Issue 3 -- 12/3/2018

Volume 109, Issue 3

Teachers sit in on November Board of Education meeting LT faculty still waits on new contract proposal

Page 2: Turn to Page 2 to learn all about new security measures at NC.

Page 4 includes the full story coverage of the Nov. 16 Board of Education Meeting along with the status of teacher contracts.

Page 3: Come rock out with Josie Dunne ‘15 and get all the details about her hometown show on Page 3.

Page 4: Music Makers makes a big move. Read all about it on Page 4.

Page 5: Take a look at some of the groups making this holiday season merry and bright on Page 5.

Right: Teachers gather for the entirety of the Board of Education Meeting in NC room 104 on Nov. 16 (Breen/LION).

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) institutes new scholarship program

by Harper Hill @harpss42

The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) recently instituted the Chancellor’s Fellows Program in hopes that free tuition will encourage high-achieving, low-income Illinois residents to stay in state for their college education.

“The state of Illinois has, over the past number of years, been rising in the rankings of states who have exported a [higher] number of students to other out-of-state institutions than they were importing,” Director of Recruitment and Outreach at UIC Oscar Rodriguez said.

According to Illinois Policy, 83 out of 102 Illinois counties experienced a decline in population from July 2016 to July 2017. When population was measured over the five year period from April 2010 to July 2015, Illinois ranked number one for highest state out-migration rates: Illinois lost 3.3 percent of their population.

“There’s a lot of concern about what that means because when students leave the state, there’s a greater likelihood that they won’t return,” Rodriguez said. “For the vitality of the

‘18- ‘19 staff awards

Harper Hill ‘19- Honorable Mention in Feature Writing Mary Okkema ‘19- Honorable Mention in News Editing/Headline Writing Greg Smith ‘19- Excellent Award in Editorial Writing Taylor Schmitt ‘19- Excellent Award in Journalism Ethics and Press Law Lars Lonnroth ‘19- Superior Award in Newswriting ‘17- ‘18 staff awards Lonnroth- 5th place in nation in Story of the Year: Podcasting; Honorable Mention in Story of the Year: Podcasting; Honorable Mention in Story of the Year: Blogging

Sydney Kaehler ‘18- Story of the Year: Editorial Cartooning compiled by Grace Kulat 

was important to try and include some form of structured academic program.”

The Chancellor’s Fellows program was set up to allow students to participate in the Honors College, business scholars or the academic component of the President’s Award Program, Rodriguez said.

“We’re trying to put together those scholarship dollars and also [add] an academic component to make sure that we keep some of the best and the brightest in Illinois and at UIC,” Rodriguez said.

The scholarship program will start in the 2019-2020 academic school year, and only students who meet the Nov. 1 Early Action and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline will be considered, Fletcher said. There is not a Continued on page 3

state of Illinois and the Midwest, it’s really important that we keep a higher percentage of students in the state of Illinois so that they remain in the state of Illinois and contribute to the economy.”

UIC received a $3.8 million allocation from the Illinois legislature, which is being redirected to fund the Aim High scholarship within the newly instituted Chancellor’s Fellows Program, Executive Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships at UIC Kiley Fletcher said. All 12 Illinois public institutions were offered an allocation from the state, but not all schools accepted. Each university has to match the funds that they receive from Aim High in a new form of aid dollars, Rodriguez said.

“We felt that the best use of those funds was to try [to] attract and keep some of the higher ability students here in Illinois, the Chicagoland area and UIC in specific,” Rodriguez said. “For us, we didn’t think about it as just the Aim High scholarship; we thought that it

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by Grace DeKoker @grace_dekoker

New scholarship at UIC is an option for eligible students

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Page 6: Get to know some friendly faces with the third edition of People of LT. Check out page 6.

Page 7: You already know the grid is poppin’. Hit up page 7.

Page 8: Check out Page 8 to see the three perspectives on grade inflation.

Page 9: Read all about the staff’s opinion on LT’s athletics and new security measures.

Page 10: Get an in-depth look at how the boys swim team is handling some major changes this year.

Page 11: Get the scoop as LT dribbles into basketball season on Page 11.

Page 12: Shoot your shot on Page 12, and see what intramural soccer teams scored a spot on our top eight power rankings.

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LION Newspaper scores nationally at NSPA/JEA LT newspaper students win, bring home nine national awards

by Grace Kulat @gracekulat Five LION Newspaper members earned a total of nine national awards at the National High School Journalism Convention held in Chicago the first weekend of November. They competed against student journalists from all over the country.

The four day event is held semi annually and sponsored by the Journalism Education Association (JEA) and the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA). The staff competed in journalism contests on Friday and attended educational seminars on Friday and Saturday.

The members of LION attended seminars on different journalism related topics where professional journalists provided advice on how to improve writing and reporting skills.

“I learned the importance of capturing the

heart of the story and honing in on the most important details,” News Co-Editor Harper Hill ‘19 said.

The LION members also participated in writing contests against other student journalists from across the country.

“You realize how well prepared you are coming from LION and LT’s journalistic writing program” News Co-Editor Mary Okkema ‘19 said.

The LION earned a total of nine national awards at the convention. Lonnroth won four of the nine awards.

“It was pretty crazy because I didn’t know how to feel,” Managing Editor of Breaking News/Multimedia coverage Lars Lonnroth ‘19 said. “It’s so weird to see the work I did get recognized nationally. It was crazy, surreal and fulfilling.”

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New security measures enacted

NC visitors must buzz in, receive background checks

by Tessa Voytovich @tessavoytovich

Earlier this year, on Feb. 14, schools all over the United States received a devastating reality check. That was the day of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Safety in schools had increasingly become an issue, but for many, that shooting was what really prompted change.

“I would say since the event happened in Florida last February, every school has started taking an even closer look at school safety measures and school security,” Principal Dr. Brian Waterman said. “We certainly are doing that as well.”

Some changes that LT implemented at the beginning of this school year are the Bluepoint Security System and the full-time presence of a resource officer at NC. The Bluepoint system provides a direct notification to police when activated; the resource officer is another safety reinforcement.

“I see that the steps that we have taken, like having the new resource officer here, are sort of an expectation,” Associate Principal Kevin Brown said. “But there’s always an ongoing conversation about what we can do to make our school safer.”

Visitors are prompted to ring a bell to buzz in upon entering the NC main building (Hill/LION).

The entrance between the main building and the Vaughan building was previously very accessible, but the unlocked doors at the bell tower entrance seemed inadequate in the wake of the many current school safety issues.

“The world changes minute by minute and it no longer was the best and most secure way to have our main point of entry to the building,” Associate Principal Kris Costopoulos said.

Administration knows that students need to travel between the buildings during the passing periods. P.E. class, study halls and music are located in the Vaughan building.

There is the tunnel available: but for some, walking outside is preferred.

Doors will now be locked for the majority of the school day. During those passing periods, the security guard who is at the

desk will unlock the doors so that students can get inside. At the end of the passing period, the doors will manually be locked again, Costopoulos said.

Regarding visitors coming to NC, the bell tower entrance will now work like the SC main office entrance. A camera system, along with a buzzer, will monitor who is outside the building. After pressing the buzzer, visitors will tell the security guard their names and reasons for coming to the school. This information will be confirmed and the visitor will be allowed to enter.

At the front desk, the visitor’s name will run through a database as a background check. Specifically, the security guard will check to see if this person is a sex offender.

The database, called the Raptor system, has been in place at LT for a while already, Waterman said.

“I don’t believe that we would run a parent who is just here to drop off a lunch through the system,” Brown said. “We’d only use it if they’re coming into the building for a meeting or coming into one of the offices.”

The administration speculates that tighter security will also cut down on the number of people moving in and out of the building.

“The more that you have traffic in a building, the easier it is for someone to just blend in and walk in. If we can cut down on all that traffic, it will improve all of our safety,” Costopoulos said.

Some community members have requested metal detectors, but the school still wants to avoid taking that step, Waterman said.

“We have a really easy solution to make sure that we’re physically safe. We can put metal detectors in at every door and we can post an armed guard at every single door and scan people in one at a time,” Waterman said. “Does anyone feel safer if we do that?

I don’t think so.”

The administration thinks the new measures are a fitting solution: a balance of tighter security and a reassuring atmosphere.

“We still want that human interaction that makes us feel like the welcoming environment that we are,” Waterman said. “If we start to feel that we’re taking away from that, then that’s something we need to sit down and review.”

LT hosts vaping info meeting for community ‘The Truth About Vaping’ presentation educates many people about risks

by Diane Makovic @dmakovic8

The SC PAC was filled with parents from around the LT community on Nov. 6. About half of the seats were filled at 7 p.m. to hear a presentation called “The Truth About Vaping,” put on by the Parent Community Network, The Coalition for Drug Free Lyons Township, and Rosecrance Health Network, an organization that provides adults and adolescents with comprehensive addiction services.

“There’s a lot of you here,” Matthew Quinn, Rosecrance Health Network Community Relations Coordinator, said, commenting on the number of parents at the event. “We had an event one year ago. There are more of you here now than there were at the event last year. I think that speaks to what we are dealing with here. I think a lot of you are here because maybe you’ve been getting questions from your kids.

Your kids are trying this and you don’t know what to tell them.”

The 90-minute event consisted of a slide show presentation followed by 30 minutes of questions. The presentation attempted to educate parents on the dangers of vaping and how to communicate with their teenagers.

In a separate room, the Rosecrance Health Network set up “Hidden in Plain Sight”—a model of a teenager’s bedroom to show where vaping devices and supplies could be hidden. This supplementary display provided attendees with a hands-on model to show how easy it is to hide substances among everyday items.

“The goal of this presentation was to spread awareness and reach out to parents,” Principal Brian Waterman said.

“With the release of the [Illinois Youth Survey,] it was perfect timing to educate parents on the dangers.”

There has been a big jump in vape users, a trend that is not being seen with other drugs, Quinn said. Of the students who used e-cigarettes for the first time ever in the past year, 24 percent had used them in 2018, compared to only 13 percent

in 2016. These survey results came from the Illinois Youth Survey in 2018, in which 3,800 LT students participated, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Scott Eggerding said.

There were 54 student incidents related to vaping by the end of quarter one this school year, as opposed to 19 at the end of quarter one last year, Waterman said.

“For vaping, [students vape] frequently or very little,” Eggerding said. “[There is] almost no in-between. For our seniors, 30 percent of the students who vaped had vaped more than 20 times in the previous year. That’s not the case [with] many other drugs.”

Part of the presentation focused on the effects vaping has on teenagers’ brains and the misconceptions behind it. Before the brain is fully developed, it develops in the areas where it gets rewarded. If students start to get buzzed frequently, then their brains start to expand when they get buzzed and shuts down other areas because it feels good, Ron Melka, Executive Director of Lyons Township Mental Health Commission, said. They will not focus their energies as much on developing other areas, and those areas will be pruned and shrink.

Vaping devices are not regulated by the FDA, Melka said.

They contain chemicals that are similar to traditional cigarettes, including many carcinogens.

“Do you think as many kids would be doing it if it was called aerosoling?” Quinn said. “I can understand why kids would think [vaping] was harmless just based on that term.

It used to be ‘e-cigarette’ for years, and I wish it still was because to me an e-cigarette sounds closer to what is actually being inhaled than vapor. That’s a huge part of this problem—the fact that kids are falling for that and thinking that what they are inhaling is just flavored humidifier air.”

This year, LT added a new education component to its drug code. Students who are caught vaping must attend two one-hour sessions on the dangers of vaping.

“We don’t believe that we can do just one thing or one event,” Waterman said. “It’s the combination of things that creates a cumulative effect. From assemblies, to posters, to our health curriculum and the efforts in student services; put all of it together and you get an impact. We believe that this

Ron Melka speaks about the carcinogens in vape and all of the dangers and risks they pose to students (Makovic/LION).

parent event is one more tool in the toolbox.”

To see a complete live recording of the event, go to LTTV’s Youtube page: LTTVonline. Read about the Illinois Youth Survey at lionnewspaper.com.

Adaptive swings now featured in playgrounds New swings built to accommodate all children at local parks

Parker Ramirez enjoys the new adaptive swing at Kiwanis park in Brookfield (Christine Ramirez).

by Mia Bonfiglio @miabonfiglio When Christine Ramirez would take her 6-year-old son Parker Ramirez to Ehlert Park in Brookfield, he was not able to use the swings. Parker was born with hypoplasia of the corpus callosum, causing developmental delays. Parker had to stand back and watch as the other kids swang and laughed.

Although Parker got excited as he watched the other kids swing, Christine felt dejected that he was not able to join his friends. Finally, before Labor Day, a swing was installed that allowed Parker to join in on the fun.

“He loves to go to the park,” Christine said. “Every single day when the weather is nice we are there. He is too big for the baby swing but he doesn’t have the coordination and muscle strength to be able to sit on the adult swing.”

Parker is nonverbal because of his disability and thus he lacks many abilities that other kids his age have. His development state is currently at about the age of a 2-or 3-year-old.

“Parker is the happiest kid I have ever met,” babysitter Olivia Tuisl ‘19 said. “He’s always laughing or smiling. He has so much energy and loves to play.”

Two adaptive swings were installed right before Labor Day, at Kiwanis and Ehlert Parks in Brookfield, the new director of Parks and Recreation Stevie Ferrari said.

The swings are adaptive bucket swings with a harness, which allows for anyone with mobility issues to sit inside the swing and be secure without holding onto the rails, Ferrari said. The swings were about $700 each.

Previous to the installment of the new adaptive swings, Parker was able to use the adaptive swing at his school in Darien, but was not able to enjoy and play at the play-

grounds near his house. Other moms told Christine about adaptive swings at other parks, so she decided to reach out to the park district and take action for the sake of her son.

“At school, they sent me pictures of him in the adaptive swing,” Christine said. “He loved it, so after hearing this and knowing that Parker wants to interact with his friends, I decided to see if I could get something like that for him.”

She called the Park District of Brookfield numerous times throughout the course of the year, but never got a very clear response, she said. Finally when summer came around, she followed up again to find that the former department head had recently retired. She was put in contact with Ferrari. After months, two adaptive swings were finally installed for her son to enjoy.

“He is now able to sit next to his friends and is so happy to be swinging,” Christine said. “As he swings he looks to the other kids and is excited to be a part of the group.”

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Josie Dunne ‘15 plays in Chicago

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LT alumna performs at unique downtown Chicago venue Park West for large crowd, features new band configuration

by Greg Smith @GregSmi31518091

music video for “Sunday Morning” debuted on Nov. 30.

Dunne also released the seasonal song “Cold LT alumna Josie Dunne ‘15 performed in concert in December” on Nov. 16. The song, released at Park West in Chicago on Nov. 19. The concert set with a music video that used a projector effect many firsts for her musical career, including the fact to create the appearance of snowfall in Nashthat Park West is the largest Chicago venue where ville, has been added to a Spotify “100 Greatest Dunne has performed to date, she said.

Christmas Songs Ever” playlist.

The show also featured a new band configuration “I love holiday music,” Dunne said. “I’m so and a set which was composed differently than usual, glad to have created this song that really goes Dunne said. along with that interest.”

“I worked with my music director to make it super Both before and during the concert, Dunne fun and super ‘me’,” Dunne said before her opening talked about how much she loves being home performance for John Splithoff, another Chicago-area and playing hometown shows. native.

“Just being in Chicago is so much fun for Park West is a unique venue, featuring a dance me,” Dunne said prior to the Nov. 19 appearfloor in front of the stage as well as tables and chairs ance, where she even performed on the trumfor general admission guests. Many of the show’s aupet in the song “Make You Mine.” “People dience members were current and former LT students know the words and are really open to singand parents. Dunne went out of her way to thank her ing, dancing, and clapping. I’m excited to be in family and everyone in the audience who “feels like a front of that hometown crowd that has a really Dunne,” reminiscing fondly on her childhood influ- Josie Dunne ‘15 plays the trumpet during the song “Make You Mine” at the Park West unique energy.” ences, whether they were musical artists or audience venue at her hometown show on Nov. 19 (Smith/LION).

Overall, the performance and Dunne’s mumembers. sical talent, entertaining ability, and easygoing The set Dunne performed featured several old and new original songs including “Cool personable nature were well-received by the audience. Dunne made herself available for With It,” “Good Boys,” “School for That,” “Make You Mine,” “Old School,” “Sunday Mornautographs following the show. ing” and “Go Home.” Her highly energetic performance also included covers of songs such as “It’s kind of weird, because to me, she’s still my sister, but a lot of people know her,” Josie’s “Better Now” and “I Will Survive.” Dunne hoped that the songs would encourage audience younger brother Beecher Dunne ‘19 said, reflecting on the takeoff of his sister’s musical members to sing along and dance. The covers definitely had their desired effect. career. “It just kind of hits you that now it’s real.”

Among Dunne’s recent work is a re-release of “Sunday Morning” with the DJ Matoma, In addition, Beecher emphasized all of the hard work that Josie has put forward and conwho sent out a tweet on Nov. 13: “So thrilled that @AppleMusic added ‘Sunday Morning’ tinues to dedicate towards her musical career and development. Her dedication and grit feeds feat. @JosieDunneMusic to the top of their amazing A-List: Dance playlist this week!” The her growing talent and success, Beecher said.

LT senior, father work Business is impacted to construct marimbas by local construction Hannah Hasenwinkel ‘19 builds marimbas in local parks

BB’s Donuts begins to sell in Western Springs train station

by Pilar Valdes @pilarvaldes55

by Nina Shearrill @ninashearrill

typical concert marimba in a few ways, Hannah said. First, the materials used to build the instruments are different. Instead of the Hannah Hasenwinkel ‘19 and her dad, Honduran rosewood used on concert marimMark Hasenwinkel, have built 11 marimbas bas, the Hasenwinkels use Ipe wood, which for various playgrounds around the state. As is more durable but just as dense. Instead of a collaboration with Spaces For Play, a play- the traditional metal resonators seen in conground company focused on creative play cert marimbas, the marimbas made for playand playground design, the marimbas they grounds have resonators made of PVC pipes. build are used as a way for kids to explore In addition, standard concert marimbas are music, she said. usually much larg“Most player than the ones grounds you see it’s that the HasenMarimba Facts like ‘this is a slide, winkels build. this is a swing and The pair builds here’s something all of the marimyou can climb on’ bas by themselves Part of the percussion family and that’s about in their garage. it,” Hannah said.

Additionally, the “What I like is the Hasenwinkel duo Sometimes referred to as marimbaphones idea of creative taught themselves play. It really fosall of the physics ters imagination and mathematics and music falls into necessary for the Used in jazz, orchestra, drum corps and Latin music the same category. construction of You’re teaching the unique instrukids to be creative, “Marimba” originated from the African language Bantu ments. to invent things “It’s just my and exposing them dad, me, our gato something difrage and the interferent.” net,” Hannah said.

Mark, who works as an independent conHannah handles most of the construction tractor, was contacted by the company Spac- related to tuning and fundamental pitch, es For Play three years ago about possibly while her dad does most of the physical conbuilding marimbas for playgrounds around struction. the state. The company knew that Mark was “That’s where I come in,” she said. “I help a contractor and that Hannah, who is in the tune the bars and find the fundamental pitch. drumline and Wind Ensemble at LT, was in- My dad does most of the cutting.” terested in music, she said. It wasn’t until a Their most recent project was a marimba year later that they decided to take on the for Timothy Christian Park in Elmhurst, she project. said.

“The first few marimbas we built took us “I know if I had one of those marimbas on about a month,” she said. “But now we can a playground I would be super excited about build one in two to three weeks.” it,” Hannah said. “Definitely way more excitThe marimbas they build differ from a ed than I would be about going down a slide.”

UIC Aim High Scholarship/ Chancellor’s Fellows Program Continued from Page 1 secondary application for the program and scholarship, but students must meet certain requirements to be eligible. On top of being an Illinois resident and graduating from an Illinois high school, one must meet specific academic and financial requirements to be eligible for this scholarship. If all criteria is met, the scholarship covers full tuition and fees.

A minimum of a 3.8 unweighted GPA and a score of 1360 or higher on the SAT or 30 or higher on the ACT are necessary, unless the applicant is awarded valedictorian at their high school. Because the program is targeting exceptional

to attempt to help the situation; however it has not had much effect.

“The village actually did a really nice The Beautiful Beginnings Baby Do- thing for me,” Feiler said. “I asked if they nuts (BB’s Donuts) shop began as a small could find a way to let us sell donuts on the stand, open Saturday mornings. In the last sidewalk, but they did us one better.”

After she inquired about a solution to five years the shop has become a Western Springs favorite, even having been featured the construction damaging foot traffic to the on “Chicago’s Best.” However, as the con- store, a representative of the village granted struction on Lawn Avenue advances, the her permission to sell donuts and coffee in restaurant is not meeting its projected sales the train station at Western Springs. However, it does not due to decreased make up for the accessibility. loss of sales in “The way the her own shop. construction is “It is not goconfigured, it is ing that well,” really a deterFeiler said. “I rent for anyone must get up at coming into the 4:15 a.m. to be store,” owner and done by 6:30 founder Debby a.m. to open our Feiler said. “It’s shop. It was a rehurting us a lot. ally nice gesture I am having to do though.” a lot of physical Beautiful Beginnings Baby Donuts suffers from sideSome of her work and I am walk construction (Shearill/LION). employees also not seeing much noticed a change in the amount of custombenefit.”

The projected annual sales for 2018 were ers they receive.

“We definitely have seen less customers expected to increase 34 percent from the 2017 sales, Feiler said. Currently, sales are coming in the last few weeks,” employee slightly under the projection, with their of three years, Jessica Santana, said. “The new figure set at 26 percent. However, this parking situation in front is really difficult year’s September sales have increased 14 with the construction.”

The construction was projected to be finpercent and October’s has increased 19 perished before Thanksgiving, Feiler said. Even cent, from last year’s.

“That is still good, don’t get me wrong, without the curb appeal, many customers but I know we could have exceeded that 34 still come to visit.

“Although the construction seems hecpercent if we had not had such major construction right in front of our shop,” Feiler tic, the donuts are so good, especially the said. “God-willing we can pull that number cinnamon roll donuts,” customer Emily back up to 34 percent using our December Dickett ‘19 said. “It is so worth it to navigate through the mess.” sales.”

As of Saturday, Nov. 24, construction has Since the construction started, the Village of Western Springs has taken measures not been completed.

students coming from lower income families, applicants cannot come from a family that earns a total income exceeding six times the Federal Poverty guidelines, Fletcher said. For an average family of four, the poverty guideline is $25,100.

Even if students are eligible for need-based financial aid, it would not be enough to cover the whole tuition, which is why the Chancellor’s Fellows Program is so special, LT College Coordinator Lianne Musser said.

After each semester of enrollment, students are reevaluated for the scholarship, Fletcher said. If students maintain a 3.0 GPA, enroll in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester and still meet the financial requirements, the scholarship will be renewed. The maximum amount of renewals is set at eight consecutive semesters.

“The state of Illinois established this scholarship program to attract high-achieving students from the state of Illinois

to stay at Illinois public institutions,” Fletcher said. “We took that opportunity here at UIC to create the Chancellor’s Fellows program for those high-achieving population of students, and then we use the Aim High as the funding component for those particular students.”

Last year, 68 LT students applied to UIC, 52 were admitted, but only 19 enrolled, Musser said. She attributes financial restrictions to a plausible reason why many students may have denied their acceptance to UIC. “I don’t think we’ll see skyrocketing numbers, but I’m hoping that more students who are those high-achieving students will take advantage of this opportunity,” Musser said.

“Sometimes they come from families that aren’t even supporting the idea of them going to school or think that school is not affordable, so at least this says, ‘Look, we can pay for this,’ and give[s] them that opportunity.”

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Music Makers moves locations Bigger facility needed due to increase in popularity

by Anna McCormick @annakmccormick

Starting in the home of the Michor family, a Western Springs family, Music Makers has developed into a widely known musical program in the community. Music Makers is further continuing its growth with a new facility located at 4332 Howard Ave., Western Springs.

Music Makers began 40 years ago when lessons were offered inside the Michor home, owner Jeremy Michor said. It then moved to Grand Avenue School where it has remained for the past 25 years.

“The space provided at Grand Avenue is just becoming too small for the growing number of lessons being requested,” Michor said.

The new Music Makers location will officially open its doors towards the end of November or by early December, he said.

New Music Makers building in Western Springs, located at 4332 Howard Ave. (McCormick/LION).

The new building is a house that was commercially restored into a space with 15 studios, he said.

“The new building will be a huge improvement because it’s a brand new, beautiful facility with a nice waiting room, a rock band room, and a large room for musical

practice,” Michor said. “Recitals can be held in the building, and there will be free open mics for the community. It will be phenomenal for our parents, teachers and students.”

Students such as Jessica Phillips ‘19, have responded positively to the re-location.

“I cannot express how excited I am for

the new building,” Phillips said. “Being so involved in the program, and seeing it grow is just so exhilarating. I think it will provide an amazing rehearsal and work space.”

Students will be able to walk over to take their lessons or attend play practice right after school because the building is across the street from Field Park Elementary and two blocks away from McClure Junior High School, Michor said.

Originally, the program had three teachers and offered only piano and guitar lessons along with one theatre production a year, Michor said.

Now, Music Makers offers piano, voice, guitar, ukulele, bass, drums, violin, viola, cello, banjo, reeds, brass and harp lessons as well as eight theatre productions yearly, he said. There are over 30 teachers and 400 private students.

“Music Makers is a positive program because it really gives all younger kids, high schoolers and college kids an outlet to express their creativity,” Phillips said.

ACE progresses with results from assessment

Athletes Committed to Excellence uses leadership results to focus on strengths

by Isabel Tuisl @isabeltuisl

Athletes Committed to Excellence (ACE), a club that aspires to unite and lead the student body toward lives of excellence through positive, healthy choices, tested their members’ qualifications and leadership skills on Nov. 1 with a 45-minute talent assessment called CliftonStrengths (formerly Gallup StrengthsFinder), club member Katherine Aubert ‘19 said. It consisted of over 100 questions that tested the members’ five main strengths as leaders out of a variety of other leadership qualities. “[This assessment] showed me my strengths, which is super unique for a test like that,” club member Mark Jareczek

LT faculty undergoes contract negotiation

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t the beginning of a new school year, students can expect to see new faces, new teachers and new classes. LT faculty expected something new at the start of this school year as well– to ratify their contract for this and upcoming school years.

The previous contract– which lays out logistics such as salary, health insurance, benefits and working conditions– between Lyons Township Education Association and the Board of Education was designed to serve until the start of the 2018-19 school year. Currently, LT teachers are still operating on last year’s contract, though traditionally the LT teachers’ contracts have gone through the end of August, Superintendent Timothy Kilrea said.

“Current negotiations have not been adversarial” Kilrea said. “We work very hard to recruit the very best teachers here and a respectful and professional relationship exists between the Board, administration, and faculty… although it’s been a long process, both sides remain committed to reaching an agreement.”

At the School Board meeting on Nov. 19, over 115 teachers arrived wearing blue and gold to demonstrate their support for their fellow teachers. Every seat in the room was taken, people sat in the aisles and lining up

’19 said. “It’s usually like ‘this is bad about you, fix this.’ It boosted my confidence in some of the aspects of my leadership that I thought I possessed.”

Gallup research finds that people who use their CliftonStrengths are more engaged and productive at work and three times more likely than others to have an excellent quality of life, sponsor of ACE Bradley Anderson said.

“This assessment was unique because a lot of leadership development focuses on identifying your weakness and improving them,” Aubert said “this training focused on analyzing our strengths in hopes to better capitalize on them.”

After the assessment, the club members were presented with a 20-page breakdown of their results on Nov. 1, explained in more detail by Dr. Abigaile Van Horn, Associate Director of Leadership, Ethics and Values at North Central College, Aubert said.

“I think it will have a very positive impact on ACE and

along the walls in order to attend. Despite the room being packed, teachers still spilled into the hallway, craning their necks and standing for the full meeting.

“In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I would like to express the deep gratitude and feeling of connectedness I feel toward my colleagues for their tireless work to inspire, to instruct and mentor the students at Lyons Township, whether in the classroom, on the playing field or through the wide variety of clubs and activities students choose to take on,” LTEA Union President and LT English teacher Joseph Maffey said in his statement to the board at the meeting. “Their influence has profound reverberations throughout this community.”

When Board of Education Vice President George Dougherty offered the faculty the option to leave after Maffey had made his statement, not one teacher left.

“I [attended the board meeting] to support the education of students at LT and the amazing things teachers are doing inside and outside of their classrooms,” former LTEA Union President and science teacher David Stormont said.

Part of what is changed in each contract is based solely on how the U.S. economy changes over the course of the year. If the cost of living rises, then the contract will reflect a raise in salary to match that.

However, because no new contract has been agreed upon for this year, no such change

the teams that we represent because we spend a lot of our time focusing on our weaknesses, so I think this boosted our confidence in using what we excel at to bring about more positive results on our teams and community in general,” Aubert said. “I know that personally, I will keep these results in my mind when looking at how to be most effective in my role at my job, in running and in the classroom. I think this has impacted many other ACE members in the same way.”

Van Horn helped the 20 ACE leaders analyze their test results, and also taught each of them how focusing on those strengths can help to improve their leadership abilities, Anderson said.

“The joy [Abby has] for life is infectious,” Anderson, also an English teacher at LT, said. “As I reflected on the night I came to the realization that the students are really getting a head-start [from Abby] by learning about their strengths this early in their lives. And for that, I am thankful.”

Joseph Maffey addresses the Board of Education at the most recent meeting (Breen/LION).

in salary has occurred, meaning teachers are being paid based on a standard that reflects the economy of the previous year.

Discussions and negotiations concerning contract revisions cannot begin until March 1 of the final year that the current contract is in place, and it can be difficult for all parties to meet. It has been the position of the district to not discuss specific details related to ongoing negotiations Kilrea said. The LTEA adheres to the same policy. “[The Board of Education] enjoys a professional and supportive relationship with our faculty,” Kilrea said. “Members of

the LT faculty are a very talented and dedicated group of individuals.”

Much of what the teachers at LT do every day for their students is never listed in their contracts. LT teachers’ commitment to their students is evident by their coming in early or staying late to offer additional help and giving up lunch or study hall periods to work with students.

While all negotiations happen behind closed doors, the discussions are still ongoing. As of Nov. 28 no formal contract agreement has been reached between the faculty union and the school board.

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The LION would like to recognize organizations in the community that are lighting up the holiday season by spreading generosity, joy and the holiday spirit through the act of giving.

Local food pantries Student organizes stock up for holidays LEO club chapter Churches, LT Discovery Centers accepting food donations

by Lars Lonnroth takes place Dec. 3 to Dec. 7, with students @larslonnroth able to drop off non-perishable food items The holiday season is a time that can in- at the DC of either campus.

St Francis Parish’s Outreach Director still a spirit of giving among many people, with many groups organizing food drives Mary Freeman said that—while they do see around 25 to 50 mores households visitand engaging in other charitable activity.

While the LT community is not as im- ing the pantry during the holidays—there poverished as some areas in the city or the is significant need year round.

“I think there’s a natural inclination suburbs, Director of Social Concerns Kendall Grant at St. Cletus Parish said that this because of Thanksgiving and Christmas [to community also has charitable needs and give back] because we do see higher need that time of year,” Freeman said. “But I alissues with food insecurity, too.

“It happens right here in our own com- ways appreciate when a group asks ‘is there munity,” said Grant, who helps run St Cle- anything we can do in spring?’”

While many people in the area may try tus’ food pantry. “It happens to students who you go to school with—it happens to to volunteer at organizations outside of the LT area, Grant emphasized that there are families that you know.”

The parish is among a collective of individuals in the community that have a churches and other charities in our area need for charitable assistance.

“I think people are used to knowing that that seek to help those in need during the they can volunteer in Chicago and go on holiday season and year round.

In the holiday spirit, both of LT’s Dis- mission trips someplace else, but it may not covery Centers (DC) are collecting canned be as glamorous as volunteering in your and nonperishable items during school and neighborhood,” Grant said. “But there’s rethe Holiday Write Night festivities. The ally a lot of needs right here.” food will be donated to the St. Cletus and St. Francis food pantries, Holiday Write Night veteran Mary Craggs said.

“We once gathered up to 85 Xerox boxes of food at one time,” Craggs said. “Some people come after Holiday Write Night and say, ‘We’ve had so much fun but we forgot our canned goods.’ Then they buy an entire case of peanut butter. They bring in boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese. They bring in Ramen noodles. I mean, people are really giving.”

Marylin Chopp hands out bagels at the St. The Holiday Write Night food drive Cletus food pantry (Lonnroth/LION).

Amanda Kural ‘19 gives back through charity, volunteer work

by Taylor Schmitt

we’re working on.”

Currently, the club is working with the When Amanda Kural ‘19 reached out to her local chapter of Lions International about Chicago Period Project to raise and package help with a drive for women’s sanitary prod- sanitary products for homeless women, as well ucts, she didn’t expect to be starting her own as projects for BEDS Plus and the Ronald McLEO club with a large group of her friends. Li- Donald House, Kural said. In the past, they’ve ons International is a charity organization that worked with Feed My Starving Children, soup connects people to complete service projects kitchens and hosted a dance for children with disabilities with the for other charities, such South East Association as the Ronald McDonald for Special Parks And House and the Chicago Recreation (SEASPAR) Period Project. in addition to other “It fosters both the projects. charitable side of people The LEO club and people’s leadership meets every Sunday at sides,” Kural, president of the Western Springs the new chapter, said. “It’s library, Kural said. really cool to see [club Typically about 10 to members] not only com15 people attend the plete these service projweekly meetings, but ects that they really care Katie Hart ‘20, Amanda Kural ‘19 and Kiley 20 to 30 people attend about and are important Durkin ‘20 donate to the Chicago Period service opportunities. to them to improve their Project (photo courtesy of Kural).

“I would recomcommunity, but also become a leader within the club. It definitely is mend it to anybody who’s interested in commore independent and self-sufficient than a lot munity service and leadership,” Kural said.

Kural began the process of creating the of other volunteering activities. Now that it’s been founded, it’s really cool to have created chapter last January, and it was officially charsomething that might outlive my time at LT tered in March, she said. It took her about two months to complete the paperwork for the and in La Grange.”

The LEO club is a youth chapter of the process and get more involved, including Emworldwide charity organization, Lions Inter- ily Henkel, vice president of the new chapter.

“The most important part is the work we’re national, Kural said.

“My favorite part is seeing how this group doing,” Henkel said. “A lot of things are set up of people really enjoys what we do,” Kural said. because people need to get hours for NHS and “I think that no matter what we’re doing the other clubs. Everyone in the LEO club really group is cohesive, everybody gets along and we cares. The time they set aside shows that we just make a great time out of whatever project care about the work we’re doing.”

Home 2 Home extends help to those in need Local organization collects, refurbishes furniture from community donations

by Dani Almase @AlmaseDani

In the beginning, Janelle Towne did not see the organization Home 2 Home project (H2H) as something she set out to start. It all began as a single service project at a homeless shelter. When Towne talked to the executive director of the shelter, she found out that the clients there were only given an air mattress when transitioning out of the shelter and into their own apartments. At that moment, Towne knew she would have to change that.

Towne founded the non-profit organization that started in September 2017 that helps families in need as they transition into a new home, according to the H2H website.

The goal is to create a living space where the clients have their basic needs met, but also feel proud to come home.

Most of their clients move in with little to no belongings, so the project collects used furniture and household goods from donations received from the community to decorate the residence.

“The reaction of my first client’s [move in] was the sole reason for the start of Home 2 Home project,” Towne said.

“At that time, this was still just supposed to be a one time service project. After seeing that we could literally take someone from a situation where they had been living with nothing more than an air mattress and a small tube TV in the corner of the room, to a beautiful space that felt like home, it was the catalyst for the entire organization.”

Since the foundation is community based, Towne first started a Facebook group to collect donations of used fur-

niture and household items from local moms that were willing to join the cause, according to the H2H website.

Within six weeks, Towne had finished three move-ins with four more on schedule. It was that time she decided to turn it into more than just a Facebook page, and she began the process of filing with the state and federal government to become a non-profit organization.

The organization chooses the clients through their partnering agencies as stated on their website. The agencies include Family Shelter Service, Safe Families for Children, and South Suburban Pads. H2H relies on their partnering agencies to prescreen and refer clients.

Volunteer and Western Springs resident Gia Schurla became instantly interested in the H2H project when she saw a social media post about the association. She loved what it was doing for families and wanted to take part in it.

“The most memorable moment was being there when the client walked into her former unfurnished apartment, and she saw how beautiful her fully decorated apartment looked,” Schurla said. “She was speechless while she looked around. It was awesome to witness.”

Their most recent event, Homecoming, took place in Elmhurst on Nov. 2, executive director Lisa Hilgenberg said. The event was to help build their capital to create a sustainability for the organization. It was attended by 325 participants who helped provide funds for all different types of operational costs including client move-ins. Throughout the night, a band played for the participants and a silent auction took place, along with the opportunity to give donations to the organization.

Overall, the event was successful with more than $90,000 raised. The foundation is always looking for more volunteers to help in the future.

“We want the community to recognize that small gestures go a long way in helping our neighbors,” Hilgenberg said. “We are always looking volunteers that can lift the furniture for move-ins. This is an ideal for sports teams, service clubs and community groups that want to get involved in one-time projects.”

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Janelle Towne, founder of Home 2 Home, at one of their recent events (photo courtesy of Towne).

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Monday, December 3, 2018

With a school as large as 4,000 people, the LION Newspaper does not always represent every student. Now, we are sharing the stories of a few, in hopes of making some place so big seem a little bit smaller. Read below to learn about people of LT. compiled by Camilla Breen

Laney Antkiewicz ‘19

“If I could tell my freshman self one thing, it would be to study more.

I could have gotten way better grades freshman year than I did just because I never studied for anything. I wish I would have put in the effort because regardless of what people say, freshman grades do matter and the study habits you form for yourself will help you so much in the long run. I think I didn’t study because I had gotten by so easily in middle school and I just didn’t have any motivation to; I literally didn’t know how to and wasn’t willing to put in the work to figure out what worked for me. I think I spent more time watching videos on how to study than actually studying. I fixed it really recently, actually, by figuring out that studying with friends really works for me. It doesn’t for everyone but for me we help each other stay on task. Honestly the hardest part is just sitting down and being determined to actually focus and achieve something.”

Elise Husemann ‘20

Austin Castle ‘21

“To me, I feel like nothing is better than just listening to music while hiking up a hill or mountain. I usually don’t get to hike around here, only on vacation, which is why I like it. I started in Kenya, where we hiked a mountain and then had lunch on the top on the mountain. Even though that was fun, my favorite time was when I went with my uncle Marty, my cousin Beecher Dunne ‘19, my sister Mattigan Kelly ‘18 and a family friend Liv, where we went hiking in Phoenix; it was super fun.

My favorite part is definitely getting to the top and just having a good time with the people I’m with. My least favorite part would be falling. It hasn’t happened but if it did, I can imagine it wouldn’t be a great time.”

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“I met my host sister from Germany, Maja, through my other friend Chelsea, that I’d met in Religion class and we weren’t really friends until she had me over for New Years where we actually became friends. Maja really helped me out when I needed a new host family in Germany; it was really brave of her to fight for my cause when she barely knew me. She didn’t have to do it but she did, and we’re literally sisters now. She visited me and everything over the summer.

I remember I made a group chat with her and Chelsea, asking if I could live with one of them for the next semester. It was a really long shot, considering I’d just met them. But Maja said yes. Later, when she visited me this year, she told me that she begged her parents and told them some lie to convince them to say yes. When she told me at the time she basically just said ‘yeah you can stay’ and that was the end of it.”

“There are lots of positives and negatives to school. I like it only because of the fact that you can meet new people and see people that you wouldn’t normally see outside of school. I also like it because you can explore and learn new things, but there’s a downside too.

Having to take classes that you don’t want to take and having to stress about those classes is what I don’t like. I would probably enjoy school a lot more if we got to choose all of our classes instead of having to take classes that I’ll never need to use further down the line. For me, that’s Spanish; it’s very repetitive, like you learn the vocab then study it, practice it all, then take a test. I personally like change and want something different every day. I do like algebra because no day is like another which keeps me on my toes and it’s a lot more fun.”

Tiernan Kelly ‘22

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Hate seeping through

Hate seeping through AmerWelcome to the Page Seven Grid, which some of you may know as the only page in the paper. This is where ican society and politics have we can watch people (attempt to) be funny. Your classmates are asked a series of questions, to which they increasingly respond with the most humorous answers! If you have a funny or unique question, bring it to Room 220 and become polarized Mary Okkema in recent years. It maybe you’ll see it in here next issue! seems that people have forgotten to listen to and What winter activity What teacher would you respect others’ opinions. DemoIf animals could talk, which What breakfast food would crats and Republicans are both should LT make a varsity give a Secret Santa gift be the best gum flavor? would be the rudest? struggling to find common ground sport? to? What would it be? and compromise. This political polarization is causing tension and hate through the nation. Different Ms. Rads—I’d bake her groups are so caught up in their cookies becasue she’s the own agendas and beliefs that hate Bacon- everybody loves Ice skating!

Cats—they give nasty looks is slipping through the cracks. culinary teacher bacon An example of this hate is Arthur Jones, a neo-Nazi who ran against Dan Lipinski for a Skylar Szot ‘19 Congress seat in the district many of us live in. Jones is a known Holocaust denier. His website states the “idea that six million Jews were killed by the National Sylvia Tanious—I’d Sledding Froot Loops A donkey... get it?

Socialist government of Germany, give her a hug (editor’s note—we didn’t get it) in World War II, is the biggest, blackest lie in history.” Jones has spent his life preaching hate.

Tim Sands ‘20 Somehow, our communities let him slip through the cracks. He received 56,000 votes in the recent midterms. This is appalling.

For some reason, no one is A giraffe, just because they Cinnamon Toast Crunch Definitely curling Mr. Alletto, and I’d talking about how he received never look happy give him some hair gel over 25 percent of the vote. There is no reasonable explanation for Madeline Gruca ‘21 this. I do not care if people just voted Republican on the ballot without knowing what Jones preached, or if they just did not support Lipinski. There are alterBacon (of course) Curling The capybara Dr. Crean—a can of native options, such as writing in other Republican candidates.

Febreeze extra strength If you are not concerned, you should be; it doesn’t matter that Jones lost. What matters is we Will Kopp ‘22 compiled by Grace DeKoker and Greg Smith gave him a soap box to preach his hate on, and encouraged that hate to spread by giving him 56,000 votes. Whether you are Republican, Democrat or moderate, we are human and we all know the In response to Oct. 25 article “American Academy of Pediatrics releases controversial...” atrocities that come from hate.

by MacKenzie Thomas ‘18, head leader of People Representing Ideal States of Mind on behalf of PRISM students By allowing hate to spread, we negatively impact the future.

I love reading the LION. It’s always fun to receive and my friends mislead those reading it and perpetuate the mistreatment of transgender Within the past year, hate crimes and I often forgo chatting in the morning to read our school’s newsyouth. While the coverage of AAP’s original statement could have been have increased by 17 percent, paper. This last month though, I was unpleasantly surprised to see a beneficial to the transgender population at our school, the inclusion of blatantly transphobic and misinformed article titled “American AcadeACPed’s response reduces the effectivity of this and spreads misinforma- according to a report released by the FBI. Hate crimes nationwide my of Pediatrics releases controversial LGBTQ policy.” My friends and tion. are being brushed under the rug I were shocked and disappointed that such an article was published. I’ll In the article, ACPed is quoted on responding that there is “no without much discussion. The explain why. rigorous science to demonstrate that transgender belief is any different Firstly, there’s the outright transphobic nature of the content. The from and other disorder like anorexia nervosa.” While gender dysphoria, Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was the deadliest attack on Jews author of the article did not make the claims themselves, but that does which accompanies being transgender, is a mental illness, transgendein the United States. Recently, not make it any less okay. Transgender people are already severely rism in itself is NOT. In fact, a study led by psychobiologist Antonio anti-semitic incidents took place marginalized, and ever since the election of some very conservative inGuillamon found that even before hormone therapy, transgender indiat Oak Park River Forest High dividuals into public office, their situation has gotten worse. The Human viduals brains are more similar to the brains of the gender they identiRights Campaign reported that more than a quarter, or about one in four fied as than the gender they were assigned at birth. The article makes no School, where hateful graffiti was found across the campus. A LGBTQ youth had experienced bullying or harassment compared to attempt to discredit their statement, but if you were to type ACPed into student AirDropped a swastika just 14% of non-LGBTQ youth, with transgender individuals being the Google you would find out that the Southern Poverty Law Center charmost frequently targeted. While the statement made by the AAP affirms acterizes them as a hate group, twisting their research to fit their agenda. to other students’ phones during an assembly on Nov. 7, according this belief and offers a forward-thinking approach to helping transgenIn essence, while this article covers a huge gain for transgender to the Chicago Tribune. The first der youth, the article itself seems to be more focused on the respond of youth, there is an equal force on a misinformed hate group, which the priority on everyone’s agenda ACPed, which abhorrently opposed this statement. The bad part here is article makes no attempt to discredit. Covering the AAP’s statement by should be stopping these attacks that this article cites the American College of Pediatricians, or ACPed, itself could have proved to be beneficial for the transgender population which has been known to be an only questionably reliable source and at Lyons Township, the inclusion of ACPed as nearly half of the content and patching our hate-torn country. has exhibited extreme homophobia in the past. This article does not of this article negates this. Please keep this in mind the next time and Something that seems so basic acknowledge the credibility, or lack thereof, of ACPed which can LGBTQ article is published. might need to be refreshed. We are all humans made of bone Grace DeKoker, LION Newspaper Editor-in-Chief, responds to criticism of the Oct. 25 issue and flesh. Hates pits us against one another when we should As the Editor-in-Chief of the LION Newspaper, I would personalsition to the views and statements provided by the AAP. be working together to make ly like to issue a sincere apology for the distress and concern that the While the contextualization of the groups could have definitely been life better. I know change and LGBTQ youth article in the Oct. 25 issue has caused. Prior to our second better, there is absolutely no question that there was no ulterior motive differences terrify us. We are issue, when story ideas were discussed, our intent was to report on the to writing this story- the inclusion of multiple sources and a variety of not familiar with other cultures American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) announcement of their new perspectives is an important part of reporting the news. However, as and can have the predisposition LGBTQ healthcare policy. We wanted to inform LT students and the several readers in our community pointed out, ACPeds is classified as a that what we are used to doing is community of the importance of the AAP’s statement regarding how hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Some socially right, but that is not always the doctors should treat LGBTQ youth. After the distribution of the Oct. 25 conservative groups like ACPeds have suggested SPLC overuses the case. I am not saying we must issue, we received complaints regarding the intent and message behind “hate group” classification. When I read excerpts from ACPeds past always agree- we all know that is the article. Much of the criticism stems from the sources that were cited reports, the information and content on their official website validated impossible. However, we must be and used, specifically by equating the credibility of the AAP with the our readers’ concerns and prompted me to respond personally to this respectful of each other because American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds). letter. no matter how different we are When initially reading this article, the two groups sound rather simI, along with the entire LION staff, support the effort that was made culturally, politically, religiously, ilar due to their names; the mistake occurs when the article states that to offer different perspectives of this topic. We as a collective staff are or in general, there are things we ACPeds is “another national organization of pediatricians.” The AAP is actively working to improve our procedures in not only fact-checking can improve on and learn from a well-known and highly respected professional organization comprised but in researching all sources, organizations, and individuals being cited others, so we need to listen. of about 67,000 members. The ACPeds, however, is a community of in any article.

Humanity needs to take a deep approximately 500 physicians that in 2002 separated from the AAP after The LION Newspaper staff is committed to providing an unbiased, breath and listen because at the the AAP issued a statement in support of adoption by same-sex couples. accurate, and compelling view of what is happening at LT, in our comend of the day we are here trying The ACPeds practices medicine while closely adhering to their politimunity and beyond. We appreciate our readers and receiving feedback, to be the best we can be. We can cally and socially conservative beliefs. both positive and negative, from members of our LT community. We not let hate get in the way, be By not providing a full description of what the ACPeds is and are happy to address any further inquiries about this article, or any cause hate brings destruction and what they believe, false equivalence was given to ACPeds in their oppoothers; the door of room 220 is always open. no one should want that.

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PawsUp

n To Dr. Kilrea—for pulling through with that yung snow day. n To “Jeopardy” being put on Netflix—nothing says family bonding like screaming at Alex Trubec at 3 a.m. n To seniors—second semester is so close, senioritis here we come! n To Cyber Monday— just like Black Friday, except I’m at home in my pajamas. n To coffee—the only thing getting me through the school year. n To Naz winning state— wonder what its like to have a team that’s good at football. n To “All I Want For Christmas is You (Extra Festive)”—a national treasure. n To teachers who play holiday music—let it snow, let it snow. n To Fruit Loops—Cheerios better cousin. n To the Pulse editors— for always being the first section done. #pulse5eva n To the gym class volleyball tournament—climb that ladder. n To Secret Santa—I love being festive without going broke buying everyone presents. n To macaroni n’ cheese—I love you.

PawsDown

n To Thanksgiving break—you’re just like Winter break, except worse because I still have to take finals. n To snow plows—we could have had another snow day, but you just had to do your job didn’t you? n To traffic jams—why don’t you just drive? n To Black Friday—how am I supposed to fight someone while in a food coma? n To group projects—no one likes having to actually take responsibility and do work. n To TAP project instagram accounts—I’m sure you’re really making a difference to your 13 followers. n To musicians who don’t release albums when they say they will— GIVE US SOME MUSIC. n To people who take more than one fry when they ask for one—do you even know how to count? n To icy sidewalks—I have three near death experiences walking to school every morning, but it is funny watching other people wipe out.

Monday, December 3, 2018

True Evil

Concluding a speech to the House of Commons describing LION surveyed 204 students on their opinions on extra credit, grade inflathe horrors of tion, and assessment retakes.

Greg Smith the slave trade in 1791, English abolitionist William Wilberforce said “You may choose to look the

other way, but you can never say of students who said again that you did not know.” they don’t receive extra of respondents said they received said that they Our society isn’t always intercredit said they would extra credit that helped have at least ested in the truth. We avert our benefit from it them achieve higher grades one teacher eyes and employ clever euphewho offers misms in order to feel safe from extra credit the shared moral consequences of our awful “choices.” This explains why so many of us are completely unaware of Kermit Gosnell and the “health” clinic he operated for several decades in simply does not make sense. Offering students points for Getting an A in a class should be Philadelphia. Just as state health miniscule assignments that really don’t reinforce their an impressive feat. Earning that grade inspectors ignored it, the media education are not benefiting the students’ learning expeshould represent that the student has ignored Gosnell’s 2013 trial for rience. The idea of throwing free points at students for near mastery of the subject material. murder. Critics now ignore a doing something that does not help them with what they However, it isn’t that simple. There are movie that tells the truth. are learning is just silly. a lot more factors that go into getting a “Gosnell: The Trial of AmerHayden Claesson good grade in a class than simply underAnother part of grade inflation I have an issue with ica’s Biggest Serial Killer” tells standing material. One of these factors is how many points is curving tests. Don’t get me wrong, as a student I love the ugly truth of Gosnell, who is getting a test back with a 95-percent when I should have are available for students to earn. This is where controdoing life in prison for multiple gotten 85-percent. However,as much as it pains me to say murders. An abortion doctor, versy of extra credit and curving text scores comes in. it, this practice does not make a lot of sense and can be As I have said before, my belief in grades is that a Gosnell was convicted of inducstudent’s grade should represent how well they have mas- detrimental to students who do not benefit from a curve. ing live births of infants and then Curving causes higher grades for everyone which causes tered the subject material. That being said, I think extra killing them by cutting their standards to lower as it creates the illusion that everyone credit assignments that further a student’s ability to be spinal cords with scissors. Prebetter at the subject are beneficial. A great example of this is performing at a high level academically. For example, if cisely how many times Gosnell is test retakes and correctives. If a student takes a test and two students take the same test and earn the same grade did this is unknown, though wityet they have different teachers. One student may get gets a bad grade, these offer students a way to learn from nesses testified that he may have their mistakes and have a shot at redemption and get extra their test curved differently so that they seem smarter and murdered over 100 children. better at the subject than the other student, which is not practice on a subject they may be struggling with. The Gosnell escaped scrutiny of idea of having students do extra practice while also giving fair to the student who’s test wasn’t curved. health inspectors because PennThere generally are one of two ways students get As. them the incentives of getting points back is great and sylvania Governor Tom Ridge benefits both the student and the teacher. Test retakes are They either work hard to get good grades on homework directed against any interference and study hard do well on tests, or they are just naturally a great thing that teachers do in order to make sure stuwith “reproductive rights.” The dents, especially ones in AP classes, are able to understand smart and catch onto a subject easily. Both of these types clinic avoided scrutiny until Gosof students can benefit from well thought out extra credit what they are learning so that the student can know the nell’s sale of illegal prescriptions that benefits their ability to learn and can help them subject material better for AP exams in the spring. for OxyContin and other conbecome better students in the long run.

While I love some types of extra credit, sometimes it trolled substances surfaced. Local and federal law enforcement descended upon the clinic for a bust and found horrors within.

Gosnell was also convicted of Inflated grades seem great. They boost that some students put into their grades. Students who put killing unborn children that were scores in hard classes, encourage hard an incredible amount of effort into their schoolwork are work and allow students to learn from treated the same as students who put a medium amount of well beyond the 24-week gestational age permitted by Pennsyltheir mistakes. At least that’s how it work into their grades, but curves and extra credit allow vania law. I saw the movie with seems, but every student’s favorite grad- them to get ahead in high school and college. a pediatric anesthesiologist who When the data was analyzed by Michael Hurwitz, a Olivia Janik ing policy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. indicated that she had treated Inflation promotes academic member of the College Board and Jason Lee, a doctorate inequality. Grade inflation can’t be monitored from student from University of Georgia, they found that grade infants who had been born well short of 24 weeks, who were school to school or even class to class; this means that inflation is found at much higher rate in wealthier, white viable but needed special care. students are compared to each other on an unbalanced neighborhoods. Private schools inflate grades at three scale. There’s no way to regulate how each teacher in each times the amount public schools do. This leads to unequal Gosnell, however, went well beyond 24 weeks. At one point school across the country inflates their students grades. opportunity when students apply to college. depicted in the film, Gosnell Each teacher has their own system for how they hand out Some people will argue that there are so many factors extra credit, give retakes or curve tests. For example, how that weigh into students’ grades, so grade inflation doesn’t joked that one of his victims was so big “he could have walked me grades are inflated in LT’s physics classes will be commatter in the end. The truth is, grade inflation does to the bus stop,” right before he pletely different from how grades are inflated in the same matter. It unjustly advances students from private schools killed the child with his scissors. class at Hinsdale South. This becomes a problem when and wealthy backgrounds. Grade inflation may only be The film includes no graphic these students are applying to the same college; grade one factor that contributes to GPA, but it’s a factor that inflation may give the student who had curves on their promotes inequality. Keeping grade inflation in place only depictions of abortion and didn’t need to, as the dialogue, taken tests an unfair advantage against a student who didn’t get hurts the students who it don’t receive it, while unjustly almost entirely from trial tranthe curve or didn’t have extra credit assignments. Overall, benefitting the ones that do. scripts and grand jury testimony, grade inflation creates a problem called the GPA gap.

I understand that this is hypocritical coming from a was powerful enough.

The GPA gap occurs when schools inflate grades at a student who takes advantage of retakes and extra credit.

Gosnell’s defense attorney higher rate than other schools, producing a large amount However, morality should come first. Some things in life argued that his client’s unusual of unearned As. This system gives some students an unfair are more important than getting an A thanks to 13-point technique of delivering live chiladvantage against students who attend schools that don’t curves and taking 5 retakes of the same test. Protecting dren and then killing them with inflate grades. Grade inflation undermines the hard work equal opportunity should be one of them. scissors was really no worse than the entirely legal practice of performing an abortion. What difference does it make if the baby dies moments before or moments Grade inflation is necessary. Stubuild off of each other, especially in math classes. Not after she leaves her mother? The dents strive to do well in school, but understanding one unit can come back to hurt you in folargument is repugnant, but one we all have a class or unit that doesn’t lowing units. Retakes and extra credit provide motivation can hardly blame the lawyer, stick. Grade inflation allows students to to students to come in and ask for help to make sure that who was pointing out a rather improve their grades, while still masthey understand the topic to gain the extra points. minor distinction. It will never tering and understanding topics.

Curves can be helpful in challenging AP courses. These make any sense to me why some Diane Makovic Curving can be beneficial to stuclasses and tests are rigorous and meant to prepare you for consider one side of that distincdents on tests that include unclear questions or inforcollege and the AP exam. Having grade inflation in place tion to be healthcare. mation that hasn’t been taught. Curves help to maintain allows students to have a buffer in challenging classes.

Media malpractice in covergrades, instead of penalizing prepared students for a While some may argue that grade inflation gives out age of the trial (which the film question that was poorly written. One teacher’s history too many unearned As, I believe that grade inflation touches upon) and the critical test might be harder than another’s, which is unfair for allows students to showcase mastery and provide stanblackout of the Gosnell movie students who learned the same information. This is where dardization between classes. Retakes allow for second show that even those supposed to grade inflation comes in. Curves help to provide a more chances. Retakes can also teach students to put in more be unbiased arbiters of the truth accurate representation of what a student knows and can errort the first time. In some classes, retakes are not a look away when confronted with help to standardize scores across classes. “take the higher grade” situation. You have to commit to inconvenient and ugly realities.

For example, in AP physics at LT, tests are curved and the new grade, whether it’s better or worse. This teaches In view of the way the events extra points are available (called “corrective quizzes”). accountability and responsibility because you are held have been covered, I can’t really The week after the test, a correctives quiz is given where accountable for the newest grade. blame anyone who was unaware students can earn points back on their tests. These quizzes Students who perform poorly on one test can often of Kermit Gosnell before readare based off of the most frequently missed test questions. have a difficult time raising their grade. Grade inflation ing this. But you should see this This is beneficial because it reinforces important topics can assist by providing alternate opportunities for students and allows students to relearn and show mastery of infor- to gain back points. Extra credit allows students to demon- movie. It’s heavy, but well-directed and well-acted. If you mation they may have been unclear on in the past. strate further comprehension and improve their grade. can’t, at least educate yourself.

Achieving mastery of a topic is especially important Grade inflation is beneficial and fair because it allows Do not look the other way. in an AP class, since the AP tests in May cover the inforfor mastery of a topic; no one is perfect on the first mation learned throughout the entire year. Many topics attempt every time.

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School over sports Being a high schooler is hard work. instill the importance of hard work, and There’s stressful classes, trying to figure promote exercise and living healthy. Neverout what to do for the rest of your life and theless, there needs to be a balance between plenty of social and academic stress. Some being an athlete and being a student. students take on the extra responsibility While many teachers have become of participating in sports before and after understanding to all of the outside of school school. commitments students have, there are still a Being a student athlete is no easy feat: number of coaches who need to understand athletes have to juggle grueling practices the commitment student athletes have to almost everyday, weekend tournaments their education. Most of these kids won’t be and the added pressure of performing well pursuing athletics professionally or even in in every game. No matter how stressful or college. So why do coaches have such high important a game is, there’s something that expectations for their students? every coach needs to realize: these kids High school athletes face a lot of presare high school students first, and athletes sure to succeed in sports and school, but second. some of that pressure is unneeded. High Most students play sports school sports are amateur level in high school because they sports and should be treated Our Position: enjoy it, not because they’re as such. Coaches can’t force Coaches need to looking to become an all star their students to put their pitcher for the New York recognize that ath- sport ahead of their education Yankees or be the point guard letics come second or their sleep because their for the Cleveland Cavaliers. education is their future, their to academics for Students become athletes to sport is merely a hobby for student athletes. have fun, not for the glory most high school athletes. of it. Coaches need to realize Like everything in life, that while student athletes care about their there must be balance between commitsport, school should be their first priority. ment to education and commitment to While taking their sport seriously and athletics. Students should be able to compracticing hard are important, students do plete their studies and their practices with have other time commitments, like studying enough time left to be able to sleep enough and sleeping for at least seven hours a night. to allow them to continue their strenuous Coaches need to learn not to push their ath- schedule. However, when coaches force letes to the point where they have to sacritheir athletes to sacrifice their schoolwork fice their schoolwork or their wellbeing. or sleep to practice more, that’s where the Some will argue that because of athletic line must be drawn. study hall, student athletes have time during No student should ever feel overtheir season to study and stay up to date whelmed by the amount of time and effort with their work. However, a 48-minute that has to go into performing well in a study hall with no desks and dozens of other game. Too much pressure is put on some kids, like in the athletic study hall room, athletes during their seasons, which makes isn’t the best environment for students to them underperform in school and limits focus and work hard. them from reaching their full potential.

High school athletics are important in Coaches need to put less pressure on their their own way: they teach students how to athletes and understand that before they are work with other people to achieve a goal, athletes, they are students.

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Safe and informed One more area in which LT can better In the wake of increased school vioinform the student population of changes to lence, LT has begun tightening security to protect its students. The LT administration security doesn’t even apply to students—it applies to parents, guests and alumni who has implemented numerous new secuwant to visit LT. Many recent graduates rity measures this year between the Blue come back to visit during their school Point System, Student Resource Officers breaks; it’s heartwarming to see that LT has (SROs), and keeping school doors locked made that much of an impact on them that for the majority of the day. All these meathey want to return to their high school, sures will keep LT safe in the event of any visit their favorite teachers, or sit in on one emergency, but it does not make students of their favorite classes. However, it isn’t uncomfortable or detract from learning as easy to visit as one might think—gone and classes. The addition of text messages are the days of being able to simply walk that are sent to students in the event of through the door. a Blue Point activation is Visitors must buzzed in, incredibly beneficial, as it Our Position: LT regardless of which campus can keep students informed is doing a good they are at. Visiting former and stops harmful rumors job in terms of students must email the from spreading. school security, teacher they want to visit at Keeping students informed about their school but should inform least 24 hours in advance, is always important, and it is students about the telling them the date and time they want to drop in. crucial that they are aware new protocol.

From there, the teacher must of school security measures. email the Assistant Principal’s One particular difference office, informing them of a visitor and when that many students have noticed is that to expect them. When the student actually the doors are now locked throughout the school day and before and after hours. Side comes to LT, they must present valid I.D, where the school runs it through a “backdoors to the school typically do not open ground check” of sorts, checking for a hisuntil 6:30 a.m., as do the main bell tower tory of violence or sexual assault. After all doors at NC. Many students were initially of the procedures has been completed, the confused by this overnight change, and visitor is given a visitor’s badge with their did not receive an immediate explanation. face on it, and must not take it off for the Administration wanted to decrease the duration of their stay. amount of people physically entering and LT has done well with increasing secuexiting the building; though students must rity and changing protocol to keep the commute between Vaughan and the main school safe. However, in order for it to be building at NC, the doors are now manually unlocked at the beginning of a passing more effective, they must inform the student body of such changes. period, and re-locked at the end.

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Erin Rodriguez takes boys swim head coach position

New coaching staff, loss of essential state swimmers leaves team working to fill gaps

by Mia Bonfiglio @miabonfiglio

After 24 years of coaching, Scott Walker retired, resulting in Erin Rodriguez being named the new boys swim head coach. For the previous three years, the team placed in the top two at state and placed first twice.

The team remains confident going into this season, Ben Lynch ‘19 said. Since 2015, Rodriguez coached on the side for LT and the team has faith she can handle the new position.

“I think all the swimmers are very driven and selfless,” Rodriguez said. “Coach Walker has done a really good job over his 24 years of instilling a culture of swimming for each other and that’s what drives them the most.

They don’t worry about what they have to do for themselves, they worry about what they have to do for the team.”

The team has a lot of gaps to fill, Lynch said. Last year, four of the top finishers at state were seniors; Jeff Vitek ‘18, Henry Claesson ‘18, Spencer Walker ‘18 and Frank McCarter ‘18.

Swimmers will be working through several types of in-water drills and sets through out the week, along with one hour of dry-

land training every Tuesday and Thursday to contribute to their performance in the water, Rodriguez said.

“The most important thing for us to focus on is just sticking together and swimming for each other,” Michael Walsh ‘19 said. “It’s a long, grueling season and you’ve got to be able to lean on your teammates countless times throughout the year.”

In anticipation for the upcoming season, the boys are trying to increase their strength and endurance through drills and pacework, setting high expectations after the loss of many essential swimmers, Rodriguez said.

“To have the best season we need to focus on mental toughness,” Lynch said. “If we remain mentally strong throughout the season, we will train well and undoubtedly swim well at the end of the season.”

The swimmers have also been participating in a training routine with their club teams during the offseason to prepare for the upcoming year, Walsh said.

The standards are set high for the team going into the season, Rodriguez said. The team’s main goals in terms of performance are to have as many swimmers achieve personal bests throughout the season and to

Paul Racanelli ‘21 swims freestyle during practice (Bonfiglio/LION). place in the top 10 at the state meet in Feburary.

“It will definitely be a huge change from the years with Walker coaching us, but I am really excited to get going with [Rodriguez],” Walsh said. “I think she will do a great job as our new coach.”

The team’s next meet is on Dec. 7 against Glenbard West at home.

Wrestling prepares to pin, win

by Isabella Sorice @isabella.sorice After finishing last season with a record of 12 wins and 12 losses, the boys wrestling team has returned for another season. Assistant coach Patrick O’Neil is hoping for more successful results at meets.

“After the last season ended, the team made two goals: put in a lot of effort in the weight room to improve strength, and get as much experience in offseason matches with freestyle wrestling,” O’Neil said.

The team started practicing on Nov. 5, with six days a week of commitment, O’Neil said. There are 14 members on junior varsity and 14 members on starting varsity this year, with an additional two teams; one of freshmen and the second string of junior varsity.

“The focus is always on development and improvement,” head coach Griff Powell said.

There is a necessary amount of commitment that comes with intense training, David Bedolla ‘19 said.

“This sport is tough,” Bedolla said. “It can shape you as a person, wrestling helps you manage your Paul Cozzi ‘19 attempts to bring David time, and build relationships.”

Bedolla ‘19 to the ground (Kahn/LION).

When there is a meet, mem-

bers of the team will compete to win a varsity spot for that match. This means that if a wrestler has improved his skills, he can take a member’s place on varsity.

“This is a fair process because it ensures that everyone has the chance to wrestle at a varsity level,” Jake Moran ‘20 said.

Powell believes the team has more experience than in past years, with an even amount of upper and lowerclassmen.

“We have several wrestlers that have had significant mat time on the varsity level,” Powell said.

Coaches look to returning members of the team for leadership, such as Jimmy Ruston ‘20 and Drake Barone‘19, O’Neil said.

“We have several individuals that work extremely hard that will be able to make a positive impact on the team,” O’Neil said.

Bedolla is ready for another year of competition, he said. This is his last year wrestling, and he is anticipating a strong season. “[Wrestling] is hard work mentally, being a part of the team shows commitment,” Bedolla said. “It gives a person discipline.”

The team’s next meet is Friday, Dec. 7 in the NC Vaughan gym against Oak Park River Forest High School at 6 p.m.

Girls gymnastics begins season with optimistic perspective Strong group works hard, practices consistently, diligently

by Nicole Klein @nicolecklein1 As the upcoming girls gymnastics season approaches, 15 out of the 25 people on the varsity and junior varsity teams are freshman. They have been training to prepare for their first year of high school gymnastics and are looking to the older members for advice.

“We are going to have a really young team,”second-year head coach Darragh McDermott said. “I am excited for our sophomores, juniors and seniors to take on a leadership role.”

The team’s first meet was Nov. 21 at Hinsdale South and the girls finished in ninth place, McDermott said.

“Since they are young, they can look to the upperclassman to see how high school gymnastics is run, and they can feed off the energy of the gym,” Natalie Zabrodsky ‘20 said.

Besides conference, the biggest invites this year will be at Fremd and Lake Forest High School, McDermott said. The teams at those meets are usually successful at state.

“One advantage to having a young-

er team is that the team will keep getting bigger, and they can keep improving their skills,” Zabrodsky said. “So, by senior year they’ll be better prepared to go to state.”

Many girls on the team participate in local clubs, and returning members train by sticking to their action plan from last year, McDermott said. Before the season started, the team has been participating in open gym.

“One of our strengths is [that only a few days into the season] we are already bonding,” Grace Leonard ‘19 said.

This season, they will be working with nutritionists and the LT trainers to remain healthy throughout the season.

“I really like how you have to train your body and your mind to be able to take risks, which in the end leads to a reward,” Leonard said.

Along with physical health, the team will be focusing on mental and emotional health, McDermott said. Their motto is “stronger together.”

“It is written on our chalkboard and it is a nice reminder to work together,” Leonard said.

Along with individuals, one of the

Grace Leonard ’19 (left) and Tiffany Trujillo ‘21 (right) prepare for flips (Klein/LION).

team’s major goalsfor this season is to qualify for state, McDermott said.

“I believe there is every reason we are capable of [qualifying],” she said.

For the junior varsity team, the season will finish at the end of January, McDermott said. If the varsity team advances to state, the season will go half way through February.

The team competes next on Dec. 5 at Hinsdale Central High School.

Monday, December 3, 2018

Every Sunday, my dad wakes up and goes to Bennett Field with a dozen or more of the fellow neighborhood dads, and they scrimmage in a game of UltiHarper Hill mate Frisbee. This has been routine for as long as I can remember.

It was not until my brother took up this sport when I realized this wasn’t just a recreational activity for suburban dads. In fact, it is much more than that, and it is time people started to realize this.

My brother Maddox Hill ‘16 began playing Ultimate in high school, starting off in my dad’s league, and then hoping to go a step further. Unfortunately, LT did not have a competitive team for him to join at the time. With every desire to follow this passion of his, he tried out for the top-ranked Neuqua Valley team and made it.

Every single day after seventh period, he would commute to Neuqua, alongside Bailey Blum ‘16 and Mary Sullivan ‘16, just to be a part of an Ultimate team—a sport many high schools neglect to acknowledge at a varsity level. He now plays for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hodags, a high-level Ultimate team that has qualified for nationals every year since 2000.

The disregard for the legitimacy of this sport is unfair and intolerable. In our day and time, Ultimate is overlooked and underappreciated for the worth it holds.

Ultimate is a high-intensity sport in which two teams compete to successfully throw a disc and complete a catch in the defender’s end zone. Many discredit Ultimate because the games occur without the presence of a referee. Every call is made by the individual athletes themselves.

While referees do not have a place in this game, highly competitive games and tournaments hire officials. The official’s job is to review any disputed calls, but otherwise simply remain observant. The game is in the hands of the athletes, as any game should be. Athletes are given the responsibility to self-officiate. After the end of each game, players stand side by side, alternating teams, to reflect on the game and resolve any prevailing conflicts.

Unlike any other sport, Ultimate revolves around sportsmanship and the spirit of the game. Personally, I think this makes Ultimate more worthy of the title “sport” because it values the importance of respect and true love for the game.

Another common misconception people have about the sport is that it requires minimal running, so anyone can do it. This is very incorrect. I have never watched a sport quite as physically exhausting as this one.

It is true that you cannot run with the disc, but a player may only hold onto the disc for a maximum of 10 seconds. The other six athletes on the field are responsible for cutting, sprinting and everything in between to lose their defender and successfully get open for the disc, which is not a walk in the park.

Let me put this in common terms: football—one of the most highly regarded, extremely popular sports in America, attracting all kinds of attention from a diverse audience—is similar to Ultimate.

The field dimensions are quite comparable to that of Ultimate: a standard football field is 48.5 meters by 109.1 meters, and a standard Ultimate field is 37 meters by 110 meters. An Ultimate field is actually longer.

I would argue that Ultimate players are required to run more than football players. Watching a football game, every few seconds—on most plays—a down is made.

The athletes are given a chance to rest, reset and then resume. Ultimate is not quite like that. Until a point is scored, the players are in constant, strenuous motion without time to recover. It requires all athletes to be in exceptional shape, not to mention master all the skills necessary to successfully throw and catch the disc. Let me tell you—it is not as easy as it looks.

The bottom line is that Ultimate athletes compete in an extraordinary sport, and they deserve recognition for their true talents.

Sadly, many people will hesitate to change their misconceptions of Ultimate, and continue to regard it as inferior to many other well-known athletics. All I can say is that it holds the name it does for a reason—it is the ultimate sport.

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Girls basketball team, new coach, prepare to build on previous season’s success

Boys team hopes to improve record with experienced roster, repeat varsity players

by Maggie Kahn @kahn_maggie

A large of part of whether or not the team will be successful this season is based off of how they practice and how they use After several key players’ injuries led to the type of players that are on this roster. an unusually high number of losses, the boys “We want to provide a fun and competvarsity basketball prepares to rebound from itive atmosphere at practice, [where] we a below .500 record last year. develop a culture of hard work and unself“Unfortunately we had a few guys that ishness and tailor our style of play to the were injured for a large part or all of the strengths we have,” Sloan said. season,” head boys basketball coach ThomIn addition to new plays and offensive as Sloan said. “The guys that were healthy schemes, the team has been putting in the worked hard, but injuries made the season time this offseason. tough as far as wins and losses go.”

“I have given up time with my famiThe many injuries from senior players ly and friends to be in the gym and in the last year gave weight room,” the juniors on Shines said. the team the opAthletes at portunity to gain LT work hard to experience from get both mentalbeing a part of ly and physically important games prepared for the throughout the regular season, year. The main especially for returning startpopular sports ers to the team like basketball. include Tyrese In recent months, Shines ‘19, Matt several teams Sloyan ‘19, Josh have even been Berry ‘19 and Returning varsity players watch coach Thomas Sloan good enough to Nolan Niego describe a new defensive play (Sorice/LION). extend their sea‘19. sons into playoff “All of the guys who started at some point runs, and oftentimes a big part of that is the are on the same page [with each other] and in game atmosphere, cultivated in part by all we communicate really well with Sloan in of LT’s passionate fans. order to achieve our goals collectively,” “I love all the support, the Weirdos Sloyan said. growing and building hype around the sport This year the team is slightly on the and it is cool to know that so many students younger side: it consists of eight seniors and at LT have our back,” Sloyan said. nine juniors, compared to previous years As the players begin this season they are where it has been more-senior dominated. trying to build off of an already highly sucAll of the incoming juniors are completely cessful year in LT sports. new to the varsity team.

“Our goals this season are: beating HCHS, “The varsity level is different than fresh- winning conference, and going as far as we man and sophomore years, [it is] more phys- can in the state tournament,” Michael Nieical and fast paced,” Berry said. “We will dermeyer ‘20 said. [have to] set the tone for the juniors to work Although LT is returning from a season hard at practice and adjust to the level of where they only won 11 games, the team play.” is still planning to enter this season with a In preparation for this year, Sloan decid- positive mindset and remains optimistic, esed to make small adjustments to create a of- pecially after winning their first game of the fense situation that is similar to the standard year on Nov. 19. free flowing offense used in the NBA. “I’m not concerned about anything,” “This year we are trying to use a smaller Shines said. “We have a tight knit group that lineup that can play fast and shoot the ball,” will get stuff done and I’m really confident Sloyan said. about this year,”

“Players who can handle the ball well, but then also play in the post are always a bigger threat and more intimidating,” CesaDespite the tough loss in the 2018 re- rini said.

Players notice and feed off of increased gional final against Montini Catholic High School that ended the 2017-2018 season, fan presence, as seen during the boys varsity varsity girls basketball is excited and ready soccer playoff run.

To get the players fired up, LT students to get back on the court and start stronger than ever before, center/forward Patti Ce- and faculty should promote the games and fill up the bleachers, Cesarini said. sarini ‘20 said.

“I’m sure that if people knew we had “[Last season] we had a difficult time executing the plays that we needed to,” Cesarini games coming up, and especially ones said. “We cracked sometimes under pres- against our biggest rival, [Hinsdale Central], sure. We have a lot to work on [this season], people would try to make it out to support us,” Cesarini said. but once we get it down, we are golden.”

With the In order to addition of build on last new players season’s perforwho have nevmance, the girls er played on are training difthe varsity levferently, Cesarini el before, such said. The team is as forward Eigoing back to baleen Murphy sic drills of ball ’19, the team handling and will need to dribbling to inlearn to work still confidence in cohesively and their fundamental adapt to each skills.

“We have just The team practices a scrimmage game to improve their other’s playing styles, Hutchstarted practices, ball-handling skills and competitiveness (Kahn/LION). and we are doing a lot of conditioning to ens said.

“One of our goals is to develop a poskeep us in shape and to make sure we outitive team culture that is supportive and last our opponents in games,” Cesarini said.

The conditioning sessions this season also extremely competitive,” Hutchens will entail ball handling, power center/for- said. “Throughout the first couple weeks of ward Kelly Carlson ‘19 said. Getting up and the season, it is our job to determine our down the court with a ball in hand will help strengths and weaknesses and choose to imthe team maintain control in high-intensi- plement the components every day that help ty situations during some of their toughest us be successful.”

The team first competed in the LT games.

No matter what team LT faces, first-year Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 16 at head varsity coach Meghan Hutchens 6:30 p.m. in the NC fieldhouse to kickoff the season. The team won against Lane Tech wants her team to feel prepared, she said.

“We want our players to feel confident High School with a score of 63-45.

All in all, basketball brings a group of coming into the game no matter how challenging the game may be for us,” Hutchens girls together that is ready to train hard and said. “Each team will present a new and have fun too, Cesarini said.

“Basketball has made me learn that you unique challenge for us, and that’s the best can’t do anything without putting effort part about competing in basketball.”

During the season, the girls have rough- towards it,” Carlson said. “It has shown me ly two and a half hour practices six days a perseverance and that I need to keep going week, Hutchens said. In order to become even when I’m down.”

LT plays next in the Fremd Invite against more well-rounded players in these practices, the team plans to improve their skills in New Trier on Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. at Fremd High School. all areas of play, not just one, Cesarini said.

by Liz Gremer @lizgremer During the 2016 Wheaton North Invitational, the LT girls varsity basketball team was down with only seconds left in the game. Following a last-minute play, Lily Courier ‘20 was set up to shoot the three-point shot that could tie the game, and give the team a chance to make a comeback. Despite her nerves, Courier made the shot that sent LT into overtime. The team later won the game. It was the moment that Courier felt like she had made an impact on the team.

“I felt like ‘I can do this’,” Courier said. “I felt like I belonged on the team.”

Since she was a kid, Courier has been involved in many sports, such as swimming and volleyball. After playing YMCA basketball as a second grader, Courier’s love for the game grew. Basketball has had her heart since she first began to play club, Courier said.

“I only really liked basketball,” Courier said. “I just stuck with that.”

Since her first year in the program, Courier stood out on the courts, and former varsity coach Paul Krick brought her up to the varsity team. As a freshman, Courier was timid, but demonstrated the knowledge and ability to play at the varsity level, new head coach Meghan Hutchens said.

“It doesn’t often occur where a freshman plays on the varsity level,” Hutchens said. “In Lily’s case, it was appropriate for her skill level and basketball IQ. Lily as a freshman was shy, but had a keen understanding of the game which made her stand out right away.”

Following her freshman season, Courier has stepped up as a leader and motivator on the team. Courier leads by example at practice and motivates her fellow teammates, Lindsay Hahn ‘21 said. “[Courier] has not only made basketball very enjoyable, but also has taught me how to become a great teammate,” Hahn said. “She is always talking and motivating everyone, not only in practice, but also in games. [Last year], she made sure I felt welcomed, and as if I had already been on the team before.”

New members to the varsity team have also noticed Courier’s hard work and

by Tommy Layden @tommylayden

welcoming nature, Evelyn Purcell ‘20 said.

“Lily teaches us how to be confident and work harder than the other team,” Purcell said. “Even on our days off, Lily is always asking people to go shoot and scrimmage which really encourages us all to work as hard as she does.”

This upcoming season, the varsity team is composed of many new girls, and one of the team’s main goals is to develop a positive team culture and maintain competitiveness, Hutchens said. In regards to Courier, Hutchens is looking forward to see how she has developed her playing and her technique over the summer and watching her lead the team as the most seasoned varsity player this season.

“I’m looking forward to seeing Lily grow into the dominant player I know she can be,” Hutchens said. “She has devoted many hours to playing travel basketball, going to LT summer and fall basketball opportunities and getting in to the gym to work on her offensive game.”

In addition to playing basketball for LT, Courier also plays club basketball for Chicago Hoops Express. Through her club team, she has received many offers to play for different colleges but she remains open to her options.

“It started around my freshman year,” Courier said. “Just a lot of phone calls and visits to colleges. The biggest thing is what the team looks like, like the family aspect, because LT is such a family.”

During games, she keeps her intensity high. Courier’s hard work and dedication to the team is obvious, Hahn said.

“On the court, I’m in the zone,” Courier said.

Courier and the varsity girls’ basketball team play next on Dec. 1 at the Fremd Invite at New Trier.

Courier works on her shooting skills at practice (Gremer/LION).

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design by Pilar Valdes compiled by Hayden Claesson. Ratings were determined by a panel of intramural soccer enthusiasts.

“Our weakness is finding shin guards for everyone to wear. Our star player is Connor Reblin ‘22, who gets most of his help from a great cast of Will Hess ‘19, Harry McLawhorn ‘19, Neven Naumovski ‘19, Franky Farias ‘19 and Justin Reimer ‘19. The moment we set foot on that field house floor, whoever we are playing becomes our enemy and we will do anything to win.”

“Our biggest strength is shown by our team name, The Essentials: repitition, perfection and success.

Our only weakness is that we always have good players not playing because our whole roster is so strong.”

Teddy Attseff ‘19

Skip Locke ‘19

“One of our weaknesses would be constant injuries faked by team captain Graham Bearman ‘20, but we all know each other and play soccer together which is a strength.”

“My team’s greatest strength is physics. Our biggest weakness is that we are physical. I’d say my team’s mentality is that we are good.”

Max Finder ‘19

Tommy Abbs ‘20

“Our biggest weakness is that we yell at each other in Spanish all the time and we’re a short team. The key player is Sam Medina ‘19. He’s very technically gifted, reminds me of Messi.”

“Our strength is our individual skill and love for the game. Our weakness would be communication and not playing as a team. Key players are Erik Nelson-Sandall ‘21 and I. We just go out there and play.”

Victor Perez ‘19

“We really just want to have fun.

We would like to win but honestly we’re happy as long as everyone is just enjoying themselves. Our main weakness is that we don’t have a goalie, so we lack the confidence we would have with a strong goalie. That’s why we’ve lost.”

Cara Perez ‘19

JJ Schmitt ‘21

“Our goal is to have fun, rely on athleticism and do a bicycle kick by the end of the season.”

Will Bernstein ‘19

Monday, December 3, 2018

I have always disliked soccer. It was simply never interesting to me.

I’m not sure if it was the fact that I wasn’t Hayden Claesson good at it, or if I just thought it was boring to watch. I could not understand the hype behind soccer. I didn’t like playing, because I am hilariously uncoordinated, and I preferred watching more “American” sports, such as gridiron football and basketball, to the number one sport in the world.

All of this added up can probably leave someone confused as to why when the Physics C intramural soccer team asked if I wanted to be on the annual team, I said yes.

I like to think of intramural soccer at LT like church league basketball. It is so great because the whole purpose of it is to simply have fun. I have been a competitive swimmer and water polo player all throughout high school, and sometimes the stress of trying to perform well and win races and games can overshadow the main purpose of sports: to go out there and enjoy yourself. There is a stark contrast when it comes to intramural soccer. The only other experience I have had with playing soccer has been in gym class and I was (and still am) terrible at soccer. However, when I’m playing intramural soccer, I’m not worried about my performance. I am out there solely to have fun with my friends.

This also means that in order to have fun while playing, everyone has to play.

There are frequent breaks for subbing in players, and everyone gets a decent amount of playing time. On Physics C FC we have several varsity soccer players, yet we still make sure that everyone, including me, gets a fair share of action. While this means we won’t be as strong as a team the entire game, everyone has an equal share of time spent on the field, making it more enjoyable to people who aren’t as good at soccer.

Another great thing about intramural soccer is the sense of pride that comes with it. As I have mentioned before I am on the Physics C team, and we feel that we are the physical embodiment of the physics program at LT. At every game we have our superfan, AP Physics teacher Robert Sherman cheering us on, and we walk out to the theme music of The Mechanical Universe, a series of educational physics videos we will watch in class. We feel like we have to do well in order to make physics teachers proud. This happens every year, a group of students who want to feel like they are on a real soccer team come together and fulfill that team bond.

Something that I love about intramural soccer is that it is yet another example of how LT offers so many opportunities to their students to be involved and do fun activities. Anyone who can scrape together enough friends to form a team can play: no tryouts, no former experience necessary.

In our first game, I didn’t have any soccer equipment, and shin guards are a requirement to play. I had to borrow a right and left shin guard from my teammates Will Salazar ‘19 and Max Finder ‘19, respectively. Intramural soccer is so appealing because although a student’s soccer abilities may not be at a high level, they can still have a great time playing.

I mentioned before that intramural soccer is similar to church league basketball, however the biggest problem with church league is something that intramural soccer has no issues with. In church league there were some issues involving varsity level players opting to not play IHSA basketball and to instead choose to do church league, leading to lopsided teams. In intramural soccer, the season starts after IHSA soccer ends, meaning there is no conflict.

Also teams are allowed to have up to three boys’ varsity soccer players, which helps balance the teams and prevent superteams.

All in all, if you were like me and wanted nothing to do with soccer, I implore you to try intramurals. It has made me not only have a greater appreciation for the sport, but also has given me something fun to do with my friends during my final year of high school.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

Volume 109, Issue 3

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1. Take public transit or carpool:

No matter where you go, taking a train or bus helps reduce the amount of carbon emitted into the air. By taking one car as opposed to even two, you and your pals significantly reduce your carbon footprint.

Year 12

2. Use a reusable water bottle:

Displacement of over 10 million people

Staying hydrated is extremely important and beneficial to human health, but when you use a reusable water bottle, you are also helping reduce the amount of plastic waste.

Rising sea levels, leading to the worse humanitarian crisis ever seen

3. Bring reusable bags when shopping:

Ditch the plastic bags at the grocery store and BYOB: bring your own bag. Each year, approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used, so by bringing your own bag, you can help bring it down.

Elevated acidity in the oceans

4. Take a shower instead of a bath: Looking for some ways to become environmentally friendly? We’ve got you covered.

Insects and plants will lose habitats

While it can be tempting to soak in the tub with a bath bomb, showering can cut your water consumption by a third, according to the European Economic Area.

5. Switch to candescent light bulbs:

This simple switch conserves both energy and lasts longer.

According to Georgetown University, CFLs use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs, and last 10 times longer. And don’t forget to turn off the lights after you leave the room!

Food scarcity

It’s not as bad as you think!

Eradication of coral reefs

compiled by Liz Gremer sources: EEA, APTA, COTAP, Ban the Bottle

Opinion: Climate change debate requires consideration of present day effects

Coastal and river flooding

by Georgia Dougherty

@georgiadoc6 Anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is the hypothesis that climate change is produced by human activity. Most people who believe in Severe drought AGW follow Penn State University climatologist Michael Mann’s hockey stick model. His view hypothesizes that “the post-1970 surge of global warming has created a ‘hockey stick’ (shaped graph) of increased emissions, higher CO2 levels, and therefore temperatures,” according to Cato Institute, a libertarian public policy think tank.

Mann points to the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century as beginning the sharp increase that would be the handle of the hockey stick Forest fires in the Arctic —the Anthropocene.

Some researchers argue that the increase started at different times. Furthermore, a study published by David Legates, William Briggs, Willie Soon, and Christopher Monckton in 2015 argued that Mann was wrong in some of his conclusions. The Legates study found three things. 1) Satellite data has shown no global warming at all for “224 months from Feb. 1997 to Sept. 2015.” 2) Since 1900, the global warming trend is equal to Devastating hurricanes in the U.S. 0.75 degrees Celsius per century, which is well within the range of natural variability. 3) The IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the UN) prediction of 4.8 degrees Celsius by 2100 is four times the observed real-world warming trend. The point here is that Mann’s hockey stick model purportedly had faults, and correspondingly, so do many other climate change models out there today. The Legates study was in turn criticized by a study done by Mark Richardson, Zeke Hausfather, Dana A. Nuccitelli, Ken Rice, John P. Abraham, who said that the Legates study was overly simplistic and ignored relevant information.

Opinion: How big oil companies contribute to climate change, effect rising CO2 emissions Year One

These disputes highlight the importance of never settling on science. The validity of the climate change model findings, the

by Camilla Breen conclusions reached in the article cited above, and Mann’s conclusions continue to be debated. But this is consistent with scientific @C_Breen125 exploration--hypotheses should be challenged, improved and refined constantly. Additionally, we must question conclusions from It’s no secret that the United States is one of the top gasses in shorter and shorter amounts of time. The any source, and establish a nonpolitical model for scientific investigation and debate. contributors to climate change: we have one of the world’s consumer demand for oil will not cease any time soon, so According to the Hoover Institution, a free market public policy think tank and research institution, “The atmosphere is about 0.8 highest water footprints, and we fall just behind China for these companies need to take responsibility and take action degrees Celsius warmer than it was in 1850,” and “the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has risen 40 percent since 1750.” having the most carbon emissions. This information has been for their large contributions of CO2 to the air.

People on both sides of this debate seem to agree that CO2 levels were this high more than three million years ago, so the question plastered all over America in an effort to conserve drinkable For example, the BP website states that they “have set is: how much of the increase today is the result of human activity or naturally occurring phenomena that we do not know how to water, reduce carbon emissions and stop the rapid increase of global clear targets for emissions in our operations. . .even as our measure or to understand?

The Fourth National Climate Assessment that came out last Friday claims that “there is high confidence warming. We’ve all been told to take shorter showers and turn the business grows to meet growing demand, our net carbon emissions will not.” in our understanding of the greenhouse effect and the knowledge that human activities are lights off when they’re not in use, but in actuality, the finite amount of people who While this is admirable, actions speak louder than words. These empty promises changing the climate.” However, it stresses the importance of understanding that there is follow by those rules are not the ones that need to be blamed for the majority of will not change a thing. Until results can be realized, corporations like BP must “inherent uncertainty in climate science,” because of the complexity of our natural global emissions; the truth is that big commercial companies are the real climate be held accountable for their emissions. system. killers.

Yes, of course every human impacts climate change with our increasingly Let’s assume that all current global warming is the result of human activity and There are only 100 companies in the world that are accountable for more than 70 inflated carbon footprints. However, casting the blame on everyday citizens is all of it is within our power to stop. How much cost do we impose on ourselves percent of all global emissions, according to the Carbon Majors Report from 2017; setting us back. There are many things we can do to help, such as take shorter today to stop something that could happen hundreds of years from

The Carbon Majors Report is an extension of the Climate Accountability Institute, showers or eat less meat, but when the meat processing industry & agriculture industry in our own

now? We would need to switch to renewable energy sources, to start. My an institution that aims to showcase accountability of climate change. Investorbackyards are releasing methane into the air, it surpasses what one individual contributes. family has a solar powered cabin; we are completely off grid. So although owned companies including Exxon, Shell and BP are contributing the most the most to “It’s better to prevent the problem than try to clean it up,” AP Environmental Science teacher Eric Nuss said. But it is environmentally friendly, I know how expensive it was to build carbon emissions; since these oil and gas companies are adding such significant amounts of CO2 what can we do if we surpass the point of prevention? How do we come back from the edge? and maintain. Would our country’s money be better spent on renewable to the atmosphere, it only makes sense that the companies’ investors and owners take responsibility Many research models show that we are not past the point of prevention yet, but may approach it within the next 12 sources for the long-run or cheap sources that can give immediate aid to to prevent more from entering the atmosphere. Even if these companies simply committed to years if we do not change things, according to Nuss. poor people in poor countries, for example, those in immediate need of The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change renewable energy plans, or reusable oil plans, it would make a large difference in the amount of “It’s important to remember that there are already many consequences to our actions,” Nuss said. “Simply put, we clean water and good shelter? recently released their Climate Report. The report carbon emissions. The first step is for them to take specific action—not just say they will and never have to minimize our inputs of greenhouse gasses by limiting fossil fuel use, prevent deforestation, and change our Finally, what is the expected effect of climate change? According to details the devastating consequences the world will follow through. eating habits. Limiting dairy and meat is the easiest thing people can do.” the 2013 UN climate change report, by 2100, sea levels are “likely” to rise face if the world’s temperature increases by more than We as a nation used approximately over 10 million barrels per day of petroleum in 2017, according The bottom line is this: it does start with us, the everyday people who want to make a change, but will only go as 16 to 24 inches. An additional report, just issued in October 2018 states, 1.5 degrees Celcius (34.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in the based on the assessment of numerous articles, that sea levels are likely to to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The Carbon Majors Report also reports that the fossil fuel industry far as these big oil companies will let it. Many companies are making efforts to become more environmentally friendly, next 12 years. Here are some of the consequences of rise in a range of between 11 to 24 inches, relative to 1986 to 2005. So the has “doubled its contribution to global warming by emitting as much greenhouse gas in 28 years as in the 237 years but they still have quite a way to go.

It is their duty to take the necessary steps in keeping our earth healthy and saving increased global warming that we have already begun good news is, there is possibly less sea rise predicted in 2018 than in 2013. between 1988 and the birth of the industrial revolution.”

Essentially, these industries are emitting more greenhouse their environment. to see and will continue to see without intervention.

But regardless, should the possible rise in sea levels of 24 inches by 2100 (as predicted) be a major public policy worry? compiled by Pilar Valdes Nothing in this article is to say that the Earth may not be warming or source: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Rerport that we should not be concerned about such warming. But that is the easy part. The more difficult question is, what, if anything, do we do about it?

The answer to that question requires a careful balancing of who we may hurt today so as to prevent further possible warming, and what cost we are willing to impose on our current generation to protect a future from of greenhouse gas emissions in the are fluorinated gases, that result solely is methane gas, emitted during coal is nitrous oxide, emitted during agriculharm.

Burning Up (the Earth, that is)

12 Years.

81%

atmosphere is carbon dioxide.

10%

production and livestock farming.

6%

tural and industrial activities.

3%

from human activity.

compiled by Camilla Breen, source: The Environmental Protection Agency

GET OUT

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We drove around the LaGrange area in search of the best coffee places so you don’t have to. Read below to hear our definitive rankings of four coffee shops.

8836 Brookfield Ave., Brookfield

124 W. Park Ave., Elmhurst TASTE: 4 PRICE: $$ PRESENTATION: 3.5 ATMOSPHERE: 4.5 OVERALL: 4 Notable aspect: Atmosphere and free stickers

TASTE: 3.5 PRICE: $$ PRESENTATION: 2.5 ATMOSPHERE: 3.5 OVERALL: 3.5 Notable aspect: Good snacks

Iced coffee, matcha latte, pumpkin muffin and cranberry pistachio muffin (Breen/LION).

Iced Marco Polo (mocha & caramel flavor), almond tea and strawberry smoothie (Breen/LION).

Be sure to check out our website to watch an extended review & come along with us on our coffee journey! www.lionnewspaper.com

8858 Burlington Ave. Ste. 2, Brookfield TASTE: 3.5 PRICE: $ PRESENTATION: 3 ATMOSPHERE: 5 OVERALL: 4 Notable aspect: Service

Hot chocolate, vanilla nut latte and coffee mocha frappe (Breen/LION).

41 S. LaGrange Rd., LaGrange TASTE: 4.5 PRICE: $$$ PRESENTATION: 4 ATMOSPHERE: 2.5 OVERALL: 3.5 Notable aspect: Wall art and decorations

Vietnamese iced coffee, honey lavender latte and pumpkin pie latte (Breen/LION).

1.) Grace Kelly by MIKA

7. Goodbye Earl by Dixie Chicks

12.) Laid by James

2.) Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers

8.) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

by The Band

13.) Debra by Beck

3.) Sex and Candy by Marcy Playground Pulse Editor, Georgia Dougherty‘19

Give this playlist (and others) a listen our on Spotify: lionnewspaper

compiled by Camilla Breen, Georgia Dougherty and Pilar Valdes

9.) When They Fight, They Fight by Generationals

4.) Femme Fatale by The Velvet Underground 5.) Big Poppa by The Notorious B.I.G. 6.) Radio Gaga by Queen

16.) Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

11.) Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens

17.) On Lache Rien by HK & Les Saltimbanks

Want your pet to be featured in the LION? Send a photo of your pet with a short bio to val505305@ d204.lths.net for a chance to win!

ticket of saving turtles #skipthestraw #imwithmacho Editor’s Rate: 14/10 Environmentally conscious and cute? How can I resist? 

100 S. Brainard Ave. LaGrange, Ill. 60525

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15.) Pop Musik by M

10.) Heart of Glass by Blondie

Type of Pet: Red Eared Slider Turtle Age: 7 Weight: 1.5 pounds Owners: Emily Dickett ‘19 and Erin Dickett ‘20 Hobbies: Weight lifting and Zumba Fun Fact: Macho is running for president in 2020 on the

North Campus

14.) Psycho Killer by Talking Heads

South Campus

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compiled by Pilar Valdes 4900 Willow Springs Rd. Western Springs, Ill. 60558