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TARGETS OF TRAFFICKING The internet and social media makes individuals more susceptible to being targets of human trafficking. See the staff’s coverage of this topic on pages 8 and 9.
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Horizon building opens in downtown Fenton across from the Cornerstone building WRITER TARON MASI
During the humid days of August, construction workers began building downtown Fenton’s newest edition, the Horizon building. Encompassing 23,500 squarefeet, this three-story building was made for commercial and retail use. It is located on the corner of S. Leroy St. and Silver Lake Rd., situated diagonally across from the Cornerstone building, near where the former Action Auto once stood. “The construction started last July,” President of Rhoads & Johnson Kevin Johnson said. “The site is very small and that has made it difficult to build on the property. The lot is about one and half acres in a strange triangle shape that has proven to be difficult in the building process. The only other obstacle that has presented itself is the winter weather, but that was a known challenge going into the project, as we live in Michigan.” Contractors were given a
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE Horizon building is estimated to cost $6.3 million, with $543,743 being funded from the Michigan Community Revitalization Program. $543,743 Michigan Community Revitalization Program grant to begin developing the project. In total, the project has an estimated $6.3 million cost. “There is about 20 to 30 workers every day out on the site,” Johnson said. “The one thing that people will be looking forward to and have been asking about is the parking that will be available; it’s going to be about the size of the Community Center so people should be happy to have more parking in the downtown area. The big difference about this building is the feel to it. When you look at it, you can tell that it is
different from the other buildings downtown. We wanted a New York or Chicago feel to it, so we used nicer and longer lasting materials. The type of building is called a Flat iron building because of the unique shape.” By summer 2018, it is expected that occupants will be able to move in. The new mixed use building will house The Horizon Group of Raymond James Financial Advisors on its second level and Serra Automotive on its third. The first floor is still left available for retail vendors and other interested businesses.
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Big Boy and Pizza Hut were taken down during the later months of 2017 in order to be replaced with a new strip-mall. The new 18,000 square-foot plaza, located on Owen Road, will include a new drive-thru Starbucks and a carry-out Pizza Hut, along with a Mediterranean and a Mexican restaurant. The planning and building of the new plaza has been ongoing since February of 2017, and is expected to finish as soon as warmer weather allows for more favorable construction conditions. “There was a parking setback on the front and rear of the site,” Fenton’s Building and Zoning
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Administrator Mike Reilly said. “The developer had to go before the Zoning Board of Appeals on March 28 for a variance regarding the parking issue. The Starbucks that is being put in place will have a drive-thru window, which made the developer have to go before the Planning Commission on April 27, 2017, in order to get the formal site plan approval.” After going through the proper approval measures with the city, the building began entering the construction phase. Reilly said they plan to have space for businesses that are interested. “They have received a site plan approval, which means the
set of construction drawings that the builder or contractor uses to make improvements to a property was approved,” Reilly said. “From the City of Fenton Planning Commission, a building permit has been issued for the two new buildings that will have approximately 10 new tenants to the city of Fenton, which in turn will create more jobs in the city.” The building parking lot, exterior and site work is suppose to be done around middle to late summer. After that, the tenants can renovate their respective spaces before opening to the general public.
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BREAKING THE SILENCE Locally produced feature film ‘Ring of Silence’ speaks out against human trafficking ASSISTANT PRINT EDITOR IN CHIEF ELLIE VASBINDER
Sirens blaring, a large crowd and flashing lights. What appeared to be a crime scene was just that, but only fictional. No one had been abducted or reported missing. However, human trafficking does happen and is a form of modern slavery that exists across the globe, and “On The Town” magazine is working to raise awareness through its new film titled “Ring of Silence.” The movie is based around a high school girl who becomes infatuated with a boy over social media, who seems to be picture perfect. She then finds herself in a relationship with him that quickly goes downhill. The film captures the “grooming process” that happens in many human trafficking situations. Many times the threats go unnoticed until it is too late. “It’s important to see there’s a grooming process to it all, especially through social media, which is what this film shows,” film producer and “On The Town” publisher Kim Gray said. “You have to be aware of it at all times. That’s why we made it the way we did. The whole movie is based around a school. It’s very realistic and it’s based on teenagers, and how social media plays a big role in human trafficking. It will open kids minds.” The feature film has a crew of hundreds with 500 local extras. It was shot all around Genesee county and features even more scenes throughout mid-Michigan. The film was influenced by
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true events put together by five women: Patti Higgins, Sue Lauber, Rosa Wang, Kim Gray and the director, Nicole Wallace. “Sex trafficking occurs all around us, and the victims are sometimes hiding in plain sight,” U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said. “The victims often feel powerless to flee because the trafficker exerts power over them — physical violence, threats, drugs, fear of arrest or even shame.” Internationally, there are an estimated 20.9 million victims of human trafficking. In the United States, there are more than 4,000 cases of sex trafficking, with 136 of those cases being reported from Michigan. “Ring of Silence” aims to raise the awareness of these statistics and potentially help lower them. “The best way to raise awareness is to talk about it,” Gray said. “Be aware of your surroundings at all times. The biggest thing I’ve noticed is people don’t talk about it. It’s difficult to bring awareness because people don’t want to discuss it. Many victims are ashamed when they really shouldn’t be.” The goal of the cast and crew is to show this movie in middle and high schools to teach adolescents to be aware of the dangers before they even seem present. “Ring of Silence” has finished filming and is now in the editing process. It is set to be released next spring.
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PHOTOS Junior Nolan Day runs in both his fall sport, cross county and his winter sport, indoor track.
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It is below freezing outside and instead of his feet hitting the track, his sneakers are squeaking against the school tile. Participating in track, indoor track and cross country, junior Nolan Day experiences the ways that different climates could provide challenges and affect the body. “Running in the winter is more harsh,” Day said. “The cold weather makes your muscles tighten up and it’s hard to find good footing when all the roads are snowed over and wet; both of those problems can lead to injuries. Overall, it’s easier heading out for a run in a t-shirt and shorts in the summer.” Sports in diverse climates can have training regiments that differ from one another and with these climates they provide different challenges. Sharing the same sports as Day, sophomore Ethan Pyeatt runs both tracks, but thinks opposite of Day. “In the winter season, we run in the hallways of the school,” Pyeatt said. “Indoors, it’s more short sprints and working core. Spring season is definitely harder, we are outside and we have the ability to run on the track, so we will be doing more distance training. Outdoor is more brutal on the body and legs.” As a triple sport athlete, sophomore Andrew Donar participates in cross
country, track and hockey. He goes from more individual sports to a very teamoriented one, and says hockey is harder on him than the other two. He uses his other two sports as a build up leading to his hockey season. “I use cross country and track as training for hockey; it’s like an all around season conditioning,” Donar said. “In hockey, we do weight lifting in the summer. I personally take that through the whole year, even though the team doesn’t. I think hockey is more difficult, because you’re not only having the practices and games, but if you want to improve, you have to do it on your own time. Hockey uses a lot more muscles than just running or any other sport. It’s all around a more physically demanding game.” Some sports are solely dependent on the weather during the winter. Racing on the ski team, senior Annie Koester says her spring season is more manageable than ski. “Ski is definitely harder, because you have so much equipment and it’s always freezing,” Koester said. “Our training times depend on the weather, if there’s no snow or too much we can’t train.” While Pyeatt’s routine changes between his seasons, some people’s routines stay the same throughout the
year. That is true for Day, as he runs distance for each of the three sports he participates in. “We do speed work, endurance training and oxygen debt training, all of these types have different aspects that help in the final race,” Day said. “I do all three, being a distance runner myself, I do the same thing for all three seasons. They’re kind of all on a similar basis, so the training philosophy applies to all three of them. They’re pretty constant, based on how they go.” With the different seasons, each sport and participants face unique challenges based on what they do. The weather for each season can feel more taxing on an athlete’s body and make it more difficult for them to practice.
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Skis are Back In Season The ski team prepares for another winter with its biggest roster yet WRITER NICHOLAS MEGDANOFF PHOTO WILSON PERSONETT
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she rushes down the hill, her skis slicing through the snow, senior Jessica Lynch blocks out the rest of the world, taking in her own thoughts and the task at hand: go fast and ensure the Fenton-Linden ski team’s victory. “We race against around five other teams in two types of races: slalom and giant slalom,” Lynch said. “In slalom races, the gates are shorter distances apart and you have more variations to them; that’s where it is faster paced and you get more aggressive with your skiing. Then in giant slalom races, the gates are set very far apart, and we go through them faster. Giant slalom is more speed related than technique related. For one of our slalom races, the course was a little rough; they had variations in it that we are not normally used to, so it was something we weren’t expecting, but we had to adapt and change to stay on our feet.” Race scoring centers around the goal of getting the fewest points as possible, as a longer race time equals more points. However, instead of the entire team being assessed, they are represented by a select number of its fastest racers. “The judges take both teams and put them in order of slowest time to fastest time,” junior Parker Bundy said. “The fastest time will get the first spot and only the fastest four people get judged from each team. With this point system, say Fenton had the number one, two, three and four spot, we add up those place numbers, so that will be 10 points for us. Then the opposing team would get fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth. Due to us finishing with a lower score than the other team, we
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would win the competition.” The team’s first meet of the season resulted in a loss to Holly-Oxford. The boys group lost by more than 10 points, per event, in slalom and giant slalom, while the girls group lost only in slalom by a margin of three points. However, the team rebounded from this loss against Holly-Oxford by bringing home a victory in it’s second meet against Grand Blanc. “When we raced against Holly-Oxford, the first week, they had some pretty good kids on their team,” Bundy said. “When we faced the team from Grand Blanc, they were on par with us; the boys team beat them by one point and our girls team lost by four points.” At the start of the season in November, team members are expected to attend the Monday through Thursday practices, with competitions taking place during those days as well. The practice sessions are designed to improve the skiers’ abilities on the hill. However, the threat of warmer weather looms over these practices, threatening to cancel not only the practices, but races as well. “We started our dry land practices the second week of November with conditioning at the high school,” coach Tim Hiscock said. “That went on until it was cold enough for Mount Holly to open, then we hit the hill. We
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began with basic skiing fundamentals, then slowly transitioned into skiing gates and practicing specifically for slalom and giant slalom. When we finally got on the snow this year, we had a lot of rain that took us out of training and caused us to have very limited time with gates. Now that we are in competition season, we’ve had some races canceled and moved to days where we would otherwise be training. So far, training has been good, and with everything that I’ve seen in our racers, both JV and varsity, I could not be happier.” The opponents are not the only force challenging the ski team; the weather and a lack of practices provides more obstacles in the team’s goal for a season full of victories. The next competition for the ski team will be on Feb. 26, in the Southeastern Michigan Ski League Championships at Boyne Mountain. SKIING AT MOUNT Holly, sophomore Emma Hiscock competes in the slalom race, where she helped the girls varsity team take second place in the division against Flushing.
From High School to Hired Specialized classes provide students with skills needed for future careers
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1. IB SPANISH Students will explore the history, geography and cultural aspects of Span-
ish-speaking countries, with an emphasis on Spain. This class would help with a career as a translator, ambassador or missionary. “I would like to pursue a career either as a Spanish interpreter or an international business manager,” junior Caitlyn Dailey said. “IB Spanish has helped me become more comfortable with both speaking and writing another language, which will help me use it fluently to translate and help people around the world as I pursue this career path. We have also learned a bit about the cultures and histories of Spanish speaking countries as this will always be helpful if I ever travel for this career.”
2. IB THEATER
This class involves participating in a range of activities in more than one area of theater technique and becoming familiar with different forms of the art. Students who take this class participate in theatrical productions over the four quarters, and in more than one capacity. This class can aid in furthering a career in theater and visual arts (dancers and singers) or public speaking.
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“This class has inspired me to major in musical theater and acting when I go to college,” senior Joie Raymond said. “I guess you could say it’s all had a pretty big impact on me. The IB shows I have done and currently am doing a lot of research and commitment. This being said, I had to learn to balance the work with all of my classes. I’ve learned the importance of being a leader and not being afraid to speak up for myself in order to get things done, as well as speaking up for others who need an advocate.”
3. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) Students will learn how to speak and interpret using TVs to interact with their teacher and other classes throughout Michigan. Speech therapy, teaching and interpreting are career choices that this class could be directed towards.
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“After watching a conversation between two people using ASL, I have become infatuated with the language,” sophomore Anna Weigle said. “I want to study the language in college and maybe pursue a career as an interpreter. If I decide not to do this, being fluent in sign language will still put me ahead of the game in the world because it is still considered another language. Also, it meets during SRT so I’ve had to learn how to be organized and manage my time properly.”
4. ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY This class is recommended for students seeking a career in nursing, medicine,
physical therapy or athletic training. Students will understand the organization of the human body as well as how the human body moves and demonstrates laboratory dissection skills.
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“I have always had an interest in the sciences, so Anatomy and Physiology definitely always looked appealing to me,” junior Michael Visniski said. “The dissections and the topics the course covers are fascinating. I am planning on going into a career that has something to do with anatomy and I have learned that lab experience is definitely one of the most important things we learn in regards to that. It’s impossible to learn everything from just a book, and this career choice would involve having the skills to perform labs and analyze the results.”
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TARGETS OF T NOT SO SAfE AfTER ALL Social media and online commerce websites contribute to increasing sex trafficking industry PRINT EDITOR IN CHIEF ELLIE BENNETT
nessa said. “Poverty, discrimination, being exposed to sexual abuse, being a runaway or in foster care. These things can make women more susceptible to being involved in forced prostitution or sex trafficking.” Sex trafficking can happen to anyone no matter how rich or poor, young or old. Being aware of that is important, but any suspicions that one has should be brought to an adult’s attention. Don’t deal with the situation alone.
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Traffickers usually go for easy targets when trying to take someone. It’s usually someone who is quiet and alone, or someone who is in need of affection and attention, as a large amount of trafficking is now done over social media. Traffickers become afraid if the person they are preying on is drawing attention to them. “If you draw attention to yourself, nine times out of 10 that’s going to be a turn-off for them,” Cole said. “What these people are looking for are easy targets, submissive targets. So, when you start speaking up and you’re getting louder as you’re saying ‘Sir or Ma’am, you’re making me nervous, quit following me,’ and people are starting to turn around, what does everybody do? They turn on their phones and start recording. Traffickers don’t want their faces out there, because this is their livelihood, this is how they make their money.” The stereotypes surrounding the appearances of traffickers usually aren’t accurate. It often isn’t a “big bad man,” but rather an average looking, indistinguishable individual. “I could set out 12 pictures of men and women, all races and ages, and one wouldn’t be able to pick out the people that do it,” Cole said. “This is because they’re people that look like any average human being; there’s normally nothing special about them.” People are advised that being aware can be their best line of defense. There is no distinctive quality that people who sex traffic have; they look like normal people. Although Fenton has had no known cases, citizens should be aware that sex trafficking can happen in Fenton and has happened in the greater Genesee County area.
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Five women rescued, four traffickers arrested. Headlines like these often show up in surrounding areas, like Detroit or Lansing, regarding sex trafficking. In small towns like Fenton, residents don’t often feel an imminent threat or danger of sex trafficking, but citizens are encouraged to be aware that it does happen in small cities, and they should also be aware of the warning signs surrounding sex trafficking. “There aren’t any sex trafficking cases in Fenton that we know of,” Fenton Police Officer Tom Cole said. “But don’t ever assume it can’t happen here. Even just someone following you around in the grocery store can be a threat, so reporting it or defending yourself is better than having it repeat and happen to someone else.” It’s best to call the police if something seems suspicious regarding sex trafficking. One telltale sign is seeing a young girl with an older man and this man preventing the girl from speaking in public. “Call 911 immediately if you think someone is a part of sex trafficking,” Cole said. “The best thing for people to do is be a witness. Take pictures with your phone, but don’t put yourself in any immediate danger.” Bruises won’t be seen on visible parts of a victim’s body as traffickers don’t want noticeable marks on the face because that is seen as the ‘money maker,’ and they don’t want to be under suspicion when venturing into public. “Abusers or attackers don’t think of the people they traffic as actual human beings; they are seen as property,” Cole said. “They see dollar signs. For example, a young girl, who they’ve had for awhile, is not going to have a bruise on her face. You may see some on the upper arm, but the bruises and cuts are going to be somewhere they can hide it. This is done because they’ll get less money for damaged ‘property.’”
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A girl’s phone buzzes with a notification from Instagram. It’s a direct message from a random guy that reads “You’re so beautiful.” she smiles down at the phone and types back, “No I’m not.” They talk for months and one day the man asks her if she wants to meet up and she quickly agrees. This girl, a young and innocent individual, is now meeting up with an stranger, who unbeknownst to her, is a trafficker. When they meet, he convinces her to stay with him. He makes her believe that she owes him for the attention he gave her.
He takes photos of her and posts them to BackPages and CraigsList, websites known to be used by traffickers. This happens to normal girls who live anywhere. “It’s really hard to end trafficking because people make a lot of money from it,” Program Officer of Equality Now’s End Sex Trafficking program Romina Canessa said. “It has only increased because of social media. The documentary called ‘I am Jane Doe’ on Netflix is about online sex trafficking and how the internet has caused a boom in the industry. The documentary talks about these websites, specifically BackPage and Craigslist, how they are used to help men sell women and girls, and how it’s not against the law. With the internet, you can chat with someone and think they are a modeling scout or they are going to be your boyfriend. They will pull you in and slowly convince you that you need to do this or tell you that you need to have sex with other men for money to pay them back. They will also threaten you; if you’re an immigrant they might take your passport and make you afraid to go to the police because you might be here illegally. That is why the internet has increased sex trafficking.” The internet is the main way for sex traffickers to target and trap their victims. According to Thorn, 70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors were at one point sold online. Anyone can be targeted, but some factors can make a person more prone to being targeted. “There are certain vulnerabilities that might make someone more susceptible to getting trafficked,” Ca-
TRAFFICKING TRAFFICKING BY THE NUMBERS
The dangers of sex trafficking put in perspective for Americans Reported Cases
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‘Remember, keep close to your group and watch for anything that’s out of the ordinary. You need to be with at least one friend at all times and be aware of your surroundings,’ WRITER LILY TIONG a worried parent tells her child as she leaves the house without adult supervision. Unlike in the past, kids today cannot go outside of their houses without constant worry of facing a potential threat to their safety. All individuals are encouraged to be careful no matter where they live, but especially those who live in one of the top 10 ranked states for human trafficking, including the state of Michigan. “The city of Detroit has been identified as one of the top cities in the nation for not only sex trafficking, but all forms of human trafficking,” President of the Detroit Police Officers Association Mark Diaz said. “It is important to understand that even though Detroit has this unwelcoming ranking, sex trafficking is not unique to Detroit. In fact, the state of Michigan has been plagued with this despicable crime from our southern borders to the most western stretches of the Upper Peninsula. Generally speaking, we [the Detroit Police Department] have found communities near major interstates and highways to be more susceptible to this type of activity. These areas are also more heavily populated, making them more likely to expose trafficking as opposed to rural areas which allow traffickers seclusion and means of concealing their actions.” According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, the number of calls to the sex trafficking agency decreased from 843 to 470 in the years 2016 and 2017. Despite this decrease in reported instances in the nation, Michigan citizens are still more vulnerable to being victims in comparison to other states because of the state’s
close proximity to the Canadian border. “With the Detroit border being the most traveled commercial border crossing in North America, it certainly provides an environment for human trafficking,” Diaz said. “Commercial truck drivers pass this border very frequently and sex trafficking is funneled throughout the border crossing.” Comprehensive laws ban sex trafficking that were put in effect on Aug. 4, 2006. In 2014, a 21-bill legislative package was passed and holds traffickers more accountable for their actions. According to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan Legislature passed bills in 2014 to address child human trafficking. The 2014 Michigan Legislative Package addresses the topics of Safe Harbor (provides safety and clears criminal records that were forced by traffickers), Stronger Tools to Hold Sex Traffickers Accountable, Commissions and Boards (mental and medical health records of victims are more closely looked at by the Department of Community Health) and Victim Health & Welfare Provisions. With these laws in place, traffickers can be sentenced to serve anywhere from 10 years to life in prison. The police department must be informed by the victim or by who is suspicious that a form of trafficking is occurring. “In addressing sex trafficking, the most important thing is for anyone to tip off law enforcement,” Diaz said. “It’s that simple. The more information the person reporting can provide the authorities with, the better our chances will be to save the victim(s) from a life of modern-day slavery.” For immediate help, call the National Sex Trafficking Hotline: 1(888) 3737888 or text “HELP” or “INFO” to 233733. Assistance is provided 24 hours, 7 days a week, with 200+ languages available. Even if sex trafficking is not occurring, it doesn’t hurt to get help, because it’s better to be wrong than not.
Michigan has dropped to the seventh ranking state for human trafficking, falling from first position
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Students’ ability to carry pepper spray on campus will aide in protecting individuals against violent crime The sound of the keys jingling in her hand is all that can be heard as a young woman exits her school’s campus one evening. She maintains a quick pace, not wanting to linger alone in the dark parking lot. However, before she knows it, hands grab her from behind and pull her backwards. She quickly reaches for the pepper spray attached to her key chain and pulls the release, driving her attacker back. In this instance, the small can of pepper spray made a crucial difference in protecting the young woman, proving that pepper spray is a valuable tool for students looking to defend themselves. In 2018, instances of violent crimes including homicide, robbery and aggravated assault being perpetrated against individuals by a stranger reached a new high, increasing 11 percent nationwide from last year, according to the Major Cities Police Chiefs Association. Of those crimes, aggravated assault made up roughly 60 percent of violent acts leveled against a stranger. With these crime rates trending upward, the need for self-protection is becoming increasingly necessary, especially in women and adolescents, who are most susceptible to being targeted, according to the National Institute of Justice. As such, there has been a spur in the number of individuals carrying pepper spray, with a survey conducted by the analytics company Gallup recording that, in 2017, 16 percent of Americans surveyed carry a capsule of pepper spray on them for means of self-protection, a two percent increase from 2016. According to Home and Personal Safety Consultant Mathew Carey, pepper spray is the most effective tool for self-defense because of the product’s versatility and ease of use. The effectiveness of the product in proportion to its size is unmatched in comparison to other self-defense tools, firing its spray at a range of 15 feet, despite being small enough to fit on a key chain. According to the Fenton High student handbook, students are not allowed to possess any type of weapon or munitions on campus for fear that the object will be used to threaten, harm or harass another person. In the list of dangerous weapons specified in the handbook, pepper spray is not explicitly stated as a dangerous weapon, but rather falls under the umbrella category of any object that could cause bodily harm to another individual. Despite being categorized as a dangerous weapon, pepper spray has one distinction that makes a crucial difference in justifying its use on campus: it is non-lethal. Other weapons specified as “dangerous” in the handbook – guns, razors, daggers or explosives – have the potential, when used, to kill the individuals they’re leveled against. Pepper spray, however, can provide users with the ability to defend themselves effectively from any potential threat without the risk of a fatal situation. The concerns surrounding students’ possession of pepper spray on campus is understandable,
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with many believing that students should not be armed in any capacity. However, with instances of violent crimes being so prevalent in American society, students having a means of self-defense is a necessity, and pepper spray provides individuals with the ability to protect themselves within reason. As such, students should be allowed to possess the device on campus in order to safeguard their well being.
AT ISSUE Should students be able to carry pepper spray as a means of self-defense despite school rules prohibiting weapons on campus? OUR VIEW Yes, students should be able to
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There is a line between voicing your own opinion and harassing someone else in the process WRITER LUKAS ZYWICKI
“I don’t care what you say. You’re a bigot. Nothing you can say will change that. You’re an idiot for supporting them.” Statements like these can be considered harassment, as you’re directly attacking another person. “I simply do not agree with your viewpoint and frankly, I do not see any reason why you would believe that way.” This an acceptable statement. There is a fine line between voicing your opinion and harassing someone over their’s. In today’s world, it seems that there is much more harassing than debating. The amount of political tension in America has turned what was once civilized argumentation into downright harassment. Instead of making the focus of debates about the actual events in question, debates are rather an opportunity make fun of whomever you are talking to. During the last election, I watched all the debates hoping to learn more about the candidates and their opinions, but the only thing I learned was that if I ever needed some comical relief or if I ever wanted to watch two people making fun of each other, I can just watch that. Even in the midst of the election, which should be one the most serious times in our nation, it was still a just joke. In every debate, the winner of the debate is just who can “roast” the other one better. Political tension is the cause of all the harassment. It seems like people on the opposite side of the political spectrum automatically hate anyone on the other side, believing their political ideology is the sole basis for evaluating their character. On Twitter alone, there are more than 300 million active users according to Statistic Brain. With this number of people on Twitter, it has become one of the main social media platforms for political debate, leading to people harassing others because everyone’s opinion is out in the open for examination. Social media is used to express yourself, and while that could include political views, sometimes it goes too far. If you want to see people fighting over next to nothing, go to the reply section of anything President Trump tweets out. President
Trump tweets an estimated six times a day, as he has tweeted as of Nov. 7, 2017 a total of 2,461 times since the election, according USA Today. Everyone is at each others throats, whether it’s them defending the President or criticizing him. People will start attacking each other on anything they can to make sure they win the fight; appearance, grammar or their personal beliefs, which is never right. When you start attacking someone for who they support or their personal beliefs over social media, you might not realize that behind the computer is an actual person with the same feelings you have. It’s never okay to sit there and think that because they are only an icon on your phone screen, they won’t feel upset when you harass them just because they don’t share your belief. People tend to attack others physical appearance or resort to calling you “stupid” if they don’t have a valid argument left. Before tweeting out your opinion, you need to educate yourself and not just assume every fact you read online is true, as a lot of the material online tends to be biased to either right or leftwing, leading to a distortion of the facts. If you are uninformed on what you are talking about, you have to be okay with the other person beating you in a debate. There is a difference between being uninformed and misinformed. Being misinformed means you read false information, and it’s not your fault for being wrong. Opportunities such as that are why you need to have an open mind and listen to other people’s opinion. When debating, even if you vehemently disagree with the other side’s viewpoint, you still need to show respect for your counterpart. If you are voicing your opinion and someone else is harassing you overs your’s, that is not your fault. If they truly have a problem with what you have to say, then they will make their remarks and tell you why they think you are wrong. That is the beauty of America, everyone is allowed to have and voice their opinion, but when that goes away, then we are losing the freedoms that define us. That, however, would be harassment for us all, regardless of where we stand.
Ways to voice your opinion without hurting others: -Always be a good listener -Always keep an open mind -Appear reasonable -Smile and be personable -Understand the purpose of the conversation -Try not to patronize the other party -Don’t make assumptions about the other party
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Many notable components of reality are actually manufactured within the brain WRITER ANDREA ELSHOLZ
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Every day, the little mound of tissue and chemicals inside the human skull generates the experience of being in a world full of sights, sounds, tastes, smells and textures. However, research provided by neurologist David Eagleman suggests that the ability given to humans to perceive these senses are just illusions put on by the brain. “If you could perceive reality as it is, you would be shocked by its colorless, odorless, tasteless silence,” neuroscientist David Eagleman said in his book “The Brain: The Story of You.” “Outside your brain, there is just energy and matter. We think of color as a fundamental quality of the world around us, but in the outside world, color doesn’t actually exist. When electromagnetic radiation hits an object, some of it bounces off and is captured by our eyes. We can distinguish between millions of combinations of wavelengths – but it is only inside our heads that any of this becomes color.” Research reveals that color is not accessible to every living being; some animals can see only certain colors and some people are colorblind. So, from that we can conclude that color exists only in certain brains and not in the real world. Aside from color’s limited existence, there is also the question of whether or not it exists in the same way to different people. “I have difficulty distinguishing certain colors,” junior Caden Johnson said. “It’s hard to imagine how other people view color because the way I see things now is how I’ve always seen them. I can’t really compare it to anything else. One of the only
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times it really impacts me is in art class where colors aren’t always labeled, when I’m painting and have to mix paints.” While it is true that the senses in the brain help alter reality, they also restrain the brain from going wild. When those restraints are removed, the brain begins to piece together its own reality. In an experiment investigating sensory deprivation, Eagleman and his team put test subjects in pitch black, soundless rooms. Once the senses were cut off, the brain was deprived of input to access its environment. Naturally, it decided to make its own. The test subjects started to have vivid hallucinations to the point where some forgot they were in the deprivation room altogether. The senses and the brain are a close working team. The jumble of nerves connected to the eyes, ears, mouth, fingers and nose alert the brain of its environment, assessing every new detail to be able to survive. Once the senses signal to the brain that it’s in a new environment, the brain prepares itself and switches gears, undergoing an interesting process called the doorway effect. A study conducted at Notre Dame showed that when people walked through a doorway, their response systems lagged and their memories were altered by the environment change. This explains why one can walk downstairs to go get water and completely forget what they were looking for. The doorway effect happens because the brain can only focus on a few things at a time. So, when it enters a new environment, it forgets information that it
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deems unnecessary in order to be able to take in the new surroundings. The brain prefers things to be neat and synchronized, so it delays certain information to have it be that way. According to MED-EL, a company that specializes in manufacturing technology for people who experience hearing loss, the human brain takes 0.05 seconds for sounds to get from the ear to the brain where it is processed as sound. However, not every sense reaches the brain that quickly. In fact, hearing is the only sense that reaches the brain that quickly; it takes 0.13 seconds for sights to travel from the eyes to the brain. And yet, everything seems to sync up when a person is taking in their environment. “The brain processes sounds more quickly than sights,” Eagleman said. “And yet take a careful look at what happens when you clap your hands in front of you. Everything seems synchronized. What it means is that your perception of reality is the end result of a fancy editing trick: the brain hides the difference in arrival times. What it serves up as reality is actually a delayed version. Your brain collects up all the information from the senses before it decides upon a story of what happens.” Every day, the brain tells humans the story of their life, adding sounds, sights, smells and wonder at every step. Despite these sensory perceptions being largely a fallacy created within the mind, the brain’s ability to find a sense of reality amidst so much disillusionment is integral in shaping mankind’s perception of the world around them.
Stereotypical THR cliques have changed OU G H in the present day high school setting
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The jock, the popular girl, the nerd. All of these names were once used to describe and divide high schoolers as a way to group like-minded students together. But like the “Breakfast Club” taught viewers, no person is associated with just a singular group, but can fall under multiple categories. Over time, these stereotypes have evolved and changed. In 2018, students have the ability to embrace any part of their personality and participate in any or all activities they want to, without fearing the judgment of others. “I think students now are a lot more tolerant than they were in the past,” Principal Mark Suchowski said. “They are more supportive of each other today. If you want to be a journalism nerd, people say ‘go for it’. If you want to be in the drama department, people will support it. Whatever your passion is, you can pursue a career in it without judgment or the fear of getting bullied, this is different because back then some careers weren’t considered ‘cool.’ I don’t see the division between different groups of kids as I used to.”
Many students belong to more than one of these social groups that once dominated school halls. In today’s society, a student can double as a jock and a math ‘geek’ or even be on a publications staff, if they wished. “Kids have friends who have different interests,” Suchowski said. “There was a time when there were cliques, and people only hung out with people who had the same interests as themselves. I also think it’s great that we don’t see kids feeling the need to specialize in only one sport or club. Most of our students are involved in more than one activity. I think students are trying to do more and more.” Whether they are students who graduated in 1980 or students graduating in 2018, former past students see no real change in the work and stress put onto students. “I don’t see a huge difference in students’ stress levels [from when I was in high school],” Geometry teacher Michael Pearce said. “There’s always going to be the high performers that are stressed out about everything. They take a test and think that they failed it but end up getting
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an ‘A’ on it. Then, there’s still the kids that aren’t going to really care a whole lot. You can see that still now and back then.” Even with the ever changing student dynamic of cliques and stereotypes, there always is going to be the “overachievers” and the “underachievers” in the high school environment.
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
Playing music, yoga and meditation allow students to relive pent up stress WRITER SYDNEY BOMMERSBACH
After a full day of school, sophomore Jaidyn Rogers arrives home and lets her backpack hit the floor with a thud. Exhausted from her busy day, she must now trudge through her homework that was assigned earlier, study for unit tests and eventually midterms and final exams. Feeling overwhelmed, stressed and like she will never be able to conquer it, she pulls her guitar out of her closet and sits down on her bed. “When I’m feeling stressed, I will sing sometimes and strum a few notes on my guitar,” Rogers said. “I try to piece some different chords together or I’ll make up a catchy little tune, and maybe add some words later on that have something to do with what’s going on in my head.” Self-taught by Youtube, Rogers has been playing the guitar for a year and a half now. Because she’s not a part of any music elective or band at school, music has always been an independent, no-pressure type of activity for her. “I do anything to get my mind off of what’s bothering me,” Rogers said. “Singing is almost like talking to a friend about an issue, but instead lets me figure it out by myself. Music allows me to escape from the world and reality.” She engages in this about threes times a week to keep her mood up, which is also about how often senior Kasey Caswell attends yoga class. Because of a busy schedule like most students, she does not get to attend as much as she would like to, but still loves the feeling of relaxation it brings her. “If I’m doubting myself or doubting anything, I go to yoga, I feel like a whole light lifted from me after the session is over,” Caswell said. “The last pose is always Savasana, and this is the wind down where you just lay there. It’s such a relaxing, calming and meditative state to be in. It brings me back to myself and I always say that yoga brings me back to life if I’m feeling down.” On top of yoga, Caswell also participates in meditation to help rid herself of any stress she might feel during the day. A combination of these two enlighten her and give
her the mental clarity to take on the next task. “A lot of times, I’ll do meditation or yoga and I’ll think of mantras and affirmations while I’m doing it,” Caswell said. “I find myself saying things like, ‘I am loved’ and ‘I am beautiful’ and ‘I am strong.’ It’s really empowering, and I think it’s beneficial for anybody who wants to try it.” Caswell is not the only one who believes in the positive effects of meditation against any stress that may arise. Beginning two years ago, senior Antonio Zayas started meditating every day, and more recently has began to try walking meditation, which he explains as focusing less on where he’s going and more on his breath and the feeling of the ground under his feet. “Meditation is really just taking back control of your mind. Thoughts are like waves, they come and they go, but it your decision to attach to them,” Zayas said. “Meditating just helps me choose more pleasing thoughts to attach myself to and helps me to do so in day-to-day life.” Zayas reminds himself of where he is, how far he has come and the possibilities he can reach to ensure that he is not overwhelmed and always progressing forward with a more calm and relaxed state of mind. “I feel that it has really opened me up to receive all the blessing the universe has to offer,” Zayas said. “You focus on the positive and pay no mind to the negative because it does nothing for you besides make you feel worse. You start to only see the good in everything.” In order to minimize stress and have a great time during the four years of high school, it is no wonder that many students have found a way to cope. Whether through music, yoga, or meditation, each and every student has a different way to de-stress and keep on moving toward success. PHOTO SYDNEY BOMMERSBACH
‘OCD Much?’ ‘Type A’ personality traits leads to individuals being wrongly characterized as having OCD WRITER LYDIA PODLESAK
Sophomore Anna Avendt takes her materials out of her bag. She then makes sure all of her notes are neatly aligned in a stack, no piece hanging out more than the others. A student next to her glances over and sneers, “OCD much?” She takes offense to the comment and begins to wonder if she really does have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or if she should ignore the
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comment from her classmate. “Organization has always been important to me, it helps me maintain composure during the school day,” Avendt said. “I find myself stressed when I can’t find important things, but so do most people. I’ve never really thought about myself having OCD, I’ve just always have been an organized person.” Those affected by OCD have uncontrollable obsessions and compulsions that a person impulsively wants to repeat over and over again. Many do not take into consideration the effects of the condition as the acronym OCD has been misconstrued into slang, most often to represent individuals who are organized or known as the “Type A” personality. “An official diagnosis usually comes with a visit to the person’s Primary Care Physician,” McLaren Adult and Adolescent Partial Hospital Psychiatric Program Manager Mark Sak said. “Based on the severity of symptoms, the PCP may refer the person to a therapist and or psychiatrist, or may decide to try treatment in their own office first. OCD can become a very debilitating illness for those who do not seek intervention.” The term OCD as slang can be associated with color coding, maintaining a tidy room, or making sure one’s socks match. In reality, these instances do not nearly compare to the true symptoms of OCD that require
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individuals to repeatedly be checking on things; the fixation of hurting someone you love; the constant fear of contamination which leads to frantic hand washing or the hoarding of items. “Everyone sometimes has a need to double check to be sure we locked our car door,” Sak said. “But people with severe OCD can not walk away from the car but continue to check the locks over and over, as they cannot control their thoughts to check the lock. The main indicator of an OCD diagnosis is the person is experiencing significant problems in activities of daily living.” When people use the term as slang, they may not be aware of the anxiety and the obstacles that it presents in performing everyday tasks. In many cases, an individual with OCD suffers from extreme anxiety, which then leads to abrupt panic attacks. When a person can not overcome their compulsions and act upon them, it can cause a person to become discouraged and unmotivated. This causes a constant uneasiness in life that can drive a person crazy and can then lead the disorder to coincide with depression. Next time, instead of using OCD as slang, remember that the individuals with the disorder live their lives encased by their fear and anxiety. For thousands of people, OCD is not just slang but their real life.
DR. Students use internet to self-diagnose, sometimes arriving at false conclusions WRITER SYDNEY BOMMERSBACH
At 7:45 a.m., sophomore Ally Rensi opens the door to enter her first block class and sits down at her desk. Scanning the room, her eyes land on her best friend sophomore Trinity Sawyer’s desk and she realizes she isn’t there. Rensi decides to shoot Sawyer r a quick text to see where she is, and Sawyer responds that she stayed home because she wasn’t feeling well. “I complained of a sore throat, being constantly tired and having white spots in my throat,” Sawyer said. “I didn’t end up going to the doctor, I just did a quick search of my symptoms on Google. After looking into it, I found out that I had infectious mononucleosis.” Sawyer gathering and analyzing information on her health, without ever consulting a doctor, is an example of self-diagnosis, otherwise known as the act of identifying medical conditions in oneself, which is done most commonly through, but not limited to, the internet. According to Pew Research Center, 59 percent of U.S. adults have looked online for health information in the past year and 39 percent say they have looked for information related to someone else’s health or medical situation. “The website gave me a treatment consisting of bed rest, fluids, fever reducing medications and pain medications,” Sawyer said. “I did what it told me to and saw a fair
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amount of improvement in the way I felt. After being sick for most of winter break and staying home the first couple days after break, I was able to go back to school. Sawyer is not the only one to self-diagnose; according to a Fenton InPrint Twitter poll, it turns out that 78 percent of students have admitted to self-diagnosing as well. Athletes who are physically injured while competing in their sports are among the group who neglect to visit the doctor, often resorting to other sources of information. “While playing basketball, I tripped and fell over a kid’s leg and when I came down, my hand smacked the floor really hard,” senior AJ Lepage said. “My middle and pointer fingers immediately swelled up, turned bright purple and was bruised. I considered going to the doctor, but then my dad said that we didn’t really need to. After months of my fingers still being swollen, I just assumed that they were broken and they are still huge to this day. The only thing the doctor would’ve done is just diagnose it and then tell me not to use them at all. I don’t think it would’ve saved me any pain.” Physical injuries are not the only aspect of health that self-diagnosis can be applied to; mental illnesses are also often evaluated without a health professional. Millions of results appear in 0.35 seconds from simply typing ‘mental health quiz’ into the Google search bar. “I’ve never considered myself OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) because any obsessions or compulsions I have aren’t as serious as people who actually have the illness,” senior Megan Deming said. “However, I have looked into it and done things, such as online screenings, just to make sure I’m not. One of my compulsions includes planning my outfits kind of excessively. I’m on a three week rotation and switch from A day to B day, so if I wore a certain outfit on a B day, I won’t wear that outfit again for another three weeks and this time on an A day. If I break the schedule, I get panicky and anxious and feel off that day.” The experience of self-diagnosing can vary with what resources are used. Vice President of Medical Affairs at Genesys Regional Medical Center Dennis DeSimone feels that places like WEBMD, The Mayo Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic and John Hopkins are useful places to research and the information gathered can stimulate productive conversations with the physician. “I think the best way to use the internet is as a vehicle to collect information,” Chief Medical Officer for Ascension Medical Center in Mid-Michigan Doctor Charlie Husson said. “Then, one has to piece that information together into knowledge, which can help drive our quest for health. For example, I had one patient come in and tell me that he had a blood disorder — after testing, he was right. On the other hand, I have had patients tell me that they have a particular disease and testing did not confirm their diagnosis. So, this is often a complicated issue. However, we should never discourage patients from seeking information, which can lead to real knowledge about their overall health.”
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Crampy abdominal pain that comes and goes, loss of appetite, constipation
Volvulus = An obstruction due to twisting or knotting of the gastrointestinal tract.
Fever, headaches, sore throat, back pain and stiffness, muscle tenderness
Polio = an illness that can causes nerve injury leading to paralysis and difficulty breathing
Fatigue, fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, possible rash
Lupus = autoimmune disease when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs
Fever, headache, muscle aches, joint pain, rash, sore throat
HIV/AIDS = interferes with your body’s ability to fight the organisms that cause disease
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78% of students in an 1 in 4 Americans have used their cell phones to look up health information.
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admitted to self-diagnosing.
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DESIGNING A NEw project, sophomore Vaughn
Doyle (right) works with his mentor, Dave Jackman, on building a new robot for Robotics. “It’s so interesting because I’ve always been good with electronics,” Doyle said. “I’ve only been in this club for three months and it’s already taught me so much.”
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF the publications staffs’ Panera Bread Fundraisers, junior Angela Hanners uses the time to prepare for her Pre-Calculus exam. “This was my first time ever going to this event,” Hanners said. “It was a great atmosphere and I wasn’t easily distracted, which resulted in me getting a lot of work done.”
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GOING IN FOR a floater, senior Brandon Bossenberger plays against Hartland. “When we check into the game, the atmosphere becomes very positive and the energy on the floor increases,” Bossenberger said. “This helps a lot because it encourages us to play better and go for the win.” PLAYING HIS ALTO saxophone, sophomore Phillip Quinn practices with the Fenton Community Orchestra Wind Ensemble. “I’ve been playing with the orchestra since the first semester,” Quinn said. “I really like it and hope to participate for all of my high school career.”
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