02.23 Issue by HiLite News

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

How CHS students are fighting human trafficking

Lacrosse becomes an official school sanctioned sport

Should our current late start system be overhauled?

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HIL TE CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL NEWSMAGAZINE Vol. 82, No. 7 | Feb. 23, 2018

FIGHT LIKE A GIRL With International Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day on March 8, CHS students reflect on gender issues that have come to light in recent months PAGE 26 | RIYA CHINNI & DA-HYUN HONG

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15 Minutes

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STUDENT SECTION | 21

NEWS BRIEFS | 6

FIXING YOUR FINANCES | 21

Carmel High School community considers CCS district’s actions to propose changes to calendar, tax breaks.

STUDENTS OF THE YEAR | 8

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NEWS | 6 SCRAPING THE START | 7

CREDENTIALS

Aditya Belamkar Kalea Miao Jessica Mo Nyssa Qiao Allen Zhang

CONTENTS

Student Section Raiha Zainab

Cover

Carson TerBush

Entertainment Alina Yu Amy Zhou

Sports Jess Canaley Agrayan Gupta

Perspectives Misha Rekhter Emily Worrell

Social Media Hannah Glazier Julianna Kessilyas Jai Sanghani Carolyn Zhang

CHS students explain their involvement with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year campaign.

A CALL FOR CHANGE | 10 Issues such as human trafficking will be considered in the upcoming UNICEF Phone-a-thon.

Adviser Jim Streisel

Principal Thomas Harmas

RESPONDING TO THE HILITE Letters to the editor will be accepted for the March 23 issue no later than March 10. Letters may be submitted to Room C147, placed in the mailbox of Jim Streisel, emailed to management@ hilite.org or mailed to the school. All letters must be signed. Names will be published (Letters sent via email will be taken to a student’s SRT for him to sign). Letters must not contain personal attacks against an individual and may be edited.

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS In the January issue, the story “Branching Out” gave the impression that only 3 new course pathways were now being offered by Ivy Tech. There are actually 4 new course pathways offered by Ivy Tech. The caption of the photo “Frame by Frame” should read JT Curcio, sophomore and diver, practices his technique during practice off of the one-meter diving board. The HiLite strives to correct its errors. If you notice any inaccuracies in this or past issues, please contact management@hilite.org.

AMBERLY XIE | GRAPHIC

HUMANS OF CHS | 22 Here is a look at a few of the stories of CHS students, staff.

HOW CAN STUDENTS FIND ‘SUCCESS?’ | 24 Counselor Ann Bolt shares advice on how students can find their paths and reach “success.”

COVER | 26

FEATURE | 12

THE FUTURE IS FEMALE | 26

Web

Armaan Goel Allison Li Adhi Ramkumar

Some tips to help with improving your financial situation.

THE FUTURE GENE-IUS | 12 CHS students, staff assess the possible implications of new technologies, discoveries in the scientific field.

BROADCASTING INTO THE FUTURE | 16

With International Women’s Day on March 8, CHS students, staff discuss increased tension surrounding gender issues in the past year.

ENTERTAINMENT | 32

Due to the lack of funding in broadcasting over the years, CHS evaluates impacts it would have on career options, industry itself.

HEALING HEARTS WITH CREATIVE ARTS | 18 CHS analyzes therapeutic benefits of artmaking, particularly for students with disabilities as Disability Awareness month approaches in March.

A JIG FOR IRISH CULTURE | 32 Many preparations take place behind the scenes for Irish dancing.

BLACK REPRESENTATION IN ENTERTAINMENT | 34 Take a look at the prominent black figures in American entertainment.

FASHION(INSTA) | 36 CHS students evaluate different online applications used to buy and sell clothing.

CONVENIENT OR CREEPY? | 38 As technology advances, more students have concerns regarding their privacy.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS | 39

DACA DRAMA | 53 Ad/Business Editor Bethlehem Daniel expresses her view on DACA.

15 MINUTES | 54 IN FULL COLOR | 54 Junior Megan Goodrich’s senses are subconsciously interconnected.

SPORTS | 40 CHILLING OUT | 40 CHS athletes compare forms of recovery.

COMMITTED ATHLETES | 44 CHS athletes discuss plans after high school.

NEW SPORT, SAME GAME | 46 Lacrosse becomes an official CHS sport.

PERSPECTIVES | 48 RETHINKING LATE START | 48 HiLite staff discusses how late starts should be redone to be more beneficial for all students.

IT’S TIME | 49 Editor in Chief Manahil Nadeem urges students to voice support for mosque in Carmel.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE | 50 Perspectives Editor Misha Rekhter argues that the concept behind the Bachelor or Bachelorette shows sets a bad precedent for romantic relationships.

ONLINE REJECTING REASONING CHS examines psychology behind rejecting facts.

DANCE MARATHON FUNDRAISING View a graphic about how funds for Dance Marathon are raised throughout the year.

CONFECTIONERY CATASTROPHE | 51 Ad/Business Editor Rachel Tan discusses that with the impending closure of The Quirky Feather Confectionery, CHS teens are in need of place to hangout in Carmel.

TAKE NOTE | 52 Copy Editor Jessica Konrad explains why CHS should offer an AP music theory course.

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FEATURED

ART AND SOUL Gressa Crowley, teaching assistant at Magdalena Academy of Art and sophomore, paints on a canvas after school during work. She said art is created based on life experiences (such as disabilities) and serves as a vehicle of personal expression.

JUST A MINUTE Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are gaining popularity, but what are they really?

BITCOIN

CARSON TERBUSH | GRAPHIC BITCOIN.ORG, TED.COM, COINMARKETCAP.COM, FORBES.COM, BITCOINMINING.COM, NPR.ORG, CREATIVE COMMONS | SOURCES

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Bitcoin: a history

Verifying each new block to continue adding on to the Blockchain

Creating new Bitcoin to reward miners and increase total amount of coins

March 2 One Bitcoin surpasses the price of one ounce of gold $1,224.68

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= $116,616 The current reward is 12.5 Bitcoin June 15 Bitcoin suddenly crashes 19 percent

April 1 Japan legalizes Bitcoin as a method of payment $1,071.71 April

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80.31% of the 21 million Bitcoins that will end up in circulation have already been mined

An overview of Bitcoin’s growth in the last year

Jan. 3 Bitcoin breaks $1000 for the first time in three years $1,021.60 January 2017

Miners use advanced hardware to solve cryptographical math problems

Miners use huge amounts of computational power from graphic processing units (GPUs) to encrypt blocks

Blockchain is the underlying technology that makes Bitcoin possible

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The first miner to solve the problem wins newly created Bitcoin

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Cryptocurrency club

Why do you care about cryptocurrency? “Cryptocurrency represents the future of money; everything is going digital, so of course money will follow. It provides a new way to look at money: it’s online, it’s due regulated (and) you can generate it yourself. It provides the next generation of technology involved with cash.”

WHEN AND WHERE: The club will meet every other Wednesday from 3:15-4 in Room F101. WHAT IT IS: A studentinterest club revolving around online currencies. The club will discuss the truth behind crypto developments, investments and how it all works.

Junior Jared Stigter

“I have been mining Bitcoin since 2012. Really investing in cryptocurrency kind of came as an added need after mining, because besides cashing out to get power costs down for my mining to pay back my equipment, I’m holding all of my funds in cryptocurrency itself. I guess I became almost an accidental investor.”

With Blockchain’s ability to create a hack-resistant database and eliminate the middleman, it has potential future applications in many other industries

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The encrypted nature of each block would make interfering in elections difficult. To interfere with Vote 1, you would first have to decode Votes 2, 3 and 4 as well.

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Blockchain can prevent piracy and provide royalties, improving the income of successful artists

By collecting and monitoring your personal data, the blockchain can protect your personal information

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Blockchain controls which data are viewable to businesses or other people, protecting your identity

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This map shows the amount of Bitcoin nodes (any computer that connects to the Bitcoin network) in each country

RICHA LOUIS, SAM SHI | SPEAK UPS APURVA MANAS, SAM SHI | PHOTOS

Senior Ben Goldberg

how else can we use blockchain?

The security provided by cryptography can prevent voter fraud

SPEAK UP!

The rapper 50 Cent recently made over $7 million by allowing his fans to purchase his albums using Bitcoin

Dec. 17 Bitcoin’s peak: $19,475.80

Blockchain’s decentralization allows people to send money across borders with up to 90 percent less cost

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Nov. 28 Bitcoin passes the $10,000 mark $10,077.40

Sept. 15 One of the biggest Bitcoin exchanges in China shuts down because of legal concerns, causing a drop in value $3,166.30

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NEWS

NEWS BRIEFS | FEB 23, 2018

NEWS BRIEFS JULIANNA KESSILYAS | BRIEFS

MONDAY

MARCH 12 TO 16

‘Culture of Care’ week to recognize mental health will begin.

Food Service Staff Week will take place honoring all staff in food service.

WEDNESDAY Freshman and Sophomore College and Career Planning Night* will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Dale E. Graham Auditorium.

THURSDAY The Winter Recognition Convocation will take place during SRT.

MARCH 8 International Women’s Day commemorates the movement for women’s rights.

To read the cover story about International Women’s Day and gender equality, see page 26.

To learn more about these events* check out: hilite.org/ career_events.

MARCH 13 Junior planning for college meetings will take place during SRT.

MARCH 16 End of third quarter.

MARCH 20 The Business Majors and Careers Fair* will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

swing Dance club WHEN AND WHERE: Mondays after school until 4:30 p.m. outside of the Main Cafeteria WHAT IT IS: Swing Dance Club specializes in swing dance, a style of dance developed in the 1920s to ‘40s along with ‘swing’ jazz music. During meetings, the club starts with introductions and then moves onto partners. After learning a new move, the club’s last 30 minutes end with freestyle.

“Learning something new is super fun, and (swing dance) is fairly simple to learn. Once you get it, it’s very fun. It’s a good way to meet new people, and it’s a new experience once you start dancing.” Gabby Emberton, club president and senior

FEB 23, 2018 | NEW LEGISLATION

scrapping the start CCS submits list of priorities, including an official opposition to a Senate bill regarding school start TARA KANDALLU | STORY

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month, carmel clay Schools submitted a list of priorities to the public and aimed at the Indiana General Assembly, among them was an official opposition to the proposed Indiana Senate Bill Seven. The bill, which has since become inactive, aimed to require schools to begin after the last Monday of August starting in the 2019-20 school year. Although the measure didn’t pass this year, Sen. Jean Leising filed a similar bill last year, which dies in a tie vote. Joe Schaller, assistant principal of operations, said he approves of the district’s decision to oppose the bill. He said, “I don’t know why we wouldn’t allow our local school districts to decide. If they want to start two to three weeks later and that community supports that move, I don’t know why we would say you have to (start school) at this time or you have to (start) at that time.” Sophomore Alyssa Smith said she also thinks the school’s start time should be a decision of the community and the school

SWINGING AWAY: Gabby Emberton, Swing Dance Club president and senior, dances with Oscar Bridges, club member and senior. Emberton said there is a lot of teamwork involved in swing dance.

SELENA LIU | PHOTO ANUSHKA DASGUPTA | SPOTLIGHT

Legislative priorities Here is a look at some aspects of CCS’s legislative priorities for 2018.

Vouchers should be discontinued 35,000 30,000 25,000

Public school students should have tax deductions for school supplies 60,000

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Currently, qualifying students can receive a voucher worth 50 or 90 percent of a school district’s per student expenditure, so lower-income families can attend schools of choice.

district. She said she believes school districts vary around the state, and one size doesn’t fit all communities. Smith said, “(Some districts) may want tourists and locals to spend time in the community during the warmer months, so they would shift their summer vacation to a time when it is warm. It doesn’t make sense that places that are drastically different would have the same rules for start time.” This bill was not the only priority brought up by the Carmel Clay School district. Other issues included tax deductions for school supplies, which includes textbook fees, and tax credits for donations made to public schools and public school foundations. Schaller said he was supportive of tax cuts. “On the surface, (tax cuts for donations and textbooks) look like a good thing, because most people, including

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Parents of private and homeschooled students can claim a deduction of up to $1000 for school supplies per dependent. MICHELLE YIN | GRAPHIC EDCHOICE.ORG, DOE.IN.GOV, ND.EDU | SOURCES

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$2631.87 50 percent of CCS’s per student spending

$4637.36 90 percent of CCS’s per student spending EDCHOICE.ORG, DOE. IN.GOV, ND.EDU | SOURCES

me, don’t want to pay a lot of taxes,” Schaller said. Similarly, Smith said, “I know some kids that have to spend money on the school textbooks, but (that) also buy extra copies for their house. The textbook (tax break) would really help both them and normal students.” Of all the issues, Schaller said keeping the decision of the school start time in the hands of the community would probably be the top priority. He said, “Any time you try to force a change, it is harder to do. You would generally have more opposition to it. Some people don’t like to change.” H

Check out a story on the bill’s proceedings at hilite.org/starting.

L E U K E M I A A N D LY M P H O M A | F E B 2 3 , 2 0 1 8

Students of the Year

CHS students discuss motives for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Students of the Year campaign JAMES YIN | STORY

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leukemia and lymphoma society students of the Year program is hosted by the American Leukemia Society (ALS). It is a seven-week long program from Jan. 25 to March 17 in which candidates focus on raising the most money through a variety of actions, ranging from door-to-door fundraising to business sponsorships to a final silent auction, to aid in blood cancer research. The Indianapolis chapter is one of 40 found all over the United States. Within the Indianapolis district are nine competing students,

Junior Connor Bednarski

Check out reporter Claire Abdellah’s experiences in awareness: hilite.org/ cancercrackdown

some of who are students here at CHS. Junior Connor Bednarski is one of those students. He said that this was a great opportunity to improve the community. “At first, I came into the ALS not knowing what they did, so I wasn’t per se passionate about it, but I’ve actually been involved in a lot of volunteering and giving back to the community, and that’s what I’m passionate about,” Bednarski said. Several other students, such as sophomore Meera Murthy, junior Lucy Salter and junior Reagan Markland are also participating in the Students of the Year, and explain their motives in participating in the campaign H along with their hopes of the future.

How did you become involved with the Students of the Year campaign? I know a lot of the other candidates have a personal connection, and that’s how they get into the campaign, or they’ve been involved with ALS. I actually was at a Do Something Club meeting, and the team— they have basically a leadership team that’s just some high school students that try to recruit people to be a candidate, and they presented at my club meeting. I just really wanted to do it at soon as they were done.

In what ways are you raising money for your campaign? I posted some stuff on social media, and I’ve talked to some of my friends and family members, and you can also get business sponsors. I’ve been working with my dad to get local businesses to basically sponsor my campaign.

How are you feeling about your campaign? I don’t go through an entire day without thinking about it all the time. If I’m just sitting in class and I don’t have the opportunity to work on my campaign, it bugs me, because I want to be trying to raise as much money as possible all the time. EMILY DEXTER | Q&A, PHOTO

HIstory of the LLS Here's a quick look at the history of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

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LLS was founded by the de Villiers’ family, who had previously lost a teenage son to leukemia.

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LLS develops the first drugs to treat blood cancers.

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Scientists discover major advances in cancer therapy.,

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LLS starts the first of many sponsored funds to support childhood leukemia and lymphoma research. The fund was helped in part by the Jimmy Fund, another fundraiser.

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Inaugural year for the LLS Students of the Year award. HARI PATEL | GRAPHIC LLS.ORG | SOURCE

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What are you doing that is different from other students this year in Students of the Year? The tactic I’m trying to go through is not as many sponsorships but personal or individual donations, and the little stuff will build up. I’m not sure how other people are going about it.

Sophomore Meera Murthy

How did you personally get involved? My dad actually passed away from leukemia so I decided to get involved with the society and figure out ways I could make a difference and make sure nobody has to go through what I had to go through.

What impact do you want to have? I wanna raise awareness, obviously, but also that Generation Z, our generation, can make a difference in their own way. I wish all the candidates would bring awareness to this cause since it’s a good cause. JAMES YIN | Q&A, PHOTO

Q & A What are you doing differently from other students in the campaign? We get to create teams, and a lot of people choose adults, but I chose friends at Carmel… if students are asking, a lot of parents are more likely to donate to students than they are to an adult because it’s pretty awesome to see students doing something like that.

What influenced you to try to become Student of the Year? I know a few people that have been affected by leukemia and lymphoma, just through all their stories, I decided that I wanted to make a difference and try to raise money to help those diseases.

Junior Lucy Salter

What do you think about the outreach? I’m trying to get other people involved and get other people to know about the Leukemia and Lymphoma society because they are running clinical trials to cure cancer, and they’re advocating for patients and just getting the awareness out there about the society is pretty much helping find a cure… I would say the most important thing is just spreading the word, getting other people involved, because once more people in Carmel, which is a really huge community, know about it, then the bigger impact we can make.

BY THE NUMBERS

26.7 percent of all cancer cases in people younger than 20 were cases of leukemia from 2008 to 2012

4.3 estimated percent of all cancers in 2017 were of lymphoma

3.6 estimated percent of all cancers in 2017 were of leukemia LLS.ORG, SEER. CANCER.GOV | SOURCE

JAMES YIN | Q&A, PHOTO

Q & A How did you become involved with the campaign, and what was your motivation behind joining?

Junior Reagan Markland

So, my mom started working at the LLS about five years ago … while she worked there, I got to meet all kinds of people. I volunteered there a lot just because I knew I could volunteer there and it was a good way to get my hours and get involved with that stuff, and I just found all the stories I was learning so inspirational.

I have a lot of younger neighbors and my little sisters who are watching me do this, and I hope that when they grow up, maybe they don’t do the exact same thing, but I hope they do something similar, and I hope they find avenues to give back to their community. People laugh, or they think I’m joking or unrealistic, but my two honest goals are for my children to grow up in a world that does not have cancer and for our generation to be the one that cures cancer.

How has the campaign been going so far? It’s been almost a year now that I’ve been working on this and getting ready for it and so far it’s gone well. The things that I’m learning are incredible, the people that I’m meeting are incredible and I feel so blessed that I get to learn and take all this in while giving back to the community.

How do you hope to influence the community through the campaign?

ANGELA LI | Q&A, PHOTO

PHONE-A-THON | FEB 23, 2018

a call for change UNICEF Club to host phone-athon to advocate for current issues ANUSHKA DASGUPTA | STORY

MAKING PLANS: At a UNICEF Club meeting, Viha Bynagari, club officer and sophomore, explains the phone-a-thon. Members discussed methods of bringing awareness for current issues.

SELENA LIU | PHOTO

tuesday, the chs united Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Club will host a phonea-thon. According to Muskaan Ramchandani, head of UNICEF Club’s committee for advocacy and junior, club members will call their local senators to voice their opinions on current issues during the phone-a-thon. Ramchandani said, “The phone-athon is something UNICEF has created in order to promote some of the policies UNICEF wants to get passed. This month, the goal is ending human trafficking, so we’ll be calling different Indiana representatives and senate members in order to ask them to promote three things: the first one would be to stop online human trafficking, the second would be to protect the victims and the third is to thank them (for) bills they have passed in regards to human trafficking.” Club sponsor Jill Noel said, “We’re really excited to reach out to the representatives in Indiana to hopefully get legislation in place to help kids everywhere. The students are just looking forward to talking to a politician and hopefully (getting) a response.” Ramchandani said this is the first year the club will host a phone-a-thon. Viha Bynagari, UNICEF officer and sophomore, said in previous years the club would write letters to representatives, but this did not garner much of a response. She said that is why the members tested out the phone-a-thon idea on Children’s Day in November. “We wanted to bring it up to a larger scale, have a wider range of people,” she said. “I’m excited to have our club members come together even with people not in our club and just make a wider impact and start getting responses to see a direct change. ” Ramchandani said this initiative came in an effort to expand the club’s work beyond fundraising.

FEB 23, 2018 | PHONE-A-THON

STUCK IN TRAFFIC Here is what the members of UNICEF are talking about when they discuss human trafficking.

HARI PATEL | GRAPHIC UNICEF.ORG, MUSKAAN RAMCHANDANI | SOURCES

Truck stops, hotel rooms and clubs are some of the places where victims are forced to sell sex

Sex traffickers might use violence, threats or the promise of love to lure victims

Forced labor victims could be found on farms, factories, or in construction work. They are made to work for little or no pay She said, “We’ve always been focused on the fundraising, and the advocacy aspect has been really neglected in the last couple of years. This year we really want to focus on that important sector of UNICEF and bring it to our high school. Since people don’t really have exposure of speaking to their representatives, I think it’s really exciting to be able to allow so many people to speak to their elected officials.” Furthermore, Carmel’s UNICEF Club is actually piloting this event, as no other UNICEF clubs have had a phone-a-thon.

Victims of domestic servitude are hidden in plain sight, forced to work in homes or on farms across the US

DID YOU KNOW? UNICEF is at work in 190 countries and territories. The organization’s main goal is to protect children’s rights. UNICEF.ORG | SOURCE

Bynagari said, “We hope to inspire other clubs at both the high school and college level to do widerange phone-a-thons.” Ramchandani said the club officers thought of this idea after meeting with a human trafficking representative from UNICEF. Ramchandani said she expects approximately 35 to 40 club members to come to the event, which will take place in a school cafeteria. Once there, members will call and read off a prompting script advocating for issues centered around human trafficking.

What aspect of the phone-a-thon are you most excited about? “I’m excited to voice our opinions on things that Congress is working towards and just getting student thoughts out there. I feel like there needs to be more student representation in voting and the government.”

Saumya Choudhary, UNICEF advocacy team member and junior

“For people to pick up the phone, pick up the script and take the time to do this shows how much a small bit of effort will go a long way and make an impact for kids.”

Ayman Bolad, UNICEF advocacy team member and sophomore

Bynagari said Manisha Desai, member of UNICEF’s Midwest Regional Board, will also attend the phone-a-thon and help make calls alongside the students. Bynagari said, “It’s important to advocate and to make sure that the government helps support everything UNICEF is fighting for. The government is one of UNICEF’s biggest sponsors and helps UNICEF do everything UNICEF does to help children internationally. By supporting these bills and helping get these laws passed, we, as students, can help kids H around the world.”

SPEAK UP! ANUSHKA DASGUPTA | SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

“I’m really excited to talk with our legislators and hopefully receive some responses and actual change.”

Neharika Palivela, UNICEF club member and sophomore

ANGELA QIAN | STORY

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NEXT SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION

formation of DNA to RNA to protein.

AP Biology teacher Daniel Marble said, “After discovering this double helix thing, the next big step was trying to figure out how it actually worked and making stuff useful for ourselves. Now that you have this molecule that stores information, how can you actually turn that information into little machines that do things inside the cell? “The whole DNA-to-RNA-to-protein central dogma of biology can actually explain how this actually gets stuff done, how this information is used to make your cells work,” Marble said. CONTRADICTING According to Khan AcadCONJECTURES emy, this process defines gene expression and helps explain “It wasn’t until the 1950s the transfer of genetic material that (scientists) knew more as well as the characteristics about (DNA),” said AP Biolgiven from parents to kids. ogy teacher Eric Rauch. “And Rauch said, “Our DNA is we didn’t really understand put into sections called genes, that DNA was the program to and those genes actually code go to mRNA and then to the Scan the above QR codes to be taken for a certain aspect. The genes proteins that are expressed.” to two different ancestry sites. (left) are segments that are going to According to Nature, the sciancestryclassroom.com: Offered by code for a specific trait.” ence journal the double helix CHS for K12 students for free. (right) In the nucleus of a cell, structure was first recorded in, libertyellisfoundation.org: Mainly for DNA is packaged into strucmost people in the early 20th students of European descent. tures called chromosomes. century believed protein was the “I think the best way to genetic material because it was think of it is DNA is a piece of structurally more complex and apstring, and we keep winding it peared in the nucleus in nearly equal amounts as DNA. tighter and tighter,” Rauch said. “When we get that However, in 1944, it was tentatively discovered spool completely wound up, then it’s a chromothat the genetic material was in fact DNA, and in some, but on that string, there’s different segments 1952, this was confirmed. that code for a specific trait.” Once scientists knew DNA was the genetic material, they looked deeper into the topic. After working FUTURE FINDINGS out the double helix structure, scientists rushed to be In the 65 years since the double helix discovery, scithe first to decipher the genetic code. They worked entists from all over the globe have decoded the entire to figure out the central dogma of biology: the trans-

wednesday marks the 65th anniversary of a huge scientific discovery. On Feb. 28, 1953, geneticist Francis Crick and his colleague James Watson walked into a pub and said they had “discovered the secret of life.” With the help of experiments carried out by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, they had discovered the double helix structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Xuchen Wei, AP Biology student and senior, who also participated in Biology Olympiad and Science Bowl in both his sophomore and junior years at CHS, said, “The discovery of the double helix structure for biology is analogous to what Newton did for physics. It was something that was very foundational to the field, so it’s actually incredible that it’s been so recent.”

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Note: This structure is not to scale and does not contain the complete 10.4 nucleotide pairs per turn.

The individual strands of DNA’s sugar phosphate backbone alternate due to the need to form ester bonds, a chemical bond that can only from between a sugar base and phosphate base. Each nucleotide also has a 3’ “sugar” end and 5’ “phosphate” end that will join to form a phosphodiester bond. These properties will cause DNA’s threedimensional or “helical” structure.

human genome through what is known as the Human Genome Project. This project allowed scientists to locate where different mutations occur and why some genes are expressed and some aren’t. Marble said, “We know all the nucleotides that make up a human being. What we don’t know is how they actually make a human being. That’s where all the other cool experiments are being done—trying to figure out how genes get turned on and turned off, and how they interact with each other to actually get stuff done inside of the cell.” According to Wei, today’s knowledge and technology of science still have room to grow. He said, “I think we all think we’re a lot farther ahead than we are. At any given point in time, everyone was like ‘Wow this is so advanced. It’s not going to get much further than this.’”

The Double Helix

Sugar Phosphate Backbone

DNA | FEB 23, 2018

With the potential science has, Marble said it is impossible to know exactly what scientists will solve in the next few decades. He added that science is constantly growing and changing, and there are reasons for that. “There’s still lots of good funding for this basic research, so the NIH (National Institutes of Health), for example, spends billions of dollars every year, supporting basic research to investigate how genes work and how cells grow and things along those lines. There’s also money to be made, so there’s a lot of pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies that are investing lots of money to hopefully find treatments for certain diseases,” Marble said. This funding leads to new discoveries in an everchanging field. In January 2017, for example, researchers from the University Hospital Limerick in Ireland classified a new organ inside of our bodies called the mesentery. It’s a single, continuous organ found in the digestive systems that was thought to be made up of fragmented, separate structures. Wei said, “If you look at history, we’ve always been progressing more and more rapidly, so I think it’s really hard to say just how much (we’ll grow), H I’m sure, an unimaginable ton.”

UPCOMING UNKNOWNS

Marble said scientists are currently trying to figure out how genes are regulated and how some are switched on and some are switched off. “Understanding that is the basis behind lots of diseases, like cancer for example,” Marble said. “The reason cancer is so hard to cure is because no cancer is the same as another one, so they’re all controlled by different genes.” He added, “Understanding those small differences is quite a challenge because it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. Not only that, it’s like finding a needle in a stack of needles because you don’t know which of those genes are important, how they interact with each other.”

Junior Will Hurdle

Junior Brenna Chia

AMY TIAN, RAPHAEL LI | SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

Take a look at some interesting ancestors of CHS students

A LOOK INTO THE PAST

Junior Will Keleher

Senior Alliyan “Ally” Nou

“I’ve always been really interested in my Cambodian heritage, and I competed in the National History Day competition my freshman year; I won first place at district. I made a documentary chronicling the leadership and legacy of Pol Pot and his impact on Cambodia and Cambodian people because I wanted to further connect with my Cambodian heritage.”

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Scan the QR code to view all the ancestry resources offered to the public by the Carmel Clay Public Library (CCPL).

“(My cousin found a) record that said this emperor’s name and it was Emperor Tai Zhong. His actual name was Li Si Ming. I looked him up and one of the first things that I saw was that he killed his two brothers in order to get the crown and he also killed their sons, because he feared rebellion. But I also found out that he was one of the greatest Chinese emperors in Chinese history, so that was really cool.” Junior Brenna Chia

View the full story as well as a graphic on the implications of mesentery, the newly classified organ, online at hilite.org/futuregene-ius/

Confederate guerilla fighter Champ Ferguson

GENEALOGY HAPPENINGS Where: At the Carmel Clay Public Library in the second floor training room Upcoming events: Feb. 28, March 7, March 14 (Wednesdays)- Finding Family March 20 (Tuesday)- Create your own genetic networks and DNA circles When: Tuesdays: 1-2 p.m. and Wednesdays: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Li Si Ming, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty

“On my mom’s grandma’s side, there is someone named Champ Ferguson who took part in confederate guerrilla warfare and claimed to have killed over 100 people. He was actually one of the only people executed for war crimes during the civil war.” Junior Will Hurdle

“One of my great ancestors is Daniel Boone, and he migrated over here and colonized a lot of the midwest. So a lot places that we know such as Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio were colonized by him. He led the ideology and expedition to go through and bring more western ideals to the new world.” Junior Will Keleher

Daniel Boone, American explorer and frontiersman

Cambodian refugee Vanna Nou

FEB 23, 2018 | DNA

“My dad is from Cambodia and he came to the U.S. as a refugee...He had a family of twelve including himself and all of his siblings were killed either by starvation, execution, or disease. He lost both of his parents and came to the U.S. as an orphan and as a refugee.” Senior Alliyan “Ally” Nou

BROADCASTING | FEB 23, 2018

Broadcasting into the future CHTV, WHJE students reflect on potential impact of proposed budget cuts for broadcasting industry RIYA CHINNI | STORY

transmissions have been around since the late 19th century, starting in 1894 with “wireless” transmissions of Guglielmo Marconi and his telegraphy system. In 1912, Marconi opened the world’s first radio factory, and in 1920, a station in Detroit broadcast the first radio news program. Sixty years later, CNN launched cable news, catapulting the news industry into modern broadcasting. However, broadcasting may become more difficult to navigate with President Trump’s proposed budget cuts, which outline the removal of federal funding from public broadcasting. Regardless, some students like Griffin Gonzalez, CHTV anchor, WHJE director and senior, remains determined to pursue broadcasting. Gonzalez said he is particularly drawn to broadcasting due to the concept of sharing news and stories with his audience. “I love broadcasting because I like being the guy who (gets) to tell people what’s going on…It’s so cool to be able to deliver student stories, sports stories, just overall, tell a story from another perspective to an audience,” he said. “You get to tell somebody’s story, and it’s your job to tell it well…almost like their trust is being given to you, so I’ve always loved that, and I’ve had a blast doing it.” Connor Inskeep, WHJE staff member and sophomore, said he believes people need to be informed on what’s happening, which is why broadcasting is valuable. “People, even our age… need to know what’s going on. You can’t just live in a world that’s being controlled, and

BROADCAST CONTRAST Compare the median salaries of various professions in the broadcasting industry

Job title

RADIO

Announcers Editors Camera operators Photographers Reporters Technical writers Writers 10 20 30 40 50 Median yearly salary (thousands of dollars)

you’re just like a puppet,” he said. “You have your voice; you can be a productive member of society.” Gonzalez and Inskeep said they plan to pursue broadcasting in order to provide their audience with the information they need, which is why radio and cable news will always be around due to this need. Gonzalez said he specifically plans to pursue sports broadcasting even if funding is taken away. He said, “I don’t think you can replace cable news ever… especially with the sports industry; I don’t think you can ever get rid of the sports channel.” CHTV adviser Anna Kaiser said news stations will not completely dissolve. But, she said, they might undergo changes to adjust to fewer broadcasters and accommodate social media’s role. According to the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of Americans receive partial pieces of their news from social media. Both Kaiser and Gonzalez said changes in the industry will include creating jobs centered around social media. Gonzalez said, “For me personally, (this trend is) teaching me early (that) if you want to be successful in this field, you need to show not only can I go on air, but I can go on social media, and I can also do this and this, and it’s challenging people who want to pursue this field to be more versatile.”

JACKIE HUR | GRAPHIC BLS.GOV | SOURCE LIVE FROM CHS: (TOP) Griffin Gonzalez, CHTV anchor, WHJE director and senior, looks at the camera before going on air. Gonzalez said he loves broadcasting because he wants to inform his audience of important news. (LEFT) These are the screens used to monitor CHTV shows. According to CHTV adviser Anna Kaiser, despite threats of budget cuts, some students like Gonzalez still plan to pursue their passions in broadcasting.

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FEB 23, 2018 | BROADCASTING

LIGHTS, CAMERA, CUTS

WHAT

-Over a two-year period, federal funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), will decrease from

WHY

Trump proposes the elimination of federal funding for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting

-Only of CPB’s funding comes from federal subsidies; the remaining 85 percent comes from private fundraising -Alternative stations to PBS and NPR have grown substantially

IMPACT

Kaiser said as more traditional jobs may be eradicated due to lack of funding, new opportunities will arise. She said, “With the way we’re growing and the way we’re viewing news these days, I think there’s going to be more and different opportunities than there are now.” Despite threats of budget cuts, Kaiser said around 20 students on her staff plan to pursue broadcasting every year. She said she tells students it’s important to follow their passion. “Going into journalism…these jobs aren’t easy to get,” she said. “That takes a lot of hard work, and it might just mean they have to work that much harder to show off their skills and to really get involved in college to build their resume, just to prove that they’re an outstanding broadcast journalist.” In fact, Inskeep said he enjoys WHJE even if he has to come in as early as 5:30 a.m. to work. “It’s totally worth it to be here, to get all the experience to add to my resume eventually when I’m applying to colleges and hopefully doing something with radio,” he said. Gonzalez also said he spends most of his time in the communications department. He said, “I want to do more. I want to do more shows. I think that’s how you know you really love something H because you just can’t get enough of it.”

-Broadcasting personnel funding totaling will be completely cut -Many PBS stations around the country dependent on federal funding will be shut down -Emergency alert systems and childhood programs will be hurt

$495 Million to $15 Million

15 Percent

$16.2 Million

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ART THERAPY | FEB 23, 2018

Healing Hearts with Creative arts Scientific evidence proves healing effects of art therapy on students with disabilities FAITH DEE | STORY

group of young artists with disabilities crowd in a pod, equipped with paint, boards and canvases; however, these students paint for purposes beyond simply creating artwork. Gressa Crowley, teaching assistant at Magdalena Academy of Art and sophomore, said, “People create artwork out of their own unique experiences and interpret other people’s artworks based on their own unique experiences. These life experiences may even involve disabilities. But, everyone will benefit.” Many students enjoy using art as a means of expression but may be more than recreational; it can be therapeutic.

BY THE NUMBERS

$43,471 is the median salary for art therapists

43.6 is the average age for art therapists DATAUSA, PAYSCALE | SOURCES

BENEFITS OF ART THERAPY See how creating art has many physical benefits that help patients recover Improves cognitive function and memory Helps reduce stress and depression Manages pain and lowers blood pressure

Strengthens problem solving and critical thinking skills

Increases blood flow to pleasure centers in brain Helps ease the pain of chronic health conditions

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Crowley said she has witnessed and helped other students experience the healing powers of artmaking. Some professionals in art therapy thus seek to spread its awareness. Art therapist Maggie Girard said the field of art therapy needs research and publicity. She said art therapy is a growing field that will progress with technology because research is essential in the growth of the field. The more art therapists work with different types of patients, the more they know, and then their findings can be taken seriously for more city funding and allow them to do more work. She said, “I hope the future of art therapy is bright. I hope the field becomes more common and better known and receives more accessible funding. A lot of job listings aren’t specific to art therapists because people are not familiar enough with the field. But, art therapy can really help anyone; there’s no wrong way to do it. Art therapy sessions exist in diverse settings and will help people see the world and themselves in a new light.” Magdalena Hoyos-Segovia, who is a painter and art teacher at Magdalena Academy of Art, said art teachers at HEALING LINES: Gressa Crowley, teaching assistant at Magdalena Academy of Art and sophomore, paints on a canvas after work. She said people create artwork based on their experience.

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the academy are trying to figure out ways to teach art therapy to different students in different ways since some students with disabilities may behave less consciously than how students without disabilities would behave. Hoyos-Segovia said, “The difference with students with disabilities versus students without disabilities is related to mindset of ‘art is way for me to show how I feel without words’ versus; art is a way for me to relax.’ As a teacher, when working with students with disabilities, I need to be more careful, but I can also be more raw. They need more direct directions and defined limitations; they are not helped with hundreds of choices.” She said therapy itself involves patients expressing themselves, so they can hear themselves and meditate about what they are saying and that art could merge with therapy because colors and lines, whether figurative or landscape-like, will express emotion. “Reflection of these emotions does not require a certain level of consciousness. Rather, it will help students echo emotion from their work and, therefore, imply some level of emotional consciousness,” Hoyos-Segovia said.

FEB 23, 2018 | ART THERAPY

ART THERAPY

How is it used?

A look into art therapy methods used to enhance the well-being of individuals Art-based Assessments Professionals evaluate artwork created by patients to diagnose them and aid them in recovery

Art Therapy: Used towards the process of healing, reducing stress and expressing oneself

Color Psychology

The use of different colors represent conditions that help professionals understand their patients Red Excessive emotion, anger, or enthusiasm

Orange Discomfort or lack of discipline

Yellow Hostility, dependency, or infantile behavior

Other Kinds of Art Therapy Music Listening or creating music can help decrease anxiety and increase happiness

Purple Paranoia or quietness

Green Controlled behavior or overprotective

Blue Self-restraint, distance, or sadness

Art Psychotherapy: An expressive therapy based on the idea that art is a vehicle for communication

Brown Timidity/shyness or new beginnings

Dancing Dancing not only builds confidence but it also physically increases strength and flexibility

Black Compulsive behavior, depression, or loss

AMBERLY XIE | GRAPHIC JOSHKALE.COM | SOURCE Girija Kaimal, assistant professor of art therapy at Drexel University, led a study published in 2016, which examined the effects of artmaking on stress-related hormones in the body. The study found that 45 minutes of artmaking could lessen stress regardless of experience or talent, proving the theory that artmaking can be healing. According to Kaimal, it is that spirit of inclusion that has contributed to the growth of this field. Crowley said teaching art and making art are both therapeutic and have promoted her overall mental wellness. In fact, Crowley said she admits she was not interested in art before becoming an art assistant for the Magdalena Academy of Art, but now, she said art is her main stress-reliever. Crowley said, “For me, artmaking and teaching are distractions from my personal issues. I always tell my students that art is therapeu-

tic for them because they like it, and they feel connected to it.” Girard said students seeking art therapy do not need art backgrounds. She said, “We art therapists can’t read minds, so we are learning with our clients. Each client is the expert of his or her own life; as art therapists, we just look for deeper meanings in the work clients produce during sessions.” H

PAINT THE DAY AWAY: (RIGHT) Crowley paints water for her painting. She said art is her main stressreliever when she feels down.

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ART FOUND(ATION): (LEFT) Crowley paints the foundation of a painting. She said she has seen the healing abilities of art on other students whom she has helped during her job as a teaching assistant.

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HUMANS OF CHS | FEB 23, 2018

HUmans of CHS CHS students, faculty share their stories LIVVIE HURLEY, ALANNA WU, HEIDI PENG, ANUSHKA DASGUPTA | STORIES VERONICA TEETER, APURVA MANAS | PHOTOS

HARD AT WORK: Dancer and senior Audrey Burdick listens to the choreographer while still loosely in stance. Burdick said it’s rewarding to perform after months of practice and hard work.

BALLERINA BUSINESS Senior Audrey Burdick is no ordinary dancer; she is a ballerina. Dancing ballet 25 hours a week for the Central Indiana Academy of Dance, Burdick commits her life to dance, and said she plans to continue her commitment throughout college at the University of Cincinnati, majoring in dance performance and after at a professional level. According to Burdick, ballet is different from other forms of dance, both mentally and physically. She said ballet requires classical forms of music and costumes, while other forms of dance do not. Burdick also said dance takes an incredible amount of strength. “It takes a lot of hard work. You’re exercising 25 or more hours a week, and you’re working muscles that most people don’t even know that they have, and you’re supposed to make everything look so easy, when actually it’s very hard,” Burdick said.

“I’ve had to face not being strong enough and not getting the roles I wanted to get because I didn’t have the muscles to be able to do those roles.” Senior Audrey Burdick

She said she started dance at the young age of 3 years old. She started ballet when she was 9. As she grew, Burdick said some of the obstacles she overcame as a dancer mostly revolve around her strength, contributing to her ability to do certain types of dance. At 5-foot-6-inches, she said she is the ideal height for a dancer, but she had to work on her strength to make her a better dancer. “I’ve had to face not being strong enough and not getting the roles that I wanted to get because I didn’t have the muscles to be able to do those roles. I had to work harder and start cross-training with pilates to start getting more muscle, so I could do more demanding roles,” she said. Burdick said dance impacts all aspects of her life, including her social life. According to Burdick, most of her friends are dancers. While Burdick said she does have friends outside of dance, she said it is hard to find time to hang out with them with rehearsals on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons. She said her favorite memory from dance is her company’s most recent production of “The Nutcracker.” “My favorite memory would have to be from this past ‘Nutcracker’ because I was the sugar plum fairy, and that is the lead role. It was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life so far, but it was the most rewarding.” H

PERFECTING POSITION: Dancer and senior Audrey Burdick lunges while practicing at Central Indiana Academy of Dance. Burdick said, “Dancing ultimately makes me feel happy, especially when I’m performing.”

FEB 23, 2018 | HUMANS OF CHS

PURSUING PASSION Just after college, therapist Joanna “Joey” McGill worked as an accountant, but she was unhappy with her career. It was then that she opted for a change. She said, “I was lost; I didn’t know what to do in college. The biggest thing is that I had no idea. That’s probably the most lost I’ve ever felt: when I went to college. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life; I didn’t have a certain interest other than medical school and then I was too afraid. I didn’t think I was smart enough to go.” McGill said she eventually decided to quit her accounting job and go back to medical school despite the obstacles she knew she would encounter. “It was really hard for my parents to support me and I had just spent four years in college and had a good job; doing all that kind of stuff,” she said. But the road to the medical field wasn’t easy, and it took time. According to McGill, she started out in outpatient

orthopedics (at house rehabilitation therapy), but decided to take a more pediatric approach to the job, especially after her own experience. She said, “When (I was) pregnant (with my middle daughter), we thought she may have Down syndrome. At the time I vowed I would definitely help kids if she didn’t end up having Down syndrome when she was born, and she didn’t. As soon as her daughter was born, McGill said she took a pediatric focus and completed

PHOTO MAGIC: Sophomore Peter Messiha (middle) flips through a photo journal alongside his mother and brother. At school, he enjoys the diversity and sense of community within the student body.

TO DO OR NOT TO DO: McGill teaches her students how to separate light and dark colors while doing the laundry. She said it was important to teach basic life skills to students with intellectual disabilities so they can help around the house or potentially get a job.

EMBRACING IDENTITY As an Egyptian-American, sophomore Peter Messiha has a unique journey as a student of CHS. Till recently, Messiha said hadn’t completely embraced his identity. He said, “I used to be self-conscious about a lot of things, I’m Egyptian, I don’t fit in, but now it’s not that big of a deal. I’ve just accepted it and it’s easier to live with.” He said he was able to navigate his journey as an EgyptianAmerican by connecting with the large Egyptian community at Carmel. Still, he said, there are people who will often mistake his religion for Islam rather than Christianity and try to enrage him

“First Steps,” a program where students go into people’s homes and work with the babies. “I wanted to help the families that were going to have kids with disabilities,” McGill said. Since then, McGill to be a part of the staff at this school. She said she believes the most beneficial tool one can have is the desire to follow his or her dreams. McGill said, “I feel like you really have to follow what you believe in and what you feel like you’re being told to do with your life, which stems from the point of ‘You have to trust your instincts within yourself...’ “I knew within myself that I wouldn’t be happy in life if I wasn’t in a field where I was helping people; I wanted to be in the medical field so I quit (my accounting job) and went to physical therapy school… My parents will say they’re so glad I listened to myself instead of trying to follow their advice to stick with accounting. And that’s led to my H whole career.” through his language and ethnicity. “(At Carmel), since there’s so many people from everywhere else, no one really judges you… If you’re by yourself and you (speak Arabic), you might get embarrassed because no one understands you. You might feel different. If there are people with you, there’s togetherness and you don’t feel alone... There are some people that try to mess with you, some people you might know or some people that might have heard you speaking another language, might call you something just to make you mad... It doesn’t really affect me, but that’s what happens H a lot of the time ”

DEFINING SUCCESS | FEB 23, 2018

how can students find ‘success?’ HiLite asked counselor Ann Boldt questions from students about the future and becoming successful JESSICA KONRAD | Q&A

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Many students struggle with finding the right path for their future as they begin to prepare for college. How do you help students find answers to these difficult questions? “I think the first thing is really some self-assessment about what your skills and passions and gifts are, so I would recommend the Family Connections account and doing the career assessments, the career interest profiler, the career cluster finder and the strengths explorer, because it really is all about looking into yourself and what you like. That’s probably the first step. The other thing is I try to tell students is that they don’t have to know what they want to do for the rest of their lives when they’re 16, 17 or 18 years old. It’s okay to go into college undecided and then hopefully explore some paths there with some guidance because you don’t have to declare (a major) until you’re a sophomore.” How is the definition of success different for every student you work with? “To me, success is not just getting into the college of your dreams; it’s getting through the college of your dreams, so that success is going to obviously look very different for everyone. My idea of success is finding the right college fit where you can develop yourself in all areas academically, emotionally, physically, spiritually and launch yourself into a happy career... When I tell students to look at colleges, I want them to look at where they’re going to have experiential learning, where they’re going to have a mentor that believes in them and that’s going to inspire them, where they’re going to find their tribe, where they’re going to find like-minded students and find their extracurriculars–so there’s not one definition of success for each person. It’s like you have to look at all those factors to find what’s going to work.” What do you notice are the most common issues among students that can prevent students from making the right decisions about college? “Parents. The parents are so well-meaning that I think sometimes they’re not listening to their children completely about what their passion is and how they’re wired. I really think it’s a gift that God has given each of us. I think we all want the best for our

kids, and I think in Carmel, it’s actually even harder because we live in a very educated, very affluent population where we have successful parents who have very happy, comfortable lifestyles, so we want that for our children.” How does a student decide on the right path? “They don’t always (know). I guess the thing is there’s no irreversible decision. I think what you do is you take a strong core curriculum that prepares you for college and then you start with where you think you are, but I mean there’s so many people who change their major. I think you just have to go with what feels right at that point, but I would say in high school, take advantage of the classes that we offer here. Take advantage of shadowing professionals. Take advantage of internships. Keep trying to explore to get that background. I don’t think there’s a magic ball that we can say anyone’s doing the exact right path. I think being open-minded about experiences can lead you to that right path.” What do you think is the most difficult part of figuring out your future? What advice would you give to students working through that? “I would just take away the pressure of having to know exactly what you want to do. It’s okay to not know exactly, but to use those tools, explore a little bit more, take advantage of the curriculum. (I would recommend) trying to be as stress-free as possible. The one thing I would say is starting earlier than later. Starting to start thinking about college, I know that’s not what you want to think about as a freshman, but by sophomore or junior year, because then if you’re starting to explore colleges and seeing what you like it’s taking the stress out of it and that’s half the battle. If someone’s really looking all of a sudden for colleges and they’re doing it their summer after junior year, that’s stressful. The key is starting earlier than later to make this as stress-free a process (as possible) to do that exploration. It’s harder to cram all that exploration in if you’re only doing it in a few months.”

FEB 23, 2018 | DEFINING SUCCESS

How do you define success?

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“Success to me means you feel satisfied with what you’ve done and you feel that you’ve accomplished something in terms of your own goals.” Junior Rahul Prakash

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“My definition of success? The laziest way to accomplish something.” Sophomore Mohnish Pandley

Success Poll

We polled 100 CHS students about their meanings of success

“I think success is trying your absolute best in whatever you define as success or whatever you enjoy the most, or what you strive to do and working the best that you can in that area, no matter if it’s perfect because you can’t always be perfect at something but you can always try your best.” Senior Sophie Miller

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Which is most important to you? achievement

Which is most important to your parents? happiness

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Is school necessary for success? 69

“Success has a whole different meaning inside and outside of school. Success shouldn’t be determined by where you get to in life, but of the hard work it took you to get there.” -Sophomore Hannah Pederson

Do you use your grades to measure success? 73

Do you agree with this statement? “In the real world, successful people do what they have to do to win, even if others consider it cheating?” 78

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“My definition of success is anybody that surpasses a goal that they have, whether that be getting an A on a test or earning money for their business, by surpassing that or even making that goal, that is succeeding.” Sophomore Matthew Brooks “Money. When I have so much money, I can just give it to people on the streets and I can donate as much as I want, like there’s no limit. When I’m going shopping, right, I’m spending rack on rack, so it doesn’t matter, you know.” Junior Loraine Lee

“For me, success is being happy and loving what you do. I mean, if you’re happy, you’re going to be successful.”

Officer Wendy Bodenhorn

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With International Women’s Day on March 8, CHS feminists reflect on a turbulent year for women’s rights, discuss how to improve gender equality DA-HYUN HONG, RIYA CHINNI | STORY AMBERLY XIE, CARSON TERBUSH | GRAPHIC

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PEACEFUL PROTEST: Zoe Koniaris (third from right), CHS Action Together Club co-president and sophomore, participates in the Jan. 21 Women’s March.

ergy that’s been brewing for a while. These aren’t new problems, obviously; I just think we have a generation of women who are done with the inequality and oppression that they face,” she said. Zoe Koniaris, CHS Action Together Club co-president and sophomore, also said modern issues have prompted more discussion about the struggles women face.

walker, vice president of CHS Democrats Club and senior, said she strongly believes in equality for all; however, although she said she thinks society has made progress in addressing discrimination, she said there is still a lot more to be resolved in terms of tangible results. “I think (recent events) have been really efficient catalysts to en-

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the road to women’s rights

The Seneca Falls Convention is the first women’s rights event to be held in the United States

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Here is a brief history of women’s rights activism over the past 150 years

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Koniaris said, “While I like that it’s been taken up on a large scale and people with platforms are talking about it, I think the actual level of involvement the people of Hollywood are doing beyond just wearing their little “#MeToo” buttons is pretty lame. (However), just on the scale of your average day-to-day woman, the fact that there’s been more recognition of the struggle that they’ve faced

The Fair Labor Standards Act establishes a genderequal minimum wage

1920 The 19th Amendment legalizing women’s suffrage is passed in Congress

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1964 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on sex

Q: How do you think current events have fueled the women’s rights movement? A: “I think they just bring to light how much women have been silenced in this country. Of course there are people who still refuse to admit it, but I think having these role models out there, like Oprah, standing up and supporting a movement like this is really important because now people will really see what’s happening. It’s always great having a huge celebrity endorse things like this, because then people will obviously look at it more.”

Q: What do you think society’s connotation of feminism is?

Antara Deshmukh, intersectional feminist and sophomore LIN-LIN MO | PHOTO DA-HYUN HONG, RIYA CHINNI | Q&A

A: “I think through the media, there have been a lot of twisted interpretations of feminism. I think people see it as a super-radical movement and more toward women, when really, that’s not the case. It’s for everyone, even men, which is kind of misleading through the word ‘feminism.’ It’s a very down-toearth movement that strives for equality for all people.”

Q: How do you think society has responded to current events like the “#MeToo” movement? A: “I think there has been a majority of support toward victims, but I don’t think there has been enough consequences for the people who have committed (sexual harassment). I feel as though in Hollywood, they’re still people like Woody Allen who are in huge movies and who are still being supported, and victims are obviously getting the sympathy and the ‘Oh, I’m so sorry this happened to you,’ but the abusers are still out there.”

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68 number of high-profile men accused of sexual assault in the last year

>12 million #MeToo Facebook posts in the first 24 hours of its conception

80 percent of sexual harassment victims who are under 30 NYTIMES.COM, | SOURCES

Q&A with activist antara deshmukh is amazing, and I think more people should be talking about it.” Women’s rights activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony launched the concept of women’s rights in the United States in 1848. Although these leading activists have been replaced with a newer generation of strong female role models such as Oprah Winfrey,

Malala Yousafzai and Beyoncé, issues regarding gender inequality still linger in society. Modern female oppression is more relevant than ever, highlighted by recent events such as the trending social media hashtag “#MeToo” that became a nationwide movement for victims revealing their sexual harassment stories, the confession of world-renowned film producer Harvey Weinstein, who sexu-

Title IX prohibits sexual discrimination in federally-funded schools

1972

The original #MeToo tweet: “If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me Too’ as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.”

The ban against women in military combat roles is lifted

1973 Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion in the United States

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2017 The #MeToo movement raises awareness about sexual harassment

ally harassing his subordinates, and Oprah Winfrey’s announcement at the Golden Globes that “Time’s Up” for patriarchal culture. Along with Walker and Koniaris, José Ortuzar, CHS Democrats Club president and senior, said his club is an environment where students can openly discuss current issues and injustices, such as women’s rights. “We just really want to encourage civic activity (and) civic engagement in youth, because I think that’s the most important thing that our club does: just bringing awareness of civic engagement to young people,” Ortuzar said. “Our club is kind of focusing on (gender inequality at CHS) and how we can bring awareness to it.” CHS Democrats Club sponsor Drew Grimes said one of the

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How do you think gender equality has progressed in the last year? “I think gender equality has progressed in the past year. Every year, we move further in lowering the glass ceiling. So many more women in this day and age are top executives, and slowly as a society, we are increasing the role women play.”

“I think this year gender equality has progressed in some ways, especially in the workplace with a lot of exposés, but overall, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done. I don’t think people take it seriously enough.”

Senior Omid Hessaraki main reasons he considers himself a feminist is to ensure a future of equality for his family. Grimes said, “I have a wife, a son and two daughters, and my wife took my daughters to the (Women’s) March, and that’s very important to me. I was always for equal rights, but when you have little girls, it makes even less sense that women get paid 70 cents on the dollar, things like that. It just infuriates me even more when I have to explain this to my eight-year-old little girl.”

Senior Delaney Tejcek WOMEN’S MARCH: Women’s rights activists listen to a key speaker at the Indianapolis Women’s March, a sister rally of the Women’s March on Washington, at the Indianapolis Statehouse.

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“I feel in general more people are realizing the importance of gender equality in our society, but the people in charge of implementing new policies (and) making those decisions, they don’t care as much.”

Senior William Tippins

One of the more recent events CHS Democrats attended to show support was the Women’s March in Indianapolis, which occurred on Jan. 20. “I think the march is really important because you get to show the world and make your voice heard, but it’s not just about showing up for the march and taking a picture,” Ortuzar said. “It’s definitely about activism and the work you do throughout the years, not just that one day you show up.”

A national survey conducted by The Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation found six in 10 women and one-third of men call themselves a feminist. As part of that third of the male population, Ortuzar said males introduce an interesting perspective to the conversation. “I think our world is not equal in any way, so I feel like calling myself a feminist; it’s part of changing culture,” Ortuzar said. “Especially since I’m a guy, I think it’s important to make your voice heard and make other men know that you support women’s rights and that it’s not just a women’s issue; it affects everyone.” According to USA Today, the term “intersectionality,” introduced in 1989, caused the feminist movement to grow to include a broader group beyond wealthy Caucasian females. Koniaris said, “I consider myself as an intersectional feminist, actually, so I extend my definition to include more than just male versus female. It’s the different struggles of different social classes, sexualities, racial groups, that type of thing.” Grimes said he agrees equality stems from awareness about the struggles of different groups of people. “I think it comes with more exposure, and the more interactions you have with diversity, the more acceptance you will have. We’re all growing together; we’re all learning how to do this together,” Grimes said. Walker said a culture of disrespect toward women is normalized almost to the point where women don’t realize the struggles they face on a daily basis.

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The Pay gap

This graph compares the median annual earnings of full-time male and female workers in 2016

#metoo Starting in October of 2017, #MeToo spread across social media in response to sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Celebrities began spreading this hashtag across their accounts, and as a result, more awareness has been raised about sexual harassment and gender issues.

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National median annual earnings of women compared with men:

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On average, for every $1 men earn, women earn

Sexual Assault

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Any type of sexual behavior accomplished through force, intimidation, violence or manipulation

17% of men and 20% of women are or will be victims of sexual assault in their lifetime

“I think that a lot of it is really ual remarks about people, but I at least just enshrined in our culture, and have always been comfortable enough I don’t think you can separate culto say, ‘Oh, that’s not cool, don’t talk ture from the school environment. about a girl like that,’” he said. “It’s It’s just part of our society, part of obviously degrading to women, and to culture,” Walker said. objectify women’s bodies is definitely Research conducted in December not okay in any means or way.” 2017 by the Pew Research Center Koniaris said the statistic of one in stated disrespect toward five women being sexually women is significantly harassed in their lifetime, as “These aren’t new problems, normalized in society, as reported by both the Associobviously; I just think we 45 percent of men in the ation of American Universihave a generation of women United States said they ties and the National Sexual feel pressured to join other Violence Resource Center, is who are done with the men when they make reappalling and a change in inequality and oppression marks about women in a society must be made. that they face,” demeaning way. “I’m currently sitting here Senior Bryn Walker Ortuzar said he has with my sister, so if you go dealt with similar situawith that statistic, there’s tions before. a 50 percent chance one of us will be “I think there’s been occasions that raped. That’s not fun to think about, other guys around me have made sexbut it’s kind of the disgusting reality of

it and I’d like to change that,” Koniaris said. “That’s why I’m involved in politics. We need to work on not only preventing that kind of thing, but changing the way everyone perceives it and changing the conversation about it.” According to Walker, a step people can take to address gender disparities is to educate themselves on various issues women must overcome, which will lead to improvements, including a more accepting environment at CHS. She said, “I think the first step (toward equality) definitely is to educate yourself on the issues that women face. Going with that, with the political power you have once you turn 18, you can vote and vote for candidates who are women, who support women and who support policies that help women from all H different backgrounds.”

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IRISH DANCING | FEB 23, 2018

A Jig for Irish Culture CHS student tours with Irish dance school on St. Patrick’s Day every year to stay in touch with Irish culture KASSANDRA DARNELL | STORY

Since

she was about 5 years old, sophomore Annie Rose wanted to be an Irish dancer; her grandmother was an Irish dancer, so Rose began dancing at the Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance in sixth grade. Through Irish dance, Rose said she not only feels more connected to her grandmother, but also to the Irish culture. “(I feel more connected) especially with the events that we do. We dance at fish fries, Catholic churches or Irish

Catholic stuff, and then St. Patrick’s Day. It definitely makes me feel more connected to (Irish culture),” Rose said. Rose said she is also able to spread her love for Irish culture by performing in the Richens/Timm St. Patrick’s Day tour. For the tour, dance students perform at different schools in and Indianapolis, along with several pubs and the St. Patrick’s Day parade. “It’s a very fast-paced day,” Rose said. “You go into a school, dance and then you have to be out of there because you have call times for every

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$2,500 is the cost of a more expensive Irish costume

24 years ago, an Irish theatrical show called “Riverdance” debuted

$170 is the cost of a single pair of ladies shoes. Meanwhile, men’s Irish dancing shoes can cost up to $100 NPR.ORG, IRISHECHO. COM | SOURCES

single place that you’re going. It’s, I wouldn’t say high-stress, but it’s a very rushed situation, yet really fun.” Joan Kaster, a mother of seven children who have all danced for Richens/ Timm, said over 200 families participate in the tour every year. Kaster said students who perform come from varying skill sets. “Of course, the thing people really like to see is when they wear the hard shoes because those make more noise. They do a soft shoe element as well. It’s really fun,” she said. As for the history of Irish dancing, Rose said she only knows the myth associated with it. “There’s this myth where the British invaded Ireland, they pulled a ‘Footloose’ and outlawed dancing because they thought it was defiance, so the Irish would dance with their arms down so it didn’t look like they were dancing,” Rose said. “That’s the myth behind it, and the thing that everyone says, but also it’s just an art form from Ireland that’s used in a lot of celebrations.” Over the years, specific moves performed by Irish dancers, such as a treble reel—typically a line of dancers in hard shoes—or a slow hornpipe— a dance done to slow hornpipe music but is very fast and rigorous—have remained the same as time has passed, but with bigger tricks.

FEB 23, 2018 | IRISH DANCING

“It just depends on the individual choreography that each teacher comes up with,” Kaster said. “Most of it’s inspired by what they learned when they were younger. They just put their own modern little twist on it.” One major piece of modern Irish dance culture is the outfits. Richens/ Timm has its own academy costume embroidered with Celtic symbols worn for group performances. However, solo dancers also have outfits unique to them. “Your solo dress is something that you earn, and you can design it so it makes you more flashy,” Rose said. “Usually, judges will be watching the people with the better dress, or a dress that catches their eye more. You want something that looks better so you get looked at by the judges more.” Irish dancers also wear either hard or soft shoes for certain dances. Sophomore Gabriel Greener, who has been dancing for Richens/Timm for nine years, said the soft shoes are slightly different for male dancers. “When we do a soft shoe dance, meaning it’s a little bit quieter, guys have a heel that has a hard bottom, that way you can click your heels together while you dance,” Greener said. Another factor of modern Irish dance culture, Rose said, is the

DID YOU KNOW?

irish style

There are three principle Irish dances mentioned often in 16th century writing. One of the first references to dance is in a letter written by Sir Henry Sydney to Queen Elizabeth I in 1569.

Here are some parts that make up the iconic Irish dance.

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competitiveness and hard work that goes into every performance and competition. Greener said the week before events are high-stress. “You’ve got to have your steps memorized,” Greener said. “Something that I always struggled with for performances is getting my timing right and not messing up the counts, which I still sometimes will mess up during practice, but not as much during competition.” Rose said many months of preparation go into every performance and the final product and overall experience makes it all worthwhile. Rose said, “Even if you don’t particularly want to be an Irish dancer ... if you go to the performances and stuff, it’s such a great experience and I encourage you to go to (watch) any H performance you can.”

GETTING READY: (Far left) Rose applies her makeup for her dance routine. Rose said she wanted to dance since she was little. (Bottom left) Rose adjusts her wig in front of the wall. Rose has been dancing with the Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance since she was in 6th grade. (Above) Rose applies her mascara as she gets ready. Rose said Irish dancing has many different components to it.

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Each dance school has its own dress. As dancers advance to higher levels of competition, they will be designed a solo dress, often very glamorous and decorated. In the past, dresses were adorned with images and symbols from the four Gospels of the Book of Kells. Large, curly wigs are a signature of Irish dancing. Dancers either wear wigs or curl their natural hair. The wigs are usually topped with a headpiece or crown of some kind.

Dancers must keep one knee in front of the other knee at all times. When switching the leg in front, keep knees as close as possible. This is called ‘kissing your knees.’

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BLACK REPRESENTATION | FEB 23, 2018

BLACK REPRESENTATION IN ENTERTAINMENT

A look at notable black figures in history

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his home, sophomore ryan macharia sits on his couch to watch another episode of the hit show “Atlanta.” The show, with a wide variety of awards, draws Macharia in as he watches actor Donald Glover traverse the rugged terrain of the Atlanta Ga. rap scene. For the past couple of years, there has been a rise in TV shows and movies featuring black cast members and aspects of black culture. From the new movie “Black Panther,” which opened Feb. 16, to TV shows “Atlanta” and “Blackish,” many students and teachers alike said they are in favor of the increased minority support in the entertainment industry. However, while many agreed that this increase is a big step forward for the entertainment industry, others said these movies and shows are only small steps toward equality. Macharia, an avid “Blackish” and “Atlanta” watcher, said he sees these hit shows as a major step for minorities. “The diversity in the entertainment industry is constantly improving,” Macharia said. “Just the fact that we are getting new shows like ‘Blackish’ in the last two years (is) really showing the minorities like Asians and black people. It’s something I feel hasn’t been happening until now.” Junior Ryan Beck said he agrees with Macharia. Beck said minorities bring their own view of the world to shows. “Minorities bring their culture, but more importantly, they bring their perspective to the same situations in TV shows. It’s different for them,” he said. “They grew up and live in different circumstances that only apply to them. You don’t see a white person harassed for being white in the U.S., but black people will know what that is like.” Macharia said he believes the reason that minority races help the entertainment industry so much is because of the culture that they bring. “There is only so much that white people can represent in movies, and many of the ideas have been overused or are just bad,” Macharia said. “There aren’t that many shows about minorities, and I think that those types of shows will bring in more people, resulting in even more shows and movies featuring minorities.” IB Film teacher Jim Peterson said while these new shows and movies have made strides, there is still too much holding minorities back to become a staple of

Bob Marley releases breakthrough song “No Woman, No Cry” and becomes an influential figure in reggae music

Beverly Johnson is known as the first black supermodel after appearing on the cover of Glamour

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mainstream media. Peterson mentioned the “Oscars So White,” a campaign started in 2015 that focuses on protesting the whitewashing prevalent in the Oscars. “There have been a lot of movements like ‘Oscars So White’ that have brought attention to the problem. With that awareness, there will be people who step up and balance things out,” Peterson said. “However, the underlying problem for them is about money. It is called show business for a reason. If a creative show has a racially specific audience, then it is not going to get bought and distributed because they are in it for the money. Naturally, they are going to want to appeal to the wider audience.” Peterson also said there have been ways show producers have gotten around this problem. “Luckily, we have the internet. YouTube in the past has been a great connector for people who want to appeal to niche groups. Lots of people aren’t going to get money, but they get free distribution for it,” Peterson said. Macharia, however, said he sees the increase in black cast members as a positive step for the entertainment industry. Macharia said, “The market is getting better, and with the H popularity of the new shows, I only see more to come.”

FEB 23, 2018 | BLACK REPRESENTATION In the film industry, out of all the speaking or named characters...

“The Railroad Porter,” directed by Bill Foster, becomes the first black film

1914

...yet AfricanAmericans represent

12.2

Sam Lucas is the first Louis Armstrong African-American revolutionizes jazz music actor as the star of playing trumpet in King “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

1912

percent were AfricanAmerican

13.3

percent of the U.S. population

1922 NPR.ORG | SOURCE

And in a study done of over 400 films... ...yet these groups make up about

28.3

Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Oscar for best actor

Chuck Berry’s records “Maybellene” and helps shape the evolution of rock and roll

Hattie McDaniel is the first black person to win an Oscar for her supporting role in “Gone With the Wind”

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percent of dialogue came from nonwhite characters

Michael Jackson releases “Thriller,” which becomes one of the most popular albums of all time

Oprah Winfrey takes over “AM Chicago,” which is later renamed the “Oprah Winfrey Show”

Russell Simmons helps form Def Jam Records and shapes the hip-hop industry

Halle Berry becomes first AfricanAmerican to win an Oscar for best actress

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percent of the U.S. population

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How do you feel about diversity at Carmel? “I think minorities are represented pretty well, like on the student government we have quite a few Asian members. Maybe I’d advocate for more Asian student organizations. I think we have like an Asian-American alliance at our high school but that’s the only one I can think of.” Senior Min Hua Li

“I feel like Carmel is a very diverse place; there’s not a lot of racism anymore and it’s a good environment because there’s a lot of cultures here and all that. I think, even being black in the school, it’s not like if you go up to a white school like Guerin (where) you’ll be discriminated against. It’s more of a chill place to be.” Sophomore Lindeni Moyo

INSTAGRAM CLOSET | FEB 23, 2018

fashioninsta CHS students take on online business using fashion apps, including Instagram, to buy, sell their clothing ALINA YU, KRIS OTTEN | Q & A ALINA YU, CAITLYN BURNS | PHOTOS

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Junior Mea McCormack explains her “closet” account on the social media app Instagram How long have you had your clothing account?

Two months. Have you found that using the app has been successful in selling your clothes?

Would you recommend creating Instagram clothing accounts to others?

Yes, it has. I probably still have more for sale than what I have sold but I’ve sold over a $100 in clothes.

Yes, there are quite a few accounts that I interact with; we actually buy each others’ clothes, and I’ve met a lot of people that way. I get stuff I love that I know I will wear for a huge discounted price.

What’s your normal price range, and how do you know how to price such items?

I usually do about a fourth of what I bought it for, and I only put things (on my account) that are in good condition. The highest price was $40, and that was for an expensive jacket. What made you decide to sell your clothes online?

I had been bringing items to consignment shops for a while, but I decided that if I could keep it more local I would with my friends around me. They would compliment me when I used to wear them, so I figured, I could get better prices for them if I sold them online.

Have you used any other apps for selling clothes?

No. I sell my clothes on Instagram, but I’ve done transfers through Venmo. Venmo is a sister account to Paypal, so basically you can transfer money from one bank account to another to make the actual exchange of clothes easier.

POSTING TIME: (Bottom left) Junior Mea McCormack takes a picture of a Patagonia sweatshirt to sell on Instagram. McCormack said she only posts clothing that is in good condition. (Bottom right) McCormack sizes the photo of the sweatshirt to post on her Instagram account. She said the app helps clean out her closet and earn some money.

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Business Insider

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Business teacher Paul Clayton assesses the success of online fashion business If the trend of buying and selling clothes online continues, how do you think this will affect businesses that only sell their clothes in store?

We’re already seeing a lot of retail stores closing down. It’s not the economy; it’s mostly the fact that online shopping is becoming more popular, and more than likely younger generations are going to be even more attuned to buying online. I do think over the next 10 or 15 years, there’s going to be a big change and it’s going to be tough on retailers. One thing about clothes (sold online) is that you can’t try on or touch them and can’t feel the texture, which may make clothing stores a little bit more insulated to what’s going on compared to basic stores that are just selling basic commodity type goods that we don’t really care about seeing them first.

Recently it seems as though there has been an increase in selling clothes online, why do you think this is?

The Internet has made things possible that were never possible before, so now you can show pictures and get your message out to lots of potential buyers; that wasn’t easy to do before. Do you think creating online businesses on clothing apps is a good business strategy?

It would have the advantage of very low overhead, unlike going out and renting space, having to then fix it up and put investment into that. Obviously, if something like that doesn’t work all you’d have to do is close the website down and maybe your inventory. So, it’s a low-risk business model.

60 percent of Instagram users visit the app daily in 2018

73 percent of teenages are reached through Instagram PEWRESEARCH.ORG | SOURCES

clothing app-arel Senior Nikki Vasil uses the more fashion-specific app to sell clothes How long have you been using Poshmark?

Three years.

Take a look at other apps allowing users to resell their clothing THE PROCESS Take a photo of the item

Upload the photo and a description

Ship using prepaid shipping labels

What do you normally sell on Poshmark?

I usually sell old clothes that I don’t wear anymore; really good brands that would sell quickly, and anything else I normally take to Goodwill. It’s just a way to make some pocket money. What’s your normal price range, and how do you know how to price such items?

It depends on the condition of the item, so if it’s new, then the price tends to be closer to the tag price, whereas if it’s old but still in good condition, then (I would price it) somewhere over half of what it costs. Why did you start to use Poshmark?

I was watching a YouTube video; it was a YouTube video on how to make money and I thought it was a really good idea because all these clothes were sitting in my closet, and instead of taking them to Goodwill, I could potentially make some money off of them. Do you find the app to be successful?

It can take a while to sell clothes, but usually I’m sending out packages at least once every two weeks. I feel like name brands are the ones that sell the fastest.

PROS

CONS THREADUP

Trending items will receive upfront payment

Guaranteed authenticity for buyers

Prices and deductions are not set by the user TRADESY

Sellers only list good-conditioned designer items

MERCARI Caters to both men and women

Flat rate of 10 percent deducted on all items VINTED

Sellers earn 100 percent of their listing

Buyers pay a service fee of five percent of the item’s cost

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PRIVACY WITH TECHNOLOGY | FEB 23, 2018

Convenient or Creepy? With technology innovations, students should consider the privacy implications of the products they choose to use ARMAAN GOEL | COLUMN

tech

companies try their hardest to further integrate technology into our lives. Not only do companies have access to a device we carry around everywhere—our phones—the current push for an “internet of things,” the interconnection via the internet of computing devices in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data, may mean we hand over control of everything we use. For example on Feb. 9, Apple released the HomePod, a Siri-powered smart speaker, similar to Amazon Echo and Google Home. These devices allow you to have futuristic conversations with a virtual assistant. You can ask it questions like “How tall is the Eiffel Tower?” or give it commands like “Play music.” If you own other “internet of things” products, you can even tell smart speakers to “Turn off the lights” or “Brew a cup of coffee.” However, all of this convenience comes at a cost. These smart speakers

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4.4 million Amazon Echos were sold in the first year

49 percent of U.S. households own a smart speaker

6 million Google homes sold since its release BRANDED3.COM, THEVERGE.COM | SOURCES

listen for a specific keyword to activate: “Hey Siri” (Apple HomePod), “Alexa” (Amazon Echo) and “Hey Google” (Google Home). This means a smart speaker must constantly listen to everything that you say in order to hear the keyword. However, it’s also important to realize just because you choose not to purchase one of these smart speakers does not mean someone or something isn’t monitoring you. For example, most phones function in similar ways to these smart speakers. Modern iPhones and Android Phones have keyword-triggered voice assistants just like smart speakers. This means they listen to you too. Plus, your phone gives tech companies access to even more of your data:

tech savvy

technology troubles Take a look at new technology that shares private information Smart Home can listen for designated trigger words and could use it to try to sell the user a related product. Smart Car has the ability to track user's driving patterns, making it vulnerable to abuse by those with malicious intent. Smart Watch creates profiles from individual users and draws inferences about their future actions and preferences.

they can see you using cameras, track your position using GPS and even get biometric data like your fingerprint, irises and face. With all of this said, it’s important to consider what companies actually do with this information. Many tech companies assure users most of this data stores securely on your personal device only, without being sent to the cloud. Regarding the iPhone’s “Hey Siri” feature in 2015, Apple told TechCrunch, “In no case is the device recording what the user says or sending that information to Apple before the feature is triggered.” Even if devices transfer this data to a company’s servers, there’s (probably) no creepy guy behind a computer screen, tracking what you do. According to The Guardian, the data is actually sold to other companies, with the end goal of training algorithms to learn about you and attempt to sell you targeted products. Still, the mere fact that large companies have access to this much personal data is a major privacy concern. I’m not saying we should completely abandon this technology. In fact, as a technology enthusiast myself, I wholeheartedly endorse these current innovations in the industry, even with the privacy concerns they bring up. However, I do believe students should take the time to understand what they opt into, and what they give when they H use these products.

HARI PATEL | GRAPHIC THEGUARDIAN.COM | SOURCES

Virtual Assistants like Cortana and Siri are programmed to predict what users will ask next, leading to unwanted information being sent. Smart Phone apps send personal information like phone numbers from the device.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Armaan Goel at agoel@hilite.org.

FEB 23, 2018 | BRIEFS

entertainment briefs

DA-HYUN HONG | BRIEFS

NEW NOMINEES:

The 90th Oscars Academy Awards will return to screens on March 4 at 8 p.m. to award celebrated actors and directors from the movies of the year. The show will be hosted by American television host Jimmy Kimmel.

Check out a review of the book by cover editor Carson Terbush (below) online: hilite.org/simonsays

CREATIVE COMMONS | PHOTO OSCARS.ORG, SCREENRANT.COM | SOURCE

CURTAIN CALL:

New Edition rehearses for their choral showcase which takes place on March 7. (Below) Senior Andy Pagan-Marrero and sophomore Sofia Rivera said they rehearse about three to five hours a week. “I joined choir not only for the singing and dancing but because it’s always a place that makes me happy,” Rivera said. DA-HYUN HONG | PHOTO

COMING OUT:

A film adaptation called “Love, Simon” of the 2015 novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, will be in theaters on March 16. DA-HYUN HONG | PHOTO

COMPETING MUSIC:

Wind 1 members and juniors Karl Hostetler and Noelle Geisler practice with their brass quintet for the Indiana State School Music Association’s State competition tomorrow. DA-HYUN HONG | PHOTO

LOOSEN UP:

Jazz Expressions will perform in the Auditorium on March 17 at 7 p.m. According to band director Michael Pote, guest performer Mike Tomaro, famous jazz ensemble composer and tenor sax player, will be playing. (Left) Austin Roberts, alto saxophone player in Jazz 1 and junior, said, “All of (the music) is so much fun, whether it’s a fast and loud tune or a slower melodic one. No matter what the music is, I get to have a great time playing it.” RICHA LOUIS | PHOTO

SPORTS

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CHILLING OUT Athletes use cryotherapy to help ease workout aches and pains SAMEEN SIDDIQUI, ADAM SPENSLEY | STORIES

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gudgel, varsity men’s track runner and senior, said he is a fan of cryotherapy. Gudgel said during his freshman and sophomore years, he was recovering from a hamstring hip issue, and to recover he went to physical therapy through IU Health, then later switched to St. Vincent. He said after completing all of his therapy there, he focused on maintaining his health, which led him to cryotherapy at ABY (A Better You) Wellness. Gudgel said, “Since my seasons are long for running —I compete 11 months out of the 12—it takes a toll on (my) body. Cryotherapy just kind of refreshed it and made my body feel a lot better. I do ice baths

usually when summer hits before every race and when it’s winter I do an epsom salt bath, which is basically the same thing, just warm water and salt that helps relax your body.” Cryotherapy uses cold temperatures to help relieve muscle pain, sprains and swelling, but although Egyptians as far back as 2,500 BCE used cold techniques, modern cryotherapy is a relatively new trend. Certified athletic trainer Brittani Moore said cryotherapy has become more popular because it’s a “fad” for athletes right now. She said the school has been using cryotherapy for a long time, but with new technology people are starting to look into different types of cryotherapy to see whether it is effective or not.

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1978 was when whole body cryotherapy was first used by Dr. Toshima Yamaguchi in Japan

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degrees Fahrenheit is how cold the chamber becomes

30 degrees Fahrenheit is how cold the skin surfaces becomes SUBZEROCRYOTHERAPY.COM | SOURCE COLD RECOVERY: Ben Underwood, track athlete and senior, stands in an ice bath after practice. Underwood said he does the ice baths before cross country and track meets because it helps keep his legs fresh.

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The three phases of Cryotherapy Take a look at how cyrotherapy impacts your body 1. REACTION When exposed to low temperatures, blood vessels constrict. This helps the body filter out toxins 2. REGENERATION Filtered blood enriches the tissues, reduces stress 3. RECOVERY Over the next 48 hours, the body recovers with more energy and less pain AGRAYAN GUPTA | GRAPHIC RECOVERYPT.COM | SOURCE

Moore said, “Cryotherapy is using cold; anything cryo- means pretty much cold therapy. It restricts blood flow and helps reduce some of the inflammatory response after big injuries. It’s usually used for people who are injured, so like ankle sprains and things of that nature, so if they have an injury and they went and did a hard workout, it’s to recover for that.” Moore said school trainers will normally give ice baths to student athletes when they are calming down after an activity. She said there is a large variety of student athletes who receive therapy from this school for every season. Moore said since she often saw more student athletes turn

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RELAX AND RECOVER: Spencer Gudgel, track athlete and senior, receives cupping therapy from certified athletic trainer Brittani Moore. Gudgel said cupping releases muscular stress by stimulating blood vessels, allowing for better blood flow.

SAM SHI | PHOTO

The art of cupping A look at where and how cupping works on the body AGRAYAN GUPTA | GRAPHIC CUPPINGRESOURCE.COM | SOURCE

Where does it happen? Areas with more flesh, such as the back and stomach, are more commonly used for cupping because they contain many blood vessels

athletes use ‘cupping’ to relax muscles Josephine “Josie” Upton, varsity women’s track runner and senior, said she has had ongoing back problems which required the use of

How does Cupping work? A warmed alcohol-soaked cotton ball is placed in a glass cup. The alcohol removes oxygen, creating a vacuum Alcohol-soaked cotton ball

The vaccum created draws the skin into the cup, allowing blood muscles to expand Cup Round Bruise

cupping to work out the knots in her back and to help keep her wellstretched. Spencer Gudgel , varsity men’s track runner and senior, said whenever it would be painful to run, he would use cupping to loosen up knots and muscles in his body. “Cupping is basically where you get circular suction cups, and you stick them on your back, and they pull the muscles out from your back, and it just kinda stretches it out. It’s supposed to help in four to six days as long as you drink a lot of water. It’s just another way (of therapy) if your muscles are super tight, and it’s hard to massage out,” Upton said. Certified Athletic Trainer Moore said cupping has the same premise as a massage, except instead of pressing down, it pulls up the layers. She said the trainers do cupping for student athletes when they feel it’s necessary and will inform their parents beforeH hand since it can leave bruises.

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to ice baths during the summer, the trainers would leave baths in the parking lot for students to utilize. She said although the technique is more common during the summer, she’ll still see students taking ice baths during the winter depending on the sport the student athlete participates in and how the student feels. Ben Underwood, varsity men’s track runner and senior, is one of those athletes. He said, “I’ll typically do ice baths before a big work out and big races. In cross-country, we typically did it towards the end of the season, maybe once a week or once every other week, and then during track it’s more sporadic because meets are more spread out. It helps because it makes my legs feel fresher and then I feel better for the run the next day. Part of it is mental; it gives me like a confidence boost just because it’s worked in the past, so it’ll most likely work in the future, too.” Josephine “Josie” Upton, varsity women’s track runner and senior, said she has had ongoing shin splints which caused stress fractures last year. Additionally, Upton has strained her hamstrings in races. “Cryotherapy is more along the lines of being in really cold temperatures. It’s almost like ice baths, except you don’t have to get in the water and it’s better than just having ice packs on your back because it’s more effective (and) it covers a larger area. It brings down the swelling a lot and it helps soothe

CHILL TECHNIQUES Here are some of the recovery treatments offered at Cryotherapy Indy. CRYOTHERAPY WHAT IS IT? A chamber that uses liquid nitrogen to reach low temperatures BENEFITS: Accelerated muscle, soft tissue and joint repair and reduced inflammation COST: $69 for one three-minute session FLOATATION THERAPY WHAT IS IT? Pods filled with magnesium-rich water suspending the user BENEFITS: Stress relief, muscle relaxation and rejuvenation COST: $59 for one 60-minute session SAUNA INFRARED THERAPY WHAT IS IT? Infrared light increases circulation of oxygen throughout the body BENEFITS: Improved circulation and immunity, pain relief and cellular regeneration COST: $27 for one 30-minute session NORMATEC WHAT IS IT? External dynamic compression pulses to increase fluid circulation BENEFITS: Increased circulation, accelerated soft tissue repair and reduced muscle stiffness COST: $20 for one 30-minute session JACKIE HUR | GRAPHIC CRYOTHERAPYINDY.COM | SOURCES

Check out the arduous process of injury recovery online: https://hilite.org/ athlete_recovery/ the muscles that are super tight,” Upton said. Moore said there are a lot of professional athletes who use extreme measures of cryotherapy, and when students see someone famous using a form of therapy, whether it has been proven to work or not, they tend to utilize it too. She said it can work as a placebo effect. However, athletes should consider other factors of cryotherapy and other cold treatments before they try them. Colin Altevogt, assistant coach for the men’s track team said, “Especially for endurance sports, some of the research on ice baths say that it’s not as good as we thought it would be. When you train and you run and you impact the ground, in your muscles, there’s a certain amount of inflammation, and it might be better for your body to naturally handle the inflammation rather H than doing ice baths.” RELAX AND RECOVER: Certified Athletic Trainer Brittani Moore stretches Spencer Gudgel, varsity track runner and senior, before the therapy. Moore said that CHS has been using cryotherapy for a long time.

SAM SHI | PHOTO

Trey Harris 2017 Stats: 800m- 1:55.40 1600m-4:23.59 3200m- 9:45.99 Committed to: Butler University

Soothing scraping Also known as gua sha, scraping relaxes athlete muscles AGRAYAN GUPTA | GRAPHIC CUPPINGRESOURCE.COM,| SOURCE

How does it work? A spoon, usually made from porcelain is used to scrape and massage the body Pits: Fingers, Nose Inner CurveForehead, Cheek

Outer CurveOuter eye, side of the ear

Bump- Used to activate acupressure points

Faces in the crowd

Another commonly used form of recovery is muscle scraping, which is also known as “gua sha”. According to Bar Bend, an independent website which expresses views from individual contributors about fitness, scraping has been around for thousands of years as an ancient Chinese technique, but is relatively new in the westernized industry. Spencer Gudgel, varsity men’s track runner and senior, said scraping is when a combination of a gel and a jagged-edged tool scrape over muscle to get all the dead tissues out of one’s system. According to The Washington Post, when someone is scraping, he or her is scraping the restriction in his or her skin. It states that after scraping, the skin turns very red, with scrapes and welts easily shown, but after a few days they tend to fade away. Gudgel said he doesn’t scrape very often, only when he feels inH jured or “banged up.”

Madeline Dumke Grade: 11 Position: Defensive/ Midfield College: Intending to play

Here are some athletes to focus on for the 2018 spring sports season

SCraping explored as an alternative recovery method

Jack Van Remortel 2017 Stats: .404 Batting Average, 36 Hits, 35 Run Batted In (RBI) Committed to: University of Michigan AGRAYAN GUPTA | GRAPHIC CAITLYN BURNS, SAM SHI | PHOTOS MADELINE DUMKE, SPENCER GUDGEL, MILESPLIT.COM, MAXPREPS.COM, JACK VANREMORTEL, | SOURCES

FUTURE ATHLETIC PLANS | FEB 23, 2018

A look at CHS athletes who plan to play collegiate sports

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Player profiles maddie dalton: senior undecided How long have you been running competitively?

Since fourth grade when Pups running began. Has running in college always been a goal or aspiration for you?

I honestly never thought about running collegiately until I got to high school. I’ve always wanted to; however, I always took it one step at a time and focused more on things in front of me before I started thinking about my future.

What was the most challenging part of the recruitment process?

JESS CANALEY | Q & A MADDIE DALTON | SUBMITTED PHOTO CAITLYN BURNS, CLAIRE ABDELLAH, APURVA MANAS | PHOTOS

WARMING UP: Maddie Dalton, varsity track runner and senior, warms up before conditioning. Physical preparation during the preseason is an important aspect of running, according to Dalton.

APURVA MANAS | PHOTO

The most challenging part was the time management ... finding the right time to go on visits during the most busy and competitive part of your season was (difficult).

What advice would you give to other aspiring collegiate athletes?

My advice to others wanting to compete athletically in college is to not be afraid to reach out to several colleges. College coaches are very stubborn... you can’t let that make you think they aren’t interested because they definitely are. You just have to keep reaching out.

Considering: Indiana university, Penn state, University of new mexico, university of missouri

Jackson Adams: junior Butler University How long have you been playing baseball? I’ve been playing for 13 years.

Has college ball always been a goal or aspiration for you? I’ve wanted to play college baseball since I was in the first grade.

What was the most challenging part of the recruitment process? The most challenging part was playing in front of a variety of scouts and trying to get noticed.

What advice would you give to other aspiring collegiate athletes? I would say to keep your head up and work hard every day to get better.

kelly csenar: Senior Lincoln Memorial university How long have you been playing lacrosse?

I have been playing since second grade (12 years).

Has college ball always been a goal or aspiration for you? Yes, it’s always been a goal of mine.

What was the most challenging part of the recruitment process?

Picking a college that was right for me was by far the hardest part.

What advice would you give to other aspiring collegiate athletes?

If you set your mind to play in college, then work your hardest and put in a lot of time and work; you’ll be ready for the college level.

LACROSSE | FEB 23, 2018

New sport, same game

The addition of lacrosse adds new challenges for both women’s and men’s teams KELLY TRUAX | STORY

Last

year, the indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) made the decision to change men’s and women’s lacrosse teams to schoolsponsored sports. Along with this addition, there come several changes for both the athletes and coaches. Jack Hettiger, Head Coach of the women’s lacrosse team, said 30 new athletes joined this year’s team. Hettiger said he believes the sudden increase is a result of the sport becoming school-sponsored which has lead to active recruitment by other members.

“Two things have happened. Number one, the change of coming into a school-sponsored sport brought more awareness to the team and the sport. Then, number two, directly proportional to our players going out and welcoming new girls to our program, I think our girls have been very active trying to get more girls to join the team,” Mr. Hettiger said. Kate Hettiger, lacrosse player and senior, said there are many benefits to the change. Kate said, “It’s really cool to be recognized by the school because

I feel like now, on the announcements, we get to be a part of the varsity status. There are also the other perks like how we get to use the weight room, we get to use the buses, which I’ve always thought was so much fun getting to hang out with the team in a setting like that. Just being a part of the school and getting to be recognized by everyone here is a lot of fun.” Kate said the team has been able to transition into the new routine smoothly but may face challenges later in the season. “(The transition) has all been good. I think it will be a little bit more different once we get into the actual season because we will be staying after school, bus rides and stuff and we’ve never done that before. Aside from that, we try to make it as similar as possible to the last few years,” Kate said. Mr. Hettiger said he has not had to alter his coaching style due to the change, but he will have to figure out how to adapt to a larger group of athletes and hold them to a slightly higher standard regarding representation. “It’s the same expectations as we’ve always had— the difference is that we have to be aware that we now represent Carmel High School. Before we were representing Carmel, now, we are representing Carmel and Carmel High School,” Mr. Hettiger said. Jack Meachum, Head Coach of the men’s lacrosse team, has not only been adjusting to the changes but is also in

BY THE NUMBERS

4 IHSLA State championships won by the men’s team since 2011.

1998 first year the men’s lacrosse team was a team, combined with Westfield.

3 State championships won by the women’s team since 2011.

37 members were originally part of the men’s lacrosse team at CHS. CARMELLACROSSE. COM, CARMELGIRLSLAX. COM | SOURCES

TEAM WORK: (TOP) Members of the men’s lacrosse team participate in conditioning practice before school as they take turns doing wall sits and sprints. The men’s team plans to play with high energy and toughness, according to Meachum. (BOTTOM) Mark Allen, varsity lacrosse player and senior, clears the ball out during a drill at practice. The team practices game-like scenarios to sharpen their skills on the field come competition.

JESS CANALEY | PHOTOS

FEB 23, 2018 | LACROSSE

SPEAK UP! What goals and aspirations do you have for the inaugural season? “Number one it’s our inaugural season here at the school, I want to represent Carmel High School in the best manner possible, with the success and the competent competitiveness that they’ve had. We want to be very competitive, but we also want it to be a program that people take pride to be a part of.”

Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach Jack Hettiger “As a goal, we focus on improving every day and buying into my vision for the team’s culture. Energy, discipline, and toughness are three of the focus points to the program. If we show up every day and achieve those three character traits, we will have a successful season.”

Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Jack Meachum JESS CANALEY | SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

his first season coaching at CHS. Like Kate, Meachum also said there are many benefits to the sport becoming school-sponsored. “We get the recognition for the guys that they deserve. Whether that’s with the lettering or the academic scholar pieces that they get rewarded and recognized for, I think all of that, it sounds minor, but it’s a big deal in the eyes and respect of their peers and that’s important,” Meachum said. Meachum said when transitioning the team to the new routine, it’s important to keep high standards for the athletes. “I think the biggest thing is that you just go in with that (high) expectation; you set a high bar, high standard and high performing students like this, they want to meet that expectation. We’ve done a great job with this, I haven’t been let down by the effort at all,” Meachum said. Boxi Gong, lacrosse player and junior, said he thinks the change will bring a stronger fan basis to the

games because more people have become aware of the sport. Gong also said there will be more expectations for the players of the team and that they need to build up the team chemistry. Gong said via email, “I feel like since it’s actually a school sport now, the games mean more and (we) are actually representing the school and H there (is) more on the line.

“It’s the same expectations as we’ve always had— the difference is that we have to be aware that we now represent Camel High School. Before we were representing (the city of) Carmel, now we are representing (both).” Coach Jack Hettiger

THE BASICS: Kate Hettiger, varsity lacrosse player and senior, practices the fundamentals through partner passing. Hettiger is excited for the inaugural season.

CAITLYN BURNS | PHOTO

PERSPECTIVES

LATE START | FEB 23, 2018

rethinking late start CHS administrators should reconsider length, frequency of late start HILITE STAFF | EDITORIAL

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school has used the same late start time to dive deeply into meaningful work and discussion. strategy for years. Students have utilized this A longer block of time would allow teachers to get more time to catch up on assignments while staff members in-depth in their professional development activities. have professional development time which is a time Less frequent meetings would also allow for more time when department chairs can talk to their staff members. for teachers to gather important research and materials But while late starts allow Gold for their upcoming meetings. Wednesday’s school start time to Finally, Gold Wednesdays often ocOUR VIEW be pushed back to 8:30 a.m., there cur sporadically; they can occur backare several flaws with this late start to-back during some months while Late starts should be longer other months see them only once. strategy. It’s time for administrators to consider a modified late Creating a more structured approach and less frequent to give start option to help better accomstudents more opportunity to the schedule will help keep both stumodate both students and staff. dents and staff more organized, as they to take advantage of the First, since the time difference anticipate and are able to plan ahead between regular days and late start for a longer, monthly, late start better extra time. days is only 40 minutes, this does than the 40-minute sessions occurring not leave much room for students every Gold Wednesday. to accomplish any task before the Therefore, to help better accomschool day. Moreover, bus riders, modate the needs of all students, who do not have another mode of transportation to get to the school should consider transitioning to a two-hour school, arrive at school at the regular time and try to fill late start schedule once per month. This modified late the relatively short 40 minutes with other activities. Unstart option will not only give students sufficient work fortunately, 40 minutes isn’t enough time to dive deeply time while at the school but create opportunities for into meaningful work. Second, teachers would also benmore in-depth teacher planning time as well. Additionefit from a longer but less frequent professional develally, it would eliminate scheduling confusion and conH opment time. As with students, 40 minutes isn’t enough tribute to better organization overall.

BY THE NUMBERS

87 percent of American high school students are chronically sleep-deprived.

8-10 hours of sleep per night are recommended for teenagers

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DEFINING SUCCESS BRIAN ZHANG | GRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE I am now an all powerful savant.

I’m just a simple high school student.

you have been accepted into Stanford

FEB 23, 2018 | MOSQUE IN CARMEL

it’s time

Carmel residents should use their voices to support the proposed mosque MANAHIL NADEEM | COLUMN

feel safe saying that the town in which i grew up, Carmel, is a platform for the interfaith concept. We are home to 42 churches, two synagogues and one mosque: the Al Salam Foundation. Set in a small office space, the Al Salam Foundation opened its doors six years ago. Since then, it has become a home to many Muslim kids, like me, growing up in Carmel. Like other faith-based building, it has become a place where friendships have flourished. A place for community potlucks. A place for youth group meetings. A place for breaking fast during Ramadan. Despite being small, the Muslim community has flourished in this space. It has become a hub for the Muslim community. Having lived in Carmel for eight years, this foundation has given me a sense of community that I lacked before. However, today the Muslim community surpasses the space’s maximum capacity. During Friday prayer, a tradition similar to Sunday Mass in the Catholic church, people have to pray in hallways. During Ramadan, people pray outside in the parking lot. It is a known fact that the Muslim community has outgrown the space we are in right now. Fortunately, the mosque has plans to better accommodate the community in Carmel. The Islamic Life Center—the proposed mosque—is set to be built on the corner of 141st Street and Shelborne Road. Unfortunately, the proposed mosque deal has been scuttled with fear, uncertainty and, most of all, false information. This mosque is no different than a synagogue, temple or church. Like these structures, this mosque will be more than just a place of worship. It will be more than a place of religious congre-

mosque cases

MOSQUE DESIGN

Take a look at typical architectural features of the top of a mosque The minaret is the tallest part of the mosque. The word comes from the Arabic “manarah,” which means lighthouse. The crescent moon is a symbol of Islam often placed on the tips of mosques. The dome is often placed directly above the main prayer hall as a symbol of the vaults of heaven and the sky.

GOOD FOR CARMEL

Take a look at some controversial proposed mosques. Chicago, Illinois Proposed mosque in area of abandoned Christian Church faced opposition from surrounding communities.

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Manhattan, New York Carmel, Indiana Park 51 sparked controversy Proposed mosque causes due to its proposed location controversy among residents. two blocks from the World ANGELA LI | GRAPHIC Trade Center. AL JAZEERA, NEW YORK TIMES, GLOBAL TIMES | SOURCES

gation. It will be a symbol of inclusion. A symbol of community values. A symbol of diversity. This mosque will become a platform for Muslims to become an active and integral part of the Carmel community. The need for a mosque in Carmel surpasses property value, traffic and all other circumstantial concerns brought up in the past two months. This problem is about cohesion in the Carmel community. In a time of Islamophobia and religious adversity, no American should feel they don’t belong in their hometown. The outcome of this decision will determine what kind of message Carmel will send on a national scale. It is time that we live up to Carmel’s standards of diversity and acceptance, the very tenets that makes this community a great place to grow up. On Monday, Carmel’s Board of Zoning Appeals will meet for the second time to approve or deny the proposed mosque. I urge all of you to use your voice to support the Carmel mosque in the spirit of interfaith, H acceptance and inclusion. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Manahil Nadeem at mnadeem@hilite.org.

THE BACHELOR | FEB 23, 2018

tr uble in paradise

“The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” set bad examples of relationships for CHS students MISHA REKHTER | COLUMN

creating

entertaining content is the goal of all reality television shows, but at what cost? The fundamental idea behind shows such as “The Bachelor,” and its subsequent spin offs (like “Bachelor in Paradise” and “The Bachelor Winter Games,” which premiered Feb. 13, along with podcasts by various contestants talking about the shows), is contradictory to the desired mold of relationships. Throughout my life, I’ve come to understand that strong relationships require a partnership with equal affection and respect from both sides. In particular, it is essential for a marriage to be built on trust, understanding and teamwork. Naturally, the visual of around 25 men or 25 women competing for the affection of one man or women is alarming, albeit intriguing. This is not how people are “supposed” to fall in love and, according to Insider.com, out of the 34 seasons of the two shows, only eight couples remain together. In particular, of the 21 seasons of “The Bachelor,” only two couples remain together. It appears these shows provide primarily false hope and entertainment, which is thoroughly dangerous to their younger age audiences. As season 22 of “The Bachelor” continues to air the next

arie’s controversy Learn why Arie’s age caused concern for some bachelor fans. While Arie Luyendyk Jr. is 36 years old (one of the oldest bachelors in the show’s history)...

EMILY WORRELL | GRAPHIC POP SUGAR | SOURCE couple of months, it will surely dazzle and amuse, but it’s critical viewers remember the love that materializes is likely fake. Moreover, the underlying issues with the show go beyond just fake love. The idea that contestants on the show should be comfortable with their “significant other” going on dates with many other women or men is overtly wrong. Furthermore, this precipitates the idea that the bachelor or bachelorette is doing the contestants a favor by keeping them around. Objectively, it is in poor taste to have a person so elevated that over two dozen people pit themselves against one another to vie for his or her attention and affection. Nobody should be subjected to feeling like they don’t deserve love, yet on each season dozens of people are left with the explanation that they simply aren’t good enough. Likewise, people watching at home see these gorgeous, sophisticated contestants sent home without a second thought. What are the viewers supposed to think? If these seemingly perfect people aren’t perfect enough, then how are viewers supposedly able to find their Mr. or Mrs. Perfect? Ultimately, people shouldn’t confront this issue, but “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” push these sort of dilemmas onto viewers. With such a wide viewership, producers Mike Fleischer and Lisa Levenson must recognize the shows far reaching implications for viewers and society. I’m not arguing that “The Bachelor” should be canceled as it is highly entertaining television, but viewers must know the show is H not the reality it “pretends” to be. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Misha Rekhter at mrekhter@hilite.org.

NOT A FAN GOT GUAC?

bachelor profile Meet season 22’s new bachelor. Name: Arie Luyendyk Jr. Age: 36 Job: real estate broker, former race car driver How he ended up as the bachelor: almost proposed to Emily Maynard on season 8 of “The Bachelorette,” back for second chance at love Fan responses: Many fans felt that Luyendyk is too old, many wanted Peter Kraus to star in this season instead EMILY WORRELL | GRAPHIC HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, ABC | SOURCES

...only six of the 29 women competing on his season are in their 30s, and none are older than 33.

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3.1 “The Bachelor” score out of ten on IMDb

3.2 “The Bachelorette” score out of ten on IMDb

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audience rating for “The Bachelor” on Rotten Tomatoes

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audience rating for “The Bachelorette” on Rotten Tomatoes IMDB, ROTTEN TOMATOES | SOURCES

FEB 23, 2018 | QUIRKY FEATHER

Confectionery Catastrophe As The Quirky Feather Confectionery closes, CHS students should find a new meet up place RACHAEL TAN | COLUMN

Upon

reading about the quirky feather’s closing, I felt my heart sink. The bakery shop was the backdrop for many other students’ and my late-night work sessions, and in general “Quirky” served as a hangout spot for teenagers to get out of the house and socialize. The staff was always hospitable, the decor provided a cozy atmosphere, and I often found myself in awe of where I was; I could not be more thankful to have been in their care. But now that Quirky has closed, what’s next? Will we students lose our only late-night café in the city and deal with it another way? The answer I’m hoping for is no. Having a place for teenagers to hangout while providing a tranquil atmosphere for working is

AT-TAN-TION

BY THE NUMBERS

90% of Americans consume caffeine everyday

4.5 stars out of five is The Quirky Feather Confectionery’s rating on Yelp COFFEE.ORG | SOURCE

important because it offers a larger sense of independence and responsibility, something high school attempts to prepare us for. We always pair going out with friends with some sort of activity, such as ice skating or watching a movie, and while those activities are fun by themselves, at the end of the day many of us just want to sit down and talk; that’s what Quirky was for. Of course, there are other places for us to converse, but none with the late time-frame and homey ambience Quirky provided. I have friends that do not finish extracurricular activities until 9 p.m., and by then nearly every café in town is closed. It is my hope some cafés consider having later opening hours for students to work and socialize, but it’s a two-way street. Should we have another cafe that provides us with those late-night opportunities, it’s up to us students to show our support and do our best to keep them open. The Quirky Feather set a high bar for student hangout spots, and I hope H to come across another café like it soon. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Rachael Tan at rtan@hilite.org

closing crisis MISHA REKHTER | GRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE

It’s so nice that there’s a coffee shop here. I NEED coffee to function.

NOOOOOOOOOOO! FINAL GOODBYE: MISHA REKHTER | PHOTO Momoko Megz Wiggily draws on a posterboard containing farewell messages to her beloved coffee shop, The Quirky Feather Confectionery. Recently the coffee shop announced that it will not be reopening after its temporary closing and a group of local community members held a meeting to say their farewells.

STORE CLOSING

AP MUSIC THEORY | FEB 23, 2018

empty promises ADHI RAMKUMAR | GRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE AP Coordinator: We offer 34 AP classes at Carmel High School. This is unprecedented. Just name any course, we have it.

Wow! I really want to be a musician when I grow up. I presume I can take AP Music Theory, right?

*A hush falls over the crowd*

TAKE NOTE

CHS should consider benefits of offering AP Music Theory for students

Take a quick quiz on music theory : www.hilite.org/ theory-quiz/

JESSICA KONRAD | COLUMN

while

skimming the program of studies in the process of scheduling for next year, I noticed a glaring discrepancy within the performing arts section. Known for its history of excellence, the CHS performing arts department offers students an extensive array of advanced musical ensembles. However, when it comes to instructing students in the fundamentals of music, CHS is seriously lacking in advanced music theory. Of the 40 AP courses the College Board offers, CHS currently offers 34. Despite this variety of AP courses available to students, CHS fails to offer students an AP Music Theory course. Although students can sign up to take regular music theory, this course lacks the rigor and depth of a college-level course. The College Board compares AP Music Theory's intensity to that of a beginning level college music theory course. For students considering studying music in college, this kind of advanced music theory course would provide tremendous benefits. Students could possibly fulfill required credits in college, helping them to graduate sooner and lessen the cost of tuition. In addition to this, many colleges require auditioning students to complete a music theory exam on the day of their audition, or they will assess specific aspects of the student’s music theory knowledge another way. For example, students auditioning for vocal performance at New York University, University of Michigan, the Curtis Institute of Music or DePauw University, to name a few schools, will all be required to complete a sight-

singing portion of their audition; sight-singing is a skill taught and emphasized in AP Music Theory. Furthermore, this aspect of the AP Music Theory course is merely one demonstration of how skills taught in AP Music Theory could serve students beyond the walls of CHS. Other skills include advanced aural, compositional and analytical skills, which according to the College Board, can lead to a future in 65 different career areas. If the benefits of offering AP Music Theory are not yet obvious, consider CHS’s AP offerings compared to those of surrounding schools. As a school known for its strong AP program, it’s astonishing to see Westfield, Noblesville, Zionsville Community, Hamilton Southeastern, Fishers, North Central, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, Park Tudor, Cathedral, Herron and Ben Davis high schools all offer AP Music Theory while CHS does not. What’s more, these schools offer fewer total AP classes than CHS, demonstrating the importance and advantage of implementing AP Music Theory within their curriculum. Not only does this show disparity between CHS and nearby schools, but it also puts CHS students who are seriously pursuing music at a disadvantage. Overall, the addition of AP Music Theory at CHS would be a major asset to the school. With the tremendous advantages this course would offer to students pursuing music, I hope to encourage CHS to seriously consider H implementing AP Music Theory into its curriculum. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Jessica Konrad at jkonrad@hilite.org.

GIVE ME MUSIC (THEORY)

BY THE NUMBERS

65 career areas relate to AP Music Theory

15 college majors relate to AP Music Theory COLLEGEBOARD.ORG | SOURCE

FEB 23, 2018 | DACA OVERVIEW

Contradictory Convictions

The debate over DACA should open eyes for CHS students about discrimination, immigration issues in the U.S. BETHLEHEM DANIEL | COLUMN

the child of immigrants and as someclear popular support for DACA. Is it the legalone who has experienced marginalization, ity of their arrival to the United States as a young DID YOU KNOW? I have witnessed firsthand how easy it is for people child, a situation they had no control over? Is it the to categorize large groups into seemingly simple, polarization of the issue and how it has penetrated About 800,000 unauthorized homogenous groups. We find this phenomenon into our daily lives in a general manner? Is race a immigrants have received everywhere in our daily lives. However, when we part of the equation? Whatever the answer may be, protection from deportation as break these marginalizations for certain groups of the solution is easy — a change of heart. well as work permits via DACA people, unforeseen implications ensure. Although the latter statement might seem since its enactment five years ago. The Obama-era policy formally known somewhat cliche, it is honestly a solution — if emas Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals braced wholly by Americans — that would ensure PEW RESEARCH CENTER | SOURCE (DACA) has been a point of contention withthe nation is able to stick to its roots as a nation of in our government for months. As polarized immigrants and a land of opportunity for all. Alpoliticians bicker about the merits of similar though it may be difficult to sway those who have programs following DACA’s halt by President discriminatory beliefs entrenched into their minds Donald Trump, Americans have lost some of the for decades, it is imperative to realize characterizing a perhumanity that sets us apart from others. son based on their skin color or any other affiliation is According to a 2018 poll conducted by National erroneous, outdated and outright prejudice. Public Radio, only 65 percent of Americans support Thus, I urge you to be an advocate for change, citizenship for childhood arrivals. Our nation, the educate those around you, fight for equality for hallmark of equality and a melting pot of cultures, all and don’t fear to disagree with institutional has, within the context of this issue, showcased another practices that encourage discriminatory action — H side of the issue — there’s a large portion of the popuchange is on the horizon. lous that doesn’t support this ideal. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views Looking at the issue from an objective manner, of the HiLite staff. Reach Bethlehem Daniel at bdaniel@ it is hard to pinpoint a specific reason for the lack of hilite.org.

EQUALITY FOR ALL

DREAMER DIVERSITY

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals = DACA

ADHI RAMKUMAR | GRAPHIC WWW.GOVERNING.ORG, WWW.USCIS.GOV | SOURCES

Find out which states have most population of ‘Dreamers,’ or DACA enrollees

Allows individuals who are eligible to avoid deportation for a certain amount of time

Eligibility Requirements: 1

<500 500-2000 2000-7000 7000-20000 20000-100000 200000-450000

DACA History

ADHI RAMKUMAR | GRAPHIC POLITIFACT | SOURCE

A brief overview of events that have occurred since DACA’s inception

Currently in school -ORHave graduated from high school

Have not been convicted of a felony or significant misdemeanor 3 -ORNot a threat to public safety, national security DAPA rescinded by Department of Homeland Security.

Former President Barack Obama introduces DACA via executive action.

2012

Must have come to the United States before 16th birthday

2014

Obama announced expansion of DACA program to include parents and lawful permanent residents (DAPA).

2017

2018 President Donald Trump announces end of DACA on Mar 5.

15 MINUTES

SYNESTHESIA | FEB 23, 2018

IN FULL

Q&A with junior Morgan Goodrich, who has synesthesia CORY STEELE | Q&A, PHOTOS

COLOR What is synesthesia? (From) what I’ve read, it’s kind of just a different wiring in the brain when people see things, and it’s actually kind of beneficial. It can really help with organization and stuff, like with people who like to color-code things. How did you discover you had synesthesia? It was actually 3 years ago at a summer camp I go to; they were doing a bonding thing between all the girls in the dorm hall that we were staying in, and one girl said that she had this thing called synesthesia, and I

was like “Oh, what’s that?” She told me all about it, and then I looked it up. I was like, “Wait, I do the same thing; that’s so cool.” Given the multiple types of synesthesia, how do you experience the condition? I see numbers and letters as all having their colors, (as well as) subjects—which I think a lot of people do and they don’t realize. A lot of subjects have different colors, like in school. People (have colors), but their names. If you tell me your name, I picture your name in a certain color.

THE INS AND OUTS OF

FEB 23, 2018 | SYNESTHESIA

Do you experience this kind of benefit? Kind of. I have certain highlighters for different things in my notes, like vocab words and stuff. I always use a pink and a green for this, and a blue for this, so, yeah, I kind of see it in the way that I take notes in class and things like that. Do you know anyone else with synesthesia? No one that I know of besides the person that I first learned it from; her name is Hannah. I met her at the camp—she actually sees sound in color, so that’s where I first learned H about it.

SYNESTHESIA

Synesthesia is defined as the production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. Its name derives from Greek, meaning “to perceive together.” Though synesthesia is stereotypically associated with “hearing colors” or other color-related things, some forms of synesthesia do not involve colors.

CHROMESTHESIA sensations simulated by color AUDITORY-TACTILE tactile sensations in response to sound

CORY STEELE | GRAPHIC OXFORDDICTIONARIES.COM, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, PSYCHOLOGY TODAY | SOURCES

NUMBER FORM sensations simulated by numbers TYPES OF SYNESTHESIA ORDINAL LINGUISTIC PERSONIFICATION sequences associated with sensations

SPATIAL SEQUENCE visualizing numerical points GRAPHEME-COLOR letters and numbers have color Goodrich has this kind of synesthesia.

LITEBOX

DYNAMIC WARMUP | FEB 23, 2018

L I TEBOX

DYNAMIC WARMUP Sprinter and junior Madison Lindfelt practices walkovers during her preseason workout. The track team is preparing for their first competition, the MIC Indoor Meet, which is on March 3 at DePauw University. APURVA MANAS | PHOTO