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what’s going on feb. 1
Sectionals for the Lady Bull Dogs continues tonight at Columbus East High School.
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American Pie Auditions have been going on this week. The last of the auditions will continue into the beginning of next week.
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The Women’s Gymnastics team will have their seventh meet Tuesday night against Roncalli High School at 7 p..m.
Senior Anthony Watson advertises for his booth, an informational and interactive booth about the tutonic knights, at the Culture Fair, Jan. 18. photo by jalynn perry
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a march for women
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Senior Sydney Geckler explains why being
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t was Jan. 21, 2017. Women from all over the country banded together in Washington D.C to host the largest protest in the nation’s history. This year, Indianapolis is hosting it’s very own Women’s March. The March was organized to bring attention to the oppression of women’s rights. “The Women’s March is held to create social change through the political power of women,” senior Sydney Gecker said. The March wasn’t just in Indianapolis and D.C, there are marches all across the nation. “I think what’s cool about the Women’s March and other movements is that they span the whole U.S,” Geckler said, “Cities all over the country hosted Women’s March on the same day. It isn’t just one city and I think that it has a strong uniting feeling,”. The fight for women’s rights has been around for centuries, but the movement is speeding up as the fight for civil rights sparks up, heated, once again. “Discrimination because of gender is still present and there is still room for us to grow in regards to gender equality. Many women face this today in the workplace, in schools, and just in day to day life,” Geckler said. Geckler was inspired by her society and government classes, which taught her the importance of the fight for rights. “I have been in Young Democrats for three years and my involvement in that--just learning about the importance of civic engagement in my government class this year, and my increasing interest in politics, made me want to go to this event,” Geckler said.
civically engaged is important
Battling for women’s rights requires the work and engagement of the people, not just women. Anyone is welcome to follow and believe in this movement. Through time, the fight has evolved to a wellknown and respected movement. “...no matter one’s beliefs or stance on the issue of women’s rights, or other topics of interest, I think that being civically engaged is extremely important because democracy depends on our input and the engagement of the people,” Geckler said. Organized protests, such as
the Women’s March give women a voice, a clear voice. Their voices have political weight and the march allows them to use that to their advantage. “Personally, I think it’s empowering,” Gecker said.
It’s estimated that over 4.6 million people participated in the women’s march in 2017.
“(...) being civilcally engaged is extremely important because democracy depends on our input and the engagement of the people.”
senior sydney geckler source: britannica.com
boxing up the year
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CNHS Senior raises money for a Baby Box as his senior project by zoe preston design by sydnee guthrie
coming because the door alarm has s the second semester already been activated. We are also, of the school year in some of our locations, putting kicks off, the final blue lights inside the fire stations, months for the so if these guys are up in their seniors begins as living quarters, watching TV and are well. Senior Hunter not close, this blue light is going to Wart is wrapping trigger them. They don’t even have up his high school career by raising to wait on the 911 call. Those are money to install a Baby Box, as a part immediate,”Kelsey said. of his senior project. In order for these aforementioned “I am raising 10,000 dollars to install a Safe Haven Baby Box,” Wart said. “It’s door for the people a box where mothers recieving the baby to can anonymously give get the baby sensor to detect when up their baby without a baby is dropped off having to be face to face with somebody else.” bed for the baby Wart has partnered with Safe Haven Baby Boxes, as well as the founder, Monica Kelsey, for this project. According to Kelsey, the purpose of the organization “is to make sure that women have a final, last resort option available, if they choose that they want 100% anonymity.” Kelsey describes the box itself as being specifically designed to ensure the utmost safety of the infant. information for the In fact, an alarm parent dropping off system is rigged their baby within the structure to immediately contact 911 when a baby has been placed inside. alarms and or systems to “Basically, when a mom opens work,however, the box must be the front door, an immediate 911 placed in its chosen location. call goes out, so if she changes her “The box itself is basically cutting mind and shuts the door, 911 is still a hole out of the wall, like we are
putting a window in, and then we slide the box in so that the inside of the baby box is on the inside of the fire station,” Kelsey said. Aside from the installment of the box, Kelsey claims that the 10,000 dollars Wart is working to raise will also provide the Safe Haven location with educational materials, as well as the certification of the box. “To do the program, it’s 10,000 dollars. This includes more than just the box. We don’t sell our boxes, we lease them, and they have a lifetime lease, so a fire station can have a box for 20 years, 30 years, whatever, and they don’t pay anything,” Kelsey said. “When you look at it from if they have it for 30 years, that’s a small price to pay for saving the lives of children.” Though the process of raising the money and or installing the box may seem difficult, Wart explains that the reward outweighs these difficulties. “There have been a lot of things in the news about people dumping their babies. That is something that I don’t want to see, so I think that it is important to have a baby box,” Wart said. For more information regarding Safe Haven Baby Boxes and their mission, visit www.form.jotform. com/90197550054153.
What is a baby box?
A baby box is a bin at a safe place where a mother not able to care for an infant can anonymously leave the infant so that it can be safely cared for until it can be legally adopted, typically after two months. source: medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com
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thirteen hours of sitting
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Learn how North Bull Dogs counteract sitting all day
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counter this. “Yoga balls are fun to sit on and helps your posture,” Mathers said, “I’ll also go out and run and I feel better.” German teacher Amelia Shaw also agrees. Using a yoga ball to sit at her desk, she is a firm believer in flexible seating. Students are allowed to sit almost anywhere in her class as long as they’re being productive. “I have stand up tables in the back that students can use and they like to stand while they do their work,” Shaw said. She also has her own ways to counter all of the sitting she does during the day. One of those is a class called MELT at Tipton Lakes Athletic Club. “It’s a class that helps your body restore your natural balance and repair itself.,” Shaw said. MELT stands for Myofascial Energetic Length Technique. This class shows you how to “reduce joint pain and muscle tension with selftreatment techniques that rehydrate your connective tissue and rebalance your nervous system” (Tipton Lakes Athletic Club). “I feel less tension in my shoulders and lower back that you often get from sitting all day or working on a computer,” Shaw said, “ The class is once a week, but I usually try to do it at home for about 10 minutes every other day. It’s like You burn 30% stretching, but more calories when you’’re better.”
ccording to the report in Annals of Internal Medicine, more than half of the average person’s waking hours are spent sitting. This type of sedentary behavior during the day causes enzymes that helps burn fat shut down, a decreased metabolism, and increased compression of the spinal cord. The Mayo Clinic says this causes people to be at an increased risk for coronary artery disease, diabetes, and obesity. Students are sitting about 8 hours every day during school. When they get home they add another 3-4 hours just sitting around on their phone, playing games, or watching tv. Sophomore Taylor Mathers has experienced the effects of sitting way too much. “We’re just sitting in class not doing anything,” Mathers said, “It makes me feel less productive.” Mathers thinks that yoga balls and exercising after school would be a great way to
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German teacher Amelia Shaw uses flexible seating to conteract sitting all day.
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TIPS: - Take a break from sitting every 30 minutes. - Stand while talking on the phone or watching television. - If you work at a desk, try a standing desk or improvise with a high table or counter. Recommendations from Mayo Clinic
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North cheer faces hardship after cancellation for Cheer Day by nadia lomax design by nathaly munnicha
have been the same, but have changed this year. Now the cheerleaders, are not allowed to have music, which allows them to focus more on their stunting and “It’s extremly motion techniques. emotionally “We prepare a and mentally new routine challenging, every year,” and anyone Cutter said. who says it isn’t, “It’s extremely emotionally is bluffing.” housands and mentally senior tateana cutter of fans watch challenging. The as the each logistics of the routine cheer squad itself can be enough to cheers, jumps, make you want to just sit and dance at ‘Super down and give up.” Saturday’, a basketball This year’s routine has tournament usually followed by a created significant stress on cheeleading competition. This year, the cheer team. the competition was rescheduled “Two of our varsity flyers got because of weather to Jan. 24. Every concussions from a new pyramid year, nearly 2,500 people gather in last week, which changed the one gym to watch 12 elementary cheer entirety of the routine. We all squads compete against each other. are pretty beat up,” Cutter said. Senior Tateana Cutter explained the “I do get a little nervous right event. before we hit the floor, just “The middle school and high because all of our hard work and school squads will compete as late night practices are being exhibition,” Cutter said. put to the test with one routine. In the past years, the rules There isn’t any do-overs.”
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CNHS cheerleaders perform during Super “Thursday” on Jan. 24.
quick facts 2,500 people attended
12 elementary school attended average 2.5 minutes for a routine
15 people in a squad
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t the bottom of his class and mocked by peers and adults when he was a young child, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson’s future seemed limited by his academics and racism directed towards African Americans, such as himself. However, defying all expectations, he rose to the top of his class and became a renowned neurosurgeon, even campaigning for president and serving in the president’s cabinet. In the blink of an eye, the future can be changed, but whether those changes depend on one’s actions or outside forces remains a mystery. Many Bull Dogs have many different opinions on the factors that influence their futures. Some, like junior Corabeth King, have a clear idea of what they believe controls the future. “Your actions and beliefs mainly control your destiny. Fate is not something that you personally can control, but destiny is what you can do to change your life and the direction that it is going,” King said. “Maybe I can’t control everything, but what I can control, I’m able to do what I want to do with that.”
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HARD WORK AND LUCK The belief in one’s control of the future lies on a spectrum. On one end, the future depends solely on hard work, and on the other, luck determines good fortune. However, the balance between the two in life varies along the spectrum for different people. For example, senior Emma Smith leans towards the influence of hard work. “I think hard work can always outweigh luck. Luck is just the opportunities people are presented with throughout their life, like where they’re born, who they’re around and who they meet,” Smith said. Like Smith, junior Adrienne Salemme believes in the power of hard work. “Hard work through sports like gymnastics and pole vault has really helped me succeed and get to where I want to be,” Salemme said. “Working hard is addicting; if I didn’t work hard, I would not be where I am today, and I would have quit a long time ago.” Not only is hard work powerful, but, according to senior Amanda Wissmann, the influence of luck is diminished by the resources available in our country to reduce the effects of a low starting position in life. “I really believe that in America, everybody has the same opportunities. You might not start
out in the same position, the same health conditions or socioeconomic status, but everybody goes to school,” Wissman said. “There is help out there if you don’t have money for food or school supplies or whatever you need, so everybody has the opportunity to get the education and to build their way up from wherever they start.”
PRIVILEGE Although some Bull Dogs see hard work as the main factor that guides future events, they also agree that privilege and background, which is up to chance and is out of one’s control, can impact the outcome of one’s life. “The resources you have can affect what you can and can’t do, and the opportunities you are
“Your surroundings can either limit your abilities to succeed or enhance them.” junior corabeth king
choose your path “I really found my motivation to work hard partly in the fact that I want to be a doctor.”
senior amanda wissmann
given and how easy [they] are to access also affect what you can and can’t do,” King said. Reflecting on his own background, sophomore Reed Duncan sees the ways his surroundings have enhanced his life. “I was lucky to be born with the life I have. I have a great family and great group of friends around me. I am able to play the sports I want, and I am very healthy. I can go to school and have an education,” Duncan said. “If I didn’t have some of those things, it would obviously affect the direction that my life is headed in. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be able to work around those things if I didn’t have them, but they definitely make it easier.” For junior Grace Wang, her privilege has specifically impacted her academics. “Personally, I think that I have a lot of privilege just to not worry about a financial situation and not have to get a job to help my family out, so I have more time to [focus] on my academics. That privilege isn’t the same for everyone, so if I have better grades than someone, you can’t just say it’s because I work harder. I think good grades are part of the privilege that you have because how can I study for five hours if I’m working for five hours to help my family out?” Wang said. “Privilege does skew success because you can work just as hard and because you have less privilege, it doesn’t show on
Looking into the future, students share their career path and life goals “I want to be a physical therapist or a sports medicine doctor hopefully working somewhere in Indianapolis.”
junior adrienne salemme
paper.” Despite the association between background and future achievements, AP statistics teacher Mike Spock warns against generalizations based on the average population. “You can’t treat individual people as an average, because if you just did that, you would miss out on so many people and individuals and outliers all over the place. Anybody who is famous or notable is an outlier no matter what their situation is, it is something they created themselves,” Spock said. “Yes, in general, you can look at backgrounds, but you can’t apply that to individuals.” While hard work and luck could both possibly allow people to break away from stereotypes, dedication and perseverance earns one more than just achievements. “If you work hard, I think there’s an element of respect to that. You can be lucky and be successful, but the way people see you is different,” Wang said. “You need to work hard to be successful and to be respected; your role models are people who work hard.”
PROBABILITY In order to try to understand the way the world works and what determines the future, Spock looks at probabilities and the world as a whole system. “I see ways that explain systems and view things as mathematical models. I just tend to think of
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guarantee anything. “For the most part, if you are willing to look at it probabilistically, everything you do is an input to the system and you can control it,” Spock said. “Nothing is going to be 100 percent or zero percent ever, but you can tweak those percentages one way or the other by your actions.”
“I want to major in economics in college as a pre-law path, then go to law school to become a corporate lawyer or go into international law.” senior grace wang
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In the end, the given probability of the event combines the effects of one’s actions and random chance. “You can do different things to avoid risk or take on risk, but there is still going to be some randomness to that. There [are] certainly some opportunities that may present themselves by luck,” Spock said. “Not everyone can have the same experience of opportunities, but being prepared for them is the way you make your own luck so that when the opportunity presents itself, you can take advantage of it.”
MOTIVATION No matter their beliefs concerning the future, many Bull Dogs share a motivation to work hard. However, the driving forces
“I think the most successful people are intrinsically motivated because at some point, you have to want it for yourself.” junior grace wang
behind their motivation varies from person to person. Motivation can be extrinsic, meaning external forces drive one’s actions, or
intrinsic, meaning one is internally motivated to work hard. “If you don’t want it for yourself, then it doesn’t really matter to you. The things that are motivating you extrinsically aren’t going to be there forever. Whether it is friends, family, or teachers, other people can serve as extrinsic motivation for students’ actions. “It is a lot easier to work hard when you are surrounded by your friends. My coaches and parents motivate me to work harder in sports and school,” Duncan said. “There are people in my life that probably motivate me to do things I shouldn’t, but there are also people that motivate me to be the best version of myself.” In contrast, Salemme’s intrinsic motivation pushes her to train for sports. “What motivated me to continue gymnastics and pole vault despite my injuries was that I wanted to get as good as I possibly could. I wanted to really push my limits. I didn’t want to give up before I absolutely had to,” Salemme said. “It’s just also part of the environment that I was raised with through gymnastics. My coach was extra harsh, like, ‘If you quit, you’re a quitter. You’re [going to] quit the rest of your life.’”
SUCCESS
Whether it is controlled by luck or privilege, many students strive for success, or at least their own version of success. “The definition of success depends on the person, but I think that you are successful when you are happy with yourself and you
are satisfied with what you have, but are able and willing to pursue your goals farther,” King said. To attain her own form of success, Salemme follows a process of setting and achieving her goals. “For me, it’s really important to set a reachable goal. I kind of learned the hard way [that] setting goals too high is not effective. Find something that you could do within the month or the week and just work until you can get there. Take any outside information or outside help that you can get,” Salemme said. “Once you reach your goal, have a mini celebration, and then use that goal as a stepping stone to set your next goal.”
CONCLUSION Because the future and what controls it remains a mystery, everyone has a different idea of what controls their future successes and failures. Despite differences in opinion, many Bull Dogs agree the path to success combines the influences of hard work, luck, privilege, probability and motivation. However also puts her future in her own hands. “When you’re successful when you’re young, sometimes you grow up thinking, ‘I’m good at everything, and I don’t need to work for that because I’m smart,’ but then you go and fail and learn that you need to work hard no matter who you are,” Wang said. “You can’t rely on things like fate and destiny to determine your future.”
“My dad is an engineer, so I’ve had a lot of help with math and being exposed to STEM fields, so that has greatly impacted what I have looked at in career options. If I had grown up with a parent who was not involved in any kind of engineering, I probably would’ve not looked at the same career opportunities or career choices in my future.”
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a run down of the shutdown
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What does the government shutdown mean for students? n Dec 22, Donald Trump officially shut down some of the national government. The shutdown went all the way through the new year, and has since become the longest shutdown in American history. With all of this talk about workers going without pay and waiting for hours in airports, should you as a student be worried about this shutdown affecting you? Indiana does not have as many
government workers as you may think. According to WalletHub, we rank 47th out of 51 states and districts in government workers. In Bartholomew County, only around 7,000 people work in government related fields. With almost 40,000 working employees in the county alone, only about 18 percent of the working population in Bartholomew County will be affected by the shutdown. You also don’t have to worry about the shutdown affecting life at school either. Public schools are funded by the state and local taxes. This means that very few schools
are reliant on government funding. However, if you did qualify for free or reduced lunches, they may not be free anymore if they are funded by a government sponsored program, like the National School Lunch Program. Students shouldn’t be worried about the shutdown. After all, it won’t affect most people. When workers are always at a constant fear of being fired, I don’t think it’s necessarily unfair for government employees to be at risk of not being paid once. Either way, this government shutdown will not affect most of the students who go to Columbus North. by jaxon mckay
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changing for the better Sticking to a goal is not easy, but it is worth it
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by lydia hammons few weeks ago, I was clicking through my SnapChat stories and one particular post stood out to me. One of my
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friends had uploaded a video about resolutions for 2019. I watched his video and one quote stood out to me, “time waits for nobody.” I thought about it for a few days and decided to make four resolutions. I would workout four times a week, eat healthy and drink substantial amounts of water, stay organized and read more scripture from my bible independently. These four tasks are personally a challenge for me, especially since I work at FFY during the week and attend multiple church-related events during the weekend. I believe that if your resolutions for the new year aren’t a stretch, then you aren’t working hard enough. This semester, I am taking “All About Now” with Mrs. Warble. One of our first assignments is to pick a word of the year. This word should reflect what we want to accomplish or become. I chose the word productive because I want to check some important goals off my list this year. In addition to living a better life in general, I want to prepare myself for college. I want to have a routine and healthy lifestyle set in place before I leave. I think it’s very motivating to have a word to repeat to yourself over and over again so that you remember what you want to accomplish. It can become very challenging to continue and stick with your goals and resolutions but the lesson is to overcome and persevere. During rough days, sticking with your plan is essential to your journey. I encourage everyone to choose a word of the year and work on pursuing that word and what it means to you. Finding a bible verse or quote to go along with it also helps me to stick with my goal. Sticking with your goal for a whole year, or even six months, can really help boost your selfconfidence and self-esteem.
getting productive With the school year picking back up, finding the time to stay ahead of everything is important
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ith the first month of 2019 completed and finished, how successful were you keeping the new year tidy and neat? Maybe a New Year’s resolution was to be more productive with your time and get on top of your day to day tasks. On the Triangle, a common definition of “productivity” is”getting things done” and “using your time wisely to turn things in on time or to get ahead of some work”. Another standout definition was “keeping yourself busy so your life is less stressful”. According to a piece from inc.com by Sujan Patel, a few tips to make yourself more productive are
to triage your projects, find the peak moments of your day, and boost your health with a couple minutes of exercise. Become more familiar with how you use your time during the day. Maybe waking up early isn’t hard for you, and you can get your day started with 15 minutes worth of exercise. An abcnews. com study stated that simply 15 minutes of physical exertion will boost your heart health and get the blood flowing through your body more efficiently. Or maybe on the weekends, when you have a little more time during the day, you can dedicate a few quick minutes to tidying up your room. You might find that during the school week, clothes tend to pile up on a chair or there is makeup stains on the dresser from rushed mornings.
Just a couple minutes of wiping down your surfaces and hanging clothes up will make you feel more productive and more in charge of your life. Of course, finding time in today’s world has proved to be quite the task. Everyone complains about how busy there are and how they never have the time to get to everything on their to-do lists. This is why using the free time that you do have is crucial. For example, using a snow day to get ahead on house chores or homework is an excellent way to take advantage of your time. 57 percent of the Triangle staff uses their snow day to clean or get ahead in schoolwork. You’ll find that having a few productive hours will boost your motivation and mood.
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indiana winter EDITORIAL
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basketball game interferes with athletes and formal
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by cheyenne peters design by katie long
Men’s Basketball team have a game away from home the same night as winter formal. Some players plan on attending both
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s the lights are flashing and the music is blaring students dance and hang out with friends. For some student athletes, formal is not an event they will be attending this year. Men’s Basketball team has a game at Whiteland. As for sophomore Blake Barker he is going but he is arriving almost two hours late. “My date is kind of bummed on the fact that we will be late, but she was willing to be a little late to still be able to go with me,” Barker said. The game starts at 7:30,so making it to the dance at a reasonable time may seem harder for the players. “Right after the game we are going to
be able to go home with our parents so we don’t have to wait on the bus. We will shower, get dressed and take some photos and then go straight to formal,” Barker said. Since only some of the players chose not to go to the game they have to ride back to the school on the bus, but the players that are going do not have to wait for the game to be over. “I’m not sure if all the players have to wait for all the games to be over,” Barker said. While team commitments may disrupt time for other engagements, Barker realizes what he was signing
himself up for. “I think being an athlete does affect everything you do in life, it takes a ton of your time but when you commit to playing a sport you have to know that is a part of it.”
a student’s formal schedule
4:00 p.m. Get ready
Students have a good time on the dance floor during Winter Formal Saturday, Jan. 26.
a basketball player’s formal schedule
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Pictures
7:30 p.m. Basketball game
9:15 p.m. Game over
10:00 p.m. Arrive at Formal
8:30 p.m. Formal
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senior send-off
Senior Nadia Lomax hugs fellow senior Brooke Rice before the game begins Friday, Jan. 18.
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On Senior Night, the women’s basketball team celebrated their solo senior player
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he women’s basketball team had a state presence as recently as 2016, and earned a state championship just four years ago. Although they have a championship under their belt and a well-established program, this year the team has been relatively young. Sophomore Emily Herndon shared details about the team’s status. “We only have one senior this year,” Herndon said. “We have less of a base team; it’s more just younger players having to bring themselves up to [the seniors’] level.” Nadia Lomax is the team’s lone senior player. In addition to Lomax, there are two senior managers, Peyton Fleetwood and Brooke Rice. “Primarily I just do stats for all of the games,” Fleetwood said. Despite the small number of seniors, leadership on the team is still strong. “It’s a lot easier for us to communicate instead of having a ton of [seniors], and all three of us are friends, so it’s easy for us to get stuff done,”
Fleetwood said. While the managers may not play in the actual games, their bond with the other team members is just as strong. “I still wanted to be a part of the team because I’ve known [the players] for so long and they’re still some of my best friends,” Fleetwood said. Because the lack of older players has created somewhat of a gap, younger players now have the opportunity to fill their empty spots. “Since there are fewer seniors we’re going to try and bring up more newcomers to take their spots, so they’ll know what they’re doing earlier,” Herndon said. Presumably, in future years the class distribution for the team will return to normal, especially for the upcoming season. “We’re going to have a lot of [seniors],” Herndon said. “I feel like they’re going to know what they’re doing and they’re going to be able to make our team better.” by nela riddle design kurt nusterer
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Freshman Rishi Rao describes his experience in taekwondo
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reshman Rishi Rao, got into Taekwondo at age 12 and has continued to practice. Last year at Nationals, Rao got third place in the kicking based sport and is continuing to learn more about the sport. “I wanted to join martial arts and I heard about a school in town, Total Taekwondo and I joined,” Rao said. Taekwondo literally means “the way of the foot and fist”. It is derived from the Korean words “Tae” meaning foot, “Kwon” meaning fist, and “Do” meaning way of. “You have to know, one, your
forms which is a set of moves that you practice and then you have to know how to do different kicks and they get more advanced for each belt. You have to break a board at each of your tests with a more advanced kick every time,” Rao said. As Rao practices at his school, he begins the journey of advancing to another belt. “Different schools use different belt systems,” Rao said. “ You start with a white belt and then there’s a yellow belt and then you’ll have a yellow with a green tip, green belt with a blue tip, blue belt, and then blue with a brown tip, brown belt, brown belt with a red tip, red belt, red belt with a black tip, then a red and black belt,
and then a black belt.” Like many sports, Taekwondo involves concentration and skill. “I practice as much as I can. Each class is an hour long, so you can show up to as many as you want per week,” Rao said. “So when I’m first learning what I need to to test I’d show up like three or four days a week and for sparing, like for Nationals, we’d have practices that are one and a half hours for three days and for Nationals we used to train in the morning over the summer get up at seven and go to Mill Race and then practice there for like two hours of conditioning and different stuff.”
2 months (36 hours) 2 months (36 hours) 2 months (36 hours) 6 months (108 hours) 6 months (108 hours) 6 months (108 hours) 2 years (17520 hours) Each belt indicates the skill level of the student and the time requirement of the skill.
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photo by suzanne ward
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capturing culture by caitlin ward design by christina westbrook
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hen walking into the Commons on Jan. 18, the scene of students sword fighting, dancing and speaking in different languages meant that the 2019 Culture Fair was underway. With a variety of countries represented, student attendees were able to experience new parts of the world. Students spent hours working on projects in and outside of school to prepare for the presentations they will be making to those who attend the fair. Junior Nicholas Schiavello represented his Spanish class at the fair. The project comes with a few requirements, including what the student has to have on their table at the fair.
Students participate in the Culture Fair activities. photos by jalynn perry
Students in advanced language classes participated in this year’s culture fair
“[My presentation was] telling people about the culture of Buenos Aires and Argentina. You get a table to set up at, and we [had] a poster with our information,” Schiavello said. “We [had] to include an interactive activity along with the presentation. Ours [was] a matching game where you match words with pictures about their culture.” Other groups, inluding senior Anthony Watson’s group, decided to take a step further with their presentations. “The costume that I was in earlier was due to the group leader, Grant Jackson, also known as Bajorn,” Watson said. “I was dressed up as a teutonic monk during the 14, 15 and 1600s.” While costumes were not required for the project, Watson said there was meaning behind his outfit choice. “The reason why [I wore it] was because Germans were first not a country at first, at all. They were
an order, the teutonic knights, that then further went into known as the Prussian state, then Prussian army and then as the first German reich,” Watson said. Sophomores Nathaly Munnicha and Maxine Lin both participated in the fair by painting pandas on student’s faces and hands to represent Chinese culture. “We thought of something kind of fun because we knew a lot of younger kids would come, so we thought something interactive would be fun,” Munnicha said. According to Lin, most of the paintings were done on kids’ hands, however, one participant wanted their entire face painted. Munnicha said it was one of her favorite parts of the fair. “We actually got to paint someone’s entire face to look like a panda, and it was really fun,” Munnicha said.
Sophomore Alana Cook poses next to her booth during the Culture Fair.
“Looking at other people’s events and different types of activities was really unique It was fun to be learning new things, and trying out new activities.” “Maxine did the eyes, and I did the white parts around her face and ears.” However, the fun didn’t just stop at Teutonic monks and face paint. A group of students with senior Denzell Thomas also put together a project, which they named ‘The Butler Cafe’. “We were just sitting at our table looking at all the lists, and I was just like, ‘let’s do a maid cafe,’” Thomas said. “It just sort of clicked when I said it. Of course we weren’t going to dress up as maids, and I was just joking around, so we switched it around and did a butler cafe.” Sophomore Yadiel Reyes, another participant of ‘The Butler Cafe’, said his favorite part wasn’t the project itself. “[My] favorite part would probably just be being able to talk to all of the customers that come in, you can joke around with them. It’s really enjoyable,” Reyes said. “We had a lot of people come by our booth and had a lot of conversations. A lot of crazy stuff [was] happening, so it’s just fun.” While some projects were optional, many classes were required to take part in the Culture Fair. “We were forced to do it against our will, by a teacher named Frau Shaw,” Watson said. “Every person, every man, child and woman was forced to do it.” Although the culture fair may have been a requirement for some classes, junior Vishwadeep Lella said he enjoyed the experience and took away things he could use in his classes moving forward. “It was more of a requirement in our Japanese class, but, overall, it was a fun thing to do,” Lella said. “Looking at other people’s events and different types of activities was really unique. It was fun to be learning new things and trying out new activities.”
Languages represented at the fair: French Japanese Spanish Chinese German
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scout’s honor
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are converging
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here are a variety of reasons as to why young children join Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. Whether it’s a family tradition or to meet new people, Scouts is a great way for young boys and girls to learn leadership skills. However, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have very distinct experiences and learn an entirely separate set of skills. “We learn techniques to teach others and lead others in various activities while also learning about camping and outdoors,” sophomore Aidan Smith said. While the boys go out and camp, the girls do more activities which help them discover their passions in an all-girl setting. Sophomore Meghan Stohr agrees that the girls undertake fewer outdoor based activities compared to the boys. “Girl Scouts is more art-based, while Boy Scouts is more outdoor-based,” Stohr said. Agreeing with Stohr, senior Sam
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Sedziol said, “Boy scouts is much more focused towards practical skills as I have experienced. I can say my perspective of Girl Scouts is much more art based and doesn’t teach as many practical skills.” According to Maya Salem from the New York Times, ‘Boy Scouts Will Drop the ‘Boy’ in Its Namesake Program, as It Welcomes Girls Next Year’, due to the controversy that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are sexist because of the activities that each organization includes, “the Boy Scouts of America, in its continued effort to appeal to girls, announced on Wednesday that it would drop the ‘boy’ from its namesake program [this] February.” Along with being allowed to join Boy Scouts, older girls ages 11 to 17, will be allowed to become an Eagle Scout. “The century-old orgnization also said that it would start welcoming older girls, opening a door for them to earn the organization’s highest rank of Eagle Scout.”
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causes
Some experts think that the symptoms are caused by damage to the structure of the brain from the impact of the concussion. Others believe that they are associated with psychological factors, as the most common symptoms such as headache, dizziness and sleep problems are extremely similar to those of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
post impact
Post concussion syndrome occurs when the brain struggles to heal from a concussion. by emma cooper
symptoms of post concussion
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how to help
“People with PCS often report feeling isolated by their illness...Many patients often wish they had a more visible injury requiring crutches or a cast so that they would receive more respect.� Friends of someone with post-concussion syndrome can help by understanding that they may not be able to handle large crowds or loud noises at a party. However, people experiencing post concussion syndrome likely still want to spend time with friends, so a movie night at home or staying up late talking during a sleepover may be better options. sources: concussionfoundation.org and www.mayoclinic.org