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Student avoids prison sentence
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Holiday charity Project Lead the Way and LPS
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Wrestling and eating
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Fashionable ethics in fashion
lifestyle 20 22
Stopping the spread of sickness Winter wonders in the NNS
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Christmas carols' creation
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Staff Ed: Eating away the environment
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Perfecting play preparation
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Students making money october
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This issue covers the failures of our clothing industry. The consumer push for cheap clothing and competitive prices has led to many flaws within the industry, and the fast fashion system doesn’t help. On the cover, we wanted to embody this by a hand picking up a simple cloth. The hand itself embodies a form of disgust towards the cloth that we can see was made in China, rather than locally.
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Staff Letter The Editor From
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Editor in Chief Kaylen Aldridge
Copy Editor Karlee Kent
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appy Holidays North Nation! We’re closing in on the end of the semester and things are starting to wrap up. I hope you’re all prepared for your finals and are coping with the stress of tests and projects. I know I’m ready to spend all day in my pajamas watching Christmas movies and eating cookies! This time of year is stuffed full of giving back. KEY Club has hosted its annual Adopta-Family fundraiser, HOSA hosted a change drive for hurricane relief, and many people are getting ready to participate in the Polar Plunge. With all of this good happening, there is still a bit of bad. Winter is one of the worst seasons for sickness and the flu and at Liberty North, it’s spreading like crazy. This month, our Lifestyle section features some tips on how to stay healthy, as well as discussing the pros and cons of
vaccines. Winter is also one of the biggest seasons for shopping and consumers. While most people don’t think twice about the production process of what they’re buying, it can be shocking for buyers to discover the methods used in producing popular clothing brands. That’s why this month, our In-Depth section tackles unethical clothing production and wastefulness in the clothing industry. The Opinion section also covers topics of wastefulness, but looks at the debate of the Straw Ban. We changed up the games page this issue and decided to include a tool for you to thank people around you. Be the first to send a picture of your note to any of our social media platforms and you will win a prize! I hope your finals go well and that you have an amazing winter break! As always, please don’t hesitate to email me with any questions, comments, or concerns at: kald7762@lps53.org.
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Managing Editor Kari Tott
Design editor Daniel Harper
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Web Editor
Precious Bennett
News Editor
Ingrid Weaver
Eagle’s Life Editor
Aashree Gandhi
Sports Editor Kari Tott
InDepth editor
Mackenna Rowe
Lifestyle Editor
Sophia Tulipana
A&E Editor
Santana Cervantes
Opinion and Spotlight Ed. Ella Pritchett
Reporters
Zachary Purdue Emma Suppes Claire Severson Abby Roberts Madi Burrow Joey Graffam Emily Johnson Ripley Knold
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Photographers Claire Henry Ashton Overby Adviser
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decemberNEWS Former Frat PResident faces no prison Time after indictment on 4 sexual assault charges
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he former president of a fraternity at Baylor University has been indicted on four counts of sexual assault, but CNN reports that he will face no prison time. A plea agreement will allow Jacob Walter Anderson to complete three years of deferred probation and pay a $400 fine. Anderson won’t even have to register as a sex offender and his criminal record will be kept clean. The plea deal was worked out between Anderson’s defense team and the McLennan County, Texas, district attorney’s office if Anderson agreed to plead no contest to a lesser charge. The deal confused and shocked the victim as well as her attorney. Vic Feazell, the victim’s attorney, told CNN, “In my 40 years of practicing law, I’ve never seen a sweetheart deal like this.” Assistant District Attorney Hilary LaBorde explained that she believed Anderson would not be convicted by a jury if the case had been sent to trial. LaBorde apologized to the victim and her attorney by letter
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because they did not know a plea deal was even possible for Anderson. LaBorde wrote that she had a previous case similar to the victim’s a month prior, but the jury did not convict the defendant. CNN reports that the victim criticized the decision after the plea deal was accepted by stating, “I am devastated by your decision to let my rapist Jacob Walter Anderson go free without any punishment... Jacob Anderson and all rapists who get away with their crimes will never be cured, never change. If anything they will be emboldened by their power over women and their ability to escape justice and punishment... I have to live with the fact that after all these years and everything I have suffered, no justice was achieved. I have to live with the fact that my rapist will go home smiling and happy and laughing at me. He stole my body, virginity and power over my body and you let him keep it for all eternity.”
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n December 12, President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison and an additional three years of supervised release, according to CBS. The sentencing comes as a result of Cohen’s guilty plea in regards to campaign finance violations and lying to Congress about a Trump Tower project in Moscow. He will be fined $50,000 for each case by the court. Cohen attributes his crimes to the ties he had with President Trump and his own personal motivations of wealth and ambition. Legal complications for many of President Trump’s former associates have been
developing, but Cohen’s sentencing has led prosecutors to believe that Cohen committed these illegal acts under the instruction of President Trump. According to CBS, President Trump commented to reporters on the South Lawn at the White House, “Michael Cohen is lying and he’s trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me,” Although Cohen has received no indications of a pardon from President Trump, Paul Manafort seems to sit in a better light with the president. After Manafort plead guilty to fraud counts Trump praised his former campaign chairman.
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elta has announced that service and emotional support animals under four months of age will be banned from the airline starting December 18. On December 10, they also announced the decision to ban emotional support and service animals from flights that are over eight hours long. The main reason for this new enforcement is because the incidents of service animals urinating, defecating, or biting during flights has greatly increased in recent years. Despite criticism, the airline’s new rules still keep in accordance with the US Department of Transportation’s Air Carrier Access Act. They also cite the animal vaccination policy of the CDC in regards to the reasoning behind the new age limitation. Delta flies about 250,000 service animals a year because service
news 5 Life at FCI Otisville FCI Otisville, the prison where Michael Cohen has been recommended to serve his threeyear sentence, has been named by Forbes as one of “America’s 10 cushiest prisons”. FCI Otisville is a minimum-security prison about 70 miles away from New York City. According to CNN, the prison is well known for being preferable among those who commit white-collar crimes. Ultimately, the Bureau of Prisons will make the final decision as to where Cohen is sentenced, but US District Judge William Pauley recommended FCI Otisville for the former presidential attorney.
animals fly for free on Delta, but normal pets can cost about $125 each way. Delta states that if you purchased a ticket before December 18th and require the accompaniment of a service animal that does not follow these requirements, the animal will be permitted, but after February 1 there will be no exceptions. The regulations required for animals on Delta airlines has progressively become more strict, possibly due to the rapid growth in the number of service animals present on flights since 2015. In March of this year, Delta required proof of a service animal’s health and vaccination status at least 48 hours before boarding a flight. In addition, the airline required passengers to show proof of the need for a service animal.
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#LPSLEADS When it comes to Project Lead The Way, the students and staff of LPS are leading the nation
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roject Lead The Way has been implemented in Liberty Public Schools for several years now, and the impact is beginning to show. Students of all ages can now be involved in individualized projects that provide them with problem-solving skills enabling them to be future leaders. “This is Project Based Learning, so the kids are really focusing on being individual learners or independent learners. They come in and they investigate things and they research things, they’re doing animations or drawings, summarizing, or collaborating, building models and that’s a lot different than the stand and deliver type of classroom where you just go in and somebody lectures from the time you walk in till the time you leave, so that’s changed a lot, the way science is taught,” Biomedical Project Lead The Way teacher Barbara Williams said. The Project Lead The Way program is set up differently for elementary and secondary levels of education, but the idea of learning through projects instead of lectures is a common theme. Most PLTW classes work through problems that help them experience realworld examples. “The problem is based in a story situation with three recurring characters: Angelina, Milo, and Suzi, which age up through the grades with the children. Teachers work hard to connect the problems to real-life experiences: second
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grade took their seed spreaders and created a garden near our entrance, third grade toured a retired aircraft to help them revise their aerospace creations, and after a microbes module fifth grade noticed the difference in faucets (handles or motion-sensored) in our older and newer parts of our building and collected data on the correlation of sickness rates based on the types of sinks students use,” elementary teacher Cammy Neth said. This unique way of learning helps show students what realworld applications an engineering or BioMed class has and what to expect in the future. “The way we do things we have a lot of projects and a lot of application, instead of reading out of a textbook and learning that way. So, with that, it just helps you get a better experience as to what it is actually going to be like, as compared to just reading about other peoples’ experiences with it. I think it’s really helpful and I think a lot of students should take it. It helps you get a better idea of what you want to do in the future and you can decide if you like PLTW or if you don’t before you make that choice going into college,” junior Austin Burnett said. This program really helps to prepare students for college and careers by equipping them with the knowledge and techniques to get ahead.
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“I think it’s a really good program. It exposes students to a lot of different things and I like the fact that I have pretty good lab techniques because that’s going to help me in college and a lot of people go in as a freshman and don’t know how to use a pipette or something like that,” senior Mackenzie Gibson said. High schoolers and middle schoolers have been able to experience this learning style for a while now, but the PLTW program has made its way down to the elementary level and there are still changes being made to develop the program even farther. “When we adopted Launch in 2014, there were only 2 engineering modules for each grade K-5. The
“Liberty has embraced design thinking and given ownership to our teachers and students,” Cammy Neth said. following year we added a Biomed and computer science module for all grades K-5. In all, there are 24 modules from grades K-5 built from those 3 pathways. This year a pilot has started for a preschool curriculum, so in the future, we could have students enter with experience in the Design Process,” Neth said. The way PLTW is set up at the elementary level looks a bit different than the high school or elementary levels in that it includes all three pathways- BioMed, computer science, and engineeringinstead of students just picking one to focus in on. This gives elementary students the chance to decide what they are interested in before the choose one pathway.
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“In elementary, all students are involved in PLTW’s three pathways: Biomed, computer science and engineering, therefore students learn to enjoy STEM topics they might not have chose to participate in on their own. We are knocking down preconceived notions that ‘I’m not good at math, coding, etc.’ because they are so motivated to solve the problem they don’t mind learning the skill it takes to do so,” Neth said. Here at North, the PLTW programs are more tailored to specific interests, as they are designed to help students with future career paths. “We try to encourage students that are interested in some type of medical field to take the program. This whole program was created so that kids interested in a biomedical field knows what type careers that looks like and when they get done with high school they can go straight into college with whatever career pathways they’re interested in,” Williams said. Students taking PLTW classes at North know that their teachers are responsible for their engineering and BioMed classes resembling actual college-level courses. “I know that our teaching staff, they talk to a lot of colleges about what they do and their programs and I know they implement a lot of that stuff. It helps a lot for our students to get a view into it early,
so that way you see pretty much exactly what you’re going to do in college,” junior Austin Burnett said. Teachers all over the district share this same passion of spreading creative learning that helps students become independent learners. “Liberty has embraced design thinking and given ownership to our teachers and students. Just like in PLTW, there are grade-level criteria and constraints that must be met, but compared to many districts Liberty teachers have much more flexibility to design units and experiences that best match their students’ interests and needs to the required learning standards. By passing that sense of inquiry along to their students, teachers experience increased engagement and performance levels. No one wants to go back to textbooks, etc. once they have experienced 21st-century learning options,” Neth said. The Kansas City and Liberty area benefits from introducing students to PLTW and was even chosen to host the Kansas City Project Lead the Way Summit because all students in the district get to experience this new type of learning. “The Kansas City Project Lead the Way Summit is one of four national events held this school year for PLTW teachers and administrators ranging across all grade levels. Kansas City was selected to
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Eagle’s Life 7 host because of the ideal STEM ecosystem we provide to develop students in K-12, and aligning them with area colleges and tech schools, community and government partnerships, major industries like Ford, and businesses like Burns and McDonnell Engineering and Cerner’s Biomed computer science who are looking to hire students into their STEM fields. The KC STEM Alliance, funded by the Kauffman Foundation is the envy of so many major cities, we are lucky our economy benefits from the opportunities that are being developed by these partnerships,” Neth said. Overall, the “real world” application aspects of the PLTW courses provide students with skills they will need in their future career, but more realistic applications could be added to the curriculum at higher levels of education. “A lot of the application is good but it’s still very disconnected from reality. Last year we built marble sorters, which have some connection to reality but at the same time who is ever going to be designing a marble sorter with plastic cups and cardboard. It teaches you practical skills but maybe not completely practical applications,” junior Ben Svoboda said.
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Clubs all around North get in the festive mood and spend the month of December giving back to the community
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s Christmas draws closer, many are thinking about what they want and what they might get while others at Liberty North are focused on giving back to their community, their friends, and their families and making the world a better place. “I think giving back is a good reminder of everything we’ve gotten and received over the course of the year. Ideally, I think the largest benefit is the joy you get out of seeing what you’ve done to help others. I know, as I’ve gotten older, I get a lot more joy out of giving back to my family than what I get,” History teacher Andrew Plaster said. Adopt-a-Family is one example of how students at Liberty North, or more specifically, Key Club, have been giving back to their community during the holiday season. “Adopt-a-Family’s main goal is to bring Christmas to families who might not be fortunate enough to be able to celebrate it themselves. It helps them by gathering donated money and supplies that are then sent to the families who need them,” sophomore Kimberlie Mason said. Even if a someone isn’t in Key Club, they can help by getting involved with other clubs and sometimes classes within the Math or English Language Arts department will sign up to donate the items that are then delivered to
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families on a Saturday morning. “Groups or classes willing to help a family let the Key Club officers and sponsors know of their intent to help. Key Club selects families from the Liberty Christmas Tree Adopta-Family. Mrs. Mitchell, the Key Club sponsor, then calls the families to see what the children need. The lists are then given to the groups. The items are then purchased, brought to school, wrapped by Key Club members, and then loaded into vehicles on a Friday afternoon. On Saturday morning, the delivery person goes downtown to Liberty to gather food donated by the community. Community volunteers load our vehicle and the gifts and food are delivered,” math teacher Matt Barnard said. The impact that these small and big acts of kindness is still known and appreciated by many. The positive impression left on families shows them they are not alone, and those who give can feel joy knowing they helped make a difference in the world. “I am always amazed at the generosity of our students. When our students donate money, my family goes together to buy items that are needed on the lists provided by the family. We also have had the chance to deliver the gifts. The Liberty community does an outstanding job of organizing the event. The family is always so grateful when we make the delivery. It is such a good feeling to help out
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a family,” Barnard said. Despite the focus on giving back during the holiday season here at Liberty North, many feel the need to not move on, rather continuing to recognize that the need to give back will always be there. “I think events and fundraisers are important no matter the season. There is always a need, therefore, there should always be a desire to help those in need. This season is especially important because so many people are in need and feel that loss or need this time of year. But that shouldn’t mean that we simply move on afterward,” English Language Arts teacher Roselynn Zicarelli said.
photo by Ashton Overby Junior Braden Presser is dedicating his time wrapping gifts. Key Club members worked hard to get everything done on time. “I think Adopt-a-Family has a huge impact on families when they’re in need. It shows them that they aren’t alone and they can reach out for help when they need it,” sophomore Kimberlie Mason said.
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Austin Hoss is a year-round athlete. Hoss planned to set himself above is competition through winter workouts. “I do it so then when the real season starts I can hit the ground running. I don’t have to start fresh and take time to regain everything that I lost in the off season,” junior Austin Hoss said. photos by Kari Tott written by Madi Burrow
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was the night before Christmas and all through the school, everyone was running because they thought it was cool. Their laces were tied in bows with care, in hopes that no one would trip down the stairs. The students were nestled in their track uniforms, while visions of winning played in their heads; coaches with stopwatches, and their teammates cheering them on. Now runners, now jumpers, now throwers, and sprinters. “Off-season track is not as organized as in-season. For shorter distance runners, we meet three times a week. We come together to get going before the spring starts so we aren’t starting fresh,” junior Austen Hoss said. Everyone who is doing the offseason conditioning has a reason they are doing it, whether the reason being to get faster, build up
stamina, or just for fun. “I do winter track to find my base times and make sure I can bring them down throughout the season. I push myself so I can bring those times down,” junior Blaise Snead said. Most of the students that participate in the off-season conditioning agree it helps get them ready for the real season. “It helps prepare me for track season because it helps me hit the ground running and helps me build up everything I lost during the offseason,” Hoss said. The whole program starts after Thanksgiving break and goes until the regular season. Different events practice on different days. “For the distance, we meet everyday, but we have kids who only focus on speed. Those days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday after school from 3:30 to around
4:45,” Coach Chatlos said. Despite popular opinion, learning to run the right way is crucial. “People think you shouldn’t teach people how to run. Running is not natural. Look at swimming; just because you can doggie paddle doesn’t mean we don’t teach you how to swim better. So, we still need to learn how to run. Even if you can run doesn’t mean you’re doing it right. We fight 14, 15, 16 years of bad running habits,” Chatlos said. Off-season isn’t just for runners, it includes of all the events within the track season, including team bonding and games. “We also have opportunities for throwers with more weight lifting stuff. We also have jumpers who work on their leap. We really have a lot of stuff going on all under the umbrella of winter conditioning,” Chatlos said.
“Winter track is an opportunity to get better and be able to get a base time for your events and prepare for regular season,”junior Blaise Snead said. design by Kari Tott
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North’s approach on wrestling weight classes
photos by Chloe Main Sophia Stenner is a member of the first woman’s wrestling team at Liberty North. Stenner had a good attitude about the season. “A win or loss doesn’t make a good or bad wrestler: attitude and resilience do,” junior Sophia Stenner said. written by Ella Pritchett
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or every boy or girl who steps onto the wrestling mat in high school, their dream is to step off the mat as the victor, successfully getting their opponent pinned and scoring points for their team. Wrestlers are known for pushing themselves to their mental and physical limits in their attempt to pull their weight on the team and be the best in their weight class. “There’s definitely that feeling of ‘you don’t want to let the team down’, so that’s an inner drive for me, but I think everyone’s pretty understanding. They know you go out there and you try your hardest,” Stephenson said. Wrestling season starts in November and goes all the way through February, which happens to be the most celebratory time of year. Starting with Thanksgiving and ending with Valentine’s Day, food is in abundance during the winter months. But for wrestlers wh0 are watching what they eat to
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maintain weight, the holidays can seem to be everything but merry and bright. “When it’s just practice everyone’s like ‘Weight doesn’t matter’ and just goes about their day, but once it gets serious to where you have to be a certain weight, then you can start to notice a difference in the kids and when people don’t eat as much as they usually do they get a little angsty,” Sophia Stenner said. When it comes to watching weight around the holidays, it can be difficult to maintain weight and keep a positive attitude. “Physically, I feel good because it gets my body in shape, however, it can be quite tiring sometimes. But for my mental state, I guess it’s just a part of the tiredness. You’re usually tired and sometimes you think about your weight more than you should. It’s not like, ‘I’m looking at my body and my body’s gross’, it’s I need to do this for a sport and for a goal. So it’s still unhealthy but in a different format,”
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Stenner said. While there is the push to gain, lose, and maintain weight, strive for good grades, get enough sleep, and hang out with their friends and family, coaches do everything they can to make sure that the wrestlers are as healthy as possible. “It’s a lot different now than it used to be… At the beginning of the year, before we can even allow kids to wrestle in matches, they have to do a hydration test and a body fat test. With the hydration test, they have to make sure those kids are hydrated because if they’re under-hydrated they’re not safe… Then from there, they do a body fat test along with a weight test. Each wrestler has a lowest possible weight they can safely go to because they’re trying to make sure these massive weight cuttings days are over. If you have a wrestler who is trying to drop weight, they have to do it safely,” Assistant Head Wrestling Coach Miles Hochard said.
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f a wrestler is looking to do well in a tournament or dual, it’s more than just how much they weigh. Although gaining weight is important, losing weight has an impact as well. “Moving down a weight class can sometimes give you an advantage… I can either wrestle up to that and be with bigger girls or if I lose weight, I’m wrestling smaller girls which is an advantage if I’m stronger. You’re usually a better wrestler if you lose weight,” junior Sophia Stenner said.
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ven though losing weight can be hard and take a lot of work and determination, there are a lot of options for the athletes to take. The most known option is gaining weight to move up a class. “If I were to move up a weight class I would change the way I lift weights and also eat a lot more proteins and fats and just increase calories overall,” senior Isaiah Stenner said.
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hen it comes to rising or dropping a weight class, what wrestlers put into their bodies will determine what they get out of it. Wrestlers recognize that what they eat can have an effect on how they perform. “Dieting is a big part. In wrestling, how you eat is how you perform, so I really have to watch what I eat, especially if I’m trying to lose weight then I have to eat less fatty food,” junior Andrew Stephenson said.
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photos by Chloe Main Andrew Stephenson is currently working hard to bring wins for the Liberty North team. Stephenson described the feeling he gets when competing. “When you get out on the mat you try and block out the whole crowd and everything, get in your zone and just focus on the task at hand, which is winning. But there is always a little pressure if people are there to watch you or a big crowd, there is always pressure to do good and impress your teammates,” junior Andrew Stephenson said.
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hile many people put effort and thought into their outfits, what they do not think about is where those clothes came from and how wasteful it can be. Many of the most popular and trendy clothing brands use unethical labor practices in order to create the clothes that people wear. “People probably do not even think about where their clothes come from. They are always just looking for a good deal and something that is stylish,” Family and Consumer Science teacher Traci Silvey said. Clothing brands like Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters are among the many that use sweatshop labor to produce their clothing. In 2012 the Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 for their use of sweatshop labor, but the company found a way around it. In 2017, the Los Angeles Times did an interview with a Forever 21 employee, proving that they were still using unethical labor practices. A sweatshop is a factory that employs workers to
do manual labor for low wages stores like Forever 21 and I think and long hours in poor conditions. that sweatshop labor really sucks, Sweatshop labor is most common but their clothes are still really in the clothing industry, yet the cute and I still would want to wear big brands who use these labor them,” junior Jaeda Dickens said. practices are still very popular. Another effect of sweatshop “I think they are so popular labor is the quality of the clothing. because they are really well Many of the big companies who displayed on social media and so use sweatshop labor are trying to when you see celebrities wear these make the biggest profit they can. In cool clothes, the brands like Forever order to do so, they pay the workers 21 will put it in their store but they very little, spend even less on the will make more affordable,” junior clothing materials, and then mark Lauren King said. up the clothes from what they really While the use of sweatshop labor cost. Because the companies buy is typically looked down upon, the cheapest materials they can, the many people are not even aware quality of the clothes they produce that their favorite brands are using is very low. such poor labor “People have short attention spans and practices. trends are very quick, so they buy them from “I did not even know about very inexpensive places like Forever 21. There sweatshop labor, you can get a shirt for less than ten dollars so I doubt other and it probably cost about a dollar to make. people do. I think Then they don’t last very long and people just a lot of people also throw them away and go get another,” do not really want to know things like Silvey said. that because I love
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Unfortunately, after learning the truth of sweatshop labor some people might choose to continue to support these brands “I think there is definitely a portion of people that would still buy it. A lot of people don’t really care because we live in a pretty privileged area and everyone is kind of stuck up about stuff like that. But I do also think there are a few people out there that would care and would stop buying from those brands,” King said. For people who would rather not support brands who use these unethical labor practices, there are many things that they can do in order to buy ethical and well made clothing. The first is research. “You can do research on different brands and make sure that everything you are going to buy is from somewhere that is made by people in good conditions and not a sweatshop. You can probably easily find all of that information online,” King said. Not only are major clothing brands using unethical labor practices, they are also extremely wasteful. Because
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of the cheap material used to make it, the clothing is often thrown out very quickly. On top of that, according to World Wildlife, it takes nearly 713 gallons of water to produce one cotton shirt. “The average american throws away 70 pounds of unwanted clothing every year. They donate it or put it in the trash. So essentially we are buying too much stuff and we need to start buying better made clothes that we will keep and not throw away. It is all so wasteful,” Silvey said. Another way to buy more ethical and well made products is shopping at local thrift stores. There are a variety of different clothes that can be found for a very low price. “I go to a lot of thrift stores because it is really affordable and everything looks like it came from your grandma’s attic instead of a sweatshop,” Dickens said. For some people thrift stores are also a really great creative outlet. Thrift stores are a great place to get cheap and simple clothing items for upcycling. Upcycling is taking a piece of clothing and changing it into
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sweatshop labor and become less wasteful with our clothing. “I would buy a core wardrobe, things that are basics. Just buy well made basics. You don’t need five different white t-shirts. Just buy two really nice, well-made shirts and use those. People just need to have less in their wardrobe,” Silvey said.
“I would buy a core wardrobe, things that are basics. Just buy well made basics. You don’t need five different white t-shirts. Just buy two really nice, well-made shirts and use those. People just need to have less in their wardrobe,” Silvey said.
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A work day typically looks like 14 hours. Overtime is 140 hours a week.
waste In other countries, 27% of 5-17 year olds work in textile weaving
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A report in India stated the average monthly wage is $30.00 USD
It takes 7000 liters of water to make a pair of jeans. That’s how much a person can drink in 6 -7 years.
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18 18 13 indepth About the Story Every issue released in the 2018-2019 school year will contain a story from “Enough is Enough.” It will cover different topics under the umbrella of sexual harrasment/assualt.
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oing to a party alone is not a smart idea. Focusing on how to be safe and being informed can help prevent going through sexual assault, especially in college. “Two pieces of advice I want high schoolers to know is that some of the time sexual assault can be prevented with taking on precautions like not going to a party by yourself, making sure you go to a party with a friend to have an agreement that one won’t leave the other, learning about driving alone in the dark. Learning how to take part in safety. The second thing, if something does happen, educating yourself that it is okay to tell and it is not their fault,” counselor Dana Combs said. Betsy DeVos released a proposal that has more rules relating to sexual assault. She said it was to create more of a balance and create a reliable and transparent process. It essentially gives more rights to schools and accusers. “How I feel about those rules is I think that it is really unfortunate, it makes you sometimes wonder when these rules/laws, these people/ politicians do not have a really good understanding of the trauma that it has on the victim. Especially when
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the victim feels like they cannot tell. I would hope with these rules put in place that some of these things are overturned so the victim can be protected,” Combs said. Social media and TV have become prominent in younger generations. It is a part of many people’s daily lives and could be considered an influence. “I definitely think because of all of the things young people are exposed to causes some desensitization; I think that it can make young people have a good idea of the reality and trauma of what people really go through, when you see these videos put on social media, these are real people with emotions. To some degree, pop culture has some impact, but ultimately we are still responsible for our own actions,” Combs said.
95% of college sexual assault cases go unreported according to bestcolleges.com
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accines are substances given to you through a shot, that can help prevent one or several diseases. Most vaccinations are given to the elderly or infants to help them avoid diseases in the future. There are some vaccinations that can affect getting healthier and others that do not help prevent certain diseases that young children or older people can get very easily. Others have also had negative side effects from getting vaccinations and because of this they are no longer able to get vaccines. “My husband got paralyzed from a vaccination almost 16 years ago. He went to get his flu shot like normal, we’ve had them before, it was not a big deal. It was also a bad flu season, people were getting turned away from hospitals. My husband started to have some muscle weakness. We went to the ER, they did a few tests and sent us home. When we were at home, he woke up one morning and went to do something and he collapsed. We ended up spending nine days in the ICU while he was paralyzed from the waist down. They said it
was similar to respiratory disease,” Zoology and Biology II teacher Misty Black said. In 2018, receiving vaccinations has become a very controversial topic for discussion. Parents with newborn babies have decided not to get their babies vaccinated when they were born, but others usually do, so the topic of vaccinations has become a huge opinionated topic. “my kids and I get vaccines because they are put into a place for reason. At one time the disease obviously caused a lot of illnesses, deaths and medical problems. I think a lot of people in our society today have a lot of doubt with them. Our society really has not lived in a time where we have had a true outbreak of a disease, so therefore it is hard for us to realize. If you go back 30, 40 years, the risk of the disease truly outways any risk of the vaccine,” nurse Misty Trinidad said. Young adults, new parents, or even people that have been parents multiple times, have a different view on whether or not vaccinations
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should be a more serious topic for discussion. One controversy revolving around the vaccinations topic is that some people think getting vaccinations could lead to Autism or even deadly diseases. Some opinions also come from celebrities as well. “I have heard good and bad stories from different people getting different vaccines, like the flu
“My kids and I get vaccines because they are put into place for a reason,” Misty Trinidad said shot. I have never experienced any bad things from getting a vaccine because someone else’s story does not affect my own. When I get older and have a family, I will get my kids vaccinated because if bad diseases come back, I do not want them to get sick or I do not want to get sick myself,” junior Bella Sears said. Getting a vaccine is helpful for everyone’s health. Teachers from Liberty North High School were able to get their flu shot to prevent from getting sick this year. “If you do not get a flu shot it can affect everyone around you negatively. I imagine it is a health risk to everyone and likely poses a threat to those who are vaccinated.” junior Chance Tacia said. Photos by Ashton Overby
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How to Stay Healthy this winter season
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taying healthy is very important in day to day life, especially during the winter. With the brutally cold air, running noses and watery eyes are going to be normal, but adding on headaches, sneezing, or coughing are not so normal. Simple things can help you the most. Bundling up before going outside, eating healthy foods, and drinking lots of water are some examples. Staying inside can also help a lot. Exercising in a building rather than outside, watching a movie, studying or doing homework, hanging out with friends are some more examples. “I think staying healthy during the winter can be kind of difficult in ways. I do winter athletics, like swim, so it can get hard at times to go outside and not freeze because our hair will still be wet or we did not come prepared for that kind of cold weather. You do not really think about it until you are in that situation. I try to stay inside as much or run to a car when we do have to go outside,” junior Emilie DeKejin said.
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ealth can progressively get worse as the season goes on. However, when wearing the right clothes, staying in warm places as much as possible, and washing your hands it is possible to stay healthy throughout the entire season. Simple things can affect your health, but autumn is when flu season starts. It is important to start taking small steps to prepare yourself for the colder weather, that can be getting warmer clothes or simply getting your flu shot. Not only will wearing the right clothing help you keep warm, but it can also help you avoid sickness. Vaccines help a lot, but washing your hands, wearing warm clothes and avoiding others that are sick, or have been sick recently can be very important on staying healthy and away from the sickness. “I get cold easily, so it can be hard sometimes to find clothes that keep me warm. I can get sick pretty easily and it could last a while, go away then come back. That is one reason I do not like winter, but there are different things that help me like taking medicine or even getting a flu shot to prevent me from getting even sicker. During winter, I try to not be around sick people too. With finals and other out of school activities coming up, I am not trying to get sick,” junior Rimee Coy said.
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NOrth Nation Station what's in stock this holiday season
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orth Nation Station is the place to get the best Liberty North apparel. Some of the school’s students and staff get their North Nation clothing at registration right before the school year starts. Even though most students buy the apparel at the beginning of the year, sales for winter clothing are still very high. These winter clothes are seen as very cute and match current styles, according to Grace Roberts and marketing teacher Kristen Hittner. In this cold weather, the need for warm clothes is in high demand. This year, North Nation Station has gotten some new products that have helped sales this year. “We have gotten a lot of new products this year. We have two or three new tank tops, a lot of t-shirts, some sweatpants, a sherpa, sweatshirts, and jackets,” senior Grace Roberts said. In addition to the new products at the school store, the winter clothing for the store is limited. However a few things are still in stock for the winter. “Our clothes for the winter include
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the classic champion sweatshirt, joggers, fleece jacket, and also a soft cotton sweatshirt,” senior Matthew Hampton said. According to Hittner, the store has been doing very well this year. Sticking to popular trends is what the store strives for every year. Styles are always changing and the store adapts with them. “We always try to have new. I think we have done a really good job over the years of creating a sense of urgency for students to purchase during registration because we typically don’t restock items. Once they are gone, they’re gone, so we definitely try to keep new fresh pieces in there. There are few items that we carry year round or restock year to year,” DECA teacher Mrs. Hittner said. This year, the store has had some very popular top sellers. These items could be very useful in the cold winter months. “During back to school registration we had a couple items that sold out day one and two that we didn’t have a lot available. I know the navy rain jacket sold out really quickly so we actually did restock that, we have a few available now. The women’s sherpa pullover which is a high ticket item, that ended up selling well. I think those are the stand
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out popular items for this year,” Hittner said. A big thing that North Nation Station works on is the new designs for next year. They are tasked with creating a fresh outlook on North apparel, which is seen as difficult by Hittner and Roberts working in North Nation Station. “We spend all of our second semester conducting market research. Part of that is sitting down and doing focus groups with students, teachers, and parents. We also send out electronic surveys to get some generalized feedback regarding sizes, colors, fit, fabric. In addition to that, it’s our job to research what some of the trends are. We have found that some of our female students and female faculty are our number one shoppers. We try to look at where they are shopping, and what are the hottest trends, and make predictions about what is going to be popular again next august. We get inspired by those trends and find a way to make it unique to Liberty North High School,” Hittner said.
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iberty North High School’s Choir Winter Concert was held on December 7 and consisted of multiple choirs that sang a variety of seasonal songs. These songs ranged from 2000’s popular Christmas songs to 15th-16th-century gospels. The choirs practice many different songs based on other cultures and languages, such as German, Latin, and Hebrew. They also focus on different music cultures. Most of these seasonal songs do not specifically relate to a Christmas story but more of telling about things that happen during that time of year. “The biggest thing we think about when choosing music is what can we teach the students to be singers,” choir teacher Brian Hartman said When Christmas carols and caroling became more common around the 15th-16th century, the songs that were sung hundreds of years ago were more related to Christ and experiences rather than the celebration of Christmas. These older songs were created to replace Pagan holidays surrounding the winter solstice and give them more religious structure. The song Still, Still,
Still, an Austrian carol written by Norman Luboff, is about baby Jesus and his mother singing him to sleep. These songs were written with the intention of telling the story of the holiday and the experiences around the season. “Songs like We Need a Little Christmas, pretty much everybody has heard that song on the radio. Not everybody has heard or understood Still, Still, Still,” Hartman said. The choir chooses these songs not just to be played at a concert, but for the students to learn and overcome singing in a different language. As the choir students are exposed to different forms and languages it not only opens different horizons and other cultures, but teaches kids how to openly perform both the music and the text. The choir practices while working with different languages, and this can create better rehearsal skills and encourage high schoolers to think deeper about the song. “The main obstacle is can we visually represent appropriately what the song and the text is talking about to an audience who is sitting and listening,” Hartman said.
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err Frank’s German language classes participate in a tradition that is widely celebrated in German culture. The students go to class to class and sing Christmas carols in German. Frank has been doing this with his students ever since he started teaching at Liberty North. He started caroling when he taught in Kearney, where the math classes would sing carols relating towards math. “Sometimes we would run into each other and do a little singoff. It was always fun,” German teacher Steven Frank said. Germany has a very strong background with Christmas traditions such as caroling. Frank was exposed to those traditions. Many of his students enjoy the caroling as it’s fun, but also they learn more through the singing. “I do not try to convert students to Catholicism. It’s just something I’ve been raised with and want to share,” Frank said.
“Songs like We Need a Little Christmas, pretty much everybody has heard that song on the radio. Not everybody has heard or understood Still, Still, Still,” choir teacher Brian Hartman said. design by Santana Cervantes
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Why have one play, when you can have three? written by Claire Severson
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very year, the Liberty North theatre department puts on three shows during the spring. This year’s spring play will be ‘Quilters’, the black box show being ‘Bus Stop’ and the Reader’s Theatre will be ‘The Interference’. Originally, the department was planning on doing Miracle Worker instead of Quilters, but due to some overlapping dates with orchestra, Mr. Young, Mrs. Lenger, and Mrs. Dempsey decided to change it last minute. “They changed the show because the orchestra concert was scheduled for the week of the show and because we wanted to do a really big set for the miracle worker. [In order for the show to work] we’d have to be able to fit everything into the scene shop.
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Mr. Young loves the show too, so we didn’t want do a minimalist set, like a couch or a rug out for such an awesome show. So we changed it just so if we were going to do it, we could do it right and Quilters will be able to have a very small set and easily fit into the scene shop for the orchestra concert.” junior Hannah Samson said. Even with the sudden change of show, the department still has a positive outlook on the upcoming plays and how they will turn out in the long run. “I feel like they just found better options that would fit our group of young actors that would overall become a better production.” sophomore Jackson Faulkner said. All of the plays this year have
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very small casts, which made for an interesting audition process. Out of all the people who audition, only a select few actually get to perform in the show. “I am excited to hopefully be in one of [the plays]. I’ll take whatever show I could get into, especially because of the competitiveness of all the shows this year,” Faulkner said. A diverse choice of shows is typical, but this year the directors selected three completely different shows to perform. From a group of people being snowed into a diner in ‘Bus Stop’, to a rape case in ‘The Interference’. “I’m excited to see how everything comes together,” junior Bailee Tomney said.
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us Stop will be this year’s play that is performed in the Black Box Theatre. The show starts when a bus that just left Kansas City pulls into a diner due to a snowstorm. The snowstorm blocks all roads and causes the passengers of the bus to stay in the diner and continue their trip in the morning. “I think Bus Stop will be really cool since it’s a very unusual show for one of our
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Along with the love story, there are plenty of other stories of people who discover themselves. Multiple friendships are formed through
will find a different message with each of the girls stories. While each story is different, they all have something in common with the other girls. “Quilters is six ladies, and they each have their own individual story, and then quilting represents them coming together,” sophomore Jackson Faulkner said. Throughout the play,
aren is the main character in The Interference who is trying to seek justice after being raped on her college campus. “I’m excited for the reader’s theater for- just like I said before- be able to tackle that tough topic and open more conversations about raping on college campuses,” junior
“I feel like it’s going to be a fun show it’s about eight people and also it’s set in Kansas City, but the line between Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City Missouri, and so I think this choosing a play that’s so close to home will be very fun,” Samson said.
each story is told in blocks or ‘patches’. In the end, all of the various patches are assembled into one glorious, brilliantly colorful quilt, hence the name of the show. “I feel like quilters will be really cool, because it’s kind of like a musical. I feel like the resemblance and like symbolism in it is really cool,” Faulkner said
Hannah Samson said. Different characters side with or against the main character, revealing hardhitting truths about rape culture and popular responses to college sexual assault cases. “It’s a little more serious, not something that you would want to show your family, but something that displays a good message,” sophomore
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the play, and some of the character’s even learn something about themselves through the process.
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uilters is about a pioneer woman and her six daughters. The show tackles the struggles, as well as the rewards of frontier life. “It seems like it’s going to be really fun and kind of a ‘throwback’ kind of play,” junior Bailee Tomney said. While following each of the girl’s struggles, the audience
teachers, Mrs. Lenger, to pick. Usually she picks very dramatic or intense plays like Wait Until Dark which was about an assassination or Hello Herman, which was about a school shooting,” junior Hannah Samson said.
Jackson Faulkner said. Karen is trying to tell the story through the entire show, but struggles finding herself stuck under all of the other things happening on the campus around her. “I hope it will open the door to important conversations about rape on college campuses,” Samson said.
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We decided that eeryone’s super stressed, so we’d spread a lot of holiday cheer. So we picked two teachers, went to Dollar Tree and Lowe’s, and decorated both Gates’s and Mitchell’s room,” junior Emma Reiser said.
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very day, humans use 500 million disposable straws. That’s a whole lot of plastic that ends up in landfills, in nature, and in the oceans. While boycotting straws can seem like it may not make a huge impact, it can still cause significant change. Getting rid of straws is one of the easiest ways we can improve the environment. Not everyone is ready to compost all of their trash and make their house solar powered. Cutting disposable straws out of your life is a simple way to become more environmentally conscious. While straws were originally invented to help people with disabilities, they have now become something nearly everyone uses daily. If the average person cut back on straw use or invested in reusable straws, the impact straws have on the environment could be significantly decreased. Personally, I have been using reusable straws for about six months now. Considering the average person uses 1.6 straws per day (taking into account the fact that some people use more than one straw while others don’t use any), I have prevented over 280 plastic straws from ending up in landfills. While it is possible to drink your beverage without a straw, reusable straws are a cheap way to still have a straw without producing waste. Whether you’re for it or against it, the straw ban is becoming increasingly popular. Seattle is implementing a plan to completely ban disposable straws from their city, and Starbucks has created new strawless lids for their beverages. Straws are something that most people don’t think twice about. But, hopefully, with the growing straw ban, more people will start to become aware of their impact on the environment.
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on’t get me wrong, I’m all for saving wildlife and improving the environment, but, honestly, I don’t think banning straws is the best way to go. Ageold traditions are hard to overcome. Straws are necessary for people with certain disabilities, and they are far from our biggest problem when it comes to marine plastic pollution. Straws were originally created as a disability aide, so banning them would create barriers for the disabled. Disability rights advocates are speaking out against the bans, arguing that straw alternatives don’t work quite as well. Composable alternatives lack the same sturdiness as the plastic design, making them flimsy and too easy to chew through or choke on. Reusable alternatives would create a burden on those with disabilities. Plus, they become a sanitary hazard if they aren’t cleaned properly and can cause harm to people who use them. Also, the Ocean Conservancy’s 2017 Coastal Cleanup Report compiled beach cleanups around the world and found that the most common trash item found on beaches is cigarettes–followed by plastic bottles, bottle caps, wrappers, and bags. Straws and stirrers were placed seventh on the list, at about three percent of the total trash. Straws only account for three-tenths percent of total plastic waste by mass. Another study found that an estimated 46 percent of the debris in the ocean is abandoned fishing equipment. Straws aren’t the most common source of causing harm to ocean life. The people behind the plastic straw ban not only fail to accommodate people with various disabilities, but they also fail to create the meaningful, positive environmental change that people and companies claim to prioritize. People are going about this all wrong–straws are not the best way to save ocean life, but they could jump-start much needed conversations about the level of nonbiodegradable trash in it.
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y mother once said to me, ‘never underestimate the plant people,’ and it has stuck with me my whole life. While it just sounds like a cheesy and stupid one-liner, it resonated with me because it represents resilience, adaptation, doing what’s right, and preserving life. In today’s society, there are dozens of brands striving to produce eco-friendly, ethically made clothes, which is good because it decreases the number of sweatshops used (Forever 21) and puts some of the money towards nonprofits, looking to help the environment, important causes, and people. Some of my favorite brands include Patagonia, The Happy Giver, Ikea, and Apple (yes, Apple!). They are pulling their weight to ensure that their products are ecofriendly and are providing funds for environmental agencies and non-profits. After years of abuse on the environment at the hands of big power and oil companies (Exxon Mobil, Shell), there’s nothing that makes me happier than seeing large companies do their part to ensure everyone gets a safe future on this earth. Energy companies like Exxon Mobil, Shell, and Ameren have contributed to the environment negatively; Exxon and Shell even taking great lengths to cover up facts about their company’s impact on the environment. Now, for everyone wondering, ‘but I can’t take down a large multibillion life sucking environment draining habitat killing company, so
what can I do to help?’, I have some suggestions. Obviously, I would love to see Exxon Mobil be reconstructed into a better, more environmentally friendly company taking strides to better our world instead of striving for a bigger paycheck.
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The issue of our failing environment can’t simply be fixed by slapping a solar panel on it. But there are steps we all can take as a generation to ensure that endangered animals are still around, the sun still shines, and the grass still grows when we bring our own children into this world. Politicians and energy companies need to stop focusing on how much money they can make in the present
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and start focusing on how their decisions affect the future of their children and those yet to be born. So now that I’m off my soapbox, here are some things that people can do today to ensure a brighter future for tomorrow. Shop naked. This doesn’t imply walking around Target naked. Don’t do that. Please. This encourages shopping for food with little to no packaging on it. The less packaging you use means the less packaging that ends up in landfills and the ocean. Compost! You can compost old fruits, vegetables, eggshells, coffee grounds, and tea leaves. Bring your own bags when you go shopping, as to reduce plastic bag waste. If you have a collection of plastic Walmart bags like I do, you can recycle them at Walmart, where they get reused. Finally, STOP USING PLASTIC BOTTLES! I cannot repeat that enough. When disposable plastic water bottles are made, it takes 117 million barrels of oil ANNUALLY. Not to mention if you throw them away, they end up in landfills. Invest in a reusable waterbottle. They can be as cheap or as expensive as you want. It’ll save you money in the long run, and on top of that, they’re trendy and there are tons of places to refill in public. So on this note: reduce, reuse, recycle. Do your part to ensure that the next generation of people on this planet can enjoy the same animals, plants, and warm sunshine we enjoy. Don’t stand for companies that are bad for the environment, and instead invest and buy from companies who care.
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outh Entrepreneurship is best described as a traditional class focused on solving problems for monetary profit. The class uses games and activities to teach real-world lessons about economic concepts. “We play games and have activities. About one half of the time is teaching, the other half is working on their own or in groups. Students also work with businesses in the community to help them solve problems that they are experiencing,” teacher David Chatlos said. Youth Entrepreneurship is the class to be in if a student is interested in building real profit. “We have a day that we sell goods to the student body during lunch called Market Day. Kids get to keep profits from this after they have paid back a loan. We had 3 groups make over $100, including one group that had (at the time) had the highest profits in at least the region, and possibly the country,” Chatlos said. Although, it’s not all fun and games. Students must show they are self-motivated to do well in Youth Entrepreneurship. “Students must be go-getters who want to win, make money, and be willing to put in the hard work necessary to have a successful business,” Chatlos said.
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ylan Davis was one of three students who made over one hundred dollars during the school-wide market day. Market Day is an activity in which students competed to sell products school-wide. Market day was, for many students, Liberty North’s students first interaction with the class. “Market Day is an in-school activity in which students sell a product to the Liberty North school base and make as much revenue as they can,” junior Dylan Davis said. Market Day is a great chance for students looking for abilities to make a genuine profit. “Recently we did Market Day, so any money we made extra, besides out loan, we got the money back into our pockets,” Davis said. In addition to making over one hundred dollars, Davis’s group had the highest profits in the region, and possibly the country, according to Mr. Chatlos. Davis believes the class helps students learn the art of entrepreneurship. “Any student that has a drive, the want to go and get something done, would be a good suit for the class. Especially if they enjoy doing things head on by themselves. Everyone in the room is business minded, they’re out to make money. It’s all very competitive. We all want to do the best we can do,” Davis said.
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ECA is a competitive club for students interested in business and marketing. It’s an opportunity for networking, competitions, and socializing, and It prioritizes giving students skills for the real world. DECA is the second largest high school organization. “There’s a lot of young entrepreneurs who are hungry, aggressive, competitive. There’s some pretty outgoing personalities. It’s all about figuring out how to make relationships and network,” DECA sponsor and Business Department chairperson Kristen Hittner said. Many members have great people skills, but there are still opportunities for students who are on the shyer side. “There are opportunities to do more written assignments that you can rehearse and present. I was a written project kid in DECA in my high school. On the other hand, some of these students thrive on winging it on the spot,” Hittner said. DECA is a great opportunity for those looking to get involved with clubs, but are already juggling other activities. “This is a club or group that looks good on college applications, and resumes, but does not require a huge time commitment. If you’re a two or threesport athlete than you can still have room for DECA. It isn’t something that will take a ton of your time unless you want it to,” Hittner said.
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his year, DECA ran a campaign for Mackensi Killbreth at the Fall Leadership Conference. “For District Vice President, I had to go through this process starting in August where I filled out applications and I had to send them into the state. Then in the middle of October, we went down to the Ozarks and elections took place. I gave a speech and completed testing to make sure I was qualified for my position,” junior Mackensi Killbreth said. Killbreth’s strategy involved more natural intuition than calculated planning. “I knew I wanted to do it, but I had no idea how to. I tried looking up Youtube tutorials and looking on the website to see what good competition strategies were, and it seemed like there was something different everybody,” Killbreth said. Mackensi was elected at the conference and given the role of district vice president. “I serve on our state action team, we’re spread out all across Missouri. We decide the theme for state this year, the rules we enforce in competition, and other similar things. This is separate from the regular DECA events that I do because I still manage my regular written projects and role-plays on a chapter basis on top of this,” Killbreth said.
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“The average american throws away 70 pounds of unwanted clothing every year,” Traci Silvey said