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FISHERS HIGH SCHOOL, 13000 PROMISE RD, FISHERS, IN 46038

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Students and teachers adopt unique pets

Selfies could help boost self esteem

Beverages run dry compared to water

Girls golf putts their way into state match

Photo by Reily Sanderson.

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Drivers take a detour on unusual situations Ethan O’Sullivan ethanext17@gmail.com

I Tigers defeat third ranking Cathedral

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ndiana’s population growth from 2010 to 2015 is larger than that of any of its neighboring states, and Hamilton County is the fastest growing county in Indiana, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

With a bigger population however, comes a change in the community’s vehicular landscape. Drivers in Fishers adapt to unusual driving circumstances in a city that seems to be transforming before their eyes.

Construction is in progress all around the city, both to make more residential space and to acclimate the roads towards more populous and safe driving. The result is closed roads and congestion.

“Construction is a major issue around here. I usually just try to find different routes that allow for more time to accommodate for all the resulting traffic,” math teacher Ryan Duffy said.

Drivers in denser populations have to take into account a larger possibility of unsafe fellow drivers and busy intersections or pedestrian crossings.

For orchestra teacher Nicole DeGuire, awareness behind the wheel is the most important strategy for working around complicated driving scenarios.

“Once you get behind the wheel, that’s where all of your attention must be,” DeGuire said, “Not talking on the phone, putting on makeup or any other distraction. And you also have to make sure you pay attention to everyone around you,

Maximizing Safety

because you don’t know who they could be.”

State officials want to make intersections in Fishers safer. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, roundabouts reduced injury crashes by about 75 percent.

State officials recently announced plans to construct six roundabouts along Indiana State Road 37, a highway that passes through Fishers and travels northbound to Noblesville. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2019 and is expected to take three years. Some problems, on the other hand, impact students more directly.

For senior Megan Santin, pedestrian travel is neither viable nor safe in Fishers.

“Sometimes pedestrians are difficult at night time, when the roads get very dark and it’s hard to see people,” Santin said. ”At crosswalks, when I’m sometimes a pedestrian myself, it’s hard to get around because there aren’t any of them.”

Pedestrian travel to FHS, for example, still lacks sidewalk in certain areas, making it hard for certain students to walk to and from school.

As Fishers undergoes its transformational period , DeGuire urges her fellow drivers to have a degree of forbearance.

“These things [road closures, pedestrians, busy intersections] might be frustrating, obviously, as they make us later to where we’re going,” DeGuire said, “But it’s a part of life, and it’s a part of being a responsible driver. It’s silly to get upset about things we have no control over.”

Immigrant parents gather to learn school programs

Bottle flipping finds a home in Bottle Flipping Club

Traffic picks up on 131st Street after school on Oct. 3.

Photo by Ethan O’Sullivan.

Construction -Drive Slowly -Look for detours - Know about current construction sites or road closures before driving -Be mindful of workmen

Roundabouts

- Always look before entering - Drive slowly - When exiting, you have right of way - Give vehicles in front of you room - Know which exit you are taking - Use turn signals

Pedestrians

- Look both ways before crossing - Avoid walking at night - Do not walk without a sidewalk - Do not jaywalk - Wear bright colors

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College rank conflicts with students’ favorites Haley Thomas haleyt0723@gmail.com

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ive Indiana colleges appeared in U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings, released Sept. 13. However, the national news magazine’s rankings do not match students’ favorite colleges, according to a poll of 88 seniors.

U.S. News ranked schools based on “up to 15 indicators of academic excellence,” according to their website. They did not base ranks on factors such as campus quality, cost or athletics, which were cited in responses to the poll.

While IU was the favorite of most seniors, with 33 percent of votes, it was U.S. News’ third Indiana school at number 86 nationally.

“I like IU because the campus is really big and all year round it’s really pretty there,” junior Micah Anderson said. “There are a variety of buildings with some that are more modern than others which I think is cool. It gives you a variety of spaces to be in.”

Majors also factored into her decision, while U.S. News did not consider majors in these rankings. However, U.S. News had separate rankings for various major programs.

“They have a really well-known music school there I would like to try to get into… since I want to go into music or music education one day,” Anderson said.

Like Anderson, senior Ben Rock based his preferred college largely on majors. Rock would like to attend Purdue and study aeronautics.

“I heard they have one of the best [aeronautics] programs in the state there,” Rock said. “Equipmentwise they have state of the art training planes and

a pretty nice runway as well as decent funding. I think most of that is because of how close they are to Indianapolis compared to some other colleges that offer the same fields.”

Purdue was the second highest-ranked Indiana school at number 60 nationally, and received 16 percent of students’ votes.

University of Notre Dame was the highest-ranked Indiana college at number 15. It was also number 7 in undergraduate teaching, number 9 in business programs, and number 37 in undergraduate engineering programs. “[The high ranking] is why it’s so hard to get into, and it’s promising to see if I’m thinking about hopefully going there,” senior Peter Werling said. “What I’ve heard from other students that go there now is that the professors there love their job and love what they’re teaching, so that helps make it such a good school.”

Werling hopes to major in biochemistry or a related subject at Notre Dame next year. He also plans to run cross country.

U.S. News also featured Ball State at number 176 and ranked it number 93 for top public schools. It placed third among students with 19 percent of votes.

IUPUI was ranked number 197 in national universities and number 106 for top public schools.

It received 18 percent of student votes, making it the second most popular.

Write-ins for students’ favorite Indiana colleges included University of Southern Indiana, Valparaiso University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Taylor University and Butler University. These made up 10 percent of the total vote.

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*88 seniors were surveyed during SMaRT period on Sept. 26. Votes for “other” made up 10 percent of responses. Graphic by Haley Thomas.

iPhone 7 and Galaxy S7 bring new innovation Alex Pope alexpope606@gmail.com

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pple’s new iPhone 7 is here, but unlike years before, the market shows that it is in stiff competition with its Android opponent. According to Business Insider, Apple lost share in every market except for China last quarter, yet Samsung’s new smartphone release boosted their shares by significant amounts. Therefore, Apple’s top competitor for the best selling smartphone of 2016 is the Samsung Galaxy S7. With fall being the season for new releases, students have two popular nextgen options.

“I’m getting the iPhone 7 at my next upgrade because I am already familiar with the software and because of its upgraded performance,” junior Reid Herndon said.

Evolving from the iPhone 6, the nextgeneration iPhone 7 offers a new and improved smartphone camera. Both the iPhone 7 and Galaxy S7 have a 12-megapixel camera sensor, but the S7 has a wider f/1.7 aperture than the iPhone 7’s f/1.8 aperture.

This means the S7 can let more light into its lens than its rival from Apple, which creates a blurred background for clearer subjects in the photos. However, both phone cameras have optical image stabilization, so any unwanted effects of hand-shake will be kept

to a minimum and in turn produce clear low-light photos.

“I chose the iPhone 7 instead of the Galaxy S7 because of its resolution and new camera.

I also just couldn’t give up iMessage,” senior Avery Hancock said.

The S7 has a higher level of waterproofing protection than the iPhone 7, with its IP68 rating, which is higher than Apple’s IP67 rating. This means the S7 can be submerged in up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes, and that the iPhone 7 can only be submerged in up to 1 meter of water for the same amount of time. Essentially, both phones can survive being dropped in the toilet or being subjected to a heavy rain shower.

The iPhone 7 has the same display as the iPhone 6s, whereas Samsung introduced a new 5.1 inch, 2,560 x 1,440 Super AMOLED display. The iPhone 7 uses an LCD display that has not been fully developed yet according to Apple’s engineers. The S7 uses an AMOLED display that evolved from the display seen on their previous smartphone, the S6, and have features that produce an almost infinite contrast ratio and create a vividly clear display.

Performance wise, the iPhone 7’s processor is slightly quicker than the S7’s according to tests done by Fortune, a subsidiary of TIME, Inc. The S7’s battery life, while turned on, is

Senior Davis Robin shows off his new iPhone 7. Photo by Alex Pope.

17 hours 48 minutes compared to the iPhone 7’s 13-hour battery life. The S7’s battery life is possible due to its unique utility-based processor.

Apple made one significant change with

the new iPhone 7; it lacks a headphone jack.

This change requires the buyer to purchase a special adapter in order to use nonbluetooth headphones. Apple’s new feature also takes away the ability to listen to music and charge the phone at the same time without bluetooth headphones.

“I got the Galaxy s7 because it has a better operating system and I don’t want to have to buy $169 Apple earbuds because they were too lazy to add a headphone jack,” senior Cameron Kosegi said.

Both phones have relatively similar prices; however, the 32GB iPhone 7 starts at $650, but if a person want the Jet Black version, they will have to pay $100 more. The 32GB Galaxy S7 starts at $670 and comes in white, gold, silver, and black. Although the S7 is $20 more than the base iPhone 7, it has an external storage option for SD cards which allows for adjustable and versatile storage.

Both phones have made innovations and improved compatibility by promising new applications that will provide easier means of communication between the Galaxy and Apple smart phones. Both companies have teamed together to make a Android-compatible FaceTime and messaging system. According to Apple, these applications will allow quicker and easier communication between the two operating systems.

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Career Club gives students an idea for their future Sawyer Osmun sawyerosmun@gmail.com

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tudents who want a clearer idea of what they want to do in the future, or students who are not sure of what profession they want to take on after high school, can now explore options with Career Club.

This new club gives students some career ideas by bringing in speakers from different professions to talk with the club members.

This club is held once a month in club sponsor and science teacher Karen Survant’s room, A114. The first speaker, a lawyer, will be coming to the next meeting on Oct. 13.

Whenever the speakers are ready to come in and share their profession to the students, the officers set a date. The length of the meetings depend on how much time the speaker has.

“Basically, it’s a club I created to help people who don’t know what they want to do after high school figure out what they want

“The goal for us is to make sure that the students that are in the club know what they want to do with their lives after high school and after college,” club officer junior Kamalpreet Kaur said.

Photo by Sawyer Osmun.

to do and get exposed to different careers,” Career Club president junior Chloe McNair said.

Speakers are recruited by e-mail so they can collaborate with Survant on a meeting time. Students and their parents help recruit speakers. “[If speakers refuse to or cannot

present,] then we just kind of branch out to a different speaker so that we can have someone to talk, or if really needed, then we can also get someone in the school to talk about [their job], like Naviance because that helps you hear their careers and we have all these other options and stuff, like back-ups,” Career Club officer

junior Kamalpreet Kaur said.

The club members decide what profession they want the speaker to come from and what profession they want to know about the most. “[If students want to hear about a particular profession,] they can ask questions because we’re going to have a speaker and then they’re going to talk,” McNair said. “For our first meeting, we had a survey to see what type of careers people wanted to see. They could also come talk to [club officers], too.”

Officers are promoting Career Club on Tiger TV announcements, making posters and displaying them around the school, and utilizing social media such as Instagram and Twitter, which are run by Kaur.

“I know for [all high school students], we all are trying to figure out what to do with our lives, and I think it’s a lot of unknown.

We don’t know what we want to do or what’s like the options out there,” Career Club officer junior Emma Belsley said.

District calendar change in the upcoming year Alaina Gabbard alainagabbard@gmail.com

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fter always seeing other schools have a longer fall break, our school board decided for our district calendar to be changed in 2017-18 with a week long fall break. This was decided after a survey was taken this summer.

“I feel like if I was still going to school here I would appreciate the long fall break because we all need time to rest, because I feel getting into the new school year can be a rough routine,” senior Gaige Deweese said.

The school board wanted to give families the longer fall break so that families can go on vacations and have an opportunity to spend more time together. Fall break will start on Oct. 16 and it will go until Oct. 20 next year.

The board wants to have the community involved as much as possible. Even though the break issue has been brought up before this year, they started getting more complaints and decided to bring it up in a summer board meeting.

“After you are starting back into the school year it will be nice to recover from all the homework and tests and prepare for the next quarter by getting a head start on new material,” senior Christian Ames said.

This summer the school board had a meeting discussing the district calendar and sent out a survey to parents regarding the calendar. They received 8,000 responses.

The Hamilton Southeastern Association Education teachers union sent out a survey to teachers to see what they thought of this change as well. After receiving many responses, the board decided the majority wanted a change to the district calender.

“By having a week long break we will have a catch-up week and not be as

stressed,” junior Sabrina Giancecchi said.

This schedule change is only a pilot, though. The school board is testing it out next year to see how well it goes for future years. It was reflected on what families wanted and the majority vote so the values of the community would be included on this decision. The board is watching how people react to this new change and it will determine if this new schedule will be done again.

“HSE schools is introducing several features for the upcoming school year that go along with this schedule change,” director of school and communications Bev Redmond said.

There will no longer be half days. The school board saw that it was hard for working parents to balance the random half days and plan what would be happening with their kids. The school community was about 50/50 on whether fall break should be a full week or not. The new schedule change will have built in flex days.

“Central office is still engaged on how they are allowing time for professional development and how that new time will look for teachers,” Redmond said.

Winter break will now start on a Wednesday instead of on a weekend. The board decided that the winter breaks will still be two weeks long, although only have two weekends. Winter breaks will be from December 14 to January 3rd. They did not find it necessary to shorten the break when there was enough room in the schedule to allow a longer break.

“The board is really looking forward to see how the community responds to the 2017 to 2018 district calendar. We can see how they will use it, how effective it is and see what that feedback is going to be next school year, ” Redmond said.

2017-18 school calendar (highlighted dates are breaks)

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Taylor Wagner taylornoellex@gmail.com WHO: Elisabeth Klausen WHERE: Denmark

Q: Why did you do an exchange program?

EK: ““I came here wanting to explore myself and other places., I wanted to see how I am in other environments where I don’t know anyone, it is like an adventure.”

Q: What did you do in Denmark and what do you like to do here?

EK: “I played tennis back in Denmark, so I am going to do that here in the spring. Also, I’m doing cross country right now and I want to do speech team.”

Q: What is different from your home country to America?

EK: “The school is much bigger and the teaching style differs a lot here as well, in Denmark students stay in one classroom and teachers move from class to class.”

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rom all over the world exchange students seeking experience, knowledge and WHO: Wichaya Irasmpertsuk WHERE: Thailand

a different culture have come to find what they are looking for.

Each student stays for around WHO: Samuel Schwehn WHERE: Germany

a year and goes through their school to apply to be an exchange student.

WHO: Chotika Rungjirarat WHERE: Thailand

“There is many differences from Germany, in school and everyday life,” senior Sam Schwehn said.

WHO: Marie Wittenburg WHERE: Germany

WI: “I thought it would be a fun experience and I like that I can pick my classes and choose what I get to study here.”

SS: “I came to America to learn the language more and to gain life experiences here.”

CR: “I wanted to see what an American school was like compared to my old school back home the differences are pretty big, we don’t get to do a lot of the classes offered here.

MW:“This whole experience seemed very interesting to me and I wanted to learn and go outside of what I am familiar with.”

Q: Why did you do an exchange program?

Q: What did you do in Thailand and what do you like to do here?

WI: “I didn’t really do a lot back in Thailand, but here I am doing a photography class and I really enjoy it, trying new things and joining clubs is something I hope to do more of here.”

Q: What is different from your home country to America?

WI: “In Thailand, we don’t get to choose our classes or what we get to do so having that option here is very nice.”

Q: Why did you do an exchange program?

Q: What did you do in Germany and what do you like to do here?

SS: “Back in Germany I did parkour, jumping on and off walls, doing tricks and flips,” Schwehn said. “I don’t do that here. I did try football here, it was too hard. I would like to try men’s volleyball though.”

Q: What is your favorite thing about being in Fishers?

SS: “There are a lot of food places here, my favorite is Buffalo Wild Wings,” Schwehn said. “We don’t of options back home it’s cool to try different things.”

Q: Why did you do an exchange program?

Q: What is your favorite thing you have gotten to do while here?

CR: “I am doing a painting class which I really enjoy, and I am starting to cook here as well which is something new, and I didn’t think I would get to do.”

Q: What is your favorite thing about being in Fishers?

CR: “Meeting all different types of people is probably one of my favorite things about being an exchange student.”

Q: Why did you do an exchange program?

Q: What did you do in Germany and what do you like to do here?

MW: “I didn’t do anything back home, but here I participated in color guard and it was actually pretty hard, I’m also in a lot of art classes that I didn’t get to do in Germany, like photography.”

Q: What is your favorite thing about being in Fishers?

MW: “There are so many fast food places here we don’t have in Germany, I like Wendy’s the most of all of them though.”

Photos by Taylor Wagner

Mental health awareness week aims to educate students Madi Calvert madicalvert37@gmail.com

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ften, there is a stigma against people who have mental illnesses. Some people condemn or criticize them without understanding the impact of their words.

During the first week of October every year, organizations across the country band together to stop the stigma during Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW). These organizations aim to inform, educate and end the prejudice that some people have toward mental illness.

Though FHS is not holding any special events for MIAW, the guidance office does have counselors trained to talk about mental illness, and a support group is held once a week so students can discuss any mental health issues they have or situations in their lives. “[Mental illness] is something that’s really common and people need to know how to deal with it even if it doesn’t directly affect them,” senior IB Psychology

student Maddie Clements said.

“People need to realize that it’s not a bad thing to go and seek out help. I won’t speak for an entire community, but there is a stigma in the African-American community, especially regarding males, against seeking treatment and it needs to change.”

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), MIAW was first established in 1990 by Congress as a way to acknowledge the mental health crisis and raise awareness.

People with mental illnesses sometimes hide them because they are afraid of being judged.

The goal of MIAW is to raise overall awareness, but it also aims to increase public education and knowledge of mental illnesses, their role in people’s daily lives and treatment options.

“It’s hard to deal with feeling like you’re different from everybody else when in reality there are a lot of people like you,” a student who has used the St. Vincent Stress Center said.

It is sometimes not easy to tell if someone is affected by mental illness, but there are some signs that people can look out for.

According to counselor Melanie (Thomas) Caldwell , some of these signs can include self-harming, loss of appetite and a change in sleeping patterns.

Caldwell runs the student support group, which meets for one period during a different day each week. She says that having a safe space to share information is a very important way to get rid of

stigma.

“Mental Health is a significant issue in this country. One in five teens aged 13 to 18 live with a mental health condition.

Awareness is the first step in getting help and helping others,” Caldwell said. The campaign of ‘Stigma Free Fishers’ that is promoted by the city is a fantastic way for the students to become more aware and get involved in helping overcome the stigma of mental health.”

The IUPUI Human Resources department is holding a Mental Health Awareness Resource Fair takes place from 8 to 4 on Oct. 10 at the IUPUI Campus Center in Indianapolis. More information available on the IUPUI website.

“Mental illness, self-harming... it’s not for attention,” the student who has used St. Vincent Stress Center said. “It’s a cry for help.

A lot of people think that scars are ugly or that you’re a freak if you have a mental illness, but we’re people too. If people are mistreating someone for their mental illness, take a stand. Don’t just watch and agree.”

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im Kardashian took 6,000 selfies on her trip to Mexico according to Entertainment Tonight.

“Anyone in the Kardashian/Jenner family [take the most selfies] and, yeah, it’s not a bad thing,” senior Gabbie Payne said. “I think it’s a confidence thing because they’re all successful for different things, and they’re confident in themselves and that’s not a bad thing,” Selfie culture has increased over the years.

Self image concerns are rising, as celebrities publish books like “Selfish”, a book full of Kim Kardashian’s selfies, and Instagram celebrities are gaining millions of followers.

Some argue the act of taking a selfie increases self esteem, but others argue that taking a large amount of selfies mean one has low self esteem.

According to the University of Toronto Department of Psychology reported selfie takers viewed themselves as more attractive and likeable in comparison to non-selfie takers according to University of Toronto’s psychology department . “[Selfies improve self esteem] because it helps people feel good about themselves if they take a really good selfie,” junior Kenny Gyaltshen said.

In contrast, a study by the communications against sexism towards women. Everyday department at Ohio State University surveyed Feminism, a magazine that discusses mainly 1,000 men, ages 18 to 40 asking how many women’s rights issues, claims that the act selfies they take, how many selfies they post of shaming somebody for taking selfies is and how much they edit photos. They found inherently sexist and that it is important to self-objectification and narcissism came from take selfies. “[Social media can affect self esteem] spending more time on social media, and because if someone posts images like posting many selfies linked to higher levels thinspirations could really effect body image of narcissism and psychopathy.

“Selfies are so lifeless, you’re better off negatively, we need to be teaching people having someone capture the moment of you how their bodies are perfect how they are,” instead of just capturing your face,” senior senior Sarah Frisbie said.

While the experts disagree on the effects, Manny Guerra said.

The studies that say selfies lower self esteem ,selfies have made a mark on social culture usually connects it back with the negative and people will continue to take selfies until the next big trend arrives. effects of social media.

“I do think social media affects a teen’s self image because they see people on there and want to be like them, to the point where they start being down on themselves,” sophomore J.C.. Camacho said.

Companies like Dove have projects that are targeted at teenage girls, and speak about issues like self-objectification through social media. One article discusses how some selfies can show a teenager’s interests, but the line between self-love and objectification is crossed when they become unrecognizable or if someone, like a family member they care Senior Claire Vahary takes a selfie near the about, would not approve. artwork in her government class on Friday Others argue that selfie taking is an act Sept. 30. Photo by Reily Sanderson.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is known to frequently post selfies on Instagram, with 84.1 million followers Photo by Reily Sanderson.

Uncommon pets add more color to our animal community Helen Rummel hrum2526@gmail.com

but she is frequently out for adventures in her hamster ball.

ats, dogs and fish are all pets that are heard time and time again, but there are also plenty of students that bring more variation to the animal population.

Bees Freshman Katie Pallikan is an owner of two hives-worth of honey bees, meaning that she has roughly 70,000 bees. Pallikan’s father is fascinated with the insects, which is how the idea blossomed into keeping bees and harvesting their honey.

A colony of bees in the wild needs 20 - 30 lbs. of honey to survive the winter. If one is a skilled beekeeper then they could harvest up to 60 lbs. in one season.

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Chipmunk Freshman Mackenzie Frayer has owned a Siberian Chipmunk named Bitsy for four years, since a family friend left for college and was forced to leave her pets behind.

Bitsy is a six-year-old member of the rodent family that enjoys hamster and bird feed, but she loves fruit the most.

“Her favorites are blueberries because she can drink all the juices,” Frayer said.

Although they may look similar, Siberian chipmunks are not the same as the ones found in a typical backyard.

Introduced to the European nations in the 1960s as an exotic pet option, Siberian chipmunks can live six to 10 years in captivity.

According to S&S Exotic Animals, a pet store that specializes in unique pets, chipmunks can be very shy and have excellent memories, so it can take time to gain their trust.

“You take care of her, you love her and she’ll love you back. If she’s having a good day you can put her on top of your head and walk around,” Frayer said.

Bitsy stays in a cage similar to a guinea pig,

Raccoon Senior Brooke Keel took in four baby raccoons on a spring day in April. The cubs were left without their mother and without food. Keel and her family cared for and fed them until they were around five months old, then released them back into the wild.

It was a week later when they decided to keep one female, Rue, because she was the most social of the four.

According to National Geographic, these mammals live anywhere between two to three years in the wild and usually spend their first months in the trees, off the ground.

However, as they grow older raccoons broaden their horizons.

“They got a bit more enthusiastic. And very, very curious. It was really hard to watch them

because when they were out they would get into absolutely everything,” Keel said.

Raccoons in the wild can eat most anything; however, Rue’s typical cuisine is cat food, yogurt and bananas. She also enjoys many varieties of chips, specifically Doritos.

Snake and Frogs Pet guppies and hamsters can be found in many classrooms, but science teacher Alex Smith’s classroom is home to a reptile and three amphibians.

Breadstick, the ball python, and a trio of poison dart frogs all reside in individual terrariums. Smith obtained the frogs from an independent breeder and Breadstick from the Noblesville Reptile show.

“You always want to go to reptile shows to buy a reptile, because the people who breed the reptiles are pretty reliable. You can talk to them and find out what needs each reptile has or if something goes wrong with a pet,” Smith said.

A key feature of the poison dart frogs is that they are not poisonous, or harmful at all.

Despite their abnormalities, these pets are actually quite similar to the pets waiting at the usual doorstep.

“Sure, they’re not like your cat or dog. You can’t cuddle with them or they won’t lay with you, but they’re still really sweet animals,” Frayer said.

How difficult is it to care for these pets?

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“You don’t have to do anything for them. All you have to do is get their honey,” Used with permission of Tribune News Servive.

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“It’s the process of taking care of [chipmunks], like cleaning their cage.”

Frayer said.

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Linda Chang lindachangkong@gmail.com

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reathing, sweating and digestion are some of the ways bodies lose eight ounces of water everyday according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If this water is not replaced, the person could suffer from headaches, drowsiness, nausea, muscle cramps and dry mouth, which are all symptoms of dehydration.

Many people may revert to sodas, juices, teas and coffees to rehydrate because they have a distaste for water.

“I do not really like drinking water all that much, ” freshman Grace Vang said. "I just drink it when I have to."

According to the Livestrong Foundation, caffeinated drinks make dehydration worse by increasing urination.

Moderate morning coffee consumption can be good for lowering the risk of Type 2 diabetes and colon cancer, but drinking coffee as a substitute for water may have negative effects on the heart rate and blood pressure. The Harvard School of Public Health recommend skipping the sodas and juices and go for unsweetened tea, black coffee and mostly water.

School nurse Amy Hanna says water should supply the majority of a student’s hydration.

“Keeping hydrated is important," Hanna said. "You know you are fairly well hydrated when you urinate, your urine should be pale yellow and odorless. The darker the urine is, you probably need more fluid intake.”

Drinks besides water can have high levels of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). CDC

warns when HFCS is consumed daily, it can cause cancer, dementia, tooth decay and other health risks. Research done by the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute found that HFCS also causes a person to feel more fatigued throughout the day.

If a student decides to drink two 12-ounce sodas a day for 30 days, they will have taken in about five pounds of sugar and 9,000 calories just from the beverage alone. The Harvard School of Public Health concludes that diet sodas are not better because the artificial sweeteners induce cravings for sweet foods and drinks.

Students should try to stick to water the majority of the day, with an occasional sugary drink every once in awhile.

“I usually drink water because it is healthy and quenches my thirst,” junior Emily Justice said. “I do drink Sprite sometimes but most sodas are too sugary.”

For those struggling to keep their sweet tooth under control, there are plenty of ways to make drinking water taste better.

According to Shape magazine, infusing water with naturally sweet fruits or adding a squeeze of lemon could add more of a dynamic flavor, making water more enjoyable.

“Adding flavor to water is okay. Crystal Light or additives similar to that help the taste without adding too much sugar or wasted calories,” Hanna said.

Whether boxed or bottled, spring or valley, experts recommend people choose water over other beverages. Students are always encouraged to bring water to school everyday and make use of the water fountains around the building.

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Drinking seven 16 oz. bottles of Coca-Cola= eating 9 Twinkies Drinking one 32 oz. cup McAllisters Sweet Tea= eating 85 sugar cubes Drinking one venti Iced White Chocolate Mocha= eating 1 large McDonald's french fries Drinking five 12 oz. cups of Tropicana Orange Juice= eating 2 Dairy Queen banana splits Drinking one 12 oz. can of Mountain Dew everyday for a month= eating 7 sticks of butter Drinking two 16 oz. bottles of Snapple Peach Tea= eating 8 marshmallows

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ew granola bars are not the only change in the cafeteria. FHS also added an updated weekly food schedule and more fresh produce. More snack items have been added in, such as health bars and different kinds of healthy chips. For example, oven-baked french fries have been added as a side for the fish sticks.

The cafeteria tries to add something new each month.

“I like that the cafeteria has a lot of variety. There is something for everyone, like vegetarians and vegans can have salads and products without meat, and anyone in general can have meats, fruit, vegetables and other items,” senior Hiba Burney said.

Daily meal deals are also being sold on different days than last year. According to the cafeteria, country baked steak is the most popular meal being sold, next to taco wedges. That is why country baked steak has been moved to Monday to not collide

with taco wedges on Tuesdays “I did not think it was fair to have the two most popular items sold on the same day, so we switched it for the kids,” cafeteria manager Anna Marangelli said.

Another change from last year is the availability of more fresh fruits and vegetables.

Along with these healthy options, foods with lower sodium and lower sugar have been added as well. Salty and sugary food can weaken a person's heart according to Livestrong, a health magazine. The school

wishes to serve nutritious options to promote student wellness.

“It is amazing how much fresh fruit and vegetables a student will take. It is exciting on my end,” Marangelli said.

This excites her because she believes that developing healthy habits is very important and it can have a great impact later in a student’s life.

The school cafeteria has changed their food prices. Costs of meal deals increased by ten cents because the food that the cafeteria buys is expensive, especially the fresh produce.

“I think that the prices are pretty decent for the amount of food that you get here, but for the people who don’t get all the options like a fruit, vegetable and your meal along with milk, it might not be a good price for them,” freshman Allysa Britting said.

The school board approved these changes of providing more fruits and adding newer items. Administrators want to encourage healthy eating by selling nutritious meals and snacks.

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What does your hand Lia Benvenutti lines on the page.

Emma Russell emm3r99@gmail.com lianbenvenutti@gmail.com The main reason that graphology is not considered

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or the past three thousand years civilizations have been implementing graphology, the study and analysis of handwriting, in an attempt to determine the writer of a specific script. Because handwriting is a direct reflection of the brain sending signals to the hands, graphology can, in most cases, also be used to interpret certain aspects of one’s personality.

According to Business Balls, a career and business training company, graphology is considered a pseudoscience, a theory that appears scientific but truly is not. It is used in compatibility testing, employee profiling, medical diagnosis and psychological analysis. Graphology focuses mainly on the strokes the writer makes as they write letters.

There are many different ways to analyze specific letters, such as whether or not the dot on the “i” is spaced in front of, right in line with or behind the rest of the letter. It also includes analysis of words as a whole. This involves whether or not letters are connected, or the size of the words in relation to the

an actual science has to do with the subjectivity of it. One’s handwriting can change from day to day and there are also quite a few unique situations that need to be accounted for, like left-handed children being forced to learn to write with their right hand.

Handwriting analysis is used in the forensic science field to assist in document authentication.

Professionals within the forensics field use this method to distinguish characteristics about suspects in suspicion in order to help identify them.

This can be used in cases where individuals send handwritten notes to victims or the police.

The school offers its own year long forensics course for students. The class focuses on different parts of the forensics field including a unit specifically on handwriting and documentation analysis. Students enrolled in the course spend a few weeks devoted to multiple labs where they create their own hidden messages for others to analyze, and solve cases using identification skills to discover which of their suspects committed the sample crime.

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Junior Faith Young and sophomore Gabe Picard hand write notes to study for their classes.

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Famous signatures through time...

Oprah Winfrey

-CAPITAL LETTERS: very large/arrogant, dishonest -CONNECTED WORDS: some connected/ imaginative, depends on intuition and hunches -WORD SLANT: rising/optimistic, energetic

John Hancock

-CAPITAL LETTERS: very large/arrogant, dishonest -CONNECTED WORDS: all connected/rational, logical -WORD SLANT: rising/optimistic, energetic Photos used with permission of www.commons.wikimedia.org

Donald Trump

-CAPITAL LETTERS: same size as letters/humble -CONNECTED WORDS: all connected/rational, logical -WORD SLANT: straight: self-controlled

Marilyn Monroe

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This educational website, Essential Learning Products, contains the information needed to analyze your handwriting.

School students and staff samples

“I do have a poor memory, like I don’t even remember what I had for breakfast this morning. I do sometimes get fixated on ideas if I have an idea I really like I’ll keep bringing it up,” freshman Nya Thorton said.

“I think [handwriting analysis] is an effective way to identify people. I can usually look at a person’s handwriting and tell their gender usually, their temperament, or if they are studious,” senior Ashton Murray said.

“I don’t even know if I was told to be right-handed or not. I have really bad handwriting, and I’ve always had really bad handwriting even back when we were graded on it in grade school and I wonder if I should’ve been left handed,” assistant principal Steven Loser said.

-CAPITAL LETTERS: same size as letters/ humble -CONNECTED WORDS: few connected: not always practical -WORD SLANT: falling: worried, lack of confidence

-CAPITAL LETTERS: very large/arrogant, dishonest -CONNECTED WORDS: some connected: imaginative, depends of hunches/intuition -WORD SLANT: rising/optimistic, energetic

-CAPITAL LETTERS: very large/arrogant, dishonest -CONNECTED WORDS: few connected: not always practical -WORD SLANT: rising/optimistic, energetic

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never listen to pop radio stations. I find that whenever I go against my better judgement and turn on a station like 99.5, I regret it. Music is and should be treated as art, and that is not what modern popular music is.

As a small disclaimer, I have the most problems with “pop” music. Music not in the mainstream still retains the motive of making art for the sake of making art.

Artists whose aim is to sell the most singles and get to the highest place on the charts have sold out. They have become part of the music industry machine that churns out nondescript singles without putting much effort in.

One of the most blatant inferiorities with modern pop music is the lack of actual musical instruments. With evolution of sound production technology, computers have replaced real instruments. What made guitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton so widely revered were their exceptional technical and artistic talent. Part of what makes classic songs great is their musical beauty that needs to be appreciated.

Autotune is used to perfect singers’ voices beyond reality. I often hear complaints that singers are not as good in concert, and this habit of using autotune only propels mediocrity to the top. Aretha Franklin did

not have to do anything to her voice when she sang “Respect” and “Ain’t No Way.” However, current pop stars like Britney Spears and Selena Gomez have audibly altered their voices.

Where modern music lacks complexity, it also lacks lyrical significance. Looking closely at the lyrics of popular songs, such as The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” it is clear that little passion or emotion is present. “Closer” has a barely discernible theme, and what can be made out is the same thing as in every other song.

Bob Dylan gained prominence in the early 1960s because of the lyrical intensity contained in his songs. The lyrics of “Blowin’ in the Wind” touch on both racial equality and anti-war themes in the same song. The lyrics of modern pop songs blatantly lack such meaning. This stems from the fact that the singers and the songwriters have become separated. The lyrics of classic music is significant because it is produced from the singer’s own experiences and the emotion derived from them. Now, the singers are handed lyrics that anyone could have written.

Modern pop musicians rarely come up with an original piece of music, they all sound alike. When they cannot create their own material, they steal from previous songs. One Direction’s “Best Song Ever” took the chord progression from the Who’s “Baba

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iss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” one of the most notable books of this generation, went through some dramatic changes when being made into a motion picture that was released on Sept. 30.

Overall when transferring this book, written by Ransom Riggs, to a film, directed

by Tim Burton, most of the plot line that was removed was in the beginning of the story.

The introduction to the film moved very fast and was not very well-developed. Because of this hurry to include the incredible amount of information, the story felt a bit rushed and may have been confusing to those who were not familiar with the inner workings of the plot line.

When reading this book, the main undertone was the intense creepy and uncomfortable factor. In order to continue to have this tone in a movie watched widely by children, Burton did a wonderful job in carefully using creepy images and subtext to create the correct type of atmosphere. Also, the story was changed into more of a positive and uplifting turn of events so there would

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be no need for a sequel should one never be made.

One particular image, shown toward the beginning of the climax, a man who was killed sprawled out on a rock with his eyes missing, left the audiences with a chill.

While being a little different than the novel in terms of characters and plot line, this movie has proved skeptics wrong. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is definitely one of the greatest movies of this year.

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Led Zeppelin is one of many groundbreaking classic artists who paved the way for future musicians. They invented the genre of hard rock, and their guitarist, Jimmy Page, is considered by Rolling Stone to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Photo from MCT Campus.

O’Reilly;” Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” stole the intro from U2’s “Where the Streets Have no Name;” and the infamous bass line from Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” was ripped off from one of the greatest songs of all time, Queen’s “Under Pressure.”

I understand that there are a few exceptions to my complaints. Beyoncé is one that deserves respect, and I can see why she is significant in today’s society. Her vocal abilities are unparalleled in the current music industry, her lyrics speak volumes about socially significant issues, and she is a pioneer of the visual album with her release of “Lemonade.”

There is a reason why artists like the

Infographic by Lizzie Brown. Photos from Wikipedia.

Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones have withstood the test of time. They have been beloved for over 50 years, whereas modern pop musicians have one hit single for a week and are forgotten.

Music that was made as art, as a way to celebrate human creativity is what is really the best music, not the computerized and unemotional stuff that hits the airwaves these days.

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crolling through her feed, some new art popped up. An amazing portrait of Luna Lovegood. She quickly went to the artist’s page and sent them a quick message, telling them how much she loved the Luna drawing. A few minutes later, the artist responded, thanking her for the nice comments, and telling her how much they loved her page. The two messaged each other for the rest of the night, sharing headcanons (personal interpretations of a fandom, that are not in canon) and fan fictions about their shared favorite character.

Before the rise of social media, fans could not connect as they do now. There was no great collaboration space filled with thousands of like minded people, they were lucky to find a few people within their communities who also appreciated the fandom.

The beginning of social media and

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This water park is still in use regardless of the conditions of the pools in el Poblado websites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr de Villa Corona, Jalisco, Mexico. Photo used with permission of Edgar Osaji. lets fans everywhere find each other and create huge communities that let everyone contribute to their fandom.

Communities of people who love the same book, movie, TV show or anime are known as fandoms. They spread all over the internet, allowing people to connect to thousands of others who all like the same thing and Carolina Puga Mendoza provide a creative outlet that is appreciated Ayotzinapa to stop the revolts they were carox29@gmail.com making in 2014 according to Primer Impacto. omplaints: I hear them all the time; We have benefits of the newest everywhere I go. For the past five technology and teens are very dependent on years when I first started to learn it. Compare this need for the newest gadget about the world news in social media, I with children who do not even have enough noticed how broken the world is. money for basics like food. Right now while When first coming to Indiana, I did not reading this, more than 870 million people think this place would be as nice as it is. I suffer from hunger. In Angola one in six saw people walking on the streets every day children die each year of starvation, more with enough confidence to know they are than 150,000 children. USA Today states safe.

However, most students share their Graphic by Mo Wood. indifference towards this place. This will not that North Korea has an average of six million citizens in need of food; one third are stop people from complaining, but when by all the other members. children. doing so, consider other people’s living These groups have large followings and When people are bored they go hangout standards. members contribute all kinds of works. with friends or family, watch a movie, go Indiana ranks 22nd out of 50 states in Artists recreate their favorite characters or to the mall or enjoy a barbecue. Other kids U.S. state safety, according to WalletHub, pairings with digital and non-digital art, do not know that side of life, instead of an online financial adviser. In order to aspiring authors write thousands of words worrying about the new iPhone, they face identify the safest states in which to live, in fan fiction and people with video editing WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states child labor. UNICEF states that millions of talent create multi-editor projects (MEP) kids are part of slavery-like practices which and the District of Columbia across five for YouTube. includes forced labor and child recruitment dimensions: home and community safety, Being a part of the fandom can also financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and sexual exploitation, as well as drug provide employment opportunities. trafficking. For North Korean citizens, and safety from natural disasters.

Artists and writers offer commissions, Now compare America to other countries. their amusement is limited; all television is seamstresses can create wonderful and controlled by the government and internet is America is in peace, but right now there are accurate costumes for fans to use in cosplay. ten active wars in the world, including Syria, prohibited for most people. Very few people There are some fans that take inspiration know what is going on outside their walls.

Israel, Ukraine, Iraq and others. There are from characters and use it to develop America is not great; it was its people out there who live with the constant perfumes or bath bombs. downsides, such as high priced health fear of whether they will survive another The people who contribute to their care that makes people choose to suffer a day. fandoms have an outlet to display their treatable disease rather than be in debt for More than six billion people live in hard work. Sites like Tumblr, Facebook, the rest of their lives and multiple terrorist countries with corrupt governments, which and Google+ allow many people to see the attacks in the past years. It has religious is approximately 68 percent of the world. content. Fans also use sites like Twitter freedom and homosexual rights, but also has The U.S. ranked 16th of 165 countries in to stay updated with the creators of racial profiling and violence. No country is 2015 according Transparency International, their fandom, following authors, actors, completely good, but America is not as bad. an organization working to end corruption. directors, writers etc. as many other places.

The U.S. has its issues when it comes to For example, fans of the television series politics or law enforcement, but even with “Supernatural” follow the stars of the show, those problems I feel safe.

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha The Syrian government sent an airstrike Collins. They collectively have 6.9 million. to Aleppo destroying two hospitals. This Finding friends with similar interests is left the doctors no choice but to turn off easy with these social medias, and there life machines for most of the patients in are safe spaces to meet up with people order to help the new affected ones, CNN befriended on the internet and conventions. reported. Millions of dollars that were Social media has let millions of people sent to Afghanistan in order to reconstruct across the globe connect and create. The most damaged cities were taken away or During heavy rains the roads in front of the opportunities to do what they love and meet stolen; help never arrived for the Afghans.

Tecnologico de Tepic in Nayarit, Mexico flood with water that can take days to disappear.

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orking may be beneficial because of its real world experience, but too many hours can be detrimental to students grades and mental and physical health Student who do not work at all or work more than 20 hours are less likely to go to college than students who work less than 20 hours according to the National Consumers League, (NCL), an organization advocating for workplace issues. The NCL also reports that students who work more than 15 hours a week are more likely to drop out.

If a student works 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. , that does not give him/her that much time to do homework or study. Students receive about 6.8 hours of homework per week according to the National Center for Education Statistics, but that amount may be larger for AP and IB students. If a person wants a healthy amount of sleep, he/she need eight to 10 hours according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSL), and to succeed in school will be difficult. Not getting enough sleep could lead to less concentration, more aggressive behavior, illness and weight gain.

On top of loss of sleep, a job can add more stress to a teenager’s life.

A job can be another stressor added to a teen’s life. In 2013 a study by The American Psychological Association found that teenagers were more stressed out than adults, ranking their level of stress of 5.8 on a scale of 10. Forty-two percents of teenagers said they do not know how to handle stress well.

Students may think they could handle over 20 hours a week but actually trying it out can lead to a far more unexpected results. Even with time management skills, it does not always work out.

In my experience, whenever I work 20 hours or over in a week , with my extracurriculars, homework, sleep and trying to balance a social life, it usually never works out. I usually have to choose three out of the four. I could see how a student might be able to balance it with a study hall and not being involved with any extracurriculars, but according to the National Center for Education statistics 79.9 percent of students are involved in extracurriculars from sports to academic clubs.

According to Educational Research Newsletter and Webinars, extracurriculars promote mental health and raise the graduation rate.

Mental health, social interaction, and scholarly needs are something students have to give up if they want to work over 20 hours a week. Many factors contribute to a student’s academic success and they are put in jeopardy, and add more stress to a student’s life

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ot everyone may be able to handle working more than 20 hours a week, but for many students, long work hours can improve time management, build a resume and allow students to save with few negative consequences.

According to Greg Grauman, the director of admissions at American University, work experience looks good on college applications, especially if it is in the same field a student hopes to major in.

A job as a receptionist for a hospital, for example, might be time-consuming, but it would be worth it for an aspiring medical student.

For students not planning on going to college, jobs during high school can even be the start to a career. With hard work, even a simple service job can lead to a management position.

However, jobs are useful even if they are not in the same field a student plans to go into. Experiencing stress at work during high school can help students handle stressful jobs years later, according to a study on one group of Minnesota students for over 20 years by Professor Jeylan T. Mortimer.

Working also allows students to save money, whether it be for college tuition, rent or an emergency fund. This allows them to follow the age-old advice of “start saving early.”

While some research shows that students who work long hours tend to have lower GPAs and engage in risky behavior, researchers like Mortimer do not think that working is the cause of these problems.

“Much research on substance use, problem behavior and other so-called negative consequences of employment indicates that these are largely attributable to self-selection rather than to work experience itself… when differences in attitudes and behaviors are appropriately taken into account, the bad consequences of employment often disappear,” Mortimer said in a review of her research.

Another study on tenth and eleventh grade students in Wisconsin and California found that among students who worked over 20 hours a week, students who continued working reported an increase in their GPA compared to students who quit working long hours during the study period.

This suggests that working may actually improve a student’s performance in school over time, so for students who have a lower GPA to start with, working could help them academically.

It is true that students focused on school-based extracurriculars or getting into an elite college may not have time to work over 20 hours a week, but for many students it is a perfectly viable option.

Is working over 20 hours a good idea?

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“If they are involved in any clubs or sports then it’s pretty much impossible because they still need to focus on school.

Four hours a day for five days is too much,” junior Gillian McCann said.

“It is a bad idea because their grades may suffer if they are spending too much time at work, and that could compromise their ability to get into college,” sophomore Darrell Fischer said.

“Around 20 hours is best so that the person can still focus on school. If they work more their grades might suffer, but having money means they can have more fun,” sophomore Quinn Heiking said.

“It depends on the classes, because if you’re taking classes that aren’t that hard then you won’t have a lot of homework and you can take the time to work,” freshman Emily Brewer said.

“If somebody has tests or quizzes that they need to study for and they don’t have a study hall, they might not have time to really work,” sophomore Zoe Dycus said.

“It’s a good idea for people to work more than 20 hours a week if they have nothing else to do because it allows them to get a feel for managing their time between doing homework and working, like they need to do in the real world,” junior Charis Grewie said.

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n kindergarten, most children are asked what they want to be when they grow up. Common responses are firefighters, doctors or veterinarians. No one really expects an honest answer; after all, those children are five years old, still learning to read. They have so much to learn about the world that it is not fair to expect an honest answer from them.

However, much of this rationale applies to seniors as well. Most of them live in a sheltered bubble that makes up their entire world, and they have not explored much outside of it. A lot of students are interested in a variety of careers, and do not have a good way to narrow it down.

One of the first questions on college applications is “What is your intended major?” This question presents a challenge for many seniors seeking a place at a college or university.

Don Fraser Jr., the Director of Education and Training at the National Association for College Admission Counseling, suggest that students be wary of committing to specific majors on applications. Colleges pay more attention to grades in that particular subject over a student’s overall course load, and if the student does not seem qualified it may damage their chances of acceptance.

Still, over 80 percent of college students end up changing majors at least once, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. This is why some universities, like the University of Chicago, do not require students to choose a major until their sophomore year. Instead, on their application they ask what general areas of study a student might be interested in.

Fields of study are an essential part of choosing which institution to attend.

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Certain colleges have better programs for particular majors, while some do not even offer other majors. Therefore, students should try to consider career possibilities, even if they have not made up their minds.

General courses allow students to explore more majors and careers, and colleges typically offer a large variety of courses that fulfill degree requirements, which can give students more career guidance.

According to an article by Forbes contributor Tony Onink, choosing majors has become more difficult in recent years due to the fact that common fields of study change so often. A major that leads to careers with a high salary may decline by the time a student graduates, which means that some students must change their plans to avoid frictional unemployment.

Forcing college applicants to choose one major when they do not have all of the information necessary to make a decision is not acceptable. Though the system needs to change so students do not feel as pressured, in the meantime seniors should take the personality tests that Naviance and some college websites offer to find their field of interest.

eciding on a major before attending college can only benefit students.

The job industry is competitive and in order to succeed, declaring a major and finding a career at an early age is important.

According to Forbes, a business magazine, what matters most is what a student chooses to major in. Without that major, they will not have a clear direction and will likely waste time taking courses they do not need.

Millennial Branding says 69 percent of managers agreed that relevant coursework is important when considering job candidates. These are factors students should consider, along with taking AP or dual credit classes that can give them early college credits depending on their scores.

Many students, if not pushed, will wait until the last possible minute to figure out what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Going into college with an undecided major, especially if it is a large university like IU, could cause students to waste money on courses that will not help them toward completing their degree. Even if a student decided on a major early and decided to switch, they would still have an idea of what interests them and what job areas they want to pursue.

The curriculum allows students to choose classes that interest them to guide them towards their future major. It also has students take a diverse range of classes so they are opened to a variety of options.

The credit requirements force students to think about what they want to do with their future, and help them avoid going into college with no plan, unprepared for the future and its possibilities.

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aking school history, not only did the girls varsity golf team place first at sectionals and third at regionals, but on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 the girls attended state and placed seventh, which is three spots higher than their standings last year.

The overall score for two days was 669, beating last year’s score by 42 shots and setting another school record.

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Kate Alt, juniors Kennedy Brooker, Sophia Challie, Anna DelPrince, Morgan Lewis, Brooke Wilson, and Grace Brooks.

Winning first place at sectionals gave the team more confidence and motivation to perform their best at state.

Alt has been on the team since her freshman year and has been interested in golf for an even longer time.

Last year the girls placed second at sectionals. Alt, the only senior on the team, said that they have improved very well since that match.

“Placing first at sectionals was so surreal.

HSE was our main competition,” Alt said.

“We had to just buckle down and try our best. It meant so much that we placed higher than them, because they beat us during the Mudsock competition.”

The team underestimated how they would do during sectionals. They were not expecting to place very high, and were surprised at the outcome.

“Winning sectionals just gave us validation for all the hard work we had to put into this. I am so happy that I will get to experience state again before I graduate,”Alt said.

Last year was the first time in school history that the girls golf team went to state.

The boys team has yet to make it there.

The team has six girls that will be returning to varsity squad next year and a

few others that may step up.

“Kate has been a great leader, but I think we will come back better than ever,” assistant coach Jenny Brooks said.

Junior Morgan Lewis is a potential candidate who may fill Alt’s spot as captain next year.

Lewis broke a state record in last year’s championship by scoring the first ever hole in one. No other high school golfer in Indiana has accomplished the same task at the state competition.

“It was so crazy when it happened we just had a bunch of people around the hole and everyone was screaming and I was crying it was the best time to do it,” Lewis said.

Lewis believes the team’s relationship has significantly developed through the season.

This bond allows the team to work together better and have more successful results in their matches.

“We are more unified as a team this year,“ Lewis said. “We really wanted to give Kate a last shot at going to state. That was our main motivation during sectionals.”

Golf is not just about the physical skill.

There is a lot of mental preparation on and off the course. Brooks advocates this statement.

“We need to be consistent and be mentally tough,” Brooks said. “We also need to be confident in our abilities. Golf is a mental sport. You have to shake off that bad

shot or bad hole. An eighteen-hole round lasts about five hours. You can’t solely focus on every shot before you hit, because then it will cost you strokes.”

The players also talked about how important it is to get your mind in the right place before they go into a match.

“We mostly listen to music to get our adrenaline pumping, but we also play small games on the green to get a good feel of the course,” Lewis said.

Although the team did not reach their ultimate goal of winning state, they still had a great time and placed better than they did last year. Next year the team is hoping to move up even further than they did this year at state.

“We did great at state,” Brooks said. “We knocked three places off of what we did last time but there is still some room for improvement.”

2016-2017 Fishers girls golf state results Roster

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Anna DelPrince

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Grace Brooks

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s sweat drips down his face from the subtropical heat, senior Gavin Rue waits for the gun shot, knowing that he must run, swim and bike within his two hour goal while competing against 5,000 others.

Rue competed in the World Triathlon Championship in Cozumel, Mexico on September 18. At 17, he was the youngest runner in his group and placed 11th overall with a time of 2:11:31.

This is not Rue’s first triathlon, for he has been competing from a very young age, but this race in particular ended up being one of his top races.

The location was something completely new for him.

“I have been competing in many different races for the past seven years but lots of members from the Team USA I am on with, have qualified for this race so I wanted to give it a chance,” Rue said.

During a triathlon participants are required to swim 1.5 kilometers, bike 40 and run 10. Rue’s time ended up being 0:20:48 for swimming, 1:02:37 for biking and 0:44:59 for running.

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which was being under two hours, it was still a personal best.

“The climate was completely different than what I had prepared for in months leading up to the triathlon which did not help add to the difficulty of the course, but I am still satisfied with how I finished and hope to move up in

future years,” Rue said.

Rue is a member of the cross country, track and swimming teams which helps in preparation for his triathlons. Biking is something he has to do on his own time, usually on weekends when he does not have school practices unlike during the week.

“Gavin has been doing triathlons for quite sometime so it did not surprise me at all that he would be competing in Mexico given how much time and energy he devotes to his triathlon training,” head cross country and track coach Nathan Warnecke said.

Rue practices for the triathlons with Team USA and the other runners who compete through the team.

Team USA is a group of athletes who take part in events throughout the world representing USA but not in an Olympic form. Rue is also part of a junior elite team that is based out of Carmel, Indiana.

“It is nice that I am getting to be in a sport while getting the preparation that I need to compete, but I sometimes have to go straight from one practice to the next which can wear me out,” Rue said.

Rue will be heading to the Netherlands next year to compete in the World Championship which he qualified for in Milwaukee earlier in the summer, before the championship in Cozumel.

“Participating in the triathlon was a great experience, just being with all the other great athletes in the world and competing with them, bonding with the Team USA and getting to meet so many athletes from around the world,” Rue said.

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antasy football allows anyone to play regardless of whether they know the sport or not from August to January. “[Fantasy football] is really easy and doesn’t take that much time to do,” guidance counselor and Fantasy Football Club sponsor Matt Swaim said.

Multiple people compete by selecting imaginary teams based on real players in a league. League members score points based on how well the actual players are performing. Scores are recorded of how well a league is doing just like a

football team would have a record for how they perform. In a survey that was taken showed that 51.3 percent of people had at least five to ten people in their league.

“Fantasy football makes the football season more enjoyable because you have people from every team to watch and it is a friendly competition,” junior Mary McGuire said.

A survey taken by 108 students in various SMaRT periods showed that 76 males were playing fantasy football while there were only 32 females.

“I think people think fantasy football is just a guy thing, but I think it is both a girl and guy thing,”

108 students surveyed on Sept. 26 in SMaRT period and English 9 classes.

McGuire said.

Fantasy football leagues sometimes provide rewards that go to the winner. They can vary from bragging rights to a little trophy or a huge cash reward.

Last year, a Fantasy football club was created by Peyton Dewaelsche.

The club currently has 16 boys, but anyone is allowed to join the club.

This year, the league winner will receive a trophy. They will also meet up a few times to watch the games together.

“I wanted to incorporate my love of football into a school club to be with friends,” club president junior Peyton Dewaelsche said.

The draft is the first week

of playing. People draft a quarterback and a back-up quarterback. Then draft receivers, running backs a main defense and a back up defense. The survey showed that 69.8 percent of people spent one to three hours per week on it.

“As teams have injuries or teams do not play that weekend, you can choose out of a pool of other players,” Swaim said.

Every week people then play their players against someone else’s players in their own league.

If their points add up to more than the other players opponents they win.

“You have to find out when you

are in the draft so you can then check when your player’s weeks are so you will not have multiple people out at the same time,” McGuire said.

There are twelve weeks in fantasy football during the normal season. The playoffs occur from weeks 12 to 16.

During week 13 the top two players will get a bye and not have to play, and in week 14 the best player will go against the worst. Then by week 17, the Super Bowl is played by the best two players.

“It gives people another opportunity to participate in something,” Swaim said.

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Matt Foley JV boys tennis coach

Coach Matt Foley observes the tennis match on Sept. 27 against Brebeuf.

Tigers lost 5-0. Photo by Madi Calvert.

What are the goals you set for a JV team?

“The primary goals are to educate to our players the time commitment it will take to improve their games and to instill the work habits and practice regime that will give the player the best chance for success.

How do the JV and varsity teams work together?

“The JV and varsity practice regimes are similar. Our top JV players practice with the varsity on a regular basis; they also have “challenge” matches against the varsity.”

What is the number one most important lesson you teach your players?

“I think the most important lesson is teaching players to adapt during a match.

In tennis, if your player is winning, the best coaches will stay out of the way.”

What kind of satisfaction do you get from developing athletes?

“I get tremendous satisfaction seeing a player improve. I try to do my best to help players improve and be a coach that sets a good example for our team.”

Ashley Rodecker JV volleyball coach What are the goals you set for a JV team?

“For each team we have individual goals, team goals and program goals. Some team goals include: passing a certain percentage during a match, talking as a team and serving aggressively to a certain zone.”

How do the JV and varsity teams work together?

“On the court they want to beat each other so bad that it makes each team Coach Ashley Rodecker directs the team become better. They work together against HSE on Sept. 8. Tigers lost 2-0. cheering each other on and they always have each others back.”

Photo by Jenna Knutson.

What is the number one most important lesson you teach your players?

“I hope an important lesson my players learn from me is that you work hard, but you always remember to have fun and not worry about the little things.”

What kind of satisfaction do you get from developing athletes?

“I do not develop athletes, I help develop strong, fun loving, responsible young women who happen to love the game I love.”

Athletes’ Angle: JV players work hard to achieve a spot on Varsity roster Adam Daupert Junior tennis player What are your goals to achieve a spot on the varsity roster?

“My goal over the winter is to get a varsity spot or at least an alternate position by working more over the off season with my coach through private lessons. This allows me to practice year long to get my skills up as much as possible.”

What do you want to improve on the most this year?

“I want to improve on my volleying Junior tennis player Adam Daupert gets at the net. When I play, my opponents ready for the serve against Westfield like to hit the ball down the line which opponent on Sept. 1. Tigers win 1-0. is usually right at me. I want to be able to make contact with it and have Photo by Hailey Burris. control of it.”

Are the varsity players a role model? If so, how?

“The guys on varsity are role models to me in the way they present themselves and through their work ethic. I know them all personally, and even with their great skills, they aren’t full of themselves.”

How do you use being on JV to your benefit?

“I use my spot on JV as motivation to what I can achieve if I keep practicing and if I believe in myself. Since I’m not yet on varsity, I have something to work for.”

What kind of impact does your coach have on you?

“My coach is a great leader and person. Not only does he care about the team performing our full potential, but what is just as important to him is how we preset ourselves being excited for the game while being respectful and having sportsmanship.”

Bryn Roberts Freshman volleyball player What are your goals to achieve a spot on the varsity roster?

“My goal to achieve a spot on the varsity roster is to push and work myself harder.

I know I have the mind set to play, but I’m not physically there yet. The girls are stronger, faster, and have better hand-eye coordination than I do, but those things will all improve as I grow.”

What do you want to improve on the most this year?

“I want to improve my attitude the most

Freshmen volleyball player Bryn Robert this year because I get really frustrated on spikes the ball to the other side of the the court and it shows a lot. I think I need court on Sept. 8 against HSE. Tigers to be a little less concerned on winning and more about playing the game I love.” lost 2-0. Photo by Jenna Knutson.

Are the varsity players a role model? If so, how?

“All of the varsity players are big role models to me, but I consider them more as friends. My biggest role model would have to be my sister, Ayslinn Roberts. I wouldn’t be playing volleyball today if it wasn’t for her.”

How do you use being on JV to your benefit?

“My coach teaches us something then I can practice and try it out in real game situations. I get to play all six rotations during school so it helps me get to know the positions better.”

What kind of impact does your coach have on you?

“Coach Rodecker has a big impact on me because my coach is very fun and energetic and she makes the game fun for me.”