Inklings Nov. 2011

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INKLINGS November 28, 2011 - Volume 76 Issue 3 - Crown Point High School - 1500 S. Main Street - inklings@cps.k12.in.us

This Issue: News

CPTV CPHS students introduce a new broadcasting show Page 3

Feature

Holiday shopping Black Friday and Cyber Monday offer super savings for holiday shoppers Page 9

Arts Skyrim review The long anticipated video game excites gamers Page 11

Sports New coach The girls basketball team gets a new coach: CP basketball legend Anne Equihua Page 13

Opinion

Social media websites can be used for productive change or could ruin someones life. Thus it is a tool that must be handled with care by students. Page 4

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What’s posted on social media sites now can be traced years down the road By Olivia Graham / Melanie Zdanowicz entertainment editor / co-feature editor

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DONNELLA CASILLAS

ocial media has become one of the most common methods teenagers use to communicate in today’s technology-wired world. Thirty billion pieces of content are shared on Facebook alone each month. However, in spite of this common usage, some teens may be unknowingly naive about the type of content they are posting on these websites. Business teacher Mary Bachnak stresses the importance of positively portraying one’s self online. “All employers go on your (Facebook) page,” Bachnak said. “If you have inappropriate things, they will not hire you.” Dean DeLisle, the CEO of Forward Progress came on Nov. 1 for the third year to speak to Bachnak’s Interdisciplinary Cooperative Education class, which spends half of the day at school and half of the day working. Forward Progress, a company based out of Chicago, aims to teach students how to develop a positive online presence. “Social media is definitely a key deciding factor for being admitted into the college or career of your choice especially the higher paying job or higher level school. This will shortly be the norm if not already,” DeLisle said. “We have seen this grow over 1,000 percent in the last year and believe there is more data not even reported on this. In fact, we have a student who followed this practice and has yielded his first job before he graduated making over $60,000 per year for his first job, not bad for just being socially responsible.” Sophomore Emily Anderson has a simple thought process when about to post something on Facebook or Twitter. See “Post” on page 3

1 in 5 teens have sent or posted sexually explicit pictures of themselves

1 in 9 people on the earth is on 1 in 9 people on Earth has a Facebook Facebook profile

3,500 images are uploaded to Flickr per minute

Students, teachers reflect on technology By Dylan Taylor opinion editor

In the age of digital communications, the current generation of teenagers has more access to technology than any other generation in history. For many teens, tools like the internet, phones and computers have become a simple fact of life. Statistics also show an increasing presence of technology in teens’ lives. According to the Pew Research center in 2009, 93 percent of teens use the internet, and 75 percent use a cell phone. Young adults are also experiencing this exposure to technology younger and younger each year. Fifty-eight percent of American 12-year-olds own a cell phone. School psychologist Dr. Kathryn Huls believes that this exposure is a necessary feature

of teens’ development. “I think that teens have evolved with the technology. It would be very difficult to survive and keep up with our rapidly changing world without our cell phones, internet access and social networking,” Huls said. “In some cases, teens may need to balance their time a little better, but overall, I think reliance upon technology has become a necessity for this generation.” Principal Eric Ban echoes the opinion of Huls. “In a 21st century setting, we simply cannot do our work without technology,” Ban said. “Technology gives us tools to help us do our work better.”

See “Technology” on page 3

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