End of the Year Issue 2017

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Volume 43 • Issue 5 • Kaneland High School • 11 May 2017

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Letter from the Executives

This school year is coming to a close. Us on the Krier staff want you to contemplate the time that has passed and the memories you made.

Seniors are graduating and new freshmen are coming. Many changes come with each passing year.

This issue of the Krier will hopefully remind you of fond memories and inspire you to overcome your struggles.

Finish out this year strong and be the best you can be.

Kaitlyn Becker Ava Mandele Caitlyn Rawers

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Listening in: Students record podcast

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ConGRADulations: class of 2017

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Opinion Should I STAY or should I GO?

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Childhood dreams exchanged for adult reality

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Speaking out on difficult times at work

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Successful habits for serious students

Activities

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Flocking to Brookfield Zoo

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Launching past devastating setbacks

Lucas Rotter

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LISTENING IN: STUDENTS RECORD PODCAST

BY LUCAS ROTTER, Executive Editor

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any students listen to podcasts: some listen to political podcasts, some listen to motivational podcasts, but a new podcast has taken Kaneland by storm.

“Pat and Derek’s Music and Talk” has been noticed about by many students recently. The podcast is recorded by sophomore Patrick Milton and senior Derek Pulliam.

Many people listen to the podcasts, some episodes have even reached over 400 listens, most are Kaneland students. Ever since the news of the podcast began many people have been trying to be featured on the guest list.

Milton began the podcast on January 28, 2017.

“So basically, I had this brainstorm to start a podcast where I just talk about my interests and opinions, and I was like ‘who’s an interesting person that I know? Derek Pulliam!’ So I texted him ‘Wanna come record a podcast at my house this week, as a guest?’” Milton said.

The process of making a podcast may seem very difficult to some, but not to Milton and Pulliam.

“We just sit down and press record and talk about whatever comes to mind,” Milton said.

Milton and Pulliam are constantly working and editing the podcast to make it the best it can be.

“We usually edit it after, or we edit it as we go,” Milton said.

Pulliam has a very certain pre-show ritual before recording.

“It was a dark stormy, rainy Friday morning, *Bzz bzz* that’s the sound of my phone vibrating. I look down, iMessage from Patrick Milton. ‘Hey want to start a podcast?’... ‘Heck yea’ I look out my window birds are chirping, the snow is melting,” Pulliam said.

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“That’s when I knew something good was created. I walk into the Milton household, large glass of water, I gulp down that puppy, in less than twenty seconds.

I get on the mic, I spit some truth, talk some facts, preach the gospel, let the listeners know what’s up,” Pulliam said.

The reason why they’re making a podcast instead of making a YouTube account

was for the purpose of people’s personal entertainment choices.

“I feel like people can listen to it at any time, while they’re doing other stuff,” Milton said.

Pulliam and Milton used Soundcloud because they believe it is more relevant than other outlets of media.

Pulliam knew the podcast was going to be a success from the start.

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“YouTube channels, live streams, radio shows, these are all things of the past,” Pulliam said.

Other forms of media seem to be irrelevant and are boring to viewers. Also, Soundcloud is used by many high schoolers and young people in general.

“It’s 2017; we work to stay relevant in 2019. Podcasts are the future,” Pulliam said.

“Pat and Derek’s Music and Talk” has featured many guests from the student body, and the guest list is constantly growing.

Junior Drew Occhipinti loves the show, and he was featured on Episode 008.

“It’s a great show. It’s high quality talk of music and funny things in general, so I would tell you to give it a listen,” Occhipinti said.

Another guest Evangelos Lekkas is honored to be a guest on the podcast.

“I feel very honored to have been the only guest on twice, it has given my day a purpose. We always have a real fun time and it seems like people enjoy it,” Lekkas said.

Each week more and more people are finding out about the podcast duo, and they encourage readers of this article to give it a listen as well.

“If you’re into the good word, the truth, nothing but the facts, and intense but not hostile, discussions you’re in for a good listen Saturday mornings on ‘Pat and Derek’s Music and Talk,’” Pulliam said.

Scan the QR code on Snapchat to access Pat and Derek’s Music and Talk on Soundcloud.

Illustrations courtesy of Derek Pulliam

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ULATIONS: CLASS OF 2017

BY ANNIKA BERGER, Editor

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he class of 2017 will be graduating on Sunday, May 21 at 5 p.m.

Commencement will take place as it did last year at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center at 1525 W Lincoln Highway in DeKalb.

A practice graduation ceremony and cookout will take place on Friday, May 19 at 9 a.m. at the Meredith Road building.

The purpose of this is to prepare seniors for the process and get them comfortable with the order of arrangements.

The practice ceremony is mandatory for all seniors.

If a graduate does not attend, he or she will not be allowed to participate in graduation.

Students are not allowed to decorate their caps and must wear the required cap and gown.

Girls are not required to wear dresses and guys are not required to wear a tux, but everyone should be dressed appropriately in order to make a good impression.

Tennis shoes and flip flops are not allowed to be worn; dress shoes are required and socks if applicable.

Parents and guests should arrive early in order to get a good parking space.

Seats are also first-come first-serve in the auditorium, so early arrival is important.

Entrances two, four and five will be open, with entrance two as an express lane for guests without bags.

It is important to be respectful and mindful of the environment you are in. For many people this will be a significant moment and all students and their families deserve the same treatment.

It is also important to slow down and enjoy the day. Earning a high school diploma is a huge accomplishment and seniors should take a moment to appreciate all of the work they have done to get here.

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ver since I was a kid, I’ve thought about going to college.

I knew that going out of state was a possibility but never really considered it. I thought it would cost too much, hurt my job opportunities and take me away from family.

Having to pay the price of going to an out-of-state school never seemed reasonable.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, from 2012 to 2013, the average in-state tuition and fees for a public school is $8,070 while out-of-state tuition and fees is $21,847. Meaning it costs $13,777 more to go out of state than in state. Staying saves you from years of student loan debt.

Paying off these loans after college isn’t easy, so a job that pays wells is necessary.

Most schools hold job fairs with companies that are relatively close to the school you’re attending. If you go to school far away, then it’s easier to be looking at jobs there than in your home state.

If you are an education major, you need to have a teaching certificate in the state you’re going to teach in. If you go to school out of state then your teaching

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common factor that goes into a student’s college decision is whether or not to go out of state. While attending a school out of state could be more expensive, separating from friends and family is hard and having different social environments, should not discourage someone from leaving, as it is a better choice.

I will be attending school out of state because I am going into international business. This major requires traveling and having a clear understanding of other cultures. So I might as well start by go-

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certificate may not be valid in the state you want to work in.

Friends and family are also a major reason to stay close. Going away may seem like fun, but how fun can it be if you never get to see your friends or family?

I’m not saying they have to crash your college experience, but who doesn’t like to come home for the weekend once in awhile.

Being far away makes it harder for you to come home. Coming home for a weekend might seem impossible because the drive is long or the plane ticket is expensive.

If you want to go out of state for a chance to go to a big school or an ivy league, Illinois could give you the same experience.

University of Illinois gives you the chance to live on a Big 10 school’s campus and experience the life as a student there.

Augustana College has an ivy league school feel just with fewer people.

Waubonsee is also an option to stay close to home and save money.

Being in state doesn’t mean you have to live at home, it just means that you have more of an opportunity to see your family and friends. Although it might seem adventurous to go to out of state, money, job prospects and relationships raise the question: “is it worth it?”

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ing away to school.

This will give me the independence that I need.

Being close to family is always an important consideration, but I would never get the independency I need if I had the chance to run home to mom and dad every weekend. I’ve been raised to be independent and learned how to do a majority of things on my own. While my parents always say that they’ll help me with anything, I now prefer to figure out problems by myself. I hope to attend the University of South Carolina, which is roughly 850 miles from Kaneland. This will let me stand on my own and act as a responsible individual, making me a stronger person.

The location of a school can change the entire college experience. Take the major

marine biology for example. While the University of Chicago ranked as having one of the best marine biology programs in the world, it’s expensive, has an extremely difficult acceptance rate and isn’t even near an ocean. On the other hand, Eckerd University in Florida also has one of the best marine biology programs, according to bioexplorer.net. It has a fairly easy acceptance rate, and is right in Tampa Bay, which is perfect for people to get a hands on experience with oceanic creatures.

While marine biology may not be a major people consider, it’s just one of numerous examples to at least give out of state a chance. Don’t stop just at Illinois when looking for a college because your dream college could be further than expected.

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WHEN YOU CHEAT YOU ARE ONLY CHEATING YOURSELF

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KRIER Kaneland High School 47W326 Keslinger Rd. Maple Park, IL 60151 (630) 365-5100 ext. 71236 www.kanelandkrier.com Member IHSA, Quill & Scroll, NSPA, NISPA KEMPA NISPA Silver Certificate 2013 IHSA State Finalists 2013 NISPA Golden Eagle for Krier Online 2015 IJEA Second Place for Krier Online 2015, 2016 IJEA Third Place 2015, 2016 Subscription rates: Five issues, two supplements School-delivered, $15; Home-delivered, $32 EXECUTIVE STAFF Ava Mandele Editor-in-Chief of Web Lucas Rotter Executive Dylan Mondi Special Project Editor

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Table of Contents Caitlyn Rawers

Indepth Matt Cushman

Photo Page Bridget McCracken

Pulse Bella Vargas

Community/School News Annika Berger

Social /Voices Vanessa Pitts Cover Jessica Tiv

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When a student gets caught cheating, it’s considered a level two act of misconduct, even though the staff gives out punishments an issue by issue basis. Kaneland doesn’t have out of school suspensions or expulsions for cheating because of Public Act 99-456. This law limits the use of schools using excessive amounts of expulsion and out of school suspension.

Kaneland has to follow the law which is why we have a lot of in school suspensions and detentions instead of outside of school discipline. It doesn’t end there.

When applying for college, cheating doesn’t go unnoticed. There is no mark for colleges to see whether a student has cheated, but it’s documented in their disciplinary record.

Not only are we being dishonest with ourselves when we cheat, the colleges that we want to go to know we don’t have academic integrity.

Overall, if a student feels that they need to cheat in order to do well on a test or quiz, don’t do it. Think of it like any other form of cheating, whether it be in your relationships or games you’ve played, no one likes a cheater. So, take the opportunities to redo assignments and when it’s not given, accept the grade received, whether it be good or bad.

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The short-term benefits of cheating are outweighed by the long-term consequences.

hen we cheat, our moral compass shifts. A single test or quiz that we cheat on could bleed into our everyday lives. We could argue that cheating on your boyfriend or girlfriend is okay if it’s just one time, right? No. The same goes for cheating in school. Cheating once is one time too many. The more we cheat, the easier it seems to be.

We’ve all thought of cheating at some point, even though we’ve been taught that cheating on tests and quizzes is wrong, so why do we continue to do it? Whether it be the pressure to do well in school, or you just didn’t study, teachers give us numerous chances to redo quizzes and assignments if we don’t do well. There’s no excuse as to why we feel the need to cheat.

According to the student handbook, cheating is “regarded as a serious violation of personal honesty and ideals of academic integrity,” meaning that when a student cheats, they are violating their own morals of honesty and what it means to be a good student.

Most types of cheating are one and the same. They all carry the burdens of dishonesty and guilt, and in the long run, we’re only hurting ourselves. Although many students don’t get caught, the consequences of getting caught are greater than you might think.

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David Babula, Dylan Calabrese, Thomas Eastham, Ashley Edwards, Gabrielle Faletto, Hannah Garbacz, Megan Gillogly, Emma Glennon, Mycayla Grayson, Shelby Harper, Madeline Hockey, Emily Janecek, Joshua Kellum, Stevie Kumar, Alexander Malawski, Reaghan Maloney, Katharyn Mattern, Allison Mitchinson, McKenna Mosley, Priscilla Purnell, Abril Salinas, Donatela Sommesi, Richies Tiv, Sydney Torrente.

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EDITORIAL POLICY

Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Editorial Board and are not necessarily the opinion of Kaneland administration, staff, students or parents. The Krier Editorial Board consists of designated Advanced Journalism students: Jessica Tiv, Dylan Mondi, Caitlyn Rawers, Annika Berger, Ava Mandele, Justin Erlandson, Bridget McCracken, Karina Sanchez, Amanda Malawski, Bella Vargas, Matt Cushman, Vanessa Pitts, Julia Janis, Kaitlyn Becker, and Lucas Rotter. Students make all publication decisions.

Letters can be sent to the address above or e-mailed to krier@kaneland.org. Letters must be signed (names may be withheld under extraordinary circumstances as deemed by the editorial staff), and must be under 300 words. The editorial board has the right to work with writers to edit for clarity and length. Any material that is potentially libelous, obscene or disruptive will not be published, at the discretion of the editorial board. All decisions to publish or not publish letters are made by executive editors. The Krier has been an open forum since 1974. As an open forum, we restrict editing to staff members only; prior review and editing are prohibited by people outside the staff.

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CHILDHOOD DREAMS EXCHANGED FOR ADULTHOOD REALITY THE SKY’S THE LIMIT, UNTIL REALITY SINKS IN

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s kids, the sky’s the limit and anything is possible. Some dream of being the heroic firefighter, the doctor who saves lives or the astronaut with their heads in the clouds. As time goes on, the reality of life sinks in. Whether the dream job is going to be enough to live off of or worth the time spent in school, dreams change along the way.

“I wanted to be a horseback riding teacher as a kid. I ended up changing my mind because I realized I wouldn’t be making enough money to support myself in the future.

When I was in middle school I decided becoming a marriage and family therapist would be better for me and I would be making enough money. Being a horseback riding teacher is something I could do to volunteer or just do in my freetime,” senior Cyrena Pierce said.

“When I was little I wanted to be a ballerina. I danced all the time, but once I got older I stopped dancing and it just didn’t interest me anymore.

Once I was in middle school, I decided I wanted to be a psychologist. We had to do a career fair type thing and I realized I just wanted to help people so that’s what was best for me,” senior Gisselle Paz said.

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“Now as a senior, I want to be an engineer.

When I was little I didn’t realize how hard it would be to go to school and become a doctor.

You have to be in school for such a long time to be a doctor and it takes up a lot of time.

Being an engineer would just be better for me,” Williams said.

“When I was a kid I wanted to be a pro athlete or an engineer. I wanted to be a pro athlete because I wanted to be popular but now I want to be a pastor.

Popularity doesn’t matter to me anymore,” senior Cody Schrepferman said.

“When I was a kid I wanted to be a cop.

Now I want to do something in the medical field, I just recently became interested in radiology. I talked to someone about it and it seemed really interesting,” senior Ryan Sears said.

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OVERCOMING THE ODDS Just before her 18th birthday, science teacher Joanna Edelman moved from her home in Poland to the United States. She came to Illinois to finish her high school education and to attend Harper College.

“I moved out of my parents house before I turned 18 and then moved across the globe and then moved out of my uncle’s house after a couple of months. I got a job, worked full-time, went to school,” Edelman said.

For Edelman, the language barrier was one of the most difficult situations to overcome.

“It was difficult, I came and I pretty much started reading children’s books.

So just like an infant would read colors and simple words, that’s pretty much what I started with,” Edelman said.

Edelman’s high school and the surrounding neighborhoods had large Latino and Polish populations. Although she could have surrounded herself with other Polish people, she became friends with Americans to further immerse herself in the culture.

“I noticed that a lot of Polish people would form circles and they would kind of limit their learning ability of English, where I made a point of making American friends to make sure that I had access to the language that I wasn’t speaking,” Edelman said.

The technology of the day proved another obstacle for Edelman when coming to the U.S. People had to purchase calling cards with a certain number of minutes on them in order to make international calls which led to Edelman speaking to her family only once every few weeks.

“You would really need to plan your communications because not everybody was at home at certain times so you didn’t want to waste your money calling when there was nobody there,” Edelman said.

Living on a different continent and only being able to speak to her family once in a while forced Edelman to grow up faster than other kids her age and become less dependent on other people.

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n one way or another, everyone experiences life’s roadblocks. In order to get past them, you must find the strength deep within you to continue on and finally prevail. Read Joanna Edelman and Sienna Chavez’s stories about how they have overcome life’s struggles.

Around this time last year, junior Sienna Chavez was diagnosed with Cytomegalovirus (CMV), an illness that changed her life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CMV is a virus that affects over half of adults in the United States by the age of 40.

“It’s basically like a strain of mono, but the severity depends on how strong your immune system is and because I have a compromised immune system, I got it really bad. I was in the hospital in Chicago for like eight days and in and out of the ER,” Chavez said.

While Chavez was in and out of the hospital for months, she spent a lot of time with her family, who acted as her support system.

“It definitely brought me closer to my parents because they had to be there for me constantly. I was with them more than I think I’ve ever been with them in my life,” Chavez said.

When Chavez was well enough to leave the hospital and go back to school, her doctor recommended that she be homeschooled for the rest of the year. Instead, Chavez and the Kaneland administration thought of a way for her to transition back to school life.

“The school was really great. They came up with the plan of doing half days and was really awesome with getting me caught up on my work, the counselors were super helpful,” Chavez said.

As a side effect of CMV, Chavez gets chronic migraines so transitioning back to daily school life has been a personal struggle for her.

“Personally, it’s hard to have to isolate yourself and sit in a dark room because you have a migraine and it’s just really easy to feel helpless and alone and like nobody understands,” Chavez said.

Being diagnosed with CMV took a major toll on the health of Chavez’s body.

Chavez is still overcoming her illness on a day-to-day basis and has changed her views on life for the better.

“I definitely took health and life for granted but after this I’ve kind of realized that just not being in the hospital is something to be grateful for and that being healthy is such a blessing because not everybody is healthy,” Chavez said.

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e all know that temptation.

The feeling of wanting to take the easy way out. The dread of studying for an hour as opposed to peacefully sleeping. So what do you decide to do? Cheat or follow the rules?

Academic dishonesty includes plagiarism, fabrication, deception and cheating. According to Berkeley City College, academic dishonesty is any academic misconduct that occurs with a formal academic exercise. This includes paying someone to write your papers, receiving test answers beforehand or looking at someone else’s test. Cheating and plagiarism are the most common types of academic dishonesty.

Teachers that actually look for these can easily catch a cheater.

“I usually check people’s wrong answers with the wrong answers of the people next to them. If they are the same, that usually means at least one of them are cheating,” math teacher Tim Larsen said.

The pressure felt from students to get good grades is so enormous that they often feel the need to cheat.

Cheating gives you a false sense of accomplishment. In fact, researchers from Harvard Business School and Duke University even found that while

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cheaters obtain higher grades in the short term, they end up having inflated expectations for their future grades.

They also found that cheating can impair professional and academic habits in the long run due to the false achievement obtained due to cheating. This means that students believe that their grades should be higher than what it is.

Punishment is often a consequence of cheating and other forms of academic dishonesty because students need to realize that they themselves are harming their academic career.

Different forms of punishment can impact a student and their grade in many negative ways, and the punishment delivered usually depends on the teacher.

“I handle it case by case. I don’t want it to wreck their grade. I like to have conversations with the student to see if they admit to cheating or make them retake the test, which will really show if they cheated,” Larsen said.

According to a survey done by Stanford, around 75 to 98 percent of college students admitted to cheating in high school each year now compared to only 20 percent in the 1940s.

This increase in cheating can also be linked to the internet and new technol-

ogy, which allows students to freely access information. Students are allowed to connect instantly to find answers, consult with friends and plagiarize. In fact a study from the Journal of Business Ethics found that the more online tools college students have, the more likely they were to cheat. However just because you are offered more resources does not mean that you should sacrifice your academic career by taking the easy way out.

Teachers at KHS can curb cheating by giving alternate versions of tests, reminding students of the academic integrity code and by limiting homework grades. They can help students to understand the importance of receiving a grade that is true to their academic abilities instead of the abilities of someone else.

Due to pressures from society and the school environment students feel the need to achieve high grades and result to cheating in order to achieve this.

However, it is important that students understand that receiving the grade that they worked hard for is morally and academically more satisfying than cheating. So next time you think about taking the easy way out, ask yourself is it worth it? Will it make you feel better?

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Cheating Quiz

teacher has stated that for your take-home exam you can use any books, 1. Your class notes, and texts. You and your friend discuss one of the questions, but you write your own answer. Are you cheating? a. YES b. NO

2. It is late at night, and your paper is due by the beginning of class. You used a lot of material from a couple of books, but you didn’t quote anything, so you didn’t include any footnotes. Is this plagiarism? a. YES b. NO

spent hours on writing a research paper for English in the fall. You have 3. You to turn in another research paper on any topic for another class. Is it ok if you turn in the same paper? a. YES b. NO

Answers: 1) yes; 2) yes; 3) no

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“I was just at work one day, and I was going on break to my car, and there was this old lady in a pickup truck, and she waved me over like she needed help or something. So I was like alright. She was like 90 years old, and I thought she was having a heart attack or something so I thought I’d go help her out. I went over there and opened the door and she asked me if I could help her out of the truck. I said sure, don’t worry about that. Then she asked me for my hand and she tried to pull me in her truck and tried to grab me in places a 90 year old should not be grabbing a teenager. Once she grabbed me, I had to sort of bat her away and then she got mad and had said some very colorful language. My manager got involved and apparently that was like border line sexual assault. I thought it was pretty funny, but apparently it was more serious than that. My manager discovered that the event has happened before where this old lady goes around and grabs people at Jewel.

My manager made me file a police report, and it was just a big mess, but it makes for a pretty interesting story.”

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SUCCESSFUL HABITS FOR SERIOUS STUDENTS

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void negative thoughts: It’s easy to make one mistake and convince yourself that you’re unable to do something. Successful students know how to move on from their mistakes, and not let it impact their other school work. Remain confident and positive, not only will this greatly reduce the stress you’re feeling, but can also serve as motivation to continue putting out good work.

Practice good time management: This is much easier said than done.

Successful students who are able to accomplish a variety of tasks understand the value of time, and how important it is to not waste it. A way to avoid wasting time is to not check your phone, even for a brief time, while doing school work. An app called Moment allows you to see how many times a day you check your phone, how long

you’ve spent on each app, as well as how much time per day you’ve spent. Realizing just how much time most of us mindlessly waste a day is a great start to better time management. On the contrary, underestimating the amount of time each activity will take can lead to taking too much on at once. So although you may feel that it’s necessary to do a massive amount of activities at once, this can actually cause more harm than good.

Working smart, not hard: Someone may study ineffectively for five hours and gain as much as someone who studied effectively for an hour. Instead of staring at your notes, make note cards. Spread out your studying over days, rather than the night before. Make a study group, and actually work on what you’re supposed to. It’s common to see a successful student less stressed out than others, simply because they’ve mastered the idea of working smart, not hard.

Don’t try and multitask: Whether it’s listening to music or watching T.V. while studying, successful students know the importance of getting rid of distractions. No matter how much you think it may help you, your brain is unable to multitask.

Review the material right when it’s given to you: In a psychological study that dates back to 1885, and still remains true today, states that once you’ve learned something, reviewing it again within the next 24 hours will allow you to retain 80 percent of the information. After a week of doing this, you will likely be able to remember 100 percent of the information with only 5 minutes of studying. As opposed to cramming for hours the night before the test, reviewing for a shorter amount of time when you’re given the information will allow less, but more effective studying.

From a teacher: “Try to do 10 to 15 minutes a night before you get to finals, because typically people try and cram the night before,” —Science teacher Breanne Kahl

From a student: “Put your phone away, I look at my phone every two seconds, so I put my phone downstairs in the kitchen and go upstairs in my room, and do my homework,” —Senior Sarah Daley Page design by Lucas Rotter

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FLOCKING TO BROOKFIELD ZOO

BY KARINA SANCHEZ, Editor Holding animals,demonstrating and talkin all about what she loves, animals.

Junior Savanna Chimenti strives toward her dream of becoming a zoologist by volunteering her time to Brookfield Zoo. “I have always adored animals, and originally I wanted to be a veterinarian and even shadowed a vet but I realized that it was mainly just paperwork and not as much animal interaction,” Chimenti said.

Chimenti will not find herself bored over her summer break, considering that she volunteers between 3-5 times a week and has a few pets of her own including: a gecko, turtle, rabbit, bird and a dog.

“Sometimes when I have to take the birds out, it helps me emotionally, almost a stress reliever from school and everything else I have to get done,” Chimenti said.

When volunteering Chimenti doesn’t just spend her days standing behind the

glass of habitats, she gets real hands on work, sometimes she holds the skin of a snake and actually works with the animals.

“It's not just teaching skills, its human skills and being exposed to a culture left unseen by most people. Sometimes we do these stations in different exhibits talking and teaching kids and we send them off on little missions to look for things and it's like we become friends,” Chimenti said.

Coming home is bittersweet but with the support of her parents, Chimenti finds a way to make it all work.

“They love the stories I bring back and are really happy with the friendly environment I am in, friendly doesn’t even do justice to describe it,” Chimenti said.

With all the excitement that surrounds Chimenti’s time at Brookfield Zoo and exploring her future career, she loves making memories there.

“One of my best times there is around Christmas when we have people put on headsets that are wired to the speakers in the trees, and we talk to the people through the trees and we always get those people who are like ‘trees can’t talk we know it’s not real’ but I like playing around with them and it’s always fun conversing with people,” Chimenti said.

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If you're looking for an activiIf you like to explore and have ty that gives you a rush try skatea bike that has been sitting boarding. around in the garage for who “I like the freedom of it, I like knows how long, take the doing it when I want and doing summer to bike on some something that has no limit,” trails you haven't exjunior Nick Grobe said. plored and make a day Skating requires balance out of it. and patience. For be“Biking is a ginners it is suggested spontaneous decito start with a penny sion for me and I get board that gets you to enjoy nature, comfortable with sometimes I take the PHOTO COURTESY OF NICK GROBE being on a board.

Western Trail and Nick Grobe performs a trick on a “It's all about railing at a local skate park. it leads to the Dairy balance and learning Queen in Wasco,” juto cruise, from there nior Evangelos Lekkas you just keep building,” said.

Grobe said.

Biking doesn't even have to be Skating is a good way to get outside done on a trail, if you're sitting at and work on skills that you may have home and just need to get out, take never known you were capable of. a ride around your neighborhood.

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FUN IN THE SUN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES FOR THOSE BORING SUMMER DAYS

Tennis Find yourself a partner or even a few friends that are interested on heading to the courts at the Vaughn Center, Harter middle school or the high school to hit the ball around. At the beginning of summer, tennis camp is available to students here at Kaneland who are interested in this activity.

“Keep your eye on the ball and get down the basics and you're set,” sophomore Haley Plach said.

Some of the basics include getting used to holding a racket, consistency of hitting the ball in the middle and gaining some good hand eye coordination.

PHOTO COURTESY OF WENDY PLACH Haley Plach goes in for a swing as she practices her serve.

Frolfing Frolfing is the combination of frisbee and golf and is an activity anyone can pick up as long as they keep practicing.

“It’s not like throwing a normal frisbee, you start with a straight wrist and move to a flexed wrist, you want to push the frisbee away from your body and swing your hips like you’re swinging a baseball bat. You also want to face your shoulder in the direction you want it to go and keep it tight to your body, with a slightly bent arm,” junior Mitch Jackson said.

Jackson and friends enjoy frolfing at Wheeler Park in Geneva. Frolfing is a way to stay active but relaxed when with a good group of friends.

“You’re so relaxed and can just have a good time,” Jackson said.

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LAUNCHING PAST DEVASTATING SETBACKS

BY DYLAN MONDI, Executive Editor

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njuries are an unfortunate part of every sport, each year they are something that Kaneland teams will have to deal with.

Injuries will have a major effect on any team, from losing the starting quarterback to losing the backup point guard who is the best role player, they can significantly derail a teams season and prevent them from reaching their ultimate goal, a championship.

According to a survey conducted by the University of Denver in the 2012-13 school year there were 1,361,986 estimated injuries with football and soccer accounting for 70 percent of the injuries The most common injuries suffered include head injuries, ankle injuries, and knee injuries.

Missy Johnson has been Kaneland’s athletic trainer for 11 years and has seen her fair share of injuries. Severe injuries often have a lengthy rehab process that could take months.

“First thing is to send the athlete to an orthopedic from there they determine of surgery and get the ball rolling on surgery and after surgery get started on physical therapy,” Johnson said.

According to Johnson they will typically treat around 5-10 injuries a week, but that depends on which sports are currently in season. For example, football will typically deal with more injuries than baseball due to both the size of the rosters and the intensity of the sport.

Senior Daniel Walker has suffered through his fair share on injuries over

the year. He has torn his meniscus, broken his foot, and tore a labrum in his left shoulder that knocked him out for 8 months.

“My shoulder still has pain from time to time and my foot gets sore after running a while. My knee is weird and kind of bugs me when I get down on blocks or do a lot of heavy impact stuff,” Walker said.

When you return from suffering a major injury there is always a worry that you will reaggravate the injury and knock yourself out for even longer.

“Coming back from surgery at first was a pretty terrifying process. I felt like my shoulder was gonna dislocate every time I planted the pole, but that was just my self conscious,” Walker said.

Lateral Epicondylitis

Lower Back Pain

Concussion

Temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head.

Quadricep Strain Muscle imbalance from the hips down to the toes. Usually overusing muscles.

Shin Splint

Intensifying effort or the overuse of muscles tendons or bone tissue in the Tibia, Fibula and shin area.

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Pain, muscle tension, or stiffness in or around the spine.

Common conditions include Herniated disc, muscle strain and spinal stenosis.

otherwise known as Tennis Elbow, is an irritation of the tissue in the muscle between the forearm and elbow.

MOST COMMON ATHLETE INJURIES ACL Strain

Strain between femur and tibia. Can result from sudden deceleration or hyperextension.

Hamstring Pull

Stretching the hamstring muscle too far.

Plantar Fasciitis

When the tendon along the arch of the foot is strained. Usually consists of dull or sharp pain.

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Ankle Sprain

An injury to the soft tissue or ligaments of the ankle.

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