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T The C4 fair was Jan. 25. “I’m in Biomedical Innovation,” senior Mark Salle-Tabor said. “I helped with the poster board and talked to eighth graders that came by our booth. The fair was fantastic. Tons of eighth-grade students got to see what amazing classes C4 has to offer.”
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Reigning the Rink
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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Maddie Gaskill Maddie Marks Shelby Tays
EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL BOARD Cole Bennett Rylie Day Karol Espinoza Emily Nelson Ruthie Yezerets Tazwell Long
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Kate Bennett Katie Castaneda Marissa Caudill Emma Cooper Caitlin Davey Maggie Davis Kaylee Eckelman Logan Foote Dayana Franco Cailyn Goebel Lydia Hammons Zoey Horn Shreya Hurli Hannah Long Katie McAninch Tessa McKenney Brooklynn Moore Elijah Peters Coral Roberts Akshaya Sabapathy Kat Steilberg Kate Thomas Yahilin Vera Emily Vo Suzanne Ward
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DRAMATIC DELAYS With the new superintendent settling into his position, new stances have also been developed for the determining of delays and cancellations within BCSC.
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inter season has rolled into Columbus, and with a new superintendent comes a new outlook on predicted delays and closures. Mixed views on this new outlook has caused confusion when it comes to delays because of winter weather. “Change in practice… I wasn’t here before, so I don’t know the process in which that decision making process went, or even when the decisions were made what the temperatures were like. Buses and schools are the first things we key in on, and if they are running as well as they can,” Superintendent Dr. Jim Roberts said. Roberts has experienced pressure to delay schools because of the cold
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weather. “Whether it’s because the weather people indicate that it’s dangerously cold when they’re talking about temperatures or otherwise, it’s just that thought that ‘it’s too cold to go to school,’” he said. “Our feeling is that that’s going to be a rare situation.” Two-hour delays can cause more problems than solutions. When it comes to finding a way for parents to get their children to school, delays can become an obstacle. “If we have a delay, is a two-hour delay going to increase the safety situation or increase our ability to go to school?” Roberts said. “So from a cold weather standpoint, comparing 9 a.m. to 7 a.m., the temperature difference,
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or wind chill factored in, is not very different between 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and often times, the temperature will actually drop a little bit between those two hours.” Roberts believes that unless the temperatures are at dangerous levels then he and his team shouldn’t call for a delay. “Cold weather for a delay standpoint, for me, and working with my team, is not normally going to be a reason we’re going to put forth a delay. If it was so cold that it’s dangerously cold, I think we’d have to argue that maybe it’s too cold to go to school period.” The condition of the roads is also taken into consideration because of how many students drive or are driven to school. “With the roads, we
are evaluating from ice to sleet to snow, which might be dangerous for us. Bartholomew County is a pretty big county. What might be happening on the north side may be different from what’s happening on the south side.”
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NEWS
TRAIN TROUBLE
The city will be introducing a new railroad track that will cause more trains to enter into Columbus at a faster rate, which can influence student’s commute around town.
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olumbus is expecting a change by 2018. understanding, based on discussions we have had The city will be introducing a new railroad with the Indiana Department of transportation we are track that will cause more trains to enter fairly confident we can get the overpass built,” he said. into Columbus at a faster rate. The trains “If that’s all we get done, the overpass will cover state are expected to increase in length, weight, height Road 11 and the railroad where it is. If we can just and the amount of trains that come through daily. find another $94 million, then we would have enough “We have picked two alternatives. We would like for money to move the railroad west and complete the both of them to move forward,” Mayor Jim Lienhoop preference with respect to the railroad. said. ”The issue you get into is at some point you “We want to combine these into one project, but have to be a little realistic and ask yourself what the we made them into separate projects so it will be likelihood is that you can accomplish what you set out easier for the Department of Transportation to at to accomplish. least approve the overpass. If that is all we can get, “There are two things that need to happen. One and that’s all we can find money for, then we will live is the railroad itself needs to move west, and we with that.” haven’t picked a particular spot. We have to work As of now the Indiana Department of with the railroad. They need to agree with everything Transportation is working on the rails of the railroad, we might do.” putting in new and heavier rails to carry the weight of CSX Railroad is investing $100 million to improve the train. While planning for the new overpasses, the the railroad between Louisville and Indianapolis. The City of Columbus is expecting for the construction to Mayor Jim Lienhoop improvement is to allow bigger and faster trains to start in 2021 or even 2022. PHOTO FOR THE TRIANGLE come through at a higher speed. The plan is to have “It would probably take a year,” Lienhoop said. the trains come through Columbus at 20 mph. “The issue you get into, is permitting all that ground “One alternative would be to move the railroad around state Road 11 and 46. They are flood west of town, maybe a quarter mile or something grounds, so you have multiple government agencies like that, and build an overpass over Jonathan Moore Pike that would having a say in what to do; Department of Natural Resources and go over the railroad,” Lienhoop said. “We understand that even if we do Indiana Department of Environmental Management. We know that there that we are still left with the intersection at state Road 11 and 46 that will be a fair amount of time required to work through the permitting. performs poorly on a good day. We also understand there is a need What we don’t know is what they may add to the project.” to build overpasses right there, so we really have two projects that we The City of Columbus is also planning to fix the bridge over Flat Rock have pushed.” River to allow the heavier trains through, with work starting in 2018. Planners are expecting more than 20 trains to come through each day, Since there will be more trains coming through Columbus in the next so the city is planning to come up with quiet zones where trains cannot few years, the rail traffic is expected to rise 200 percent. blow their whistle. “We expect to see a increase in train traffic in 2018. This year, 2017, “If we are unable to move the trains out of town, then they will still come the railroad is working to fix the rail, and they expect that to take a year. through town and they will come through at night,” he said. “We have I think we are going to have a few years where it is going to be a little been told to expect up to 22 trains per day, meaning there will be one an difficult with the traffic. We have talked to different other agencies about hour. To get the quiet zone, it requires us to upgrade the signaling for the alternative routes, because of the rivers and floodplains there are not a trains and to make some changes to the railroad crossings.” lot of alternative routes,” he said. Moving the railroad would cost almost $100 million. Officials predict that 63,300 cars will be impacted as well as 362 school “The cost we have identified for the overpass project is around $27 buses and eight police emergency runs. million, and the cost to move the railroad is closer to $94 million. Our
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Information about the train tracks from 2016 and plans for the future in 2018.
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ome members of the bowling club have bowled since they were young. However, students with little to no bowling skills are still able to join. There is a youth league at the bowling alley, where students are given the opportunity to start bowling at a young age, preparing them for the high school team. Coach Sonya Harrison, puts information about the bowling club on the school announcements. “Anyone can join, it’s just a club, like I said, but we do have competitive events,” Harrison said. The club meets once or twice a week at the Columbus bowling alley on State Street. Harrison gives the members multiple opportunities to practice throughout the week. “We practice once a week, not to mention we have extra practices on Saturdays when we don’t have tournaments,” she said. The bowling team competes against other high schools throughout the state. Members travel to Bloomington, Madison, Scottsburg and Versailles for bowling tournaments. “As of right now the JV team ended their season as the South-Central Indiana Conference Champions,” she said. Harrison has been secretary and coach of the club for three years. “As a coach, I help redirect and keep positive attitudes,” she said. “For the secretary position, I make sure that we get our bowling fees and practices paid
Coach Sonya Harrison and teammate Jordan Bowman share information and stories about the bowling club.
for so we can pay for tournaments that we go to.” Junior Jordan Bowman has been on the bowling team for three years and has made strong friendships along the way. “Just have fun, don’t look at the scores and laugh. It doesn’t matter if you’re good. If you want to do it, go for it,” Bowman said. “The team will not judge people on how they bowl and what they get on the lanes.” Bowman has been bowling since she was four years old. “My grandma encouraged us to start bowling to spend time with our family,” she said. “As we grew older, things got more competitive.” Next year Bowman plans to revolve her senior project around bowling for suicide awareness. She is having a bowling competition that will raise money for the Suicide Prevention program. “I plan on doing a bowling tournament with five people per team,” she said. “I think we’ve calculated it to be $125 per team. Bowling has a lot to do with my life, but I’ve also had two of my close friends commit suicide so it has had a big impact.” Bowman, along with most of her other teammates, have been bowling for most of their lives. It is a significant part of who they are, and the bowling club gives them chances to bowl competitively against other teams.
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“X” means that all 10 pins were knocked down and is referred to as a “strike.”
“/” means no pins are left standing after the second frame of ball and is referred to as a “spare.”
“--” means that no pins were knocked down and is referred to as a “miss.”
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SPORTS
REIGNING THE RINK
Columbus Icemen elaborate on their experiences of being a part of the hockey team.
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ophomore Collin Klopfenstein has been playing hockey in Columbus for 11 years. However, this is Klopfenstein’s first year playing for the Columbus Icemen. “I’ve been playing in Columbus since kindergarten with the exception of last year when I played for the South Stars in Greenwood,” Klopfenstein said. “I play right wing.” Klopfenstein decided to make the transition from the Greenwood team and join the Icemen for multiple reasons. “I decided to join the Icemen because I like playing hockey competitively,” he said. “I also think it’s cool to play a sport that not many people play.” While being on the team, Klopfenstein has been able to form many new friendships with his teammates. “My favorite part of being on the team would have to be the environment,” he said. “Every person on the team is nice and we encourage each other to work hard.” Along with these formed friendships between teammates comes team bonding memories. “We practice three times a week,” Klopfenstein said. “We usually have between one and four games each weekend, but we don’t have games during the week. My favorite memory is when we did our annual lock-in at the rink and we stayed up until 3 a.m. playing hockey.” Hockey activities occur anywhere between four to six days a week. “You are expected to show up to every practice and game,” he said. Many expenses accompany hockey, Klopfenstein explained. “Hockey costs a lot of money. If you don’t have gear you need to buy a full set to be able to play,” he said. Sophomore Jacob Elliott has been playing hockey for eight years and plays for the Icemen along with Klopfenstein. “I play defense,” Elliott said. Elliott is the only one in his family to have played for the Icemen. He does, however, look up to professional hockey player Jaromir Jagr. “I look up to Jaromir Jagr because he knows exactly what to do, and even though he is pretty old to still be playing, he still dominates,” Elliot said. Elliott plans to play for the Icemen throughout the rest of high school. “My personal goal, is getting faster and stronger, but mainly to do everything I can to help my team win state,” he said. The Icemen have its sights set on winning state to end the season. “(The season) has been pretty good. We are right where we wanted to be at this point in the season,” Elliott said. “We are in the position to compete for 3A state, but we want to be 4A. Our biggest competitor is Culver.” The Icemen’s last home game was this past Friday, Feb. 3. The end of the year tournaments are to follow to finish the 2016-17 season.
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OFFSEASON
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As winter sports come to a close soon and spring athletes start gearing up for their seasons, students discuss how they condition during the off-season.
SIDNEY ROESE
Winter, the season where everyone stays indoors and relaxes. For some athletes like junior volleyball player Sidney Roese, winter isn’t a time for enjoyment. It is a time for preparation. “Offseason definitely impacts my life because that means I’m in Indy two to three times a week for practices,” Roese said. “I have to sacrifice weekends for tournaments as well. I have to adjust to that for school and have to give up some fun social events.” In addition to impacting social lives, playing a sport in the offseason forces athletes to adjust to different environments and people. “Offseason is different because you are playing with a completely different set of girls,” she said. “You have to adjust to a new set of teammates whereas for school you can almost predict what you teammate might do.” Coaches and teachers preach that school comes before extracurriculars. That saying is applicable to many situations, and is applicable to this. Athletes who participate in offseason training prefer to give more attention to their school team. “Honestly, I give more importance to my school season,” Roese said. “Club is a great place to learn, and the coaches “It feels no different than playing a school sport,” junior are usually pretty relaxed, and you can skip practices if you need Drew Falkner said. to. School is a little more strict so all your time goes to it.” Playing an offseason sport, helps athletes improve their Preparation and commitment help boost athletic skills. Even though he isn’t a varsity runner, Falkner uses the performances in the future. cross country’s Winter Warriors program to help him improve “Offseason helps a lot,” she said. “At club, it’s very nice to get as runner so that he will have a chance to run varsity next different coaching from someone new. Being on that court season. that often helps stay familiar with the ball and improve “I run in the offseason to stay in shape and improve on my yourself. During offseason with my team, we work in the skills,” he said. gym but to do a lot of conditioning to make us stronger Playing in offseason has many benefits, such as improving in a and more athletic.” sport, but it also has a downside. Experience improves players and helps them enhance their abilities. In addition to taking time away from hanging out with friends, and “I play on the offseason to become better. I would slowing down one’s social life, it also takes away time from studying not improve if I didn’t have club and if I didn’t train and school work. with my team,” she said. “The more time playing and The life of a dedicated student athlete isn’t easy, but athletes adapt to training the better I’ll be.” the situation, and learn to manage time and improve in their sport. Now in her third season playing for South Indy “Running in the off season takes up time I could use for work and school Volleyball Club, Roese wants to turn her practice work,” Falkner said. into perfection, and help her team.
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SEARCHING FOR THE
TRUTH The heat of the 2016 election and the rush to cover Trump’s first 100 days has left the media in a blind fury. See how the outlook on fake news and social media trends has changed the views of the population over the last few months along with how bigger corporations respond to adware spam and unconfirmed sources. Additionally, view the change that some social studies teachers have brought to their curriculum in response to recent issues concerning the use of “alternative facts” in government matters. Students have also spoken on why they believe media is manipulated and how it affects them.
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Truth can begin to become arbitrary. In 2016, after the second investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails began, a man named Edgar Welch changed the nation’s view on media outlets. According to The Washington Post, Welch traveled from North Carolina to DC on what he believed to be a heroic mission to save children held as sex slaves by Clinton in a pizzeria by the name of Comet Ping Pong. He
INDEPTH searched the building with his loaded rifle, except “It makes it hard for you to find info and know that he found nothing, no child captives or incriminating it is trustworthy nowadays,” he said. evidence to use against Clinton. Mr. Marsh suggested that the BBC is a good place Welch had been mislead by fake Twitter accounts to consume political news, as they have nothing to claiming that Clinton had been the leader of a pedogain from siding with either political party in the U.S. philia ring located in DC. Over the weeks following He also said that BBC is funded through the govthe Wikileaks email release, Twitter bots brought othernment, so they cannot be paid by page view or by erwise meaningless news about John Podesta occastory popularity. sionally dining at the Ping Pong to the trending side “They’re not a part of us,” he said. “They have nothof the internet. With the hashtag #pizzagate exploding to gain from manipulating the populace.” ing, there was now a bandwagon that the Twitter In a survey done by the Pew Research Center, 64 community could choose to hop on. percent of Americans said they are greatly confused In light of these events and recent controversy about basic information due to the surge of fake regarding the use of the term “alternative facts” news. Though, about 39 percent said they are capaby President Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne ble of correctly identifying fake news stories. Conway, AP Government teacher Mr. Dan Marsh put Additionally, 23 percent said they have a little more emphasis on his unit shared a fake news story before, about news media. with 14 percent saying they did “This is one of the biggest things I so knowingly and on purpose. “We’ve gone away from stress in the AP Government class Also, confidence to avoid conquestioning what we see when we get to a unit on media is fusion increased along with the and believing what we see that in this country, our media is age group of the surveyed popdriven by the dollar sign,” Mr. Marsh as long as it meets our ulation, with middle-aged and said. “If you want to get an accurate elderly participants feeling less preconceived notion.” take on issues, check out someconfused about news sources thing that is not funded through TEACHER DAN MARSH overall. commercial advertising or viewer In response to confusion and count.” corruption in media outlets, Mr. Marsh phrased his unit on larger internet companies have media a bit differently this year, reminding his stubegun to filter ads and shared content accordingly. dents that only facts are accepted as answers and According to Business Insider, Google has recentnot “alternative facts.” He believes that social media ly removed over 200 active users on its Adsense has not only played a key role in influencing this software that were supplying malicious or misleading election but is also to blame for the surge in unconadvertisements. firmed sources in news stories. Additionally, The Los Angeles Times reported that “It’s very easy to get on there, put things out, make Facebook has began to hire third-party companies to an argument, and when people see something they fact check stories shared on its website and has bethink ‘Oh that must be real. It has to be real.’ So they gan to implement automated fact checking systems. share it. Instead of fact checking something before As the media cools off from the 2016 elections we share, we just see it, then repost it,” he said. “It’s and shifts its focus to Trump’s presidency, more and very easy for this kind of news to spread like wildfire.” more social media websites have begun to locate In a survey distributed to see how students felt and combat fake news. Life threatening events such about the news these days, a majority agreed with as “pizzagate” and Conway’s “alternative facts” have the statement that news is consistently faked and also turned the nation’s eye to the media. Over the biased to purposefully shift the views of the popnext decade, the world may shift into a new era of ulation. One of these students is sophomore Ben news content production, different from the livesLarson, who believes that media content creators tream feed of information today. are biased to their own opinions. 13
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Report: Obama to Free Gitmo Detainees Who Have Vowed to Behead Americans
President Barack Obama plans to transfer out at least 22 of the 59 detainees who remain at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by the time he leaves the White House, a move that will liberate jihadists who have threatened to behead and bomb Americans, the Daily Mail has learned. False story from endingthefed.com
49%
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Report: Trump wrote inauguration speech himself President-elect Donald Trump has written his inauguration address draft himself, two senior Trump transition officials told CNN Tuesday. Last month, Trump told guests at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, as well as presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, that he planned to write the speech himself. Accurate story from bbc.com 14
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Kanye West was not asked to play ‘traditional’ Donald Trump inauguration
Kanye West was not asked to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration, which will be a “traditionally American” event, the chief organizer has said. There has been speculation since the star told a concert he would have voted for Mr Trump - if he had voted - and then turned up at Trump Tower. Accurate story from cnn.com
58%
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Report: WikiLeaks CONFIRMS Hillary Sold Weapons to ISIS… Then Drops Another BOMBSHELL! Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is a controversial character. But there’s no denying the emails he has picked up from inside the Democrat Party are real, and he’s willing to expose Hillary Clinton. Now, he’s announcing that Hillary Clinton and her State Department were actively arming Islamic jihadists, which includes the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. False story from thepoliticalinsider.com
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STUDENT’S MOST USED
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OPINION
GETTING THE
FACTS
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kay, so let’s say theoretically that Mr. Clark got on the announcements and started lying. You knew these lies weren’t true and would negatively affect your best friend of five years. So not only can we not believe anything he is saying, but he is also hurting the people closest to you. This eventually would turn into chaos and students would fight back. This is our government. We are letting politicians and leaders lie to us. NPR reported that on Jan. 29, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated numerous falsehoods about President Donald Trump’s inauguration crowd size. These statements were given after he criticized the media for comparing two pictures, one of President Barack Obama’s inauguration and the other of Trump’s, saying the photos were inaccurate and taken at different times. Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and defended Spicer and in the meantime coined the phrase “alternative facts.” I know this seems boring, and you are wondering why this should matter to you. These are just typical politicians saying stupid things in a spur of a moment, making it easy to assume this does it not effect us. But it’s important to realize that it does matter, and we are the only ones who can change it. We all laughed about “alternative facts” because it sounds ridiculous. There is no such thing. But why do we let the people running our country get away with it? And this isn’t about left or right. Both are guilty of distributing false facts to sway readers. What we must realize is that not every media site is trustworthy. However, not every media site is the bad guy either. In the 2004 handbook, “Ethical Journalism,” published by The New York Times, the newspaper outlines the values and practices used by news and editorial departments required of their employees so that they remain credible. The first few pages state, “The goal of The New York Times is to cover the news as
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The phrase “alternative facts” was first introduced during an NBC interview Jan. 22 by Kellyanne Conway. See how little steps to stop the spread of falsehoods and fake news can make a difference for the future.
impartially as possible — ‘without fear or favor,’ in the words of Adolph Ochs, our patriarch — and to treat readers, news sources, advertisers and others fairly and openly, and to be seen to be doing so.” The Times doesn’t want to sway its readers. It wants to give the facts. That’s why the publication has a 57-page handbook and several sections on a separate website stating how to remain credible. It’s just not fair to blame all the media for fake news because big newspapers and media sites aren’t the problem, regardless of what politicians may say. It’s the other “news” that claims to be legit from “reputable sites.” But we can stop them by simply avoiding one share at a time. We all have social media at the edge of our fingertips, which makes sharing, tweeting, posting and hashtags all that more accessible. Since it’s so simple as clicking a button, this can be the first step to change things. Recognize those posts that circulate that are meant to sway opinions with false information. Instead of receiving and spreading falsehoods, we need to get the facts. According to On the Media, there are certain red flags to look for to catch fake news. Look out for all caps and “Photoshopped” pictures. If a bunch of ads and pop-ups appear, it is most likely clickbait. Fake sites sometimes add “.co” to trusted brands. If it doesn’t have any quotes, references or links, it’s not trusted. Always check the date, social media often resurrects outdated stories. These are just some of the ways to know if a story is reputable or not. Checking for all those things might be a hassle, but it’s definitely worth it. Not only making sure what you share or post is accurate, but also doing research on the topic or facts stated in the story can help us make educated decisions. The only way we can make a difference is holding everyone accountable and not accepting “alternative facts.”
FINDING THE
TRUTH Know the ways to identify and separate fact and fiction.
ASK Become informed. You will be more likely to spot the truth if you are well educated on all sides.
SATIRE Some articles can be made to be a piece of satire. Make sure to read and see if it is a reliable source.
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DATES Check the date of the article to make sure it is relevant to this time.
READ Read more than just the headline of the article. Make sure to read the entire piece throughly.
OPINION
BYE-BYE PUBLIC
SCHOOL? We might not love being here, but Betsy DeVos should let public school be. So many things have happened in the past month that it’s hard to actually figure out what I want to talk about. Finding something to really, actually rant about used to be as hard as ending a House M.D. marathon before 3 a.m. Not anymore! Every day there’s a new controversy. As soon as one potential disaster is semi-contained, the dam springs another leak. As a columnist, this is like finding a friendly leprechaun who’s taking me straight to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. As an American, this is terrifying. Out of the many crises in the past two weeks (it’s only been two weeks?), I think I’d like to have a go at the education one, this time around. In this case, the crisis appears to be a single person: Betsy DeVos. She’s the new Secretary of Education, and she’s never been within 50 feet of a public school in her life. In her Senate hearing, DeVos demonstrated her lack of knowledge of basic federal legislation such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, saying that it was up to the states to decide whether or not to enforce it. This is a federal law. States are required to comply with it. If they had a choice, hundreds of students might be denied educations simply because it is inconvenient to serve them. Running schools like businesses, where the only thing that matters is the cold evaluation, Profit = Revenue – Costs, is wrong. The reason a public school system was established in
the U.S. was to ensure every child received a good education, not so the weak could fall behind and die in some sort of perverted Darwinian fantasy. Once Senators set DeVos straight on the federal law, she backtracked, saying she was in fact confused about which laws were which. This doesn’t make it better. Having a clueless Secretary of Education is as dangerous as having one that only thinks in dollars and cents. Putting someone in power who has no idea what she is doing leaves that person open to all influence. She can make the worst decisions simply because an influential lobbyist made suggestions and because she had little idea of the repercussions. I mean, it’s like having a lawyer perform brain surgery. There is no way that this could turn out well. DeVos is also for directing federal funds to private schools by providing vouchers to students so they don’t have to attend public schools. This will divert money from public schools and essentially starve them out of existence. There will no longer be a common, free resource for everyone to use regardless of their ideological or socio economic standpoint. School will become a financial burden on people who don’t qualify for vouchers, decreasing the incentive for students to stay in school. Additionally, without secular public schools, people will have to choose private schools, which often push
religious and political agendas. Students will have less access to unbiased sources of information. The quality of education in America will decline. As the quality of education in the U.S. goes downhill, our level of world influence will also decline. In a world where relevance is increasingly determined not by military strength, but instead by innovation, having misinformed and poorly educated students will only lead the country backward. If Americans aren’t coming up with world-changing ideas, some other country’s people will, and that country’s going to be the world leader. We’re on top now, but if the majority of us start believing that dinosaurs and humans coexisted, we’re not going to be there long. If you need another reason to care, this, unlike a lot of policy decisions, will directly affect your life. Whatever DeVos chooses to do might affect where you go to school for the next couple years, and what you’re taught. Senate has confirmed her, and she has power over your life now. All we can do now is push back against every ill-advised policy she comes up with. Stay alert, and get involved. School might suck, but it’s kinda worth it.
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OPINION 1. All the presidents on coins face to the left, whereas Lincoln faces to the right. 2. We all love Abe, but did you know that there are actually 11 different penny designs, and Abe himself wasn’t put on the penny until the 100th anniversary of his birth in 1909? 3. Every year the U.S. Mint produces more than 13 billion a year, 30 million a day and 1,040 a second. 4. Pennies only last about 25 years due to the amount of zinc in them. 5. Did you know that if you have a penny from the 1950s that hasn’t been in circulation it could be worth around $2,700? bankrate.com
CNHS Media surveyed students on what they do with their change.
43% use change *out of 65
65% save change *out of 52
The penny, everybody’s favorite copper coin, is hardly copper at all.
WORTH EVERY
PENNY
With some discussing discontinuing the penny, the Triangle takes a moment to reflect on the historic coin.
2.5% copper
97.5% zinc
150,000
There are billion pennies in circulation. Piled high, they would stretch 60% of the distance to the moon (232, 500 km). fareastfling.me
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BY CAITLIN DAVEY // DESIGN BY HANNAH LONG
OPINION
MANDELA
EFFECT The newest conspiracy theory is here and based on the former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela.
The Mandela Effect first came into the online conspiracy scene after the death of former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. He was said to have died in prison in the 1980s but was in fact released and became involved in politics. Mandela actually died in 2013. The “death” of Mandela was believed by millions because there have false memory of his funeral, which was supposedly televised. Paranormal enthusiast Fiona Broome named this alternate belief the “Mandela Effect” after she discovered she wasn’t alone in believing Mandela survived. Broome started mandelaeffect. com to discover others who believed that certain events in history happened differently than how it was said to have happened. Believers and followers of Broome and the effect say that they were taught in schools, church and through the media that these events happened in the “false” way. Today, people have been utilizing the Mandela Effect as a way to get a mass number of people to believe in something. Followers say that examples of the effect can be seen in some of the things that people have thought were correct for hundreds of years. One of the biggest examples of the effect comes from the movie “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The evil queen is known to have said “mirror, mirror on the wall” when in fact she says “magic mirror on the wall.” Another one the biggest examples of the Mandela Effect hap-
TEST THE EFFECT
PHOTO BY ANACLETO RAPPING, LOS ANGELES TIMES, MCT
pens with one of the most-popular children’s book series, “The Berenstein Bears.” Many people recall the series being spelled with an “e,” “Berenstein,” but the original spelling is with an “a,” “Berenstain.” The crazy thing about the whole Mandela Effect is that the more you read into the examples, the more you second guess yourself about what you really know. Avid supporters of the conspiracy refuse to believe anything is false even when they are shown photos and videos proving it to be incorrect. It goes to show that we can never be sure of what people put on the Internet for people to see and read.
Take the test below to see if you can be fooled by the mostfamous and argued examples of the Mandela Effect.
1. Is it Coke Zero or Coca-Cola Zero? A. Coke Zero B. Coca-Cola Zero
4. Is it “Luke, I am your father” or “No, I am your father” A. Luke, I am your father B. No, I am your father
7. Is it Froot Loops or Fruit Loops? A. Froot Loops B. Fruit Loops
2. Is it JCPenny or JCPenney? A. JCPenny B. JCPenney
5. Is it Looney Toons or Looney Tunes? A. Looney Toons B. Looney Tunes
8. Is it Oscar Meyer or Oscar Mayer? A. Oscar Meyer B. Oscar Mayer
3. Chick-fil-A or Chic-fil-A? A. Chick-fil-A B. Chic-fil-A SOURCES: MANDELAEFFECT.COM/ TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. B
6. Is it Kit Kat or Kit-Kat? A. Kit Kat B. Kit-Kat BY MADDIE GASKILL 19
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ECA is a business club that mainly focuses on the area of marketing. Students compete either as individuals or as teams of two in events that range from Accounting, Hotel and Lodging Management and Automotive Services Marketing. DECA originally stood for Distributive Education Clubs of America, but they have since taken off the abbreviation and due to its reputation they kept the name DECA. To be a part of DECA, students must be at least a sophomore. They have to submit a resume and transcript. There is currently a points system set up and the students who acquire the most points through GPA, resume and taking business classes can qualify to be a member. The club typically has 10 to 15 spots open up every school year. DECA is mainly put together for competition. The team has 14 students that will be participating at state in March. Mr. Andrew Dunn expects the team to do great.
DECA’s sponsor, Mr. Dunn, explained the club and what the students do to participate in DECA.
“I wanted to join this club because Ms. Daily said I should join it since I am in a lot of business classes and so I just wanted to join. So I joined with my friend Cami from last year. She was a senior and I was a junior so we did like a partner thing together. You have a lot of friends that you meet through the club and you get close with Mr. Dunn cause he’s really cool.”
SENIOR HANNAH WEAVER
AMERICAN MATH
CHALLENGE Students are preparing for the nationally-distributed and challenging math test set for Feb. 15.
“I could have done better than what I have. I just tried to get done with it instead of taking my time and reading through everything.”
JUNIOR JAKOB ALBERT
“When I first took it, usually it’s the first five questions that are easy and so I thought I was going to do good. Then the next five were kind of difficult. When you get half way then the questions are really difficult. It’s not even enough time to finish them all. That was one experience I’ve had with the test. I thought I was going to do really good because of the first few questions then they got really hard to the end.“
JUNIOR KAMRAN AHMAD BY KATE BENNETT // DESIGN BY KATIE MCANINCH AND CORAL ROBERTS
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STUDENT LIFE
SHOW ME THE MONEY
Going off to college can be a rite of passage for students making the transition from living with family to living with peers. Senior year then becomes full of preparation and many endings.
TOP TIPS Don’t Miss Deadlines
Keep track of important dates by tracking them in a planner.
Find Scholarships Early
When you’re trying to find scholarships, requesting information and application materials, as well as completing applications, takes time.
Ensure Your Eligibility
Before you begin the application process, read the eligibility requirements and confirm that you meet the requirements.
Get Organized
Have all your documents together in some type of folder. For example, a high school transcript, standardized test scores, a FAFSA & Family Financial.
Follow Instructions
Stick to the word limits and don’t give them any materials they don’t ask for.
Check Your Application Look through and reread your application to check spelling, grammar and to ensure information is accurate to the application you are filling out.
Save Everything
Having copies makes it easier to resend material that might have gotten lost in the mail.
Track Your Application
Whether you mail or submit the application online track the progress of the application to make sure it has been delivered correctly. www.campusexplorer.com
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ociologists are fascinated by the interactions between humans especially when they are studying what the effect of a person’s environment has on their future decision according to the Theory of Symbolic Interactionism. Whether it is family or friends, the people we surround ourselves with dictate many decisions that we will make. Senior Daniela Chaparro agrees. “My grandparents are one of my biggest influences,” Chaparro said. “Every time I’m making a decision about something that I might regret I think ‘What would my grandparents think of me?’” To Chaparro, there is something comforting and sweet about her grandparents that she left behind when she moved to Columbus from Mexico. “I call them whenever I have a huge problem or I need advice. I just always turn to them,” she said. “My parents are also great influences and role models to me, but my grandparents are always there to spoil me and make me feel better if I do something wrong. My grandparents are just very loving and it’s just different.” Chaparro knows how to accomplish her goals. “I’m very talkative. I’m very bubbly. I’m very outgoing. I’m a little loud. But, I’m also very passionate,” Chaparro said. “I know what I want and I like to know what steps I need to take in order to get there.” College has always been a goal for Chaparro, so when she decided to apply for the Lilly Scholarship on a whim, she wasn’t sure how it would go. “I moved here almost three years ago, and I knew I wanted to go to college and I knew I wanted to do the best that I could do. So, I just tried to focus on the most important things that I know are my future because I want to make my family proud,” she said. “Most importantly, I want to make my grandparents proud. Being successful to me has always meant making my grandparents proud.” In order to pay for college, some students apply for scholarships. One scholarship is the Lilly Endowment Scholarship. According to Lilly Endowment, this scholarship was designed to increase the level of education attainment in Indiana as well as raise awareness to the potential that Indiana’s community foundations have to improve the quality of life in Indiana. “I was in third period when someone asked me if I was going to the Lilly thing that is going on fourth period. So, I went to my fourth period teacher and asked him if I could go to the talk,” Chaparro said. “When I walked in, the room was full with a ton of smart people in my class. The lady who was there explained all about the scholarship and told us everything that we needed to do in order to apply. She said it would pay full tuition to any Indiana College and I was impressed.” According to Campus Explorer, there can be a lot of stressful nights when applying for scholarships. Applicants may worry about mistakes that they can’t find, about when they should submit their application or about how they can make their application stand out. Chaparro said she felt that way also. “When I found out about the scholarship, it was one to two weeks before it was due and they asked for so much information. They ask about your extracurriculars. They ask you to fill out a FAFSA. Along with that, they ask for 3 letters of recommendation,” she said. “I was afraid that all the work I did over that week wasn’t going to be worth it because it began to feel like a lot but, I talked to Mrs. Pfaffenberger and Ms. Chaplin and they told me that I should definitely give it a shot because there was nothing to lose and it all paid off in the end.”
STUDENT LIFE
SCHOLARSHIPS BY THE NUMBERS
$2.9 billion Amount of federal grant money that was left unclaimed by high school seniors eligible for Pell Grants.
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March 10
Columbus Educators Association Scholarship
March 15 $396,401,205 of Pell Grant money was not given to seniors because FAFSAs weren’t filed.
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Phi Beta Psi Sorority Medical Scholarship
April 1
Ivy Tech, Engineering Scholarship
May 1
Indiana Engineering Scholarship
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May 20
CBC Spouses Education Scholarship
13% of scholarships come from private sources such as colleges and universities.
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how many YEARS does it take to pay off STUDENT LOANS?
June 23 $46 billion of scholarships come from federal, state, and local governmental sources.
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STUDENT LIFE
THE MARCH TO D.C. The Sound of North traveled to Washington D.C. to perform at the inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017.
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pectators watched the inauguration parade as they conversed back and forth. Suddenly a hush descended over the crowd and the silence arose in song. The Sound of North diffused music through the air, representing not only the city of Columbus, but Columbus North. “Performing in this parade was really a proud moment, definitely one I won’t forget,” freshman Kaley Murray said. “The soldiers around the gates gave off positive energy and they even said things like ‘Go Hoosiers!,’ or ‘Go Columbus!’ It was very encouraging and I was so happy that I could be a part of it.” Looking back to November, when the marching band was first informed of their opportunity, there was a lot of preparation to do. “We learned about our invitation in November, which left little time for preparation,” freshman Niah Andis said. Within a matter of months the marching band would be performing in front of America. Practice was the key to perfecting their performance. When the marching band was told of their monumental performance to come, they were off season. Many felt as they were unprepared for such a big performance. But that didn’t take the reunion feeling out of the practices. “Returning to colorguard was nice! I forgot what it was like, and it made me think of old memories,” freshman Emily Beach said. Months of anticipation came and went, until it was almost time to leave. Then, the band got an unexpected change of plans. “The departure time change was
nerve-racking. We found out at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon that we would be leaving at 2:00 in the morning Wednesday,” freshman Delilah Perry said. We still performed our showcase for the community that night.” The Sound of North was invited to play at the Presidential Inaugural Committee in Washington D.C. at 3 p.m. that Wednesday. “I’m very glad we were given another chance to perform at the inauguration committee, rather than just the parade,” Perry said. When the marching band got to D.C., it was time to perform at the committee. “The inaugural committee was very cool, but few people got to actually perform,” Beach said. “We struggled because our tubas did not fit down the hallway at the committee.” As well as performing in the inaugural committee and the parade, the Sound of North got to do other things while on their trip. These things included going to the Smithsonian, going on a dinner cruise and visiting the Jefferson memorial. “This whole trip has been an honor,” Murray said. “It seemed very surreal, even when the parade actually started. The band marched in the Rose Bowl parade years ago, but this has topped it off. I’m just glad that I could be a part of the history of the nation, state and most of all, our community.”
“We did not march for Trump, we marched for our city, and most of all, our school.” SOPHOMORE KALEY MURRAY
“The inaugural commission was very cool, but few people got to actually perform.” FRESHMAN EMILY BEACH
“We learned about our invitation in November, which left little time for preparation.” FRESHMAN NIAH ANDIS
“Performing in the inauguration felt scary because we didn’t know who would be there, or who was watching.” FRESHMAN DELILAH PERRY 24
BY KAYLEE ECKELMAN // DESIGN BY KATIE MCANINCH AND CORAL ROBERTS
Mike Pence took lessons from Tom Pickett in his younger years. Mike and his daughter, Charlotte Pence, performed June 28, 2013 in “Jammin With the Stars”, a concert featuring several dozen of Tom Pickett’s former students.
Tom Pickett with Mike Pence and daughter, Charlotte Pence.
They performed a custom version of the John Denver song “Country Roads Take Me Home.”
They sang: “Almost heaven, Indiana. Guitar lessons by the Flatrock River. Take me home, country road, to Tom Pickett’s store, where I belong. Indiana, cornfield mama. Take me home, country road.“
“Mike, Thank you for being an inspiration to our students. We’re proud of you.” From, Tom Pickett and the students of Tom Pickett’s Music Center.
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STUDENT LIFE
FIGHTING THE
FIREWALL Students share what they think about VPN and how often they use it.
V
PN stands for Virtual Private Network and it enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network. Many students use VPN because they like that it helps them be able to use different sites that the school blocks. “I use VPN all the time, it benefits me because it lets me use Snapchat,” sophomore Morgan Keltz said. Many sites are blocked because BCSC wants to make sure that students aren’t distracted from learning. Some sites like YouTube can be distracting to students, but it is up to them to decide on if they want to learn or not. 65 percent of students said that they use VPN, so it is no surprise that they aren’t scared to use it. “I never feel like I’m going to get in trouble because everyone uses it, it’s not just me,” Keltz said. More and more students have began to use VPN because it saves them money by not using as much data. “I use the schools WiFi and VPN because I am always running low on data and VPN helps me save my data,” she said. VPN isn’t used by everyone though. “I never use VPN so I don’t really use it for anything. If I did use it though I don’t think I should get in trouble for it if I’m using it responsibly,” junior Jose Najera said.
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FACTS
CNHS Media surveyed students on Twitter about using VPN.
OUT OF 79 STUDENTS SURVEYED
65%
OF THE STUDENTS DO USE VPN
“I use VPN all the time. It benefits me because it lets me use Snapchat. I like that it lets me use certain sites that the school WiFi blocks.” SOPHOMORE MORGAN KELTZ 26
“I never use VPN so I don’t really use it for anything. If I did use it though I don’t think I should get in trouble for it, if I’m using it responsibly.” JUNIOR JOSE NAJERA
35% OF THE STUDENTS DO NOT USE VPN
BY HANNAH ABTS // DESIGN BY SUZANNE WARD
STUDENT LIFE
DANCIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY
Junior Diego Rincon and date East student Ava Andress attened the dance on Saturday. “I liked slow dancing with my girlfriend when they put on a slow song, even though there was only like one,” Rincon said. The dance is open to both North and East students, allowing them to go with students from the opposite school.
On Feb. 21, students attended the annual Winter Formal dance at Southside Elementary.
Seniors Jessica Caudill and Leyla Cuhadar posed for a photo while at the dance.
Junior Maria Sanchez Cisneros and sophomore Ben Dickerson shared a moment while on the dance floor.
Juniors Finn Anderson, Jackie Fry, Drew Thompson and sophomore Sam Russel smiled while grouping together to take a picture. “My favorite part about formal was getting to see all my classmates all dresses up,” Fry said.
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BY MADDIE GASKILL// PHOTOS BY SANJANA ADUR
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STUDENT LIFE SMOKING CAUSES MORE DEATHS EACH YEAR THAN THE FOLLOWING COMBINED
LIGHTING UP IS LIVING DOWN
Finland has a plan to become tobacco free by 2040, and throughout the years tobacco use has decreased a lot. North has zero tolerance for tobacco use on campus. Read up on smoking statistics and health effects.
15.8%
ILLEGAL DRUG USE
ALCOHOL USE
FIREARM RELATED INCIDENTS
MOTOR VEHICLE INJURIES
SCHOOL RULES INVOLVING TOBACCO USE
TOBACCO USE REMAINS THE SINGLE LARGEST PREVENTBLE CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US..
12.2%
15%
29.9% 30.2%
75.7% OF THE 15.1% SMOKE EVERY DAY
15.1% OF THE POPULATION
24.3% OF THE 15.1% SMOKE EVERY DAY
27%
STATES WITH THE LOWEST/ HIGHEST SMOKING RATE
U.S. POPULATION
LOWEST HIGHEST
ETHNICITY AND PREVALANCE OF SMOKERS
GENDER AND PREVALENCE OF SMOKERS
AMERICAN INDIAN/ ALASKA NATIVES ASIANS
16.6%
20.2%
10.1%
16.7%
7.0%
21.9%
MEN: 16.7%
WHITES
EDUCATION LEVEL AND PREVALENCE OF SMOKERS
LESS THAN HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
28
17%
WOMEN: 13.6%
17.7%
TOBACCO USE REMAINS THE SINGLE LARGEST PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH AND DISEASE IN THE U.S.
THE RISK OF DYING FROM CIGARETTE SMOKING HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS IN MEN AND WOMEN
GED
24.2%
19.8%
OF SMOKERS
18-24 YEARS
STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE TOBACCO WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SCHOOL. THE USE OF TOBACCO SHALL MEAN ALL USES OF TOBACCO, INCLUDING CIGAR, CIGARETTE, PIPE, SNUFF OR ANY OTHER MATTER, SUBSTANCE OR INNOVATION THAT CONTAINS TOBACCO OR NICOTINE. PG: 53
INCOME STATUS AND PREVALENCE OF SMOKERS
25-44 YEARS 45-64 YEARS 65 AND OLDER
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 26.1% AT OR ABOVE POVERTY LEVEL: 13.9%
HISPANICS MULTIPLE RACES
BLACKS
34.1%
AGE AND PREVALENCE
8.4% 13%
HIV
3.6%
GRADUATE DEGREE
7.4%
UNDERGRADUTE DEGREE
16.6%
ASSOCIATE DEGREE
18.5%
SOME COLLEGE
CIGARETTE SMOKING KILLS MORE THAN 480,000 AMERICAN EACH YEAR. 1 IN 5 DEATHTS
ABOUT 80% OF ALL DEATHS FROM CHRONIC OBSTUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ARE CAUSED BY SMOKING.
MORE WOMEN DIE FROM LUNG CANCER EACH YEAR THAN FROM BREAST CANCER
SMOKING CAUSES ABOUT 90% OF ALL LUNG CANCER DEATHS
BY KAROL ESPINOZA
SOURCES GALLUP.COM CDC.GOV