singh said he particiaptes in about 12 hours of swim practice per week. Freshman Aayush Singh participates in Science Olympiad. Between Science Olympiad, debate, and school, Singh said he is busy for 60 hours a week.
to many sources, as a society, we often tend to focus only on the outcome and not the hard work that leads to success. Much like an iceberg, we only see the “tip”—the success—and not the rest of the iceberg below the surface— the hard work. Freshman Aayush Singh, who is on the swim team and participates in Science Olympiad and debate, said his success comes with a lot of hard work. “For swimming there are about 12 hours a week of practice, for debate about one hour a week, and I spend about four to six hours a week studying for Science Olympiad, so all my extracurriculars with school combined take up about 60 hours per week,” Singh said. For him, he said the key to success is time management. “I just make sure that I don’t have any late assignments because if you don’t do something as soon as you can, your work starts to snowball. If you stay up for 12 hours each day, then you have 84 hours per week, which is enough time to do everything you need.” Still, he said he sometimes struggles. “It can be quite stressful to try and manage all of these activities, and I have to make sacrifices for some of them. For example, I can’t attend some debate meetings because of swim practice.” Teacher and counseling intern Maggie Stiller believes the iceberg illusion paints an unrealistic picture of success. “People in general are very
quick to post and share about happiness, success, and great things going on in their life. People often don’t want to post about the struggles and challenges that helped them get to that point.” She said the illusion places unnecessary stress on those who feel they have to maintain the appearance of high performance, especially in a more competitive environment such as Carmel High School. “I think that the iceberg illusion is exemplified at Carmel because of how competitive and rigorous the school is as a whole. I would guess that many people feel uncomfortable being vulnerable.” Stiller said the harmful effects of the iceberg illusion are compounded by the fact that it often causes people to compare themselves with others. “Comparing oneself to others is a natural human instinct which can greatly affect self-esteem, selfvalue, and self-worth. Many students think that because someone else is smart, then I must be dumb. Or because someone else is pretty, then I must be ugly. Someone else having success in life does not take away from my own person or success.” U.S. History teacher Allison Hargrove said the key to breaking this misconception is through discussion. “There are students who find core groups that support each other in a constructive way. I often see this within my Social Studies Peer Tutoring crew. This is what I encourage students to do. Find a small support group that you trust, that lifts you up, and can give you constructive feedback. In this scenario, you can let your guard down and be yourself— your true, authentic self.” Stiller said personal reflection and understanding that to some extent everyone has their own iceberg illusion can also be helpful. “There are many ways to overcome the iceberg illusion. Some ideas are not comparing yourself to others, taking social media breaks, and realizing that all have unique struggles. Won said she agrees. “I think everyone has their struggles…(we) all do so much in our personal lives that makes us all unique, but ultimately, we all struggle A and put in effort and hard work to succeed.”
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Many students think that because someone else is smart, then I must be dumb. Or because someone else is pretty, then I must be ugly. Someone else having success in life does not take away from my own person or success.
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COUNSELING INTERN MAGGIE STILLER
Below the Surface Take a look at what the “Iceberg Illusion” means
The Iceberg Illusion: A visualization of success popularized by artist Sylvia Duckworth that recognizes the invisible stages of growth preceding it
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SACRIFICE DEDICATION SOURCE SHERIDAN COLLEGE
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FASHION Check out the most popular clothing styles of the early 20th century GRAPHIC MARISSA FINNEY, CLAIRE HE
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Expensive fabrics such as silk became a staple of this time period. Women wore corsets to achieve an S-shaped silhouette.
Feminine hats decorated with flowers, feathers, and lace were worn during this time period. Men’s clothing was relatively formal.
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Narrow skirts known for impeding the wearer’s walk, called “hobble skirts” were a short-lived fashion trend that peaked in this time period.
Column-like silhouettes and tubular womenswear became popular, men began to wear lounge suits as a casual alternative to previous formal wear.
1914 For men, flatter caps were almost always worn with knicker suits. The focus of the era was on practicality; simple cotton designs were worn.
1918 Many elements of military uniforms began to reflect women’s fashion due to the huge increase in women enlisting in the military.
1930 Casual sports clothes were worn more frequently by men and women. Evening gowns and tweed suits were popular for formal events. Moving out of the 1920s, clothing became more detailed and intricate.
1922 Jewelery became prominent and for women, the waistline dropped to hip level for a more androgynous look. Dresses were worn almost every day and shorter than ever.
1920 In this era, the classic men wore bowties in loud, vibrant colors. A more simple and modern female wardrobe became a major trend.
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NO MAN LEFT BEHIND Rose should have saved Jack, 20th Century Studios missed opportunity to strengthen film WORDS CADY ARMSTRONG
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had Rose leave Jack. First, it deprived the viewer veryone who has seen the movie of seeing more Leonardo DiCaprio on screen, “Titanic” has experienced the gutand that in itself is a crime. But, beyond wrenching feeling when they that, they could have taken the movie in watched Rose leave Jack behind in the such a different direction if Jack stayed water and felt the heartbreak for the on the door. First, they could have characters second-handedly. However, had both Jack and Rose live to tell the Jack could have easily gone on. story and could be a great romance that Throughout the movie, Rose is seen viewers aspire to have instead of a tragic continually rebelling against high-class almost-everlasting romance. Then, they society, disliking their customs. In fact, could have had both Rose and Jack freeze Rose and Jack become a star-crossed to death on the door and make the general lovers duo due to their respective economic public in the movie never know this secret statuses and Rose is ready to give hers up romance or the story behind the locket, to be with him. However, when it comes freezing it in time forever like the possible down to it in the end, she still leaves love stories of those who died on the real him. This makes Rose seem like she really HiLite Editor-In-Chief Titanic. This in itself could make their love wouldn’t give up everything to be with Jack story even better because she could show and that she therefore still views herself as that she refused to leave him behind and higher than him. Overall, the choice just that she’d rather die than be without him, makes Rose contradict the idea that she making their story all the more would have given everything stronger and their love eternal. to be with him and cheapens Overall, Titanic is still an iconic Overall, Titanic is still an their romance. Further, Jack film, but Jack definitely could iconic film, but Jack definitely sacrificing himself makes him have fit on that door and 20th could have fit on that door look like a martyr and a hero Century Studios missed some and 20th Century Studios while making viewers resent missed some opportunities to opportunities to strengthen the Rose because she let him do strengthen the movie when they so. They tend to leave with a movie when they had Rose leave had Rose leave him behind. sour taste in their mouth with him behind. Rose and prevents them from truly enjoying Rose’s character because it is overshined by their distaste for her The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the move in leaving him behind. views of the Acumen staff. Reach Cady Armstrong at Additionally, 20th Century Studios missed carmstrong@hilite.org. some great opportunities for the movie when they
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LADIES FIRST
Despite fan theories, Rose could not fit Jack on raft, she should prioritize herself first WORDS SOWMYA CHUNDI
love the “Titanic” movie. It’s easily one of the film’s debut that he was happy the film was effective in most iconic movies of the 20th century making Jack so endearing that it hurt the audience and I would watch it a million times so much to see him die. However, he argued again—and yes, cry again during each tragic that had Jack lived, the ending of the film scene every single time. The story follows would have been meaningless. Rose, a high class young woman, who goes He said in an interview with Vanity Fair, against her family’s wishes to see a new boy “The film is about death and separation; she met on a ship named Jack. Jack is the he had to die. So whether it was that, or complete opposite of Rose; he’s poor and whether a smoke stack fell on him, he was unruly, but he’ll do anything to make Rose going down. It’s called art, things happen feel happy and special. It’s the perfect move for artistic reasons, not for physics reasons.” of star-crossed lovers, all in the backdrop of a And to me, this explanation makes sense. huge tragedy—the Titanic shipwreck. The reason people keep going back to watch One of the most famous scenes in the movie the Titanic and love it so much is because it’s a is when Rose and Jack are in the freezing cold tragedy. We know it’s a sad story, we know it’s water after the shipwreck. Rose is floating on a going to make us emotional, and we know it has HiLite Managing Editor meaning. With Jack dying, the film does true piece of wood while Jack is in the water, and they say their last goodbyes to each other. It’s easily justice to the real tragedy of the Titanic, where one of the most iconic and sad movie scenes to thousands of people lost their family members ever exist. But to some, it’s deeply controversial; and felt the same pain that Jack and Rose did. they argue that Rose had plenty of Had Jack survived, the move would space to pull Jack up from the water have lost its meaning and would have onto her raft and save him so they been like any other fairytale love story. I love the classic “happily ever could live happily ever after. I love the classic “happily ever after love story” just as much Do I personally think Rose after love story” just as much as the had space to fit on the raft? Yes, next person, but I think the Titanic as the next person, but I think potentially. Do I think she should does a great job of capturing a real-life the Titanic does a great job of have pulled Jack up? Unfortunately, tragedy. It’s a film with a refreshing capturing a real-life tragedy. no. Now before I come across as a combination of humor, love, sadness, love-hater or a cynic, I think there’s a and meaning, and I think that’s truly lot to unpack about why Rose didn’t why people cherish it so much. share her “boat” with Jack at the end of the Titanic. To start off, Jack dying is an integral part of the The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the story and what makes it such a great tragedy. James views of the Acumen staff. Reach Sowmya Chundi at Cameron, the film’s director, revealed 20 years after the schundi@hilite.org.
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INDIVIDUAL ICEBERGS
HiLite staff members share personal icebergs, pet peeves
One of my biggest pet peeves thus is not being able to know enough. The desire to know also creates a repeating cycle of wanting to know and then realizing that what I do know is far from what I want to know. I cannot stand knowing that I do not know enough, but the repeating cycle becomes more and more irritating when I learn more and more about it. SOPHOMORE MATTHEW DU, REPORTER
I can’t stand to watch when people do not recognize that the circumstances around them are a direct result of their actions. For example, when a student who performed subpar for a test refuses to take responsibility, blaming the teacher or other external factors when it was they who did not study for a test. JUNIOR EVA GLAZIER, ONLINE EDITOR
One of my biggest pet peeves is losing socks. They always seem to get lost in the washer or dryer, and then I can never actually find them again. I always throw my socks into the wash together, so they always end up getting lost somewhere between going into the washer and coming out of the dryer. SENIOR ZAINAB IDREES, NEWS EDITOR
I have a lot of pet peeves but one of the most annoying ones to me is when people are loud while eating food. For instance, when people scrape their silverware against their dishes and it makes that horrendous, high pitched, screeching sound, I can’t help but wince. SOPHOMORE AVERY CARLISLE, REPORTER
A MYTHICAL REALITY WORDS & GRAPHIC LILY FARRELL
With increase in conspiracy theories, it is important to use credible sources for information ince it sank in 1914, many conspiracy theories surround the R.M.S. Titanic regarding how it sank and if it was planned or on purpose. But now, more than 100 years later, there is enough evidence to prove most of these wrong, if not all of them. You’d think that after 100 plus years we’d be better at staying away from misinformation, but, ironically, in today’s world, battling between fact and fiction is even harder than normal because of the opportunities technology has brought to people everywhere. Through social media, people are able to write anything they want whether it’s true or false and in just a few short seconds share it with the world. According to a 2018 Pew Research Center study which measured people’s views on information accessed through social media in 11 different countries, 10 out of 11 countries relied more on inperson discussion and word of mouth to get information rather than the Internet. While the Internet can be great when accessing important information, it can also be a curse. My Honors 10 English teacher has stressed the importance of credible sources and how it is something that is very important when finding or accessing information. It is important to look at information sources and who you are getting your information from. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like new conspiracies are popping up every day. I have seen so many posts all over social media with theories that the virus is government scam to get more money from hospitals, or that the vaccine is a tracker so that the government can control us. While many people may believe these, they don’t have credible evidence to prove them true, which is why it’s important to look at who you’re getting your information from before spreading it. There are many credible sources to use to get information, like government organizations or branches, and databases that typically have teams of fact-checkers who verify content before posting it. At this school, we are lucky enough to have so many amazing staff members in the English department, media center and more. It is up to us to be careful in today’s world to distinguish fact from fiction.
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Scan this to watch a “Crash Course” video about identifying credible sources on the internet and identifying the points of view of different sources
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Trail of the Titanic See how the Titanic was planned to travel
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HOPE FOR THE BEST
EXPECT THE WORST Disasters can happen at any time, here is how CHS prepares for them WORDS SAAHAS KANDRU
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hile this school hasn’t gone through many disasters, School Resource Officer (SRO) Shane VanNatter said CHS should be prepared at all times. “The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) finds Indiana to be high-risk for tornados. The state averages about 22 tornadoes per year. The state is in a ‘red-zone’ which means it sees winds up to 250 miles per hour, so we should be ready in advance for any scenarios that would come our way,” VanNatter said. VanNatter, who is a part of the law enforcement branch of the Carmel Police Department (CPD), is also a mentor and educator for the CPD cadet program for youth who are interested in law enforcement as a career option or want to know more about policing in their community. “We conduct state-mandated drills. Indiana does require that schools conduct at least one tornado drill and one man-made occurrence drill per semester, in addition to five drills during the school year,” VanNatter said. He added that connecting with students and staff is much harder when everyone is wearing masks, but protecting the school from intruders is also harder. “You can read a lot about a person through their expressions and body language… With faces covered, it can be hard to identify students and staff from those that shouldn’t be inside our buildings. That is why it is so important that students wear their IDs on a lanyard and in a visible location,” VanNatter said. VanNatter said this school has drastically changed the way it prepares for school intruders. “Last year, the residents of Carmel voted for a tax increase to help make safety improvements to all CCS
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facilities. This included the addition of one SRO at CHS and an officer in every CCS building,” VanNatter said. “This tax referendum also paid for many new security cameras and an additional layer of door security at doors 21, 13 and 4.” Rebecca Lee, president of the CHS Red Cross Club and sophomore, said her objective is to show students that people make a big impact around the city, state and even the country. “I am happy to introduce CHS to what the Red Cross is and does, and bring students to make a huge difference in the community and even around the globe,” Lee said.
Speak Up! If school becomes virtual due to COVID-19 again, how prepared are you? “I don’t think the students are as prepared as the teachers. I went to a private school away from Carmel; I didn’t really do virtual. So I don’t think that I will be that prepared.”
FRESHMAN DAVID JIANG
“I was completely virtual last year, so I know how it goes on and what criterias all the teachers have in terms of submissions and deadline. For virtual, I will be pretty prepared.”
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SPEAKUPS, PHOTOS KAROLENA ZHOU
In Case Of ... See how CHS implements drills, plans for emergency situations
COVID-19 An official mask mandate has been reinforced as of Aug. 16, 2021. A ten day quarantine is also required for students who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Extreme Weather CCS schools participate in the Great Central U.S. Earthquake Drill each year and partner with local first responders. Intruder In the event of a crisis situation, students are taught ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate), an option-based concept of training.
Fire Fire drills are practiced monthly. Due to COVID-19, odd and even number rooms are dismissed thirty seconds apart.
Lee also said she thinks that CHS is in a good place in terms of this school being safe of intruders. “There are more police officers in the school, which I believe increases our safety significantly,” she said. She also said people can prepare for natural disasters in various ways, often depending on the type of disaster and the area you live in. “For example, you can prepare for disasters, such as hurricanes, if you find yourself needing to evacuate, or any kind of disaster in which you need to go or stay in areas without ample resources is a good start,” she said. “You can also plan in advance where you would evacuate if needed, what you will do in a disaster your area is subject to, and what materials you will need.” “The Red Cross has a feature called Missing Maps, where volunteers can virtually map locations of buildings, houses, and other locations ranging from your community to the globe in order to help those in that area when a natural disaster comes their direction,” Lee added. Lee also wants the school to have a “go bag” for people in the building at the times of unexpected disasters. “I believe the school can prepare emergency kits for students just in case a serious tornado/severe weather heads our way. Furthermore, if the school
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3,230 structure fires in schools per year
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has enough funding, more storm shelters should be available for all students to safely go to if interior rooms do not provide adequate safety,” Lee said. Lee also thinks donating blood would be extremely helpful to the people who get injured during disasters. “Participating in blood drives are significantly helpful,” Lee said. “In natural disasters, especially those where numerous people will become injured, blood can be an integral factor in determining the survival of individuals.” Sophomore Jihoon Kwon, who survived a Category 4 hurricane, said most tropical storms come unexpectedly and expand upon arrival. “It was kind of unexpected; I knew that a storm was coming, but the storm got larger,” Kwon said. “So what was projected to be another rainfall turned into a whole subtropical storm.” Kwon said people can prepare for intruders by hiring more staff members at most or all the entry points to the school, but Kwon said he hopes no one has to go through any natural disasters at any point in their life. “My WiFi got knocked out for a week or so. It was a pretty scary moment at the time for my family and I,” he said. “If people are prepared, then they would A be more ready for disasters (like a hurricane).
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ANTIQUE ACCOLADES CHS students, teacher maintain collections to connect with friends, family, remind them of cherished memories WORDS AUSTIN GUO
PHOTOS CAROLINE JUST
Senior Alex Rushinksy shows some of his coins which he collects. Rushinsky said the Philmont coin, shown in the photo is from New Mexico.
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enior Alex Rushinsky’s collection of over a hundred nutcrackers started with a visit to his aunt’s house. “I was at my aunt’s house helping her with her animals, specifically her dogs, and I walked into her room and she had set out over a hundred nutcrackers that were her son’s, which he collected, and he had just passed away. She was just laying them out as a sort of remembrance,” he said. Rushinsky said his interest in collecting nutcrackers grew due to the great variety and customization nutcrackers have. “Some of them can play music, some of them are entirely metal, others are hand-carved. I have
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nutcrackers that are hand-painted,” Rushinsky said. “It was a fun way to get connected with my family as well as find something new and unique that not many people have seen before.” The social aspect of collecting also motivated senior Sneha Srivatsa to begin collecting stamps. Srivatsa said her collection, which started with about 20 stamps, now boasts over 200. “Stamps in a way make me feel connected with other people; knowing that there are other people who collect stamps is cool. You can trade the stamps; you can trade the stories behind the stamps,” Srivatsa said. “It’s usually something minor but significant that gets commemorated on stamps, so I think it’s really cool that you can trade stories along with the stamps.” According to psychology teacher Michael “Mickey” O’Toole, many collections are tied to memories and emotions the collector has. “A lot of people start collecting things because of some connection they made to a memory, and a lot of memories are carried in the hippocampus,” O’Toole said. “The hippocampus is one of the
stronger memory storage areas of the brain. Memories and emotions are tied together to where they are one of the more powerful motivators that humans have, so if there’s a memory that sparks something, it may lead to them collecting something.” Moreover, O’Toole said that collections are a more personal affair that should not be judged. “I don’t want to stress this too much. A lot of people have this idea that, because of TV shows and things like hoarding, the only kinds of collectors out there are hoarders and they always have a mental disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder. That’s less than 3 percent of people that collect things,” O’Toole said. O’Toole said he also collects retro video games as a way to connect with his own childhood. “For me, it’s something I grew up with. Atari was just being phased out; Nintendo had just released the NES. I remember going to arcades,” O’Toole said. “We’re always looking back with nostalgia. Now, I still play modern video games and people do too, but it’s like a history.” “Anything that you’re involved in, it can be a history of a country, it can be a history of an area. It can be video games. It’s great to be where we’re at. There are some amazing video games, but generally people like to look back and ask ‘How do we get to this point?’ So they start collecting classic video games,” O’Toole said. “Again, some of that could be from parents or older relatives who want to share that with them, so they get this sense of community yet again.”
Senior Sneha Srivatsa points at one of her stamps. She said each of her stamps symbolize the stories behind them.
Similarly, Srivatsa said she possesses old stamps to preserve a tiny bit of history. Srivatsa said, “I have a German stamp from before World War II—I believe it’s from the 1930s. I have another one from Yugoslavia. It isn’t particularly old, but it’s cool to me because the country hasn’t existed in my lifetime, so it’s really interesting to have their stamp.” In addition to nutcrackers, Rushinsky said he also collects coins, many of which are connected to specific memories and stories he has.
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Rushinsky said, “One of the coins is what I call the Philmont coin and it has a spearhead on it. It’s from (when) I went backpacking on a trip in New Mexico with my brother and some college students. We went over 80 miles in two weeks with 50-pound bags just hiking in the wilderness. Being able to see something and say ‘that’s what this represents,’ I very much enjoy it.” Rushinsky said his relatives and parents often buy nutcrackers for his collection and the fact that they think of him when buying the nutcracker is one of the best parts of collecting them. “That’s probably the best part for me. While I might not care that much about an individual nutcracker, the fact that my grandmother saw it and was like, ‘He will love this,’ makes me happy,” Rushinksy said. “It’s a way I can think of them when I see it as well as knowing that they’re thinking of me, which makes me overjoyed. It’s a A way to keep in touch with those I know about.”
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D of mus soun G ic Music evokes emotional responses in students, bands director WORDS ADDISON JOYCE
or many people, music is just background Did You noise in a café. They may not stop to Know? think twice about how that music affects their brains and how it makes them feel. For the listening ordinary person, watching films with background instrumental music may not have a conscious to music efffect on them or their mood. causes us to But for Clizia Martini, Orchestra Council experience member and senior, music has become a major part time faster of her life, and she said she is able to recognize what SOURCE the effect classical music has on her and others and PSYCHOLOGY TODAY how it can change the moods of listeners.
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“Once I started getting more into violin and I started playing more and enjoying it, I started to appreciate classical music more and it really makes me feel more connected,” she said. Research backs up the neurological effects of classical music on people. A study from the U.S. National Library of Medicine in 2001 found listening to Mozart can enhance spatial-temporal reasoning, and can also incite an emotional release. The emotional release from this so-called “Mozart Effect” could mean something different for everyone. To some people, according to the study, it could mean feeling suspense and excitement due to the dramatic background music in a movie. To others, this emotional release could be merely letting go of tensions and relaxing to calm music. Filmmakers often take advantage of this effect. Look at the different areas of the brain stimulated by music For example, ‘Titanic” director James Cameron incorporated the song “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion to add drama to the film and make viewers feel the Frontal Lobe connection between the two Decision making and main characters, Rose and Jack. critical thinking Musicians said they work Music has been shown hard to get emotions across Parietal Lobe to stimulate and improve to listeners, but they also Sensory processing
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play music because of the feeling it invokes in themselves, too. Martini said the adrenaline rush when playing a concert is one of the reasons she participates in orchestra. “Sometimes (during a concert) it feels like I’m running a race trying to get first place and I just want other people to feel that excitement too,” she said. Kyle Young, associate director of bands, said he agreed that musicians not only strive to portray deep emotions, but to feel them, too. “ When a musician gives an emotional effort in their performance, an audience member can feel and see and hear that effort being given,” he said. “Classical music is unique in that there is a large amount of the repertoire that does not include voice or lyrics. The composer has to try and create a variety of emotions simply from the notes and dynamics written on the page.” Martini is not alone in her emotional responses to music. Band member and junior Owen Bruner said he has a passion for music and it holds a power people don’t realize. “I wouldn’t really have many set goals or happiness if I didn’t have music,” he said. “It really plays a big role in how I live my life and what I look towards in the future.” According to a 2020 study from UC Berkeley, music affects different people in different ways and can incite 27 identifiable emotions. “Composers can write different pieces that can have different effects.” Bruner said. “There are certain chords that can incite sadness and you hear it and think that’s sad or some pretty wonky chords make you think mysterious and get you in a certain mood.” Young said music has the power not only to move people in a cinematic way, but can provide an escape from reality as well.
Speak Up! What does music mean to you? Music means a lot to me because it’s not just something that I do as a hobby but something that I want to pursue as a career. It’s just playing it and being around people that play with it has always made my life happier.... It makes me feel completed, in a way. SOPHOMORE ELLA MCELROY
Music can mean a lot of things to me. If I’m listening to a particularly emotional piece, then it means that certain emotion, but of it’s just listening for fun, then it just means entertainment and a way for me to experience the world. JUNIOR GRAYSON BUCK
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3,230 of American high schoolers enroll in music programs
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“Music is often therapeutic for me.” Young said. “There is a tremendous amount of therapy that music can provide and is unique to the listener.” Beyond providing an adrenaline rush during an orchestra concert, music is becoming a more common treatment for various mental and physical health conditions. A report from the Cleveland Clinic on music therapy said music can cause a decrease in blood pressure, reduce pain, and even call up repressed emotions. Music has been shown to help people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as physically, such as in cases of hypertension or epilepsy. Martini said, “(Music) honestly makes me so happy and makes me think ‘wow, it’s crazy that we’re here right now being able to play all of this A and that we’re sounding truly incredible.’”
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Turning Gears
Engineering club members relay importance of collaboration, learning from mistakes WORDS DANIEL KIM
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or Evan Shi, TechHOUNDS Programming and Electrical Division member and senior, TechHOUNDS has been at the forefront of his Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)-related high school career and passion ever since his sophomore year at this school. However, despite the importance of STEM knowledge, Shi said teamwork has become a significant driving factor for the club’s success. “Teamwork is incredibly important in TechHOUNDS both within the division and between divisions,” Shi said. “Within the Programming and Electrical Division, there are always a lot of tasks that need to be accomplished, and it is crucial to work together and coordinate as certain members may know more about certain aspects of programming or electrical. Everyone’s strengths need to be contributed to help create the best robot.” According to TechHOUNDS team coach Dave Fronek, TechHOUNDS is a part of the First Robotics Competition, which is an all-high-school-student competition involving thousands of different teams around the world. Each year, Fronek said games, such as having a robot throw a ball or carry an object, are designed by companies and released to schools where teams must build a robot from scratch to compete. Fronek also said he agreed with Shi about how crucial teamwork is during the build process for this competition. “Once the build season starts, quite frankly, it’s a grind,” Fronek said. “It’s a six-week process. We
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$91,000 is the median annual wage for engineers
140,000 new jobs expected for engineers over the 2016–26 decade
288,800 people in the U.S. are currently employed as mechanical engineers SOURCE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Speak Up! In what ways have engineers affected your life? “Engineers have significantly impacted and improved my life in a variety of ways. Their work impacts my life daily. When I wake up I use my phone as an alarm, which was made by an engineer, and the alarm clock app by a software engineer. Then I use an electric toothbrush also created by an engineer.” JUNIOR SUKHRAJ DULAY
meet every night, Monday through Friday, and then a lot of times we have a group of people... that meet every Saturday to work for five to six hours.” Similarly, Shiva Viswanath, InvenTeam club member and senior, also said he attributes the club’s success to collaboration and work ethic after they were chosen as a design finalist for the Lemelson-MIT grant. “At the end of last school year we submitted a proposal for our project idea which was chosen to be one of the finalist designs for the grant,” Viswanath said. “Our members collaborated throughout the process of locating a meaningful problem, and created an effective solution to that problem.” According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Lamelson-MIT InvenTeams are “groups of high school students, educators and mentors that invent technological solutions to realworld problems of their own choosing… Every year, up to 15 teams nationwide receive up to $10,000 each.” Viswanath said the team’s design process has been completed and they are awaiting the InvenTeam grant announcement for further development of their project. He said, “At this point we have submitted our final proposal and are awaiting further information from the grant committee.” Another school organization involved in collaborative engineering is Carmel Tech Crew. According to senior Jenna Lindeman, Carmel Tech Crew members create all sorts of different mechanisms and objects for theatrical purposes.
SPEAK UPS, PHOTO DANIEL KIM
“With the work and innovations created by engineers, my life wouldn’t be the same. My average day is made possible because of engineers. Overall, their inventions have made my life more efficient.” SENIOR LOURDES BENGERO
On Oct. 1, senior Evan Shi works on a model during a TechHOUNDS meeting. “Personally, I find engineering to be incredibly important as it is one of the main driving forces behind the modern world we live in today,” he said.
(Above) Senior Evan Shi works on a new project during a TechHOUNDS meeting. (Right) On Sept. 21, Shiva Viswanath, InvenTeam member and senior, shows off the makings of the InvenTeam’s newest invention. “(Mistakes) happen, I hate to say it, at every “We make all the sets. We build them, we paint them, (do) construction, lighting, stage, sounds competition, quite frankly. These are 120 to 140 (and) stage management,” Lindeman said. “(Carmel pound robots running at 15 to 20 miles an hour Tech Crew) is all different areas and we all come and running into each other,” Fronek said. “Things break so the team is constantly trying to put our together as one and practice together.” Lindeman said engineering a structure or contraption robot in the best position possible.” According to Shi, those mistakes can breed stress does not come without its share of problems. “We have room to make mistakes and mistakes and emotional lows throughout the entire team. “There have been many stressful times in will always happen every single day,” Lindeman said. “Something could be really hard, like a transition, and TechHOUNDS, typically within the last few weeks we need to work on making it a lot shorter or even of the build season,” he said. “(It) is very stressful as there is only a limited amount of time to finish the building an extremely difficult piece.” From those mistakes, Lindeman said learning from robot... and when a specific mechanism seems to fail it and approaching the problem at a different angle is to work during this time, the level of stress peaks.” Fortunately, Shi said those stressful moments paramount in order to ensure improvement. “When things go wrong, we talk about it and give are counterbalanced by rewarding results each year. our ideas on how we can approach it the next time Everytime he sees a robot perform well, he said it and see what we need to do to make sure it doesn’t reminds of all the hardship it took to get there. “All of the times seeing the robot perform well happen again,” Lindeman said. Likewise, during the past six years he has been on in the competition are the most rewarding,” he said. the team, Fronek said he has also seen many mistakes “This is because I can actually see all of the hard work regarding robot durability and structure. Furthermore, we put into this robot and knowing that all the he said he agreed with Lindeman on how crucial it is hardships were worth it to see the robot represent A the school and perform well in competitions.” to react to those mistakes and problem solve.
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REPRESENTING
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CHS students, staff consider female representation in movies, books WORDS SUMEDHA KOTA
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here are many characters in films and literature that have grown incredibly popular over time. Instances include films such as the cult classic “Titanic,” directed by James Cameron in 1997, which featured Rose (Kate Winslet), a woman ultimately seeking escape from oppresive social expectations and a marriage she doesn’t want. Dhanya Pathangi, a student writer and sophomore, said that the female characters in books are often not provided with the same treatment as male characters, which she said, holds a mirror to the way female stories are perceived. She said that female characters are often reduced to character tropes, without any sense of true depth. Pathangi said, “I think it’s honestly a historical thing, because in the past a lot of stories were written by men, and we tend to follow what has been done by using the same archetypes... And I
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think that because men didn’t see women as actual human beings, they almost turned females into tropes, even though they are actually people.” Media Specialist John Love said, “We need diversity in books across the board—males, females, people of color, (people with) disabilities.” Love, who also taught English, said, “Diversity is an important factor in the better representation of people, and female characters.” He said that diversity in authors being published and characters being used is importatn. When considering female characters, he attributes increased diverse representation of women to having more female authors in the public conscience. Love said, “Some of my most favorite recent books have actually been in the science fiction genre, with female main characters, which shows that female characters can be given complexities and their own character arcs.”
Representation Matters Look at a timeline of key gender-related appearances in iconic movies over the years
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Featuring Dolly Parton, this film includes three female secretaries who get revenge on their sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves.
This film is one of the first that represents a man and woman, Walter and Hildy, as equals. Their world is not determined by gender, but by intelligence and capability.
Reese Witherspoon portrays Elle, who stands up to her boyfriend when he puts down her intelligence once she is accepted into Harvard.
JAN. 18, 1940 HIS GIRL FRIDAY
JULY 13, 2001 LEGALLY BLONDE
However, according to Pathangi, people tend to build upon what has already been done, which makes it harder to write compelling female characters who are not just tropes. She said this is challenging for writers who have to work towards creating their own new characters that are not recycled as harmful tropes. She said female tropes seen in the media are especially harmful because they are continuously used in a way that eventually becomes a primary part of the public perception of women and girls, which can negatively affect people. “Real people are not tropes, they are not just plot devices, they are actual people,” Pathangi said. Pathangi said audiences allow male characters to have more depth. “The audience is actually biased towards male characters, based on prevailing gender norms,” Pathangi said. “(Male characters) get a lot more leeway, and a lot of female characters are reduced to plot devices.” Pathangi said many times it is women who get cast in roles, such as the “manic pixie dream girl,” that only serve to help the main character. Since women who are characterized in this way are not allowed to be these main characters, they always end up propelling the male-driven stories, and thus only serve as plot devices.
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Nathan Rabin, who originally coined the phrase “manic pixie dream girl,” later published the article “I’m sorry for coining the phrase ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl,’” due to what he considered an out-of-context usage of the phrase to devalue many women, which diverted from his true idea. As he originally wrote, “(The ‘manic pixie’ is) an archetype, I realized, that traps into a particular male fantasy: of being saved from depression and ennui by a fantasy woman who sweeps in like a glittery breeze to save you from yourself, then disappears once her work is done.” Self-proclaimed popular culture examiner and feminist, junior Anushka Pandey, said that ideas spread by the portrayal of women in girls in media translate off-screen as well. For example, she said female artists are not given the same amount of respect as their male counterparts. “If you look at interviews, for example, if they are asking female actresses something, there is nothing ever asked about the depth of their characters. They’re asked more about fashion or things like that, versus male actors who are allowed to have more depth in their characters,” she said. Overall, Pandey said, “I think if you don’t put an emphasis on character development for both males and females, you aren’t going to have any A character development for females.”
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Kate Winslet plays Rose, who rebels against her family’s customs and escapes high-class society when she meets a poor, lower-class boy.
Felicity Jones plays Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who breaks down gender norms by taking on the court to fight against gender discrimination. Trevante Rhodes plays Chiron, a black gay man, and explores the presence of masculinity. The film shows how gender and sex are not always presented the same.
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Carmel Icehounds hockey team embraces “top dog” mentality heading into season ash Cheslock, Carmel Icehounds hockey player and senior, welcomes the mindset that this school has the best hockey team in the state. He said he and his team bring a mentality that every other team hates CHS and this is what drives their successful seasons. Head Coach Dan Desmond said he agrees with Cheslock and also said via email, “We strive to be successful on the ice and in the classroom and represent our community. We hold ourselves to a high standard and in fact have had a lot of success. Because of that, every opponent we face brings their ‘A’ game, which means we have to put forth our best effort every time we step on the ice. It’s a challenge we embrace.”
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Senior Nash Cheslock does a “hockey stop” during practice with his teammate senior Joseph Youkilis. Cheslock said the practices are complex with different factors to focus on like timing.
Matthew “Matt” Didonna, Carmel Icehounds hockey player and senior, said winning is the primary purpose that the team plays with. “We come into every game with confidence and a purpose,” he said. “Our goal is to win games and tournaments throughout the season. We always have our next game on our mind, and we are always thinking about what we can do on and off the ice to ensure that we are prepared for the game.” Much of the success the team has comes from the preparation in between games. “We make sure we are practicing hard and with a purpose,” Didonna said. “After a good and hard week of practice, we can translate our hard work into a game on the weekend.”
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The first recorded public indoor hockey game took place in Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink.
The first Stanley Cup was awarded to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association team.
1903 The first professional team was was formed in Houghton, MI and called the Portage Lakers.
Desmond said he agrees with Didonna and said the team’s performance at games stems only from how hard and focused they practice. “(We are successful) through a consistent approach to practice, preparation, and attention to detail,” he said. “We have proven over and over again that we play and perform the way we practice. If there is strong focus, effort and execution in practice, it will show up in games as well. Poor practice habits bring poor play and inconsistency on both a team and individual level.” At practice, Cheslock said the team works on several factors of game-play. He said, “We work on timing, playmaking, and in-game situations while incorporating essential skills such as skating, passing and shooting.” Didonna said the team also works on zone entries into the offensive zone, positioning in the defensive zone, as well as maintaining speed and composure on the ice. Desmond added, “We have an off-ice practice, where we work on strength and agility, and two on-ice practices per week. Early in the season, we use one practice to focus on skill development and the other to work on systems. As we get further into the season, we use more of our on-ice time to work on systems.” While practice is a major reason for the team’s history of success on the ice, Cheslock said team chemistry is another reason. This mostly stems from the veterans on the team. He said, “With such a young and new varsity team, it is up to the veterans on the team to lead the way for the newer members so that one day they can lead the team to success.” In addition, Desmond said team chemistry has been built to the point where the players have formed more of a family than just a team. “We spend a lot of time together over the course of the season and very strong bonds are created,” he said. “It’s a culture we have created and that we talk about a lot. It’s a brotherhood, and there is nowhere else any of us would rather be, or play.” Cheslock said he agrees and also said, “As a whole, we all rely on each other to perform at our best, putting forth our best efforts towards the team so A we can work as a whole and win.”
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Ice hockey was first introduced in the 1920 Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium.
The first televised ice hockey game was the game between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers.
Senior Nash Cheslock practices with his teammate Isaac Sell, who is a sophomore. Cheslock said the hockey team is preparing for its first game on Oct. 9 against New Tier High School.
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A RIPPLE EFFECT
See how the Titanic wreck impacted future ships, other technology GRAPHIC MADDIE MISTERKA, RILEY TERBUSH
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Titanic Sinks
1912
In April of 1912, the Titanic sunk to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage. A culmination of problems with the ship led to its sinking, leading to major changes in maritime policies for ships.
Radio Contact
1912
The use of telegram technology-pioneered by Guglielmo Marconi and were implemented in boats a decade before the Titanic’s voyage allowed the Titanic to contact other ships and carry hundreds of passengers aboard lifeboats to safety. Subsequently, the Radio Act of 1912 required ships to maintain a 24-hour radio system in case of emergency.
Flares After flares sent up by the Titanic were misinterpreted and ineffective as a signal, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea agreed that firing red rockets from a ship would become a universal distress signal requesting help from other ships.
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Ice Patrol Crashing into an iceberg, the Titanic’s sinking prompted the formation of the International Ice Patrol, formed by the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. At first ships were used to monitor ice, but the patrol has since shifted to using aircraft.
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Lifeboats The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea also passed a requirement in the same year that ships should have enough lifeboats to accomodate everyone on board. The Titanic only had enough lifeboats for half of its passengers, 16 lifeboats for around 1,178 passengers.
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Ship Design The Titanic influenced shipbuilders to prevent other failures by continuously improving ship design. One example is double hulls, which double-layers than sides and bottoms of ships rather than just the bottom. Bulkheads on ships were also raised higher than they were on the Titanic, creating a more watertight craft.
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