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CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL NEWSMAGAZINE Vol. 80, No. 4 | Nov. 13, 2015
RETHINKING DIABETES
Despite the prevalence of diabetes in modern-day America, many people, including CHS students, still possess misconceptions about the disease Page 26 // Jessica Mo
CONTENTS NEWS // 6
VOL. 80, NO. 4
STUDENT SECTION // 22 TURKEY TIME ALTERNATIVES | 22
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RACING TO REGIONALS | 42 Select CHS cross-country team to compete in Nike Midwest Regionals this Sunday
CHS students with dietary restrictions adapt to a food-centric Thanksgiving
SPEAK UPS | 24 CHS clubs and teams give back to the community via volunteering
NEWS BRIEFS | 6 All of CHS’s orchestras will perform in the winter concert Dec. 10, bringing in the sounds of the holidays
EXTENDING ONE’S THANKS | 7 This year’s extension of Thanksgiving break allows students and faculty more time off to enjoy with family
TREATING WITH TECHNOLOGY | 8 St. Vincent Carmel Women’s Center is the first and only hospital in the area to use radioactive seed localization and MarginProbe for breast cancer
TASTEFUL TRANSITION | 25 CHS fashionistas give their take on fall to winter transition clothing
FANTASTIC FANTASIES | 44
COVER // 26 RETHINKING DIABETES | 26 Despite the prevalence of diabetes in modern-day America, many people, including CHS students, still possess misconceptions about the disease
ENTERTAINMENT // 32
CHS students and teachers to participate in fantasy football leagues with different traditions
SWIMMING THROUGH GENERATIONS | 46 The swim team prepares for its record breaking season, looking back 29 years
PERSPECTIVES // 48 STAFF EDITORIAL | 48
IN WITH THE NEW SCHEDULE | 10
The HiLite staff argues why Thanksgiving break should set a precedent for future short breaks
CHS will put new finals schedule into effect this winter to give students more flexibility in studying
WHILE IT LASTS | 50
FEATURE // 12 A MEMORABLE SHOW | 32 CHS choirs to perform in upcoming “Holiday Spectacular”
CONCLUDING THE ‘GAMES’ | 34 CHS students prospect on the potential success of the last movie in the ‘Hunger Games’ series
THE LUNCH CRUNCH | 12 Students think longer lunch times are beneficial but find current system to work well
AN OVERDUE CHANGE | 14 CHS students use library increasingly for online research rather than the intended purpose of borrowing books
THE FINE PRINT | 16 Recent lawsuits prompt students and teachers to scrutinize copyright laws
STREET SMARTS | 18 Students consider the value of driver education in spite of documented increases in participation
Reporter Bethlehem Daniel emphasizes the importance of cherishing moments with family
RECOGNIZE AND REBUILD | 53 Photographer Mike Johnson discusses the need for recognition of lives lost to war
15 MINUTES // 54
MARCHING IN HARMONY | 36 CHS Marching Band attempt to win first at Bands of America Grand National championship
DASH FOR THE TURKEY | 38 Students to run in Drumstick Dash for charity with friends and family on Thanksgiving Morning
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS | 38 A look at popular movies, video games and television shows in CHS
SPORTS // 40 MAKING A D-CISION | 40 CHS athletes continuing their athletic careers in college decide between Division I, II and III schools
ART ON THE SIDEWALK | 54 Senior Kate Bruns, freshman Claire Bruns, and their mother are a family of chalk artists, turning the concrete of Carmel into art MATTHEW HAN // PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
SPOTLIGHTS
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CONTACT INFORMATION Mailing Address: 520 E. Main St., Carmel IN 46032 Phone: (317) 846-7721, Ext. 7143 Website: www.hilite.org Email: Staff members may be contacted by using their first initial and their last name appending @hilite.org,
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The HiLite is a student publication distributed to students, faculty and staff of Carmel High School, with a press run of 4,500. Copies are distributed to every school in the Carmel Clay district as well as the Chamber of Commerce, City Hall and the Carmel Clay Public Library. The paper serves as a public forum and two way communication for both the school and the community. Opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of CHS nor Carmel Clay system faculty, staff or administration.
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Feature
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Writing Coaches 15 Minutes Kyle Crawford
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Social Media Danny Goldberg Jessica Tao Kari Truax
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Jim Streisel
Principal John Williams
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WHERE DO BEARDS COME FROM? 04
DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE
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Ironically, this chemical is responsible for both facial hair and balding
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THE HISTORY OF BEARDS
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PREHISTORIC MEN KEPT BEARDS FOR: 1) Protection from the elements 2) Intimidation to predators and other humans 3) Cushion from dull blows to the face
We are currently in the midst of “No Shave November” or “Movember” when men grow out and embrace their facial hair, in order to raise awareness about cancer. With the popularity of beards on the rise, here is all you need to know about facial hair.
STOP
BEARDS BECAME A SIGN OF HONOR and were only cut to serve as a punishment. A common saying was “Lose your beard and you lose your soul”
BUT AROUND 345 B.C. Alexander the Great decreed that all of his soldiers should be clean-shaven, slowly ending the popularity of beards. His fear: enemies would grab his soldiers by their beards
BEARDS TODAY BEARDS HAVE MADE A COMEBACK
NEVERTHELESS... Women still find full bearded men to be
66%
33%
of American males keep facial hair
55%
as attractive as clean-shaven men of males worldwide keep facial hair
WHY?
Full bearded men, in comparison to men without facial hair also appear:
OVERALL, MEN TEND TO HAVE MORE FACIAL HAIR WHEN THE MARRIAGE MARKET IS GOOD, BUT WHEN IT’S TOUGH TO FIND A WIFE, MEN SHAVE THEIR BEARDS
Older More Respected
of a Higher Status
BEARDS CARRY A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION When compared to clean-shaven men, bearded men are seen as: 38% less generous 36% less caring
51% less cheerful
More Powerful
GLOBALNEWS.CA, SCIENTOPIA.ORG // SOURCES
TYPES OF BEARDS THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF FACIAL HAIR
Moustache The middle of the moustache covers the philtrum.
Chin Curtain Without a moustache, the beard is known as a chin curtain.
THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF BEARDS
Sideburns Named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside who wore them bushy with a moustache.
Goatee The goatee is technically only the lower beard—as named after the male goat’s long chin hair.
Very Trustworthy
LENGTH OF BEARD
The Soul Patch Named for the soul and jazz musicians who sported it in the 1950s and 60s.
A beard can be a huge part of someone’s identity
Chin Tuft + Goatee + Cop Moustache Curly Moustache Chin Tuft Moustache Moustache
Full Beard
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All beards are a combination of these 5 elements
Mildly Trustworthy
Neutral
Questionable
Neck Beard
Unsavory
Pencil-Thin Chin Strap
Threatening
Pencil-Thin Moustache
Dangerous
The Toothbrush
Disastrous
ICONIC BEARDS
Longer Beard
Shorter Beard
Longer is not necessarily better Manly Caveman Trucker Grandpa Sea Captain Hill Billy Bigfoot Hippy Civil War General Professor President Lumberjack Amish Wizard
Abraham Lincoln’s Beard was the 16th President of the United States. It freed the slaves and set in motion equality for all. Abe’s Beard was assassinated for being too revolutionary.
Santa Claus’ Beard delivers presents to like a gazillion children in one night. But don‘t tug on it! After all, the Beard’s magic is what makes the reindeer fly.
Chuck Norris’s Beard can kick anyone’s butt. Able to lift the weight of 20 elephants without breaking a sweat, this Beard only gets better with age.
Charlie Chaplin’s Moustache has graced the silver screen many times. It was so groundbreaking that its films didn’t require any words.
SPEAK-UPS “I don’t shave between the equinoxes—‘No Shave November’ happens to fall in between. I do it to make sure the earth stays in orbit during the fall and winter.” Physics teacher David James
“I grow (my beard) because I can. It all started as a goatee, and it just kind of evolved. I got to the point where people kept commenting on it so I kept growing it.” English teacher John Love
“I like the way my beard looks on me. It makes my face look a lot older which is nice.” Senior Mac Stewart
“The soccer team adopted (my beard) as our good luck charm, so when I had to shave it, my team shaved it for me and we kept it in a box that we took to each game.” Senior Anthony Waikel
NEWS
NEWS BRIEFS
NOV 13, 2015
NEWS BRIEFS JULIANNA KESSILYAS // BRIEFS
FRIDAY
DEC. 2 TO 5
Club photos for the yearbook will be taken in the varsity gymnasium during SRT. Listen for the club names on the morning announcements. This will also occur for the next three weeks on Nov. 23, Nov. 30 and Dec. 4.
The annual Holiday Spectacular will begin its first show at 7 p.m. on Dec. 2 in the auditorium. Shows will begin at 7 p.m. on Dec. 4 and at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 6.
PHOTO SCHEDULE: NOV. 17 9:50
Spanish Club, Class Officers, Advanced Comp Sci
10:25
House Frosh, #TrendingNow, House of Books
9:55
Science Olympiad, Cinema Club, Do Something
10:30
Jewelry Club, Hip Hop Club
10:00
Project Sunshine, ASL Club
10:30
House Soph, Baking a Difference, History Bowl
SPIRIT FINGERS: The Ambassadors practice new choreography to “Let It Snow” for Holiday Spectacular. Tara Lacy, choir member and sophomore, said Holiday Spectacular will run five shows in the first week of December in the auditorium.
10:05
Japanese Exchange
10:40
Academic Superbowl, Philosophy Club
DEC. 5
House Jr, Knitting Club, Typography and Design Club
DEC. 8
Pokemon Club, Gift of Water Club
DEC. 10
10:10 10:15
10:20
Cabinet, Senate
SHRADDHA RAMNATH // PHOTO
10:45
Science For Caring, Disc Golf Club, Academic Scholastic Team
10:50
Debate Team, Chess Club
10:55
*Times are all in the morning
SAT testing will take place from 8 a.m. to noon.
GKOM Connections period will take place during SRT.
The winter orchestra concert will be held from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the CHS auditorium. House Sr, Our Greyhound Story, Geography Club
DEC. 10 TO 11 ECA testing will take place throughout the school day.
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THANKSGIVING BREAK EXTENSION
EXTENDING ONE’S THANKS
The extension of Thanksgiving break to allow students more time with family DANIEL LEE // STORY
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hile deciding breaks conducted surveys of parent and in the years 2015 to teacher groups. They researched how 2018, the calendar breaks affected student achievement committee went through in positive and negative ways. a long process, according to calendar In addition, the Wednesday committee chairperson Tom Harmas. before Thanksgiving break tended to “We talked about have more absences the important areas than usual, according we needed to study. to Harmas. DID YOU KNOW? First was the effect He said, “The of (the) calendar purpose was to figure Last year, it was projected on academics, the out what was best for that about 46.3 million effect of the calendar the students, families Americans would travel on extracurriculars and the staff of at least 50 miles for and the effect of the Carmel Clay Schools Thanksgiving dinner. calendar on families. when we went We also looked into the Calendar USNEWS.ORG // SOURCE at the family and Committee. The idea vacation time and wasn’t we need to the professional development on change something because something’s teachers and staff,” Harmas said. wrong. But after we did all the surveys He said the committee looked and research we felt that some changes at different types of calendars and were necessary.”
FAMILY MATTERS: Sophomore Ryan Cole works on his homework during SRT. To Cole, having an extended Thanksgiving break will be helpful in allowing more time for him to be with his family. SARA YUNG // PHOTO
Sophomore Ryan Cole said he finds it difficult to find a time when his family can get together and that last year’s schedule contributed to difficulties in the past. According to Cole, this new schedule will make it easier for him and his family members to find time to spend together. “On Thanksgiving break, me and a lot of other family members meet at my grandmother’s house. For me it’s only an hour drive, but a lot of people come on planes from different states. A lot of times I only get to see them at Thanksgiving and Christmas,” he said. Harmas said, “I’ve always felt that our families have been rushed on just that Thursday off for Thanksgiving. I feel that it will allow people to breathe and cook and travel and do H all those family things.”
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NEWS
NOV 13, 2015
CANCER TECHNOLOGY
TREATING WITH TECHNOLOGY
Carmel hospital area’s first, only to implement new methods for breast cancer detection, care MANAHIL NADEEM // STORY
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eanne Adaniya is an instructional assistant at CHS and a breast cancer survivor. Five years ago, a surgeon diagnosed Adaniya with Stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer after finding a small spot on her skin. The first doctor she visited diagnosed her with eczema, but recommended she visit a specialist just in case. After a consultation with surgeon Timothy Goedde, Adaniya got a biopsy done at Community North Hospital. Three days later, Goedde told her the spot came back positive for breast cancer. “Personally, I did not take this very well,” Adaniya said. “I mean, it’s a very frightening thing and to me, I was particularly frightened because my mom had died of breast cancer. I had a good friend who had died of breast cancer. So I was very concerned about it, mostly about telling my three daughters.”
Adaniya was given her entire treatment plan ten days after diagnosis. She said, “The Monday after my diagnosis, I had a port inserted, and then the day after I had my first dose of chemo.” After her diagnosis, Adaniya had 12 chemotherapy treatments, three surgeries and 36 radiation treatments. The entire treatment lasted a year. “Many people think after being diagnosed, you are completely alone, and that scares them, but at least with me, I had a nurse, called a ‘breast navigator’ who literally guided me through my entire treatment,” she said. Unlike Adaniya, current breast cancer patients now have a much simpler treatment plan. Recently, St. Vincent’s Hospital has added new tools for early breast cancer detection and have a less invasive treatment approach. Dr. Erica Giblin, breast cancer surgeon at St. Vincent’s, said two new pieces of technology were introduced,
BY THE NUMBERS
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percent of women develop breast cancer in their lifetimes
3 to 5
minutes—the time it takes for a surgeon to analyze tissue margins using MarginProbe in the operating room BREASTCANCER. ORG // SOURCE
and both show promising results in response to breast cancer. The first new piece of technology is called “radioactive seed localization,” which allows doctors to easily locate cancer in the breast tissue. An iodine seed with low-levels of radiation is placed in a specific lesion, then the doctor uses a probe to pinpoint the exact location of the cancer. “It helps us hone in and be much more accurate in the tissue that we take out, and allows us to take out a smaller amount of tissues instead of filing a wire down (into breast tissue) and taking a huge piece of unnecessary tissue out,” Giblin said. Giblin said the previous approach was much more invasive. “The old standard would be getting a mammogram of the breast and a radiologist would insert a thin wire to the targeted area. The wire pokes out of the skin. This is very scary to patients,” Giblin said.
Modern Medicine
Recent technological developments have made breast cancer treatments easier and more accurate.
Radioactive Seed Localization (RSL)
MarginProbe System
RSL is used to locate abnormal breast tissue, and has been reported to produce more accurate results in addition to being more comfortable for the patient.
The MarginProbe System analyzes tissue. Detecting cancer cells is less tedious and can be done quickly in the operating room, reducing the need for additional surgeries.
Tiny metal seeds to be placed in abnormal breast tissue
Normal tissue Cancerous cells
The sensor uses smallarea frequency signals, enabling it to detect cancer cells at a f aster and more accurate rate.
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CANCER TECHNOLOGY
The wire can also shift and move, which decreases the ability to treat the target area, according to Giblin. The second new tool added to St. Vincent’s cancer program is called the MarginProbe. Giblin and other doctors use this technology to test the tissue they extract from patients. According to Giblin, the MarginProbe analyzes the edges of the tissue and can detect subtle cellular changes in the tissue edge to see if it contains cancer. Since surgeons can make sure the margins of the tumor are cancerfree with the MarginProbe, it helps prevent having to take patients back to the operating room for additional surgeries by 50 percent. The probes will help catch cancer much earlier than older technology. Giblin said if doctors are able to catch cancer earlier, they can do much less invasive surgeries. In other words, the earlier the cancer is found, the faster doctors and surgeons can find ways to stop it. Adaniya said she believes that new technology will relieve stress from patients, as well. “There were situations where (the doctors) would call you two days after an appointment and leave a message on your machine saying we have some questions we need you to come back and just the anxiety it caused
MASTER OF MARGINPROBE: Breast cancer surgeon Dr. Erica Giblin demonstrates how the MarginProbe is used to analyze the edges of tissue St. Vincent’s started using this machine in September.
JOYCE LAM, JENNY ZHAO // GRAPHIC
Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) MRI continues to be essential because it allows doctors to see a detailed picture of abnormalities. Inside the MRI, atoms in the body align. Unpaired atoms spin and release energy, which can be used to create an image. MARGINPROBE.COM, NEBRASKAMED.COM, HOWSTUFFWORKS // SOURCES
was at a high level. So, what this new technology does is (it) eliminates the possibilities for false positives,” she said. St. Vincent’s started using this technology in September after Giblin saw it used during her training. “I had learned about these specific technologies during my fellowship and thought these technologies would be very beneficial to the hospital. So, I asked the hospital to look to it, and obviously the hospital was very interested in this because it’s completely safe and helps the patient greatly,” Giblin said. St. Vincent’s is the only hospital in central Indiana that offers this innovative technology. However, this new technology does not replace the breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). “Breast MRI is still very important as it takes a different kind of picture of the breast and it definitely still has a place in breast cancer imaging,” Giblin said. New technology like this has an impact on the children of those with breast cancer, such as sophomore Kate Adaniya, Mrs. Adaniya’s daughter. “From what I remember (of my mother telling me about her cancer), I cried one tear but apparently I was
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DIVYA ANNAMALAI // PHOTO sobbing,” Kate said. “Since I was only a ten-year-old, I didn’t know exactly know what was happening at this point. I didn’t know if I was going to lose my mom, and I definitely didn’t know what would happen if I did,” she said. After her experience with her mother’s cancer, Kate said she is in favor for new breast cancer technology. “Anything that will help patients with breast cancer will not only be beneficial to them, but reduce the stress of family members as well,” Kate said. Mrs. Adaniya said she agrees. “Anything that can give people the peace of mind of having this testing and being told that you don’t have any signs of cancer is very positive emotionally and important from a treatment standpoint as well,” she said. “So then, patients are more motivated to get the mammograms and tests and scans that will help their treatment, rather than being scared of these things.” She said, “As a breast cancer survivor, what I’ve learned is to be hopeful. We should remember that the vast majority of people survive breast cancer and with the help of new technology we can definitely find a way to decrease the amount of deaths H caused by breast cancer.”
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NEWS
NOV 13, 2015
NEW FINALS SCHEDULE
IN WITH THE NEW SCHEDULE
CHS to put new finals schedule into effect this winter to give students more flexibility MARY SALZMANN // STORY
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imilar to last year’s schedule, finals testing will take place across four days with two finals per day. Instead of review time before each final teachers will host office hours during the first and second period of the day. Office hours provide students with the opportunity to receive one-on-one assistance. According to Assistant Principal Joseph Schaller, the two school days before semester finals are review days. Even if a student is eligible to skip a final, he or she must come to school all day on these two days. He said it is up to parents whether or not attendance during office hours is mandatory. The administration will send an email to parents this month asking if they want their student to be at school. Attendance will be taken for students whose parents request mandatory attendance. Schaller said the buses will run on a normal schedule, arriving at school between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. and leaving around 3:20 p.m. Junior Haley Safrin said she looks forward to studying without distractions in the morning at home. While she plans to sleep in as much as she can, she will attend office hours for classes she struggles with. Safrin said she thinks it will be easier to take finals back to back because she won’t worry about cramming. “(The old finals schedule) kinda
ELLIE CLARK // PHOTO made you worry and try to find things really fast before you have to take your final, so just getting it out of the way will be easier, I won’t have to feel that stress,” Safrin said. Schaller said several factors motivated him and other staff members to change the schedule. The process for changing the schedule began over a year ago, but it was unclear if the school could legally host half-day finals. This schedule’s goals include improving attendance rates and giving students more time to sleep. He said, “The driving force was just to create a better schedule on students, make it a little less stressful for them.” About a decade ago, schools did implement half-day finals but had to change the schedule due to a rule
FINALS SURVIVAL: In the Greyhound Cafeteria, Assistant Principal Joseph Schaller discusses changes he has implemented in the first semester final exams schedule such as offering two days of review before finals begin. Schaller said the goal of the new schedule will be to allow students more time to sleep and study.
NEW FINAL EXAMS SCHEDULE Monday Dec. 14
Gold Day
Tuesday Dec. 15 Finals: B4
Blue Day
change. This is the first time CHS will implement a schedule like this. Administrators were able to change this year’s final schedule due to CHS’s status as a high-performing school, which grants more flexibility, according to Schaller. The state assigns schools this status based off of data such as test scores and attendance rates. Schaller said he hopes students will take full advantage of the opportunities this schedule offers. He said the morning off should give students extra sleep to help with test taking and reduce wasted time during review periods. According to Schaller, this schedule is open to change for the next semester H based on success rates. ADITYA BELAMKAR // GRAPHIC
COUNSELING CENTER // SOURCE
Wednesday Dec. 16
Office Hours
G3 G4
Thursday Dec. 17
Office Hours
B3 G1
Friday Dec.18
Office Hours
B1 B2
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N H S R E C YC L I N G P R OJ E C TS
USING SOME GREEN
NHS uses Carmel Green Teen grant to promote variety of recycling methods
JASMINE LAM // STORY
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ast year, the chs National Honor Society (NHS) received the Carmel Green Teen grant. This grant then motivated NHS members to promote recycling at CHS-sponsored events. Such activities include providing recycling bins, as well as sharing information about recycling with others. Sarah Griffin, NHS secretary and senior, said the grant is beneficial because NHS members seek to educate other students about recycling and the effects it has on the environment. She said, “It’s great that (NHS members) are doing this because we can help the environment out and get more people recycling. “We want to get more people recycling because if people see all (this) stuff about it, then they’re more likely to (recycle) at home or in other situations. Also, at events, there’s not really (currently) an opportunity to recycle a Coke bottle or whatever you have. Then, in this way, we’re able to have recycling instead of people just throwing it away and having it going straight to the landfill.” According to NHS sponsor Michele Satchwell, this grant is essential in encouraging students, as well as the community, to adopt green practices. Satchwell said, “I think (the Carmel Green Teen grant) is a wonderful grant. I think Carmel High School should be more involved in recycling, and having National Honor Society show the way is a very appropriate role for our club.” Griffin said she agrees with Satchwell and added NHS members will host a variety of stations to collect recyclable materials at future events.
GREEN GRANTS The Ideas
Choose project: reduce pollution, conserve resources and/or restore natural wildlife
Submit Application Project criteria: student-led, makes Carmel greener and has a realistic plan.
Review Session
Project interviews.
Approval Grant amount decided.
Ceremony
Grants up to $1,000 awarded. SABRINA MI // RESEARCH MARGOT GIBSON // SOURCE
GOING GREEN: Samantha Wolfe, NHS member and senior, carries a recycling bin for the Ghosts and Goblins Run/Walk. NHS received a grant from Carmel Green Teen that they will use to set up recycling stations. SWETHA NAKSHATRI // PHOTO
“It will be like stations where people can recycle, and we will also have (members) standing there to give people information. So NHS members can get hours from that, so it’s a great opportunity to both help the environment and get group hours,” Griffin said. Satchwell said the grant was introduced by John Chen ‘15, former president of NHS, after he wrote
and submitted a grant proposal to Carmel Green Teen. Carmel Green Teen’s goal is to work with schools in order to implement sustainable and eco-friendly practices. She said, “(Chen) wrote the grant because he felt like he would leave a legacy for future NHS members to keep going in terms of environmentalism and in terms of community service for recycling.” H
FEATURE
NOV 13, 2015
LUNCH CRUNCH
THE LUNCH CRUNCH
Students find longer lunch times benefit performance in classes afterwards GILLIAN PAXTON // STORY
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unch is valuable relaxation time for many students, as it allows them to both eat and socialize with friends at the same time. For some, such as sophomore Ethan Saghir, the daily 27 minutes of lunchtime just don’t seem like they’re enough. “It doesn’t give many people that much time to eat,” he said. The value Saghir puts on having adequate time to eat lunch and hang out with friends is not unique. According to a 2015 study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, students allotted less time to eat lunch tend to eat less and waste more than students who
DID YOU KNOW? The median lunch time for American high schools is 30 minutes, but includes time spent in line and time spent to walk from class, which detracts from time eating and resting. SCHOOLNUTRITION. ORG // SOURCE
were given longer lunch times. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that high school students have at least 20 minutes for lunch, currently, there is no minimum required time for lunch in American schools. Saghir said his experience further reflects these findings. “If you have more time to eat, you can have more food to eat,” Saghir said. However, contrary to Saghir’s views, according to cafeteria manager Theresa Quade, a lack of time to eat one’s lunch is not a major problem here at CHS. “I’ve stood out there and watched all the kids that come through, and the very last student
that goes through that line had exactly 18 minutes to finish their lunch,” she said. “So, of course if you’re one of the first kids in line, you have time.” However, Saghir, who said he usually has around 27 minutes to eat, disagrees. Saghir said he thinks the lunch period should be long enough for more than just eating. He said it is just as important for high school students to have that time to socialize with the friends they don’t always get to see throughout the school day. Another aspect of the school day that causes less time to eat may be long lines at lunches. According to the same AAP study mentioned CAROLYN ZHANG // PHOTO
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Sophomore Ethan Saghir waits in line for lunch. Recent studies have shown long lines contribute to shortened lunch times across the country. Saghir, however, said CHS’s lunch lines are not a huge problem because they move relatively quickly.
LUNCH CRUNCH
NOV 13, 2015
earlier, schools with longer lunch lines tended to cut down dramatically on the time students had to eat. Despite this, according to Jennifer McFarland, director of Carmel Clay Schools food services, students can easily take action to fix this problem. She said she advises students to take advantage of the multiple lines offered at CHS, since lunch lines often offer the same foods. This would help to cut down on waiting times, simultaneously providing more time for eating. Saghir said he agrees that lines are not a huge problem at CHS. He said while he does believe the lines are rather long, he finds them easy to get around. The earlier AAP study also points to an increase in wasted food when students have too little time to eat. However, according to Quade’s experience, this is also not a problem at CHS. Quade said she believes most food is thrown away not because there isn’t enough time to eat, but because students are full. Still, she said cafeteria staff keep a close eye on what is and is not thrown away. “Yesterday, I saw green beans in the trash can. I think whoever
NOT ENOUGH NUTRITION The American Pediatrics Association found shortened lunch times lead to unhealthy meal choices. How much of the recommended values for each meal component do students get when they run out of time? Students tend to consume
600 mg
more sodium and
600 mg more fat.
They tend to choose more
Fruits 77% 88% Vegetables
chips, cookies and sodas in the place of fruits and vegetables.
was throwing them away probably got full and couldn’t finish them, because they went through most of it. It wasn’t like they were throwing a whole tray of vegetables away. But we watch waste very carefully. We do production reports and ask the custodial staff what they’re seeing in the garbage cans.” she said. Saghir said his lunchroom habits
DAILY NUTRITIONAL VALUES 6 ounces Grains
3 cups Dairy
Vegetables
CRUNCH TIME Recent studies have shown that shorter lunch times don’t give students enough time to recuperate from a busy day. Is the time CHS allows for lunches effective in students’ academic performances? These graphs include travel time from classrooms to cafeterias and time spent waiting in lines.
SCHOOLNUTRITION.ORG, CCS. K12.IN.US // SOURCES
46 to 56 grams Protein
2 to 3 cups Fruit
44 to 78 grams Fat
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends 20 minutes for lunch. JORDYN BLAKEY // GRAPHIC
Dairy 90% Grains 87% 90% Protein
RAY JIANG // GRAPHIC ANDJRNL.ORG // SOURCE
5 cups
CHS lunch times are 27 minutes long each.
13
3.75 grams Sodium
HEART.ORG, MAYOCLINIC.ORG // SOURCES
reflect this trend of not leaving many dishes unfinished. “I try not to throw away much food, maybe a few sides because I was done eating,” he said. McFarland said the cafeteria staff still pays close attention to student opinions on the lunches and items available. “If an item is not selling strongly, we want to change that— provide something different, or provide something new,” she said. Quade said she agrees student input can still improve conditions. “It sounds corny, but when kids come into the cafeterias, we want them to feel comfortable, we want them to feel free. It’s their time off from their daily schedule and we want them to enjoy decent food. I always want kids to feel that they can say anything to us, ask us anything, communicate,” she said. Saghir said he thinks there are still some ways the lunchroom can improve, and not only by incorporating more time for eating and socializing. “We need longer lunch periods, H and better bread,” he said.
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FEATURE
LIBRARY USE
NOV 13, 2015
OVERDUE CHANGES
Students reflect on evolution of library usage from books to online resources LILLY ST. ANGELO // STORY
I
t’s a typical day at the library, and Teri Sharlow, media center aide and senior, watches a class file into the computer lab to use the computers there for their recently assigned research projects. Most students use the databases and search engines that the computers offer, but a couple of students check out books to help with their research process. Meanwhile, in a different area, independent study students use their own laptops and lounge in the recently replaced furniture. Constantly on the move, Theresa Ramos, CHS media center specialist and department chairperson, gathers all the books the library owns regarding marginalized groups of the 1930s for a cart that a teacher requested for her students’ research papers. With all this activity in one library, how could someone think libraries were going out of fashion? According to a September 2015 study conducted by Pew Research, 65 percent of all Americans ages 16 and older said closing their public library would have a major impact on their community. Additionally, in comparison to 46 percent of all Americans, 52 percent of people from ages 16 to 29 said that they had visited a library in the last 12 months. This implies that high school students actually use the library more than other age groups despite the fact that this age group values the library less than their parents’
REBECCA QIN // PHOTO generation, which doesn’t use the library as much. “In terms of circulation, which is the check-out of resources, we’ve definitely seen increases,” Ramos said. “We’ve seen more teachers requiring print materials in the research projects that students have to do, so even if someone is not checking out a book, they may be using a reference book that has been copied.” Additionally, Ramos said she has seen an increase in teachers who ask for a cart of books on reserve for students to use for research. Multiple teachers doing the same unit in class will make use of the carts, exposing many students to the print resources.
CHECKING OUT: Christopher “Chris” Coraggio, independent study student and senior, works on his laptop for his independent study in the media center. Coraggio said he has seen a notable increase in the use of electronic resources instead of physical books.
Sharlow said she mainly sees students checking out books for research. The most popular pleasure reading, though, is the manga books. Ramos said, “(The manga readers) use a lot of our books. They check in four and take out six, and they bring back five and they take out three more. They are very avid users of the library,” However, while students and communities still seem to value their libraries, the percent of Americans, especially teens, who have been to a library in the past year has dropped seven percent in the past three years. “I think libraries are still valued. Probably, as the time has been going
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LIBRARY USE
on and there’s more access to the internet, however, it’s been valued less because there’s no ‘control-F’ on a book,” Sharlow said, referring to the keyboard shortcut for searching for information within a document online. She said, “Instead of checking out a book, diving deep into it and trying to find what you need, you can just search it on the computer and get what you need right away so that people tend to not come here as much as they might use the internet at home or on their phones.” Checking out books, however, is not the only activity students do at the media center. Ramos described a new area of the library called ‘Makerspace,’ where students can tinker with devices such as a Sphero ball, a robot that people can direct with their phones to complete challenges that it provides. Other facilities at the Makerspace include programming pieces, circuits and a “Makey Makey,” which allows students to turn pretty much anything into a keyboard that can be used with any computer program. “Brain research tells that it’s
BY THE NUMBERS 78 percent
of Americans believe libraries are successful at promoting a love of reading. However, only
46 percent
above age 16 said they visited a library in person during 2014, down from
53 percent in 2012.
PEWINTERNET. ORG, ALA.ORG, LIBRARYJOURNAL. COM // SOURCES
important to offer young people the opportunity to try new things,” Ramos said. Ramos said in the late tween to early teen years, adolescents’ brains undergo a process similar to infants’, where each new experience creates neural pathways and opens the brain to new ideas. According to Ramos, the Makerspace offers these new experiences, as well as providing a way to spark student’s interests in courses that are in close conjunction with engineering, technology and business subjects. In terms of technology, Christopher “Chris” Coraggio, independent study student and senior, uses the library as his classroom for his computer science independent study class every other day. “I can definitely see they’ve been getting more technological. I see they’ve got a new set of laptops to try to engage students in new curriculum,” Coraggio said. Coraggio said he primarily uses the library as a study space, but sees students checking out books, mainly for research projects.
Volumes of Change Over the past few years, there has been a decline in physical visits to libraries. However, there has been a steady rise of mobile access to library resources at the same time.
Physical Visits
Mobile Access Other Ways
2012 8% 53%
39%
PEWINTERNET.ORG // SOURCE
Carmel Clay Public Library offers 65 mobile databases and reference books.
2014 7% 43%
50%
BRYCE CHENG // GRAPHIC
CHS MEDIA CENTER’S ONLINE RESOURCES Databases
such as Gale, ABCCLIO, and Inspire.
Library Catalog
where students can look up what’s available.
Pathfinders
example papers, notes and outlines for research. CCS.K12.IN.US// SOURCE
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Both Sharlow and Coraggio noted that students tend to use the public library more for pleasure reading purposes. Another resource the CHS library offers is its gallery walks. Based around a book that is being read in English classes, gallery walks immerse students in resources that correlate with the book. From books and films to exhibits and posters, students explore the subject areas and the time periods of which they read in an interactive way, Ramos said. But according to Ramos, above all, the most important resource the library has is its librarian. She said, “The library is the shell that holds the resources. But without a librarian to direct which resources go into that library, to have the finger on the pulse of what do my students need or what do my patrons need, that’s the most important thing.” Still, while librarians are the most valuable resource, Ramos said the people who come are what the library is centered around. “The librarian is the one who says, ‘I see that we need new furniture,’ and we need furniture that is electric because we have all of these students who have all these devices. It’s the librarian that drives everything that happens there,” Ramos said. Sharlow said she has learned a lot by being a media center aide at CHS. Her experience has opened her eyes to all the library offers and all the work that goes into it. “There’s a lot of time that goes into the displays and the shelving and the decorations that I had no idea about before,” Sharlow said, “I really appreciate the work that people do here now.” Ramos said, “The most important things in a library are the people (who come and visit). The resources are chosen based on the needs of the patrons and you have a few people who work here to make H sure all those needs are met.”
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FEATURE
COPYRIGHT LAW
NOV 13, 2015
THE FINE PRINT
Recent lawsuits bring to light importance of recognizing copyright BETHLEHEM DANIEL // STORY
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t’s a quintessential song that plagues our childhood memories. It is sung once a year to celebrate a turning of age. This infamous song, “Happy Birthday,” was recently named a part of the public domain after a feud between Summy Co., the acclaimed copyright holders to the song, and two Warner filmmakers who were making a documentary that traced the history of this acclaimed tune. Carly Colbert, YouTuber and sophomore, said she agrees with this decision as the song is so ingrained into not only the culture here in the United States, but around the globe as well.
“I think it is the right choice, (because) it is such a popular song that everybody uses,” Colbert said. “(It’s used) in so many cultures and places.” Colbert is an avid YouTuber who posts videos approximately once a month. Many of these videos include music, and Colbert said there are steps she must take to ensure her videos don’t include any copyright violations. “I usually try to get remixes of certain songs, and I have had a few videos taken down because of copyright laws,” Colbert said. Although steps must be taken in order to avoid breaking any copyright laws in many different fields, there
SHREERAM THIRUNAVUKKURASU // PHOTO are benefits to the reasons behind ANCHORS them. Business law teacher Holly AWEIGH IN: Marly Rizkalla Hochstedler said copyright laws are (left) and important in keeping the integrity of Allison Witucki, the works of others. CHTV staff “Copyright laws protect what members and we call ‘intellectual property,’” seniors, present Hochstedler said. “It means that themselves in someone owns the work that they do, front of a green screen in the so copyright laws protect any of us CHTV studio. To who have developed something from avoid copyright somebody else stealing that stuff.” infringement, While there are punishments for Rizkalla said breaking copyright laws, Colbert she must go said copyright laws exist in the through certain world today for important reasons. procedures before sharing She also mentioned they can be an stories on air. issue when producing videos.
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INCREASES IN INFRINGEMENT
The number of intellectual property lawsuits in the United States has increased significantly within the past five years. Furthermore, copyright lawsuits have recently experienced a gradual rise.
ASIM DHUNGANA // GRAPHIC 14000
Total intellectual property rights lawsuits
12000
Number of Court Cases
“I think that copyright laws exist just so people who make their music or whatever content people are using get the credit that they deserve for it,” Colbert said. “Sometimes (copyright laws are an issue).” According to CHTV sponsor Anna Kaiser, students are not always aware of what copyright laws entail. “I would say that people know what they are, but don’t always follow them. Like, YouTube’s a big sensation and people have a lot of opportunities to take videos and place it with fun music to make it even better,” Kaiser said. “Whether the artist asks them to take the video down is up to the individual artist, but I don’t think that students don’t take into account they are breaking the law.” Marly Rizkalla, CHTV staff member and senior, said steps must be taken in order to make sure the information reported is accurate and doesn’t violate the copyright laws currently in place. “If you were to pick a story, you would have to first find (a) story online, print it off, read it and highlight the important facts,” Rizkalla said. “Then, you would have to write your script, and you’re supposed to be limited—you can’t write everything the actual story says; you’re supposed to change it up in your own words.” Kaiser said that students must be aware of copyright laws in order to follow them correctly for both the staff of CHTV and students
CONTENT ID
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COPYRIGHT LAW
10000 8000
Patent lawsuits
6000 4000
Copyright lawsuits
2000 2000
2005
here at CHS. “We teach our students what copyright law is. We explain to them that we are (a) professional station and if we were to break those, we as a station could get in trouble. So, the main thing is to have students know what it is,” Kaiser said. “The next step is to review anything that goes on air. There are times when we will receive a video announcement from a different group when they are using a song they have not been given permission to use. Now, we are taking more steps on making sure teachers know about copyright law, and they can’t use copyright music. It all goes back to knowing what it is and abiding by those laws.” Kaiser said there are many resources available to students who
Year
FAIR USE Fair use is the legal copying of copyrighted material for “transformative” purposes. Most kinds of fair use are classified as either a kind of commentary or criticism, including book reviews, news reports and academic lessons, or a form of parody. STANFORD.EDU // SOURCE
Content ID is YouTube’s automated system for quickly scanning videos for copyrighted audio or video content and notifying owners.
ASIM DHUNGANA // GRAPHIC
The Content ID system scans about 100 years’ worth of content every day. That’s like watching all seasons of “How I Met Your Mother” 11,494 times at 36,525 times the normal speed. Launched in 2007, I have since claimed over 400 million videos. TIII.ME, YOUTUBE.COM // SOURCES
Annotations Speed Quality
0.25 0.5 Normal 1.5 2 36,525 Normal Auto (1080p)
2010
Trademark lawsuits USCOURTS.GOV // SOURCE
want to make videos, and do so without breaking copyright law. “There are a lot of good resources out there that tell you about copyright law—what’s acceptable and what’s not,” Kaiser said. “There are some education opportunities, there are points where if you use less than 10 percent of a work it’s fine. There’s a lot of good websites that give royalty free and royalty-free videos.” Although copyright law can be seen as directly related to both YouTube and CHTV, this concept can also be applied to the business field. The business field has many different aspects in which copyright laws must be taken into account, according to Hochstedler. “I think just about everything,” Hochstedler said. “When you do any kind of research, any kind of writing or any kind of production, you have to follow copyright laws.” Even though there are several steps both Colbert and Rizkalla have to take in order to make sure their work doesn’t violate any copyright laws, both continue to do their respective passions as they both believe that the end result outweighs the hard work put into the production of the final product. Colbert said, “I make videos just because it is worth it in the end, just having a video out there and H expressing what I like to do.”
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FEATURE
DRIVER EDUCATION
NOV 13, 2015
STREET SMARTS
Students consider value of driver education in spite of documented increases in participation RAY JIANG // STORY
C
hristian Stahly, recently licensed driver and junior, was introduced to driver education in a way typical to many CHS students: receiving a flyer advertising the class during one of his lunch periods in freshman year. There was no personal research involved nor extensive conferences with counselors. “I never really thought about it. It was just, ‘Driver’s ed, that’s what you’re going to do,’” Stahly said. For many parents and administrators, driver education is an acceptable compromise between their children’s eagerness to drive and their own anxieties about their children’s safety. The textbook instruction offered through the Central Indiana Educational Service Center (CIESC) driver education program and the flexible schedule of the CIESC’s online driver education course is primarily accountable for what TeLisa Smith, coordinator of the CIESC driver education program, has observed as a steady increase in CHS student attendance in the program. However, though driver education may be the first choice for conditioning educated drivers, educated drivers are not always safe drivers. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit highway data institute run by insurers, and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, there is little empirical evidence for the safety benefits of driver education, though the general trend for teenagers involved in fatal motor vehicle accidents shows that, in 2013, 71 percent fewer teenagers died in accidents than in 1975 and
SARAH LIU // PHOTO 11 percent fewer teenagers died in accidents than in 2012. Saying that the rise of driver education participation does not substantially contribute to these positive statistics may seem counterintuitive. However, according to the IIHS, there lies a second system of driver safety protocols that driver education has to work within: graduated drivers licensing (GDL). Introduced in Florida in 1996, GDL has since spread to every state. GDL in Indiana is responsible for many of the rules CHS student drivers are familiar with, such as the minimum learner’s permit age of 16, a road
DRIVING MOTIVATION: Christian Stahly, recently licensed driver and junior, drives his car in the CHS parking lot. Like a growing majority of students, Stahly has taken driver education and believes that participants in such classes have various advantages over those that choose to opt out.
test prerequisite to a license and limits on driving in high-risk situations such as at night or with underage passengers. However, according to the IIHS, poor skills are not always to blame for teenage driving accidents; teenagers’ attitudes, experience and decisionmaking matter just as much if not more than technical skills and knowledge. Many teenagers tend to overestimate their abilities and underestimate their vulnerabilities, aspects of psychology that training and education may struggle to regulate. In this area, the natural role and responsibilities of a parent could be the most consistently effective treatment.
INCONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION ASIM DHUNGANA // GRAPHIC
Driver education at least partially required
Junior Brett Kahlow received his learner’s permit this year in early August. Kahlow represents the increasingly uncommon demographic of CHS students who opt to not take the driver education program. “I felt like my parents could teach me more about how to actually stay safe on the roads rather than just the basics that you would be taught in driver education, the quirks of driving rather than the core education of what to do at a stop sign,” Kahlow said. It is not to say, however, that parents and guardians always offer the safer alternative to driver education. Smith said, “As parents, we’ve been driving for some years, so we may have built those bad habits. We’ve been in and out of traffic, things like that. Not
DID YOU KNOW? Formal evaluation of U.S. high school driver education shows little to no crash rate reduction in licensed drivers. Skid control training and other kinds of advanced skill training increase crash risk, particularly among young males who are often overconfident in their abilities. IIHS.ORG // SOURCE
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DRIVER EDUCATION
Driver education not required
While the vast majority of states require driver education in all or some cases, their policies and training programs vary greatly. Louisiana requires driver education for all drivers, although classroom hours vary depending on age.
More than
Texas requires driver education for all drivers 24 years old or younger. Florida requires driver education for all first-time drivers, regardless of age.
1 in 5 U.S. teens have never taken driver education before getting licensed.
Indiana requires driver education for all drivers younger than 16 years old.
HUFFINGTIONPOST.COM, DMV.ORG // SOURCES
to say every parent is like that, but, you know, getting the basic skills to know what is right and what is wrong is very important.” In addition to offering an unbiased, objective instruction on road safety, driver education also offers a vast number of practical privileges that are exclusive to its students, such as an earlier licensing eligibility age at 16 years and three months as opposed to 16 and nine months. “Driver’s ed does teach to the exam...Other people would have to read the manual, and I didn’t really have to do that...It’s really relaxed if you do it online, and it’s just whenever you have time,” Stahly said. Though there is no direct evidence that students who take a driver education class are better suited for the road, many people like Smith still believe in the advantages of taking a class that offers an official and standardized education of the road. Learning from parents and learning from driver education have their pros and cons. At the end of the day, it is still up to the student whether or not the speedometer obeys the speed limit. Smith said, “We’ve got a lot of cars out here on the street, and I would like for as many students to go through the course that can (to) get the proper training and skills that H they need to be safe drivers.”
BEATING THE TEST DRIVING-TESTS.ORG // SOURCE
In order to be eligible for a learner’s permit, prospective drivers must first take the knowledge examination and receive a passing score, which in Indiana is typically 44 correct out of 50 questions. Are you ready to get your permit? 1. Defensive drivers stay _______ behind the vehicle ahead. A. at least two to three seconds B. at least four seconds C. at least five seconds D. at least nine to 10 seconds 2. If another vehicle is passing you on the left-hand side of the road, allow the other vehicle to pass safely, and: A. pull your vehicle to the left lane of the road B. increase your speed to follow the vehicle C. pull your vehicle to the right edge of the road D. do not increase your speed. 3. If the speed limit is 50 mph or greater, you must give a proper turn signal ________ before turning or changing lanes. A. at least 300 feet B. at least 200 feet C. at least 100 feet D. at least 50 feet 4. When visibility is diminished, drivers use low-beams when: A. approaching an intersection or traffic island at night B. approaching a railroad crossing at night C. within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle D. within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle 5. When entering a roundabout, you must proceed: A. toward the left B. in a clockwise direction C. in a counter-clockwise direction D. in the opposite direction of traffic 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C
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THANKSGIVING
TURKEY TIME ALTERNATIVES
Students with dietary restrictions share how they adapt to a meat-centered Thanksgiving HANNAH GLAZIER, LAUREN REILLY // STORY
W
hen sophomore Mitch Korolev was just a middle schooler, he read a popular book on the way animals are treated titled, Chew On This. Ever since then, Korolev vowed to never eat meat again, in addition to observing kashrut, a set of Jewish dietary laws that regulate food consumption. With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, Korolev has to take into consideration all of his dietary restrictions in order to participate in eating traditional Thanksgiving food while being cautious as well. However, Korolev is not the only CHS student whose diet plays an important role in their Thanksgiving rituals. Many CHS students live with dietary restrictions, both self-imposed and hereditary. As Thanksgiving, a largely food oriented holiday, approaches students must alter their menus in order to stay true to the Thanksgiving essence while being mindful of their dietary restrictions. Korolev’s grandmother is neither Kosher nor a vegetarian, and when Korolev attends Thanksgiving at his grandma’s house, his family, who is not vegetarian but does follow kashrut, has to make an effort to bring their own dishes and make sure to ask which foods were made using ingredients labeled with the kosher symbol. Korolev said, “Holidays like Thanksgiving are definitely the hardest to avoid because there is just so much food and temptation, so at that point it’s just kind of your own will and how much you really want to do it.” Korolev said he encourages people who are kosher to look at the
NAVIGATING THANKSGIVING WITH DIETARY RESTRICTIONS Keep the side dishes vegetarian. Use lactosefree products recipes that call for dairy. Minimize the presence of flour and consider gluten-free alternatives.
symbol to make sure they know if the turkey is executed correctly. “Not many other families care what store to shop at or who they got the turkey from, whereas our family has to be a little more careful in order to keep kosher. Honestly it’s just finding different foods [to eat] that is the hardest part,” Korolev said. Senior Olivia Morfas, who was diagnosed with Celiac’s disease in 7th grade, said she also understands the extra effort Thanksgiving dinner requires. Morfas’s mom has to prepare gluten-free foods in order for her to enjoy Thanksgiving. “My first Thanksgiving was kind of tough because we were eating with my dad’s family who does not have celiac disease. We did not want to make a big deal out of it, so I could not eat pies or rolls, which
are my favorite. There were a lot of things that I missed.” “I did not feel left out, until desserts came around and then I felt like I was really missing out. Food is a social thing and it was kind of awkward to be the only one not partaking,” Morfas said. Nutrition and wellness teacher Sonya Brown said, there are many tricks to creating a vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free or any other eating preference and still be somewhat “traditional” in the items people prepare. For example she said via email, “Eating a Tofurkey instead of turkey or creating your desserts out of almond or coconut flour instead of all-purpose flour for who are gluten-intolerant.” “Always try to find a way to make things work. Maybe do not ask people to go out of their
Rise of Dietary Restrictions Percent of US Population that is Vegetarian
Make sure to offer at least one glutenfree, nut-free, and vegan dessert. A bowl of fresh fruit is always a safe option. HUFFINGTON POST // SOURCE
1970
1% 5%
2009 2014
13%
5 The 4 major dietary restrictions are: salt, sugar, carbohydrates, and dairy products
10
15
60 percent of Americans have dietary restrictions in at least one nutritional component
ADITYA BELAMKAR // GRAPHIC SEECALIFORNIA.COM, STARNEWSONLINE.COM // SOURCES
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THANKSGIVING
THE OTHER SIDE OF VEGETARIANISM: Senior Neil Shah eats a vegetarian lunch that includes a banana, chocolate milk, yogurt, and a peanut butter sandwich. Shah does not see being vegetarian as a barrier for him to have an enjoyable Thanksgiving since being vegetarian is part of his identity.
VISHNU VAID // PHOTO way, but I would say just prepare however, like junior Trenton “Beef ” something yourself, look up some Franklin, who hold the turkey recipes and try new things. eating tradition very close to their Senior Neil Shah said heart. Franklin said he enjoys meat he understands modified so much, he even prefers to be Thanksgiving menus because of his called “Beef.” religion, Jainism, which requires The Franklin family, who has vegetarianism as a part of its been traditionally known as a non-violent philosophy. group of meat lovers, has According to Shah, Jainism a Thanksgiving centered is based on five key pillars, around the smoked meats or key values that help they eat. According to DID YOU KNOW? dictate values of life. Franklin, they typically Shah’s Thanksgiving enjoy two smoked hams In 2014, 4 percent of men and meal omits all meat. and one smoked turkey. 7 percent of women in the He said, “I guess the “I see no reason to be a U.S. identified as vegetarians. premise of Thanksgiving vegetarian,” Franklin said. I In India, 31 percent of the is also just the family and see vegetarians and I think, population is considered friends aspect rather than ‘Wow what a horrible vegetarian. Vegetarians totaled just the food. We’ll always quality of life, because they 375 million in 2014. get our family and friends don’t have meats.’ Meats are together and we’ll do my favorite. I love meats.” EXPONET2015.ORG // SOURCE something either as simple The essence of Franklin’s as we all bring some type of Thanksgiving is largely food, whether it be Indian centered around meat, food or American food, anything in something Shah and Korolev both between, or we’ll just order pizza, live without. something like that, but it’s just the “It’s given me hearty poops and fact that we’re with friends and we bad gas, that’s how (meat eating) just spend that time together.” has affected me,” said Franklin. There are some students Regardless of modified
Thanksgiving restrictions students may face at CHS as a result of religion or other preferences, according to Brown, Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what you have rather than the food you cannot eat. “Thanksgiving should not be only about the food, “ Brown said. “But about celebrating all we have to be thankful for. The holiday should be more focused on why we are eating our favorite foods together and less about what we are eating.” For Shah, being vegetarian during Thanksgiving is not that much of a struggle because it is part of his identity, and he doesn’t see the lack of meat in his diet as an absence. “Do not focus so much on what you can’t have, focus on what you can have. Because regardless of all the yummy foods you can’t have, there is so much more you can have. Also, make Thanksgiving more about family than food.” Shah said, “I think the main [idea] of Thanksgiving is being thankful for what you have and then appreciating the fact that you’re H with friends and family.”
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STUDENT SECTION
CLUBS GIVING BACK
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ALINA HUSAIN // STORY KELSEY ATCHESON // PHOTOS
How is your club/team giving back to the community? “We did a service project for some elderly gentleman in Noblesville whose house was just in disarray. We sent all the football players and they spent six hours kind of getting everything in order. They made repairs, and they cleaned up the whole yard and did landscaping, and that’s one of the service projects that we’ve done. I think (volunteering is) a team-building thing. First of all, it’s the right thing to do; we’ve got a bunch of high school boys, and a girl, that need to learn the value of giving back to their community. The community’s been really good to us as a school and us as a football program so we’ve got to give back. And secondly, it helps us from a team-building perspective. We get to learn how to depend on each other and work together to accomplish a goal.”
Tackles Football Coach Brian Spilbeler
“So, for the holidays, we usually do a canned food drive since a lot of the shelters need a lot of food for the holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas and since a lot of the families can’t get that kind of stuff. We also just recently finished our coat drive because we want to help the Hamilton County kids and their families stay warm during the winter. We do a lot of work with the Monon Center, and Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation because they always need volunteers for their events so we partner with them a lot. And a lot of things (Key Club) does, (Key Club) gets from the community, and it’s just like events that (the community) needs help with; they just contact (Key Club), and (Key Club) can help them with that.”
Key Club president and junior Cynthia Cahya
“For Thanksgiving and November, we’re doing a fall festival for all the NHS members and the community where they can come out and celebrate fall and do different activities. There’ll be flag football and a scavenger hunt and apple bobbing and food, and it’s just going to be really fun. All the money we are raising is going to be donated to a charity called Second Helpings, which we wanted to do because it’s around the time of Thanksgiving, and they help the community by providing food, but it’s not just food. They also teach people how to work in the food industry so it’s like the same idea of if you get a man a fish then you feed him for a day, but if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime, so we really like that idea.”
NHS president and senior Alexandra (Alex) Isler
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FALL TO WINTER TRANSITION CLOTHING
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TASTEFUL TRANSITION
Tips on how to transition from fall to winter OLIVIA JACKO // STORY AND PHOTOS
Junior Remi Meeker
Sweater- Goodwill Shawl- American Eagle Necklace- Forever 21
<< I’d say my style is a mix of sporty, grunge, glam and retro. I switch up my layering by keeping key pieces like a white T-shirt or a button-up that can easily add extra warmth under sweaters and jackets, while still adding movement for the eye. My favorite trend for this fall is definitely a little shawl or poncho to throw over my sweaters.
Shirt- H&M Jacket- American Eagle
Bandana- vintage Top- H&M Jeans- Lucky Jeans Boots- ZARA
Senior Hannah Morrolf
Senior Caroline Owens
<< My style is very unique, I always try to put together things that other people wouldn’t think of. For fall and winter, layering is essential. My favorite look is the sweaters over dresses style, and massive scarves to bundle up in! I’m currently digging the ‘70s vibe that was all over fall runways, from Chloè to Altuzarra. Bell bottoms and turtlenecks will be my staple pieces this (season).
(My style is) a mix of preppy and ^^girly. I love vests for the winter and cute utility jackets. Both items, you can just throw over an outfit, and they look cute and keep you warm! A favorite fall style for me in general is layering of collared shirts and cardigans or jackets. Mixing the patterns and colors of clothing items can add personality to an outfit. It also adds flavor to a cold winter.
rethinking diabetes Type 1 diabetes is often overlooked and misunderstood, even though it affects 1.25 million Americans, according to the American Diabetes Association. By Jessica Mo
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iabetes may seem like an issue high school students don’t need to worry about being diagnosed with for at least a couple of decades. While the disease affects 29.1 million people in the United States, according to a 2014 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, the International Diabetes Federation found that the largest population of diabetics are 40 to 59 years old, more than two decades older than the typical high school senior. But for sophomore Brooke Eckl, the disease has already become part of her everyday life in the form of Type 1 diabetes.
Despite awareness campaigns— November is American Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day is tomorrow—Eckl said society still possesses deep misunderstandings about Type 1 diabetes due to its relative rarity in comparison to Type 2 diabetes. “Type 2 is becoming a lot more common...so we’re becoming more aware of that,” she said. “But then (people) automatically stereotype
you like, ‘You can’t eat sugar because you have diabetes Type 2, because you’re obese.’ And I’m like, ‘Not really. Not really.’” Sarah Gillim, Principles of Biomedical Sciences teacher, said many people can’t tell the variants of diabetes apart. “I think people get confused about the difference between Type 1 and Type 2. In Type 2, we know that lifestyle issues are very important
DEALING WITH DIABETES: Brooke Eckl, Type 1 diabetic and sophomore, uses an insulin pump to regulate her blood glucose levels. Eckl said she has used an insulin pump for approximately eight years. SARAH LIU // PHOTO
(risk factors), whereas in Type 1 diabetes, the person has no personal responsibility for what happens at all. It’s the cards they were dealt. It’s (caused by) a very particular genetic makeup and perhaps something they were exposed to at one point, but they have no control over that.” Type 1 diabetes is usually an autoimmune disorder, in which the person’s own immune cells attack beta cells in the pancreas,” she said. “Those are the cells that make insulin, so those cells get destroyed and the person’s pancreas can no longer make insulin. Type 2 is more commonly seen in adults. It’s basically a result of insulin resistance, so cells don’t respond properly to insulin.” Type 2 diabetes is typically treated through diet, exercise and sometimes oral medications. According to Gillim, some Type 2 diabetics may need lifelong insulin infusions if beta cells “burn out” after working in overdrive to make up for insulin resistance. On the other hand, Type 1 diabetics require insulin for the rest of their lives, as their pancreases don’t produce enough. However, the insulin doesn’t have to come in the form of injections. “Sometimes people will think that you always have to give shots and (use) needles,” Eckl said. “People automatically have that in their brains.” Eckl now uses an insulin pump, but when she was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 7, she injected herself with insulin after every meal. Even then, she said she felt uncomfortable in public. Others didn’t understand what she was doing.
“People just stare at you. I remember I was once at Disney World and I was giving myself a shot. Some police officer came up to me and was like, ‘What are you doing?’ And I was like, ‘Um, I have diabetes,’” she said. “I felt really awkward just sitting there with my dad. Doing it in public was kind of weird; I’d rather do it at my house or do it in a bathroom.” She said switching to a pump, a pager-sized device that directly infuses preloaded insulin into the body through changeable plastic tubing, allowed for greater convenience and privacy. Now, she keeps track of all the carbohydrates she eats and programs the pump to provide the correct amount of insulin to keep her blood sugar regulated. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), insulin pumps supply “basal” insulin continuously and add “bolus” amounts for mealtimes, when blood sugar levels increase. Even though using the pump is more discrete than injecting herself, Eckl said many people will still misinterpret what the pump is for.
“I wear my pump on my side, so people will always stare at it,” she said. “It’s kind of funny because they’re always looking at it weirdly, and I’m like, ‘Nope, it’s okay.’ I get really weird comments like, ‘Is that a wallet?’ because I used to wear a little pouch. (People would ask me,) ‘Is that a pedometer? Is that a pacemaker?’” Like Eckl, all registered diabetics at CHS have Type 1, according to school nurses Rachel Basey and Julie Beihold. Basey said most of them selfmanage using insulin pumps. As a result, the health center now sees fewer diabetic students for insulinrelated reasons. But even though CHS’s diabetics visit the nurse infrequently, improperly managing blood sugar can still be potentially life-threatening. “If I don’t give myself enough insulin, I can run high, which then is not good because my body has too much sugar, and I start feeling really sick. I get really thirsty or get a really weak feeling,” Eckl said. “A lot of people have (diabetes), so (others are) like, ‘Oh, it’s not that bad.’ But it could kill you if you don’t care of it. If
INSULIN PUMPS
KATIE LONG // GRAPHIC DIABETES. ORG // SOURCE
Insulin pumps are computerized devices used mostly by Type I diabetics to manage their blood sugar levels The catheter is inserted through the skin and into the fatty tissue with the help of a small needle. It is then taped into place. Doses of insulin are delivered through a catheter, a plastic tube.
Pumps can strap onto areas of clothing such as waistbands and pockets. Insulin pumps deliver insulin in two ways: 1. Insulin pumps deliver basal insulin continuously for 24 hours to keep blood glucose levels in a specific range between meals and overnight.
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2. During a meal, insulin pump users take a bolus of insulin , or an additional measure of insulin, to cover the carbohydrate in each meal or snack. Users may also take a bolus to treat high blood sugar levels.
your blood sugar gets too high or too low, you could go into a coma. That’s very scary. There’s a thin line between being regulated or not.” Basey said having diabetes puts patients at risk for a host of complications in the future. “In the long term, you can lose extremities (and) digits. You can impact your kidneys. You can have a loose sensation in your fingers and your toes, and it makes you more prone to injuries you don’t feel.” If your blood sugar gets really low, you can have a seizure and go unconscious, in which case someone else would have to treat you with sugar. That could be lifethreatening if you were by yourself,” Basey said. “And if you get really high (on glucose) and don’t manage your symptoms, you could have something called D.K.A., diabetic ketoacidosis, that you usually have to be hospitalized (for in order) to get your blood sugar down. If it goes untreated it can cause swelling in your brain.” According to Mayo Clinic, diabetics have an increased risk of cataracts and blindness resulting from retinopathy, a condition in which the eye grows poorly formed blood vessels to replace blocked ones. On the brighter side, carefully controlling blood sugar dramatically decreases the risks of a complication. But aside from monitoring glucose levels, there is also an emotional side to being diagnosed with diabetes. “My Type 1 just came out of the blue...as a kid, I was very scared when I first got diagnosed,” Eckl said. “I was a needle-phobic. I was so scared of needles. I remember one time when I was 4 years old, I had to get my blood drawn...I kept running around the room saying, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ Four of the nurses had to hold me down to get a shot, so (when she found out I had Type 1), my mom was like, ‘No. Not her. She can’t have this.’” Type 1 diabetes has also been linked to Celiac disease, another
DEALING WITH DIABETES: School nurse Rachel Basey works at her computer in her office. According to Basey, many diabetic students at CHS self-manage because they use insulin pumps. SARA YUNG // PHOTO
autoimmune disorder characterized by gluten intolerance. Eckl has the disease and as a result cannot consume gluten. However, she said some people think diabetics have to avoid all carbohydrates—an
obviously untrue statement because some diabetics need a readily available source of sugar in case of low blood glucose, according to Gillim. “Usually (people are) like, ‘You can’t eat sugar,’ or like, ‘You can’t eat certain foods,’” Eckl said. However, according to her, there actually isn’t
DISTINGUISHED DIABETICS These prominent figures all have or had Type I diabetes
JAY CUTLER
Chicago Bears Quarterback
NICK JONAS
Singer/Songwriter
SONIA SOTOMAYOR Supreme Court Justice
VICTOR GARBER Actor and Singer
VANESSA WILLIAMS First African American Miss America
KATIE LONG // GRAPHIC ESPN.GO.COM, EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG, COMMONS.M.WIKIMEDIA.ORG // SOURCE
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LIFE WITH DIABETES: Brooke Eckl (center), Type I diabetic and sophomore, plays flute in a marching band rehearsal. Despite some beliefs that diabetics cannot lead very active lifestyles, physical activity can have a positive impact on glucose levels, and Eckl said she just has to accommodate her needs. SARAH LIU // PHOTO
COMPARING THE TYPES Though there are some similarities between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, there are also many differences.
BOTH MANAGEABLE CAN DEVELOP AT ANY AGE
TYPE 1
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TYPE 2
CANNOT MAKE ENOUGH INSULIN
CANNOT USE INSULIN PROPERLY
NO KNOWN PREVENTION
CAN BE PREVENTED
RISK FACTORS: AUTOIMMUNE ENVIRONMENT GENETICS
RISK FACTORS: ETHNICITY FAMILY HISTORY OBESITY OLDER AGE PHYSICAL INACTIVITY CDC.GOV // SOURCE
an upper limit to how much sugar she can eat—the catch is, she has to read the Nutrition Facts label, count the carbohydrates and plug the numbers into her pump. But even without a ceiling for carbohydrate consumption, she said she doesn’t go overboard with the sugar. “I probably could have five cans of soda...when I first got diagnosed, the doctor was telling (my mom), ‘Oh, nope, (your daughter’s) fine. She can have as much sugar as she wants,’” Eckl said. “Certain people have different limits. Certain diabetics can only have 200 carbs a day or 15 carbs a meal, but mine’s more free reign, where I can do whatever I want and just watch my limits. I had to make it a part of my lifestyle...I have to stay healthy. When we were little, a lot of my friends were eating a bunch
of candy and cake. I kind of felt left out,” Eckl said. “I could eat those things, but I had to give myself a shot for it. Doing that out in public is kind of embarrassing. I had to limit myself on some of those things, which was a little unusual.” Even though diabetics must be more aware of how they feel and what they eat, Basey said having diabetes doesn’t impose any large limits on them. “People are surprised when (Type 1 diabetics are) athletes, or when they’re in a lot of activities that require a lot of physical action,” she said. “The diabetes doesn’t keep them from doing anything. It may just require adjusting how they manage. If you were going to run a marathon, you would just have to be more cognizant of food and your blood sugar than a (non-diabetic) person.”
MATTHEW HAN // GRAPHIC CDC.GOV, IDF.ORG // SOURCES
Eckl now participates in marching band. She also played soccer in elementary and middle school. According to her, being an athlete simply meant modifying her schedule. “I would just adapt how I acted,” she said. “I had to eat food for my games so my blood sugar wouldn’t drop low. I had to make different accommodations.” In fact, Gillim said making lifestyle changes in order to manage Type 1 diabetes can even make students more responsible. “It’s kind of shocking for the kid to have to deal with (diabetes), but I’ve known plenty of students that handle it very well,” she said. “In some ways, I think (diabetes is) something they learn to handle, and that’s a type of responsibility that other kids don’t have to face, so it matures them a little more quickly than other kids their age.” Even though many misconceptions persist about the disease, especially its Type 1 variant, Eckl said the situation is improving through teaching students about diabetes in science and health classes and donating to organizations such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the ADA in hopes of finding a cure. “I feel like (people would stop staring if they were more educated). (Diabetes) is more common (now). More people are more aware of it,” she said. “But before, people, especially younger people, would look at me weirdly, like, ‘What are you doing?’” Most of all, Eckl emphasized people shouldn’t jump to conclusions. “A lot of people, when I first meet them, have a stereotype in their mind about how diabetics are. But then once they get to know me, they realize that I’m not much different (from them),” she said. “Research it. Know about it before you make the judgment. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Even though I say I have diabetes, there’s a deeper meaning to it. It’s not just about blood sugar. It’s H part of who I am.”
DIABETIC NOVEMBER November is American Diabetes Month. Nov. 14 is World Diabetes Day and also the birthday of Fredrick Banting, the discoverer of insulin. 86 million Americans have prediabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes
Roughly 95% of people with diabetes have Type 2 while 5% have Type 1 The universal symbol of diabetes is a blue ring.
The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total national cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is $245 billion.
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DIABETES
MYTHS
TRUTHS
DIABETES IS NOT A VERY SERIOUS DISEASE
Diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. Having diabetes nearly doubles your chance of having a heart attack. IF YOU HAVE DIABETES, YOU CAN’T LEAD AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
IF YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE YOU WILL GET TYPE 2 DIABETES
Being overweight is a risk factor for developing this disease, but other risk factors such as family history, ethnicity and age also play a role. INJECTING INSULIN IS VERY, VERY PAINFUL
EATING TOO MUCH SUGAR CAUSES DIABETES
Many long-term studies have shown the positive impact regular physical activity has on lowering glucose.
If you use proper technique, injecting insulin should be virtually painless. Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics and unknown factors that trigger the onset of the disease. Type 2 diabetes is caused by genetics and lifestyle factors.
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H O L I DAY S P E C TAC U L A R
A MEMORABLE SHOW
CHS Choirs to perform in upcoming ‘Holiday Spectacular’ JESSICA MO // STORY
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hs choirs will perform evening and afternoon matinee showings of their annual Holiday Spectacular show in the auditorium from Dec. 2 to 6. According to Emily Urbanski, Ambassadors member and senior, Holiday Spectacular will revolve around holiday music, dance numbers, choral pieces and mass numbers, in which multiple groups perform together on stage. Choir director Kathrine Kouns said this year’s show, titled “Somewhere in My Memory,” will feature recollections from several past holidays. “The whole show is a walk down memory lane of the holidays gone by; things like memories of playing in the snow, memories of ice skating, memories of decorating trees, or memories of being with family,” Kouns said. “Then there are other aspects of it, including memories
of religious services, candlelight, Hanukkah, or just loved ones.” In addition to the main performance, Kouns said students will sing Christmas carols in the lobby prior to the start of the show and during intermission. Urbanski said this year’s Holiday Spectacular sets itself apart from previous years’ shows due to the choirs’ level of preparedness. “I feel like this year we’re really taking it above it and beyond to make it so that the students want to come out and the community wants to see it,” she said. Kouns said planning for this year’s show began during last year’s performance. The directors finalized the music last spring and shopped for costumes as early as June. Students received music immediately after their fall concert in September and will rehearse for about seven weeks. Aside from new music, costumes
HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR SHOW DATES Dale E. Graham Auditorium
DEC. 2, 3, 4 7 to 9:30 p.m.
DEC. 5, 6 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at ticketracker.com KATHRINE KOUNS // SOURCE
and choreography, Kouns said the production will also involve new technical elements and the new acapella group, Select Sound. New Edition, a recently reformed group with only sophomore members, will also perform. Matthew Moon, Select Sound and New Edition member and sophomore, said New Edition’s choreographed piece is “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.” Select Sound will sing a Pentatonix arrangement of “Let It Go.” According to Moon, December’s show will feature a significantly higher amount of mass numbers than last year. Kouns said mass numbers were usually lined up at the opening or close of the show. Urbanski said the mass numbers presented the biggest challenge while preparing. However, she said executing the songs well was also very rewarding. “Getting 550 students to
A Trip Down Memory Lane: “Holiday Spectacular” Over the Years 2013
2014
“Grinch Medley” “Be Our Guest” “A Christmas Song Melody” “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” Theme: None
“Got My Love” “Winter Weather” “What Sweeter Music” “Joy, Joy, Joy to the World” Theme: The Gifts of the Holiday
2015 “O Holy Night” “Somewhere in My Memory” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” Theme: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Many different people are involved in Holiday Spectacular 450 performers 25 technical theatre students 30 instrumentalists 3 directors 8 choreographers 516 total
KATHRINE KOUNS, EMILY URBANSKI // SOURCE ADITYA BELAMKAR // GRAPHIC
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stand there, sing together, breathe together and cut off together (is the hardest part about Holiday Spectacular),” she said. “It’s crazy, but the moment that you get it is just this magical moment. You get so excited.” For her part, Kouns said the most difficult aspect of preparing the entire show was making the show interesting. “I mean, the fact of the matter is it’s still a holiday show, although there’s fabulous holiday music out there,” she said. “But there are only so many different ways that you can do things. Making it fresh and new and exciting, not only for the audience but also particularly for the students, who have to spend two months learning all that music. (It) is a challenge every year. But it’s one we’re up for. As much as sometimes (holiday) music is repeated year after year, there’s also a kind of nostalgia that comes with hearing those old songs again. It just really brings you back to your memories from when you were younger.”
DID YOU KNOW? There are three directors, 30 instrumentalists, contributions from eight choreographers, and over 1,000 costumes involved in the production of Holiday Spectacular. KATHRINE KOUNS // SOURCE
According to Moon, the amount of commitment choir members devote to the show’s music distinguishes it from other choir concerts. “What makes Holiday Spec so different is just the amount of time you spend there. You have more performances, (and) you have a lot more rehearsal,” he said. “It’s
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Christmas music instead of normal music, and everyone in choir loves Christmas music.” Urbanski said watching the choir improve adds to the appeal of Holiday Spectacular. “From a performer’s standpoint, seeing groups bust out and work hard for it because everybody loves Holiday Spec and it’s our big show. Seeing the growth from our first concert to now and how much effort people are willing to put in to succeed in their show like that (is the most interesting part),” she said. Urbanski also said her favorite part about the show is watching other groups perform in between the numbers. “Everybody just bonds and you really solidify your friendships,” she said. “I think it’s really great because you’re in a place where you have a common connection of performing, and you all have fun, happy adrenaline running through you. Everybody just wants to hang out with everyone. It’s really nice getting to watch everyone and
JUST DANCE: Ambassador and senior Emily Urbanski practices choreography for Holiday Spectacular. According to her, the choirs have been preparing for the show since October.
support each other.” Moon said the time period around the show is an exciting time of year for not only him, but also other choir members. “Holiday Spec is what defines the holiday season for the choir kids,” he said. “There are spirit days during rehearsal. It’s really fun and you get to spend so much time with all your friends in choir. It’s just a great time of year.” According to Kouns, Holiday Spectacular sets the mood for the rest of the holiday season. “With it being the very beginning of December, I think it really is like the kickoff to the holiday season for a lot of people,” she said. “It just really makes you feel like it’s finally the season, seeing the audience embrace the feeling of the holidays and seeing how our students can give back to all of them, this kind of gift for the season. I just really enjoy the atmosphere and the air...just kind of that excitement of, ‘Here it is. It’s the holiday season.’” H
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M O C K I N G J A Y, P A R T 2
LESS TRIBUTE FOR ‘THE HUNGER GAMES’ CHS students muse upon the potential success of the last movie in the series NYSSA QIAO // STORY CREATIVE COMMONS // PHOTO
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he final movie in Lionsgate’s fourpart film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling trilogy, The Hunger Games, comes out in theaters on Nov. 20. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2” concludes the popular series, which has made itself known as one of the biggest film franchises of the decade. Sophomore Madison Judson said she is a fan of both the novels and the films. “I liked how (‘The Hunger Games’) were always adventurous, and I was always on the edge of my seat, even with the books,” Judson said. “I was so into it; I would read it every second of the day, every time I got a chance.” The first two movies in “The Hunger Games” franchise both earned more than $400 million. However, “Mockingjay, Part 1” only grossed $337.1 million last year, a number that, while large, is still considerably lower than the amount of the first two films combined. The reason for that drop-off,
according to business teacher Pete Smith, may be that the producers of the film tried to put the films too close together. “I think sequels a lot of the time come out too quickly with a lacking plot,” Smith said. “(Producers) just want to try to see if they can buy in on the fact that you loved the characters and I think that’s why a lot of sequels fail. What I found is that the first sequel is usually right there with the original and then after that, it just drops.” On its opening weekend, “The Hunger Games” had total ticket sales of $152 million, and “Catching Fire” had sales of $158 million. By the time “Mockingjay, Part 1” was released, ticket sales showed a decrease of $36.2 million in its opening weekend. “I think there’s a perception out there of people that sequels won’t do as well, so people don’t go see it,” Smith said. “It’s like, ‘How can it be any better than last time? So I’m not going to go see it.’” Additionally, advertising for later
MOCKINGJAY According to Tim O’Brien, designer of the Mockingjay symbol, it represents Katniss’s strength and beauty. HUNGER GAMES WIKI // SOURCE
films in the series has been reduced since the first movie. The New York Times reports that Lionsgate spent about $50 million to market “Mockingjay, Part 1” in the United States and Canada, while other major Hollywood studios routinely spend about $100 million on advertising movies. “I remember when (‘the Hunger Games’) first came out. Everybody watched the trailers; everybody saw everything. They were all over theaters,” Judson said. “There were so many posters and things, and now advertising has decreased a lot.” However, Judson said she still plans to watch “Mockingjay, Part 2.” She said she anticipates the final film will do well. Judson said, “(This movie) will be the last one, so it’ll probably be more popular than the two that were in between because people will want to know the end result.” H
SPEAK UP!
SARA YUNG // PHOTO
What are your expectations for “Mockingjay, Part 2?” “The last ‘Mockingjay’ part 1 was so-so. I did like the first movie and the second movie though. I hope it’ll be a lot better, and I expect it to be better and not go downhill from the last movies.”
Freshman Larry Pittman
“I expect to be exceptionally disappointed. I personally felt like ‘Mockingjay’ was really contrived, and it felt like (the author) rushed. I feel like she started with one goal in mind and ended up somewhere else.”
English teacher Eugenie Baum
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Who is in “Mockingjay?” Here are the main characters in the movie and some information about them Katniss Everdeen
Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist. Her entry into the Hunger Games began with her volunteering to take her younger sister’s place. Katniss is played by Jennifer Lawrence.
Peeta Mellark
Haymitch Abernathy
Peeta Mellark is the male tribute alongside Katniss from District 12. His character, who is a baker and painter, is played by Josh Hutcherson.
Haymitch Abernathy is Katniss’s and Peeta’s mentor for the Hunger Games. He turns to drinking after his Hunger Games victory. His character is played by Woody Harrelson.
Coriolanus Snow
Alma Coin
Coriolanus Snow is the president of Panem and head of the Hunger Games. He is ruthless, tyrannical and antagonistic. His character is played by Donald Sutherland.
Alma Coin is the leader of District 13 and the rebellion against The Capitol. She is intelligent, power-hungry and arrogant. Her character is played by Julianne Moore.
Gross Box Office Income The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
$200 million
$400 million
$600 million
DID YOU KNOW? On Feb, 6, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer revealed there might be a potential fifth film in the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise. The sequel to the series is expected to go into greater detail about Katniss and Peeta’s relationship, and release in 2016 or 2017. IMDB // SOURCE
$800 million READ INTO IT: Sophomore Madison Judson holds a special edition copy of ‘Mockingjay’. She said she plans to watch the movie in theaters when it is released. DIVYA ANNAMALAI // PHOTO
37.4% of all profits for “The Hunger Games” came from opening weekend.
37.2% of all profits for “Catching Fire” came from opening weekend.
ADITYA BELAMKAR // GRAPHIC HUNGER GAMES WIKI, BOX OFFICE MOJO // SOURCES
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MARCHING BAND
MARCHING IN HARMONY
Marching band attempts to reclaim first at Bands of America Grand National Championship KALEA MIAO // STORY
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p on the podium, Abby Zetzl, drum major and senior, conducts the band with her fellow drum majors, knowing 273 band members rely on her. The band members move to one of their 120 memorized spots on the field, watching Zetzl to stay in time. Originally marching on the field, Zetzl said she remembers the band’s previous victory at the Bands of America (BOA) Grand National Championships in 2012, her freshman year. Despite the band placing second in 2013 and fourth in 2014, it is still in high spirits to present their show “Nine Lives” at Lucas Oil Stadium from Nov. 11 through tomorrow. “It’s been really cool to see how [our show] has progressed,” Zetzl said. “And being able to see some of the younger members just really improve quite rapidly.” According to Ashlie Sass, color guard member and senior, little has changed from 2012, aside from the show theme. The group still focuses on doing difficult drills and playing hard music in preparation for the show. Sass said there is a constant upward trend in the group. “There’s more pressure every year,
but it’s not for the win,” said Sass. “It’s for your personal best show.” Chris Kreke, CHS marching band director, shares the same sentiments. According to Kreke, the band’s goal is to continuously improve throughout the year and have the best show they can at the Grand National Championships, rather than replicating their previous victories in 2005 and 2012. “We can’t control what other people are doing. We can’t control the judging aspect of it, but what we can control is what we put out,” Kreke said. Yesterday the band competed in the preliminary rounds of the BOA Grand National Championships with 97 other bands, and will continue to compete today. Then, 35 bands from that group will advance to the semi-finals tomorrow. Only 12 of those bands will compete for the Grand National Championships later that night. As the competition date nears, the group continues to work towards perfection and fine-tuning their performance. With a packed schedule of 11 hours of practice over the span of four days a week and an all-day competition nearly every Saturday, Alex Bublick, center
CARRYING THE TUNE The marching band competes and performs at events starting in late August and finishing in mid-November. Here, we take a look at what goes into a performance. SELENA QIAN // GRAPHIC CHRIS KREKE // SOURCE
STAGES OF BANDS OF AMERICA GRAND NATIONAL COMPETITION From Nov. 11 until tomorrow, bands compete for the title of Grand National Champion.
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Champion band is named the Grand Champion based on a 100-point judging scale.
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“I don’t have words to describe what it’s like to stand on the field and have 20,000 people screaming for you and wanting to see what you put on that field. That itself is an incredible experience.” Senior Abby Zetzl
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KYLE CRAWFORD // PHOTO snare and senior, acknowledges the difficulty of being in the band, but also the benefits that follow. “It can be stressful at times, but we’re always getting better at practice,” Bublick said. “It’s made me a harder worker and a stronger person.” According to Kreke, the dedication from the band members is a main factor to the marching band’s achievements. “There’s a long standing tradition of this group having really excellent performances and working very hard to make that happen,” Kreke said. “They try to make themselves
the best at this activity, and it usually works out pretty well for us.” With improvement being the band’s main goal, the results from the championship become somewhat trivial, according to Sass. For her, the priority is to finish with a great performance. She said the main objective is to perform the best show possible. “Finishing [my senior year] out with a win would be great,” Sass said, “but I remember last year, after we performed, it was the best show I’d ever done. I just want that again this year.” Similarly, as Zetzl completes her
To each performance, the band brings
CONDUCTING CHORDS: Abby Zetzl, drum major and senior, conducts the CHS marching band at the Taste of the TrucksCommunity Night. The Greyhounds performed their show “Nine Lives” in preparation for the Bands of America (BOA) Grand National Championships.
senior year as drum major for the band, regardless of the results at the championships, she said she has gained a lot by just being involved with the program. Zetzl said she has gained many leadership skills, such as responsibility and teamwork, but has also learned what family truly means to her. “(Marching band) taught me that family isn’t always the people you’re related to,” Zetzl said. “I wouldn’t be who I am without them, and I can’t imagine high school without marching band. I wouldn’t trade it H for the world.”
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DASH FOR THE TURKEY
Students to run in Drumstick Dash for charity on Thanksgiving morning AMY ZHOU // STORY
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n nov. 26, there will be an estimated 16, 750 runners that will line up together in Indianapolis to run the annual Drumstick Dash. At this 13th anniversary run, the Drumstick Dash will entail three separate races: a 4.6 mile competitive run/walk and a 2.5 mile fun run/ walk for a $28 registration fee plus a “lil’ gobbler’s” run at no cost. Sophomore Jaanvi Bisariya plans on running one of the three races scheduled on Thanksgiving for her first charity run. Bisariya said, “I like running for the people and it feels great that I can do something for someone.” The run will begin at Broad Ripple High School at 9 a.m. This year, the run will bring back the “special turkey hats.” Runners who collect these hats along the course may keep the hats as souvenirs. Furthermore, there will be a 6-foot tall turkey. The first runner to catch the turkey will win a prize. According to Wheeler Mission, the organization that hosts the annual event, more people are choosing to spend Thanksgiving morning
SHREERAM THIRU // PHOTO running through the streets of Indianapolis than staying at home and enjoying time with family. Although Bisariya’s family will not be running with her, she said her parents support her and are proud of her decision for a simple reason. “I like running and it’s a good Course Water Station Parking
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SPRINTING SPIRIT: Sophomore Jaanvi Bisariya trains at Lawrence W. Inlow Park for the Drumstick Dash. Bisariya said that she is excited to run in the Drumstick Dash which will take place on Thanksgiving Day.
cause,” she said. “Even though it’s on Thanksgiving, that doesn’t really bother me. I want to do a diabetes run, a breast cancer run and an ALS run, so I just thought starting with the Drumstick Dash would be a good experience.” Bisariya’s thoughts are backed by Steve Kerr, Drumstick Dash founder and director. He said that every penny the Drumstick Dash makes goes to providing shelter and feeding the homeless. “You get to spend great quality time with family, you get to burn off enough calories for a free slice of pumpkin pie and most significantly you get to help the homeless,” Kerr said. “Most people don’t realize that Thanksgiving is the most popular day for running events, and I think our community in central Indiana really cares about the homeless.” H
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Entertainment Briefs On Tuesday, the much-anticipated video game “Star Wars Battlefront” will be released on the Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC platforms. This is a new game by a different company, DICE, following the Battlefront series that began in 2004. It is a firstperson shooter set inside the Star Wars universe, allowing players to fight in key battles set across all of the locations they know from the movies. FORBES // SOURCE
“I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE SORT OF AMAZED AT JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL IT REALLY LOOKS. SOME OF THE ARTISTS ON THE SERIES HAVE, IN FACT, WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL MOVIES.” CHS’s Fall Production will be a comedic adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller, “The 39 Steps.” SHOWINGS: TOADY AT 7 P.M. TOMORROW AT 2 P.M. AND 7 P.M.
- NANCY KANTER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING ON “THE LION GUARD,” A TELEVISION SERIES BASED ON “THE LION KING.” THE TV SHOW WILL AIR ON NOV. 22. DISNEY // SOURCE
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Upcoming Albums Artist
Album
One Direction Justin Bieber Alessia Cara
“Made in the A.M.” “Purpose” “Know-It-All”
Nov. 20
Adele Roger Waters
“25” “The Wall”
Nov. 27
Chris Brown Pope Francis
“Royalty” “Wake Up”
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“Hello” she’s back! The last time Adele appeared on Saturday Night Live was in 2008, when she debuted “Chasing Pavements” from her album, “19.” Now, seven years later, she is planning to appear again on stage. On Nov. 21, one day after the release of her album, “25,” Adele will make her return to the stage of 30 Rock. Joining her will be Matthew McConaughey, who will host the show. VIBE, DAILYMAIL // SOURCE
SPORTS
NOV 13, 2015
FA N TA SY FO OT B A L L
FANTASTIC FANTASIES
CHS students, teachers participate in fantasy football leagues with different traditions ADAM GOSTOMELSKY // STORY
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antasy football is a 2 billion dollar industry that has—and continues to—rapidly grow. CHS students and teachers are among over 56.8 million players in the growing cult of fantasy sports. “I like participating (in fantasy football), because it is something competitive that is fun in the moment but in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t really matter, but you get that rivalry between friends, and in my case, some enemies, along with that financial incentive,” junior Ryan Woock said. “It’s something that can apply to a lot
of things. You can do it with friends, family, coworkers; Its popularity can be attested to the fact that if you are neutral, it gives you something to get excited about every Sunday.” Fantasy football offers a wide variety of ways to play—something that Woock takes full advantage of in his league. His league does an offline, or live, draft hosted at a league member’s house. With 12 players, or owners, the entry fee is $30. That is used to pay for the massive amount of wings that are consumed during the five hour event. The rest is divided up between that year’s top teams, with the
A REALISTIC FANTASY Fantasy football is growing to be one of the largest businesses in sports. With the booming number of people playing each year, millions of dollars are brought in by revenue. Teens are among one of the growing population of players.
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FIRST FANTASY It began November 1962 by Wilfred Winkenbach, a partner of the Oakland Raiders. The league was the “Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League”.
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MONEY MILESTONES
As of 2015, $70 billion is made in revenue from Fantasy Football
Daily Fantasy $257
Traditional Fantasy $162 $60
$5 2015
2012
2015
2012
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56.8 million 41.5 million
FANTASY COMMUNITY
As of 2015, 18% of players are teens due to its social nature.
35.9 million 32 million 28.4 million
3.5 million kids play fantasy sports in the USA 66% of players are men older than 18 in the USA
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34% of players are women older than 18 in the USA
winner taking home the most cash. The draft itself is an intense battle of football knowledge and wits between the team owners. “There are those who arrive early and research, and there are those that arrive late with little research and go off the basic ESPN rankings. The first four rounds, everybody is just grilling each other’s picks and it’s very confrontational and explicit, almost like structured chaos. After about round eight or nine, it becomes a free for all where it’s like whatever sticker you can stick on the big board, that’s who you get,” Woock said.
TOP CITIES FOR FANTASY FOOTBALL 1 Green Bay, MI
2 3
Cincinnati, OH Minneapolis, MN
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Indianapolis, IN
5
Kansas City, KS
(1 in 33 people play)
TOP FANTASY FOOTBALL SITES DraftKings FanDuel ESPN Fantasy Yahoo Sports NFL Fantasy
FTSA.ORG, TIME.COM // SOURCE
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While his league is creative, math teacher Matthew Wernke created a parody of the traditional fantasy football league called Fantasy2 Football. He launched it when he realized that he no longer had time to fully participate in the CHS math department’s annual fantasy football league. “I have a very obsessive, compulsive personality (so) where when I start something, I can’t get it off my mind, so I would sink every moment into fantasy football,” Wernke said. In Fantasy2, instead of drafting NFL players, Wernke and the other league members, drafted the team owners in the math department’s league, were scored based on their owner’s team’s performance. Although fantasy football is scored off the players’ performance, or even team owner’s performances, it is really about the people in the league. As well as his new Fantasy2 league, Wernke’s league has other interesting quirks that make it different. “We decided it would be fun to see how much work we could get Diamente to do for us. She would always give us the scores and give us markers, rulers, whatever we needed,” Wernke said. “We made it a rule one year that the last person picked had to be Diamente. We even created a rule one year where if you had Diamente on your team, you couldn’t play her because we enjoyed watching her get mad at us because no one thought she was any good.” Woock’s league contains 12 people, all coming from different places. Some attend CHS, however most attend other schools such as Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and Park Tudor High School.
MIKE JOHNSON // PHOTO TURN UP FOR TOUCHDOWNS: Ryan Woock, fantasy football player and junior, roots for his players in the Bengals vs. Browns game. Woock said he enjoys the rivalry that characterizes fantasy football. In both his 16-team league and his 12-team league, Woock leads in wins. In the next couple weeks, Woock said he will be preparing for the playoffs.
BY THE NUMBERS 1.6 Billion
dollars are spent on fantasy football per year
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Perhaps the most unusual though is Doug Talbert, a league member who is currently living in Switzerland. Woock said although he lives halfway around the world, he is still active in the group text message, and he even participated in the league’s live draft via FaceTime, even though it was approximately 3:30 a.m. in Switzerland. Although there is a financial reward in Woock’s league, there is also a bigger prize at hand: the league trophy. In Wernke’s league, his handmade trophy, is a wooden plaque in the shape of the NFL logo with math symbols instead of the stars and “CHS” instead of “NFL.” Woock’s league’s trophy is a little more symbolic. A Luke Donald, professional golfer, signed golf ball sitting on top of a Lime-A-Rita bottle is given to the winner of his fantasy football league.
$1.67 B
The Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s 2015 research revealed the money spent on fantasy annually is worth more than some NFL teams. Atlanta Falcons
$1.59 B
MN
$1.56 B
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“We really like to mess with [league member] Trace Arbuckle a lot, and one of the things he gets really upset about is when we touch his Luke Donald ball, and the LimeA-Rita represents the poor overall lack of discipline that our members embody,” Woock said. However, money and trophies aren’t what drives fantasy football participants like Woock and Wernke. It’s something far more valuable: bragging rights. Woock said, “That feeling of satisfaction you get when you beat someone or when people doubt you and you still win—like when Trace issues power rankings every week and I start in last and now I’m in first—the amount of satisfaction that I get from proving him wrong H is unmeasurable.”
Teams worth the least $1.54 B
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$1.53 B $1.53 B KC
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Vikings Panthers Cardinals Chiefs Chargers
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Oakland Raiders $1.43 B Buffalo Bills
$1.4 B
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XC REGIONALS
RACING TO REGIONALS
Select members of the CHS cross-country team will compete in Nike Midwest Regionals this Sunday ALINA HUSSAIN // STORY
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his sunday, both the men’s and women’s cross-country teams will travel to Terre Haute for the Nike Cross Country Midwest Regionals. The top seven runners from both teams will compete in Sunday’s meet, battling cross-country clubs from all across Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Missouri. The top two men’s and women’s teams, in addition to the top five runners in both races, will advance to the Nike Cross Country National Competition on Dec. 5 in Portland, OR. If the teams move forward after the regional competition, it will be the women’s sixth consecutive year competing in the national competition and the men’s fourth. According to Megan Kress, varsity cross-country runner and senior, the girl’s team is eager to return to nationals. Kress said,“Once you’ve experienced something, it makes you want to work hard to get there again, and I also think having the experience from last year will help us again this
RACE TO THE TOP: Megan Kress, varsity cross country runner and senior, cools down at practice. She hopes her team’s practice will pay off at Nike Midwest Regional. ALLY RUSSELL // PHOTO
REGIONAL RUN-DOWN Here’s what you need to know about the NXN Midwest Regional in Terre Haute, IN. THE COURSE: Lavern Gibson XC Course
mile 1 mile 2 mile 3
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year, just knowing what’s going on and being in the rhythm once we’re there.” Colin Altevogt, head coach of the men’s team, said both teams are excited by the prospect of another year at Nationals and will continue practicing hard up until their last meet. While many teams severely cut down their running toward the end of the season, Altevogt said this may do more harm than good. Altevogt said, “I think it’s important at this point in the season
not to cut back too much, I think that’s a mistake that teams make, is they run hard all year, and they’re capable of something and the last couple weeks they think they’re going to rest up and be better but they’re actually worse because they rest too much. So, I think it’s important to keep training hard, and then just pull back a little bit right before the last meet.” However, as the teams continue their training, according to Ben Veatch, varsity cross-country runner and senior,
DID YOU KNOW? The world’s fastest 5k was run by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004. Her time was 12 minutes and 37 seconds WIKIPEDIA // SOURCE
the fear of injury looms over the teams. With two of the men’s top runners out with injuries, Veatch said that the team will have to work even harder to make it to Nationals. “We’ve got a really tough Regional; there’s a lot of great teams from around the nation. Really there’s four teams from the top 20 in the nation in the Midwest, but if we do make it (to Nationals), it’ll be great building blocks for our team and we’ll just go out there H and compete,” Veatch said.
Q&A with the Cross-Country Regional ALLY RUSSELL // Q&A
JUNIOR CHRISTINA GEISLER Q. What does it take to win a national meet?
A. “It takes a really good front runner, which we have, and then a good pack following behind because if you get all of your girls in around the same time the, all the points are closer together, which is always good. I know the team last year had all five of their girls finishing right in a row and that was the team that won. So we really just need to go in and have our pack ahead of theirs and do our best.”
SOPHOMORE MADDIE DALTON
Q: What has the team been doing to practice as the season winds down? A: “Recently, we’ve been starting to do a lot more speed, and a lot less mileage, just so we can get our legs moving and get the best out of it so that we can peak and be in top shape. I really like doing speed and intervals. We’ve been getting into [one kilometer intervals] and repeats, and I like that.”
SENIOR BEN VEATCH
Q: What are your goals for the final events of the season? A: “Individually, I want to defend my title. I want to score the least amount of points possible for the team, because in cross-country the least amount of points wins, so I’ll try to do that. There’ll be two national meets that I’ll be running in, and I’m looking to win. I placed pretty high last year, I’m the top returner at Nike, so I think I definitely have a chance to win, and that’s what I’ll look to do.”
JUNIOR EVAN BOUILLET
Q: How did your strategy change from last season? A: “In past years, we’ve kind of focused more on large workouts, and we still do, but this year, we put an extra emphasis on doing core and just staying focused all the time. We also put a lot of emphasis, especially during the tournament season, on sleep. Keeping each other motivated was a big part of it too.
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ATHLETIC DIVISIONS
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MAKING A D-CISION
CHS athletes continuing their athletic careers in college decide between Division I, II, III school KELSEY ATCHESON // STORY
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ike many CHS seniors, varsity soccer player Tyler Majeski went through the college selection process, yet unlike many of his other classmates, Majeski will be continuing his soccer career at the collegiate level. Next fall, Majeski will not only be a Franklin College Grizzly, but also don a navy blue and gold soccer uniform. Franklin College is a Division III school, located in Franklin, IN, just south of Indianapolis, in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). While Majeski had opportunities to attend Division I or Division II schools, Majeski said he found Division III to be the best fit for him. Majeski said, “I wouldn’t play (as much) so I chose a DIII school so I get a lot of playing time.” The NCAA has three divisions for collegiate athletics: Division I, Division II, and Division III. According to the NCAA, Division I schools are larger, containing
DIVISION DIFFERENCES Division I and III athletic programs have many differences Division I Number of institutions 350
Division III 450
Total number of athletes 170,000
190,000
Average money spent per athlete $90000
$5000
Cases of major NCAA violations since 1953 562
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Money received annually from NCAA (millions) 503
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At least 2.3 GPA
No academic requirements
Motivated by competition and achievement
Motivated by social experiences
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more students and larger budgets than other schools while also maintaining high academic standards for their athletes. Division II schools focus more on academic and social standards of athletes while Division III schools make academics the main focus of their student athletes. Athletics Director Jim Inskeep said while Division I schools have the allure of competitive play, Division III schools normally offer students more, especially in scholarship money. Inskeep said, “Sometimes those better opportunities are at the Division III level, the opportunity to maybe start as a freshman, to get more money academically and athletically at that school as well.” Inskeep also said student athletes should plan for the future outside of sports. He said, “I would hope at some point whatever (a student athlete’s) majoring in and (their) career after the ball stops bouncing is a major factor as well because really those that all go on to college it’s not about just saying you’re going on to college.” Inskeep said he hopes student athletes realize this and use that in their decision on where to go for college. Lauryn Padgett, tennis player and senior, said she chose to attend Division I Dayton University because of the scholarships she was able to receive. Padgett said, “You can get athletic money as well as academics.” Padgett plans on going on to graduate school, so the money she is able to save in college was helpful for her future. While Padgett has received money from a Division I school, Inskeep says most student athletes attending Division I schools will not. Inskeep said, “I think that a lot of our student athletes have a vision
CHASING A DREAM: Tyler Majeski, varsity soccer player and senior, juggles a ball during practice. Majeski plans to play for the Division III Franklin University men’s soccer team next year. KELSEY ATCHESON // PHOTO of playing at the Division I level but for some of them that’s playing without a lot of money involved from scholarship standpoint.” Inskeep said many Division III schools offer more for students, especially financially. Inskeep said, “There are a lot of opportunities at the Division III level where you might not be getting athletic money but you are getting significant academic money.” He said some schools even offer up to half of a
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DIVISION DISCRIMINATION Choose a college for more than just its sports division
student’s tuition as well as their room and board. Majeski said, “(Franklin College) is giving me a decent amount (of scholarship money) in, like, academics, plus throwing in for soccer a little bit (of money).” Majeski said that scholarship money for athletics depends on how good the player is. The better the player, the more money he or she receives. Inskeep said that many student athletes going to Division III schools will receive academic scholarships and that the classroom opportunities at CHS help those students receive those scholarships. Inskeep said, “Well, from an academic standpoint, I think what goes on in the classroom speaks volumes here for all of our students, but especially for our student athletes just because of the types of courses they can take to prepare them for college.” Majeski said grades are essential to getting offers from colleges. Majeski said, “If you don’t have good grades you can’t play. My parents make me keep (my GPA) up at like a 3.4.” Inskeep said, “Sometimes you have to have students realize that Division I may not happen for them and that they need to keep their options open if playing is that important a deal for them moving forward in college.” Majeski said, “A lot of kids who go DI don’t play but players who go to a DII or DIII school, they get a lot more playing time. There’s not really a difference in quality of sports at like a DI versus a DIII school, just the size of the players and, how they play and different H coaching styles.”
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t a school where State titles are the norm and many athletes are bound for a division one collegiate career before they set foot on a CHS court or field, athletes committed to division two and three schools can feel unimportant. As a senior, almost every time I open Instagram, I find myself liking another athlete’s collegiate commitment post with “#DI” in the description. Just this week, I liked three. However, when publicly announcing my own athletic commitment via social media, I omitted a “#DIII”, feeling it would detract from the significance of my post in the eyes of my peers. Why, if I chose the school and program I felt would benefit me best academically and socially, should I feel reluctant to announce that I will be playing in a Division III program? Next fall I will be playing volleyball at Wittenberg University, a small liberal arts school in Springfield, Ohio with a strong athletics program. The minute I stepped foot on campus, I knew it was the school for me. The campus was beautiful and the school had everything I wanted for my academic experience. After meeting the team and practicing in the gym, being a Witt Tiger became a dream of mine. I was not concerned with the division; I had fallen in love with everything the school had to offer. As a Division III commit, I have lost count of the times I have heard, “well it’s only DIII.” While it is a division three team, the Wittenberg women’s volleyball team won the National Championship in 2011 and one of the top 10 division three teams this season. In addition to
GO TIGERS
KARI TRUAX // COLUMN the opportunity to play for a shot at a National Championship, I will also be able to enjoy college. As an athlete, I will be able to be a part of a sorority and have the chance to study abroad. If needed, I could even miss practice if it conflicts with my academics. In a Division I school, I would be restricted from having these experiences. According to Sports Recruiting USA, athletes who play Division III sports have to be willing to sacrifice their time and some of their normal college experience. Throughout my time at CHS, I have found many interests such as a passion for working with kids and being a part of the HiLite. By committing to a Division III school, I will get the opportunity to play volleyball, work with children in an elementary education program, and continue to write for the school newspaper. Sports Recruiting USA also said that many athletes who pursue a division one scholarship are limited to just their sport. For many, that’s a dream, but for me, volleyball is not my life. I will get a “college” experience while playing the game I have grown up loving. My passion and love for the game has allowed me to not let the “norm” at CHS get in the way of chasing my dreams. One day, I hope to teach elementary education and be a coach. Getting the opportunity to play volleyball at Wittenberg will allow me to continue to enjoy the game I love, but I will also be able to be a student, a mentor, and a friend. There will always be someone picking at Division III athletes, but I know I am doing what I love and surrounding myself with peers H who have the same goals as I do. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Kari Truax at ktruax@hilite.org.
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SWIMMING THROUGH GENERATIONS CHS swim team prepares for its record-breaking season, looks back 29 years LUKE GENTILE // STORY
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n Dec. 5, 2015, the women’s swimming and diving team will begin its final step in accomplishing a feat 3 decades in the making. The feat is to win 30 straight State championships. Last year, the team tied the men’s swim team at Punahou High School in Hawaii when it won its 29th straight title. Now, the Hounds have an opportunity to cement their legacy as one the best programs in the nation’s history. “It means a lot being a senior, because I’ve been on the team for four seasons, and I’ve seen all the hard work everyone has put in. We’re also representing all those before us,” said Veronica Burchill, team member and senior. Burchill is no stranger to the winning spirit of the program. She has swam in three State meets and has a specific training regimen. “When we get closer to our big meets, we start resting a week to a week and a half before them. The beginning of our season holds our easier practices,
ELLIE CLARK // PHOTO but really tough training starts towards the middle of the season,” said Burchill. She then went through her personal routine. “I train butterfly, breaststroke, and sprint-free.” Caroline Schultz, team member and junior, also commented on training throughout the season, “Usually we do less yardage (laps in practice) as we get towards the championship season, so we can rest up.” To Schultz, a 30th title means a lot more than just another plaque on the wall of the aquatic center. “I think it’s a privilege to be on the State team and represent everything our team has done throughout the season. If we win, it would represent everything that everyone on the past teams has worked towards.” This generation of swimmers is not alone in feeling the pressure of a State championship. Cathy Surette was on the CHS team that won that first girls’ swimming and diving title, and she explained her experience. “It still brings a tear to my eye when I think about it, especially when you think about how long ago
MAKING MILESTONES: Early in the morning before school starts, the swim team gears up to begin its journey to its 30th State title. According to team member and senior Veronica Burchill, although it seems automatic to many, getting to and winning State takes a lot of hard work and dedication.
CHS SWIMMING HISTORY The first State Championship that the women’s swim team won was in 1981. Five years later, the team won the championship that started the win streak in 1986. According to an IndyStar article last year, the Greyhounds are ranked around 7th among Big Ten universities, above Purdue and Michigan State.
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it was and that Carmel has been such a power house ever since,” Surette said via email. She said that the State championship changed not only the swimming and diving program at the school, but also the student perceptions of the program as well. “I don’t think many kids followed the swim team. That changed a bit after we won the State meet,” Surette said. After the team won its State meet, it went over to the State championship football game and was met with a surprise. “We arrived at halftime and the announcer made an announcement that we had just won the State meet. We felt pretty great about that and we received a lot of congratulations from students in the stands,” said Surette. No matter what the year is, the feelings at the State meet are always special and memorable. “It’s kind of like a family reunion, because I know so many swimmers throughout Indiana. The atmosphere is pretty similar every year, and everyone is motivated and excited. There is a huge crowd, and it’s filled with excitement,” said Burchill. The CHS girls’ swimming and diving team has been winning for almost three decades now. This year, the team will face teams like Fishers High School and Chesterton High School, whom they have beaten over the past.“Fishers may be tough, but we don’t really focus on other teams that much,” said Schultz. Knowing that generations of swimmers have worked towards this record, Burchill explained how no one on the team is taking this year’s upcoming State meet for granted. “Some people who aren’t involved with the sport take it for granted; but, for all the girls on the team, we know it takes a lot of hard work and dedication, and H we look forward to it every year.”
SPORTS BRIEFS
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Sports Briefs COMPLETED AND UPCOMING SPORTS • UPCOMING SPORTS IN GREEN MEN’S TENNIS
WOMEN’S SOCCER
MEN’S SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY
RECORD: 17-2
RECORD: 15-1-2
RECORD: 17-3-2
RECORD: 21-12
MIC CHAMPIONS
MIC CHAMPIONS
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REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
3RD IN MIC
STATE CHAMPIONS
WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY MIC CHAMPIONS
WOMEN’S GOLF 4TH IN REGIONAL
MEN’S SWIMMING DEC 5 @ NOBLESVILLE DIVING INVITATIONAL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
STATE CHAMPIONS
WOMEN’S SWIMMING DEC 5 @ NOBLESVILLE DIVING INVITATIONAL
SEMI-STATE CHAMPIONS
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COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
“Our State competition (2nd in Varsity A division) was on Halloween at Lucas Oil. And for me, this has by far been the best year of girls on the team (and it) has been such a great experience. The girls have gotten along so well this year and worked so hard so that was a great way to end my 4 years cheering.”
In the 2014 season, the women’s basketball team lost in the Sectional championship, this year they hope to come on top and take every game, one game at a time
“Without my offensive lineman I couldn’t do what I do, without my running backs, I couldn’t do what I do. Without the defense helping the offense get back on the field (too).”
“This year, I’m really looking forward to basketball because it’s my last basketball season, so I’m really excited to get to spend it with this team, especially the three seniors (who I’ve played basketball with since I was little). I’m excited to finally finish out all the years with them and I’m so excited to lead the underclassmen to hopefully a State title.”
Michael Viktrup Quarterback and senior
Celene Funke Basketball player and senior
Kaley Dickerson, cheerleader and senior
FOOTBALL
The Greyhounds (10-2) will play Penn (13-1) tonight in the Semi-State championship.
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1) Men’s swimming hopes for another State title. Women’s swimming will hope for their 30th in a row.
MIKE JOHNSON // PHOTO
2) The football team will advance to Semi-State hoping for a chance at State.
3) Intramural Basketball started on November 3 and continues this season.
PERSPECTIVES
THANKSGIVING BREAK
NOV 13, 2015
THANKFUL FOR MORE DAYS OF REST The upcoming extended Thanksgiving break should set a precedent for future short breaks. HILITE // STAFF EDITORIAL
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hanksgiving break often provides a welcome respite from schoolwork as the semester draws to a close. For students and teachers alike, the break is a time for the entire family to spend time together. However, this time has been extended to three days this year, as opposed to the usual two. This extension of Thanksgiving break reflects the acknowledgment of the school board that many students in the past missed the Wednesday prior to break due to travel or other factors. However, the length of other traditionally short breaks has not changed. Fall break, for instance, remains unchanged from its traditionally short, two-day length that allows for little travel or real relaxation. Rather than standing alone, the additional day of Thanksgiving break should set a precedent for fall break and other similarly short breaks. A couple days off is not enough to accomplish much. In fact, students sometimes find that teachers assign more work over these short snippets of time because they know that students will not travel far over such a brief period. This leaves even less time to de-stress and take an actual break from schoolwork, and for the few who do travel, the effect is even more pronounced. Students would indeed benefit from additional time off, as evidenced by longer breaks like spring break. Because spring is generally the busiest time of year for both teachers and students, due to the sheer amount of testing—finals, AP, IB, SAT, and ACT—the longer break allows students to spend time reviewing and
understanding material and teachers to grade and plan. Also, since we also have the Friday off before this weeklong break, it is much more conducive to travel or other plans. Like in spring break, extra time off in the shorter breaks would allow for the best of both worlds—students would be able to travel as well as take a break. Furthermore, we acknowledge students must attend school for the requisite 180 days, so the extension of a relatively shorter break would necessitate a shortening of the long summer break. However, this would actually benefit students. Research To read about the extension has shown that long summers of Thanksgiving break, turn have a detrimental effect on to Page 7 in News. learning—in fact, a RAND Corporation report in 2011 showed that the average amount of learning loss over the summer totaled a full month in both math and reading. Even a slightly shorter summer can work to reduce that loss. Also with long summer breaks, students and teachers must work to combat learning loss during the next school year, particularly in classes that build on prior knowledge. Often, students and teachers spend the first month or so of school simply reviewing previously learned information, causing a further loss of instructional time. Overall, though the extension of Thanksgiving break is a welcome change that benefits students and teachers alike, it cannot be a single, isolated change. This additional break H time should set the stage for further extensions.
SPEAK UP!
NYSSA QIAO // SPEAK-UPS
How do you feel about having a longer Thanksgiving break? “Definitely happy about it because I get to spend more time with family. Normally, every Thanksgiving break, we go up to Fort Wayne to see my grandma, and I just really enjoy spending time with her.” Freshman Alivia Gaskins
“I think it’s a good idea. I think we should have the whole week, actually. I was just thinking for vacation, if people are going to travel somewhere, it would be nicer because a lot of people go to a relative’s house for vacation.” Sophomore Kailey Akins
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“DEAR FAT PEOPLE”
DEAR SKINNY PEOPLE
Controversial YouTube video ‘Dear Fat People’ misses the point when it comes to promoting health. GILLIAN PAXTON // COLUMN
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’ve been overweight all my life. In elementary school, I always felt bigger than the rest of the kids—I stuck out like a sore thumb. In middle school, I used to dread the day our health teacher would get us to calculate our body mass index (BMI). I always felt like the other students could see my failure as a human being from across the classroom. I believed that beauty was only for skinny people—people who never stuck out and who didn’t have to hide their BMIs from their classmates. Since then, things have gotten better. A little while before entering high school, I discovered the Body Positivity movement, a social movement that hopes to redefine the traditionally white, thin and able-bodied concept of beauty, into something more accepting of all. In addition, I got involved in the marching band, began visiting the Monon Center’s fitness center regularly and started keeping better track of what I ate. Suddenly, I realized that I didn’t have to hate myself or want to change myself to become beautiful. That’s why when I first heard about Canadian comedian Nicole Arbour’s “Dear Fat People” video, I had no interest in watching it. Now that I have, several times more than I’d like, the thing that scares me the most isn’t the inherent hypocrisy, as she spends the first six minutes of the video talking about how all fat people smell like sausages and sweat Crisco. No, the thing I am most concerned about is how little she truly understands when it comes to health as it pertains to weight. In Arbour’s video, she equates body positivity to WORTH MORE THAN A NUMBER glorifying smoking or meth use.
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“If you want to be positive to your body, work out and eat well. That’s being positive to your body,” Arbour said. What Arbour doesn’t understand about body positivity is that body size isn’t about excusing laziness. According to The Body Positive, an organization that advocates body-positivity, the movement is about promoting a healthy quality of life by dispelling the insecurities that can cause crippling ailments such as eating disorders, anxiety and depression. What Arbour doesn’t understand is that obesity is not always a result of what she calls “a coke plus fries.” According to healthline.com, weight gain can be a result of depression, bipolar disorder and even stress or a lack of sleep. Genetic and environmental factors also affect a person’s weight. Plus, for those with physical disabilities or financial obstacles, it’s not always possible to exercise and eat healthily every day. What Arbour doesn’t understand is that her “truth bomb” method of promoting health ultimately doesn’t work. A 2014 study by University College London found that those who experienced discrimination based on their weight gained about two pounds on average over the course of the study, while those who didn’t lost an average of 1.6 pounds. Making fun of fat people doesn’t motivate them to lose weight. If Arbour really cared about fat people, she would be an encouraging and positive person, not a bully. What Arbour doesn’t understand is that the insecurities I experienced in my youth are not what drive me to spend hours on the marching field, or on the aerobic machines at the Monon Center or to be mindful of picking out a balanced meal at the cafeteria. It was the positive encouragement of my friends and family that has driven me to accept myself and work hard to make my lifestyle healthy. And that, at least in H my mind, is far more important than being “skinny.” The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Gillian Paxton at gpaxton@hilite.org. JASMINE LAM // GRAPHIC
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FAMILY MOMENTS
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WHILE IT LASTS
We should take more time to cherish memories with our loved ones this Thanksgiving. BETHLEHEM DANIEL // COLUMN
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ho are the first people you go to on bad days or good days? Who shares your struggles, your triumphs and your losses? No, it’s not your friends—think even simpler than that. Yes, this omniscient figure who I refer to is your one and only family—a term defined by Merriam-Webster as “a group of individuals living under one roof and usually under one head.” But it is truly so much more than that. Although cherishing moments with our families may be vital to not only our personal health but our memories as well, there has been a gradual decline in the most basic family ritual that takes place every night in a household—the traditional family dinner. According to a study conducted by Gallup in 2013, nearly 53 percent of families with children younger than 18 reported their family eats at home six or seven nights a week. Although this may be the slight majority of U.S. families, keep in mind the other side of that number—nearly 47 percent of families do not take the time to cherish these dinners together that, as high schoolers, we will remember even as we move on into the real world. I believe I fall into the majority of Americans and attempt to eat dinner with my family every day that allows it. Although some (myself included) are busy both during and outside of the school day, this does not serve as an excuse for us not to spend time with our family merely once every night.
TIME IS OUR GREATEST ENEMY
FAMILY FACTS
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Throughout the world, the importance of mealtime differs from country to country. In countries such as France, for example, meals are never to be rushed, and on the other side of the world in Cambodia, mealtime can almost be seen as a potluck as mats and foods are brought to share with loved ones. Even though the process of eating together isn’t as exquisite in the United States, the embedment of the traditional family dinner into cultures around the world helps to showcase its importance in our lives. There are also health benefits to eating dinner together as a family. According to a 2012 study conducted by Rutgers University in New Jersey, eating together as a family leads to social improvements as well as increased health benefits for children. But the health and social benefits should not be the only reason that you continue to take part in this illustrious family tradition. As a current sophomore, I have merely two more years after this year concludes before I move on to college. For the most of us, we have already spent more time with our families than we will spend with them for the rest of our lives. Even though this concept may be frightening to ponder, we all must realize that this is reality and there is no going back from here. We have already begun to pave our future for this next phase in our lives away from home and we must continue to do so with our families as well—the people there for your first steps, the first time you rode a bike, or, in my case, the time you fractured your thumb the first time riding a bike. The memories we share with our families are the ones we will hold on to forever, our personal secrets that keep us motivated to move forward. Facing the real world is a much more feasible task to conquer with the people who love you most by your side and just the tiniest act of eating dinner together as a family will help you in the long run. What do I encourage you to do? I urge you to cherish these family moments—they will be gone before you H know it.
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The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Bethlehem Daniel at bdaniel@hilite.org.
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minutes together each day 69 percent of children live with two parents 27 percent live with one 4 percent live with others, such as grandparents or foster parents Having at least 3 family meals a week yields the most positive benefits for children. Those having less than that are 2 times as likely to be involved in substance abuse.
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PIL-‘GRIM’ HISTORY
People should acknowledge the true story of Thanksgiving’s oppressive history. KALEA MIAO // COLUMN
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rowing up in the suburbs of Boston, I was immersed in the history and culture of the northeast United States at a young age. I remember being in elementary school and learning about Thanksgiving and its origins. Everyone in the class was dressed as either a Pilgrim or a Native American as we discussed the Plymouth Colony, which was just a few miles away, and ate dishes such as cornbread and mashed potatoes. At the time, Thanksgiving was just a fun time to eat food and draw turkeys. However, as I grew older and became more well-versed in American history, Thanksgiving became increasingly complicated. Everyone knows the basic story. The Pilgrims traveled across the Atlantic to establish a new life away from religious persecution. Friendly natives helped the struggling Pilgrims with farming. The end result is a giant feast where everyone is happy. The thing is, that’s not exactly what happened. The story we all know is slightly skewed, with many details swept under the rug. For starters, the relationship between the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people was not suddenly fixed by one feast. The feast, in some ways, was out of necessity. The Pilgrims, poor harvest after poor harvest, were starving. The natives had entire villages wiped out from previous Europeans through slavery or disease. They needed each other, and through some teamwork, were able to create a three-day feast. These few days were a time of friendship, like we all learned, but it did not last. In fact, during this time, there was consistent prejudice against the natives. Primary sources from Plymouth show that settlers often viewed the Natives as “savages,” sometimes even as “demons.” The only native they somewhat trusted was Squanto, and that was only because he knew English. Native beliefs were attacked and soon mistrust between the groups developed. This problem later turned into what we now call King Philip’s War. The once happy alliance fell apart when officials from the Plymouth Colony hanged three Wampanoags. Despite attempts at diplomacy, the two groups could not be reunited. The peace of Thanksgiving was not to last, and the portrayal of Native and European friendship we often see is untrue. The relationship only became more strained as time progressed. The next Thanksgiving celebration to come up during the colonial times was far different from what took place in
THANKSGIVING HISTORY Governor William Bradford organized the first Thanksgiving in November 1621. The first Thanksgiving celebrated the Pilgrims’ first successful corn harvest. People in attendance: 53 colonists and 90 Wampanoag The Wampanoag brought 5 deer.
The Pilgrims celebrate their second Thanksgiving in 1623 to mark the end of a drought.
Plymouth. This feast was declared by Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop to celebrate the return of heavily armed hunters. This band of hunters had just returned from the Pequot War, a conflict where about 700 Pequots were killed or taken into captivity, many of whom were sold as slaves in the West Indies. The colonists had a feast in celebration of the safe return on these men, and the Natives who were killed were soon forgotten in history. It’s difficult to acknowledge that these events occurred, but it is necessary. History is often written by the winners, but that does not mean history changes. These events happened regardless of what is taught, and should therefore be acknowledged. Besides, everyone knows the origins of holidays such as Christmas or the Fourth of July; why should Thanksgiving be any different? Knowing the past is often key to helping the future. I’m not saying to scream about the Pequot massacre to your 90-some-year-old grandma over Thanksgiving turkey. All you really need to do is know the history. Learn the past, accept it and share the knowledge in a helpful way. If we want to continue celebrating on every fourth Thursday of November, we should try to build a better future, and the only way to build a better future is to learn about the past. After all, Thanksgiving is a day to not only be grateful for what we have, but also why we have it. So enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner, and give thanks that you now know more about the H history of Thanksgiving. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Kalea Miao at kmiao@hilite.org.
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SOCIAL SKILLS
NOV 13, 2015
DON’T BE SHY; SAY ‘HI’ Students need to recognize the importance of social skills both inside and outside of school. CAROLYN ZHANG // COLUMN
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ry to wrack your mind of memories and imagine yourself as a 10-year-old again. Now you’re probably imagining yourself with your friends playing video games or watching YouTube videos, but what happened to the time of young innocence where the world’s greatest catastrophe was losing a game of tag instead of a game of Mario Kart? Remember those carefree times when everyone actually interacted with one another and went outside to play? Coming back to the present, we are stuck in an era surrounded by technology that eats away at our social life. Way too often, we end up sacrificing our social interactions for other needs. So many factors, such as an excessive amount of work or use of technology, can contribute to how people interact in current society. This can be alarming for many students because people must know how to communicate with others in the real world. According to the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), students with poor social skills have expressed difficulties communicating with parents, teachers and peers. Especially with peers, these students can “evoke highly negative responses from others that lead to high levels of peer rejection.” Oftentimes, this can lead to bullying, or even school violence. A lack of social skills, however, can cause even greater consequences. Again, according to the NASP, this includes signs of depression, aggression, anxiety, poor academic performance and higher involvement in the criminal justice system as adults. Students must acknowledge these signs to understand the need for social skills. This is our future, and our future must start from the foundation of active
‘TO INFINITY AND BEYOND.’
SOCIAL SKILLS
93 percent of teachers believe social learning is very important or fairly important for school.
44 percent of teachers believe social learning is taught in school.
TOP 5 SKILLS 1. Listen to others. 2. Follow the steps. 3. Follow the rules. 4. Ignore distractions. 5. Ask for help.
CYNTHIA YUE // GRAPHIC CIVIC ENTERPRISES, VANDERBILT // SOURCES
involvement in school. Though schools are trying to offer students aid in social participation, students often ignore these opportunities. At CHS, there are more resources being provided to become socially active on a daily basis. In addition to clubs after school, opportunities are also offered during class. Teachers are now trying to emphasize the importance of social participation as a larger percent of our grade. Stressing this need for social skills will not only improve the performance of students, but it could also achieve a better learning environment. The NASP states that social proficiency can help anger and conflict management, peer negotiation, effective communication and acceptance of diverse groups. Improvement in these areas could potentially decrease the amount of bullying between peers. By taking advantage of these opportunities, as mentioned by stopbullying.gov, a federal government website managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, students can learn different types of social skills to prevent bullying, which can create a much safer and a much more positive environment at school. For example, if Bob punches Billy in the face, there must be a reason behind it; however, if Bob had known to tell Billy how he had felt, in a kind manner of course, then this could have been solved by using communication rather than violence and tears. Ultimately, CHS students need to realize the importance of social skills, especially now that CHS is starting to provide more opportunities, and also the significance of its consequences. We should try to integrate more social importance in our lives in and out of school. Don’t overlook the importance of social skills, because who knows what we could be capable if we just take the time to talk to each other? While other ways of communication, such as technology, are important in society, we shouldn’t let it dictate or overtake how we interact with other people. Our generation will be the next future, and if we don’t start working with one another now, when will we ever start? Our collaborations now could carry on to be something big in the in the long run. So, start now. Put down your cell phones and mobile devices and start interacting with other people in your lives. It could surprise you by H how many problems would be solved. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Carolyn Zhang at czhang@hilite.org.
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RECOGNIZE AND REBUILD In the wake of the Kunduz bombing, the United States should recognize the victims of war. MIKE JOHNSON // COLUMN
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n Oct. 3, the United States bombed a trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 12 doctors from the humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders and 10 patients, while 33 remain missing. On Oct. 6, Gen. John Campbell, commander of U.S. operations in Afghanistan, testified in the Senate that the bombing was an accident and that it came from within the U.S. chain of command. The details of that night have not yet fully come to be known. But as an international investigation begins, it will be important for the United States to cooperate in the investigation and recognize the victims as more than “collateral damage.” Fourteen years ago, in response to 9/11 and events in the Saudi Peninsula and Africa, this nation declared that attacks against innocents would not be tolerated. Since then we have been perpetually at war as a result. The brave men and women of our armed forces have and continue to give their lives to defend this country and prevent further innocent lives from being lost. In our efforts, though, countless foreign non-combatants have died in zones of U.S. armed operations, all of whom are equally as innocent as American non-combatants. When I say that countless have died, I really do mean countless. We have no idea of the extent of non-combatant deaths in our conflict zones. All we have are estimates from organizations dedicated to piecing that information together: Perhaps 150,000 civilian deaths in Iraq, 26,000 in Afghanistan, 21,500 in Pakistan, and so on in smaller conflicts. The numbers will never be clear. And unlike the memorials we see for our own dead, who are precisely tallied and displayed, the only memorials that an American might see to non-American innocents lost in the War on Terror are online databases compiled from hospital records and combat reports. A short time scrolling through the 637 page list of violent civilian death incidents published by iraqbodycount.org gives an impression of the vast scale of the suffering the Iraqi population has been subjected to during the occupation. As a nation that stands against terror and grieves the loss of civilian lives, we should recognize all civilians who have died in wars that they did not start or further. The deaths of so many civilians have huge implications on the stability of the region and U.S. involvement. We should do more than call them “collateral damage” and pay a few thousand dollars to their families as a condolence.
WAR VICTIMS 37 nations have been impacted by wars with U.S. involvement, including: • Afghanistan • Angola • Argentina • Bangladesh • Bolivia • Brazil • Cambodia
BENEFITS OF TRACKING CIVILIAN HARM 1. Creates a mindset among troops that operations on civilians are taken seriously 2. Reduces civilian harm by providing military with information 3. Helps commanders respond to confirmed civilian harm 4. Enables forces to make amends to civilian victims CYNTHIA YUE // GRAPHIC COUNTERCURRENTS.ORG, CIVILIANSINCONFLICT. ORG // SOURCES
They were people, and their nations needed them to help rebuild themselves. My own family knows the meaning and pain of “collateral damage” and the impact of war to the civilian. During the allied push into Northern Italy in 1944, my grandmother’s aunt was killed by an American bombing raid in Reggio Emilia while walking into a hospital to donate blood to other victims of Allied bombing. She and all other civilians who have died in wars have been robbed of their lives and their chance to better the world by the belligerent factions who fight. All sides who fight in a war share some responsibility for the accidents that kill civilians occurring during the course of that conflict. Even if today we are fighting some enemies who do not take responsibility for their share of innocents killed and if we seek to be more moral than our enemies, we must recognize incidents like the one in Kunduz as more than a standard, expected result of our military efforts. The United States needs to foster better relations with countries we conduct combat in and leave them better than they were before we intervened. It is concerning that today, groups like the Taliban and the Islamic State are more powerful than ever. As of this year, President Obama and former English Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted in interviews that such groups’ growth are a consequence of our invasions. At President Obama’s announcement this month that the war in Afghanistan will stretch on into 2017 and our first combat death in Iraq since 2011, it is imperative our policies change to avoid more civilian deaths. Recognizing the blood that has already been spilled is a step towards peace in H the region. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Mike Johnson at mjohnson@hilite.org.
SOLIDARITY.
15 MINUTES
ART ON THE SIDEWALK
NOV 13, 2015
Check out a time-lapse of the latest drawing by the Bruns family. http://hilite. org/category/fame/.
ART ON THE SIDEWALK
Senior Kate Bruns and freshman Claire Bruns are a family of chalk artists KYLE CRAWFORD, CORY STEELE // Q&A KYLE CRAWFORD // PHOTOS
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KAT E BRUNS Seni or We started this summer; my mom was really interested in doing 3-D chalk art, so then it ended up just being a whole-family event… It’s me, [my mom] and then my older and younger sisters. When did you start doing chalk drawings?
What process do you follow when creating a chalk drawing? We would find an image that we’d want to draw; usually we would want it to look like the image is coming out at you because that would give the 3-D effect. We have a computer program that will skew the image...it’s specifically for sidewalk chalk...so it’ll skew the image and then you draw what it skews, and then that way if you stand back from it, it looks 3-D. That program also puts it on a grid, so then we draw that grid on the sidewalk, and then the three of us work on it from the picture ... The grid kind of allows us to all be drawing the same picture because if there weren’t one it wouldn’t ... line up.
J ODY BR U NS M o t he r How did you start making chalk drawings with your daughters? Last Spring we saw a call for entry for the Hamilton County chalk art contest, and we decided that would be a fun thing to do for the summer. So we started preparing. I bought a software application that gives you the 3-D effect or turns photos into a 3-D grid. We started drawing last summer in June to get ready for the mid-June contest. We finished in second place in the professional division.
C L A I RE BRUNS F r es h man What kind of chalk drawings do you usually do? We usually do an animal, and we make a picture, and we grid it to a certain scale so when we draw it looks 3-D. What are some cool chalk drawings you’ve done? I think the turtle was pretty cool; we made it really big. But we’ve also done a piranha fish; we’ve done a tree frog; we’ve done a snake, and then we‘ve done just other kinds of abstract stuff.
These are the past few chalk drawings that the Bruns family have made. The sea turtle above was the drawing that placed second in the professional division of the 2015 Hamilton County chalk artist contest.
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LITEBOX MURDER MYSTERY MIXUP
Junior Blaine McBroom delivers a monologue during rehearsal for the fall production “The 39 Steps.” McBroom plays a politician who is running for office in the United Kingdom. The play opened on Nov. 12 and continues today and tomorrow.
SWETHA NAKSHATRI // PHOTO
NOV 13, 2015