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SUSTAINABLE FASHION
Arts & Culture Eco-friendly style Fashion pushes toward environmental, social change
Hayley Brown brownhay000@hsestudents.org
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Hayley Brown brownhay000@hsestudents.org0 S ustainable fashion is the movement of fostering change to fashion products and the fashion system toward greater ecological integrity and social justice. The movement has made a return and features across many media platforms. As of right now, the fashion industry is the second largest polluter with the oil industry racSing up as the fi rst polluter in the world. Besides focusing on environmental awareness, sustainable fashion companies advocate for the millions of labor forces working for the fashion industry. “Sustainable fashion, in my opinion, is as eff ective as recycling or reusing,” senior Keely Gott said. In the 1980s, clothing brands such as Patagonia and Esprit began to advertise their clothing as ¹sustainable” as part of an eff ort to reduce the fashion industry’s carbon footprint. However, sustainable fashion producers are unable to push toward greater environmental eff orts _ithout the buyers or supporters of these clothing brands. “I think sustainable fashion is really useful and something that is upcoming and many people are starting to look at it,” junior Shelby Cade said. “I believe it’s very similar to regular manufactured clothing and it’s a sensible use of clothing.” Not only is sustainable fashion supporting environmental change, but change for the fashion industry’s labor workers. One in six people work in the fashion industry, but 2% are given a living wage. Many fashion manufacturers disclose the conditions of the environment employees work in to cover distress with a brand name according to the Human Rights Watch website. “The situations labor workers are put in will be
better because of the support from the eff orts of sustainable fashion companies,” Cade said. “The eff orts and the improvements from those eff orts can be looked upon from outsiders.” Women make up the majority of the 163 million population of labor workers in the fashion industry. The Sustain Your Style website states a variety of women live day by day in rigorous situations owing to the closeted actions of the industry’s superiors. Unpaid maternity leave, sexual harassment, retaliation towards
employees and forced overtime hours make up these closeted actions. “It seems these sustainable
fashion companies are bringing many positives to the fashion industry, including the support of the employees who work for the companies. It could better the image of fashion than the negativity it’s received on the daily,” Gott said. Many people are concerned with the environmental toxicity that the fashion industry contributes to. According to the Human Rights Watch website, clothing stores such as H&M and Zara taint large bodies of _ater _ith microfi bers, produce greenhouse emissions and contribute to deforestation of major rainforests to make plastic materials. “Sustainable fashion is a small thing we can do to reduce pollution and is more eff ective than recycling because items that are assumed to be recycled, are mostly getting thrown away,” junior Sebastian Trujillo said. Ecological fashion companies try to persevere through these damages of the fashion industry by producing clothing with greener alternatives, such as using raw denim to produce jean clothing. “Rather than wearing used clothes from thrift stores, I’m able to buy new clothes that are close to my style and off er clothing better for the environment from local sustainable clothing stores such as Anthropologie,” Cade said.
Mannequin from Anthropologie displays fashion pieces using ecological materials, representing the sustainable fashion movement. Photo by Hayley Brown.
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1. Senior Riley Lemons plays the cymbals on Jan. 27. 2. Practicing choreography, Alivia Feilds leaps on Jan. 31 at rehearsal. 3. Sophomore Nolan Murdock plays a steady beat during practice on Jan. 27 for indoor drumline. 4. Striking a pose on Jan. 31, senior Madeline Soe rehearses her guard routine. Photos by Elissa Mitchell.
Bring the beat in
Winter percussion, guard prepare for big expectations
Kristen Rummel rummekri000@hsestudents.org
Tears are shed as the competition season comes to an end and students are left with happy memories and pride in their hearts for a job well done. Fresh out of a winning competition season, color guard and drumline strive for winter alternatives.
Color Guard Last year, color guard won state and went on to the Winter Guard 1nternational ?/1. .or the fi rst time in school history, they became the WGI 2019 Open World Class champions in April. With a championship under their belt, they have been bumped up to World Guard with a new division, skills and expectations. This year the team is being held to higher standards and expectations. The championship for WGI has four tiers: A Class, Open Class, World Class and Scholastic World. Once a team wins their class, they are bumped up to the next tier of competition. “There’s always going to be some type of pressure no matter what, but winter guard and color guard are not like sports where you have these big rivals,” senior Cameron Nichols said. “You want to beat each other. This is a competitive based activity where we all want to place and compete well, but everyone is always cheering each other on. It’s a very supportive community amongst the teams.” Guard has a junior varsity and varsity team that both compete in competitions. The junior varsity competes in events like the state circuit IHSCGA (Indiana High School Color Guard Association) for World Class. The varsity season lasts a little longer than the junior varsity, from mid-late November to early April, while the junior varsity lasts from December to late March. With the extra time, varsity works on choreography and practicing the shows for WGI. Varsity’s performance has is called “Swing Turn Swung” and junior varsity¼s sho_ is ¹8ure 1magination” compiled of dance, Æ ag, riÆ e and sabre. A showing of these performances will be on March 20 at 7 p.m. showcasing all the winter guard and winter percussion in the district for free in the Main Gym.
Drumline In 2017, the drumline was bumped up to the World Class for WGI after winning the Open Class and their previous performances. With this new role and expectation practice has been increased. “It’s never too stressful because we prepare so much and as long as you give 100% every time you’ll have a great experience. The most fun part of the activity is the competitions, not just for the awards but also how much fun I have with my friends,” sophomore Ryan Gallagher said. Their performances have many features and require a lot of preparation to put together. The show requires the visual team, front ensemble, electronics and the keyboard instruments to work together. The show this year is called “Paper Tiger.” This concept has the team splitting into two with one acting as the antagonist and the other as the protagonist. They are telling a story with music, moving cages, uniforms and stage makeup. <here are ten diff erent competitions throughout the season for ?/1. <here is a Yualifi cation process to get into ?/1. <he competition this year is on April 10, at Dayton Ohio. ¹0aving thousands of people _atching you as you perform is defi nitely stressful,” sophomore Jake Myers said. “The feeling you get when you walk into the Dayton Arena knowing you’ve prepared for months is something I’ll never forget.” Drumline practices after school three times a week. On the weekends they have competitions until the season is over.
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1 6ophomore 6ophia :ellbaum throws her Ŵ ag during practice on -an . $s part of their performance training, Munior .atie .ieffer slides underneath senior .eely 0urdocN Photos by Kathleen Tran. 7he drumline faces forward as the team prepares to play on -an Photos by Elissa Mitchell.
Musical mix-up School production features new staff, direction
Carter Hanefeld hanefcar000@hsestudents.org
With a new director, choreographers, sets and theme, this year’s musical production of “The Addams Family” has been transformed.
“It’s really important that you have a clear vision of what you’re trying to communicate to the audience,” new theater teacher and director Anna Nickell said. “The director has to come up with the concept for everything.”
Nickell has been teaching for nine years, and has directed for just as long. Not only is she bringing experience as a director, but she is familiar with “The Addams Family” as well, having directed it during her tenure at Decatur Central High School. Furthermore, her experience helps aid production both on and behind the stage.
“Nickell is able to help with tech and is also e`tremely Æe`ible _hen it comes to giving us time to run what we need to run,” junior Alli Bufkin said.
Certain things may be different under the ne_ director, there are still similarities in producing a musical. .or e`ample, one benefit has al_ays been the crossover between show choir and the musical, and this year is no different.
“Show choir certainly helps in terms of talent and also prepares students for various aspects of performing in a musical,” Nickell said.
While show choir and the musical have a similar skill requirement, there is also an overlap in production this year. Contrary to previous years, the musical is being held in the spring, which coincides with show choir season.
“It’s putting more pressure on everyone and slowing down the quickness of getting things right,” Bufkin said. “Cast and crew in both the musical and show choir are at school late for basically two and a half months, and personally, I haven’t been able to do as much as I wanted [with the tech crew].”
<hough doing both activities fills up more time, the people involved still know how to look past the stress and keep enjoying what they are a part of. “Those who are in both show choir and the musical are more stressed,” junior Margaret Delong, who plays Wednesday Addams, said. “But staying motivated and remembering why you love each and every thing you do is a great way to keep going.”
“The Addams Family” will debut on March 27, 28 and 29 in the auditorium.
Junior Madelynn Ayen, freshman Cory Wilcher, junior Margaret Delong, junior Jacob Schilling, junior Kierre Rodriguez, senior Aidan Lucas and freshman Trey Weger line up during the song “When You’re an Addams” at musical practice on Feb. 26. Photo by Carter Hanefeld.
Meet the Addams family
“My favorite experience about this musical has been the opportunity to play Gomez Addams and to be able to work with such a fun and talented cast.“
“There are so many fantastic things, but I’d say that my favorite e[perience is defi nitely getting to be a part of a family 7his is my fi rst musical, so everything was pretty scary at the beginning. Lucky for me, the cast is so kind and welcoming that my nerves were calmed almost instantly. It is an incredible feeling getting to share a stage with people who always believe in you no matter what.“
“My favorite experience has been getting to spend time with some of my closest friends from high school show choir during rehearsals. We’ve grown so much closer and I have so many new inside jokes and happy memories from rehearsals, particularly blocking rehearsals/runs are my favorites.“
Name: Trey Weger Grade: Freshman Role: Pugsley Addams
“My favorite experience is probably meeting and getting to know the cast. You meet these wonderful and talented people and it’s awesome to get to know more. You create this family that love and support you like no other and this cast has really shown that love and support.“
