LEVELING UP by Gillian Paxton PAGE 12
ALL THAT JAZZ by Mary Salzmann
ALWAYS COACHING by Adam Gostomelsky
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CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL NEWSMAGAZINE Vol. 80, No. 8 | March 18, 2016
MARCH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH Several CHS organizations help students with developmental disabilities overcome their challenges Page 26 // Kalea Miao
CONTENTS
VOL. 80, NO. 8
MARCH 18, 2016
NEWS // 6
STUDENT SECTION // 22
SPORTS // 40
NEWS BRIEFS | 6
SENIOR COLLEGE DECISIONS Q&A | 23
LACROSSE LEGENDS | 40
Take a look at upcoming events at CHS
FUNDRAISING FOR A FRIEND | 7
With most college decisions coming out soon, here is a Q&A to show different perspectives on the future
Get to know the men’s lacrosse team before the start of their upcoming season
ALWAYS COACHING | 42
Fellowship of Christian Athletes plans to donate proceeds from annual event to junior Matt Cooper
An inside look at the leaders of CHS’s athletic programs
MISSION(ARY) POSSIBLE | 24 For a handful of CHS students, spring break is a time for missionary trips and giving back
CRAFTING FOR A CAUSE | 8 Typography and Design Club is making thousands of pinwheels to help Syrian refugees
CARMEL’S GOT CHEMISTRY | 9 A group of CHS students will travel to St. Louis to compete in Washington University in the St. Louis Chemistry Tournament
ONE FOR THE BOOKS | 10 On April 10, members of House of Books plan to hand out books to passersby outside the Carmel Clay Public Library to help increase literacy in Carmel
COVER // 26 T.E.A.M | 26 Several CHS organizations help students with developmental disabilities overcome their challenges
ENTERTAINMENT // 32 DREAMS COMING TO LIFE | 32 CHS Students discuss Disney live-action movie adaptations
PICKING UP THE PRICE | 11 For the next school year, tuition at IU Bloomington will increase in order to fund housing renovations, as well as higher salaries
BUILDING A DYNASTY | 44 The women’s tennis team has a chance to win a fourth consecutive state title for the first time in the team’s history
PLAYER PROFILE: STACY MOROZOV | 46 SPORTS BRIEFS | 47 Take a look at the most anticipated CHS sporting events of the next month
PERSPECTIVES // 48 STAFF EDITORIAL | 48 The HiLite staff discusses why students and schools in Indiana should take initiative to encourage legal action in favor of the protection of free speech
TROUBLING TECHNOLOGY | 50 Reporter Manahil Nadeem discusses the impact of electronic service in restaurants on several aspects of the business
FEATURE // 14 LEVELING UP | 12 Students who play video games recognize need to overcome social obstacles toward women in gaming communities
BRIDGING THE ‘RIFT’ | 14 Teachers and students consider effects of using virtual reality headsets for educational purposes
THEY MEAN BUSINESS | 16 Students use social media and websites to facilitate marketing and self-branding
PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVES | 18 Liberalism appeals to many young people despite Carmel’s conservative tendencies
ALL THAT JAZZ | 34 Wind Symphonies and Jazz Bands to showcase at upcoming performances
WE ARE ALL WONDER WOMEN | 53 Reporter Kalea Miao discusses the hypocrisy of Mattel with its Barbie dolls
HERO V. HERO| 36 DC and Marvel comparison of two mega blockbuster super hero films
THE OCULUS RIFT | 38 Oculus Rift technology brings new possibilities to virtual reality entertainment, gaming
15 MINUTES // 54 LET’S DEVELOP A GAME | 54 Senior Christopher Oyer developed his own super hero game using Roblox
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS | 39 Take a look at some upcoming movies, video games and television shows.
MATTHEW HAN // COVER PHOTO
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SPOTLIGHTS
SPOTLIGHTS
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,
RESPONDING TO THE HILITE Letters to the editor will be accepted for the April 21 issue no later than March 31. Letters may be submitted to Room C147, placed in the mailbox of Jim Streisel, emailed to letters@hilite.org or mailed to school. All letters must be signed. Names will be published (Letters sent via email will be taken to a student’s SRT for him to sign). Letters must not contain personal attacks against an individual and may be edited.
PURPOSE
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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.
CREDENTIALS The HiLite belongs to the Indiana High School Press Association, Quill & Scroll and the National Scholastic Press Association.
ADVERTISING Businesses may advertise in the HiLite if their ads adhere to guidelines. The advertising policy is available in Room C147 or at www.hilite.org/ads-info.
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Editor in Chief
Perspectives
Lianne Yu
Sarah Liu Cynthia Yue
Managing Editors
Web
Miles Dai Gayatri Balasubramanian
Olivia Jacko Tiffany Xie
Front Page
Acumen
Matthew Han Akshar Patel
Stephanie Zhang Selena Qian Annika Wolff
Natalia Chaudhry Laxmi Palde
Ellen Peng Jenny Zhao
Feature Asim Dhungana Melissa Yap
Student Section Angela Sun
Cover Katie Long
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS In the Feb. 19 issue... In some cases, CHS does receive ISTEP+ results back in time to adjust schedules if needed. The HiLite strives to correct its errors. If you notice any inaccuracies in this or past issues, please contact management@hilite.org.
Graphics
Christine Fernando Emma Love Aaron Shi Shakeel Zia
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Pranav Sriram Lilly St. Angelo Adam Stockholm
Entertainment Grace Zhang Matthew Zheng
Sports Ally Russell Shiva Vallabhaneni
Ads Team Jasmine Lam
Calendar/Beats Lizzie Barker Kalea Miao Jessica Mo Gabby Perelmuter Cory Steele Rachael Tan Amy Zhou
Photographers Divya Annamalai Michael Johnson Swetha Nakshatri Shraddha Ramnath Shreeram Thirunavukkarasu Sara Yung Vishnu Vaid
Copy Editor Bethlehem Daniel Mary Salzmann Aaron Seals
Writing Coaches 15 Minutes Kyle Crawford
Online Directors Sreya Vemuri Alex Yom
Social Media Danny Goldberg Jessica Tao Kari Truax
Accountant Brian Shaffer
Reporters Kelsey Atcheson Aditya Belamkar Jordyn Blakey Teresa Chen Bryce Cheng Darrell Cheng Lucus Cheng Ellie Clark Richard Du Luke Gentile
Hannah Glazier Adam Gostomelsky Janzen Greene Alina Husain Olivia Jacko Ray Jiang Sydney Jordan Julianna Kessilyas Joyce Lam Daniel Lee Allison Li Sabrina Mi Manahil Nadeem Gillian Paxton Nyssa Qiao Rebecca Qin Lauren Reilly Jai Sanghani Summer Snyder Deepthi Thadasina Sitha Vallabhaneni Emily Worrell Tiffany Xie Carolyn Zhang Allen Zhang Allen Zheng
Adviser Jim Streisel
Principal John Williams
Superintendent Nicholas Wahl
MAKING WAVES
Gravitational waves are the last prediction of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, made in 1916. On Sept. 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), discovered and observed actual gravitational waves from two colliding black holes, releasing the information last month. Here’s what you need to know about this leap in modern physics. AKSHAR PATEL & SHIVA VALLABHANENI // GRAPHIC CNN.COM, FERMI.COM // SOURCES
Relativity is far more complex but these are the three main consequences of it.
HOW RELATIVITY IS INVOLVED space•time (noun)
Spacetime
a concept defined as time and three-dimensional space fused in a single four-dimensional continuum; try imagining three dimensions with time as a fourth dimension, with gravity warping them both.
Time Dilation
Visualizing Spacetime Think of spacetime as a fabric.
A example of this is how Earth’s gravity bends spacetime, meaning, time will be faster on Earth than in space. This is because people on Earth are experiencing more gravity. This is called time dilation.
Two orbiting bodies such as Earth and the moon, however, do not cause gravitational waves.
Changing the quadruple moment of mass distribution causes gravitational waves.
grav•i•ta•tion•al waves (noun)
ripples in the curvature of spacetime which propagate as waves, travelling outward from the source. Waves are usually caused by large events such as black holes or neutron stars colliding.
Density: Black holes are a lot denser than stars such as the Sun or planetary bodies such as Earth.
Spacetime bends with gravity causing the “fabric” of space and time to bend. This is the reason the moon orbits the Earth. It follows the most straight path around Earth’s spacetime. In reality, spacetime effects space in three dimensions.
What are the causes of gravitational waves?
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Black holes are a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter, radiation or light can escape.
Earth
Moon
Gravitational Curvature
Black Holes
Gravitational Lensing
In simple terms, this means any change that is spherical or cylindrical doesn’t cause gravitational waves.
Tidal Force: The force an object feels because of the differential pull of gravity at different distances. Black Hole Sun
Density: *1.8x1016 g/cm3 1.41 g/cm3 *This value is an average value. Black hole densities may go to infinity.
vs. Earth’s curvature causes circular motion so no g-waves are created.
Black holes have uneven tidal forces and asymmetrically orbit each other causing g-waves.
Black Holes’ Curvature
Think about a black hole’s gravity in a two-dimensional example. Black holes bend spacetime so much that nothing can escape the pull of the black hole’s gravity. Because a black hole has a lot of gravity and bends spacetime to an extreme degree, gravitational waves can be detected by black holes colliding.
THE COLLISION On Sept. 14, scientists “heard” the collision of two super-massive black holes. Even though gravitational waves are not sound waves, they increase in frequency to a level that is audible for a few milliseconds. This collision happened approximately 1.3 billion years ago and made a “chirp” lasting 1/5 of a second. The black holes were around 30 times the mass of the sun and 30 miles in diameter. The gravitational waves emitted from this collision stretched and compressed Earth, much like what happens to a tennis ball when it is hit by a racket. This stretching and compressing is what scientists detected with LIGO.
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LIGO
HOW THEY ARE DETECTED
LIGO Facilities
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
LIGO is the world's largest gravitational wave observatory comprised of two enormous laser interferometers located on opposite sides of the country, LIGO uses physical properties of light and of space to detect gravitational waves.
The Technology LIGO uses a laser system to detect slight variations in g-waves using the wavelengths of the lasers.
Partially Reflective mirrors
Power Recycling Mirrors
Fully Reflective mirrors
Beam Splitter
2.5 mi Interferometer
Laser Emitter Light Detector Reflected L.A.S.E.R
Start
Initial L.A.S.E.R This is a model of the LIGO labs
LIGO has two main facilities, one in Livingston, Louisiana, and the other one in southeastern Washington State LIGO utilizes two interferometers, (which measure light and wavelengths), each with two 2.5 mile long arms arranged in an “L” shape. 2.5 mile interferometers allow for more accuracy in data
Light Detection 1.
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#1 has no g-waves because the reflected light is in harmony causing no light. When the wavelengths are not in harmony, it means that g-waves are present.
These are used to send a laser and reflect it back to a Light Detector.
THE FUTURE
LIGO
“Gravitational waves will truly open a new window on the Universe, providing astronomers and other scientists with their first glimpses of previously unseen and unseeable wonders, and greatly adding to our understanding of the nature of space and time itself.” LIGO team
“[The future] is an unknown. We say that gravity is this thing that we observe, but Einstein said it was like an illusion and this proves that. It gives us an opportunity to go further into explaining the universe. You never know what you’re going to use new information for.” Physics teacher David James
NEWS
MARCH 18, 2016
NEWS BRIEFS
NEWS BRIEFS CORY STEELE // BRIEFS
TODAY AND TOMORROW
TUESDAY
Evening with the Ambassadors & Accents will take place in the auditorium. The event will start at 7 p.m. and end at 9:30 p.m. on both nights.
CHS voter registration for students who will be 18 years old by Nov. 8 takes place every Tuesday morning of March in the commons.
“We’re so excited to show everyone what we’ve been doing ... It’s just a huge cumulative set of what we’ve been doing throughout the whole year.” Accent and junior Hannah George
MARCH 28 Sophomores will attend a presentation by guest speaker Kira Hudson in the auditorium. Her presentation will focus on cell phone restrictions while driving, drawing from her own experiences.
TUESDAY
APRIL 1 TO 10
The Jazz Expressions concert will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the auditorium.
There will be no school due to spring break.
To read about the Jazz Expressions concert, flip to Page 34.
To read about what some students plan to do over spring break, flip to Page 25. TOOTING HIS HORN: Brad Hill, jazz band member and senior, plays his flugelhorn during a jazz band rehearsal before school. All four of the jazz bands will perform at the Jazz Expressions concert on Tuesday.
SHREERAM THIRUNAVUKKARASU // PHOTO
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MINUTE MARCH MADNESS FOR MATT
MARCH 18, 2016
FUNDRAISING FOR A FRIEND
Fellowship of Christian Athletes plans to donate proceeds from annual event to junior Matt Cooper NYSSA QIAO // STORY
omorrow, fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) plans to host its annual Minute March Madness event, and this year all proceeds will go towards helping Matt Cooper, a junior recently diagnosed with leukemia. According to Rachel Dixon, FCA council member and senior, the club, as a Christian organization, wanted to reach out to those in need and have an open event for the school and community. “The event’s free, but there’s a little jar that’s for donations, and we’ll end up taking all the donations and donating it to an organization .... It’s for Matt this year (because) he was diagnosed with leukemia, and we wanted to show our support that, as a club, we’re here for him,” Dixon said. During the event, Dixon said there will be multiple activities going on: a basketball tournament, capture the flag, dodgeball and volleyball. The basketball tournament will involve games between teams of three, and both dodgeball and volleyball will be competitions among grades. Additionally, the March Madness
STANDING UP FOR A CAUSE: Rachel Dixon, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) council member and senior, talks to club members during a FCA meeting in the freshman cafeteria. Dixon said FCA hosts Minute March Madness every year and seeks to help a different organization with the proceeds they receive from the event.
A LOOK AT LEUKEMIA Take a look at some statistics about leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Median age at diagnosis
Median age at death
TREATMENT OPTIONS Intrathecal (intravenous) chemotherapy targets nervous system
Radiation therapy targets areas with affected cells
Stem cell transplant targets affected cells
ELLEN PENG // GRAPHIC CANCER.GOV // SOURCE
“We know Matt. He’s a great kid (but in an) extremely unfortunate situation, and I just think that any time that you can help somebody is awesome, but any time that you know the person and you can help them, there’s no reason not to,” Moser said. “I just think it made sense (to give the proceeds to him) and it was a no-brainer—you know, let’s just do it for Coop, so it’s awesome to see the kids just rally around Matt and just try to support him. I know he really H appreciates it.” Percent of new cases and deaths per age group 30
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games being played during the night of the event will be projected on another court. FCA sponsor Derek Moser said the main goal of the event is to raise awareness and funds for organizations and people who need support. “I know (because) of Matt, (the event is) probably going to be more emotional, and the kids are going to care a little more because there’s a face to it now,” Moser said. “It makes the kids understand that this stuff actually happens, and it kind of hits home a little bit more.” Dixon said there are seven members on the FCA council who plan all the major FCA events throughout the year and decide where to donate the proceeds gathered from Minute March Madness. “(The council) just prayed about it and we all felt (motivated) to give money towards Matt to help his family out with the cost of the chemo and the doctor’s bills and everything,” Dixon said. Moser continued this sentiment about helping Cooper.
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where leukemia places in terms of prevalence among various cancers based on new cases and deaths
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NEWS
MARCH 18, 2016
PINWHEELS
CRAFTING FOR A CAUSE
Typography and Design Club makes pinwheels to mail to Syrian refugees JASMINE LAM // STORY
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ntil april 30, members of Typography and Design Club will create paper pinwheels for Syrian refugees through the Healing Classrooms Challenge. They will work with Students Rebuild, a program designed by the Bezos Family Foundation that encourages students to take initiative in critical global issues. Chelsea Dai, Typography and Design Club president and sophomore, said she learned about this challenge through advertising at the Carmel Clay Public Library (CCPL). According to her, The club had previously collaborated with the CCPL in raising $3,205 by making 1,282 pinwheels. Dai said, “(The challenge) is a good opportunity to help teenagers to take control of some these issues that they may,otherwise not be able to.” The fundraiser grants anyone the chance to assist Syrian child refugees in recovering from crisis situations in conflicted areas without leaving their homes or raising the money themselves. The Bezos Family Foundation will donate $2.50 for each pinwheel mailed to Students Rebuild by March 21 and $2 for each constructed after, according to Hope Baugh, CCPL’s Young Adult services manager.
“I think the Bezos Family Foundation could have just said, ‘Oh, here’s $400,000,’ but they wanted to get more people involved, and they wanted to raise awareness of this situation of the Syrian refugees,” she said. “The fact that people made (the pinwheels) is what triggers the Bezos Family Foundation to give this money.” The current goal is to make 200,000 paper pinwheels by April 30, and CCPL will not continue to make any more. However, those who would like to continue or
DID YOU KNOW? An estimated 9 million Syrian refugees have fled their homes since March 2011. SYRIANREFUGEES. EU // SOURCE
partake in this project can follow the instructions posted on Student Rebuild’s website. According to Dai, the club is interested in making more pinwheels since she supports the Healing Classrooms Challenge’s cause and enjoys constructing them with techniques learned in the club. Dai said, “I like making them, especially decorating them, and writing messages on the pinwheels for the refugees, and I think if I were a refugee, then I would think it’s really cool that H someone was thinking of me.”
PINWHEELS OF PROMISE: Chelsea Dai, Typography and Design Club president and sophomore, decorates a pinwheel. The club is making thousands of pinwheels to send to and raise money for Syrian refugees. SWETHA NAKSHATRI // PHOTO
PINWHEELS WITH PURPOSE
Typography and Design Club is making thousands of pinwheels to help Syrian refugees. Here’s how you can make one too: 1
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Draw diagonal lines on a square piece of paper. Decorate the other side. JENNY ZHAO // GRAPHIC
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Cut along the lines, leaving a few inches in the middle.
Turn each left corner in. Tape or glue corners down to the middle.
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Put a pin through the middle and attach to anything. STUDYVILLAGE.COM // SOURCE
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CHEMISTRY TOURNAMENT
CARMEL’S GOT CHEMISTRY
CHS students to compete in Washington University in St. Louis Chemistry Tournament MANAHIL NADEEM // STORY
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welve chs students will compete in the Washington University in St. Louis Chemistry Tournament (WUCT) on April 2. According to Dr. Jianping Huang, competition sponsor and senior chemist at Eli Lilly, WUCT is a new annual high school tournament run by Washington University undergraduate students. “The tournament is the only one on the national level for high school students in the U.S. Students from across the United States will participate in a series of chemistry exams at Washington in St. Louis and be recognized for their work in an award ceremony,” Huang said via email. The tournament focuses on building an interest and fostering an appreciation for chemistry among high school students, Huang said. “By taking part in WUCT, high school students can apply their classroom knowledge to a fun, competitive tournament, emphasizing fundamental problem-solving and teamwork skills, which are crucial for success,” he said. Huang said WUCT is different from any of the other chemistry competitions in which students have participated because it directly invites the best high school students across the nation to compete, which allows the tournament to represent the highest level of competition. According to Huang, WUCT’s exam format is also very different. The competition includes an individual exam, a team round and a relay round. Huang said for individual rounds, all students will take three exams that consist of three openresponse questions. After individual exams are over, six students
are chosen from each school to collaborate and solve questions on a variety of chemistry topics. The competition ends with a relay round during which each team will be broken up into three groups of two students. Each group will be handed one part of a question and each small group will need the answer from the previous pair to answer its part, according to Huang. The third group will submit the final answer and the teams will be graded for speed and accuracy. Anderson David, WUCT participant and sophomore said the uniqueness of this competition interests him. “I had taken a chemistry class outside of school and I thought I have never really gotten a chance to show
FINDING THE SOLUTION: Jianping Huang, WUCT sponsor and senior chemist at Eli Lilly, helps Cindy Lee, WUCT participant and junior, solve a chemistry problem at his extracurricular chemistry class. Lee will compete on April 2 at the first WUCT, a high school chemistry tournament. CAROLYN ZHANG // PHOTO
how much I know outside of the classroom. So, I thought it was a good way to get involved and do something I never really tried before,” David said. David, a student of Huang, said he has been preparing for the competition through Huang’s classes every Friday. Like David, Cindy Lee, WUCT participant and junior said she is looking forward to the originality of the competition. “For me personally, I’ve never actually competed outside of Indiana, so hopefully the competition will have a more challenging aspect,” Lee said. “I’m excited to (show) how much I know and working with the team,” David said. “I’ve gotten to know the team for the past two years, and I know this is a really good group of people and H hopefully we do really well.”
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NEWS
CARMEL BOOK NIGHT
MARCH 18, 2016
ONE (NIGHT) FOR THE BOOKS
In order to uphold last year’s tradition, House of Books members plan to hand out books on April 10 JAI SANGHANI // STORY
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ouse of books members will set up a stand at the Carmel Clay Public Library on April 10, where they will pass out books to people who walk by. Club members have reached out to many publishers and book distributors to receive book donations. They have also raised money since the fall of last year for the event. The club’s mission is to spread literacy in the community in a unique way. Last year, club members passed books out to people on the Monon Trail on World Book Night, which took place on April 23. Sarah Tinaphong, club co-vice president and senior, said, “We just had so much fun being able to share our love for reading ... and I know we had such a great response from everybody that day. Everyone really enjoyed the fact that we were spreading the love of reading and reminding everyone to keep on reading.”
SELENA QIAN // PHOTO ENRICHMENT EDITION: At a House of Books meeting, Sarah Tinaphong and Kimaya Raje, club co-vice presidents and seniors, look through Normal Norman, the book the club read to elementary school children on March 15 during Extended School Enrichment (ESE). In addition to ESE, Tinaphong said the club plans to hold Carmel Book Night to promote community literacy.
This year, World Book Night will not occur in the United States. The organization did not provide any reasons for not coming to the United States, but members of House of Books decided to do their best to keep the idea of World Book Night alive. Theresa Ramos, club sponsor and media specialist, said, “The girls (in the club) thought they really liked the
idea of the promotion (of books) and everything, and the idea (for this year) was that even though some people might argue that Carmel isn’t an area that doesn’t necessarily need to have a big literacy push it’s not like we don’t have students who could benefit from such a thing. But there are far fewer than maybe other communities.” Tinaphong said she believes club members will keep the tradition of World Book Night the same, while also incorporating the club mission statement through this event. “I think that even though (Carmel Book Night) is similar to World Book Night, one of our plans this year was to give out larger sets of books to people so they can keep on distributing beyond our reach. So, essentially, if we were to give a person 10 books, then they could give it to 10 different people,” Tinaphong said. There is a concern about it being at the end of spring break, but Tinaphong said she is optimistic about the event. Tinaphong said, “I think it’ll be really good. Seeing how World Book Night went last year, I’m pretty sure it will be very well received, and I think people really enjoy that we are doing H this for the community.”
SPREADING LITERACY
Literacy rates vary throughout the world with a concentration of low rates in Africa.
Literacy rates 81% - 100% 51%-80% 0%-50% Data unavailable
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CIA WORLD FACTBOOK // SOURCE
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IU TUITION INCREASE
PICKING UP THE PRICE
IU tuition increases to fund renovations for housing, higher salaries MARY SALZMANN // STORY
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ext year, the cost of the most common type of room on the Indiana University Bloomington (IU) campus will increase $245, and the most commonly selected meal plan will increase $50, according to Mark Land, associate vice president of public affairs at IU. This increase in prices will allow for upgrades in housing and dining options as well as provide staff with better salaries and benefits. Land said it’s always a balancing act when it comes to pricing room and board. IU Trustee Pat Shoulders said via email, “We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality education at the lowest possible cost. Additionally, (students) can also
RAISING (THE PRICE OF) THE ROOF IU will increase its housing fees. Take a look at this trend.
Average Room and Board Expense Trend $15,000
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2013
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$9,149 2014
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INSIDEINDIANABUSINESS. COM, IU // SOURCES
BALANCING ACT: Senior Tricia Abbott shows her college decision, choosing Indiana University Bloomington (IU) over Purdue University. She said she prefers IU, as it has more benefits compared to other schools that she considered particularly when it comes to affordability.
depend upon a committed faculty and staff dedicated to student success.” Shoulders said IU is still one of the most affordable colleges in the Big Ten and the largest employer in the state. The slight increase in room and board will allow for IU to keep up with competitive salaries, wages and benefits for its staff, according to Shoulders. IU Trustee Mary Ellen Bishop said the extra money will allow the university to reach its goal of updating all of its residence halls by 2020, the year most current high school seniors will graduate college. She said this summer, the second phase of Read residence hall’s renovation will begin. In addition, a new dining hall is scheduled to open in fall 2017. “This project will include air conditioning, new windows, upgrades required to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, a sprinkler system, a new roof, card swipes on student room doors and restroom upgrades,” Bishop said via email. Senior Tricia Abbott said she plans to attend IU in the fall and said the affordability of the college contributed to her decision. The
2015
Confirmed values
2016
2017
2018
Projected values
INCREASES IN FEES AND RATES Average campus fee rate:
+ 4.1%
Other campus rates: IU South Bend: IU Southeast: IUPUI:
+ 1% + 1.7% + 3.2%
Projected 2016 fee:
$10,040
2014-2015 fee:
$9,795
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increase in rates, however, came as a surprise to her. “I’m pretty salty about (the cost increase); they have some scholarships though. The increase depends on which housing plan you choose, so the cheap one’s still pretty cheap comparatively,” Abbott said. In addition, despite the tuition increase, to Abbott IU still made itself more affordable compared to Purdue University and Ball State University. Abbott said the academics and resources of IU surpassed any other school she visited, especially in the medical field. Abbott said, “You didn’t really see the party life (at IU); you see that when you get into Bloomington, but on the campus itself it’s super serene and pretty. The dorms are H also a really good size.”
FEATURE
GAMING GENDER DISCONNECT
MARCH 18, 2016
LEVELING UP
Recent studies find disconnect in number of women in gaming who identify as “gamers” GILLIAN PAXTON // STORY
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afternoons, students gather in Room E227, the classroom of Michael O’Toole, head sponsor of Nintendo Club. One student pulls a Wii U out of a closet and hooks it up to the projector. Another weekly meeting of Nintendo Club commences. The students begin a round of “Mario Kart.” In the back, senior Morgan Strohm, the only girl present at this meeting, watches on. “My brother is the one who taught me to play video games. It started out with ‘Sly Cooper’ and ‘Spyro,’ and then it kind of just led to ‘League of Legends’ and ‘Call of Duty,’” she said. “I do play video games here and there with my brother. But, my brother is the one who’s more of a gamer.” Strohm isn’t the only female fan of video games who said she feels disconnected from the “gamer” identity. According to a 2015 study conducted by Pew Research, while the number of men and women who play video games is roughly
PLAY LIKE A GIRL
Among console (such as Xbox and PlayStation) owners
42 percent are female, while
37 percent are male. In contrast,
59 percent of these males identify as “gamers,” while
41 percent of these females do. PSYCHOLOGYTODAY. COM // SOURCE
equal, more than twice as many men consider themselves “gamers.” Strohm said problems with women in gaming begin with stereotypes. “It’s a societal norm where men are more likely to play games,” she said. “It’s kind of like with colors. Pink naturally goes with girls, blue with boys. Gaming isn’t really viewed as a girly thing to do.” However, Sam Sinder, video game enthusiast and junior, has a different viewpoint. To her, the reason women don’t possess a larger presence in the gaming community comes down to what games are popular. “Some of the games (that are popular) just aren’t appealing to women. If they were, I think that women would get themselves into gaming more often,” she said. The findings of the Pew Research study may also reflect a larger problem facing the video game community with unfriendliness toward women. Many high-profile women in the gaming community have received harassment from male gamers. Perhaps one of the most dramatic
examples was the harassment of game developer Zoë Quinn. She was accused of using her relationships with men in the gaming industry to promote her own games, a scandal known as “Gamergate.” This harassment drove Quinn from her home and caused her to be unable to continue to develop her games. O’Toole cited this specific incident as an example of the large problems facing female involvement in the gaming community. “The media almost either ignored (Gamergate), or because a lot of writers of video games happen to be male, they kind of took the side of the males who were making these (harassing) comments,” he said. Another problem facing women in the gaming community is the content of the games themselves. A vast majority of games feature male protagonists, often considered the “default” character. This can make it difficult for women to identify with the trials of the male main characters that seem to dominate the scene.
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“Realistically, if that character was fighting in real life, then it’s more than likely she’ll get hurt because she only has something to cover her chest and her waist.” she said. Sinder, however, said the portrayal of women in the games she played didn’t really bother her. Despite these issues, more and more women said they have found acceptance in the video game community, reflecting a larger trend of all types of media becoming more open to women. JT Doyle, vice president of Nintendo Club, self-identified gamer and junior, said he believes women are just as valid members of the video game community as anyone else. “Video games are for everybody,” he said. “Whoever wants to play video games, they can be a gamer.” In Sinder’s experience, this analysis is valid. She said she has never personally experienced sexism from the gaming community. “I think that (women) have the same opportunities that men can have. I can go into a video game store without getting discriminated (against),” she said. Strohm said she can also see a positive trend going on. Strohm said, “Since this is a time period where people are starting to break out into their own identities (more easily), it’s a lot easier these days to be able to say as a girl, ‘Oh, H I like to play video games.’”
CAROLYN ZHANG // PHOTO “Every game I’ve ever played has been with men who rob and steal and are doing missions for a mafia. So, there’s nothing I really identify with,” Sinder said. Even when women are present in games, there are still problems. O’Toole, who teaches lessons in his sociology class on the portrayal of women in games, said he sees many negative portrayals of women in games. “Women are generally a prize of some sort (in games); they appear very helpless. They’re generally
who you are supposed to win in the game, or you’re rescuing them.” O’Toole said, “Even the women who are supposed to be strong female characters are so disproportionately built that if they were true forms they probably wouldn’t be able to run, jump or swim.” He said women are often sexualized through skimpy, unrealistic outfits, an observation shared by Strohm, who said she finds female characters often have outfits unsuited for the situations they’re in.
NOT JUST A GAME: Senior Morgan Strohm watches a video game on her computer. According to her, there is a social disconnect between women who game and those who label themselves as “gamers.”
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FEATURE
VIRTUAL REALITY
MARCH 18, 2016
BRIDGING THE ‘RIFT’
With upcoming release of Oculus Rift, students, teachers reconsider use of virtual reality in classes ALLEN ZHANG // STORY
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n one of the internal rooms of the CHS media center sits a row of black smartphones clothed in what appears to be goggle-shaped cardboard boxes. “Google Cardboard,” as these boxes are called, is a virtual reality headset several CHS teachers are currently test-running for future use in the classroom. Furthermore, this technology has implications in a variety of subjects at CHS, including social studies, art and sciences. Sophomore Levi Woods said he has had some experience with the new technology of virtual reality. He said he believes it would ultimately benefit the education system. He said his experience includes attending a virtual reality demonstration hosted by Samsung. “In (the demonstration), there was a 360-degree-video, where you could see Earth and you could see the (International Space Station),” Woods said. “It’s interesting because in a normal video, (the person filming) chooses what your focus is prior (to shooting), but in the virtual reality environment, (users) can choose what to focus on.” With the Oculus Rift’s release date approaching on March 28, a new era of virtual reality is dawning. According to the Oculus blog, the Oculus Rift will present its users with an “immersive high-end VR” experience primarily in gaming. Although this specific release may not affect the school’s use of the Google Cardboard, it has caused students and teachers alike to rethink the application of virtual reality to education. The arrival of the long-
VIRTUAL REALITY COMPARISONS HTC VIVE PRE Field of view: 110 degrees Resolution: 2160 by 1200 Price: $799 Special Feature: front camera warns of close objects
PLAYSTATION VR Field of view: 100 degrees Resolution: 1920 by 1080 Price: not yet on sale Special Feature: incorporates motion control CNET.COM // SOURCE
THE REAL DEAL: Tracy Hadden, AP European History teacher and social studies department chairperson, takes her students on a virtual tour of Moscow. According to Hadden, virtual reality allows for more in-depth lessons. SHREERAM THIRUNAVUKKARASU // PHOTO
awaited Oculus Rift, once considered the staple of virtual reality gaming, comes with largely positive thoughts about the use of virtual reality as whole in the classroom. Tracy Hadden, AP European History teacher and social studies department chairperson, said she sees virtual reality as a chance to enhance the learning environment for students. She said she has taken her students on a virtual tour of Moscow, Russia and said she thinks the technology would benefit visual learners. “I really liked the idea that you can see the places we talked about in class all the time,” Hadden said. “It’s just an idea sometimes, until you see it, especially for visual learners, so it enriches the learning.” Woods said he agrees about the educational benefits of virtual reality. “I think it would be good for enhancement (of lessons), since it would be a good tool to enhance things. Some people like hands-on learning, and we don’t always get a lot of that,” Woods said.
Along with possible applications in social studies, virtual reality could also expand to other subjects. According to Hadden, the technology is currently offered throughout the whole school. She said virtual reality has several applications in the industrial arts. For example, students could receive a broader picture on how things are built, as well as in the sciences, where students could observe the natural world in greater detail without leaving the classroom. When the technology does become widespread, however, Hadden said she plans to use it only once in a while for enrichment purposes. “It’s not like it takes the entire day,” Hadden said. “I could see us taking 10 minutes when we’ve gone through the storming of the Bastille, and after we’ve talked about some of these different locations, to use virtual reality and say, ‘Look at it now,’ and kind of make history come alive.” Woods, however, said he touts a slightly different viewpoint.
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CHS has begun to use the Google Cardboard’s virtual reality to enhance learning environments. Take a look at how it works:
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Phone- Your phone is placed within the cardboard goggles and displays the image Lenses- 40 millimeter focal distance lenses turns the phone image into a 3D image App- The Cardboard app is a free app that displays the image in the resolution required for the lenses to transform it into a 3D image Magnet- The magnet on the side is very weak, but is used to control the phone while it is in the cardboard. It works by using the phone’s magnetometer, which usually controls the compass feature, to control the phone ADITYA BELAMKAR // GRAPHIC TECHRADAR.COM.// SOURCE
“It would take time to adapt (to virtual reality), and I think its usage would increase a lot as time goes on, because classrooms can get kind of boring and dull,” Woods said.“It could go a lot of ways. You could use it rarely to show just a particular experiment, or you could use it a lot just to make day-to-day things more interesting and in-depth.” Nonetheless, despite the new technology’s benefits, both students and teachers said they see a few drawbacks to virtual reality. Joshua Fogel, one of Hadden’s AP European history students and sophomore, said although implementing technology in the classroom is necessary and beneficial, the current state of the school’s virtual reality is still in need of improvement. “I thought the use of the Google
DID YOU KNOW? For a virtual reality headset to be successful, it can’t allow light or images of the user’s environment into the user’s field of vision. The first working virtual reality headset was developed in 2015 — the first few models were too bulky for use. STATISTA.COM // SOURCE
To read more about virtual reality and the Oculus Rift, flip to page 38.
Cardboard was very unique, and I liked taking my virtual tour of Moscow. But, it’s limited in its capability. I would like to see maybe a bit more of a sturdy design, or maybe more uses than just taking a virtual tour,” Fogel said. Fogel also commented on the interactivity of virtual reality. “I know (the virtual reality program) had a zoom feature on it, but that was a little broken for me,” Fogel said. Hadden also said she believes the current state of the school’s virtual reality lacks interactivity, and said she wishes for it to be more applicable to history classes. “We looked at the Moscow (tour), and we could see things that were relevant to 17th century Russia as well as 20th century Russia,” Hadden said. “To me, it would be really great to see a tour of the Kremlin and some of the Gulags, something that was associated with Stalin in general instead of just Moscow.” Woods said he has a suggestion to improve the lack of interactivity currently present in the virtual reality systems available. He said the school could use the Virtuix Omni or a similar virtual reality device to allow students free roam in a virtual world. “The Virtuix Omni is a little platform you can sort of walk around
in, too. And it works with the Xbox Kinect, so you can sort of move around in it, too. So, you could have the teacher set an environment, with barriers, and you could walk around yourself,” Woods said. Woods also acknowledged the cost of acquiring such technology would be a significant limiting factor in implementing it. According to Fogel, another possible drawback the technology may incur is related to students’ health. “Some people could get motion sickness, but otherwise, I think it’s worth it,” Fogel said. Yet, despite what it may lack, students and teachers said they believe the benefits outweigh the costs. They said they remain hopeful as to what specifically the future of this technology may entail. Personally, Woods said he views virtual reality as a bridge across the rift between the classroom environment and the real world. “It could be used a lot in history if people did simulations of what happened before, because there’s sort of a break there; the information is only in the textbook. It could also be used in things like geography, where you get to see another part of the world, and you can even walk around in it,” Woods said. “It would provide a lot of opportunities, and because it’s new it has the appeal there, too.” H
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FEATURE
SOCIAL MEDIA
MARCH 18, 2016
THEY MEAN BUSINESS
Students use social media, websites to facilitate marketing, self-branding LILLY ST. ANGELO // STORY
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enior lauren colbert said she has always been hypnotized by the camera lens. She ran around family reunions with a camera, took it with her on playdates and dreamed of becoming the photographer at her beloved summer camp, Camp Tecumseh. Little did she know that one day, after building a portfolio and putting it on several social media outlets and her own website, she would be hired to be one of the camp’s summer of 2016 photographers. “I think I’ve always kind of been the girl with the camera,” Colbert said. Although she started young, Colbert said she seriously got into photography in high school. “I took a photojournalism class my freshman year and that really sparked my interest even more and that’s when I took the time to actually get know really how to use a camera. I got my first DSLR (camera) after that.” Colbert is one of a growing number of students at CHS who are already a step ahead of the crowd when it
MEANS OF MARKETING
comes to marketing themselves. In an increasingly competitive job-market and college-admissions process, an online presence has become more important for students wishing to gain a competitive edge in their fields. Social media and websites provide a way for students to put their portfolio out for the world to see. Patrick Brouder, self-proclaimed lover of all things media and senior, has tried his hand at everything from photography and videography, to graphic design and advertising. “I’ve kind of dabbled in most of that stuff and now I’m trying to grow my abilities in those different activities. I’m just using (the things I do) to help my own image, to just get my name out there, and also to help others and get their brands known as well,” Brouder said. Brouder, also an avid user of social media, has a vlog on YouTube, posts his photography and graphic designs on his Instagram account, and he has his own website and Twitter feed for his clothing line, Foxtrot Apparel.
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“I think it’s a really good talking point when it comes to introducing myself to people, because what I’ve learned about the creative community in general, and the business community, is that everything is about connections; it’s who you know,” Brouder said. “And just having a portfolio, having your own website is helpful just to let people know you’re professional and just show them what you can do for them.” CHS business teacher Pete Smith said he agreed that social media has become a place for students to show off their individuality and successes in order to promote themselves. “A successful step in creating a student’s online presence in their prospective fields is to establish accounts on social networking sites that will be beneficial in showcasing their skills and past, positive experiences,” Mr. Smith said via email. Liz Ogilvie, founder of 7057 Media, a business that offers marketing services for short and feature-length films, said in the professional world websites are popular because they offer a place for companies to prove themselves. “By building a website you are giving your business the opportunity to tell consumers why they should trust you and the testimonials and facts to back up those opportunities,” Ogilvie said via email. “When you provide great service or product, positive wordof-mouth about your business is likely to spread. Which in turn, delivers more repeat and new business.” According to Colbert, however, word-of-mouth marketing should not be relied on as the only source of marketing. “I think having a presence on social media or just online or finding
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STUDENT BUSINESSES PICTURE PERFECT: Senior Lauren Colbert demonstrates how to use a DSLR camera. A Camp Tecumseh director hired Colbert as a photographer for the camp’s summer of 2016 program after seeing the work she posted on Instagram, Flickr and her website.
Lauren Colbert Photography Founded: 2014 Owner: Lauren Colbert Services: Portraits for seniors, families, sports and special events Instagram: @laurencolbert photography True Fortune Clothing Founded: 2013 Owners: Nick Smith, Ethan Merriweather and Jalen Walker SHRADDHA RAMNATH // PHOTO
a way to market yourself is definitely the key. It’s going to be a lot harder to get yourself somewhere if you’re just sharing by word of mouth. But by talking to professionals, getting advice from them and utilizing the tools you have online, it’s definitely very beneficial in that way,” Colbert said. Junior Nick Smith (no relation to Pete Smith), alongside his business partners and juniors Ethan Merriweather and Jalen Walker started their own clothing line, True Fortune, at the end of eighth grade in 2013. Their purpose? To stand out and be different, Nick said. They now have Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as a website. However, Nick said they sometimes hesitate to post. “Generally, it’s not hard to post something, but it is (harder) to post something that will draw people’s interest, develop more customers and more of a fan base,” Smith said. Ogilvie gave insight on the challenge of knowing what to post.
FACEBOOK INSIGHTS Embedded into Facebook, this tool can track user interaction on a Facebook page. Available information on posts includes:
Virality Fan and visiter demographics Likes People actively talking about post Businesses can base their marketing strategies around these statistics. KISSMETRICS.COM // SOURCE
“For businesses in any industry, the key to success is knowing your audience. Social media makes this possible, and easier to accomplish than ever. With tools like Facebook Insights, you can learn the dominant languages spoken among your social media audience, as well as their age and gender,” Ogilvie said. Students don’t only market businesses online. The website SoundCloud is popular for up-andcoming musicians, Hudl is used by athletes to post highlight reels to show their talent to recruiters. Mr. Smith is an advocate of LinkedIn, a businessoriented social networking site for individuals in the business field or those looking to join. “It’s all mental,” Nick said. “If you want to, anything can be done. If you really stick with it and not give up over little failures and stuff like that, you can get it done if you really want to.” While starting and maintaining self-marketing social media requires
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effort, Ogilvie pointed out the benefit of its affordability for students. “Social media for business has allowed companies to increase brand awareness and reach of their brand at little to no cost. The costs associated with these strategies are a lot higher with traditional advertising methods,” she said. In Colbert’s case, the value of her social media accounts has clearly paid off. Colbert’s Instagram following and portraiture business has grown largely because of “tagging.” When people post portraits that Colbert has captured, they give her credit in the caption, tagging her account name which then leads their followers to check out Colbert’s page. The constantly changing nature of today’s society is what drives Brouder to learn all the things he’s learned and still strive to know more and market himself better. “I think the biggest thing is just to not stay comfortable with one thing. Always try to keep exploring what you do,” Brouder said. “Put yourself out there and don’t be afraid to explore and H try new things.”
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FEATURE
LIBERALISM
MARCH 18, 2016
PROGRESSIVE PERSPECTIVES
Liberalism appeals to many young people despite Carmel’s conservative tendencies JORDYN BLAKEY // STORY
WHERE DO YOU STAND?
53 percent of Republicans are socially conservative. 53 percent of Democrats are socially liberal. 54 percent of Republicans are economically conservative. 45 percent of Democrats are economically liberal. GALLUP.COM // SOURCE
Bernie Sanders, who’s liberal, is trying to pass policies that will typically help younger generations, such as free tuition,” O’Toole said. Yet, liberal issues like the ones mentioned by O’Toole aren’t the only issues that young people value. According to a 2016 poll conducted by political consultant Frank Luntz, 28 percent of Millennials view income inequality as a major concern in the United States. Although Kehoe said she is “really big on social issues,” she is also in agreement with Hancock, as she upholds nearly the same democratic position on economic inequality. Both Hancock and Kehoe share similar economic
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Catholic, I feel that it is my religious duty to help those in need,” Hancock said via email. According to government teacher Michael O’Toole, historically, students tend to be more liberal because of the meaning behind the ideas of liberalism. “A lot of it has to do with the ideas of what it means to be liberal versus conservative,” O’Toole said. For example, O’Toole said current issues involving free college tuition and increasing minimum wage are issues that students specifically can get behind. O’Toole pointed to the current crop of presidential candidates for an example. “This current election going on;
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enior moira kehoe has always shared her father’s conservative political views. “I was like (my father’s) clone,” Kehoe said. However, midway through her freshman year Kehoe said her outlook started to change. Some of her friends influenced her political views, and she said she started to conduct research on important issues. “I started sympathizing more with people and viewing government less as a business and more as running a country that has actual people in it who have actual problems,” Kehoe said. Some might call those views “liberal.” These views stand in stark contrast against Kehoe’s formerly more conservative beliefs. However, Kehoe’s views aren’t specific to her. According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, the rate of people with a high school education or less who identify as liberals has increased by 13 percent from 2000 to 2015. This leads to the question: What makes students more liberal? Brian Hancock, CHS Democrats Club president and junior, sheds some light on the issue. “First of all, it is human nature to help people. We live and survive as one, and when we see someone struggling there is a natural tendency to want to help. Additionally, as a
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views of the unequal distribution of wealth to the poor. “It’s good to redistribute wealth and other resources to people who really need it,” Hancock said. While Kehoe and Hancock tend to lean to the left on economic issues, only Kehoe said she found it difficult to share her liberal opinions in Carmel’s political climate. She said that it is hard to support liberal ideas in Carmel, which tends to lean toward more conservative viewpoints. “I’ve definitely had a few colorful debates,” Kehoe said. She said she uses the conservative opposition as a chance to gain knowledge. By researching the topics that are discussed, she said she can back up her argument more efficiently, and this helps her to express her views. Debate is useful for her because she said “it really makes you have to back up your argument.” Like Kehoe, O’Toole said he believes students should base their ideas off of facts, instead of what their parents or teachers tell them. “It is important (to have opinions in high school) as long as it’s factbased,” O’Toole said. However, parents are a part of students’ everyday lives, and they can also influence teens’ political views. This can make it difficult for some students to separate their views from that of their parents. While Kehoe started out inheriting her ideas from her father, she said she does not think that teenagers should automatically accept ideas from their parents. “I just want people to know that there are other things out there than following exactly what your parents say,” Kehoe said. According to a December 2015 report from The American
SPEAK UP! Do you think students these days are more likely to be liberal? “I think students as an age-group are more likely to be liberal. I think as we age we can tend to become more conservative—students are more liberal.”
Biomedical sciences teacher Patricia Neterer “More democratic leaders are urging to lower the cost of colleges and get people out of their debt, which many people are worried about for the future. More people are prone to believe in gay marriage, pro-choice and liberal ideas.”
Sophomore Karlee Wrobleski “Most people these days are more accepting in general. They embrace the ideas (of liberalism).”
Junior Brandon Schaefer DIVYA ANNAMALAI // PHOTOS Sociological Association (ASA), a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of sociology, surveyed 3,356 families between 2006 and 2008 and found that over 51.2 percent of children rejected their mother’s political beliefs and that 54.2 percent rejected their father’s beliefs as well. Researchers came to the conclusion that children can create their own political identity. With those numbers in mind, it can still be difficult for students to share their differing views, especially in a more conservative community like Carmel. While Hancock said he uses his club as a way to express his views, Kehoe said she achieves this same
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U.S. TEEN POLITICAL IDEOLOGY Compared to their parents.... 7 percent are more conservative. 21 percent are more liberal. 71 percent are about the same. GALLUP.COM // SOURCE
vocalization through social media. She has a political blog on Tumblr and uses Twitter as her main avenue to express her ideas. Moreover, Kehoe said she is open about her liberal principles. On that same token, though, Hancock said he tries to not let his liberal political views interfere with his personal self. “I like to define myself as myself, not by my political views,” Hancock said. Kehoe said she is not trying to be quirky or different with her views as a liberal, and she said she is prepared for criticism of her liberal stances. Kehoe said, “If you question why you believe something, you’ll maybe see that there’s flaws in your ideas.” H
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APRIL FOOL’S DAY
APRIL FOOL’S DAY
As April 1st approaches, people get ready for the pranks and fun of the day. Take a look at everything about April Fools’ Day:
THE ORIGINS AND ICONIC PRANKS
WHO IS PRANKING THIS YEAR?
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Below is the distribution estimated pranking percentages in the United States
India celebrates the spring festival of Holi. Celebration includes playing jokes and throwing colors on others.
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Who do people play the most pranks on?
Persia celebrates Sizdahbedar by playing pranks on one another. This holiday often coincides with April Fools’ Day.
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Rome celebrates the holiday Hilaria around this time of year. In modern times, the holiday is known as Roman Laughing Day.
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WHERE ARE PEOPLE PRANKING? The Council of Trent creates the Gregorian calender and moves the New Year from April 1 to January 1.
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COLLEGE DECISIONS Q&A
Since most college decisions are coming out soon, below are two perspectives of college-bound seniors HANNAH GLAZIER // Q&A SHREERAM THIRUNAVUKKARASU // PHOTO
Senior Kelsey Regan College Decision: Indiana Wesleyan Type of Decision: Early Decision Q: What’s it like knowing which college you will be attending next year? A: I feel like it’s a huge weight lifted off my shoulder. I know a lot of my friends who are still waiting for their letters. They are very stressed out or they have all of their letters and don’t know how to decide. I just feel like I can focus on other things and enjoy my senior year, which is supposed to be the best year of high school.
Q: How has your early decision impacted your academic motivation? A: Well, first semester I worked really hard, like harder than I have ever worked before, but this semester has been so easy. I haven't done my homework in so long...I got in with scholarship money, and so I feel a lot less motivated in school. Q: Why did you decide to apply people, the campus, the staff and the early decision? program. So, I was I going to apply as A: I only applied to two schools soon as I could because I wanted the because after I visited Indiana stress of waiting to be out of the way Wesleyan University, when I was early. I watch all of my friends stress a junior, when I went there, I out and I want to say “It’s going to be immediately fell in love with the okay,” but it was always okay for me.
Senior Anthony Giannamore College Decision: Undecided Type of Decision: Regular Decision Q: What colleges did you apply to? A: I applied to a lot of different colleges. They are all Catholic liberal arts schools on the east coast. Many of them are in the Boston and New York areas. Q: When did you apply to these colleges? A: Well, I did not do any early decision applications mainly because I had a few pending achievements that I was really hoping to come through, and thankfully they did. I didn’t have any school in mind where I would go to, regardless of the situation. It was a better decision to apply for regular decision and have those achievements tangible and many other options available.
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All regular college decisions will be released by the middle of next month. Check out the differences between the 3 main college application processes. COLLEGEBOARD.ORG // SOURCE
Q: How do you feel watching others who already know where they will be attending next fall? A: I mean, (I) feel happy for them. I have been accepted to some schools that I have applied to; however, they just are not my dream schools. I feel stressed to a certain extent. I think that I won’t start feeling stressed until I start not getting correspondence from colleges. Yet, getting accepted early (decision) really opens your options. But I think that if you’re absolutely sure where you want to go, then I recommend early decision.
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STUDENT MISSIONARIES
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MISSION(ARY) POSSIBLE
For handful of CHS students, spring break is a time for missionary trips, giving back ANNA SPRINGER // STORY
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tepping out of the skopje airport in Macedonia last spring, senior Royce McConnell was stunned by the beautiful, mountainous landscape that surrounded him. “It kind of reminded me of Indianapolis minus the skyscrapers. Also, put that in the middle of a valley with beautiful mountains all around you,” McConnell said. McConnell and junior Miriam Wright spent their spring break serving others and helping them grow closer to God. However, McConnell
ANGELA SUN // PHOTO and Wright are not the only ones. With spring break approaching, many students are faced with the excitement and relaxation of their pending plans. Yet, Christian students all over Carmel, like McConnell and Wright, choose to go on mission trips instead of a week on the beach during spring break Senior Ryan Cole is one of the many students that plan to go on a spring break mission trip this year, however not as part of a school club, but with his church. Cole will travel to Nicaragua with many of his friends and leaders from his church youth group. On site,
ON A MISSION(ARY TRIP): Senior Ryan Cole (middle) discusses his spring break missionary trip plans in Nicaragua to his youth group. Cole believes giving back to those in need will be more rewarding than having fun on the beach for a week.
Cole said they will do physical labor as well as lead small groups and help young children come to Christ. One of the many Christian clubs at Carmel is CRU, and it takes an active role in sending these spring break missionaries on their trips. CRU Sponsor, Jen Bubp, said she is an active supporter of the outstanding work that mission trips do in the lives of the people that the missionaries are helping to support as well as the students that choose to go on them. “A mission trip allows you the opportunity to leave your comfort
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zone and wealthy American lifestyle in order to experience another culture’s way of living,” Bubp said. “It is important to see that how we live as Americans is radically different from the way others live around the world. We take our modern conveniences like indoor plumbing for granted. When you return from a mission trip, you truly appreciate what you have.” Cole said he is very excited to be a part of his coming mission trip and said he feels like he has been called to make a difference in the lives of others. “I’m looking forward to being in a new environment. I’ve never been out of the country and don’t speak Spanish, so going on the trip is a step out of my comfort zone, but I think that it’ll be a worthwhile experience that will teach me something new,” Cole said. Wright and McConnell went on the same trip together where they helped to create a Christian group in a local Macedonian high school. They said the work that Christian students did in Macedonia changed many lives. Instead of relaxing on the beach, they rolled up their sleeves and learned valuable life lessons such as
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compassion for others and learning to put others before themselves. McConnell and Wright said they were moved by their spiritual calling to serve others, similar to Cole. They received nothing in return yet they said they were willing to skip their regular spring break plans to help those in need. Throughout the trip, they also toured sights such as hiking up Vodno Mountain and seeing the Millennium Cross as well as shadowing students at the local high school. McConnell said, “Our main purpose was to get connected in different schools across the city and reach out to kids to share what we’ve known as the love of Jesus. We split into a few groups and went to schools with different students and talked to them and then hung out after school at cafes.” Wright said the most memorable moment to her is when she helped a Macedonian student give her life to Christ. At the end of the trip, a party took place with the new friends the CRU students had made in which Wright pulled aside one of her Macedonian friends. “I took her aside and told her how
SPREADING THE WORD Short-term missionary trips are growing in popularity amongst high school students. Here are the most popular destinations. Least Popular Destinations Due to internal strife, the Middle East and Oceania are the two least popular missionary trip destinations in the world.
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much I appreciated her opening up to me and welcoming my team and I, and she told me something that I’ll never forget. She told me that the way that my team and I had immediately welcomed and loved her had made her feel so special,” Wright said. Because of the work that CRU had done and how welcoming they were to her, she saw God’s love through them and she gave her life to Christ simply because of the CRU missionaries. Wright said, “In today’s society there are so many spiritual opportunities for teenagers, and I can see that working in so many people’s lives. I can see an increase in people wanting to share the gospel, even with my own friends. That’s why CRU is really special to me.” Over the course of the trip, CRU members and leaders were shocked by the enormous impact the Carmel students had on many lives. They showed the Macedonian teenagers love and compassion while learning about their culture and expanding their hearts to others. “I was amazed at how welcoming students of another nation could be,” McConnell said. “I have seen foreign students at Carmel but (the Macedonian teens) really embraced us and wanted to learn about our cultures as we learned and experienced theirs. I would recommend it to anyone who has a H passion for serving others.”
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ophomore Mona Goggins has always known that her brother, freshman Joshua “Josh” Goggins, was different from others. According to Mona, he showed symptoms of autism at an early age—aggression, lack of speech and sensitivity to sound. “He didn’t walk until he was two and a half,” Mona said. “He still (hadn’t) spoken, so we knew there was a problem.”
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Josh has nonverbal autism, and according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 25 percent of individuals with autism are nonverbal. For the majority of the population, autism and other disabilities like it may seem difficult to understand, let alone handle. However, with March being Developmental Disabilities Awareness month, more and more people are becoming educated about developmental disorders.
“I think (awareness) has gotten so much better, just from when I was in fifth grade to now,” Sheila Schuh, Best Buddies officer and junior, said. “It’s like a whole new world.” Developmental disabilities, according to the CDC, are a group of chronic conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language or behavior areas. Developmental disabilities can be detected by failures or delays in meeting “milestones” such as
walking, waving and smiling for the first time. They include conditions like cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hearing or vision impairment. These developmental disabilities impact 15 percent of children aged 3 to 17, according to the CDC, and can significantly impact their dayto-day lives, by making it difficult for students with disabilities to “fit in” with other students or complete certain tasks. SWETHA NAKSHATRI // PHOTO
Schuh said she has seen these challenges on a regular basis. “Working in the Life Skills room, there’s such a large range of different struggles that people have,” Schuh said. “One of the hardest things to see is when somebody wants to do something, and they try really hard to overcome it, but it’s just something that they can’t do (because of their condition).” Mona said she has experienced this personally with her brother. According to Mona, when Josh struggles with showing his feelings or doing a task, he may throw violent fits in public, and it becomes a group effort from her and her family to calm Josh down. “You just always have to be on it, because if he does throw a fit, you have to take action immediately,” Mona said. “He doesn’t mean to be violent, but (he) just (is) because he is nonverbal. He’s violent to show, ‘Hey, this is what I’m feeling.’” Treatments for developmental conditions can add another layer of difficulty, as some can be expensive. According to the Fiscal Times, total spending on ADHD alone in 2013 ranged from $143 billion to $266 billion. This may include drugs such as Adderall to treat the condition itself and an accompanying nightly sleep medication to counteract the side effects of the Adderall. Additionally, according to the CDC, children with ADHD are more likely to be seriously injured than children without the condition, adding on the cost of hospital visits for serious injuries. Other developmental disabilities, such as vision impairment, have their own prices as well. According to Research!America, a group that
LINKED IN LEARNING: Senior Allison Kim helps senior Abigail “Abby” Love work through her United Sound lesson book. United Sound is a peer facilitation program that helps kids with special needs learn how to play instruments.
works on improving health in the United States, the cost of treating vision impairment is an estimated $7,000 per person every year. The individual and his or her family pay 52 percent of the cost themselves, which may cover things such as a diagnosis or vision aids. Mona said she acknowledges the financial difficulty of living with and caring for a sibling with a developmental condition like autism. According to Autism Speaks, an organization that works to increase awareness about autism, the average yearly cost for treating autism ranges from $18,000 to $30,000 amounting to a lifetime cost of $1.4 million to $2.4 million. These costs may cover therapy, education, behavioral intervention or even residential care should it be necessary. “Especially now that (Josh) is getting older and my mom’s getting older, we’re starting to look at options for group homes,” Mona said. “It’s kind of hard because he’s my little brother and he’s younger than me, so I kind of want him to stay.” Another challenge that students with disabilities may face is bullying. Bullying can manifest in a multitude of ways, such as name calling or physical aggression, and according to Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center, children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to be bullied than their nondisabled peers. Mona said even in the relatively safe environment of CHS, she has experienced people bullying Josh in her daily life. “I’ve experienced people picking on my brother in
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public,” said Mona. “You just have to show people, ‘Hey, Josh is a normal person.’” According to Frances “Francie” Elzinga, Champions Together member and sophomore, much of the bullying stems from persistent stereotypes that students with disabilities cannot succeed academically or physically. These stereotypes can range from a student being treated like a child to statements describing students with disabilities as “broken.” Whether the teasing stems from how an individual walks, speaks or looks, Elzinga said it’s not acceptable and should be stopped immediately.
“Sometimes, at an academic standpoint, (someone with a developmental disorder) may be lower than you, but it’s congruent with their disability and where they’re at in their education,” Elzinga said. “But you shouldn’t be rude to anyone, no matter if they have a disability or not.” Several clubs at CHS have begun to take action against bullying and help students with disabilities by forming friendships. Groups such as United Sound focus on helping students with disabilities play music, which can improve motor skills for some individuals. Other clubs, like Unified Track
and Champions Together, focus on athletics and participation in athletic events with students with disabilities. Additionally, Young Life Capernaum is a youth group for people with special needs and helps them form religious relations. Best Buddies, a group that primarily specializes on forming friendships between students with disabilities and those without, plans to spend this month working to raise awareness through hanging posters and creating keychains. Additionally, according to Schuh, the group will also create a video and have a bubble party with the middle school Best Buddies groups.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES In light of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, here are some things you should understand about different developmental disabilities. The About one in six or about 15 percent, of children aged three to 17 years have one or more developmental disabilities.
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AUTISM AFFECTS MORE GUYS THAN GIRLS Autism is four to five times more common among boys than girls. An estimated one out of 42 boys and one in 189 girls are diagnosed with autism in the United States. Autism Spectrum Disorder affects over 3 million individuals in the United States and tens of millions worldwide.
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention around one in 68 American children are on the autism spectrum - a tenfold increase in prevalence over the past 40 years ago.
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Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye” are examples of developmental milestones. Here are some common developmental disabilities that we hear about today.
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Down Syndrome is a condition where a person is born with an extra copy of Chromosome 21. People with Down Syndrome may have physical or intellectual disabilities.
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Tourette Syndrome is a condition of the nervous system. The most common symptom is tics. Tics are sudden twitches, movements, or sounds that people make repeatedly and involuntarily.
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Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder. A genetic disorder means that there are mutations in genes. FXS is caused by changes in the Fragile X Mental Redartadion 1 gene.
“The underlying factor of all of this is that support we’re able to provide to our friends with special needs to grow and learn and become adults,” Schuh said. According to Elzinga, education about these conditions is a priority for groups who work with students with disabilities. Being aware of developmental disorders is something that can easily spread among individuals, and even though funding is helpful, Elzinga said, awareness tends to make a bigger impact than money alone. “In Champions Together we had a discussion about whether or not our goal should be educating people about disabilities or fundraising,” Elzinga said. “A mass majority wanted to educate people because to us it’s more important that everyone understands what a disability is.” According to special services teacher Dana Lawrence, groups like Best Buddies and classes like Peer Facilitation have increased awareness of developmental disorders significantly. Additionally, Lawrence also said books such as All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism by Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer have allowed even younger students understand conditions like autism. “When I was in school, nobody ever talked about (developmental disorders),” Lawrence said. “Now I feel like a lot of people know about it.” Despite the challenges still left to overcome, according to Mona, change is happening. Conditions like autism aren’t always as bad as they may seem, she said. In fact, according to Mona, Josh is aware of his condition but isn’t upset by it. He tends to use it as a lighthearted advantage over his siblings, she said, and often times, Josh will cause mischief around the house, just like any other kid. “(Mentally, Josh) will be like, ‘Oh well, I have autism so I’m going to do this and I’ll get away with it,’” Mona said. “He’s really smart about it.” Elzinga said she agrees that developmental disorders aren’t always negative. According to Elzinga,
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students with disabilities are often the happiest people she knows, and their positive attitude has left an impression on her own. “They’re just happy and smiling, and they always give you the most amount of compliments,” Elzinga said. “It just teaches me to have that same attitude, because they might not be as able-bodied as me, but they’re a lot of times...just a lot happier and just amazing people to be around.” As awareness about the condition increases, Lawrence said it becomes important to know how to interact with students with developmental disorders. According to Lawrence, patience is one of the key components to keep in mind when interacting with a student with a disability. “Be really flexible and patient. Give them time and ask them questions,” Lawrence said. “(People with disabilities are) all so different. It’s hard to say (what’s most important), but I’d have to say be patient. Treat them with respect.” Though Mona said she is happy awareness is increasing, she also acknowledged that personal action must be taken in order to bring real change. Despite the groups that have
PEER POWER: Sarah Glaze, peer facilitator and senior (left), and Kassidy Mattingly, peer facilitator and sophomore (right), look through a newspaper to create a scavenger hunt. Every quarter, Glaze said, the peer facilitators prepare an activity for the students they work with.
already taken action, according to Mona, the biggest impact comes from daily action from individuals. “I’ve learned that you have to be the change that you want to see,” Mona said. “You have to show that yourself, and then other people will pick up on it and start treating (people with developmental disorders) like normal people.” Schuh said she agrees. According to her, the most important fact to keep in mind is that students with disabilities not only face the same challenges nondisabled students do, like doing classwork or waking up early, but also love the same things nondisabled students do, like going to prom or watching popular movies. Even though some students don’t work with students with disabilities and may feel awkward around students with disabilities, she said, even the littlest interactions can make a world of difference. “You don’t have to strike up a whole conversation,” Schuh said. “You can smile, give somebody a high-five or compliment somebody on what they’re wearing. Our buddies like that. They like to feel beautiful or good-looking, so just be nice and sweet. That’s what I’d H like for my friends.”
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DISNEY LIVE-ACTION
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DREAMS DO COME TRUE
CHS students discuss upcoming Disney live-action movie adaptations SITHA VALLABHANENI // STORY
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ast year, walt disney Pictures released a liveaction “Cinderella” movie. While the movie changed parts of the plot of the original cartoon movie, Disney enthusiast and sophomore Gabi Rivera said the overall movie was well done. Rivera said, “I absolutely loved it. I just fell in love with it. It just makes you remember all those memories when you were a kid. When (my family) and I first watched it, we were all crying because it just brought us back to those memories.” Following the success of “Cinderella,” Walt Disney Pictures is set to release several live-action
movies including “The Jungle Book” on April 15 and “Beauty and the beast” on March 17, 2017. Live-action movies are defined as movies that do not use animation. Rivera said she is excited about these new movies and thinks that Disney is making them to appeal to older age groups. “I think because people grew up with the stories. Now since they are all older Disney wants to make films that the older age group can still relate too,” Rivera said. “Making them into live-action means you’ll be able to see your favorite actors and actresses in them, and you’ll be able to see your favorite characters in reality instead of as cartoon characters.”
HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH: Sophomore Gabi Rivera and English teacher Amanda Richmond exhibit their Disney-themed merchandise. Both Rivera and Richmond said while they enjoy watching the live-action adaptations, they prefer the animated classics. SARA YUNG // PHOTO
Amanda Richmond, Disney fan and English teacher, said via email she believes that Disney is more focused on earning greater profits. She said, “Disney is making these movies mainly for profit. Disney constantly looks for new or innovative ideas to make money. They are the perfect capitalistic company.” Senior Logan Lindsay has grown up watching Disney movies and loves the stories. However, she said she doesn’t like how the princesses are portrayed, especially in the liveaction movies. “Disney princesses are supposed to be role models for little kids, but in a way, it’s starting to change. (Disney) made the main actresses lose weight in order to play Cinderella, and it is teaching girls that they have to look a certain way, and that a prince will sweep them off of their feet when they grow up. This isn’t what we should be teaching girls today,” Lindsay said. Rivera, on the other hand, said that fairy tales are intended to be happy, sweet and romantic because those characteristics make the story a fairy tale. “I think that fairy tales have always been here to make people fall in love with the thought of happily ever after and princesses and being saved by a prince. As a kid that always made you hopeful as you got older. I loved that when I was a kid. It’s just something that sweeps little kids off of their feet. Grown-ups, even when they get older, they always remember it,” Rivera said. However, Rivera and Richmond both said they found the trailer for “The Jungle Book” very creepy
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DID YOU KNOW? Disney has combined elements of animation and liveaction in several notable films; most notably, “Mary Poppins” (1964), “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988) and “Enchanted” (2007), all of which experienced commercial and technological success. IMDB // SOURCE
Snow White are dark and scary, Rivera said she believes that the liveaction movies that Disney is making can appeal to many generations. “I think that live-action is for all generations because, with the older generation, they are able to connect with the same movies they grew up with. For the younger generations, they are going to be able to re-experience that. (The younger generation) probably won’t
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see the classics as much as the older generations would, so (Disney is) going to be able to bring those movies back alive.” Rivera said, “Disney is amazing. I grew up knowing that magic is alive and fairy tales are real. Bringing the live-action movies is awesome because it not only shows the older generations what they grew up with, but it also brings it back for the H younger generation.”
PIXAR OR DREAMWORKS?
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Take a look at how much you know about Pixar and Dreamworks: 1. Pixar has won how many more Oscars than its rival Dreamworks: a) 10 b) 6 c) 3 2. Dreamworks has an average movie rating of ______ compared to Pixar’s 83.7%: a) 72.5% b) 88.8% c) 91.3% 3. Dreamworks highest grossing film with $920 million earned is: a) Madagascar b) Kung Fu Panda c) Shrek 2
4. What Pixar movie has the lowest Metacritic rating? a) Toy Story b) Cars c) A Bug’s Life 5. What was Pixar’s first feature-length film, that came out in 1995? a) Toy Story b) Monsters, Inc. c) Finding Nemo 6. What was Dreamworks’s first animated movie? a) Shark Tale b) Shrek c) Antz Answers: 1. a 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. c
and they are unsure how Disney will make the movie live-action as the movie’s characters are predominantly animals. Richmond said she probably won’t take her daughter to see the movie. Rivera said, “I think I’ll go see it, but I didn’t know what to think about it when I saw the preview.” She also said the trailer “looked kind of creepy. Also, it’s really based off of cartoon animals, so I don’t know how they are going to portray that. I think with this they’re going to be able to use newer technology to be able to make the animals seem more realistic.” One concern some, like Lindsay, have with making liveaction movies based on the classic cartoon movies is that the magic of the original movies will not be captured in the live-action movie. Lindsay said no matter how much the live-action movies try, they won’t have the same magic as the cartoon movies. “I don’t think that’s what Walt Disney was meaning to do. I feel like he wanted the cartoon movies and the magic in that to be preserved. I don’t feel like he wanted it to be made just for money. I feel like the magic will be lost,” Lindsay said. While Richmond said Disney has to be careful with live-action movies for kids as some stories like
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JAZZ ENSEMBLES
JAZZIN’ IT UP
Jazz Ensembles to showcase at upcoming performance Jazz Expressions AMY ZHOU // STORY
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n march 22, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium, the four CHS Jazz Ensembles will have their first concert of the year, Jazz Expressions, to showcase music they have been working on since before winter break. The CHS Jazz program will not be attending any competitions this year, instead focusing on refining pieces for performances at home. Without competitions to focus on, the various bands will be able to focus on smaller details as a professional. This year at the Jazz
Expressions concert, Rob Dixon, a professional jazz saxophonist who has toured the world and recently been inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame, has been invited as the guest performer. Dixon will work with each of the ensembles and will be featured in a solo in each of the songs performed that night. According to Jazz III director Andy Cook, all four bands will cover all kinds of different styles of jazz. In addition to Dixon, there will be a student ad lib soloist featured for each ensemble.
ALL THAT JAZZ: Hanna Winston, Jazz ensemble I member and senior, practices her scales with her trumpet. Winston said she looks forward to showcasing her improvisation skills at the upcoming concert. KYLE CRAWFORD // PHOTO
“They’re pretty standard, big band pieces. I’m doing one sort of Gospel shuffle and some variations,” Cook said. “We’ve been rehearsing since before the break, so just to get out and perform for people and have them hear how far we’ve come is what I’m looking forward to the most.” Cook said the various bands have been progressing nicely throughout the year, in preparation for the upcoming concert as well as future ones. According to Cook, Jazz III and IV are a bit larger than a traditional
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jazz ensemble, but students are willing to play and there are no cuts. He also said audience members should look forward to the progression of skill in the bands as well as the soloists. “The older they get, the more comfortable they get with it, so that’s kind of a neat progression,” Cook said. Hanna Winston, Jazz I trumpet player and senior, will be performing in her fourth and final Jazz Expressions concert this year. Jazz I will be performing a variety of jazz styles, from slow ballads to fast, uptempo pieces. Having experienced each jazz ensemble through high school and making her way to Jazz I, Winston said although she will miss the close friendships she has formed with other jazz band members, she still looks forward to the performing on the concert. “My favorite part in jazz band has always been the end result of all the hours we put in and finally feeling comfortable enough to have fun with the piece,” Winston said. Duncan McConnell, Jazz I bassist and senior, will perform his first Jazz concert of the year, as well as last for his high school experience. As the bass player for Jazz I, McConnell said he enjoys his part of the ensemble because it is crucial for keeping the time for the band.
DID YOU KNOW? Students in CHS Jazz Ensembles not only perform instrumental jazz, but also practice their creative skills through improvisation, composition and integrating the study of the genre into other subject areas. The program also places emphasis on the study of the history, along with formative and stylistic elements of jazz. CARMELBANDS.ORG // SOURCE
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“My favorite part in jazz band has always been the end result of all the hours we put in and finally feeling comfortable enough with the piece to have fun with it. By the end of the year, each ensemble really learns how to really connect with each other and I’m going to miss that.”
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Take a look at the history of jazz and some basics about the music: Estimated popularity of jazz over time 1900s
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As African Americans began moving North for opportunities, they brought with them jazz and the blues - the Jazz Age begins.
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Big band swing, a high-energy style performed in bands of more than ten members, became popular.
Jazz I member and senior Hanna Winston “In my mind, jazz band over the years hasn’t changed all that much. Of course we bring in new players every year as seniors graduate and such but as a program it’s very reliable. The experience of being part of jazz band has been quite an amazing one,” McConnell said. In regards to the concert pieces, McConnell said each year varies in what selections the bands perform. “We have some old standard jazz tunes but we also are playing some more rock-pop tunes that have been arranged for band. We like to mix it up, and manage to play all styles and tempos from the slow ballad we’ll play to the really fast uptempo piece we’re still working on keeping up in,” McConnell said. Winston also believes the bands are well prepared for the concert, although, as an ensemble, they are never quite perfect and there is always something to work and improve on. As seniors, both Winston and McConnell agree that through the years, the jazz program has not only created great music, but friendships as well. McConnell said, “While also bringing us together, (jazz is) something that has taught everyone involved, myself included, new things that we can take with us whenever we H play our instruments.”
In New Orleans, African Americans began to merge European music with African music, resulting in "Ragtime," the founding style of Jazz.
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1990s
As African American musicians were drafted for WW2, bebop, a new style, emerged. Jazz begins to be performed at Carnegie Hall. Rock n’ roll began to replace jazz in America. Free Jazz, a style characterized by squeaking and wailing sounds, was made when African Americans began breaking away from white-owned record companies. Retro swing took hold among young audiences, bringing back swing dancing and big band music.
Types of Jazz: Bebop: characterized by jumpy twists, complex melodies and scattered rhythms; trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie is said to be the father of bebop Big band: easy flowing, always rhythmic, reeds and brass, also known as “swing;” pioneered by Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman Ragtime: Vibrant and lively rhythms, often is associated with African dance; Scott Joplin developed this genre in 1899 Dixieland: Integrated blues, ragtime and brass band into one arrangement without a vocalist; Louis Armstrong was known for this genre ADITYA BELAMKAR, ALLEN ZHANG // GRAPHIC HISTORYJAZZ.COM // SOURCE
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HERO v. HERO
Looking at the warring sides, Captain America and Superman, who are both superhuman, harbor similar motivations and origins.
Steve Rogers
Clark Kent
POWERS
POWERS*
AGILITY, STRENGTH, SPEED, ENDURANCE AND FAST REACTION TIME
STENGTH, SPEED, FLIGHT, INVULNERABILITY, X-RAY AND HEAT VISION *MOST POWERFUL BEING
AFTER LOSING THEIR FAMILIES AT A YOUNG AGE ... CAPTAIN AMERICA GOT HIS POWERS FROM THE SUPER SOLDIER PROGRAM IN WWII AND THEN WOKE UP 70 YEARS LATER. ALL HIS FRIENDS HAVE DIED.
SUPERMAN ARRIVED ON EARTH AFTER HIS PEOPLE WERE DESTROYED AND GAINED IMMEASURABLE POWER FROM EARTH’S RED SUN.
MOTIVATIONS AND IDEALS AFTER BEING CREATED AS WWII PROPAGANDA, CAPTAIN AMERICA BECAME AN ICON STANDING FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE “AMERICAN IDEAL.” HE STANDS FOR DOING WHAT’S RIGHT AND HE “DOESN’T LIKE BULLIES.”
PLOTTING IT OUT CIVIL WAR
Begins with the fallout from the
1 movie “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Sokovia Accords and 2 Superhero Registration Act mandated Avengers split. Brings in Ant-Man 3 and Spiderman into “Civil War” Leads up to 4 “Avengers: Infinity War Part 1”
A FARMBOY WITH A HOMESPUN MORALITY STRAIGHT OUT OF KANSAS, SUPERMAN REPRESENTS AMERICAN PURITY, TRUTH, JUSTICE AND “THE AMERICAN WAY.” HE IS A HOPE TO SAVE HUMANKIND.
Both movies have a common theme of accountability. These movies ask what the consequences of great power are. In this case the answer is great responsibility
Both contain CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS SUPERHERO ACCOUNTABILITY BATTLE OF IDEALS FORESHADOWING
BATMAN V SUPERMAN Begins with the fallout 1 from the movie, “Man of Steel” Batman confronts Superman about 2 his power and of metropolis destruction Batman and Superman 3 face off because of their beliefs Leads to “The 4 Justice League Part One”
JASMINE LAM, SHIVA VALLABHANENI // GRAPHIC BLASTR, COMICBOOKMOVIE, DC, IMDB, THE-NUMBERS.COM, MARVEL, MOVIEPILOT // SOURCES
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DC has moved the release date of “Batman v. Superman Dawn of Justice’” from May to March 25 in order for the film to compete with Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.” The two movies have similar parallels. Here we break it down for you, DC v. Marvel.
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Looking at the warring sides, Batman and Iron Man, both human, harbor similar motivations and origins.
Bruce Wayne
ABILITIES
Tony Stark ABILITIES
GENIUS LEVEL INTELLIGENCE, INVENTOR, SPECIALIZED IN ADVANCED WEAPONS AND ARMOR, KEEN BUSINESS MIND AND INEXHAUSTIBLE WEALTH
EXCEPTIONAL MARTIAL ARTIST, COMBAT STRATEGY, INEXHAUSTIBLE WEALTH, BRILLIANT DEDUCTIVE SKILL AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
AFTER LOSING THEIR FAMILIES AT A YOUNG AGE ... TONY STARK BECAME A BILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY PHILANTHROPIST. AFTER HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE TEN RINGS, HE DEVELOPED THE IRON MAN SUIT AND ESCAPED. HE FOUNDED THE AVENGERS.
BRUCE WAYNE GREW UP TO BE A BILLIONARE PLAYBOY PHILANTHROPIST, TRAINED IN THE LEAGUE OF ASSASSINS AND ALSO BECAME A MASTER DETECTIVE. HE BECAME THE HERO GOTHAM DESERVES, CREATING THE JLA.
MOTIVATIONS AND IDEALS PERSONAL TRAGEDY DREW BRUCE TO FIGHT GOTHAM’S CRIME, INSTILLING IN HIM A CONSCIENCE THAT IS NOT ANCHORED IN ANY SINGLE ALL-EMBRACING MORAL VISION, BUT RATHER SPEAKS TO THE ACTUALIZATION OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN POTENTIAL.
PAST REVENUE *Domestic Revenue
Take a look at the successes in the past superhero movies
MARVEL
Which movie has more hype? This survey was conducted by the HiLite staff among 506 freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors
DC
Iron Man Trilogy
$1.04 Billion
Original Superman
Captain America 1 & 2
$436 Million
Dark Knight Trilogy
Avenger’s $1.08 Billion Franchise Marvel Cinematic $3.59 Billion Universe Revenue* $1.2 Billion Projected Revenue for “Civil War”*
HE WANTED TO USE HIS TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFER AND HELP THE COMMON CITIZEN. HE ATONES FOR HIS MISTAKES, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE WEAPON HE AND HIS FATHER MADE THAT KILLED MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE.
75 Seniors $306 Million $1.19 Billion
Man of Steel
$291 Million
DC Universe Revenue* Projected Revenue for “BvS”*
$1.79 Billion $1.5 Billion
39 Seniors 63 Juniors
100 Sophomores 22 Freshman “Batman v. Superman Dawn of Justice”
80 Juniors
69 Sophomores 58 Freshman “Captain America Civil War”
THE OCULUS RIFT The Oculus Rift is one of the most talked about pieces of modern technology. It allows people to enter a virtual reality through its headset. What makes it so unique? Here are a few things you should know about the Oculus Rift before it goes on sale March 28: MATTHEW HAN // GRAPHIC
THE
PARTS
HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY For full immersion, the head mounted display holds all the components of the Oculus Rift. This includes the “3-D” audio which includes the typical surround sound set-up in order to simulate audio in real-world audio.
TRACKING TECHNOLOGY The Oculus Rift comes with more than a dozen sensor inputs. A couple of the mechanics include a gyroscope, accelerometer, a compass, infrared sensors and a camera to guarantee positional accuracy and monitoring.
DISPLAY
LENSES Three pairs of lenses are supplied with the Oculus Rift, which cater to good, moderate or heavy nearsighted vision.
LEFT
OCULUS RIFT FIELD OF VIEW
RIGHT A high-resolution screen that sits a few inches from a user’s eyes projects a stereoscopic image. Software splits pictures into two warped, side-by-side views that work with Rift’s lenses’ 3D viewing area.
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The Oculus Rift will sell for roughly $599. Because it’s an extremely modern piece of technology, it is one of the most affordable products in its class.
To date, developers have raised $16 million to launch the product, $2.4 million of which was community-funded via the Kickstarter campaign.
So far, more than 56,000 units of the DK1 (developmental kits) and almost 119,000 units of the DK2 have been sold worldwide.
For 2017, unit sales of virtual reality input systems are forecasted to reach 5.5 million units.
STATISTA.COM, TREVORJOHNSTON.COM, EANDT.THIET.ORG // SOURCES
E N T E RTA I N M E N T B R I E F S
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Entertainment Briefs
BEYOND THE BORDERS
Today marks the release date of the thrilling science fiction action film, “Allegiant,” which is part one of the final installment of the “Divergent” trilogy. Following the discoveries revealed in “Insurgent,” Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) must escape the wall that encloses Chicago. They are ultimately faced with greater threats and challenges to humanity that exist in the world beyond the wall.
IMDB, CREATIVE COMMONS // SOURCES
Upcoming Albums MARCH 25 “BEAUTIFUL LIES” BIRDY MARCH 25 “PARTY ROCK MANSION” REDFOO
APRIL 8
MARCH 25 “MIND OF MINE” ZAYN MALIK MARCH 25 “THIS IS WHAT THE TRUTH FEELS LIKE” GWEN STEFANI
“CLEOPATRA” THE LUMINEERS BILLBOARD, METACRITIC // SOURCES
“There was never any room for me in the band. Whenever I would suggest something, it was like it didn’t fit us, and I just wasn’t convinced with what we were selling. I wasn’t 100 percent behind the music. It wasn’t me.” -Zayn Malik
-ZAYN MALIK, ALBUM ARTIST OF “MIND OF MINE.” HE SAID HIS ALBUM HAS MORE OF A PARTY TUNE. “MIND OF MINE” RELEASES ON MARCH 25; THIS DATE MARKS EXACTLY ONE YEAR AFTER MALIK LEFT ONE DIRECTION.
CCPL POP FEST
dark souls III With the arrival of the apocalypse, find what it takes to survive the challenges that come with the world’s annihilation in Dark Souls III. This action role-playing video game is set in the medieval Gothic Era and will incorporate character abilities more intricate as ever. Stand up to the challenge when this game comes out on April 11 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. GAMESPOT // SOURCE
Location
Program room of the Carmel Clay Public Library
Dates
March 26
Hours
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Description Free event for all interested. No registration. Help create a piece for CCPL’s art installation celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial. INDIANAMUSEUM.ORG // SOURCE
SPORTS
MEN’S LACROSSE PREVIEW
MARCH 18, 2016
LEARNING LACROSSE
Get to know the men’s lacrosse team at the start of its upcoming season LUKE GENTILE // STORY
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n march 13, the chs men’s lacrosse team began its 17th season, but this is a fact that might surprise some students at CHS. As members of the organization said, despite its longevity, CHS doesn’t really know the team. “It’s good to be on the lacrosse team,” Ryan Newey, varsity team member and senior, said. “We all have strong relationships with each other, and, since we are not a school sport, we do a lot of things on our own as a lacrosse program. Those things bring us together more.” This relationship between the players, Newey said, is key to the group’s success, and is a unique aspect of the team that separates it from others at CHS. As Newey said, it is an important factor to understand in order to get to know the team. Men’s lacrosse Head Coach Tom Coons said, for a player on the men’s varsity lacrosse team, the day is similar to that of other athletes at CHS. “The team is focused on school first,” he said. “Then we hit practice, or they have a workout. (This) is either weights or conditioning. At practice we are teaching a lot of our system and
concepts, and they execute those. Then we conclude, and hopefully they are ending their day with a good meal and studying, while getting ready for the next day.” According to Daniel “Danny” Popowics, varsity team member and junior, the day can be hectic, but it is also necessary to maintain such a competitive team. “We start out warming up line drills, get the sticks warmed up, and
‘LAX Bro’ as defined by the Rice University Neologisms Database noun; clipping 1. Clipping of the word “brother” to form “bro” and creative clipping of the word “lacrosse” to form LAX, with the x representing “cross”. LAX bro typically describes a guy who enjoys lacrosse and other sports, and is often seen wearing a lacrosse jersey and shorts, sometimes carrying a lacrosse stick. 2. LAX bro also stems from “lax” being clipped from “relax”, indicating the relaxed lifestyle that LAX bros typically tend to have with sports, cars, and parties.
NEOLOGISMS.RICE.EDU // SOURCE
NOT JUST A GAME: Ryan Newey, varsity lacrosse player and senior, practices shooting during afterschool training. Newey has played on the team for all four years of high school.
KELSEY ATCHESON // PHOTO
then we get into fast breaks and other situational type play. Then we finish up with six-on-six,” Popowics said. He also said the team members go about their day, including practice, very efficiently and, although being on the lacrosse team is not a job, the players take their roles very seriously, revealing a sense of professionalism that defies the stereotypical “LAX bro” label. “I’d say a ‘LAX bro’ is a lacrosse player that plays lacrosse all the time and just hangs out with the only lacrosse guys,” Newey said. “He also has, like, a chill mindset and stuff like that. As far as the stereotype goes for the lacrosse team now, I guess some of it applies, but as far as like what people believe the stereotype for a ‘LAX bro’ to be, it isn’t necessarily what everyone is on the team.” Coons expanded on the title that he says has shed a bad light on the sport of lacrosse. “I hate that term (‘LAX
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SPOTLIGHT PLAYER: RYAN NEWEY Height: 5’10”
Weight: 165 lbs
Lacrosse experience: 7 years
How has your individual game improved at CHS? “My individual game has improved by becoming a better feeder. I have learned to pass the ball better and make assists.” Where do you see the program going after you graduate? “I see our program continuing to dominate within the state and throughout the Midwest. We will compete to be the best team in the state every year. We have a lot of young players who are freshman and sophomores who have varsity experience who will develop into some of the strongest players on the team in a couple years and lead the team to more success. Could the team get more recognition at CHS? “I think Carmel Lacrosse should get more recognition from CHS because we are such a strong team and have won 5 of the last 6 state championships and continue to show that the quality of our team is (one) of the highest at CHS.” KELSEY ATCHESON // PHOTO bro’),” Coons said. “I think it is a misrepresentation of our sport, and I think people think ( a ‘LAX bro’) is someone who doesn’t take the sport seriously. What you’ll find unique about our program is that we have a culture of players that play for each other and play to be excellent, not to just show up and wear the gear. I think (a ‘LAX bro’) is contradictory to the sport, who we are and what we’re about.” According to Newey, the culture of the team is very important. It is a key element that belongs to the lacrosse team, and it is the individual identity that makes the team unique in a school with such large number of sports teams. This culture and sense of identity is also evident in the team’s training techniques, which are different from most of the sports teams at CHS. “I’d say one thing the school
doesn’t know about the lacrosse team is how much work and dedication we have to building the program. Since it’s not a school sport, we might not get as recognized as other school sports like football and basketball, but we put a lot of effort into making our team great and winning state championships. That’s why we see results on the field.” The results have come. The Hounds are back-to-back defending State Champions, and upperclassmen like Newey said that do not see another state title out of reach. “Our team this year looks pretty strong,” Newey said. “Compared to last year, we have more players throughout grades that are good players—like freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. We have good players from each grade, when in past years it has been more of the upperclassmen that take on the stronger roles. But this year
DID YOU KNOW? Lacrosse was created by the Native Americans. French Jesuit missionaries working in the St. Lawrence Valley in the 1630s were the first Europeans to see lacrosse being played. FILACROSSE.COM // SOURCE
it should be more evened out.” This means the team will not have to rely on only a couple of players to score goals, as rival Cathedral High School has had to do in the past. Lacrosse is a team sport as a whole, and CHS lacrosse is deep in terms of its roster. However, it’s not just about winning for players like Newey. For him, the lacrosse field is a place of release and, while playing on it, he has fallen in love with the sport. He said he believes other CHS students can feel the same. “I would just encourage more people to come out to our games, specifically big matchup games like Cathedral,” Newey said. “If students came out and saw the games, they would be attracted to the sport. They would see that it is a fun sport. They would be able to get a lot out of the game, and they would get H really into the experience.”
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SPORTS
COACHES FEATURE
MARCH 18, 2016
ALWAYS COACHING
An inside look at the leaders of CHS’s athletic programs, the coaches ADAM GOSTOMELSKY // STORY
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ehind some of the most successful athletic programs in Indiana are the men and women who are the face of the enterprise— the head coaches. As leaders of their respective programs, head coaches, manage everything from the feeder system to the sky high expectations that come from coaching at CHS, and everything in between, in addition to teaching, as most do. But for Chris Plumb, women’s and men’s swimming head coach, all of that extra work is worth it. “I think the best thing about coaching is watching athletes do things they didn’t think they could do and helping them be responsible for that,” Plumb said. “It’s a very powerful and special thing to help them do that.” All coaches start somewhere, and for Plumb that start meant taking a position at Bloomington South High School that he took as a graduating senior on Indiana University’s swim team almost 19 years ago. Scott Heady, men’s basketball head coach, got his start 28 years ago as an assistant men’s basketball coach for CHS. and while Plumb took his first job out of curiosity, Heady was born into a coaching family, playing for his dad at Shenandoah High School and then serving as an assistant coach IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT: Sophomore Cole Jenkins overlooks Head Coach Scott Heady during the Sectional game against Noblesville on March 2. The Greyhounds had just taken a timeout during double overtime. CHS won 42-36 against the Noblesville Millers. KYLE CRAWFORD // PHOTO
MARCH 18, 2016
COACHES FEATURE
LENDING A HAND: Head Coach Chris Plumb talks to Senior Claire Adams during the swimming and diving State Championship which took place at IUPUI on Feb. 13. Plumb said that being a coach can be frustrating even when the team is winning.
LAUREN COLBERT// PHOTO
under his dad at CHS. Like Plumb, Heady also played college athletics at the University of Indianapolis under former Pacers player, Billy Keller. His reasoning for following the same career path as his father goes back to his experiences in high school and college. “I think the coaches that I had and the success that I was fortunate to have, at both high school and college, (influenced me) and then that competitive edge of (me). (Coaching is) a way to compete and stay involved in the game,” Heady said. While both coaches said they love their jobs, they also note the stresses coaching causes can take a toll, especially at CHS where the expectations are so high, according to Heady. “It takes me awhile to get over [losing]. Fortunately, we haven’t done a lot of that here. The other thing maybe would be the expectations,” Heady said. “This is a different kind of place, and if you’re not careful, you can let that get to you. As a coach, or even as a player, that can be overwhelming, but I think we just try to stick with the process and try to focus on the daily and weekly process and prepare for the next game.” Plumb has managed to continue to meet and exceed expectations
with 30 straight women’s swimming state championships, the last 10 under his watch, and five of the last seven men’s swimming state championships. To him, the results reflect the attitude and effort put into the season by both teams, but he said coaching can still be frustrating regardless of winning. “The worst thing is probably all the things outside of your control. What I mean by that is when [the athletes] go through their daily lives, and while we have influence, but sometimes they get put in situations where they make bad decisions and not being able to help them in those situations hurt,” Plumb said. The most frustrating thing is not being able to help people more; you’re limited in your influence at times.” The job of the head coach is to send out the best team possible in order to win games. The definition of “best team” can vary wildly depending on the sport. In basketball, the five players on the court should ideally be the five that best work together and play the best as a whole unit, which means that sometimes the best team that Heady can put on the court isn’t the top five players on the team. For swimming, it is much more objective. Plumb makes decisions based on the times
HEAD COACH SCOTT HEADY Years at CHS: 2010-Current Current Coaching Record: 102-24 This year: The men’s team went into the playoffs with a record of 14-8 HEAD COACH CHRIS PLUMB Years at CHS: 2006-Current Current Coaching Record: Won last ten women’s State Championships and 4 men’s championships This year: 30th consecutive women’s state win and men’s second state win in a row.
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his athletes achieve, not his own personal opinion. Plumb, coaching both the men’s and women’s teams, also has a unique perspective on the differences between coaching boys and girls. “I feel like, I’m going to generalize here, with the girls it’s always trying to create harmony and if I could put it into a shape it would be a circle. With the boys they like hierarchy, they like first place, second place, kind of like a chain of command,” Plumb said. “While there are more similarities than differences, we like to say the girls need to bond before battle and the boys have to battle to bond.” No matter what sport, coaching is time-consuming. From the daily battles of trying to improve, to the more long term goals of winning state championships, coaches work around the clock. According to Heady, the men’s basketball staff gets about six weeks off in August and September. For Plumb, there are never any “real” breaks. “I don’t think people realize how much work goes in outside the swim season,” Plumb said. Our athletes swim probably 50 weeks a year and we coaches think about swimming probably 52 weeks a year. I don’t think they realize we probably put in more effort in the offseason than we do during the actual swim season.” Regardless of the amount of work required, both Plumb and Heady said they are grateful for the experiences they’ve had through coaching, especially at CHS. “I’ve been fortunate to have really good coaching jobs, but I think this one is an exception; it’s a very special place,” Heady said. “I think we all know the expectations are really high, the young men that you have the privilege to work with on a daily basis, I couldn’t ask for a better place H to coach.”
Check out CHS coaches’ stories and Q&A asking why the became coaches on hilite.org
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SPORTS
TENNIS SEASON
MARCH 18, 2016
BUILDING A DYNASTY
Women’s tennis team could win fourth consecutive state title for the first time with new coach SHAKEEL ZIA // STORY
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oth old and new faces will walk into the women’s tennis locker room this upcoming spring season. However, the team will maintain the same goal it has every year: winning the State Championship. One of the new faces who will join the team this year is Head Coach Spencer Fields. Fields has been coaching high school tennis since 1997 and will replace previous Head Coach Mike Bostic, who resigned at the end of the 2015 season. “This is somewhat of a dream come true to take over a program of Carmel’s status, and, particularly, this specific team that has won three straight State Championships in a row,” Fields said. “You don’t get an opportunity very often to just step into these types of roles in players’ lives. So on a scale of one to 10, it’s a 20.” Mary Elise “Mary” Voigt, tennis player and senior, said she was happy when Fields was announced as the new coach. Voigt said she has worked with Fields as an instructor in the offseason. “I was happy because I was afraid it was going to be someone that I didn’t know, but since I’ve known Spencer for a while, I was really happy that it was him,” Voigt said. However, Voigt said she believes the team, collectively, will have to adapt to the new coach and, with him, a new coaching style. “I think it’s definitely going to be an adjustment because I’ve been with
Bostic for three years and, I mean, I’ve known Spencer for six years, so I know how he is, but I think it’s going to be an adjustment for the team as a whole,” Voigt said. Zoe Woods, varsity tennis player and junior, agreed with Voigt and said she was also happy with the appointment, even though she did not know Fields previously. “A lot of people knew (Fields) previously, and I didn’t know him, so I was excited to meet him and get to know him,” Woods said. “It’ll be weird without Bostic, but I think (Fields) will be a really good coach.” Joining an athletics program that has consistently won matches over the past few years, Fields said he wants to maintain what the team has been doing. “They know how to win. I mean, they’ve done a lot of it, so (I’m) certainly not reinventing the wheel. Now I think there’s little things that can make them win easier, so looking at some of the finer details in tactics and practice habits, some of those things that I think that can help them win in an even more dominating fashion, I’ll be trying to effect. But not in terms of major things is there really any plan to change anything,” Fields said.
WARMING UP: Zoe Woods, varsity tennis player and junior, practices at Carmel Raquet Club. Woods and her teammates have been working hard to get back in shape for their potentially history-making season.
KYLE CRAWFORD, ALLY RUSSELL // PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
“This is somewhat of a dream come true to take over a program of Carmel’s status, and, particularly, this specific team that has won three straight State Championships in a row.” Tennis Head Coach Spencer Fields
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Both Voigt and Woods said they do believe there will be small changes Fields will try to implement, specifically changes that will bring the team together as a whole. “I think he’s definitely going to work on more of using the team as a whole, because with Bostic we kind of separated with JV and varsity, singles and doubles, but I feel like with Spencer, he’s going to have the team more involved as a whole and include freshman in everything we do to make sure our team is more unified,” Voigt said. Voigt and Woods both said they believe the team is very capable of attaining the state title again this year, especially because the team only graduated one senior last year and will retain a majority of their players. “I feel really confident in (the team) especially because we only lost one player last year, and we still have people that played very high JV and are able to play with our varsity team, so I feel really confident that we can achieve the fourth title again,” Voigt said. Fields said he agreed with what Voigt had to say about the team’s chances this year. “I think we’re at the driver’s seat,” Fields said. “I mean overall it’s in our hands to win it. We have the tools, the capability, the players and the personnel. It’s something that is not a stretch to think that we should and could do this. So that’s the good news. If we buckle down and put our heads to it, it’s ours to lose or to win.” Overall, Fields said the most exciting part of the upcoming season is the fact that the team is trying to win the first four-peat for Carmel women’s tennis. “Well, more than anything, this is a very special group of people,” Fields said. “They are truly chasing history, and, on my end, to be involved with such a unique program and be involved with Carmel High School in a situation like this is certainly amazing. That’s the fun part of the upcoming season, H the chasing history part.”
TENNIS SEASON
CARMEL TENNIS THROUGH THE AGES Take a look at the 41 year history of the CHS women’s tennis program. AKSHAR PATEL // GRAPHIC CCS.K12.IN.US // SOURCE
1986
Carmel starts allowing freshmen to play by invite only. Prior to this, Carmel would lose players to Brebeuf and Cathedral who allowed freshmen players to play varsity.
1992
IHSAA rules limit programs to 12 regular season matches and three tournaments or 14 matches and two tournaments. Carmel plays 12 and three, which is lower than in the earlier years of the program.
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1975
The Carmel women’s tennis program officially begins with the advent of the IHSAA State Tournament.
1980
Bonnie Pearson, the program’s first coach, retires with a record of 53 wins and 15 losses. Sharon Rosenburgh assumes the varsity coaching responsibility.
1986 - 1989
Jenny Stephens Berger had 88 wins and only 1 loss. This winning percentage of 98.9% is the best ever for a member of the program.*
1996
Freshmen officially become a part of the high school, allowing them to play for either the JV or varsity team without an invitation.
2012
Mike Bostic takes over as the head coach of the program
- STATE CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR
2016
Spencer Fields will begin his tenure as head coach as the program looks to win four state titles in a row.
STATE CHAMPION TEAMS State championships are signified by a star in the timeline above. Overall, Carmel has won 8 titles (1989, 1990, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 & 2015) in Women’s tennis.
INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS 1981: Susan Bass & Martha Eberts (Doubles), 1989: Holyn Lord (Singles), 1990: Holyn Lord (Singles), 2003: Elizabeth Steele & Jessica Thompson (Doubles), 2004: Sophie Grabinski (Singles), 2004: Elizabeth Steele & Marie Grabinski (Doubles), 2010: Sarah Rodefeld & Susie Chen (Doubles), 2014: Emma Love & Molly Fletchall (Doubles) and 2015: Emma Love & Lauryn Padgett (Doubles) *This record could be broken by Berger’s own daughter, Emma Love, this year
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PLAYER PROFILE
MARCH 18, 2016
PLAYER PROFILE
Senior Stacy Morozov will have the most varsity letters in CHS history KARI TRUAX // CONTENT
SHIVA VALLABHANENI // GRAPHIC
Morozov will be getting her 12th varsity letter this year How does it feel to get the most varsity letters in school history? “It was really cool when I realized I could get 12 letters. No one has ever done it so I am determined to. Through being a part of all these sports, I have created relationships, built confidence, and found ways to motivate myself, and learned to be determined.” Senior Stacy Morozov
Morozov committed to IU
var•si•ty let•ter (noun) an award earned for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its winner was a qualified varsity team member, awarded after a certain academic and athletic standard was met.
“I love the girls and the environment at IU just felt right. It’s a great college campus to be on. It is also rural which I love. The team is a really great group of girls that I see myself being good friends with. I have also not heard a bad thing about IU. When they called me I could tell they really wanted me and it felt right.”
Academic Achievement
• Scholar athlete • Honorable mention for an Earth competition
• State sophomore-senior year for cross country • AP scholar
• IATCCC Cross country (academic all-conference all-state)
• Nominated to Spirit of Sport Awards by St. Vincents as a team
• Elected homecoming queen
How did you do it all? “Managing sports and academics has not been easy. My freshman year my social life took a back end and I just focused on going to practice and going home and getting straight to homework. On the weekend I would do homework on Sunday and on Saturday I would relax. My junior and senior year I branched out a lot more. I got much better at time management skills and mentally and physically wasn’t as tired.”
SPORTS BRIEFS
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Sports Briefs UPCOMING SPORTS
• HOME GAMES IN GREEN
MEN’S BASKETBALL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS REGIONAL FINAL SCORE: CHS: 54 MCCUTCHSON: 56
TRACK AND FIELD
SHIVA VALLABHANENI // BRIEFS
• COMPLETED SEASON IN BLUE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
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MEN’S BASKETBALL The men’s basketball team ended their season as sectional champions, hoping to bounce back stronger next year. “I believe we had more ups than downs this year, which is something to be proud of. I think the playoff went very well too, we lost on a heartbreaker. . . but besides that I think the playoff went well. We had a lot of support and that was a lot of fun. I would sum up the season as a season to remember with lots of accomplishments made and many goals achieved.”
Alexander “Alex” Falender, varsity basketball player and junior
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BASEBALL
“We lost a couple of seniors last year, (but) I think that we can still be really good this year. A goal of our’s would be to win sectionals this year because the past three years we’ve gotten so close, including last year losing in the sectional championship game to noblesville. We can come back this year and win and go further.”
“I think it would really mean a lot to become the first team to win a baseball State Championship because we know there’ve been good teams in the past, and it would be really nice to be known as the best team at Carmel.” Sam Berry, baseball player and senior
Kristyn Eckl, softball player and senior SPORTS SPOTLIGHTS As spring sports start up, be sure to keep track of CHS’s teams and their bid for a State Championship this season.
CHS coaches go through a lot to make their team successful. Take a look at some of their stories on hilite.org.
CHECK IT OUT: Check out reporter Alina Husain’s story on the baseball team’s bid for their first State Championship this year on hilite.org. Alina Husain previews their season. The team’s first game will be on March 23.
PERSPECTIVES
MARCH 18, 2016
FREE SPEECH
RIGHT TO WRITE
Indiana should follow other states in offering protection for free speech in student journalism. HILITE // STAFF EDITORIAL
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reedom of speech is a right that all American citizens are guaranteed, as many may know. However, what students may not know is that their own rights are restricted under the decision of the 1988 court case of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. This decision targets student journalism, allowing school administrators to censor student-led publications through their right of prior review and prior restraint. However, several states have been working to change this. To date, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and, most recently, North Dakota have passed laws restricting the power of this decision. Other states, such as Nebraska and Wisconsin, are currently in the process of bringing these rights to their students. Sadly, Indiana legislators have not yet made a move to provide these protections. It’s time for that to change. We at the HiLite consider it our duty to bring relevant news CHS students. In many cases, this duty involves allowing students to voice their opinions on often controversial issues. We would be unable to fulfill this duty without the support of our administrators, who, despite the fact that Indiana currently offers no protection from Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, allow the HiLite to function as a forum of respectful discussion without exercising their rights of prior review and restraint to censor student writings. However, many student-led publications throughout our state are not offered the same freedoms. As publications in other states where free speech in student journalism is protected have shown, creating legal protection for student journalism has many benefits both for schools and students. Free speech in student-led publications allows
students to better understand the rights given to them by the First Amendment, makes students responsible for their speech and teaches them that their opinions can affect whole communities in both positive and negative ways. Supporters of Hazelwood argue that school administrators have the right to censor student writings due to an educator’s responsibility to promote traditional values. However, restricting students’ ability to speak freely on issues that affect them discourages one of the most traditional American values: freedom of speech. Censoring students encourages fear of speaking out, and a lack of student voices can negatively affect communities. According to a 2014 study conducted by the Maine Law Review, student papers with legal protection carried twice as many editorials as papers without, with a majority of these editorials targeting important school and community issues. Supporters of Hazelwood also point out that studentled publications should be censored because they are sponsored by the school and controversial opinions expressed in the publication could negatively affect the reputation of the school. However, offering protections to students in Indiana law takes the responsibility off the school and places it on the students who must be sure to regulate their own speech in order to promote healthy discussion. Additionally, the fact that many publications have adult advisers prevents abuse of these freedoms. All of these benefits can already be seen in our school thanks to the freedoms our administrators have permitted. We at the HiLite strive to be a model of responsible use of free speech without administrative oversight. We work hard to discuss current events in a manner that is respectful, thorough and credible, and we hope that our success in these areas can serve as a model for what student expression can achieve when it is protected. It is time for Indiana legislators to follow others states’ lead and offer protections for free speech to all of H its citizens, including student journalists.
STATE(S) OF FREE SPEECH Protection for student speech rights written in education code Protection for student journalists in free expression laws Currently considering implementing protection for student journalists Currently has no protection for student journalists STUDENT PRESS LAW CENTER // SOURCE
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BASIC SCIENCE
THE SIMPLER, THE BETTER
LIGO’s discovery of gravitational waves shows increased importance of basic science. SREYA VEMURI // COLUMN
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ast month, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming the existence of black holes and Einstein’s theory of general relativity. While this represents one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in the last century, it also reveals a much more fundamental fact: basic science and applied science need to learn to work together to have the most impact. However, in order for this to happen, more people need to enter the basic sciences. According to the Office of Budget Management, spending on basic sciences is approximately only 20 percent of spending on applied research and the development of technologies resulting from it. Having spent the summer at MIT conducting research with 80 other students, I noticed this same trend in that, while I and a few others chose to work on basic research, which focuses on fundamentally advancing a field and forming new theories, the vast majority of students chose to pursue the applied sciences, which focus on solving practical societal problems and inventing new technology. The major reasons for this problem are that first, students are unaware of the major scientific problems in basic research, and second, students do not realize the potential impacts of basic science.
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For example, many have heard of the advent of artificial intelligence and Google’s self-driving cars, but have never heard of Google’s quantum artificial intelligence laboratory because although it could potentially build the world’s fastest computer, its role as a basic research laboratory means its implications are far in the future. However, many of the world’s most important inventions started this way with no particular intention to contribute new technology to society. The Internet began as a way for physicists to communicate with one another, and artificial intelligence began with developments in mathematics. Without students who are aware of this fact and interested in basic science, the impact of scientific discoveries in the future will decline. In the case of LIGO, Einstein’s theory of general relativity combined with the innovative technology of large-scale lasers and interferometers to produce a result that changed the face of physics and astronomy. In order to solve this problem, our school needs to encourage students to pursue basic science after high school by introducing a new aspect to the science curriculum in which students learn about current problems in science that need to be solved. We often learn about scientific findings of the past, giving us the illusion that there is nothing left to learn. However, by showing students the infinite number of questions that have yet to be answered, more students will have both the knowledge and interest to enter these fields of study. Schools need to make basic science more appealing to students so that basic science and applied science can H cooperate to solve the major problems of the future. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Sreya Vemuri at svemuri@hilite.org.
THE HISTORY OF LIGO Early work on gravitational-wave detection by laser interferometers begins with a 1972 MIT study describing a kilometer-scale interferometer and estimates of its noise sources.
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Site construction begins in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA.
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During an engineering test a few days before the first official search begins, Advanced LIGO detects strong gravitational waves from collision of two black holes.
2010 Construction of Advanced LIGO components begins. LIGO.CALTECH.EDU // SOURCE
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PERSPECTIVES
E-SERVICE
MARCH 18, 2016
TROUBLING TECHNOLOGY New tablet company threatens job market, family conversations. MANAHIL NADEEM // COLUMN
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ome of my earliest memories, as well as some of my cherished memories, are special Saturday nights when my family and I got to go out to a restaurant for dinner. It wasn’t the food or the atmosphere that made these Saturdays special, it was the idea of my family being together in one place. The dinners weren’t fancy, nor were the conversations that we had. In fact, I later learned that what I liked about these dinners was even I, a six-year-old at the time, had an integral role in the conversation. Those dinners made me feel safe and important. So, I was taken aback when I walked into Olive Garden a couple of weekends ago and found a tablet, called a Ziosk, which provided tabletop electronic entertainment while customers wait. My “special dinners” were disrupted. I was sad to see that my eight-year-old brother, instead of engaging in the dinner conversation, was busy playing some game on the Ziosk. It hit me then that my brother would not cherish these dinners as much as I did. In November of last year, Olive Garden joined Chili’s and numerous other casual dining restaurants in using Ziosks. Ziosk, a Dallas-based company, has risen as the runaway market leader in the e-menu business. Ziosk’s tablets are now deployed in more than 1,500 restaurants across America, claiming a 95 percent market share. The concept is pretty simple— instead of waiting for your waiter to come by, you use a small 7-inch, networked Android tablet to order at your leisure. The tablets have encrypted payment facilities, allowing
THE SPREAD OF THE ZIOSK More than
150,000 Ziosk tablets have been installed in more than
2,500 locations that use the Ziosk in all 50 U.S. states.
RESTAURANTS NEAR YOU WITH THE ZIOSK
Chili’s Bar and Grill 6943 W. 38th St. Indianapolis, IN 46254
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 8190 N. Shadeland Ave Indianapolis, IN 46250 SARAH LIU // GRAPHIC
ENJOY THE CONVERSATION
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customers to pay at the table whenever they like. The main goal of this is to reduce wait time for customers, so instead of waiting to catch your server’s attention you swipe your credit card and leave whenever you want. The Ziosk has over 20 games downloaded on it as well as a built in printer for receipts. While the amenities and technology of the Ziosk are amazing, a robot waiter breaks the whole idea of family dinners. Instead of being able to chat and build relationships with a waiter, we now get to click a couple of buttons and our dinner is here. Nowadays, it seems that it doesn’t take more than a couple of colorful buttons to attract people. The games and trivia quizzes on the tablet now serve to fire up dinner conversations. Has our society really come to a point where we need a tablet to tell us what to talk about? The tablet is supposed to attract restless kids who can’t sit still. Have our kids become such a burden to us that rather than talking to them about their day it is easier to occupy them with a game on the tablet? Another amenity of the Ziosk is the built in camera. The camera allows people to take a group selfie and then immediately upload to social media. Have we become so obsessed with social media that we cannot wait 20 minutes before posting? The whole purpose of the Ziosk seems to be to discourage conversation at the dinner table. It seems it is much easier for us to press a couple of buttons than to have a real conversation with a waiter. Everyone keeps saying that our generation is too obsessed with technology, and restaurants like Olive Garden and Applebee’s are proving this theory to be correct. If a tablet is put in front of us, obviously we will compelled to use it. As I looked around the Olive Garden, I noticed couples and other families falling into the technology trap. No longer was the restaurant I once loved bustling with conversations. Instead, mostly silence filled the room. It saddens me that children like my brother will no longer have the memories and cherish the restaurant experience as H much as I did. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Manahil Nadeem at mnadeem@hilite.org.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM JUSTICE
ONE TRAGEDY, MANY VICTIMS
The Peter Liang verdict further exposes racial bias in the law enforcement system. SARAH LIU // COLUMN
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icture yourself just getting out of the police academy and instead of getting sent to a city like Carmel, you get sent to a public-housing project in Detroit, Memphis, Tenn. or Oakland, Calif., cities with some of the highest violent crime rates in the United States. If that were me, without a doubt, I’d be pretty scared for my own safety as well as that of those around me. On top of that, you are surrounded by pitch-black darkness as you patrol the area. Then, you hear footsteps approaching you. If you were armed, what would you do? Would you take action and wield the weapon? Such was the unfortunate case of Peter Liang, who was a rookie Asian police officer in the New York Police Department before he was convicted of manslaughter and sent to jail last month. The reason? In this exact scenario, out of what he said was fear, he fired his gun in the dark in no particular direction, and the bullet ricocheted off a cement wall and hit an AfricanAmerican man walking down the nearby stairwell. On the surface, it looks like history has repeated itself in that another African-American man was killed by a police officer. However, looking deeper, this particular case is much different from others involving murders committed by police within the past few years. In three recent cases that have sparked significant outbursts— Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice—each ended with the death of an African-American, but they all also ended with the eventual acquittal of the police officer who committed the murder. In Liang’s case, though, the details of the verdict make it even more controversial than the other police brutality cases. Although murder is considered a crime itself, this specific scenario seems to be more of an unfortunate tragedy mainly because Liang claimed he never intended to kill anyone, unlike the officers in the other three cases who seemed to have purpose; in other words, this case looks like just an accident. Another interesting detail to note is that the three officers in the cases of Garner, Brown and Rice who were acquitted are Caucasian, while Liang is Asian. While the courts in all of these cases may not have intended to make decisions based on race, Liang’s case alludes that such bias could have influenced the decision much more than it should have.
SUMMARY OF SHOOTING Who? Officers: • Rookie officer Peter Liang • His partner Shaun Landau Victim: • 28-year-old Akai Gurley What? Shooting during a vertical patrol When? Nov. 20, 2014 Where? 5th-floor landing of Louis H. Pink Houses neighborhood in Brooklyn
RESPONSES Nation-wide protests including rally in Ann Arbor, MI that was attended by Indiana citizens with signs like: NO SELECTIVE JUSTICE
正義何在！ CYNTHIA YUE // GRAPHIC NBCNEWS.COM, NYTIMES.COM // SOURCES
The responsibility of the court system is to deal with such cases with an unbiased eye and impart a consequence accordingly. However, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, law enforcement officers are convicted and/or incarcerated at a pretty low rate already, let alone for protest-sparking murders perceived to be based on racial bias. Less than 40 percent of all police misconduct cases reported face criminal charges in court. Of those that do get reported, only about a third of them result in convictions. Furthermore, only about a third of those convictions result in incarceration. However, if you’ve paid attention to the news, you notice that many of the most widely covered cases (which seem to have received overwhelming coverage due to the protests objecting the verdicts that came afterwards) have resulted in acquittal of the law enforcement officer. And most of those officers involved just happened to be Caucasian. Considering the verdicts of these police brutality cases, Liang’s conviction could seem like an anomaly among seemingly similar cases that came before it. Out of four significantly broadcasted cases, three resulted in acquittal, almost to the point that the public perceived that they could predict the police officer would get off the hook for the murder he convicted. Four cases may not be enough to show a trend. So with Liang’s case, it definitely could have been just a coincidence that a nonCaucasian police officer who allegedly claimed that the murder was an accident has been convicted. However, was this really a coincidence, or did the jury really have some deeper motive? We may never truly know unless we have more future cases to consider, which hopefully we won’t, but it still gives the impression that the system is not effectively holding up its responsibility to be objective. H The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Sarah Liu at sliu@hilite.org.
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PERSPECTIVES
COLLEGE BOARD
FAILURE
MARCH 18, 2016
THE CONTROL OF COLLEGE BOARD
College Board monopolizes standardized testing. GABBY PERELMUTER // COLUMN
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here is no doubt the advent of ap courses has advanced the level of education among students in the United States. However, the corporation that runs the AP program, the College Board, has created a monopoly and completely changed the way CHS and other schools have administered and applied college-level material, and not always for the better. The College Board also appears to only be in the education business to make money. The SAT has been altered for the purpose of making bank because the ACT had been making more money. Not only did it alter the SAT, but it also managed to lose 5000 PSAT tests with scores that correlate with the new SAT and delayed the scores from being passed out in schools. The word of the College Board is always “the right one” despite any controversy. If there are any no care is given. IT IS WHAT IT IS discrepancies, What it says goes, and it will do
nothing but harm if anything tries to stop it. According to CNN, February of last year, the College Board threatened to remove all AP courses in Oklahoma because the state attempted to take the course of AP U.S. History because it didn’t want students to learn about the “bad of America.” The grading systems regarding the College Board are also so secretive and pretentious that somehow teachers at our very own school cannot understand them. Teachers are not just guided by the coursework, but are bound to all decisions made by the corporation despite any controversies. And finally, all standardized testing is monitored and changed because of College Board changes. Although this might not always be seen as a bad thing, it is ultimately confusing to students because of the frequent changes and because of time consuming tests that have been statistically proven by the Education Leadership foundation to not H dictate how well students are doing in school. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Gabby Perelmuter at gperelmuter@hilite.org.
FAILURE = SUCCESS?
People should realize the power of failure. BETHLEHEM DANIEL // COLUMN rom a young age, we are trained to be perfectionists in everything we attempt. We aim to ace that spelling test, win that race, become the fastest, strongest and essentially, the best. Although this mindset can trigger success as we constantly strive to better ourselves from our current state, it can also serve as our hamartia—our tragic flaw—making us paranoid that if we make a mistake, we will be condemned with failure. Although failure is a concept that we all strive to avoid, we cannot crouch in fear from it forever. But, has the fear of failure already affected the United States? According to Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle, “We are caught in the trap of believing that success involves not failing, when failure is actually necessary to success.” As a society, we have become so focused on the idealistic concept of life, rather than the harsh reality in which no one is perfect, success is not always attainable and occasional setbacks are an inherent part of society. It is important to
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recognize that perfection isn’t what one should strive to aim for, but rather success. When faced with failure, we must be able to learn from these setbacks and improve upon them in the future. As Winston Churchill said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” We all must be able to find the courage to face the fears and failure that may set us back and move forward. Only then will we be able to improve upon our greatness, thus setting a precedent H for excellence. The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Bethlehem Daniel at bdaniel@hilite.org.
FAILURE SHOULDN’T BE FEARED
MATTEL’S HYPOCRISY
MARCH 18, 2016
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WE ARE ALL WONDER WOMEN
Mattel misses the point of body positivity with its new Wonder Woman Barbie. KALEA MIAO // COLUMN
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s an avid superhero fan, i was extremely excited when Mattel, Inc. released photos of its Wonder Woman Barbie for the upcoming “Batman v. Superman” movie. Although comic book Wonder Woman was drawn with defined muscles, the Wonder Woman Mattel has created has insect-like arms, devoid of any comic book strength. To make matters worse, Mattel had unveiled bodypositive Barbies only a few weeks prior to announcing its version of Wonder Woman. My hopes may have been high, but Wonder Woman, also known as Diana Prince, is a female superhero. She is fearlessly herself and divinely empowered; she stands up against injustices. In fact, her creator, William Moulton Marston, used Wonder Woman comics as political commentary against the oppression of females. Marston focused on Diana’s “emancipation from men” and used her to “show girls that they could do anything.” But Mattel did not portray these intentions. Although she retained her Lasso of Truth, Wonder Woman has lost all of her muscle. Even the accompanying figures for Batman and Superman have distinct muscles, perfectly matching both their on-screen and comic book counterparts. It’s upsetting that Mattel chose to slim-down a feminist icon while keeping her male counterparts the exact same. Perhaps it’s a strange coincidence that Mattel also released body-positive Barbies only weeks before unveiling the Wonder Woman doll. Certainly, the body-positive Barbies are a step forward, offering seven different skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles. Also, all the dolls are called “Barbie,” showing no distinction between body types. The new dolls, however, do not change the hypocrisy of Mattel for releasing dolls geared to helping young girls love their bodies while also slimming down Wonder Woman. Mattel has completely missed the point behind both Wonder Woman and its new body-positive dolls. Mattel preaches body positivity, but disregards Wonder Woman’s true body shape. The fact is that Wonder Woman is an icon. She is what she is, and although I applaud Mattel for its strides toward body positivity, a Wonder Woman doll cannot be any more or any less than its comic book counterpart. Wonder Woman is a superhero, and that’s how she should be portrayed. She could rival the Flash and
WONDER WOMAN Mattel’s Wonder Woman doll Tiara
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Lasso of truth Bulletproof bracelets vs. Mattel’s Superman doll Distinct muscles
BODY POSITIVE BARBIES Curvy Tall
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CYNTHIA YUE // GRAPHIC METRO.CO.UK, TIME.COM // SOURCES
Superman easily, and that should be clear from the doll itself. Not only that, but creating a doll that’s horribly disproportionate, and calling it “Wonder Woman” goes against Mattel’s own body-positivity line. If Mattel was truly trying to be body-positive, it would keep Wonder Woman’s body the same and celebrate it the way it is, rather than molding it into something totally unrealistic for an Amazon warrior princess. Body positivity is about celebrating one’s body the way it naturally is, and changes are only necessary if the individual feels that they are. Wonder Woman never had any qualms about her figure; she was proud of her strength. She serves as a model for young girls this way, proving that confidence is the only thing necessary to accept your body. The concept of body positivity is that all bodies are beautiful, not just one or two. The fact is, Mattel has gone too far with its bodypositive Barbies and its treatment of Wonder Woman. The company seems to have missed the notion that body positivity means all body types are accepted. Mattel can declare body positivity all it wants, but it can’t be truly body-positive if it still changes other characters’ doll body types. Whether or not Mattel is able to succeed in truly understanding body positivity, though, is less important than how girls understand body positivity. Body positivity applies to all body types, all genders and all races. Mattel chose to edit an iconic woman’s body to fit societal standards, but you don’t have to adhere to its hypocrisy. As Wonder Woman said, “There’s nothing to it—all you have to do is have confidence in your H own strength.” The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Kalea Miao at kmiao@hilite.org.
MIAO YOU KNOW
15 MINUTES
MARCH 18, 2016
LET’S DEVELOP A GAME
LET’S DEVELOP A GAME
Senior Chris Oyer developed his own superhero game using “Roblox”
Q&A WITH CHRIS OYER
KYLE CRAWFORD // PHOTOS CORY STEELE // Q&A
When did you create your most popular game, “Super Hero Life”?
and that does not always work out well. You want to get a working first version out as soon as possible.
it has maybe about 300, 400 ... I’ve actually moved on past that game; I’m working on a new one.
First, you (have to) sit down and think, “Okay, what kind of game do I want to make?” After a few days of planning, you can get started, work on the basics, make sure everything that you’re planning could potentially work. If you’re smart you’ll also try to test it out with a few people beforehand. Then afterwards start working on the game; I’ve had the construction (of a game) last a month to three months. The longer it takes is usually a bad sign. When a game takes too long, it tends to have a few more bugs to deal with,
What does it take to create a game like Super Hero Life”?
How successful has your game “Super Hero Life” been?
I began creating that (April 2015). I released the first version mid-May; nobody really played it because half the stuff didn’t work. I revised it a few times, and by August, it had maybe a good 200 people playing it at all times. And then in late August (through) November, it had about 500, 600 people playing it at most times of the day. It had spikes where it was getting 3,000, 4,000 people playing it at once. Nowadays
I sell stuff in the game for some virtual currency on the site called Robux. Users can buy that virtual currency from the site and then spend it on games on the site. Sort of like Steam credits. They buy stuff from me, and I get their virtual currency, then at a certain point—at 100,000 Robux is the smallest—you can cash that out for about $250 each. In the past year, I have made about $10,000.
MARCH 18, 2016
WHAT IS “ROBLOX”?
LET’S DEVELOP A GAME
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WHAT IS “SUPER HERO LIFE”? “Super Hero Life” is a game where you can design and live as your own super hero or villain! The game is a multiplayer-only game with elements of role playing and combat.
“Roblox” is an online web browser game where players play in a voxel game world. All of the game is made out of blocky polygons even including the players. “Roblox” allows its users to build their own worlds or play alongside other players. Roblox is essentially a virtual sandbox where players can use their imagination to create and play.
Over 5 Million Vists 47,000 Favorites Created by BroRubik ROBLOX.COM // SOURCE
What is the new game you’re working on? The new game is a bit more gameplay-based. Where the other one was just like you do what you want in this city, this one is sort of like a horror-themed hide-and-goseek game that is ... going to be very fun to make because (of) the theming, and I think it will do well, but I guess I can’t really know until I release an alpha.
Check out more of the Q&A at http://hilite.org/archives/category/ fame. You can also find Oyer’s game site at http://bit.ly/1U6TWU4.
LOG ON: After creating a custom superhero (left) players are welcomed into a city square (above). Players can find fights between heroes and villains in the square. The game is not only limited to combat. The game gives players the option to turn off fighting for socializing and exploring the game world.
LITEBOX
MAD DRUMMER
MARCH 18, 2016
LITEBOX MAD DRUMMER
Jazz player and junior Duncan Hardy plays the drum set during a rehearsal for the Jazz Expressions Concert, which will take place on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Dale E. Graham Auditorium. Hardy played “The Git” composed by Bill Holman and “Inner Crisis” by Larry Willis. Hardy said, “Last year I was in Jazz 4, but this year I’m finally in Jazz 1, and it is really nice to play with all of the greatest Jazz players in the school.
SHREERAM THIRUNAVUKKARASU // PHOTO