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NHS hosts fun run to fund Special Olympics Ellen Bakal National Honor Society has taken on a fun run/walk for their annual project. The Hustle for the Huskies, taking place on May 1, will feature student band Elise and the Police, along with a raffle, concession stands, and activities for younger kids to participate in. The group planned to donate all of their earnings towards Hersey’s Special Olympic team.

The fusion of entertainment and a charitable run hopes to draw in a larger crowd to support our own Special Olympics team. “Students should sign up and come to the event to support JHHS and take part in all of the festivities being held that night. There will be a band (Elise and the Police) and tons of food, too,” senior Lauren Hess said.

The evening consists of the main event, the fun run/walk, it also holds a smaller run for the younger participants coming out. The project is an all ages event with something to do for everyone.

“All of the proceeds are going to be helping Hersey’s Special Olympics team start up a new sport and possibly host a football tournament next year,” senior Olivia Menzia said. The student participation will significantly transform the Special Olympics football team with their equipment costs.

“A cool aspect to this night is that we are going to try and get some of our friends from Special Olympics to join us in the fun,” Menzia said.

With the hopes of an even larger turn out than last year, participants that want to run, but not for an official time, are welcome. All runners/ walkers will begin the race at the same place and time, unlike last year when the more serious runners would run the entire course before the fun run/ walkers began.

The night will continue after the run with more activities.

The night will be lit up with the theme of “neon glow” to portray a similar affect of the Friday night lights in the football season.

“This year’s fun run is a more family oriented activity, we hope to have a bouncy house for kids, and completely mimic a football game energy with a glow stick theme,” NHS sponsor Joanell Hoijer said.

Colette Tangney The phenomenon of teenage driving has been constantly modified dating all the way back to 1909, when the first age-limiting driving restrictions were put in place. Despite shifts in societal interests, the car’s prolonged influence in teen culture has remained the same.

“I liked the idea of being free from my parents and could go whenever and wherever I wanted to,” sophomore Olivia Basis said. Like Basis, students’ fascination with being independent has created the want of a license as soon as possible, resulting in students meeting the bare minimum of requirements.

The lower echelon of drivers are denied their license after failing the test. The complexity of this test to analyze who is a suitable driver has been a debatable topic.

“The drivers exam was really quick and easy. We just drove around, and I had to show him I could park.

Parking exams should test more, so people don’t get their licenses too easily and there are safer drivers on the road,” junior Anna Sutor said.

According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, even though teenagers only account for 14 percent of the population, they produce 29 percent of the total motor vehicle injuries. With the rate of car accidents caused by teens, the state of Illinois has set limits on young drivers.

“During the first year with license, all teens want to do is pick up all of their friends,” said sophomore Joey Coffaro. Despite laws trying to better driving safety, students find themselves often in situations violating restriction.

These restrictions include driving only one person under 20 who is not a family member and stricter curfew limits.

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“It’s all on the responsibility of the teen. If they are smart enough to be safe after curfew and not drive past the passenger law, then it shouldn’t be a problem. Absolutely teens still text and drive and are very distracted,” junior Teddy Fotos said.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx launched the Distracted Driving Awareness Month this April., a national campaign directly tackling distracted driving.

In 2013 alone, at least 3,154 people were killed in accidents involving distracted drivers, states National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (N.H.T.S.A) “Young people need to understand the dangers of texting and driving before it kills them or someone they love. It’s up to us as parents to set the right example by never texting and driving ourselves, and by laying down the law for our young drivers: no texting behind the wheel or no keys to the car. These are driving safety lessons that young drivers will carry with them throughout their lives,” administrator Mark Rosekind of N.H.T.S.A said.

The begginning of the driving process is marked by the state mandated completion of Driver’s Education, the first step of prepping new drivers. “It helped me a lot, and was the main thing teaching me about learning to drive,” senior William Goldsberry said. Some question the effectiveness of the course, and if it should be more focused on hands-on experience or classroom time.

“I don’t think drivers education helped as much as just learning to drive with experience. I think I learned the most in the months after I got my license because that’s what really tests driving skills,” Sutor said.

Some students have depended on parental teaching instead of this class due to the insufficiency.

“My dad taught me more,” junior Charlie Bay said.

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Feminists fight for monetary representation

As the feminist movement grows, more people wonder why the currency doesn’t reflect the equal rights that women deserve to have. The fact that not a single woman appears on all of the United State’s bills and coins angers activists who have been pushing for a woman to replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

“Money is money, it’s worth the same thing no matter if a man or a woman is on it,” junior Kelly Wong said.

“Women on $20s” is the organization backing the movement and through polls, they have narrowed down a list of a hundred candidates to the final four women: Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks and Wilma Mankiller.

Barbara Ortiz Howard, the organization’s founder, believes that this change should be made by President Obama and his Secretary of the Treasurey, Jack Lew. •Julia Hapanowicz

Shots fired at North Carolina A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina community college and an employee was shot and killed on April 13.

The college was placed on lockdown after the shooting and authorities began searching for a suspect. A SWAT team arrived on campus immediately and students were then evacuated.

Kenneth Stancil, a former student of the college, is considered a person of interest.

Stancil and the victim were acquaintances, however, a motive has not been determined.

As these school shootings continue to occur, school security continues to be heightened. Security guards frequent more school halls and new and improved safety measures are being implemented throughout the country.

“I feel safe in the halls; there is almost always someone around,” junior Steph Surkin said regarding this school’s safety.

According to the CDC, “between 1 percent and 2 percent of all homicides among schoolage children happen on school ground or on the way to and from school or during a school sponsored event. So the vast majority of students will never experience lethal violence at school.”

While school shootings seem to be frequenting the news more and more these days, extensive security measures are being enacted across the nation.

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April 15 was national signing day. This is the first year that official signings have taken place on school grounds.

Sixteen stu• Kenzie Killam dents signed eniors Josh Plischcke, David Rodriguez, Ivette to play sports Delgado, Becky Anderson, and Anthony Ryan at a number of wait to sign their commitment papers. different colleges.

The signing process can cause a lot of stress for Illinois Weslayan University. Josh some athletes, but the end result is Mailloux is playing at Northern Illinois University, and Eric Portworth it all.

“The recruiting process was langer will be playing at Depauw stressful because I wasn’t exactly University.

The recruiting and signing prosure what school I wanted to go to, cesses are two very different things. but after I visited North Central I “The signing experience was realized that’s where I wanted to great because my team and I were go,” senior Kevin Messer said.

“It was a relief to finally know getting recognized for all the hard where I was going to play football work we’ve put in,” senior Josh in college and have everything fi- Plischke said.

Juliette Vanisi will play basketnally settled,” senior Tucker Fenball at the University of Wisconsinwick, who is attending Carthage Whitewater, and golfer Becky AnCollege, said. derson will plat at Illinois Weslayan Three of Fenwick’s teammates University. will also be playing football in col“I hope that we will have a suclege. cessful team because North Central Anthony Ryan will be attending will be starting their first year as a

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school volleyball team, and I hope to bring success to that,” Messer said.

Messer is not the only Huskie who will be attending North Central, his teammate Alec Horne will also be playing volleyball there in the fall.

Four students; Courtney Stedman, attending Lake Erie College, Kaylie Jacobson, playing at Millikin University, Messer, and Horne, signed to play volleyball at their colleges.

Multiple athletes will be running track, cross country, or even both in college.

Those runners are: Kevin Ziegenhorn, attending University of Illinois- Chicago; David Rodriguez, running at Bradley University; Ivett Delgado, going to Concordia University; Plischke, attending Northwood University Seth Harden, running at Taylor University, and Grant Von der lippe attending Marquette University.

“I’m excited to compete at a higher level and be inserted into a friend group at college right away,” Von der lippe said.

All athletes have different hopes and expectations for their college careers and always hope they will have a successful team.

“We’re [Lake Erie] bringing in a lot of new talent and I’m hoping that I can contribute to my team,” Stedman said.

Drivers Ed. does not always lead to success •continued from page 1 Not only is Driver’s Ed. a required component of getting a license, but in Illinois, it’s necessary to graduate. “I think having your license shouldn’t be a graduation requirement because not all students need to be able to drive to get through to college or other things.

There’s other more important things to worry about,” Basis said.

Another requirement when obtaining a license is logging at least 50 hours of driving with an adult.

“I didn’t get all my hours. I probably got around 30. They didn’t even look closely at them,” sophomore Cassie Kruchten said.

The battle of private versus public driving education has also been in the lime light. In a poll out of 100 student drivers, 68 percent decided to attend a private driving institution. “I took it privately instead of through school because it didn’t fit into my schedule and there were no openings when I wanted to take it,” Sutor said.

Have you “It was easier been in a car with all of the accident as a extracurdriver? ricular activities I’m involved 76%in,” junior Did you get Sean Johlie your license said. on your 16th W i t h birthday? y o u n g drivers, accidents are 85%- No bound to happen.

On average, about 10-15 accidents occur in our parking lots per year.

“I didn’t let it get the best of me, and I turned it to a more positive perspective outlook,” junior Jennifer Wrzala said, after sliding into the back of a bus in March 2014.

Out of 100 students polled, 24 percent admitted to already in being in an accident.

Accumulating bills from accidents, parking passes, and towing fees does not even compare to what distracted driving can truly cost:

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severe injuries or death of human life.

“Distracted driving is probably the most dangerous thing a high school student can do because not paying attention for even a second could change their life. A lot of people don’t realize how bad the consequences are because they haven’t experienced it, but if doing something like texting and driving continues, then an accident will probably happen sometime,” Sutor said.

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Construction creates education disruption Kelly McCarthy As students may have noticed from loud noises coming from outside, construction began outside of the CLS wing last week. In some classrooms, especially those near windows, the noise has already become a problem. With even more construction beginning before the end of the school year, these loud noises aren’t going to go away anytime soon.

Sometimes the noise drowns out teachers’ • Eric Czarnota voices, forcing them to pause their lesson LS deand, a few seconds later, find where they left partment off and resume teaching. These disruptions, receives a though they are small, are frequent enough much needed to be an annoyance. addition to “The noise level hasn’t been a major con- their facilities. cern. When it has, we just switched classrooms to right across the hall. It wasn’t a big adjustment,” math and science teacher Andy Finlayson said.

While this takes away the noise disruption, being in a different classroom can be the classrooms aren’t inconvenienced due to a new distraction in itself. Whether it’s noise or the construction. “My teacher hasn’t changed moving classrooms, the learning experience is the way he teaches due to the noise. We still run definitely being interrupted with the construc- our class the way we used to,” junior Isabel Fution. dali said.

As the weather gets nicer, both students and Regardless of the fact that lesson plans aren’t teachers look forward to opening the windows changing, its definitely likely that students’ atin their classrooms for some fresh air. However, tention spans are being affected by the construcas the noise already causing problems, opening tion. “I could see where it would be a distraction windows may not be such a good idea and it will to the students at times,” Finlayson said. only add to the distractions in the classroom.

“I think that the noise might distract some “My main concern has been during testing students. The noise from the construction periods. I want the students to have a quiet test- doesn’t really bother me because I don’t usually ing environment,” Finlayson said. hear it first period. I’m only in that side of the However, the actual lessons being taught in

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building in the early morning when construction is at a minimum,” Fudali said.

While the construction has been going on this week with the noise at high levels, thankfully, the construction clamor is expected to die down after this week.

“We are under the impression that the biggest noise concerns are only going to last about three or four days. So, after this week, the expectation is that they will start moving on to other parts of the project, so it’s not going to be as noisy,” Finlayson said.

“I think it would be better if they made the renovations over the summer because it has been causing a lot of distractions in the classrooms in that area. I think that they are starting now, so that it can be completely finished by the time school starts up again next fall,” sophomore Emma Lee said.

Renovations will continue for the remainder of the school year and are on track to be finished by the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year.

The other parts of this project include renovations in the ARC, transformations to the 124 rooms, improvements to the concession stand, and the addition of wheelchair accessible ramps to the bleachers and other entrances to the school.

While the construction is and will be an inconvenience for the next month or so, it’s all to make our school a better place.

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The Correspondent april 17, 2015 Life’s too short to spend time wishing it away

It’s good to look forward and have excitement for what’s to come in life. The future is what drives people and seems to be a center of concentration as growing up; the future electrifies students and is what they are being coached for every single day.

However, some people may be too concentrated on occupations, journeys, and roles that are yet to come in their life, causing them to be filled with anxiousness regularly during high school. Always living in the future may leave someone with regret and despair regarding how they spent their time in their youth.

Don’t forsake this time right now. The present is very much important. As much as planning ahead is encouraged, teens must not let dreaming about tomorrow replace living in today. Soak in opportunities and adventures that are accessible right now because it’s true that you only live once and this time is “I’m just doing it because it looks good on colso precious. lege applications.” This is something that we have all •danielle eriksson heard, and maybe even said, way too often. While colleges do look for involvement, students shouldn’t spend their high school careers searching for new clubs to join every year because they “look good.”

It’s important to be dedicated to the clubs and activities that we choose to do, and even the best of us can’t do everything.

Besides, it’s more fun to be someone who is fully involved in one or two groups rather than someone who occasionally participates in five or six groups. We all only have twentyfour hours in a day, and while we all choose different ways to spend that time, we need to be considerate of where we spend our time.

It’s unfair to the dedicated members and sponsors of clubs if we only show up when it works out for us but still expect to be treated as a full-fledged member of that group.

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These movements are wideAs social media spread and do little more than becomes more bringing light to the situation. It’s and more inte- easy to take action by posting ongrated into our line, but seldom do people follow daily lives, status updates have through with their actions and acevolved into a reflection of our- tually make a difference. selves and our beliefs.

While the ALS ice bucket chalNow that it’s as easy as signing lenge raised over $220 million for a petition online or tweeting out a the cause, most of the focus was on hashtag to spread awareness about pouring buckets of water over each an issue, sharing other and posting it on social media causes that we stand rather than donating to a cause. for is more prevaIt’s safe to say that many people had lent than ever. no idea what Every week a ALS even new cause to supwas and the port becomes the organization trend, whether that started the it is the ALS ice campaign. bucket challenge or #LikeAGirl, But as fast as Ih and with so a movement can my bel ave the righ t to iefs many problems gain traction, Pull a and causes oforce social in the world and they can also be n t movem o you. more awareness forgotten and lost ent! being brought in the history of to many of them, social media acit seems impossible counts. to keep up with When Kony what the “hot” so2012 blew up suddenly everyone was cial issues are. appalled at the horThe fact that these rors going on in Africa issues are being broadcasted online on many platforms means and spread the word on YouTube, that what was originally a way Twitter, and Facebook.

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I look at the Internet the same way I look at the government: it helps all of us, sure, but it can cause a lot of problems if placed into the wrong hands. Let’s just say that if the government was as stable as the Internet, we’d all be in a bit of a rough spot.

One specific area that the Internet is unbelievably consistent at messing around with is piracy, namely music piracy. In 2015, it’s an absolute shock for music to be released without leaking to the internet before hand. The bigger and more anticipated the music is, the more people online will try to nab it for their own individual, impromptu releases.

The only surefire way for artists to dodge this is to release their music without announcing any release dates, keeping fans on edge and holding off online leakers.

Although the conniving threat of piracy still looms, streaming sites have attempted to lessen the damage rather than try to remove it entirely. With premium options offered for sites like Spotify and Pandora, money can still enter musicians’ pockets.

With all the music being uploaded on these sites daily, leakers have less of an incentive to release their illegally obtained music. The only problems: the musicians are making minuscule amounts of money for all the plays they get, and the actually sites are having troubles making a profit.

Enter Jay-Z and the head scratching proposal of the new streaming site known as Tidal.

Regular access to Tidal costs around ten dollars a month with premium costing twenty.

Jay-Z and his roundtable of music billionaires seem devoted to taking things into their own hands. Besides hyperbolic claims about the quality of sound on their service, they seem to be pushing for exclusives on Tidal: artists like Daft Punk and Nicki Minaj would only allow for his new music to be released on Tidal and Tidal only, leaving Spotify and Pandora listeners with nothing.

This doesn’t work for a couple reasons. No sane people I know would be willing to pull twenty dollars out of their pockets every month for premium music access, even if they may be huge fans of the superstar artists that might be sold exclusively on Tidal.

Along with that, exclusivity on a site that demands for the consumers money straight-up would push them away from that artist if they aren’t very familiar with them.

The fans desperate for new music from their favorite artists might not be able to scrap the money for the music they desire oh so much. This is the market that piracy thrives in: relatively desperate fans craving music their budgets can’t get them to.

Tidal needs to realize something that Spotify and Pandora understand well: piracy isn’t going anyway anytime soon. The best way to combat it is to offer reasonable music streaming to all music listeners that will update to their liking and offer premium options that can still try to send money in the artists’ directions.

should be a class devoted to Quentin Tarintino. Sharing headphones is absolutely disgusting. Don’t trust anyone who speaks in the third preson: Dino thinks they’re pretty overrated.

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#1: Driving like you’re on the set watch 90 hours worth of kids strugof “Furious 7” is just “Ludacris.” (See gling to park and catch you.

Brain’s World page 9) The speed limit in parking lots is 10 miles per hour, #6: On your mark, get set, go! Stop! so try not to double it, or triple it.

Now go! The 2:50 bell just rang, and it’s a race to get out of the parking lot. #2: When the weather outside is But, slow and steady wins the race frightful, student drivers are not so here. The first ones out clog the parkdelightful. ing lot and all Students may s u r rou n d i ng think they intersections have masand stoplights. tered driving in slick condi#7: Steering tions, but this with one knee isn’t the case while holding for everyone. food in one So instead of hand and a cell driving like it’s phone in the sunny and 75, other is what drive like you we classify as dance“like “d i s t r a c t e d your granddriving.” Let’s ma’s watchkeep our mul•Cartoon by mili pandya ing.” titasking skills limited to playing iPad games during #3: Hit a Student: 10 points, Teach- class lectures. er: 25 points, whole family: 100 points. Just kidding! Drivers should #8: The mad dash to leave the parkbe more aware of all of the students ing lot is almost as bad Black Friday and staff members walking around shoppers stampeding into Best Buy the parking lot throughout the day. at 12:01. It’s ok to let a fellow driver pull out of their parking spot every #4: It doesn’t matter if it’s 2:51 p.m. once in a while. or after a football game, the parking lots all flow one direction (don’t drive #9: Police quotas have been abolZayn-y). ished in Illinois, but cops certainly still enjoy pulling over hooligans #5: Just like there are cameras all cruising over the speed limit over the inside of the school, there are cameras watching the parking #10: That sign that says “No turn on red” isn’t just a suggestion, it’s the lot, too. No matter how sneaky you are, if you hit a car, someone could law. Don’t be a Target.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to be Nate Horne Many topics are conversed between students on a daily basis, but there is one thing that is spoken about quite frequently and with much frus-

tration.

It’s obvious that teachers can anger students, whether it’s with a test score or a teaching method, but some students need to put into perspective what they’re complaining about.

Without a doubt, complaining about a teacher isn’t a foreign idea to me, but I’ve realized how much work the teachers do for each student (even the students that couldn’t care less about school) and that teachers deserve nothing but appreciation. Having a parent as a teacher, I see firsthand how difficult her job is and how much work teachers do on a daily basis, and students need to think about that before insulting a teacher to their peers.

Also, teaching disrespectful and inconsiderate students is something teachers shouldn’t have to deal with because students should value the opportunity to learn that they have. But, at times, students’ complaints are justified, and it’s what students do about the issue that can change the entire educational process.

Numerous times I was astounded by a choice of one of my teachers that caused me to become

angry at their decision, but trash-talking my teacher to my friends solves nothing. I believe the only way for the educational system to work at its maximum potential is for both the student and the teacher to work as a team to accomplish a shared goal of learning. So, for that to occur, a possibly awkward conversation is necessary.

Students should have absolutely no fear in standing up and sharing their beliefs on a certain form of teaching or decision the teacher has made. This, of course, does not mean the student has a free pass at bashing the teacher, but simply giving an opinion on an event that occurred is beneficial to the entire high school community.

If teachers gladly accept their students views as constructive criticism, the learning atmosphere for all students will be improved as well as the bond between students and teachers will grow stronger; saying what you believe is a respectful action, respect is crucial in a positive relationship, and positive relationships between students and teachers are important.

I’ve wanted to confront one of my teachers about an occurrence that I didn’t agree with numerous times, but the fear of the teacher taking it wrong overpowersed the hope I held that my ideas will enlighten a teacher’s view. If students value what teachers do, and teachers attempt to adapt to their students expressed needs, then learning will be much more effective.

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WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST HAPPY?

“Being around positive people makes me happy because they make my day better” -freshman Claire Rogowski

“Playing sports makes me happy because it’s a fun thing to do with my friends” -sophomore Emma Wrenn

“Playing volleyball with my friends because it’s my passion” -senior Kevin Messer

“I enjoy playing baseball and when summer comes around, I am finally free” -sophomore Jon Okon

“Coffee makes me happy because it gives me energy for my day” -junior Kristin Hartwig

“I’m happiest when I spend time with my family and play sports with my friends” -senior Charlie Dempsey

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‘Happiness is just around the corner’ Money can’t always buy happiness Ellen Bakal With today’s society, many can mix up happiness with the amount of money they hold. Money can sometimes stand as more than currencyin some cases a label.

Whether students work for their money or have it handed to them, the idea of money and careers that provide certain salaries is a fresh thought. “Money can only bring you temporary happiness because, in my opinion, for lasting happiness you need relationships which you can’t buy” senior Mikayla Mix said.

Psychology Today found that compulsive and impulse spending increased debt and decreased savings. Depression and other undesirable outcomes have all been linked with materialistic values and materialistic purchasing behaviors.

Materialism is the tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. The concept has become slightly more familiar to the teenage brains logged into social media. Social media allows users to upload what they have to show others.

“Money can’t put you into the actual state of happiness. You can buy things that make you happy, there’s no fibbing there, but objects can’t bring you happiness forever, at

least not a healthy happiness,” sophomore Amanda Birch said.

According to Princeton’s website, a survey taken showed that women who earned less than $20,000 a year were expected to spend more of their time in a bad mood than those earning $100,000 a year. However, the percentage of the women who spent their time in a bad mood was only 12. Princeton states that money’s effect on people’s mood is actually an exaggeration.

For many, high school is the first time that they are eligible to get a job and the experience can often alter how they may value the dollar. “I have to work for my money most of the time, and it actually has made me a better saver. I pay closer attention to buying things I only really want or need,” Birch said.

The needs in life are often put up to battle with the wants. So, with limited money comes decisions.

“When it comes down to it, I would rather be poor and happy because life is meant to be lived happily, but money can buy happiness when you buy things that make you happy.” sophomore Jack Scodius said.

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Delight in Disney does not disappear Kelly McCarthy

Whether rain or shine weather affects spirits Danielle Eriksson Walking outside can make a difference in someone’s mood as people find pleasure in certain types of weather. What mother nature has to offer can make students feel good and brighten their days.

“Nice weather makes you feel good because you can go outside, you can get more exercise, and you can get vitamins from the sun,” sophomore Thomas Barnes said. Blue skies and warmth enable people to do activities outside and spend time comfortably surrounded by nature.

While wind and cloudiness can put someone in a bad mood or not affect them at all, warm weather and sunshine often entice good moods. According to Psychcentral, “Higher temperatures raise a person with a low mood up, while things like wind or not enough sun made a low person feel even lower.”

“Sunshine and a beautiful day outside makes me ten times happier,” junior Alysa

Zurlo said.

Depending on what season it is, a raise or decline in temperature can bring happiness to people. According to a Climate and Happiness study, “Higher mean temperatures in the coldest month increase happiness, whereas higher mean temperatures in the hottest month decrease happiness.”

“Thunderstorms are gloomy, and I don’t like that, but at the same time they make me happy if it’s during late winter because they’re a sign that spring is coming,” junior Rachel Lee said.

As calm and pretty weather excites many people, some find thrill in thunderstorms or things other people find distressing. “When I was little, I sat in my garage with the garage door open and watched the thunderstorms and played board games! I love watching them, and I like the sound of the rain because it’s soothing,” senior Lauren Hess said.

Commonly known as the “Happiest Place on Earth,” Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida has long been a vacation destination for families across the United States since the park’s opening in 1971.

“I have so much fun every time I go. I’ve probably been there 15 times or more. I think Disney is a happy place for everyone. Kids are happy because it’s Disney, and how could you not love rides, Mickey Mouse, and junk food? And then the parents are happy because their kids are. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone unhappy at Disney,” sophomore Marisa Gelabert said.

Perhaps one of people’s favorite things at Disney World is the Disney movie characters walking around the park, signing autographs, and taking pictures. The so-called ‘magic of Disney’ is brought to life through these characters.

“In the past, the characters have walked around more, but this time I didn’t see as many. The ones I did see were good, and they would have conversations with us,” freshman Leah Ryg, who visited Disney World last summer, said.

While these characters are more popular among younger kids, the roller coasters and rides offer fun for younger and older visitors alike.

“When I was little, I was super into the characters. I would wait in line forever just to get every character’s signature and a picture. Now I’m not really into the characters at all. If a character doesn’t have a line, I might go up to get a picture for fun, but it’s not a priority when I go,” Gelabert said.

“Everyone is so happy and having a great time.

It’s rare to see anyone sad, unless they are leaving.

Going to Disney World is definitely work because you have to walk all day, but it’s one-hundred percent worth it,” Ryg said.

Although the fun at Disney doesn’t disappear as people get older, their favorite things about Disney do.

“As I’ve gotten older the characters have changed a lot. I used to love getting signatures from everyone except Goofy. I would cry if he came near me.

Now I am more there for the rides and the fun memories. The experience is definitely different but I don’t think that makes it any less fun,” Gelabert said.

What makes you happy?

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“Playing my favorite sport every day (softball).”

-sophomore Katie Wingerter

“Listening to music and playing the drums.”

-sophomore Nick Tinaglia

“Foam rolling because it helps me recover after running.”

-senior Amanda Mix

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Students prepare for Disney musical Danielle Eriksson

“The hardest part of it all is the memorization of where I need to be and when throughout the musical, The spring musical “Mary Popplus remembering lines and blockpins” will open on April 30 and ing,” senior Kristen Smigiel said. run through May 2. Students in the Each actor or actress has cermusical have been rehearsing for tain concentrations as the days of months to re-enact the classic story performance come closer. It’s imof Mary Poppins. Tickets will be portant for them to stay healthy, so sold at the door for $10. they have successful performances.

The baseline of the story is about “I have to be conscious of my votwo children with parents who cancal health, yet do what I got to do not manage their kids when they during rehearsal,” Boldt said. The become out of control and are in students must do all that they can to need of a new nanny. When the avoid getting sick or hurt during the magical ‘Mary Poppins’ shows up final week as it could prevent them at their door, the children are taken from performing after working peron enchanting and memorable adsistently hard for so long. ventures while being kept in line by As time consuming as it is, the Mary. “It’s a heartwarming story to •Danielle Eriksson cast loves practicing with each other watch,” sophomore Samantha Tayand working on the musical everylor said. ctors rehearse onstage in anticipation of opening night. The day.

The musical has been altered to musical opens on April 30 and continues through May 2. Tick“The best part of the whole musibe a more modern version while ets will be sold for $10. cal is the moments in rehearsal that maintaining the same plot. There we all bond and come together as are some changes from the original throughout it. Finally performing in front of and possibly even new plot twists. “There’s an a crowd after practicing for so long is the best a family,” Smigiel said. The students with main evil nanny that comes to replace Mary Poppins feeling. I can’t wait to feed off the energy of the roles in the musical are in the theater for practices very often as their load is heavy. in the middle of the show,” sophomore Ashley crowd,” freshman Theo Brown said.

“It’s a lot of commitment, but it’s really cool Boldt said, who doubles as Mary Poppins herStudents taking on roles in the play have had self. to learn and practice many songs and lines for that I get to spend a lot of time with the cast and This show will take the audience back to their their character. Along with memorizing lines be there for all the progress,” Boldt said.

“It’s going to be so amazing once it all comes childhood as students bring the story to life in and lyrics, the actors and actresses have had to the most peculiar way. “I’m so excited to per- learn dances and the corresponding stage place- together on opening night,” Taylor said. form for an audience and see their reactions ment during each scene.

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Teen movies offer insight into high Kayla Mohrbacher Lauren Theisen The movie “McFarland USA,” a cross country movie based in a small town in California is striking up conversation from more than just runners. The movie, along with the movie “The Duff ” are some new relatable teenage movies.

In “The Duff,” a girl named Bianca Piper (May Whitman) just found out by her next door neighbor and football star, Wesley Rush (Robbie Amell), that she has been labeled the DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier friends, Jess (Skyler Samuels) and Casey (Bianca A. Santos). She was known as the Duff based on her tomboy quirks, the way she dressed, and her love for gory zombie movies, and she wasn’t shy at all to embrace it.

While similar to high school reality, it isn’t an exact representation of teenage life. “In high school, there isn’t just one designated ‘mean girl’ that rules the school. Granted, we do have people that are controlling but nothing compared to the movies,” sophomore Sophgia Cacioppo said.

In “McFarland,” most of the boys live similar lives

and running together strengthens the bonds they share. Even though it was hard at first, the team moved to the top and got better every time.

The movie raked in an average rating of 7.8/10 stars according to the Internet Movie Database and about $11 million in the box offices.

Among the many viewers was our girls track

team and many other students here. “As a runner, I could relate to this movie in many ways. I know what it’s like to finally accomplish a goal of mine when I cross that finish line. The movie is so inspiring and has many great themes, I would definitely recommend it,” freshman Thais Centeno said.

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“Hippo Campus” emerges, impresses Drew Snelson

a mixture of vocals combining with messy guitars to create a full sound.

The singer/songwriter carries a sense of maI’ve only ever been to a concert a few times in my life. I’ve done the obligatory trip to “Sum- turity and his vocals, exercising impressive range, yet it never feels like he’s trying merfest,” but I’ve never made the effort to see to show off. He balances his vocals a show headlined by one band. Earlier this well with the rest of the supportmonth, I did just that, and boy am I glad ing pieces.

I did, but not for the obvious reason.

The harmonizing vocals What started out as an expedition to are just as tight, yet again see “The Mowgli’s” quickly turned they don’t go overused, into a journey of music discovery sparing them only to drive when an opening act, “Hippo Camhome important lyrics or pus,” stole the show for me. to bring a fuller sound to From Minnesota, this Midwestchoruses. ern product has a surprisingly “Hippo Campus” is an sunny sound, combining light and incredibly young band, polished guitar riffs with an upwith the oldest member beat rhythm. This is never more in his early 20’s. Combinpresent in “A Little Grace.” ing tight individual play A persistent beat and well at parts, carefree choruses, placed vocal harmonies keep this and talent on their respectrack relatively fast and hectic. The tive instruments, it’s hard to song evokes feelings of running or imagine that these guys’ best being outside, both which are comstuff is already behind them. mon themes for their other songs.

With six songs on SpoWhere “A Little Grace” evokes the feeltify and the same six ing of short, frantic steps, “Souls” gives the feeling of long, steady •courtesy of andrea kim available for purchase on iTunes, there’s no strides. reason to not go and Starting off with simple, clean, he up and coming band check out this promisHippo Campus performed and purposeful tones from the bass ing group. and drums, this track quickly ex- at The Metro on April 4. Hippo plodes into a sweeping chorus, with Campus opened for The Mowgli’s.

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The good

Self-made artist offers originality With melodic simplicity and raw falsetto, Josh Garrels created history on his new album. Released April 7, “Home” is available for purchase on iTunes or for free download on noisetrade.com. Never before have I witnessed an artist put his music out to listeners for free, and I greatly respect how Garrels simply wants people to hear his music rather than create an album for the sole purpose of a profit.

Self-produced in his own backyard studio in Portland, Oregon, Garrels created an unique and original style with a light and consistent sound across the entire album.

With a common alternative/folk-like sound on every track, listeners can effortlessly enjoy the stripped-down and soulful music Garrels offers.

Boredom is not a concern, though; Garrels involves a diverse range of instruments on each song. From a pedal steel and banjo on “Morning Light” to a small ensemble of string instruments on “Heaven’s Knife,” Garrels is truly a musical genius.

• nate horne

& The Ugly As I browsed Netflix for another show where I could take part in my binge-watching ritual, I came across the Netflix original “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”

Originally, I was quite intrigued by this show, based on the fact that the co-creator is Tina Fey, one of my favorite people. But as soon as I was five minutes into the show, I realized this was not the Tina Fey comedy I enjoyed, and it was simply obnoxious.

Ellie Kemper plays Kimmy Schmidt, a girl

The Bad

Constant Snapchat updates annoys student It seems that every few months Snapchat goes through major updates that change the app far beyond bug fixes.

The most recent came with the elimination of the best friend list for emojis.

While intended to provide information like whether people are each other’s best friends or whether they share a best friend, this new system is far more confusing than informational.

It’s annoying to have to look up what each emoji means every time I want to know what each emoji symbolizes or who my best friend is. Also, because users are now able to see the friendship status, this can lead to awkward situations with friends.

I’m tired of getting used to an update only to have it change again, especially in a way that makes the app twice as confusing to navigate.

•Caity strozewski

Well-known comedian’s new show falls short who was rescued from a bunker where she was a resident of a doomsday cult. The premise is simply preposterous and could possibly be pulled off with the right writing and acting, but it’s basically butchered.

Kemper yet again plays her type-casted roll as an obnoxious happy-go-lucky character who seems like she is always incredibly clueless. All in all, the show wouldn’t last long on network television, and is simply just ugly.

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Brain’s World with Brian Boyle

Fast, furious, and farewell “Furious 7” begins with a WWE-inspired slugfest between the suave Jason Statham and the most-definitely-PED-abusing Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

The two duke it out until the latter leaps out a window and cushions his ten-story fall on the hood of a conveniently parked muscle car, sustaining only minor injuries. And it’s only the ninth or tenth most ridiculous scene throughout the nearly two-and-a-half-hour run time.

This is the nature of “Fast and Furious,” which began in 2001 with a fresh tale of street-racing, followed up by a slew of mediocre sequels, then inexplicably became Hollywood’s most entertaining action flick series with 2011’s “Fast Five” and 2013’s “Fast and Furious 6.”

Of course, our favorite heroes return for yet another “One Last Ride” adventure. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Ludacris, and the rest of the gang have seemingly gone from street-racers to superheroes, swapping capes and spandex for muscle cars and cut-off tees.

“Furious 7” continues the trend of exponentially increasing the carefully coordinated, beautifully choreographed, physics-defying “holy crap” action sequences. Cars skydive out of planes, leap between skyscrapers, and play hide-and-seek with a super-drone in the streets of L.A.- all while characters spew cheesy one-liners about being fast, being furious, and the imperative importance of family.

I know this is a dumb franchise, but so do those both in front of and behind the camera.

They embrace their identity with such enthusiasm and energy that it’s difficult not to love this crazy universe they pieced together. And when “Furious 7” taps the brakes to pay tribute to the late Paul Walker, I admittedly got a little mist-eyed.

While “Furious 7” bids farewell to Walker, it’s also time for me to bid farewell to “Brain’s World.” So, at the risk of sounding incredibly pretentious, I’m going to write a goodbye here.

Whenever anyone learns about my insatiable love for film they instantly ask “What’s your favorite movie?” (See: The Correspondent Vol. 47 Issue 4). Then they ask “Why do you like watching movies so much?” to which I usually reply with a simple shoulder-shrug.

But why do I love movies? Because seeing the right movie at the right time can be an incredibly influential experience. One that makes us think and feel. A picture like “12 Years a Slave” provided a harrowing tale of perseverance in spite of horrific adversity.

“The Kings of Summer” provided an incredibly relatable high school story at a time when I needed one.

Even something as simple as “The Avengers” can make an impact. When a buddy and I saw it opening night, one incendiary nerdtastic sequence sparked a mid-movie high five that reignited a now decade long friendship that was nearly lost in the freefall of freshman year. Right movie. Right place. Right time.

That’s why I love movies.

10 The Correspondent We got the sc p Hersey hosts major music competition Noah Karpinski The annual Chicagoland Concert Band Festival is here tomorrow. “This event has evolved over the years to be one of the most important music education events in the Chicagoland area and the United States,” band director, Scott Casagrande, said.

In this competative event some of the best Midwest bands come here to compete.

During the event, Western Illinois University Wind Ensemble will do a special performance.

The main feeder schools to Hersey, MacArthur, River Trails, and Thomas will all be in attendance.

Competitions like this one allow middle school students to see an impressive quality of these high school bands that they will soon be participating in.

Hersey hosts numerous music competitions like this one where schools from all over the country come and show off the great musical talent of their students. “The finest bands in the state travel to Hersey to interact with some of the greatest music education minds in the country,” Casagrande said.

Hersey’s concert band will also be performing this weekend.

For more information about the festival, including schedules, schools, and judges, go to herseyband.com/Fest.

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Medical Academy offers real life experience Aspiring medical students excel in special course Colette Tangney

the class is very committed to doing their utmost to learn about human physiology, mediHidden amongst the face masks, scrubs, and cine and medical careers. Second, there are stunursing/doctoral degrees, specially selected dents in the class from all over the district so we students, seniors Luke Campbell and Shannon all get to learn more about each other and our Cunningham, observing real hospital employ- respective schools. And third, I see the students ees. Rotating throughout the week between every other day for two periods so it’s more like classroom criteria at Prospect High School to teaching a college class than a high school class,” traveling to the actual hospital, Medical Acad- David said.

Once an accepted student, the out-of-classemy offers the next level link to the medical sciroom experience is a rotating focus subjects ence field. to allow the students a chance to explore “The week after winter their possible interests in the medical field. break, I had the opportu“We get placed in a different rotation each nity to enter the operating month, and it’s essentially a different part room in full sterile scrubs, of the hospital where we shadow different mask, and lead gown for medical professionals. For example, my first a full ankle replacement rotation was in the E.R., but it changes each surgery. The surgeon was month. So my current rotation is mother a Michigan and Johns and baby (essentially where women give Hopkins grad and very birth),” Campbell said. outgoing. He was great at Current juniors, upcomexplaining things to me,” ing seniors chosen for Med. Cunningham said.

Academy, prepare themCommitted and deterselves for next’s year major mined, applicants undergo a series of obundertaking. stacles before actual acceptance, a com“As of now I’d like to bepetitive selection process. “It’s similar to a come a physician. I signed college application in that it requires your up for Med. Academy to help transcript, essays, and teacher letters of me decide if medicine is rerecommendation,” Campbell said. Once ally the right direction for my all of the applications have been received, future,” junior Nina PascuMollie David, a science teacher at Prosal said. pect who created the program selects 15 • Selfies Whether it’s simply takkids for the program. tudents, Shannon ing notes on biological sysThroughout the week, these 15 stuCunningham and tems or grabbing a pair of dents study in a classroom three times Luke Campbell taking latex gloves to stand side by a week paired with two days of working selfies in their Medical side a surgeon performing firsthand at local hospitals, which differs Academy scrubs an incision, Medical Acadfrom any other current programs. emy’s high scientific inten“Three things make Med. Academy so different from teaching regular classes. First, sity readies students for a medical career.

I get to choose which students are in the class.

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Retreat inspires student’s calling Isabella Murray

School welcomes student journalists in IHSA event Brian Boyle Hersey will be hosting the IHSA journalism sectional competition on April 25.

This will be the second time this school has hosted the competition.

The competition will see 13 schools competing in 17 different journalism events, including news writing, sports writing, editorial cartooning, and photography.

The competition will be judged by 18 community members who are either journalism professionals, former newspaper advisers, or currently majoring in journalism. This will also be the first time in IHSA history that all six district 214 schools will be competing in the same sectional.

“I’m excited that we’re hosting sectionals. We won two years ago, we barely lost last year, and we’re looking to get the title back,” senior Correspondent staff member Isabella Murray said.

Students who place in the top three in their category will advance to the State journalism competition at Eastern Illinois University on May 1.

“I’m looking to place in the infographics competition at sectionals again. I’ve done so in the past, but I can’t allow myself to get cocky and assume I’ll be going on, especially now that Hersey is hosting.” senior Correspondent staff member Jackson Hargett.

April 17, 2015

“The entire week was a super amazing and humbling experience for me in which I spent a In the midst of after-high-school planning, lot of time praying about what the Lord wantmost students are left wondering what exactly ed me to do with my life,” Kuntz said, “The last they want to or should do after their educations. night we had an amazing prayer time on the With decision day approaching fast, senior beach, and I knelt before the ocean and just lisDavid Kuntz is set in his choice to attend Moody tened to God’s voice for direction in my future.

Bible institute in Chicago next fall, going into It was in that moment that I heard His clear calling for me in ministry.” ministry.

Prior to the trip, Kuntz had planed on going This career choice differs from the convento Wheaton College and was holding back about tional jobs most students are looking at, and the going into ministry because of his pride. “When education path is somewhat different as well. people asked me where I was heading off to colKuntz got accepted in the 5-year Pastoral BA/ lege next fall, I automatically said Wheaton just MA program which means that he can get his to avoid having to explain what masters in only five years.

Moody was and possibly having After Kuntz finishes a career in ministry,” Kuntz said, studying at Moody he “I also had concerns for a while plans to get another deabout how I would be supportgree of some sort, such ing my family through this and as a masters in divinif it was the right career for me ity, which would give him [which were] all selfish anxietmore options as a pastor. ies. God really broke that down “Going into minisin me in North Carolina, and I try means that I will be wasn’t holding back anymore.” serving the Lord in the •Courtesy of David Kunz Kuntz plans on starting out church either as a youth enior David Kunz at the as a youth pastor and hopes to pastor, counseling pasbeach on his North Carolina eventually become a worship tor, etc.,” Kuntz said, “It leader around the country. entails a great journey in “I am very excited about going which I can grow deeper into ministry because of the vast opportunities in my faith while at Moody and working at my job and influence the lives of others simultane- that the Lord has in store for me and my life. I ously, [which are] two things that I absolutely could be traveling the world sharing the Gospel, planting new churches, or staying right here love and have a huge passion for.”

Ministry wasn’t Kuntz’s original plan, though. in Chicago. The possibilities are incredible and He made the official decision while on a trip I know that an amazing journey is before me,” with Harvest Bible Church in North Carolina Kuntz said. over spring break.

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Team hopes to achieve historic season Tim Griffin

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A conference title, a state qualification, and a historic season seems possible for the gymnastics team.

After a terrific start to the Huskies’ season, the boys are currently undefeated in conference (compete against Buffalo Grove for the Mid-Suburban East conference title at the time of press), and have won two out of the three invites that they have competed in so far.

The Huskies have cruised through much of the conference season, defeating Elk Grove, Rolling Meadows, and Prospect in the MSL East division. They also beat both Hoffman Estates and Barrington in the MSL West.

The team will compete against York tomorrow at the Ken Scorza Invite.

“Their minds have been set on state since day one. They want to be MSL East champs and qualify for state as a team,” head coach Dustin Berman said.

The boys success seems to be attributed to the overall depth across their lineup.

Juniors Matt Phelps and Will Nicholson are both allarounders who compete in all six events- floor, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bars.

“We have some great allarounders and great specialists who can pick up some high scores for the team,” Phelps said.

Alongside the individual abilities in Phelps and Nicholson, the team overall has been successful on a certain set of strengths.

“Our best event is the still rings, and we’re also really good at the parallel bars,” Nicholson said.

A historic season could seem iminent for this season or next year, due to the strength in not only the older athletes, but the younger team members as well.

“We are looking to win a conference championship this year and hopefully a state

qualification as a team,” Phelps said.

In order to obtain their goals as a team, a strong team bond is required among all members. It is especially important for the underclassmen to be welcomed by the older members.

The team partakes in occasional pasta parties at the Phelps’ household and frequently hang out together on the weekends.

“We get along well, the positive environment and determination to make each other better helps,” sophomore Sebastian Jackowski said.

Jackowski competes in the floor event, the parallel bars, and the high bar.

“We always support each other and cheer each other on,” Jackowski said.

“This is one of the best group of guys I’ve coached. It’s a big year for Hersey boys gymnastics. They’re bonding inside and out of the gym making the team stronger,” Berman said.

Baseball takes next man up mentality Mark Milligan With spring comes the cracking of bats, the smacking of baseballs against gloves, and the rattling of the fences. However, baseball is kicking off the season with a number of injuries that the team members are currently recovering from.

“Adam Schliesmann is out with an ankle injury, Ryan Allain can’t pitch because of an injured rotator cuff, and Luis Rosado had surgery on his rotator cuff,” senior Will Trossen said.

With the loss of these players, who are mainly pitchers, other guys are having to step in and fill in their spots. The mentality of the team, however, has not changed.

They believe that the next man up will deliver in games.

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out. Guys are stepping up to fill in for him,” junior Dylan Goone said.

The boys played on Monday who they believe is their biggest rival, Prospect. The Huskies had a season high 20 hits in an 11-7 win.

“Prospect is always our biggest rival but that also makes the games more fun and competitive,” senior Campbell White said.

The team is coming off playing well during spring break in Springfield going 1-1.

“We played well in Springfield but only got a chance to play two games. We went 1-1 with a tough loss to defending state champs,” Goone said Springfield was a great way for players to get acclimated for the season by playing against teams they normally wouldn’t during the regular season.

“We were still getting to know each other, so Springfield was a

little rocky, but it was nice to get some games under our belt,” White said.

Along with the experience from playing the games, teammates had a lot of time to get to know each other and bond while in Springfield.

“We had a lot of free time in the hotels and did everything together such as going to the pool or the Lincoln museum. We bonded very well and became closer teammates,” junior Brett Harris said.

The team is working extremely hard everyday to make a push for winning the conference and always a goal of 20 wins.

• Mark Milligan “As a team, we are working unior Brenden Stonequist winds up and delivers a pitch against on playing together and putting all the individual talent into one the Knights. team effort. We play for each other and that makes a huge difference,” Goone said.

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Spring weather puts damper on outdoor sports Spring is the when the most sports are in season, but due to the less than ideal rainy spring weather and the overflow of winter weather into the spring sports season, many teams have been facing problems with fitting in good practices and even being able to participate in games.

One group that has been affected is the softball team. Because all of their games have to be outside, one day of bad weather can ruin the team’s ability to play.

“We get more practice time, so it’s not that bad, but at the same time we’d rather be playing a game and getting that experience,” sophomore Sam Kerr said.

Baseball has also been affected by the weather for similar reasons.

“There have been some years that we cannot practice on a field before our first game, usu-

ally scheduled for last week of March. Games get cancelled quite often in the early part of the season due to poor weather,” baseball coach Bob Huber said.

Because the erratic Chicago weather has made it difficult to create a stable athletic schedule, teams can only make up a portion of their cancelled games.

Not all games that were cancelled due to bad weather can be rescheduled.

“Some games do not get rescheduled due to conference obligations. Games in our league will always be made up, but some of our nonconference opponents that have been canceled will probably not be made up,” Huber said.

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•Girls Track photos taken by Mili Pandya

bove: Senior Peter Wesolowski A jumpsets senior Josh Mailloux while he approaches for a quick attack. The team topped the Knights 2-1.

• Soccer photos by Eric Czarnota bove: A Senior Emma Slo-

sar battles for control of the ball at Rolling Meadows.

The Huskies beat the Mustangs 2-0. ight: Senior Bart Migus follows through on an attack from the outside.

R Senior Kayla Knauss chases Above: down a loose ball to stop an attack.

What’s the game plan?

Boys Water Polo

• Volleyball photos by Caitlin Strozewski

Baseball “We are trying to work our offense and defense into a good rhythm.”

-Senior Nick Zouras

“We need to work more cohesively as a team.”

-Senior Jake Hall Girls Water Polo “We want to develop as a team and support each other.”

-Junior Caleigh O’Neal