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Ida Mollberg’s move from Finland to America, as a foreign exchange student, has been full of many new learning experiences 18
New Pilot in town Maddy Fulgenzi gets an a real view of the town from inside her airplane
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Lending a hand Emma Breen travels to the Dominican Republic for a mission trip with her church to help construct a school
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FIFA 16 review
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The new version of the popular soccer game includes new features for fans to enjoy 31
Scream the TV show Scream the TV show proves to be different from the original movies, but has many similarities as well
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COVER STORY Raider Nation is becoming too big for the bleachers that were originally built for the fan section 9
Overcrowded buses
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Accidents near HHS Multiple car accidents near Huntley High School have caused worry and stress among students and parents alike
Pushing finals before winter break has caused problems for many teachers trying to fit their 90-day curriculum into 75 days
Out of the game Goalkeeper Kevin Sieb broke his clavicle during a soccer game and is out for the season while recovering, but is still involved
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Bus transfers cause mass confusion for students who take the bus and fail to help the overcrowding issue
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Starting a new sport After hurting her elbow swimming, Lindsey Ferguson turns to cross country as her new sport for the school year
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Leading the offense Anthony Binetti, starting quarterback for the Red Raiders, has led his team to an undefeated season and potential playoff run
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New class spins into HHS Gym class incorporates fitness into dance ashley o’brien • online editor
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our enormous mirrors split the central gym as students prepared for their first test. On the opposite side of the mirrors, dance teacher Leslie Parrin called over students five at a time for their first dance test on ballet. “During [the] first test, we had confidence, [we] had that smile, and it was cool for me to watch,” said Parrin. “I was excited to grade.” Parrin has been a French teacher at Huntley High School for eight years as well as the Orchesis Director. This is her first year being a dance teacher in the high school’s physical education department. She has been trying to get the new dance class approved for almost seven years. As of last December, it was announced that it will start as a full class for this new school year. As the class had to go through multiple decisions to be finalized as a new class, one thing necessary for the class was the mirrors. The class has four mirrors, which all cost $300 each. The class is a semester long, split between two periods during fifth
and sixth hour and has 65 students Cali Carbello agrees with her views. enrolled. It incorporates the physical “I [have] learned that education requirements with fitness dancing isn't all about testing, Zumba on fitness days, and entertaining through multiple uses of crunches, push choreography,” said ups, and continuously moving as Carbello. “It's students dance. about embracing As any the movements class, there and getting in are rules. touch with your Students emotions while have to having fun and have their gaining strength and hair tied balance.” up as well as Parrin teaches her dance barefoot. Dancing students by moving barefoot helps with movements with them. She warms and having their hair tied up up and dances to every keeps it from distracting other move with her students. students while dancing. “She performs the dance “[The class is a] basic overview moves along with us as a of dance,” said Parrin. “The class is guide,” said Carbello. “The designed to be basic and minimal way Ms. Parrin utilizes clear so anyone can participate. Over the communication to the class course of the semester, students will through loud volume and learn the basics of Ballet, Jazz, Modarticulation is an essential ern, Improvisation, choreography, way to teach a large group and performance skills.” of students in a big gym (D. Kalish) Parrin also has an eye for with an infinite amount teaching her students valuable lesof time.” sons through dance as well. Junior As most dance classes
can last anywhere from one to three hours, Parrin has 42 only minutes with her students. She uses her time as effectively as possible. “It’s my passion,” said Parrin. Parrin has been dancing since she was a little girl, and loves teaching the girls for Orchesis. She made the decision that she wanted to make dance a gym class, because of how much she loves dance. Parrin hopes to keep the program growing as years pass and to help Huntley get accustomed to a dance culture. “There is no wrong answer [if dance is or is not a sport],” said Parrin. Different movements in dance can be incorporated in any sport. “The dance tests are nearly impossible to get a perfect score on,” said Carbello. “Even the best dancers in the class who have been dancing since they were infants didn't get a perfect score on the test.” The class is not about achieving the A to pass, the class is about learning how to find confidence in dance, and to be able to make the best out of anything.
Leslie Parrin teaches her students how to A La Seconde Spin (D. Kalish)
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Introducing The Hub New library includes Chrome books, more study, research areas vickie watkins • staff writer
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canning her ID, junior Sarah Roberts entered the new library and saw all the changes that had been completed over the summer. The start of the 2015-2016 school year also signified the opening of the Hub. Moved from being directly across the cafeteria, the Hub was placed where the old West Gym was. It is filled with books, computers, and various others means for passing time or completing homework. The most noticeable difference when students first enter the Hub is the collaboration pods. To sign up for the collaboration pods, students or teachers have to write the names of all of their group members on the reservation form located at the hub’s help desk. This can be done ahead of time or during a period, if there are still rooms available. The glass rooms lining the perimeter of the Hub allow students to discuss group projects without being interrupted by the chatter of others. “I think at certain periods of 4 huntleyvoice.com October 2015
prevents people from using the laptops for unnecessary purposes, like showing their friends a youtube video or checking their social media accounts. “It has a lot of technology available for students,” said Holton. “Lots of areas for collaboration, and then there’s some areas for quiet study.” There is even a printing station with a few Chrome laptops dedicated just to printing. Students do not have to wait for someone to finish researching various topics for a project and can instead quickly log onto the printing only laptops and get back on with their day within minutes. “The separate printing stations are nice,” said junior Sarah Roberts. “So the computers aren’t overcrowded with people printing one document.” If people need assistance, the help desk in the middle of the library is always open. The help desk is there to aid students in any technology related problems they may have and provide the reservation form for the collaboration pods. All the new additions make the Hub considerably more open than the old library. Having the entrance and exit on opposite sides of the login area helps control traffic as people walk in and out at different locations. According to Holton, they are still figuring out and adjusting minor details to make the hub as student friendly as possible. “I think that it’s very contemporary,” said Cynthia Schneider, math department Chair. “And it gets the kids more engaged.”
Juniors Kaleob Abdullah and Ian Coventry using the collaboration tables to work on their homework (R. O’Sullivan)
the day, it’s kind of loud just by the nature and amount of people who are here,” said Erica Holton, media facilitator of the hub. Fourth, fifth, and sixth period are when the Hub tends to be the most crowded. With some students seeking refuge from the noise of the cafeteria and others waiting for the bell to ring so they can go to their next class. Many students meet their friends here to hang out or have joint study sessions. The Hub is the ideal location for students who are looking for a place to talk to each other or get last minute cramming out of the way. The collaboration area in the front includes tables for students to sit together and talk, while the back has many self-study tables for those who want to concentrate. Having space to spread textbooks and homework around allows students to not worry about being in someone else’s way. The silent, self-study area and collaboration area are separated by line of Chrome laptops, even though
this is not an official barrier between the two. While the computers can only be used for school-related projects and homework, they allow students to get head starts on projects located on their teachers’ Haiku pages. This rule, which is enforced by all the Hub staff, is beneficial. It
Erica Holton, media facilitator, worksing at the Hub help desk. (R. O’Sullivan)
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School Store opens in cozy new corner FBLA students find a new location for business in the Commons Area sumbul shakeel • design editor describes what it is like having their
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he brown door swings open, allowing students to pour in and explore the little corner and walk around it like they would in a store. Before Sept. 28, throw the words school and store around, and questions would start flying everywhere. “We have a school store?” “Where is it?” “Is it open?” With its grand opening, the mystery around the school store is solved: there is a school store located in the new commons area, run by FBLA students. Along with all the new changes to the commons area, the school store also got a new home. It officially opened during Homecoming week. Instead of being a stand in front of the cafeteria, the school store has its own little corner of the school. Tricia Eibl, FBLA sponsor,
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individual space. “I like it; it’s nice to have actual space that you can set up and leave displays,” said Eibl. “We were sharing with School Grounds, so we would have to take down and set up.” Eibl, who has been sponsoring FBLA for seven years, says the school store has been running for about 11 years, hopping around to different areas of the building. “We started out just out of the window of what is now the college and career center,” said Eibl. “We were in the closet in the cafeteria for a couple years where we had just a big cart we pulled out, and then we were in the concession stand for a few years, and now we’ve got our new location.” Now, through the door in the commons area, shelves filled with spirit wear can be seen, along with school supplies, sunglasses, and a
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store had to find a new niche in the school. According to Eibl, it was a little difficult trying to find the right place for it, but with the help of Principal Scott Rowe, a new area was designated for it. After watching it evolve and improve, Eibl is happy with the new location of the school store, glad that it found a home in the new commons area. She thinks the school store, and FBLA in general, are both important for being available to students. “They get a real-world and handson experience,” said Eibl. With Homecoming week, school spirit seems to skyrocket, becoming a priority. Not to mention that Career and Technology Student Organization week, Oct. 5-11, was another great opportunity for the school store to be promoted.
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Sophomore Zayyan Faizal sells lollipops in the School Store (M. Czapka)
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s the weather gets colder, Huntley High School students and staff members get ready for winter
break. Unlike last year, students will have finals before break. According to Principal Scott Rowe, the decision was made last fall. Prior to taking this to the district board, the HHS administration spoke to some teachers, particularly those who taught semester classes. Rowe also spoke to students in his Principal’s Advisory Group. According to the District 158 calendar, the first semester is about 75 days, while the second semester is 90 days. “I definitely think that it benefits students,” said Assistant Principal Shelly Kish. “Historically, we’ve seen that teachers gave large finals packets and students wanted to do them before break.” Although many students want to get their studying done before break, some want a little more time. “I think it gives students more time to relax but not as much time to do the finals packets,” said senior Matt Grimm. While this may be true, teachers will cover less material compared to last year. With this approach, students do not have to study as much, and at the same time, they can have finals early. Teachers can also benefit. According to math teacher Laura 6 huntleyvoice.com October 2015
French teacher Leslie Parrin gets her grading done before the end of the 75-day semester, versus a 90-day one (M. Czapka).
Jenkins, less material means less of a burden to teach more material in a limited amount of time. To add to that, teachers believe that the short semester saves time. “It’s really nice to know that you don’t have to spend so much time reviewing when we return [from break] because it’s more fresh in their minds,” said Jenkins. “They
“I think it gives students more time to relax, but not as much to do the finals packets.” -Senior Matt Grimm
HHS to go through a short semester HHS Administration votes to cut first semester to 75 days, moving finals before break mohammed syed • staff writer
haven’t had two weeks off.” However, it can be difficult for teachers to adjust. According to Jenkins, both semester exams will have to be changed. Some of the material included in the semester one exam will have to be shifted over to the semester two exam. A greater adjustment is required for semester classes. “I will probably feel like there’s way too much that I didn’t get to accomplish,” said social studies teacher Shandon Nixon. “But as long as I plan well and condense where I know I can condense it should work out fine.” However, this approach will not be taken next year because both semesters will be relatively equal. School will start early and finals will still be before break. According to their websites, Jacobs, Hampshire, and Barrington follow the same schedule. “It’s not a forever thing,” said Rowe. “When labor days are late we’ll start a little bit earlier to keep our year balanced. And as we figure our way out it will be a good thing for us.”
Student catches up on homework, due to the shortened semester (R. O’Sullivan)
OPINION
Table for too...few The new cafeteria is too small for everyone justin kostecki • staff writer
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ith all of the renovations going on throughout Huntley High School, it can be difficult to keep track of it all. One of the more noticeable of the renovations is the new commons area, and more specifically the new cafeteria layout. The entire construction is being funded with the help of a $39 million grant from the state. The grant helped create a new cafeteria, library, and field house for HHS students. Other expansion to the school is currently in progress and is estimated to be complete by early June of 2016. As far as the look of the cafeteria goes, almost everything has been redone and changed based on planning by administration a few years back. In the careteria, there are
intended to seat four students per table. Some students have been seen fighting over the uncomfortable, immobile benches. Even the new, expensive televisions hanging from the wall displaying ESPN and the morning news fail to incorporate the comfortability that “There are too many this school yearns for. students. They made The lunch lines have multiplied in size, but even less space.” with this expansion, the lines seem to lack the efficiency that they were built to deliver. -Junior Dakotah Henn Along with the appearance of the ceiling and flooring, new entry points have been dispersed around the perimeter. now different styles and sizes of This allows for students to choose a tables along with corresponding path to travel in the school, but not chairs. The chairs are mobile and before navigating their way through often get taken from kids situated at other tables. This becomes incon- the difficult maze of round tables, scattered students, and disconnected venient for many students lacking chairs. chairs at their self-assigned tables. The area formerly used to There is also the new instalhold our old library is now being lation of booths. These booths give less walking space around the perim- used as part of the cafeteria in the commons area. eter of the cafeteria, and are only
Isaiah Nieves, Julian Mendoza, and Justin Padayhag sit in the new cafeteria and enjoy their lunch break. (M. Czapka)
The main hallway passing through the commons area frequently becomes cluttered with students traveling in all directions to and from
students, but how much was that problem actually lessened, if at all? “There is enough seating for all kids times three,” says security staff member, Joel Bosman. Though there may statistically be enough seat“There is enough seating ing for all of the applicable for all kids times three.” students, the table sizes seem to discourage others from sharing the table with the few students that may fill -Joel Bosman the gaps at the tables. This is the cause for the students who seem to remain in the the cafeteria, Hub, and classes. hallways of the commons area. Although the added space The cafeteria may look very makes for good expansion for lunch presentable and may provide all of and blended periods, the overall the essentials for HHS students, but space taken from the original cafthe overall fact of the matter is that eteria to make the lunch line zone is some things do not always work out quite extensive. according to plan. Just because a lot “There are too many stuof time, effort, and money is dedidents,” said junior Dakotah Henn. cated to something does not mean “They made less space.” the inhabitants of the atmosphere to A majority of students and completely enjoy it, especially when staff might believe the renovation the input of the inhabitants was not was created to help with the overtaken beforehand. flow problem with “double lunch”
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B. Fabella
Putting a “damper” on things Things are heating up in the fieldhouse, not in a good way joe rizzo • staff writer
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for many reasons, including multiple sports practices, gym classes, and simply as a place to relax. All of these reasons have one common factor: after you have been in the field house, you will be dripping with sweat. “When I am in the field house it is very hot; I can barely breath,” said Maurer. “I am sweating instantly and I have not even started my workout.” On Fridays, we play games in the field house. Sometimes we play basketball or we play volleyball, and even a simple game of horse can get you sweaty and feeling gross. Some say getting sweaty is not a problem,
oah! You guys have what?” Huntley High School has added some amazing features to its campus. One of these features is our huge field house. “Our field house is amazing, it separates Huntley High School “Our field house is amazfrom your average ing; it separates Huntley high school,” said junior Brad High School from your Maurer. average high school.” Our turf football field, our sweet weight -Junior Brad Maurer room, and the new field house are just some of the things that Huntley High School can boast and think it is not a big deal. But to about. junior Morgan Ceh, being sweaty The field house is very useful affects her entire day. 8 huntleyvoice.com October 2015
“I feel uncomfortable. I am sticky So why not just get an air condiand smelly for at least two classes,” tioner? said Ceh. According to Rowe, adding an air After weights I have a blended class, conditioner would cost a fortune. and three times a week I use this class time to go “I feel uncomfortable. I am home and shower. sticky and smelly for at Let me tell you, I smell terrible after least two classes.” weights. Using this time to shower is a waste. I could -Junior Morgan Ceh be using this time to get homework done or to get ahead on my work. So why is the field house so hot? The damper system is an alternaBecause we do not have an air tive to air conditioning. It is much conditioner. cheaper than air conditioning the According to Principal Scott whole field house and will save our Rowe, we have a “damper system.” school lots of money. I know the A damper system works when the field house gets hot at times, but the humidity reaches a certain point for new high-tech damper system will the system to activate fans to cool change that. After all the problems the field house. The reason the field get worked out, cool air will arrive in house is so hot is because the humidour wonderful field house. Students ity has not reached the point where should stop complaining about how the fans can turn on. hot the field house is and realize “We based our field house on how lucky we are to even have a field Batavia High School’s field house,” house. Huntley High School has said Rowe. “They also do not have an many wonderful features, our field air conditioner.” house is the coolest thing in town.
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Britney Ball, Autumn Roche, and their fellow students squish into their seat on their way home from school. (D. Kalish)
Sorry, no seat for you Bus overcrowding has become a serious issue courtney thomas • print editor got [there] super late,” said Medina.
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unior Nicole Medina woke up and got ready for school, just like she would any other day. She was taking the bus that morning, something she does not do every day. She waited at the bus stop for her bus to arrive, the same thing she did every morning she took the bus to school. Except, this time, when the bus arrived, Medina was not allowed on the bus. “[The bus driver] refused to let me on my bus,” said Medina. So she was forced to wait for another bus. The bus from across the street came and brought her to the townhouses near the middle school. The third bus was waiting by the townhouses. The third bus not only had to fit all the kids from Medina’s bus, but had to go pick up even more kids after that. “I rode three buses to school and
Many kids experienced similar situations a few weeks ago. Most, however, had no idea why this was happening. According to Jennifer Heinrich, the transportation coordinator, these “transfers” happen every year because the amount of kids that will ride the bus for the year, is uncertain. She also said that they booked the buses a little heavier this year. About a week or so into every school year, the transportation department does these transfers to allow for more room on the buses. According to Heinrich, transportation department had to split four routes up and add three new routes. “We have a whole other bus that only has three bus stops,” said Medina. In adding the three new routes, the board hoped to create more space for the students, but many buses are still having problems. “It’s pretty crowded on the way home,” said sophomore Alyssa Masten. “It’s more crowded in the afternoon than it is in the mornings.” She has only taken the bus home twice because of tennis, but she still knows that it is a problem.
While not over the maximum students allowed on buses, kids are still sitting three to a seat. Heinrich says the board cannot account for kids with a sports bag or an instrument. The worst thing is, there will be three kids in a seat, all with a backpack and an extra bag, and across the aisle, there is a kid sitting alone, sprawling themselves across the seat so no one can sit with them. In 10 years of riding the bus, I have seen and done it all. I have been stuck in a seat with two other people, someone in front of me or across from me, lays in their seat. I have also been one of those people who take up an entire seat. You would think that bus drivers would do something about it, like ask the kid to move over, but I have never seen that happen. Bus drivers either ignore it or are oblivious to it. “[Bus drivers] are supposed to tell [kids] to move to make room for the other kids,” said Heinrich. Bus drivers often tell kids to “get out of the aisle” as if they had a choice. When the buses are too full, many kids end up with half a butt cheek on the seat and half of one in the aisle. This is extremely dangerous. Buses do not have seatbelts, so if an
accident were to occur, those kids could be seriously injured. I think if the transportation department did not fill the buses over capacity and told their drivers to ask kids, like myself, to make room for other kids, the bus ride would be a little more enjoyable, or at least a little more comfy. But instead, their solution is for a few weeks every year, kids hop from bus to bus, just trying to get to school. For a few weeks, kids get to school after the bell rings. For a few weeks, students are forced to get off their bus and wait, in an area no where near their bus stop, for another bus to pick them up. Taking the bus is already bad enough. You have to sit in a freezing cold or blistering hot bus, just to get to school. Mornings are hard. But they are a lot worse when you have to smoosh up against people you do not know or do not like. But to throw in getting off the bus and waiting for another one, is an unnecessary factor to an already bad morning and can easily be avoided if the transportation department did not pack the buses quite as full.
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I. Fabella
No worms for the early bird Early school start times are outdated and inefficient camille paddock • staff writer
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eep! Beep! Beep! My alarm goes off at 5:30 in the morning. Halfawake from studying and finishing homework late the night before, I trudge through my morning routine. Barely having enough time to make it out the door fully dressed, I forget, once again, to grab breakfast. Like mornings were not already miserable. Sleep deprivation is one of the most common epidemics among teenagers in high school due to traditional start times. This lack of sleep leads to lower test scores, poor attitudes, and a decrease in alertness. According to the National Sleep
busses are not able to provide two Foundation, adolescents need to get schools with rides simultaneously. 8-10 hours of sleep every night to “The busses are reused so every function efficiently, and are naturally school would have to be flipped,” inclined to fall asleep around 11 p.m. said Burkey. So why are we starting so early? However, younger kids are “It’s just the way it has always already awake at an earlier time been,” said Superintendent John Burkey. But Huntley High School has already begun “That’s just the way it transitioning into a more has always been.” modern era. “Blended classes were purposefully put in periods first and eighth when they -Superintendent John were first introduced,” said Burkey Burkey. With the increase of blended courses, students now have the option to have a more flexible schedule. Yet because they are programmed to go to bed earlier. That point was students still lack the ability to choose what period that blended already noted by the District 158 class is. Board of Education, and the start Since District 158 has grown subtime of Chesak Elementary School was moved up by a half hour. stantially over the past few years, the
The real issue that needs to be addressed and fixed is whether or not delaying the start time of school would have an effect on the sports and clubs that take place after school. “There is a huge percentage of students in extracurricular activities,” said Burkey. “If it was only education we were looking at then there would be no problem [delaying the start time].” While I can see how chaos could potentially break loose if sports and clubs had to start later in the day, I believe that education should be the main priority of our district. With the amount of competition surrounding college rising each year, the main focus point of our district should be ensuring that the students are getting the best education they possibly can. The board has not yet seriously considered changing the time, so maybe with a push from the exhausted student body, we can inspire
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OPINION
Slow and steady always wins Teen drivers need to slow down, stay safe maddy moffett • opinion editor
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riday. Just another Friday. It was early. Just another morning driving to school. Just another mindless drive as senior Amanda Gaston made her way to school in her silver Chevy Impala with her sister, Faith, in the passenger seat. The radio was tuned to a country station, spewing out another twangy song about a pickup truck. Just like any other day. Before she knew it, she was in the left turn lane, patiently waiting her turn. And then it happened. A flash of silver. Boom. Gaston’s head slammed against the steering wheel. And then there was nothing. Black. Complete and utter darkness. A girl’s sobs roused her from the gloom. It was her sister, Faith. Dazed and confused, Gaston shakily opened her door with trembling hands. She did not know what to do. She did not know what was happening. An ambulance wailed to the scene. With her eye beginning to bruise, Gaston was loaded into the rig and taken to a nearby hospital. She was diagnosed with a concussion, but her greatest injury was not physical.
Since that Friday, Gaston has driven a car just twice. She is terrified when she looks in her rearview mirror and sees a car behind her. It all comes back to her: the anxiety, the fear, the nostalgia. She eventually found out what happened; the silver flash was another vehicle. Her bumper was smashed. And the impact rammed her car into the bumper of the car in front of her. But the confirmed cause of the crash was never discovered. The other driver said her brakes did not work. Then she said a Gatorade bottle wedged itself underneath the brake pedal. The stories never added up. Just another normal Friday morning. According to the CDC, almost 292,000 teens were treated in emergency departments for injuries in 2011. These injuries stemmed from all sorts of distracted driving, including cell phone use to grooming to fiddling with the radio. Accidents are inevitable, but accidents caused by heedlessness are absolutely preventable. Driving is a double-edged sword, both a blessing and a curse. To quote a cinematic triumph: “With great power comes great responsibility.” I get it; everyone wants to get to places as quickly as possible. I am not going to lie and say I am a perfect driver, as I fall victim to the same faults. But to what extent are young, inexperienced drivers willing to go to reach their destination as
soon as possible? The object is to get to the destination safely; there is no prize for driving like a deranged maniac. Unless you are Tony Stewart in the Daytona 500, which I find extremely doubtful. According to the CDC, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are all ready three times more likely than drivers over the age of 20 to be in a fatal crash. Distractions like friends, cell phones, and fiddling with the radio only exacerbate the risks. Science is conspiring against teenagers, and they still continue Courtesy of the CDC 2012 to endanger themselves and other drivers. celerator. Again, I sympathize with you; Traffic sucks. Period. getting stuck behind the seemingly But none of it is worth anything endless parade of school buses after a when your life is on the line. It is long, strenuous seven hours of hell is not worth it when the lives of your a total buzzkill. friends or peers or complete strangers And I also know the light at Main are on the line either. Street and Route 47 is just as short as So slow down. Take a chill pill. Kim Kardashian’s first marriage, so Our lives are too precious to throw the entire licensed student populaall inhibitions to the wind. Because tion is prone to being a little on any given day, anything can hapheavy on the acpen. Even on just another normal Friday morning.
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-Of the teens aged 13-19 who died in passenger vehicle crashes, approximately 55% were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. -7 teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. -71% of drivers aged 15 to 20 were killed in motor vehicle crashes after drinking and driving were not wearing a seat belt
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Eberhart hoists his megaphone to lead the cheering at a varsity football game. (D. Kalish)
31 sisters, one brother Tyler Eberhardt breaks traditions at HHS devin martin • a&e editor
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“A lot of people are surprised when they see me cheer. I feel like a lot of people are just used to seeing girls. It’s just different in some people’s point of view, especially in our grade. Only the seniors have really seen a guy do cheer at HHS.” - Tyler Eberhardt 12 huntleyvoice.com October 2015
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“At first, I feel like he wasn’t confident with it, but now he works it! Always ready to go-go-go! On my team, I have 30 sisters this year and a brother. It’s a fun sport where every one is involved and you have to stay with each other.” - Maddie Eberhardt
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lank stares are all he saw. They looked at him, dead in the eye, eagerly awaiting to see what his next move was going to be. As he started the routine with two other girls, they were all on the same page. The judges fingers went flying all over their keyboards, taking notes as the group performed. When the routine was finished, varsity coach Renee Fowler had a smile on her face. The judges continued to exchanged notes. When he walked off the mats, his stress was gone. However, thoughts of what team he would make for Huntley High School cheerleading plagued his mind. Freshman Tyler Eberhardt would later learn that he had made Huntley varsity cheerleading. Soon, Eberhardt would be under the Friday night lights, and become immersed in cheerleading competitions. Cheerleading is what he loves to do. However, Eberhardt has only been cheering since December of 2014. Regardless of this fact, one skill aided him to his success. “I tumbled for a long time,” said Eberhardt. “Since fifth grade [I have been taking] tumbling classes.” Sure enough, those long days and nights of tumbling would lead Eberhardt to cheer. Whether it be perfecting his round-offs or fulls, his involvement in sports had taught Eberhardt that he is a naturally competitive person. “My mom coached at a gym when I was little and I wanted to get
involved with [cheerleading],” said Eberhardt. “ But then it went away because I was at the age when I could play football.” Slowly, cheerleading became a dream that Eberhardt wanted to pursue during his time playing football. It took a lot of courage to be able to decide that cheerleading is what he wanted to do, mainly because Eberhardt is breaking traditions he may not know of. Cheerleading was mainly supposed to represent women in the 1950s and how they should be able to act in public. However, in the early 1990s that all changed when male cheerleaders became more noticeable, and that is when the performance sport started to go through a transition. That transition led to many stereotypes of male cheerleaders because they are involved with what is supposed to be a ‘female sport.’ Male cheerleaders are said to be weak and uncoordinated, but Eberhart’s close friend Rachel Andros begs to differ. “I was on an All-Star Team and there were 15 guys on the team who were only there because they could help out with the stunts,” said Andros. “However, there were other guys on the team that weren’t that strong and they were kind of smaller.” Cheerleading incorporates and accepts all types of people no matter who they are or where they come from. Eberhardt also took this into consideration; If he were to join the cheerleading team, what people
would think of him. “I felt like people would think that I am weird and that they would make fun of me,” said Eberhardt. “I kind of got over it. They should just let me do what I want and not judge me for it.” With that drive, Eberhardt knew what he had to do next; he decided to join the cheer team. One person however, continues to be Eberhardt’s biggest inspiration. “I wanted to get more involved with it because [Maddie] coached it and she’s always cheered. It was just interesting to watch,” said Eberhardt. “I got into it that way, as I got more into high school I did a short AllStar season.” That short season was able to provide Eberhardt with the assurance that cheerleading is what he truly wanted to do. The next step was trying out. “I was nervous and I wasn’t sure if I was even going to cheer,” said Eberhardt. “ I decided to just go for it.” As Eberhardt performed his routine, eight IHSA judges and varsity cheer coach Renee Fowler noticed the true potential in Eberhardt. “I was thrilled to see Tyler come and tryout for cheer,” said Fowler. “ He worked hard and really impressed the evaluators not only with some of his skills, but with his motivation to work and learn new things.” After a couple of days, that hard work would pay off. Eberhardt made varsity cheerleading his freshman year of high school. The next step
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was being able to bond with a new group of “sisters.” Considering Eberhardt has one on the team already, each member will do anything to protect not only Eberhardt, but the whole team. “We are all best friends and we can always be there for each other no matter what happens,” said Andros. “We can help each other with what we need and we don’t care what grade you’re in: We’re all on the same team doing the same thing.” With team relationships building, Eberhardt is connecting well with his “sisters.” “He acts like their big brother as well and he’s not just nagging me, but probably half the other team as well,” said Maddie Eberhardt. Eberhardt wants to push past his boundaries, break traditions, become closer with his “sisters,” and, of course, become connected to Raider Nation. Eberhardt will always continue to strive towards success, and hopefully might become an inspiration to some other potential male cheerleaders one day. “Just start working at it, and it’s not as easy as it looks,” said Eberhardt. “ But as long as you put your mind to it, you can do it.”
Eberhart hoists a fellow cheerleader (D. Kalish)
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A different perspective Henricksen and Sharkey travel to the Philippines brian fabella • staff writer
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untley social studies teachers Clayton Henricksen and Anne Sharkey sat in their small, blue airline seats, peering out their tiny windows, hoping to get their last glimpse of the U.S. before heading half a world away. The two teachers were about to be in a place that they had only ever read about in books. Henricksen and Sharkey became travelers with the Fulbright-Hays Program. They and a few other high school and college professors were being shipped off to Manila, Philippines, for the next month to discover its culture. When they landed, the first thing they noticed was the heat. “I just remember how hot it was. The Filipinos joked with us saying there were only two seasons, hot and hotter,” said Henricksen. Although Henricksen had his luggage stuffed into a backpack on a plane, most of the other teachers, including Sharkey, lost their luggage. “I just remember being really excited. I wanted to learn, the only thing that was hard with that was we didn’t have any clothes,” said Sharkey. “It felt like a bonding moment because we were all going nuts.” Luckily, everyone got a chance to shop in the mall for clothes and everyone’s luggage was found eventually. Now, the real journey had begun. On June 23, Sharkey and Henrickson visited the Philippines Normal University. There, they walked through the oldest hallway in the school with the teachers from the U.S. Both were surprised by the countless photographers that greeted them in the hall, as they met the university president, Dr. Ester B. Ogena. Everywhere they went, it felt as if they were celebrities, as faculty members and students continued to take pictures of the teachers with anything they had available. “We were ushered into a room where we were introduced to the
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staff of PNU and our mentors,” said Henricksen. “This experience was not going to be all Hollywood, but a very scholarly experience as well.” Soon after, the group was ushered to Manila’s oldest district, Intramuros, which means ‘inside the walls.’ They were dropped off to a Sharkey teaches a group of children how to take a selfie. (Courtesy of arsharkey.wordpress.com)
specific area in Intramuros called the Santiago Fort, which was a military center used by the Spanish to gain more land and cultural influence in the Philippines. “It has made me think about how the Philippines were created by foreign powers,” said Sharkey. “What
does it mean to be Filipino? It is something people of today are still trying to figure out.” A few days later, the teachers became the students as PNU introduced them to their history and culture. “We started off going with a group
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However, nothing can top their experience with the group, Aeta. Later that day, riding a packed jeep, both teachers headed to the Aeta, suffering from the general heat surrounding them. “We traveled about an hour and a half on bumpy roads with a police escort,” said Sharkey. “But some of the Aeta families traveled up to 2-3 hours on foot through the hills from their towns to the meeting place.” The Aeta group has been isolated from the rest of the Philippines. Forced out of their land from prior colonizing, the Aeta have since spread their community throughout jungles. When describing the people, Sharkey went as far as to make a connection to the Native Americans. Even under their conditions, the people still smiled. This was the main reason that being introduced to the community and the children was really important to Sharkey and Henriksen “We asked for a picture and as they all came up, a small girl joined us and after I took the wrapper off the sucker she was trying to eat,” said Sharkey. “Immediately she held her arms up for me to pick her up–and how could I say no.” Soon, a dance party began with all the kids jumping in and tugging both teachers into a dance line. “We both just stopped for a second to appreciate the moment,” said Henricksen. “One that was a clear clash of cultures from a variety of the world.” With all the classes of history and culture, all the dreadful colonization that has happened in the Philippines, it’s astonishing to see the people being able to dance so freely. “A few minutes later the kids sang a traditional Aeta song, I won’t forget…’thank you for our school, thank you for our food, thank you for our tv, thank you for everything’,” said Sharkey. In truth, both the children and the teachers couldn’t have said more to thank them.
Henricksen with one of his homestay families (Courtesy of claytonhenricksen. wordpress.com)
of staff from PNU to the Gawas Kaling NGO,” said Sharkey. “It’s a human rights and development organization that builds villages for families in need.” Later in the day, the group listened to the families of Desaparecidos, meaning ‘the Disappeared’. Stories of captures and manipulation of human rights made Sharkey eyes tear up. “It was something that I thought I heard of before but it never really registered,” said Sharkey. “When you hear it from the mother of a child who was taken and has only heard horrific rumors about what happened, that’s something beyond anything else.” After taking some time and hearing the islander’s despair, it was time to meet a new family to balance their misfortune; it was time for the teachers to choose their first homestay. “We did not know what to expect,” said Henricksen. “We had little information on the cultural expectation of this region, it really elevated my blood pressure.” There were six families left and luckily Henricksen was finally picked. Paired with newlyweds Jilbert and Jinky, his growing stress began to melt away. Jinky’s parents lived near the newlywed’s house and Henricksen,
with the family, met them as well as his mother-in-law’s siblings and their children. Jinky’s parents two-story house was still in construction and the rooms were small enough to be crowded by a small dining table. Talking with Jinky’s family about life and education in the Philippines, Henricksen was soon made aware of the vast struggles in Manila. Jilbert works as a police officer, stationed two hours away from the house, and Jinky works as a third grade teacher. Both are limited on time spent with each other, but are also dreaming to go with their kids on a vacation soon. Needless to say,
“I just hope that one day they have the chance to fulfill their dreams, hopefully as soon as they can.” - Clayton Henricksen they were a normal family. After this experience, the teachers met back up in Quezon. Before going to Barangays in Quezon, Sharkey and the other teachers had a meeting
with the officials from Barangays to get a view of what their society is like. “What I took out of it was the fact that there are a ton of pieces to the puzzle of the Philippines regarding human rights, government and society,” said Sharkey. The Barangay is a political organization in the country, smaller than the city governments. The group was isolated to part of the city as they have no roads or access to other regions of the cities. “We actually got to observe their meeting to run the neighborhoods and propose laws,” said Sharkey. “It’s a great way to see that people are involved in the city and their own society.” For Sharkey, the lasting moment from the trip was the visit to the local school. She got to observe the students learning rather than learning about them in a classroom. “The kids sang songs, waved, and were so adorable with us,” said Sharkey. “When they were heading home for lunch, we had plenty of time to try and talk to the kids. My favorite moment was teaching them to take selfies.” Sharkey and Henricksen both had their own separate moments in the community surrounding them.
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Home away from home
Foreign exchange student finding herself at HHS natalie trzeciak • staff writer
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feeling of anxiety overcomes junior Ida Mollberg as she walks through the hallway on her first day of school. She is enveloped by new faces, new surroundings, and a language that is unlike her own. Second thoughts fill her mind as she starts what could be one of the best or one of the worst experiences of her life. Ida Mollberg left her home in Finland less than two months ago to pursue her dream of traveling the world by becoming a foreign exchange student. About a year ago, Mollberg applied to study abroad at the Youth For Understanding Intercultural Exchange Program. “Applying to be a foreign exchange student was a huge project,” said Mollberg. “I had to fill out lots of applications, work on receiving a visa, and, of course, wait for a host family to choose me.” Along with retrieving the right documents, she was also faced with many interviews and periodic grade checks. Once chosen, Mollberg became the third person in her family to study abroad. Her father had studied in Arizona and her sister in Boston. Both had received the opportunity through YFU. “They said it was a good experience and they had a lot of fun, so I figured I would try it,” said Mollberg. Though the idea of being in another country was exciting, Mollberg wanted to experience the culture more than anything. She has been to more than six countries and hopes to visit more. “I’m really interested in a career as a flight attendant,” said Mollberg. “You get to experience so many cultures and see so many parts of the world.” Mollberg has made learning languages she may need in the future her top priority. She speaks Finnish, Swedish, French, English, and has
Ida Mollberg shows her pride for both of her countries (S. Faheem)
recently begun learning Spanish at Huntley High School. “I started to learn English in first grade because we were required to take language classes,” said Mollberg. “Though I have trouble every once in a while, it’s still the easiest language I have learned.” Language barrier aside, Mollberg still experienced culture shock. Her only aids were her host parents and junior Kyle Smoot. “A family friend of mine talked to me and told me that there was a foreign exchange student coming,” said Smoot. “She was supposed to be staying in their neighborhood. They asked me if
I could show her around, and I told them ‘no problem’.” When they first met, the two had gone to Culver’s and gotten ice cream. They then sat and talked about their lives at home. “It was interesting to see the culture differences because she was so surprised by certain things that I grew up with,” said Smoot. “She was even surprised by the amount of fast food restaurants.”
Mollberg also has her host family, two adults without children, to help her, though she feels more comfortable getting help from other students. “Me and my host family don’t always click,” said Mollberg. “But I think it’s because I just start to miss the people at home.” While in the U.S., Mollberg hopes to be a part of as many different experiences as she can. She plans on attending Homecoming and Prom, both of which will be very different from the ones back at home. She has also visited downtown Chicago, but wants to see much more. “My dream is to go to a Blackhawks game,” said Mollberg. “It would be really cool, especially since hockey is such a big thing in Finland.” Mollberg will be returning to Finland in May. Until then, she will continue to study at HHS. “I’m so fortunate for being able to come here,” said Mollberg. “The best part of it all was learning a new language and making new friends that I’ll hopefully have for a long time.”
(Courtesy of Ida Mollberg)
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Sophomore Maddie Fulghenzi gives her plane a quick tune-up before preparing for flight (S. Faheem)
Soaring to new heights Sophomore Maddie Fulgenzi works towards earning her Private Pilot’s License alexandra landman • staff writer
Sophomore Maddie Fulghenzi gets out of her plane after a flight (S. Faheem)
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andings Traffic Archer 015 upwind runway 1-3, staying in the pattern, Landings.” The wind was still and the sky was clear on a cool September evening. With her sunglasses on and pre-flight checklist in hand, sophomore Maddie Fulgenzi climbed onto the wing and sat in her family’s 1973 Piper Archer N56015 four-seater airplane. Following behind her was her father, United Airlines Captain John Fulgenzi. They put on their gray Bose headsets, which would be the only way they could communicate at an altitude of 2,000 feet. The first step was going through the essential preflight checklist. Maddie checked her flight instruments, the engine, and ran through a series of tests just to ensure a safe flight. In case of
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focused on making sure she did everything she needed to in order to get the plane safely off the ground. Flying a plane was not something new to Maddie; it was in her blood. She has been around airplanes her whole life, with her paternal grandfather being an airplane mechanic and her father being a United Airlines pilot. Maddie has 15 of 40 hours needed in order to get her Private Pilot’s License. She wants to solo on her 16th birthday, even before she gets her driver’s license. “It’s always been a goal of mine to solo a plane before I get my driver’s license, which would be pretty cool,” said Maddie. Within seconds, the trees became a blur and the green and white four seater plane was shooting down the runway. “Right rudder, right rudder, aaaannnndddd we’re flying,” said Maddie.
certified flight instructor and he is teaching his oldest daughter, Maddie, how to fly so she can earn her Private Pilot’s License. “Landings Traffic Archer 015 left base, 1-3 Landings.” After being in the air for several minutes, Maddie decided it was time to land. With the small pond next to the railroad tracks in sight, Maddie used that as her turning point towards the runway. “It’s easier if you pick a spot and use that spot every time,” said Maddie. “That way, you know exactly when to start turning and it is consistent every time.”
After adjusting her airspeed, which is vital to having a safe and smooth landing, Maddie passed the trees and was hovering over the runway. After a bumpy landing, her instructor gave her some advice and they were off back into the pattern. “Try to do it a bit smoother next time,” said John. The first landing is always the hardest, and it gets easier from that point on. This was only Maddie’s first landing of about six that she would attempt that night. By the time she got the hang of things, it was getting dark, so they decided to call it a day. They decided to do one final landing, much smoother than the first, and taxied the plane back to their hangar.
emergency, there was an emergency checklist highlighted in red in the backseat. Such
emergencies included electrical failure, engine fire, engine failure, and a fire in flight. Maddie taxied the plane to Runway 1-3 and prepared to take off. As she approached the centerline, she picked up speed, with the plane traveling at 65 miles per hour. While her dad was coaching her through the take off, Maddie was
The plane steadily climbed and Maddie had all control. She was a seasoned pro at taking off; a skill she had been working on for several months. The task of the evening was learning how to land, the hardest part about flying a plane. “Level your wings, Maddie. We gotta level our wings,” said John Fulgenzi. A United Airlines Captain with more than 17,000 hours of flight time, John Fulgenzi is a
This being Maddie’s first time landing, her father talked her through it. When she got in line with the runway, is was very technical from this point on. “Landings Archer 015 on final 1-3 touch ‘n’ go, Landings.” “Point it down...everything’s gotta happen closer to the ground,” said John. “The goal is to pick a point on the ground near the runway threshold. Aim the plane at that point until you get close to the ground. Then, slowly level the plane and hold it off the ground until it is ready to land.”
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Maddie and her dad stepped out of the plane, proud of what she accomplished that cool September evening. “My goal is to solo on my 16th birthday, and so for right now, that is what I am working towards,” said Maddie. “I have a lot more to go, but I am proud of how far I have come.”
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Making an impact Volunteering in the Dominican Rep. maggie mcgee • staff writer
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ne night while eating at an outdoor pizza place, located near the capital city of the Dominican Republic, a little boy came up to seniors Emma Breen and Haley Rojek. He began to beg for food. One girl in their group became so overwhelmed that she began to cry because she was told not to give him food. After dinner, when their group leaders were out of sight, she felt so sorry that she gave the little boy a bit of food anyways. The tiniest of things, such as this moment where the boy was begging for food, showed the girls how this trip was nothing but normal. Hopping on a plane and flying to the Dominican Republic was the first step for them to burst out of their United States shell. But as soon as their feet touched foreign soil and their lungs inhaled a new air, their hearts had a new type of love inside of them, love only few people in this world know; the love of children and adults who have nothing, yet have the world itself. This past June, Breen, who was traveling back for her second time, and Rojek, visiting for her first time, 20 huntleyvoice.com October 2015
about giving them something, it’s not about building them walls, it’s about establishing relationships with the people,” said Breen. Their friend Jordan Creager, who went on their trip alongside them, was a huge hit with the kids too. “They loved him because he loved them,” said Rojek, when explaining how little Spanish Jordan knew. “I think it teaches you a lot about the nature of people.” Experiences such as that one show how different the two worlds are. “When we’re going down there we all think, ‘Oh we’re going to help them so much,’ but what we don’t realize is how much they are actually helping and teaching us,” said Breen. Times spent singing and dancing to songs like “The Cupid Shuffle” show how happiness never runs low in the world. “All of the kids there were happier than anyone I know here,” said Rojek. “They were always singing, dancing, having a good time, and willing to help.” In the long run, children and people in developing countries make an impact on the lives of those who get to know them. Emma Breen now wants to go to school and study planning and nonprofit work. Her long term goal is to work for a company such as World Vision or Toms. Haley Rojek doesn’t want to waste all that hard work and time put into Spanish, she wants to minor in Spanish and possibly major in international business. “Just seeing how happy they were, with almost nothing, made us realize just how lucky we are,” said Rojek. Both girls, returning for their last trip with their youth group in June, couldn’t be more excited to go back and visit their friends. “I was super excited to go my first time around,” said Rojek. “It was way better than I thought it was going to be so now I’m really excited to go back!” Their lives, changed forever as soon as they stepped onto that connecting flight in New York City, unknowingly eager to open up their hearts for strangers who would soon mean so much to them.
Breen and Rojek play with a Dominican child (Courtesy of Emma Breen)
spent 8 days in the Dominican Republic with their youth group. They traveled with around 20 kids, along with a handful of leaders who are all a part of Willow Creek Community Church, to a small town called Haina near the Dominican Republic’s capital city. There they did construction work for a school which sat on top of the church. The work included scraping the peeling paint from the walls of classrooms and then painting the walls blue. This church, Fuente de Vida, meaning “Fountain of Life,” created the private school in order to raise efforts in helping the corrupt school system in the Dominican Republic. “It was the coolest thing to be able to be a part of rehabilitating that education aspect,” said Breen. Aside from doing construction work on the school, they also repaired siding on houses nearby, along with pouring concrete floors for the homes which previously had mud and dirt floors. During the second half of their trip, the girls and their group worked as leaders of a Bible camp that the church was hosting. This camp got the children off the streets after school and out of the
bad parts of the cities. Most of these kids weren’t a part of the church so it introduced them to new ideas and thoughts. “The kids got to learn about God without actually going for that purpose,” said Rojek. The girls explained how this trip was enjoyable, not only because of the welcoming spirit of the people, but also because they could communicate slightly with the natives. Breen is currently enrolled in Spanish IV, while Rojek is in AP Spanish here at Huntley. This gave them an advantage while forming relationships with the people. Much to their surprise, the people of Haina were shocked that these Americans knew even the slightest bit of Spanish. “When I first heard about returning this upcoming year, I knew I wanted to go back because it’s a Spanish speaking country,” said Rojek. “Since I’m in AP Spanish, it’s a good way for me to use that.” While being able to verbally communicate with the people was important to them, connecting on an entirely different level was equally as important. “What is different about it than what people think, is that it’s not
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he air is cold. The stands are overflowing with students wrapped in bedsheet togas. The scoreboard ticks down the final seconds. 3...2...1...The crowd erupts. For the first time in school history, Huntley has beaten Cary Grove! The crowd surges forward, flooding out of the stands like water rushing down an empty street after heavy rain. Pushing, shoving, funneling through the gate, each student explodes onto the field to celebrate, and at the front of all of it, Raider Nation Leader Irwin Bhathal. “We got louder than I’ve ever heard against Cary Grove and I got to lead the charge onto the field after the game,” said Bhathal. “It was probably one of my favorite moments as a student here.” Thanks to Bhathal and the other leaders, students are attending football games in record numbers, and the fans are taking notice. “I think Irwin and the other leaders really took it up a notch this year. We have been ten times louder at games and I don’t think I’ve had this much fun at a football game since freshman year,” said senior Steven Lussnig. Bhathal and the other leaders aren’t only pulling students out in record numbers for just football. The leaders of Raider Nation set a goal, at the beginning of the year, to get people out to more than just games. It seems to have worked too. Bhathal and the crew pulled out about 250 students for varsity soccer vs. Jacobs, a number that was unfathomable last year. “It’s like a full-time job (Raider Nation). We do a lot of work and it’s great to see it all pay off at games,” said Bhathal. “Our turnout has been insane this year. I’m actually really happy with the support. It’s mental.” Bhathal has been attending games religiously since his freshman year at HHS and has taken that experience into his leadership. This year’s leaders have experimented with new themes for games and kept many of the crowd favorites. “The toga theme against Cary Grove was a big hit; I think we may have started a tradition that students at HHS can enjoy, even after we are gone,” said Bhathal. Hopefully, Bhathal and this year’s leaders will have an impact in Huntley’s grandstand for years to come.
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t is Friday night, meaning people are in the student front of the crowd, comp Raider Pride shows. “I’ve been a Raider Nation lead dan Boesch made me one.” According to McGran he de used to being in front of larger confidence. “I was the kid who hated p “but now I love it.” With football season wrap sporting events he likes to go “My favorite sport to go is ing and intense,” McGran sa people at football games.” Although football has the should get more attention. “Only the lower levels of other sp Gran said. “I’d like to see that chang Getting into the spirit was never he loved the Homecoming themes, “My favorite part of Homecomin their outfits.” said McGran. “Everyo think of them.”
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t is the annual Homecoming pep assembly. Instead of being with his class, senior Kyle Carberry is down on the gym ground participating in every game there is. Kyle has a lot on this plate. Being a student is hard enough but with being a Raider Nation leader and a varsity soccer player, he has to find a way to balance everything. “I can’t make it to as many games as I’d like,” said Carberry. “Sometimes if I can, after practice I go to the baseball or golf games.” According to Carberry, he has always been open with people, so having this opportunity to be such a positive part of Raider Nation was made for him. “You only have four years,” said Carberry. “You don’t want to look back when you’re older and regret not doing everything you could of done.” Although this has made public speaking easier, and is “such a positive place to be,” Carberry feels we, as a student body, could make a few changes. “More people should show up to golf and baseball games,” said Carberry, “only boyfriends and girlfriends usually show up to track and cross country meets. We should all get more involved.” Along with football games, the Homecoming daily themes can be a huge part of some high schoolers’ Homecoming week. Carberry said how he was never one to be “too cool” to do the different themes throughout Homecoming week. Instead, he thoroughly enjoys every aspect of it. “My favorite parts of Homecoming are the pep assembly and Guys Poms,” Carberry said. To Kyle it all goes back to making the most of your four years at Huntley. Being in such a positive place every week helps him with the little things that occasionally bother us all. If he is “feeling stressed out” he knows he can go to that said event and the energy can take over any negative thoughts. “People shouldn’t be afraid to get into the spirit,” said Carberry. “People shouldn’t make fun of you, and if they do, they are the ones who will be regretting what they didn’t do in high school.”
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‘Steve Jobs’ release Apple released the iPhone 6s and also will soon be a part of a new hit movie lucas modzelewski • staff writer
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riday morning, junior Zach Fleck sits as the luminescent glow of his computer screen reflects off his face. He is about to spend $750 of his hard-earned cash on something he believes to be worth that price: The brand new iPhone 6s. He did not wait a second longer as he ordered the phone at exactly 2:00 a.m., the moment preorders began. The junior waited days as the anticipation grew. Finally, on launch day, the black and gold prize arrived. Recently, the iPhone 6s was re-
leased. While many people believe it to be an unsuccessful iPhone update that Steve Jobs would not approve of, the happy new owners of the 6s disagree. “There are features on this device that are really interesting and have really changed the way I use my phone,” said Fleck. According to Fleck said he really liked the swiftness of the new finger scanner and that it was much quicker than the scanner of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The junior was very surprised by the new 3D Touch feature on the phone. At first he thought it would just be a gimmick but once he started actually using it, he came to a conclusion. “When everyone starts using this, it will be second nature,” said Fleck. He believes that the iPhone 6s was a success because it improved on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in many different ways and it had not become any worse of a phone. Even some non-owners believe that the 6s succeeds in its goal. “[It has] a lot more stuff that the users want, more so than what they think, will just make money,” said
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sophomore Jackson Monis. In 2013, ‘Jobs’ was released. It was a movie all about Steve Jobs and his life. It did not go over well with critics, averaging a 44 out of 100 on MetaCritic and an even worse score of 27 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. It was criticized for its lackluster script and its historical inaccuracies. Starring as the title character, Ashton Kutcher was the lone bright spot for the movie. “He definitely looked like Steve Jobs, and I think that [he] did a good job getting all his mannerisms down,” said Monis. Both critics and fans seem to agree, as the majority of them believe that Kutcher did a great job with what he was given. Now, two years later, a second movie about Steve Jobs is being released, and it aims to right the wrongs of ‘Jobs’ and improve upon its few successes. Big name actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale were both offered the part of Steve Jobs, but they both passed on the role. DiCaprio decided to focus on “The Revenant,” a Western directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Bale believed that he was not right for the part. Ultimately, Michael Fassbender was the actor chosen. The director’s chair was also in
question for a while. Originally David Fincher, the director of “The Social Network,” “Fight Club,” and “Gone Girl,” was slated to direct “Steve Jobs.” However, Sony pulled him because he requested too much money. Some were disappointed about the change of director. “[Fincher] would have been able to take the movie to the right place,” said Monis. The new film is being directed by Danny Boyle, while “Jobs” was directed by Joshua Michael Stern. Boyle is known for many famous and critically acclaimed movies, such as “Trainspotting,” “127 Hours,” and “Slumdog Millionaire,” the last of which won countless awards including the Oscar for “Best Picture.” To make sure that the film was not inaccurate like ‘Jobs,’ the crew decided to enlist the help of Steve Wozniak as a consultant. Wozniak was a close friend and colleague of Steve Jobs. In fact, he was one of the founders of Apple. Stern, on the other hand, is mostly known for only one movie, “Swing Vote.” “Swing Vote” was not well liked by critics and averaged a MetaCritic score of 47. Clearly, Boyle is on a much higher tier than Stern. Through the premiers and early releases, some critics have managed to already review “Steve Jobs”, and the reviews have been nothing but positive. This is an unsurprising result, seeing the filmography of Boyle, especially when compared to that of Stern. Many HHS students are quite excited to see the upcoming film. “I think that Michael Fassbender is a great actor,” said Monis. “I think that he can do the role justice.” “[‘Steve Jobs’] is going to be an interesting one to see,” said Fleck. “The last movie, ‘Jobs’, didn’t get so many good reviews, so I’m curious to see how they portray [his life] differently.” Much like the new iPhone, “Steve Jobs” aims to surprise audiences and improve on the existing material that has been produced. “Steve Jobs” will be released in theatres Oct., 23.
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The dead walk again Season six plans to bring more violence, gore, and drama tyler lopez • staff writer
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alloween graces the frozen landscape of the northwest with disturbingly hilarious figures, cheap costumes, and mountains upon mountains of tooth obliterating candy. All of the typical signs of Halloween’s presence have been cemented into the minds of Americans, and have long been an essential piece of American culture. It would seem nearly impossible, but a certain television show has earned its place in the world’s obsession with the horror genre. ‘The Walking Dead’ does just that with gripping stories, powerful characters, and eerie music. The chilling violin and cello set the perfect tone for the drab apocalypse that is ‘The Walking Dead’ universe. Fans can thank acclaimed orchestral composer Bear McCreary for the iconic theme that opens each and every episode of the hit television drama and horror franchise ‘The Walking Dead.’ With a season premiere date of Oct., 11, Walking Dead fans can’t wait for the next season in such an engaging and amazing television show. “The effort in the show is tremendous,” said junior Nathan French. “It has such an engaging and innovative story with amazing characters. I have become a huge fan of the show and I am beyond excited to see the new
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season.” In its fifth year run, ‘The Walking Dead’ has had a plethora of directors and producers. The most notable, and influential producer, was Frank Darabont. Fired from the show in 2011, Darabont single handedly crafted the show into the cultural phenomenon it is today. Darabont, who directed the critically acclaimed 1994 prison drama ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ used his poetic, powerful, and demanding styles had shone true in the show’s early days. But due to a demand in episodes by AMC and tensions between the cast, Darabont was canned. Since May of 2011, the show has had a revolving door of producers. With their numerous directors, however, the show has never slowed down or dropped in quality. “The quality of the show is great,”
said junior Ian Coventry. “The story is so powerful and has always kept me interested.” With critical praise and dozens of award nominations and wins, The Walking Dead has shown its prowess in powerful storytelling and deep emotion. So much so that it has been mentioned as one of the best television series in television history. This may seem a bit far fetched, but if you were to ask anyone on how important the show is, fans will point out the emotional attachments to the characters which is the single most important factor
that makes the show so likeable. In an article by Ruben Nepales of Inquirer.net, Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes, was very proud of the emotional impact the show had on the fans. “If we don’t have an emotional impact and if the audience and the fan base are not engaged with these characters, then we don’t have a show,” said Lincoln. With the fan base skyrocketing since its debut on Halloween of 2010, ‘The Walking Dead’ has steadily become one of the most iconic shows in recent years. “I watch a lot of Netflix,” said junior Matt Wolch, “but I fell behind with ‘The Walking Dead’. Now that it has season five, I’m excited to watch it and am even more excited for the new season.” From Halloween of 2010 to 2015, ‘The Walking Dead’ has amassed millions of fans who are devoted to the drama, violence, horror and zombies that makes Robert Kirkman’s graphic novel turned television show such a significant piece of American culture. October 2015 huntleyvoice.com 27
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small but helpful improvement. The only major addition to Ultimate Team is Draft Mode. Draft Mode gives participants a tiered pool of players to choose from to form the best team possible. Once the team is formed, players must win four consecutive games in order to win increasingly better prizes. Draft Mode requires a steep buyin of either 15,000 ultimate team coins, or 300 FIFA Points. However, you can find Draft Mode tokens in packs that allow you to enter for free. Even if you lose your first game in Draft Mode, you are guaranteed a prize that is equal in value to the 15,000 coin entry fee. Although ‘FIFA 16’ features many welcome improvements, there are a few gameplay issues that can making playing any mode frustrating. The biggest issue is the new defensive system. Officials are much more likely to call contact than in previous years, and it can make defending into a serious chore. As a result of this passiveness, players often face serious droughts of possession that can extend for minutes at a time. This makes the game much less enjoyable since the action is much slower than before. Passing is much less accurate than prior editions. Even minor errors can result in terrible passes. “One thing that I would like to be improved is the in-game passing,” said Cuellar. “Sometimes I’ll have a guy wide open and the pass will be way off, screwing up my possession.” Another issue is that regular shots are much less effective. Goalkeepers save a lot more of regular shots, forcing players to use finesse shots. Finesse shots punish less-skilled players and can make scoring difficult. Those who utilize these shots well often score from seemingly impossible angles, resulting in an annoying game. Overall, ‘FIFA 16’ features enough improvements over ‘FIFA 15’ that it is a game worth buying. The inclusion of female players is huge for both ‘FIFA’ and video games in general. Although defending and scoring can be problematic at times, the increased depth of Career Mode and Ultimate Team make the game incredibly enjoyable. ‘Fifa 16’ gives back to the players in a new way (Courtesy of https://www. facebook.com/fifa?fref=ts).
‘Fifa 16’ changes The prominent game series includes many new features that fans enjoy tyler watkins • sports editor
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adden.’ ‘NBA 2K’. These are often the first games brought up when discussing the most popular sports video game series of all-time, but one series surpasses them all. EA Sports’ soccer simulation, ‘FIFA,’ is the best-selling sports game of all-time, with over 100 million copies sold worldwide. ‘FIFA 16’ is the newest entry into the ‘FIFA’ series, which began in 1993. It released on Sept., 22, for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS. ‘FIFA 16’ makes various gameplay, visual, and technical improvements over prior editions. The biggest change in ‘FIFA 16’ was the inclusion of female players for the first time in the series’ history. 12 women’s national teams are featured in-game, and some countries have a prominent female player displayed on the cover alongside FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi. For the United States, forward Alex Morgan received the honor. In terms of gameplay, female players can only be accessed in the Play Now mode. This is due to the difficulty of balancing men and women on a scale without making either side too powerful. When used, female players feel drastically different from their male Photo cutouts courtesy of https://www.facebook. com/FIFAUltimateTeam/ photos/pb.76974959758.-
counterparts. The action is more dynamic, as minor technical mistakes are more common with the women’s teams. Although this can be frustrating for veterans, it is easy to adapt to the playstyle and games are more exciting as a result of the unexpected errors. One of the returning modes in ‘FIFA 16’ is the decorated Career Mode. In Career Mode, you take control of either a single player or a single team and play in both league and cup games. Your player/team progresses through multiple seasons, and the goal is to become a powerhouse. ‘FIFA 16’ adds a lot of depth to Career Mode, which is important as it prevents the mode from getting stale. One of the best improvements was the inclusion of a training mode. While training, players can run through drills to improve their ratings in various categories. This gives players much more control over player development and allows you to ensure potential.
Career Mode also saw some excellent quality of life changes. Bundesliga games now have a fully licensed presentation that makes the action seem even more realistic and closer to what you would see on TV. More preseason tournaments were added as well, which allows players to experiment with their teams without being punished by losing league games or cup games. Winning these tournaments even provides small transfer bonuses. ‘FIFA’s’ highly acclaimed Ultimate Team mode makes an appearance in ‘FIFA 16.’ In Ultimate Team, players are able to buy and sell players from teams around the world, taking the absolute best and molding them into a super team. “Ultimate team was by far my favorite,” said senior Jordan Cuellar. “I love making my own teams, that way I can get all my favorite players on the same team.” Some new teams and players were added as EA expands their licensing, but these have little impact on gameplay itself. More legends have been added, and they now have chemistry with all other legends, a
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TV has changed drastically over the years. From a channel that was dedicated to hit music in the ‘90s (literally Music TV), to now focusing more on the teenage audience, with high school dramedies such as “Awkward,” and “Finding Carter. The premiere of these shows, and others like them, saw high ratings among the younger audience and close followings on social media, which is why it was the perfect time to launch a new spin-off of a cultclassic, teen slasher film but with a modern twist. “Scream: The TV Series” is a new TV adaption of the late Wes Craven’s ‘90s horror franchise “Scream.” Much like the original, the show follows a group of high schoolers as they are stalked, tormented, and killed the hands of a masked murderer, whose identity was revealed in the finale. Unfortunately, the big reveal was anti-climactic, especially for those nostalgic of the original series. Many critics and fans alike cited the killer’s unmasking as “predictable” and “underwhelming.” “The reveal was pretty predictable, especially since it’s just like “Scream 3,” said junior Kelly Spannraft, who has watched all four of the original “Scream” films. “It’s like squeezing blood from a stone, you can’t keep dragging the suspense on for 10 weeks.” On top of the killer’s identity being too predictable, many fans were upset with the motives for the murder spree. Unlike Billy and Stu’s killing in the first “Scream” movie, who literally killed for fun, these killings were emotional. “Billy and Stu’s killings were cold and calculated,” said Spannraft.
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“There’s nothing more terrifying than a killer with no motives.” Despite the underwhelming final reveal, the finale actually turned out to be significantly better than the season as a whole. Instead of diverting its focus on annoying subplots and high school melodrama, the finale concentrated solely on the killer’s endgame and some pretty thrilling chase sequences. Even more thrilling was the path of destruction the killer was leaving to lead Emma Duvall, played by Willa Fitzgerald, to her demise. Anything from terrorizing (and of course murdering) party guests at her friend’s Halloween bash, to leaving her dying friend tied to a tree, just for her to find that she was too late. The episode hit its climax when our leading heroine received a chilling call that the killer had kidnapped her mother and was holding her hostage, threatening that “it started with your mother, now it’s going to end with you.” Thus begins the final showdown, Emma vs. Lakewood-teen-murderer. As Emma fights for her (and her mother’s) life, things soon take a turn
for the worst. The killer has disarmed Emma and is about to deliver the fatal blow, but is shot dead by Emma’s friend before she could. Although it seems that things will start to calm down from now, Emma adds a dose of nostalgia by saying “but they always come back,” just as Neve Campbell had done at the end of “Scream.” This also paid homage to the deceased Craven, who had passed away just two days before the airing of the finale, dedicated to him. It is confirmed that the show will be renewed for a second season in 2016, although the prospects of this new season seem to be low. Because of the low body count in the finale, the cast will remain relatively the same, which has proven so far to not be one of the show’s redeeming qualities. The cast would be incomplete without the main survivor girl (of course) and the adorkable nerd, but there were also ridiculous high school archetypes such as the lesbian outcast, the catty mean girl, the snobby rich girl, the dumb jock, and the obnoxious troublemaker. This stereotyping of characters went against the precedent the original film series had set with the characters: to make them all
vulnerable, relatable, and equally likely suspects. In the show’s defense, you could say they were doomed from the start. They had the daunting task of taking a plot line from a two-hour long movie, and stretch it long enough to make it run for 10 weeks, while still being able to not copy too much from the original. And because of this, the show used many subplots as fillers. Besides the fact that they were the perfect targets for this masked maniac who has killed every week in their own town, the characters also found time to socialize and stress over their dating lives. Despite the cringes and disapproving looks from old school “Scream” fans, the tv show garnered a pretty sizable fan base, younger fans who’re attracted by the juicy teen drama, and who wouldn’t exactly call themselves horror fans. Cutouts courtesy of https://www. facebook.com/ mtvscream & https:// www.facebook.com/
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Top three horror movies Halloween is approaching fast and these three bone chilling movies will be perfect with family or friends austin zeis • staff writer
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he pumpkins are carved, Apple Cider donuts on the counter, and you can smell the Pumpkin Pie being baked in the oven. Now you just need a horror movie that actually does its job, scare the audience. We’re now15 years into the new millennium, and while the horror genre is as ever responsible for more dross than most, it also can be an exciting time for scary movie fans. A new wave of filmmakers emerging from all around the world with smart new takes on how to make you scream. So after much thought, I have picked out the three best horror films in my opinion. Take a look at my picks below.
Number Three: The Mist (2007) irector Frank Darabont had tackled Stephen King twice before, with Oscar-nominated prison films ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ and ‘The Green Mile.’ However, ‘The Mist,’ based on a beloved 1980 novella, had long
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been the filmmaker’s passion project. After attempts to mount a starry, big budget production proved fruitless, the writer/director assembled a roughand-tumble crew and set about on a low budget, less-is-more rendition, which centers around a small New England town that is trapped by a mysterious, monster-filled mist. The resulting film is one of the finest King adaptations ever, with a heartbreaking ending that does the unthinkable, it actually improves upon the original story. Darabont’s down and dirty approach, while not what he originally intended, serves the story well, giving it a feeling of gripping immediacy that might have been finessed out if it had wound up being a manicured studio production. Plus the cast, while hardly attention-grabbing, is uniformly excellent, led by a wonderful Thomas Jane and by Marcia Gay Harden as the religious zealot that proves that there could be worse things than being trapped in the mist, like being
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stuck inside a supermarket with her. The black and white version of the movie, which ups the monsters backstory, is prized by some fans and included on the deluxe Blu-ray release, adding slightly more to the movie’s timeless spookiness. It ranks third on the list simply because the first time I saw this film was when I was eight-years-old and was horrified. Number Two: The Orphanage (2007) ids are creepy; deformed kids forced to wear Scarecrow-style sackcloth hoods with crudely sewn in features are terrifying. Juan Antonio Bayona’s ‘The Orphanage’ is as close to perfect a ghost story as it gets, a perfectly uncanny tale that abounds in both physical, visceral shock moments, and ratcheting gradual unease. Exquisitely mounted and shot so that while its contemporary feels of a period with ‘The Others’ or ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ which came out around the same time and were of a similar style. The film is also elevated by a terrific central turn by the beautiful Belen Rueda, who brings a kind of earthy strength to the character of Laura that serves to ground the supernatural aspects of the plot. But most brilliantly, ‘The Orphanage,’ for all it manifests in a classic horror movie set, it derives its real power and real underlying emotion from real-life terrors. Laura’s adopted son Simon has been diagnosed HIV positive; Tomas’ story of bullying and shame feel tragically possible; it’s the interference of the social worker on Simon’s case that compounds the mystery; and Laura, herself an orphan who was adopted from that same place many years before, has a very believable kind of survivor’s guilt towards those children left behind. The connection to our past, the inescapability of our earthly fates and the unfairness and cruelty that children can both experience and visit on one another are all heady, resonant areas that Bayona expertly orchestrates, yet for all the gut-punching horror and frightening revelations, the thing that makes ‘The Orphanage’ truly great is just how sorrowful a film it turns out to be. Its perfectly poised ending may leave us with a kind of acceptance, and on its way the film may have scared us silly, but after the credits roll and all the mysteries are solved, its beauty remains in its desperate, terribly human sadness.
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Number One: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) ll American horror films that really matter can be separated into two time periods: before and after Vietnam, an event that epitomized an era and transmogrified the nation’s concept of “horror” forever. The Vietnam War seemed to be the cataclysm that ended the idea that America was the world’s “control group,” at least for a while. Typically, Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ is referred to as the film that sliced horror history in half along socio-political lines, but for all its subversions of the rules of horror, the film still faithfully presents mainstream American society (as represented by Vera Miles) as the norm. No, it took a series of social uprisings, the gradual unraveling of a deceptive image that American soldiers were swaggering like pimps in Vietnam, and a seemingly endless cycle of political assassinations to fuel a new breed of scaremongering films. These films exposed and subverted everything America held true—open spaces, machinery, industry, and country-gravy hospitality—and amplified the nation’s capacity for superior terror. What separates ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ from its predecessors is its anarchic, cynical hysteria—its bizarre and dark-as-hell gallows humor. Watching ‘Night of the Living Dead’ today with the wrong audience can turn the one-time king of terror films into a monotonous and campy affair, thereby sabotaging the film’s 11th-hour plunge into hell. But because ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ is often as audaciously funny as it is distressing, no one dares laugh. In many cases, the juxtaposition of horror with comedy is so confrontational, it can have a stultifying, choking effect. When the first victim wanders into the lair of the infamous Leatherface and is beaten to death by a sledgehammer. That death leads to subtextual social stances, though. Besides the sound effects equating the slaughter of the teenagers with the slaughter of cattle and pigs, Hooper seems to be saying in many scenes that meat-is-meat, and meat-is-
gore. When one of the teens stumbles into a room full of grisly upholstery made from bones, skin, and chicken feathers, it’s never clear what animals any of these bones originally came from. Franklin buys a sausage from the truck stop that may or may not be made from a human penis. Head cheese? Don’t ask. Throughout the film, Hooper maintains a level of miasmic, grimy funk that is just about unparalleled in horror cinema. Much has been made of how Texas Chainsaw Massacre is hardly as gory as its reputation suggests and that much of its ingenuity is attributable to its power to strongly suggest gore and blood. When Pam (Teri McMinn) wanders into the room of bones-on-twine, it’s almost as distressing to see her collapse, choke back vomit, and struggle not to inhale the floating chicken feathers as it is to see her walking toward the house or later being hung up on a meat hook. Plus Sally’s night escape from Leatherface through the woods is made terrifying not so much by Franklin being sawed to death in his wheelchair moments earlier, but by the way her wispy, long hair seems to constantly wrap itself around tree branches and thorns as she runs around in an ever-tightening circle like a clueless farm animal. Hooper’s reputation has since waned and he’s regarded at best as a one-hit wonder. Some have suggested that the beginning of the end was a high-profile gig basically co-directing ‘Poltergeist’ with Steven Spielberg. Hooper reportedly had “creative differences” with the superstar mogul regarding the film’s necessary scare quotient. Spielberg was fulfilling his boyhood fantasies over on the set of ‘E.T.,’ and Hooper might have ended up damning any further chances at getting into Hollywood’s good graces after that (though his reputation had already been damaged from going over budget on his previous film, 1981’s The Funhouse). In the end, both ‘The Funhouse’ and ‘Poltergeist’ are underrated as late-breaking entries in the American Nightmare canon of horror. But Hooper may well end up being remembered solely for ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ the film that fully earns him a place alongside the greatest malaise-shredding horror mavericks.
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Down but not out
Sophomore Kevin Sieb breaks clavicle raemon savillo • staff writer
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0:01. It was a clear blue day and Huntley soccer’s JV goalie Kevin Sieb was in the air trying to swipe the ball away from a player on Larkin’s JV team. 00:30. As he was trying to get the ball, he was nudged from behind and fell straight to the ground. 01:00. His teammates tried to help him as the trainer rushed to him. 01:30. As the trainer tried to help Sieb, he was down on the ground, unresponsive. 02:00. Two minutes. That is how long Sieb was knocked out and unresponsive after taking a hard fall to the back of his head. Sieb is one of the four goalkeepers in the Huntley High School soccer program, and is the only goalkeeper on the JV team. The game against Larkin was the JV boys’ third game in the season, and that game was not supposed to happen, but Larkin’s varsity team was playing at the high school so they brought their JV team with them. Sieb was very excited for this game as he knew that it would be a good team. “I felt pretty hyped going into the third game and was ready to kick Larkin’s butt,” said Sieb. Huntley’s JV soccer team was coming in very confident since they had just beaten Geneva,one of the best JV teams in the area, 3-0. As the game started, the game was even, and the ball was possessed evenly by each team. Neither team was getting shots on goal when one event would change the whole season for Huntley. The ball was in the air, and it was a regular save that Sieb would make. But as he was in the air, he surprisingly got nudged from behind, and fell on his right collarbone, and also fell on the back of his head, knocking him out for a few seconds. Sieb’s dad, Tim Sieb, was shocked when his son got injured. “I was quiet, and I didn’t know
what to say,” said Tim Sieb. “It was the first time that I saw Kevin ever get hurt that badly.” Once he was down, everyone rushed to him and was trying to see if he was okay. The team called his name, but he was not responding to anyone, so they called for the trainer. Once the trainer came, she tried talking to him to see if he was okay, but all he did was cry out in pain. Once he was able to recuperate, he was taken out and replaced, and was checked out on the sidelines. “I didn’t feel right away that I broke my clavicle because it felt minor, no pain at all,” said Sieb. After he was checked out, he was taken to the hospital, and even the car ride was stressful for Tim, as he knew something was wrong with Kevin. “It was freaky and scary, he kept asking the same question eight times,” said Tim Sieb. “Even when he was at the hospital, he asked if an ambulance took him two times.” Once Kevin arrived at the hospital, doctors quickly checked him, and diagnosed him with a broken clavicle, but not a concussion. “The doctors told me and my wife that Kevin broke his clavicle and didn’t have a concussion, but I knew that he had one,” said Tim Sieb. The doctors tested him again to make sure, and results came up saying that Kevin had a mild concussion. The clavicle is right by your collarbone area, and a broken clavicle can take 6 to 10 weeks to recover from the injury. There is a 35 percent chance of breaking your clavicle again once you have broken it, and the risk is even higher if you are a goalkeeper because of all the diving saves they have to make, putting a lot of pressure onto the collarbone and the clavicle region. When teammates heard that Kevin was injured and would not come back until the end of the season, everyone was shocked. “He saves us when we’re in trouble, and he always has our back when we need help,” said teammate
Adrian Santos. The goalkeeper position is one of the most important positions in soccer, as it is the centerpiece of the team. “The goalkeeper position is very important because it is the last line of defense, and they can see the whole field so they can tell what adjustments can be made,” said JV
“I didn’t feel right away that I broke my clavicle because it felt minor, no pain at all.” - Sophomore Kevin Sieb While being stagnant on the sidelines for a month and a half, Sieb was scared that he would not be able to return for the season, and was also a little bit angry at himself for putting the team in the bad situation
of not having a goalkeeper for most of the season. “I wanted to help out the team, and I don’t want us to lose because I would let my team down,” said Sieb. Right now, Kevin is just taking it one day at a time to recover, and is doing as much as possible to make the injury heal so he can go back onto the soccer field. “I would ice it 20 minutes every four hours, taking painkillers once every eight hours, and I would extend it every time I sit down,” said Sieb. Kevin could be back by the first week of October, but as with all injuries, every athlete has to be 100 percent before they return so that they don’t make it worse.
Sophomore Kevin Sieb is helped by the trainer after being injured. (Courtesy of Kevin Sieb)
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Sophomore Lindsey Ferguson warms up with teammates Kate Mitchell and Mary Raclawski (D. Kalish)
No arm, no towel Sophomore Lindsey Ferguson finds new passion after an injury jaclyn smitendorf • staff writer
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t was the first day of high school swim tryouts, the first stroke of her journey. Freshman Lindsey Ferguson, the talk of the swimming world, was revved up and ready to dive into the season. However, after the first practice, she noticed something was not right. There was an invading pain in her elbow, and she could not seem to shake it. It was just a year ago that current sophomore Ferguson was splashing Huntley’s varsity swimming records. Throughout the 2014 season, Ferguson would feel her elbow locking up, stroke after stroke. The coach underestimated the injury, having Ferguson squeeze a stress ball to alleviate pain. After the sectional meet, she knew it was time to face the music. “Lindsey would talk about the pain, but she still swam because that’s the kind of person she is,” said Hailey Hill, a lifelong teammate of Ferguson. When Ferguson heard the words of the doctor, her heart and swimming life sank. She had torn her cartilage and was diagnosed with Osteochondritis Dissecans, an injury due to overusage of the same parts of the body. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Ferguson had to choose between a six month break from swimming, or surgery with a year of recovery. Neither option was a guarantee that she would be back in the water.
“It’s truly a detrimental curve in my swimming career,” said Ferguson. Ferguson chose the unsure option of surgery, hopeful of successful results. Unfortunately, with surgery, the mandatory swimming hiatus would extend into this January. Despite the grimness of the situation, Ferguson saw this as an opportunity to pursue another passion, cross country. “Before, it was a tough choice between swimming and cross, but now it wasn’t a problem,” said Ferguson. Being a newbie to high school cross country by no means makes Ferguson an amateur to running. The
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previous year, she ran for the track team, breaking records in distance running events and contributing to the team’s conference win. When Ferguson announced she would be joining cross country, the athletes and coaches were ecstatic to add such a talented athlete to the team. “When I heard the news of her injury, it was a bummer, but honestly, I was excited she’d be joining us,” said cross country coach Brad Gallaugher. Ferguson took no time to acclimate herself. Within one season, she ranks amongst the top three varsity runners. She improves on a meet to meet basis, pushing not only herself but her teammates to excel. If history repeats itself, Ferguson will help the team to be number one at When she gets the thumbs up from her doctor, Ferguson plans to test the waters by easing into club swimming this January. The swimmers eagerly await the comeback of their favorite kid. “We support Lindsey no matter what, but this year doesn’t feel complete without her,” said teammate Jacqueline Padal. Swimming may have her back, but running will always have her elbow. No matter which sport she pursues, Ferguson is poised to make a splash.
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Driving for success Caroline Giorgi pursues her passion for golf danielle king • staff writer
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ed pine cones. Clear blue skies. 170 yards away is shallow water leading to the green. Junior Caroline Giorgi has seen all of this before, and tees off as she begins practice at Pinecrest Golf Club. Golfing is nothing new to her. She began to play golf when she was around 8 years old, but did not play competitively until her freshman year in high school. Giorgi is on Huntley High School’s girls varsity golf team. She also participates in the McHenry County Junior Golf Association outside of school. Giorgi’s lifestyle consists of golf. Giorgi practices five to six times a week, each practice lasting around two and a half hours. Year round, Giorgi trains with her golf coach, J. Anderson. “She works for it a lot, which makes her such a great golfer,” said sophomore McKenzie Krich. Giorgi gives credit to multiple people for helping develop her golf game. “Definitely J. Anderson and my dad especially,” said Giorgi. “He started me when I was young.” Giorgi won four tournaments last year during the summer, and played in the Tournament of Champions. This year she placed in three, but could not play in the Tournament of Champions due to summer school. Through Huntley’s girls golf team, she has played in seven invites this year and placed in five of them. She just recently received All-Conference in the Fox Valley Conference Championship. “My very first tournament when I won, I was super excited,” said Giorgi. “I had never placed in anything until then.” This August, Giorgi won Buffalo Wild Wings Athlete of the Month. She was nominated by Huntley girls golf coach Ann Christiansen. “From freshman [year] to now, she has just improved unbelievably,” said Christiansen. “She works very hard.” Giorgi enjoys hanging out with her friends, but wouldn’t trade this sport for anything. “I left softball to play this,” said Giorgi. “This is the only thing I ever
really do in my spare time.” In the future, Giorgi knows that she would like to play collegiate golf, possibly at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater or a school in Florida. After college, Giorgi would like to golf for fun and not focus on becoming a professional golfer.
Junior Caroline Giorgi tees off at Pinecrest . (R. O’Sullivan)
“From freshman [year] to now, she has just improved unbelievably. She works very hard.” - Head Coach Ann Christiansen
“Golf is good to know,” said Giorgi’s father, Mike Giorgi. To him, knowing that she has fun and can continue to play this sport as she gets older is all that matters. If Giorgi does not have a good day out on the course, she stands with her head held high and hides any negative emotions. “Golf is all about being mental and being able to stay confident throughout what you have,” said Giorgi. Pinecrest Oct. 1- Oct. 30 can be seen Farm Animals • 7 Acre Corn Maze from the • Giant Inflated Pumpkin-Jumper• ninth hole. Pumpkins • Fall Decorations • The sky has Apple Cider • Coffee • Soups turned a • Sandwiches • Desserts • Gift darker blue. Another day Shop • Farmer’s Market of practice has come to an end.
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Runs in the family
Senior Seth Conroy finishes at Veteran Acres. (S. Faheem)
Jadon and Seth Conroy excel in cross country adam reckamp • editor-in-chief
Freshman Jadon Conroy races at Veteran Acres. (S. Faheem)
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reshman Jadon Conroy runs up the hill at Veteran Acres. He is five minutes into the race, already having run over a mile: he is exhausted. His red, white, and black Saucony running spikes struggle to gain traction on the dirt hill and he almost trips over the tree roots sprawled over the single file trail. He is really feeling the pain now, heart pounding, lungs burning. He feels like quitting, but when he looks farther up the hill he sees a blonde-haired runner challenging for first place. He pushes on, trying to catch his brother, senior Seth Conroy. Seth and Jadon Conroy both started running cross country in sixth grade. Seth is older by three years, and by the time Jadon started at Heineman Middle School, his brother had already become the best cross country runner in school history. While their parents both ran in high school, running was never pushed on the brothers growing up. They both played travel baseball, and during winters Seth played basketball while Jadon wrestled. Seth and Jadon decided to try cross country after performing well in the mile run during elementary school and it stuck. Their natural talent was apparent, by eighth grade they both placed at state, Seth in 23rd and Jadon three years later at 13th. Now, Seth is a senior on the varsity team, a four year year veteran and the second best runner in the school after fellow senior Keagan Smith. Jadon is the only freshman on the varsity team and started running with the team over the summer. He hit the ground running in his first meet, and hasn’t looked back, regularly finishing in the top seven Huntley runners and earning points for his school. A major part of why Jadon has been so successful early on in his career is the encouragement and knowledge that Seth has given him.
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Long distance runners are closer as a team than athletes in any other sport. Unlike other sports, they train year round. Over the summer, they have optional summer run, which all the varsity runners attend. Then, after having practice every day during the fall cross country season, they put on sweatshirts and hats for winter run every day after school until track begins in the spring. This immense amount of time spent doing intense workouts with each other forges a strong bond between long distance runners, something Jadon has already begun to notice with his brother. “I think me being in high school has really brought us closer, but we have never fought too often,” said Jadon. Seth has also helped his brother fit in with the rest of the varsity team and adjust to a much higher level of training in high school than Jadon experienced in middle school. “Seth has been a really good older brother helping Jadon develop this year,” said varsity cross country coach Matt Kaplan. “Throughout the season, Seth has always been there to guide Jadon. While in workouts or other runs, Seth will make sure Jadon is with the varsity front pack. Seth knew that Jadon could make an impact on the varsity team and has been a great support system for him this season.” This is the brothers’ only season together as next season, Seth will move on to college at either Butler, Miami of Ohio, Loyola, Marquette, or Iowa State. Jadon only figures to get better as he gets taller and stronger. But running, more so than other sports, relies heavily on the mentality of the runners. And more than any encouragement than he could have received from Seth, Jadon has learned the mentality needed to be a successful runner. Freshmen on a varsity cross country team are
rare, but you wouldn’t know it the last few years at Huntley. Five of the top seven runners on the varsity team were varsity as freshmen, including Seth and Jadon. This incredible influx of talent has made this cross team elite, 15th in the state. “This team is the best team we have ever had,” said Kaplan. “For eight years, every year there has been a better team. We are returning six out of the top 7. Any time you are returning that many guys there is a lot of expectation. We have a lot of younger guys impacting this team, overall we are a lot deeper than any team I’ve ever had.”
“Seth knew that Jadon could make an impact on the varsity team and has been a great support system for him this season.” - Head Coach Matt Kaplan While neither Seth nor Jadon have a typical runner’s body (tall and lanky), they are extremely successful anyway. “They are both gifted athletes,” said Kaplan. “They are both very competitive and driven. They are great listeners, are very coachable and are great teammates. When you put all those things together, you have a pretty good equation for outstanding results.”
Freshman Jadon Conroy works to catch up to his brother Seth at Veteran Acres. (S. Faheem)
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SPORTS Senior Anthony Binetti drops back to pass against Jacobs. (M. Czapka)
off for Binetti. Just this past month, Binetti was offered a scholarship from Valparaiso to play football. Binetti was ecstatic when he received the news. “It was an amazing feeling to finally receive an offer, after all of my hard work, I couldn’t stop smiling,” said Binetti. Valparaiso is a Division 1 school in Indiana. Other schools including Butler, Dayton, and Indiana State have already expressed interest in Binetti. He is eager to receive more offers.
“He definitely committed himself to offseason workouts and worked hard to improve during the offseason.” - Head Coach John Hart
Push for perfection Senior Anthony Binetti leads Huntley to strong start brandon frey • staff writer
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nthony Binetti watched as the clock hit zero. He, his teammates, and all of Raider Nation stormed onto the field to celebrate something that had never happened before in Huntley football history. Huntley had beaten Cary-Grove 29-8 for the first time. From an early age, Binetti fell in love with the game of football. From watching games on TV with his dad to playing as a kid, he knew it was the sport for him. He began playing football at a young
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age, starting when he was just 9 years old. As a child, Binetti also played baseball, and enjoyed it more than football, but decided to devote his time to football after his freshman year. Binetti took over as varsity quarterback last year, throwing 22 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and was able to take the team to the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Red Raiders lost to Palatine 39-17. Binetti used that loss as motivation and pushed himself in the offseason. During the offseason, Binetti spent countless hours training at Throw It Deep, a quarterback
training program, and lifting weights in the weight room. “He definitely committed himself to offseason workouts and worked hard to improve during the offseason,” said head coach John Hart. So far the hard work has paid off for Binetti and his team as they are currently 7-0 on the season and eyeing up another postseason run. Another playoff berth would be the team’s fourth in the last 11 years, and third under Hart. Binetti has not had an easy road to becoming the starting varsity quarterback. During his sophomore year, he suffered an arm injury that sidelined him for the rest of the season. He was able to recover quickly and made it back in time for the next season. “That was definitely a huge accomplishment to come back from injury and win the starting quarterback position my junior year,” said Binetti. All that practice has finally paid
“I’d love to go to Florida State University because I always grew up liking them,” said Binetti. Hart was just as excited for Binetti when he heard the news. “He definitely deserves it,” said Hart. “He pushes himself to be the best and it has finally paid off for him. He is definitely one of the most committed players on the team.” All this work Binetti is putting in has made him the player he is today and will make him even better in college. Binetti credits most of his success to his coaches and parents. Binetti could not have achieved as much as he has without their help and support. “He works hard every practice and dedicates himself to getting better,” said Hart. As Binetti walks out onto the field each Friday night knowing that he has few games remaining as the varsity quarterback, he looks forward to continuing his football career throughout college. Huntley must now start searching for the quarterback that will follow in Binetti’s footsteps next season.
STAFF EDITORIAL
More space for Raider Nation
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ith Huntley High School’s student population increasing every year and rapidly approaching 3000 students, the administration has dealt with new overcrowding issues each year. The latest in a long series of overcrowding problems is the lack of space for Raider Nation during football games. With Raider Nation moving into the stands, turnout for football games has been enormous the past three years. This year the student turnout for football games has been much larger than ever before. The overcrowding was particularly apparent during the football games against Cary-Grove and the Homecoming game against Jacobs. There were roughly 5000 people at the Cary-Grove game and a whopping 6500 people in attendance for the homecoming game against Jacobs. The administration had a temporary plan to deal with the massive attendance; they expanded Raider Nation into an adjacent section, putting down a rope to leave room for parents, and added additional bleachers on the field for alumni and parents to alleviate the crowding in the stands. It was estimated that the expanded Raider Nation had room for 700 to 800 students. The plan didn’t work. By halftime of the sophomore football game, Raider Nation was full. Students began to sit on the stairs, making it near impossible for students to move around the bleachers, get concessions, or use the restroom. If a student was able to get out of the bleachers, the chance of them getting their spot back was slim. At a certain point, teachers began turning students away from Raider Nation entirely, as there was no space left in the section. That is absolutely ridiculous. Students are strongly urged to go to football games, but if they don’t show up 90 minutes before game time, they won’t even be able to sit in the student section. And to get a spot near the front of the students section, students have to show up as soon as the gates open, three hours before game time. Sitting outside for six hours in the often cold fall weather is far from comfortable. “[The Raider Nation capacity] is barely 25 percent of what our student population is,” said assistant athletic director Chris Maxedon. “We don’t want to turn people off from the games either. We want people to come to the games and have a place to sit. Especially the students, we want them to have a place to go and that’s where it becomes difficult on our end for them to have a
place to go.” While the attendance at games against Cary-Grove and Jacobs was unusual, as the student population continues to grow, those enormous crowds figure to become common. Just think about how chaotic Homecoming games will be in three years if the stands cannot fit the current student body. “We want there to be places for everyone,” said Maxedon. “That is also kind of difficult sometimes because our student section increases and ultimately this is a school sporting event for the high school kids. It’s hard to argue that.” The best part about football games for most students isn’t the game on the field; it’s the atmosphere in the students section. To take that away from students just because the bleachers aren’t constructed well is simply inexcusable. There is no excuse for the bleachers to fit less than half of the student body. The current bleachers were constructed two years ago with the intention of housing Raider Nation. The district knew then that the student population would eclipse 3000 in the coming years, but still built bleachers that would fit less than a third of those students. It’s basic math, bleachers that fit only 700 students can’t support a student body of 3000, even if only a fourth of the students go to the game. How that was overlooked during construction planning is mind boggling and made the overcrowding problem inevitable. Since Raider Nation moved to the stands, the section has been getting bigger and more fun every year. There is a building sense of pride among the student body about the size and volume of our student section. But if students continue to be turned away in increasing numbers, many students could stop of attending games at all. Maxedon proposed multiple solutions to the current capacity issue in Raider Nation, solutions like building Raider Nation its own section farther down the sideline or expanding the stands and giving Raider Nation another adjacent section, increasing the capacity to 1200. We feel these options should be looked into further and the best plan of action should be implemented before the next football season. The district can no longer dismiss the enormous crowds at football games as irregular. Raider Nation needs more space and solid steps need to be taken to increase the capacity of the bleachers. An administrative oversight created this problem. Now it’s time to fix it.
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