Devils' Advocate January 2018

Trump: A Year in Review

What students think about the President’s first 12 months

Trump Administration HINSDALE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOl-HINSDALE, ILLINOIS-VOLUME 90-JANUARY 2018

photo by Clairice Krzysik

Contents

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Reborn Students’ opinions on the return of Vine

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Trump: AYear in Review A look back at the first year under the new administration

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Photo Feature Gymnastics

Alternate Lunch Spots Other places students choose to eat lunch

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Newsfeed

See page 10 for more details Central vs. York face off on the court; people celebrate foreign languages

A&E: Infographic

A&E: Trends

See page 24 Where students went for winter break

See “What’s Trending” on page 26 Find out what’s trending this month

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Battleground

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The government’s role in national parks

Health & Wholeness New Year’s Resolutions

Editorial

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photo by Caroline Bowater

Teaching Sexual Assault

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photo by Clairice Krzysik

Perspectives Letter to the Editor

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Profiles Club Spotlight

Front & back cover design by Jayne Gelman

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Puzzle Club generates fun and games as one of the newest clubs

Central Alumni Notable Central attendees and graduates

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Contact Info: @hcDevilsAdvo on Twitter & Instagram @devils_advo on Snapchat Adviser: Cherise Lopez, clopez@hinsdale86.org

Mission Statement:

Devils’ Advocate strives to provide fair and balanced reporting to its readers by working with students, teachers, and community members. It is a student-run monthly newsmagazine that wishes to inform the student body of Hinsdale Central.

Staff

Letter to the Editor

Minna Hassaballa Editor-in-Chief

Club Contributors Hannah Ahdab Emma Bauschard Catherine Dolan Emily Goggin Jenny Witt

Juliana Mayer Managing Editor

Alex Choi Business Editor

In the November 2017 issue, we published an editorial which included information regarding the club J. Kyle Braid. Mr. Christopher Wilbur, sponsor, was interviewed without prior knowledge that the piece was an editorial rather than a feature. We strive for fair and honest reporting and in the future we will see that the angle of every story is made apparent before interviews. This letter to the editor is in response to the aforementioned editorial.

Jayne Gelman Design Editor

Adam DeDobbelaere Design Editor

Julia Baroni Illustrator/Copy Editor

Julia Chatterjee Copy Editor

Charlotte Sudduth Trends Editor

Anya Uppal Feature Writer

Clairice Krzysik Photographer

Nora Wood Photographer

Caroline Bowater Photographer

Ed Pletas Designer

Cassie Kruse Columnist

Layo Adelakun Feature Writer

Dear Editorial Board of the Devil’s Advocate and the Hinsdale Central Student Body, We received your editorial published in the Devil’s Advocate a few weeks ago, and we would like to clear up some misconceptions regarding our club (JKB) and its message and goals so we can better work toward promoting positivity and leadership in our community. Our club (and the organization as a whole) was founded in the honor of J. Kyle Braid, an athlete and leader in his high school who tragically took his own life after abusing steroids. In his spirit, our club is committed to promoting leadership skills, positive decision making, and character development. To this end, despite being labeled in the editorial’s headline as “ineffective”, last year we successfully worked with students at Prospect Elementary and CHMS, ran the District 86 Leadership Conference with over 100 students from both Central and South, created the Positivity Hallway, coordinated with Happy Club and Peer Buddies for the High-Five Hallway, and worked with Happy Club to create an anti-bullying clothesline, among other efforts that seek to enrich the relationships we have with our peers.

To address the common misconception with our selection process, while it may be viewed as rigorous and exclusive, the goal is to find the students who are most suited to be a part of the organization considering the limited resources available to us.

Our club looks to support the entire student body through fostering the leadership of a smaller group that spreads positivity throughout the school.

Thank you for your time, The J. Kyle Braid Leadership Team

Bilal Khokhar Feature Writer

Lauren Lee Feature Writer

Amanda Bagby Feature Writer

Annika Agrawal Feature Writer

Zaina Ahmed Feature Writer 3

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Battleground

by Sophia Horowicz and Claire Lozier

CONFLICT IN THE INTERIOR

CONTEXT: On Monday, Jan. 15, nearly all of the National Park Service advisory board seats became vacant following a mass resignation of 10 out

of the 12 members. On Wednesday night, yet another board member filed a separate letter of resignation. In a letter addressed to Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke, Governor Tony Knowles, the departing board chairman, stated that he and other National Park board members “have stood by waiting for the chance to meet and continue the partnership . . . as prescribed by law.” Knowles cited negligence and marginalization by the Trump administration, writing, “We understand the complexity of transition but our requests to engage have been ignored and the matters on which we wanted to brief the new Department team are clearly not part of its agenda.” The signatories of this letter all had terms set to expire in May. On Wednesday, Interior Department spokeswoman Heather Swift responded to these resignations, stating, “We welcome their resignations and would expect nothing less than quitting from members who found it convenient to turn a blind eye to women being sexually harassed at National Parks.” Swift is referring to accusations of sexual misconduct in the Grand Canyon River District under the previous Interior Secretary, Sally Jewell. The district was shut down after an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General. The future of the National Park Service board and its appointed members remains unclear.

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or nearly a year, President Trump has neglected and ignored his advisory bodies. Under Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke, several boards, including the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission and two of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) resource advisory councils (RAC), have been frozen. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that all advisory boards update their charters when they expire. The Department of Interior is responsible for approving these updated charters, yet Secretary Zinke has put off their verification, leaving these advisory councils unable to continue functioning.

As Scott Braden, a member of the Rocky Mountain RAC and advocate at Conservation Colorado puts it, “Secretary Zinke has said that local input is important for BLM to consider, and yet these councils, which provide just such input, have been sidelined.”

Zinke’s inaction is just one example of the Trump administration’s systematic disregard for advisory panels. The National Park Service Advisory Board, established in 1935, advises the Interior Department on issues such as combating climate change, demarcating historical and national landmarks, and encouraging young visitors to the parks.

The board is supposed to meet twice every year, but according to Tony Knowles, an advisory member and former Governor of Alaska, the National Park Board has not reconvened since Trump took office last January. The board was not even consulted on the Interior Department’s recent decisions to sharply increase visitor fees and overturn a plastic water bottle ban. The Interior Department has also demanded the massive downsizing of two national monuments in Utah and plans to drill oil in protected areas of the Arctic and Atlantic.

The Interior Department has shut out the National Park Service board while implementing policies that go directly against park preservation. But rather than acknowledging its mistakes, the Department’s spokeswoman, Heather Swift, states that “We welcome their resignations and would expect nothing less than quitting from members who found it convenient to turn a blind eye to women being sexually harassed at National Parks.”

Swift’s outburst is a clear attempt by the Interior Department to distract the public from the National Park Service’s resignations.

Rather than facing the issue head-on, Swift, in true Trump-administration fashion, falls back on ad-hominem attacks and angry accusations to cover up a mistake. We can only hope that the Interior Department will eventually correct them.

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ur country’s national parks serve as some of the last areas one can go to observe natural ecosystems in their entirety.

So, when a whopping 10 members of the National Park Advisory Board resign, it seems alarming. But, these resignations are in fact welcomed, in part because of those members’ political tactics and poor handling of sexual harassment allegations.

Tony Knowles, former governor of Alaska, wrote the resignation letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on behalf of himself and eight other Advisory Board members; Carolyn Hessler-Radelet later wrote her own letter of resignation. All 10 of them were appointed by President Obama. All 10 of them are Democrats.

This, coupled with the fact that eight out of ten board members had their terms expiring this May, leads one to believe that the board members resigned for political expediency: why not just continue your work before the board falls into the hands of Trumpbacked members? But instead, they did exactly what the Trump administration wanted: leave seats to fill.

In addition, this Advisory Board oversaw numerous incidents of sexual harassment within the national parks and took little action.

Under Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s predecessor, Sally Jewell, the Office of the Inspector General concluded “a 15-year-failure to address numerous reports of abuse and harassment,” specifically in the Grand Canyon River District, which was subsequently shut down. It was well under the board’s jurisdiction to address this abusive culture within the parks, and yet no sufficient action was taken by them.

However, within his first three months in office, Secretary Zinke sent out a survey to the nearly 19,000 members of the Park Service in order to ascertain the current status of workplace culture; multiple employees, including nine from the Grand Canyon River District, subsequently resigned, retired, or were removed. Zinke has also pledged to add 14 new employee relations and ethics positions in order to respond to reports of harassment, abuse, and discrimination.

While it is regrettable that these 10 board members ended their career with the National Parks in an unfortunate manner, they let their politics undermine their duties and they failed to keep National Park workers safe.

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health & wholeness S

ince it’s already late January, I have a strong sense that you have broken your New Year’s Resolution by now. If you have, you are not alone. According to Statistic Brain, only 58.4 percent of Americans who made resolutions make it past Jan. 30. Even worse, by the sixth month mark, only 48.5 percent have stuck with their goals. The main reason for this drop in numbers is because of something called “cultural procrastination.” According to Dr. Ray Williams of Psychology Today, this is when people aren’t ready to change, but they are forced into it by their peers. I have never been one for Resolutions, mostly because drastic changes have not worked for me. If your like me and want to improve your overall quality of life, here are five simple ways that you can be a happier person in 2018.

1. Make your goal tangible Goals are ineffective when they are intangible like “Be Healthier,” “Get Happier,” “Be Productive.”

How do you measure this? I’ll give you a hint, you can’t. Then when you have a little roadblock, you automatically think that you have failed because you had such a weak goal. Make your goals tangible. For example, instead of “getting healthier,” make a goal to eat five servings of vegetables a day.

That way at the end of each day you have a real picture of what you achieved, and if you have a set back you know exactly what you need to do to get back on track.

2. Have Gratitude According to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, gratitude increased athlete’s self-esteem, which is an essential component to optimal performance. Gratitude makes you a happier person because it reminds you about the good things in your life. You may be thinking “duh,” but when was the last time you sat down and really thought about what you were thankful for? I keep a journal where every day I write what I’m grateful for, and it improves your mood and overall outlook on life.

3. Set Aside “me time” every day I have a confession to make, I watch Friends for at least an hour every single day. And I have to tell you, it is the most relaxing part of my day. It

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Kruse takes her “me time” to have a dance party..

allows me time to sit down, stop thinking about my day, and just laugh. I recommend taking at least 30 minutes every day doing something you genuinely enjoy doing, whether that’s watching TV, drawing, talking to friends, etc. Allow yourself time every day, regardless of how busy you are. I promise if you do, your quality of life will greatly improve because you have something to look forward to every day.

4. Save $40 of every $100 you make This is something that I definitely need to work on this year. If you make a constant effort to save money, you will be a happier person. It makes your life so much easier because you don’t always have to worry about making extra cash because you have extra cash. Of course, it doesn’t have to be this ratio, do whatever works for you.

If you have a hard time saving money, having this set amount to put aside is great because it forces you to be more responsible.

5. Start a New Tradition With our schedules really being unchanged for most of the year, you can get super bored.

That is where this comes in. Making an exciting new tradition, like having a Taco Tuesday once a month, or setting aside one day a week to catch up on all your TV shows, can be amazing because it makes you feel like you are changing up your life without doing a whole lot.

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by Cassie Kruse

Overall, I hope you use this month as a great kick start into the rest of your year. I hope these tips help you see that by making small changes in your life you can be more effective than drastic resolutions.

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Work it out Working a part-time job after school or on the weekends is a great way to earn money and become more familiar with the working world. From understanding taxes to learning the value of hard work, it definitely pays off!

MoneyGoals Putting your money in a safe place to save for your college and future is an awesome idea. A great place to do that is your local

bank where you can create an account that’s perfect for you and your goals. It’s exciting to have your own money, but it’s easy to overspend. Sticking to a budget is key so you’re saving more than you’re spending.

With some savings in the bank, you’re on your way to being independent.

Check out a checking account With a student checking account, you can make the choices about what money you keep and what money you use. It’s also great for practicing depositing and withdrawing bank funds. You’ll be a pro in no time!

Budgeting Planning out your savings and spending helps balance your account and is a great way to map out your financial goals. Whether you’re saving part of your paycheck, depositing cash from babysitting or caddying, or withdrawing money to pay back a friend, sticking to a budget keeps you in control.

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Get to the Point.

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exual assa ult has always been a deeply rooted issue, but only recently its ta ngled bra nches bega n to uncover themselves on the na tional stage a t a menacing ra te tha t could no longer be stepped over. In the last few months, countless men have faced sexual assa ult a nd ha rassment allega tions. Sta rting with film producer Ha rvey Weinstein, accusa tions aga inst men in va rious industries, such as politicia n Roy Moore a nd actor Ja mes Fra nco, have begun unraveling.

Women were encouraged to sha re their experiences with sexual ha rassment a nd assa ult tha nks to the hashtag #MeToo. It provided social media users with a pla tform to relay their stories to a n empowering a nd supportive community.

While the dialogue a bout sexual assa ult is growing in the media, it is importa nt to ensure tha t these ha rd conversa tions a re also taking place in the classroom. Sexual assa ult educa tion should not be tiptoed a round but ra ther ta ught as the complex issue it is. Vaguely covering the topic does not demonstra te the true depth of the issue a nd perpetua tes the idea it is ta boo.

All sophomores a re required to take a health class. Sexual assa ult is covered in its alcohol, tobacco, a nd drugs unit.

Progra ms such as Amplified Youth Development or Dea r Lisa come in to talk to students a bout healthy rela tionships. To compliment this, students a re shown the Lifetime original movie, Reviving Ophelia, which follows a high school girl who begins da ting a male peer. Their rela tionship soon grows a busive as the boyfriend continually hits her a nd ma nipula tes her to have sex on multiple occasions.

While the film’s plot is difficult to read, wa tching it becomes a la ughing ma tter to students. It’s a cheesy film whose plot escala tes unbelieva bly quickly a nd the acting is overdra ma tic.

As a result, the message gets lost a mong the students who

soon lose interest, choosing to do homework or text instead.

Reviving Ophelia shows sexual assa ult taking place over a long timeline with someone you know, whereas sexual assa ult ca n also happen in just one night with a stra nger.

The a udience of the sexual assa ult curriculum, however, also has to be accounted for when understa nding how the curriculum is designed. In health class, the idea of consent is covered the deepest: wha t it mea ns, wha t it looks like, a nd how it is influenced. Teachers try not to aliena te male students who quickly grow defensive when men a re always pa inted as the offender a nd never the victim.

“We a ren’t as direct beca use we a re in a mixed gender classroom of 15 a nd 16-yea r-olds,” sa id Ms. Ja nelle Ma rconi, Physical Educa tion depa rtment head a nd health class teacher.

“We don’t know everybody’s story.”

Still, cha nges must be made to ensure the subject ma tter is getting to students clea rly a nd without devia tion. In Group Fitness, a n upperclassmen gym class comprised of females, students wa tch the documenta ry Hunting Ground, which dives deeper tha n Reviving Ophelia by covering rape, da te-rape drugs, a nd sexual assa ult in va rious esta blishments. Girls a re also put through Rape Aggression Defense tra ining by teachers who recently underwent certifica tion.

Eventually, this type of specific sexual assa ult curriculum must spread not only to health classes but to all classes. Sexual assa ult is a n intrica te topic tha t takes ma ny forms a nd a ffects va rious popula tions differently. The uncompromised educa tion of it schoolwide will take time to achieve but will make strides towa rds a future where self-defense a nd hashtags a re no longer the last resort for victims.

This editorial is the consensus of the Devils’ Advocate editorial board.

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Newsfeed Dukes and Devils Faceoff

by Hannah Ahdab and Jenny Witt

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Celebrating Diversity During World Language Week

photo by Emily Goggin

he varsity boys basketball team was left defeated by the York Dukes on Friday, Jan. 12. Many students turned out to show their school spirit by dressing up in accordance with the sports jersey theme. At halftime, the boys were down by 11 points but persevered and closed the gap by the end of the fourth quarter with a close score of 49 to 53.

“The kids played hard,” Head Coach Nick Latorre said after the game. “They got off to a bad start but competed until the end.”

To prepare for this game, the team practiced playing against their zone defense in an attempt to imitate the way York’s defense typically plays.

The boys face off against Oak Park River Forest at home on Jan. 20 in the main gym.

For more sports coverage and interviews, visit hcdevilsadvocate.com.

Junior Charlie Lyne controls the ball against a York opponent at the game on Friday, Jan. 12.

by Emma Bauschard and Catherine Dolan

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took the lead in planning and organizing World Language Week with assistance from Mrs. Alisha McCloud, a Latin teacher, and Dr. Jay Lawrence, the World Language Department Chair.

“The goal of the week is to promote studying a foreign language and the importance of knowing a second language in the world today,” Mrs. Pohlman said.

“When planning it, I tried to focus on all the different possible languages not only [Central] offers but different languages that our student body speaks as well.”

According to Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Pohlman, feedback about World Language Week from both teachers and students has been positive.

“During World Language Week, we want to celebrate diversity, we want to celebrate what it means to be a language learner, we want to make sure that students know about the other opportunities in our department besides the ones that they’re experiencing, and we want to have fun,” Dr. Lawrence said.

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he week of Jan. 9 marked the fifth anniversary of the World Language Week, a school wide event created to showcase and celebrate different cultures and languages.

Throughout the week, the student body had the opportunity to participate in numerous activities within and outside of a language classroom including an immersion lunch in the library, a scavenger hunt around the school, a poster contest, and trivia games such as “Are You Smarter than a World Language Teacher?”

“I liked the trivia about culture and language that we did in class,” said Mackenzie Turnbull, a sophomore Spanish student. “It was interesting to learn about the cultures that we don’t hear about as often in school and it was fun to see how much we knew.”

In the cafeteria, food from around the world was offered for purchase. Each day, a cuisine from a different culture was served in the lunch line. For example, students could buy Japanese, Mediterranean, and numerous other delicies on different days of the week.

Mrs. Kristine Pohlman, a Spanish teacher,

Club Spotlight

by Layo Adelakun

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Since the club has started, members have shared weekly puzzles in the daily announcements every Friday, along with solving different puzzles during the meetings like sudoku and kenkens, arithmetic style logic puzzles.

The club is always looking for ways to be creative and get the school involved, and members are hoping to host escape rooms for students from their very own designs. The club already has held an escape room for all staff. Different department teachers worked together to get through the clues before the other team of teachers.

“It was a really good experience for the teachers to participate in something student related and student run, but then it was a great experience for the students in puzzle club to

help to do something that was beyond their puzzling together,” Mr. Vonnahme said.

Puzzle club is meant to challenge minds of students and allow them to have fun with different members while presenting tricky riddles found weekly.

“Trying to solve the riddle, another member spent nearly a half hour doing calculations, only to realize at the end that the riddle had a simple answer,” Hu said.

The new club is an outreach to students who enjoy solving brain teasers and sets itself up as an easy going environment to get away from school and stress.

“Our mission is to inspire and engage our members to think flexibly and outside of the box,” Hu said.

photo by Caroline Bowater

uzzle club was started Oct. 20 by juniors Michael Hu and Ryan Park, and is sponsored by Math Department Chair Mr. Kurt Vonnahme. Hu said the club was started to provide a fun and open environment for students to solve fun riddles and puzzles.

Hu had heard from his math teacher that Mr. Vonnahme was a fan of logic puzzles and crosswords and decided he was a good candidate to sponsor the club. Hu explained his hopes to bring like-minded students together to solve different brain teasers and Mr.Vonnahme was fully on board.

“I still remember the first day that somebody ever showed me a sudoku, and one of my favorite pastimes is to do crossword puzzles,” Mr.Vonnahme said.

Profiles

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ha-wha-wha you got lipstick in my Valentino white bag?”

Sara Draddy scrolled through her phone, laughing at one of her favorite Vines. Her friends clustered around the screen, quoting from the six-second video and recalling some of their other favorites from the popular social media app.

But she wasn’t watching the video on Vine; she was watching it as part of a compilation on Youtube, due to Vine’s shutdown a year ago, on January 17, 2017.

The original Vine app, which was founded by Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll in June 2012 and acquired

by Twitter shortly before its launch, was a popular social media app where users could upload six-second, continuously looping videos. At its peak, it had more than 40 million registered users, including 24 percent of all American teenagers, according to Business Insider.

“Vine was the best,” said Jaclyn Wittrock, junior. “I used to go on it every day and it made me laugh so much. One of my favorites was the Miss Keisha one.”

Becoming well-known after a user posted a video of the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, Vine retained that popularity for several years. It landed a place amongst TIME magazine’s 50 Best Android Apps for 2013 as well as becoming the iOS App Store’s most-downloaded free application that same year. Over 40 million people were devastated when Twitter announced its shutdown, according to The Verge.

“It was like the end of the world,” Draddy said. “Everyone was talking about it, and we were all depressed, and on the last day of Vine, we were all on it together.”

Vine was shut down for a variety of

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reasons, many of which related to its parent company, Twitter. At the time Vine was deleted, Twitter had been struggling financially. The company was forced to lay off nine percent of its employees, and Vine was its least profitable venture. Vine’s inability to turn a profit was in part due to competition as well as its resistance to monetization. Furthermore, it was not a viable app for advertisers, due to the short length of the videos.

“I don’t think I’ve ever cried that hard,” Wittrock said. “I went through and watched all my favorite Vines while I still could.”

I didn’t like how scripted and produced the Vines were becoming.

-Jackyln Wittrock

During Vine’s peak, it faced significant competition from other social media apps, such as Instagram, which allowed for longer, fifteen-second videos and more customization by users. Many popular Vine creators began migrating to other platforms in order to avoid restrictions on video length.

Many users also lost interest due to big content creators that dominated the app.

“I didn’t like how scripted and produced the Vines were becoming, like how Lele Pons did them,” Wittrock said. “I think that’s why viewership went down.”

The shutdown of the app brought with it mixed emotions. Some took it to heart, but

others felt that the app had run its course.

“Personally I wasn’t a big fan of Vine,” said Rachel Wu, senior. “But all my friends watch them and quote them every day.”

Before Vine officially shut down, big and small Viners alike plugged their other social medias on Vine so their followers could continue to support their content on other platforms.

“I found Alex Ernst’s vines really funny, so I follow him on Twitter to keep up with him,” Johnson said. “My favorite Vine from him was ‘I can’t just say Rice Krispies Treats out loud.’”

Creators spread out all over the Internet in what became known as the “Vine Invasion”; these Vine stars took over Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and many other social media platforms.

The names Logan and Jake Paul may sound familiar, due to their 16 million and 13 million followers, respectively, on YouTube. In their Vine days, they were consistently featured on the app’s popular page. Now, they’ve moved onto YouTube and are experiencing similar popularity but at a much larger scale.

After the app shut down, YouTube was filled with “rip vine” compilations and fans of the app on Twitter making content surrounding the app’s greatest hits, such as “Ah! You could’ve made me drop my croissant!”

“Whenever I’m bored or feeling nostalgic, I look up Vine compilations to make me laugh,” said Lally Johnson, senior.

This post-Vine enthusiasm inspired Hofmann to jump back into the Vine scene and begin working on a follow up to the app.

On Nov. 30, Hofmann sent the Internet into a frenzy by tweeting, “I’m going to work on a follow-up to vine. I’ve been feeling it myself for some time and have seen a lot of tweets, dms, etc.”

RN Students have mixed reactions to Vine 2, some are excited for the new content while others have reservations.

“At first I was really excited for Vine 2,” Draddy said. “But the more I thought about it, I don’t want it to ruin Vine because it was so great. I also don’t want to see people like MAGCON come back.”

Many Viners have expressed interest in coming back to Vine, such as Ben Cahn,

Student reactions to the return of Vine

who was a popular creator on the app.

In an interview with Inverse, Cahn said he’d get back on Vine “in a heartbeat.”

“There have been ideas I’ve wanted to do that would only work on Vine,” Cahn said in his interview. “...I’m excited to have a fresh start and not have worry about engagement or numbers.”

These Viners returning has many anticipating the release of the new app in

hopes that it will be similar to the original.

“It’s hard to describe how many inside jokes Vine created between me and my friends,” Senior Conor Donlevy said. “I’m excited to make more with Vine 2.”

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REVIEW 14 ∙ Features

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Reflecting on the Trump Administration’s most notable decisions

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n November 6, 2016 Ashley Haggard junior, saw the flashing lights of headlines go by, “TRUMP WINS PRESIDENCY,” while her parents watched in the living room both having different reactions.

Haggard saw on one side of the room her mom looking down at the TV screen, not wanting to face the news, while her father smiled wondering if the headline were true. While her parents had split opinions on the election, Haggard knew that she could not support President Trump and did not know what was to come in 2017.

President Trump has received a mix of both criticism and praise over the last year. Like Haggard, Senior Isabella Salerno’s parents were split in their support for the candidates as well. In contrast though, Salerno and her father supported President Trump, because compared to the other candidates, he was “the lesser of the two evils.”

In a poll of 199 students by Devils’ Advocate, students were asked if they would vote to elect

Trump in 2020, with 13 percent saying yes, 78 percent saying no, and 8 percent saying they were unsure.

Now after a year of Trump’s presidency, many students have looked back to see the major changes influenced or affected by his administration.

Russia Probe On January 6, 2017 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report that mentioned that it believed Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to influence the 2016 election. The report details that the Russian government gained access to the Democratic National Committee’s computers and gave that information to Wikileaks in order to help the Trump campaign.

After Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation on May 17, 2017, former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III was appointed as a special counsel to the investigation. In the following months, he 16

proceeded to indict several members of the Trump campaign for having contact with the Russian government including George Papadopoulos, former foreign policy advisory, Paul Manafort, former campaign manager, and Rick Gates, former aid to the campaign.

Polls have shown how the nation is deeply split over this. According to a poll by Business Insider, 52 percent of respondents believed that Trump’s campaign team worked with Russia to win the election.

Throughout the last year, President Trump’s response to the investigation has denied any allegations of collusion.

“While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups...are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organizations including the Democratic National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election…,” Trump said.

Senior Sachin Shiva says that if people such as Papadopoulos, Manafort, and Gates are involved in colluding with Russian officials, then there seems to be grounds for the investigation.

“I think that it’s dangerous for Trump to keep denying that he’s under investigation because it is an investigation of the Trump campaign and Trump is at the top of his campaign,” Shiva said.

Annie Schulz, junior and Democrat, finds the situation with Russia and President Trump a pressing matter, but feels some news publications take it too far.

“People need to stop over exaggerating this story, yes this news is important, but places like Fox News write constantly about how he’s not guilty,” Schulz said.

In a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research 76 percent of Republicans think the media has been too critical of Trump, while 38 percent of Democrats think it has not been critical enough. Salerno finds the investigation important, but does not believe there is enough supporting evidence to impeach him.

“I definitely think it’s worth the investigation

“I think that it's dangerous for Trump to keep denying that he’s under investigation because it is an investigation of the Trump campaign and Trump is at the top of his campaign.”

Sachin Shiva

because I don’t think the president should be lying about his communications with Russia, if there were communications,” Salerno said.

In a poll of 199 students by Devils’ Advocate, students were asked if they believed that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, with 65 percent saying yes, and 23 percent saying no.

They were also asked if they feel that President Trump should step down if he is found guilty of collusion, with 80 percent saying yes, and 20 percent saying no. Lastly, they were asked if they agreed with the president’s handling of this investigation, with 17 percent saying yes, and 83 percent saying no.

Schulz wants the FBI to go more in depth with this investigation; she believes there are so many different layers to the investigation.

According to Fox News, people should also be focusing on Hillary Clinton’s email scandal to see that corruption goes both ways.

“The [Republican Party] needs to take responsibility for Trump’s actions and not deny this affiliation,” Schulz said.

DACA The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was an immigration policy that allowed children of illegal immigrants who were brought over to the United States while they were minors to be eligible for work permits. It was originally set up in June of 2012 under the Obama Administration and affected about 800,000 people, but was recently rescinded under the Trump Administration last September. According to Fox News, The Department of Homeland Security has given a six month delay in order to give “time to [Congress] to deliver on appropriate legislative solutions.”

According to Fox News, since DACA was repealed, many, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, have donated towards the cause. Bezos has donated $33 million towards a scholarship fund specifically for DACA immigrants. Bezos and others, including Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook, have written an open letter to

President Trump urging him to keep programs like DACA in place. They highlighted the economical effect of deporting that amount of people, by citing data such as the US losing $460.3 billion from the national GDP and $24.6 billion in Social Security and Medicare tax contributions.

One of the major controversies regarding the bill is that it affects individuals who were not at the time old enough to make the decision legally.

“I do not favor punishing children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents. But we must also recognize that we are a nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws,” President Trump said in a statement.

Shiva says that he finds Trump’s action to end DACA within six months to be “obnoxious.”

“Rather than having them reside in poverty and not able to effectively contribute to the American economy, we can give them hope to contribute. I think that is an important part of our democracy,” Shiva said.

Salerno disagrees with Shiva believing that the Obama Administration’s decision to create DACA in the first place circumvents the executive power labeled in the Constitution.

“It was definitely in the lines of the Constitution, but it seemed to circumvent the explicitness of it. I believe in the explicit Constitution,” Salerno said.

Salerno also highlights that allowing these illegal immigrants to stay would be taking away jobs from legal residents. Both Salerno and Shiva agree they find that the DACA immigrants came here with no fault of their own and they cannot be blamed for their parents’ actions.

According to Vox news, Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California ordered the Trump Administration to partially reinstall the DACA program. William ordered that President Trump’s administration needs to make it possible for DACA immigrants to get renewals. This ruling may sway Congress to try and override this executive order.

In the same poll given by Advocate, students were asked if they agreed with the executive

“Each president with each presidency brings new executive orders and agreements. The power of the executive changes with each presidency, so obviously it is time to change under the Trump presidency.”

Isabella Salerno

order to repeal DACA, with 19 percent saying yes, and 81 percent saying no.

“Each president with each presidency brings new executive orders and agreements. The power of the executive changes with each presidency, so obviously it is time to change under the Trump presidency,” Salerno said.

Net Neutrality According to the New York Times, net neutrality is a series of regulations that prevent Internet providers from blocking certain websites from their viewers and charge higher prices for better Internet quality. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put these regulations into place under the Obama Administration in 2015; however the FCC voted to get rid of these regulations in 2017, as its chairman Ajit Pai, appointed by President Trump, believed that getting rid of net neutrality

pay to have their content show up first. People who believe in this repeal support the idea of letting the market dictate and puts consumers back in charge of how the Internet operates.

Salerno understands why the regulations were repealed on a economic basis, but does not believe the government has the right to enforce what should and should not be on the Internet. Back in 2010 the FCC had a similar case. According to the Washington Post, the FCC vs. Comcast ruled that the FCC cannot force Internet service providers to keep their networks open to all forms of content. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the FCC does not have any authority to impose the guidelines on companies like Comcast.

While this repeal is concerning to many, people will not see the immediate effects of this.

According to The Hill, people will not see an extreme spike in their Internet bills as they will see it gradually come up over time.

In the Advocate poll, students were asked if they agreed with the FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality, with 14 percent saying yes, and 86 percent saying no.

“People have so many different problems to worry about, Internet should not be one of them,” Haggard said.

Key Events of 2017 Inauguration of President Trump January 20, 2017 The US withdraws from the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

would help the economy and spark innovation.

He further argues that this repeal would benefit consumers because Internet providers could offer people more service options.

Haggard did not get the point in repealing these regulations; she believed these were necessary for free and fair use and without this the Internet just becomes a place for providers to exploit their customers. In a survey conducted

by University of Maryland, taken from 1,077 registered voters, it showed that 83 percent opposed repealing net neutrality, including 75 percent of Republicans, as well as 89 percent of Democrats and 86 percent of Independents.

“I do not understand the point in repealing these regulations, it is not fair,” Haggard said.

According to Fox News the ending of net neutrality will save the Internet, not ruin it. The article mentions how the Internet before the regulations operated effective and efficiently, and how there was no use for these regulations. The article highlights how politicians have distorted what net neutrality actually is; net neutrality in their words is “prohibiting the practice of ‘paid prioritization,’”, which means that networks can

January 23, 2017 Michael Flynn resigns as National Security Adviser; Russia probe discussion intensifies February 14, 2017 US leaves the Paris Climate Accord June 1, 2017 Trump provides financial aid to Harvey’s victims August 28, 2017 Trump announces plans to repeal The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) September 5, 2017 Supreme Court Allows Full Enforcement of Proclamation 9645 (travel ban) December 4, 2017 Federal Communications Commission repeals net neutrality December 14, 2017

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Girls Gymnastics Senior Night Wednesday, Jan. 10 Junior Audrey Bareck performs her beam routine at the meet against Oak Park River Forest. The Red Devils beat OPRF with a season high of 142.80 to 139.75. The meet also included Senior Night for eight gymnasts: Jessica Elliott, Sophia Gerard, Dalia Hayes, Lily Jones, Shelby Kruep, Casey Lithgow, Amanda Leon and Jessica Sprong.

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Centra The famous and the infamous

by Amanda Bagby and Anya Uppal

Kirk Dillard 1955-

A former member of the Illinois Senate and former chairman of the DuPage County Republican Party.

He resigned as an Illinois senator in August 2014.

He’s also the Illinois leader of the American Legislative Exchange Council. His daughter Emma Dillard, junior, currently attends Central.

Student in 1928-29

Graduate of 2016

Graduate of 1973

Bill Veeck 1914-1986

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He’s responsible for many innovation and creations pertaining to baseball. He’s known for integrating baseball by signing the first Black MLB player, and owning many teams such as Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and the St. Louis Browns. Veeck died at the age of 71 from lung cancer complications.

He has created several useful apps for students.

During his years at Central, he participated in Peer Buddies, National Honors Society, JKB, and Business Professionals of America.

After graduating, he continued his journey at Stanford, majoring in computer science. He created the Quizlet app, which allows students to generate flashcards and study them using a variety of learning methods, which many students still use today.

He also created an app for Hinsdale Central that includes a calculator to see what score a students needs to obtain on the final exam to get the class grade he or she wants.

Jake Heiser 1997-

al Alumni George Papadopoulos 1987-

Known for being the former member of the foreign policy advisory panel to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Papadopoulos gave false statements to the FBI about contacts he had with the Russian government during Trump’s presidential campaign. He was arrested July 27, 2017 at the Washington- Dulles International Airport after pleading guilty to the FBI.

She was arrested on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 after she forced her way into a woman’s house in Marco Island. She faced charges of aggravated assault, burglary, and possession of weapons.

She is no longer in custody.

Kendall Feehan 1998-

Graduate of 2013

Attended during 2002-2003

Danielle Campbell 1995-

She is now an American actress who starred in the Disney Channel movies StarStruck and Prom. Acting since the age of 11, her parents were committed to maintaining a sense of normalcy throughout their daughter’s life, thus the reason they decided to remain in Hinsdale. She also stars in the television series The Originals where she plays the role of a sixteen year old witch.

Graduate of 2016

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Alternate Lunch Locations

Some students opt out of eating in the cafeteria due to the overcrowding during many lunch periods. Instead, they eat in places such as the two empty band rooms and the library.

Juniors Anna Szlembarska(left) and Isabelle Koev(right) talk and eat lunch during 6th period.

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Trending January 2018

Golden Globes

Following a dramatic demonstration from Hollywood in honor of the #MeToo movement, Oprah Winfrey’s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award received attention and prompted some calls for a presidential campaign. photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Dancing in the Moonlight

The annual winter dance, formerly known as Turnabout, is coming up on Feb. 3. It is time to get dinner reservations and prepare your instagram captions, for this once in a lifetime event: a girl asking out a guy.

Worst. Sike-out.

Ever.

On Jan. 13, an alert sent to all Hawaii residents read “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Naturally, the alert caused widespread panic for 38 minutes until the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency cancelled the alert, later saying that the “wrong button” was pushed during a drill. As Hannah Montana said, everybody makes mistakes. Except this mistake was just slightly worse than that time Miley used her entire credit card balance at the flea market.

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What class should you take?

As you go through your high school career, you’ll realize that by the time you reach senior year you have almost complete control over what classes you take, which is honestly a bit intimidating. Not to worry, though, we’re here to help. So sit back, relax, and let us recommend one of these well-loved classes.

Are you looking for an academic or elective class?

Academic. Gotta beef up that college application.

Dude, have you seen how many activities I’m in? Elective.

How much of your homework did you actually do last night?

Do you use your agenda?

Yes.

Exactly zero percent.

Senioritis is contagious, apparently.

Ha, nope.

Have you ever had a legitimate photoshoot for the sake of an Instagram post?

All or the majority. I did everything I didn’t finish in another class or lunch.

Do you still need an art credit?

People do that?

Yep. No shame here, my feed is FIRE.

Earth Science Honors

Learn about volcanoes, constellations, and why the weatherman is constantly wrong from the man, the myth, the legend himself, Mr. McCloud.

Yes.

Graphic Communications

Step into graphic design whilst hearing about Cooz’s love for Reese Witherspoon. Plus, you should definitely apply to Advocate after taking it. Just saying...

No.

Single Survival

So maybe you’ll have a chance of not accidentally causing your own death when you go off to college. designed by Charlotte Sudduth

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