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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Domestic abuse strikes home

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VOLUME 33, ISSUE 1

C-Spread, pages 6-7

Follow the most popular hashtags from the summer, get input from HHS students and staff, and discover how news can move over social media.

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Reason To Celebrate

Oct. is National Domestic Abuse Awareness Month

HHS junior will compete in international event

Sports, page 11

Upcoming technology

by Morgan Downing Staff Reporter Viewers were shocked as they watched a video that TMZ, an entertainment news outlet, had obtained of Ray Rice, former NFL player for the Baltimore Ravens, abusing his then-fiancee in an elevator. Major news outlets only highlighted the video, but Twitter conveyed the real story. Days after the tape was leaked to the Internet, Janay Palmer, Rice’s wife and victim of the assault, released a statement on Instagram criticizing the media for ruining her husband’s life. In light of the video, Rice was cut from the Ravens and suspended from the NFL indefinitely, ridiculed on social media, and made the face of abuse in American popular culture. In her statement, Palmer also informed the public that she and Rice would “continue to grow and show the world what real love is.” In response to Palmer’s statement, female Twitter users created the Twitter hashtags #whyIstay and #whyIleft, explaining why they chose to stay or leave their abusive relationships. For one student at HHS, this hit home particularly hard. DOMESTIC ABUSE cont. on page 3

Heimlich to row Charles

All-student access to Internet may become available

photo by Claire Benton

Peter Williams and Tyler Lee, seniors, hug after their win against the Minnetonka Skippers. The Royals have had a standout season thus far, recently beating the Wayzata Trojans for the first time in 15 years. Their success gives HHS a reason to believe that the 2014 season will be a season to remember.

Van Hoven’s view from 3,000 feet by Molly Abbott-Ladner Staff Reporter As a kid, Shane Van Hoven, senior, would beg his parents to take him to the airport, just to watch the planes take off and land from behind the fence. Now, the only thing that has changed is the view from where he sits. For as long as Van Hoven can remember, aviation fasci-

nated him. “Before I could talk, I thought about how cool it would be to sit up there, all alone in an airplane, doing what I want to do, seeing what I want to see,” Van Hoven said. The atmosphere of aviation lures him back to the airport each weekend. It’s a feeling of true passion that he does not experience in any other location. “After you arrive at the air-

port and you breathe in that first breath of air filled with the smell of jet fuel, you know you are in the greatest place on earth,” said Van Hoven. Van Hoven’s parents could tell that the thought of flight captivated him at an early age. “Those early T-ball games where kids are daydreaming? Shane never missed watching the airplanes fly over. He was even caught watching [planes]

Shane Van Hoven, senior, piloting a flight. Van Hoven has been flying planes since the summer of 2013 and piloted his first flight solo on Sept. 7, 2013.

in his most recent summer of baseball. He is a bit smarter about it now though- he only watches between pitches or from the dugout,” said Roger Van Hoven, Shane’s father. Shane began flight training in the summer of 2013. “To become a private pilot, a person needs to pass a written exam that tests your knowledge of aerodynamics, regulations, weather, physiology and navigation, 40 hours of flight time behind the controls of an airplane, and pass a flight test with an examiner to prove your skills,” said Kevin Bondy, Shane’s flight instructor. During training, every hour of flight time required a half hour of time spent in the classroom. “I learned in a two seat airplane. Single engine, very basic,” Shane said. VAN HOVEN cont. on page 8

News, page 2

Summer at Oxford

Margo Strifert, junior, spent time studying at Oxford

Feature, page 8

Web story: APES field trip AP Environmental Science class waded into Minnehaha

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photo provided by Shane Van Hoven

Remembering, honoring life of Sadie Miller, former HHS student by Hillary Donovan Sports Editor On June 17, 2014, Sadie Miller left this world. She was taken by a drug overdose at the age of 17, but drugs did not define her. She loved animals, music, hockey, art, being outside, exploring, and her family. She was a Girl Scout, a goalie, a cat lover, a sister, a best friend, and a daughter.

“Sadie was beautiful. Radiating from the inside out, she was a bright light. She was spunky, too. She had a great smile and beautiful eyes,” said Maddy Miller, Sadie’s older sister. Sadie grew up playing hockey until November of 2013. She played for the HHS girls junior varsity hockey team for three years and played for the Ice Cougars during the off-season. Brian Abraham, the former

coach of Sadie’s Ice Cougars team, met Sadie in the fall of 2009 and grew close with her over the four years they spent together, on and off the ice. “Sadie will always hold a dear spot in my heart. While nobody can replace an actual father, I certainly considered her an extension of my family and loved her like a daughter. She was loyal to those she loved including myself and she had an

infectious smile and sense of humor,” Abraham said. Sadie was known for looking out for the underdog and the little guy. She consistently defended her teammates and coach. “She could always see when people were struggling. Sadie would get penalties because she would go after someone that went after her defenders. One time, there was a coach that was

giving [Abraham] a hard time, and Sadie inserted her body between the two coaches at the end of the game and started yelling at the other team’s coach, telling him to leave her coach alone,” said Justina Miller, Sadie’s mother. Sadie grew up in the Hopkins District and stayed at HHS until the fall of 2013, her junior year. She then transferred to the school of Environmental

Sciences in Eagan, Minn. that fall. After a semester in Eagan she transferred to SouthWest Metro High School in Chaska, Minn. At the school of Environmental Sciences, Sadie took classes and learned to care for MILLER cont. on page 8


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