April 4, 2014
Volume 15
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John Hersey High School-1900 E. Thomas St., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
April ACT Anxieties
Tweets for Treats District-wide Twitter competition encourages school spirit Kelly McCarthy
• Danielle Eriksson
Juniors prepare for the upcoming ACTS during a class on March 17. Students cope with changes to standardized tests Jake Mabus Danielle Eriksson It’s April, which means the PSAE tests are on the way. However, a few changes have been made to the usual testing schedule. Instead of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors all taking the ACT on Wednesday April 23 and only the juniors taking the Work Keys vocational tests on Thursday April 24 like in previous years, the testing will be changed this year. The sophomores and juniors will be taking the ACT on April 23 with dismissal at 12:15 p.m. and the freshmen will be testing while the juniors take the Work Keys on April 24 until 10:30 a.m. Classes will continue on a special schedule from 11:00 a.m. until 2:50 p.m. “[The changes were made] to better align with the teachers’ schedules,” said assessment supervisor Maggie Roland. “The freshman test is slightly shorter.” In addition to these small alterations, more significant changes will come next year.
“This is the last year for Prairie State,” Roland said. “We will be using the PARCC test.” According to its official website, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, is a new standardized test that is being widely researched throughout the country, including here. “We are doing trial runs in April,” said Roland. One student who is a part of these trials is freshman Lorelei Junkel. “My English class is piloting it,” Junkel said. “We’re testing on April 2, 4, and 7.” The pilots will be held in the library in the self-computer bank area. “[The PARCC test] is common core,” said Roland. In other words, the test will assess curriculum that is common to students around the country rather than specific skills in English, math, and science like the ACT. Since the PSAE test is gone as of next year, students will need to take the ACT, or SAT depending on what university they choose, out of school and pay for it themselves. “I think it’s slightly going to
discourage kids,” said Junkel. “For the kids on the border about going to college, it’s going to decrease the amount that takes it if they don’t have time or can’t afford it.” Since students may still need to take the ACT, it is important to prepare. The school offers ACT preparation classes. “I took a class here that taught you smart methods regarding the ACT on taking it,” said senior Maya Moyal. There are also other options as far as prep classes go. “My parents hired a private tutor, and we met every Saturday,” senior Nick Zouras said. For students taking the SAT, however, preparing for testing will be a little more convenient from now on. SAT has teamed up with free online tutoring service Khan Academy to offer free online SAT prep starting this year, according to the official SAT website. No matter what test students take, assessments can take a large amount of time and effort and can really take a toll on them. “I recommend not to stress out,” Moyal said.
District 214 is introducing a district-wide twitter competition that started on Monday, and continues until April 11. Each school will receive points for new followers and retweets from their original accounts. The winning school will receive a trophy and ice cream vouchers for all students and staff members provided by Capannari Ice Cream in Mount Prospect. In addition to that, a Capannari ice cream flavor will be named in honor of the winning school. “I think it’s a good idea because it will get more people to know about what is going on in the school and participate more,”sophomore Annie Barton said. The school twitter accounts post updates about various topics such as athletics, awards, fine arts, performing arts, and classroom events. This contest is a way for District 214 to get parents, alumni, students, and other community members involved in the district and specific schools’ events. Students can also check out District 214’s Facebook page, Instagram account, and YouTube account.
Be sure to follow Hersey’s account, @HerseyHuskies and use the hashtag #214GetSocial.
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“We went to Feed My Starving Children,” -freshmen Kelly Weyhrich and Carly Silva. •See other acts of kindness after the school assembly on PAGE 3
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Sleeping late rates Kelly McCarthy Students are constantly hearing how important it is for them to get enough sleep, but for students who are involved in sports or other activities, going to bed early just isn’t an option. While 8:30 late start days help students to catch up on a little sleep, the 9:30 late start days provide students with the extra energy boost that only sleep can give them. According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers should get somewhere between eight and a half and nine and a quarter hours of sleep every night, but only fifteen percent of teens get the minimum eight and a half hours of sleep. Many studies have shown that when schools begin an hour later than normal, students have more energy and perform better in school and on their homework. Although 9:30 late start days shorten class periods by a considerable amount of time, these mornings are greatly anticipated and extremely appreciated by students. Being able to catch up on their sleep is important to most students and 9:30 late start days are definitely the best way to catch up on sleep. For students who drive, being tired just isn’t an option. If students
drive while they are extremely tired, that’s just as dangerous as driving with the blood alcohol content of .08 percent, which is the level where driving becomes illegal. 100,000 car accidents occur each year due to teens being exhausted while driving according to the National Sleep Foundation. However, sleep isn’t just especially important for students who drive. Studies have shown that since most high schools start early in the morning, students don’t get enough sleep and they end up not doing their best in classes because they are so tired. Starting school an hour later gives students more energy and then they can put more effort into paying attention during class, taking tests, and their homework. Although starting school at 8:30 every Thursday is great, many students still have to arrive at the regular time. This is because the buses still come at the regular time, so for students who don’t have a car or a ride to school later, the late starts don’t benefit them. If we are given more 9:30 late starts, students will perform better during school and afterwards while they are studying and doing homework.
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Twitter contest good idea needs better follow through The Friday before break, Hersey alumni Doug Frye challenged the Huskies to spread acts of kindness throughout the hallways in exchange for intervals of money. He challenged the student body to tweet their acts of kindness with the hashtag #huskiescare. Frye had good intentions because he was willing to donate money to the school just for a specific number of tweets. The idea was great, however, the organization and execution was not. The downside of this major act of kindness is that it was announced at an assembly just hours before spring break and with part of the student population either on vacation or leaving for vacation. With so many people absent and with the upcoming break on the minds of many, the news about tweeting acts of kindness wasn’t spread effectively.
If Frye had spoken at the beginning of the assembly, instead of the end, maybe more people would have been paying attention. By the end of the assembly, students were more than ready to leave. More students would have tweeted their acts of kindness if Frye had been given the spotlight first, not last. Because Frye spoke at the end of the assembly, there could have at least been a reminder e-mail and tweet sent out to students. That way, students who hadn’t been paying attention during the assembly and students who were absent that day could have been notified about the opportunity. But, really, students should just do acts of kindness just to be good people, not for money. They should be kind because it is the right thing to do and not because they are bribed to be generous people.
Electronic textbooks outweigh traditional methodsBooks Emily Dattilo In a world where a four year old is able to easily navigate an iPod Touch, it seems irrelevant for high school students to still be lugging heavy backpacks through the halls. As soon as the bell rings, the decision is made on what is needed to take home in order to complete the night’s homework. Sometimes it’s as easy as throwing in an extra folder, while at others, multiple textbooks are a necessity. All of that extra weight adds up,
and according to the American Chiropractic Association, “backpacking-related injuries sent more than 7,000 people to the emergency room in 2001 alone.” Although this statistic may be a little extreme, the point is that backpacks have been proven to cause damage. Walking back and forth during school hours can add up to a lot of unneeded pressure on a student’s back. Electronic textbooks could solve this simple problem by largely reducing the amount of weight teenagers are dealing with everyday. There is enough technology avail-
able in the school to put all of the books onto one database, and allow anyone to access them. The simplicity of this idea is obvious, but where the problem could come is financially. IPads, tablets, and digital text don’t come cheap, but with some fundraisers, the technology would be readily available to the community. The idea of electronic textbooks is something that parents and students have the option to get behind, and if they do, a change could be right around the corner.
iPad
Itunes price jumps empties angry students’ wallets Zoe Strozewski
Ever since Apple released the iPod Touch and started offering the purchase of individual songs on iTunes, the extensive amount of CD sales has significantly decreased. For the first time, people were able to designate their favorite songs and purchase them without the added cost of the remaining songs on the album that they weren’t as fond of. This seemed like a good deal
for a while, but in 2009 iTunes announced that the price of the most popular songs on the market would go up to $1.29 from $0.99. The least popular songs could be priced as low as $0.69. A whole dollar for a song was already pushing it, but to charge more for a song based on its popularity is simply outrageous. This hasn’t significantly deterred the song sales, but why would someone buy a digital album when they could buy a real album for less
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Other online music stores, which admittedly aren’t as easily accessed and don’t sell songs of equal quality, will at least give listeners a fair price. This may seem like a length only the biggest cheapskate would go to, but in a world where a gallon of gas can cost over four dollars, people with limited funds need to find something to cut back on before they go broke.
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opinions April 4, 2014 3 J2 Extra Students sound off What acts of kindness did you do over break? (Students were encouraged to tweet about their acts of kindness, some did acts of kindness but did not tweet to @HerseyHuskies).
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Hear me out! Hear me out! Hear me out! Hear me out! Sports awards spark school spirit
Inconsiderate students cause crowded hallways
Jack Warner
Daisy Calderon
Sports awards: some like them and some don’t. I enjoy them because it is a final get together for the team and a cool recap of the season. It is cool to get all the sports teams together and hear them talk about all they have accomplished. I also like to see all the individual success such as MVP awards, All-Conference, and other awards. To some, it is just another boring event where they have to sit down for two hours. Many kids say that they don’t like them because all the coaches say the same thing over and over. In all, sports awards is a great night to get together before athletes move on to the next sport.
Hallways seem more crowded even though we have fewer students than other years. One of the biggest issues is that students gather up in the hallways to talk to their friends, not knowing that they are holding up students behind them. Another issue is carrying big book bags while walking in the hallways. People think it doesn’t bother other people, but it does. It takes up space and makes the hallways crowded. They shouldn’t carry everything around and they should try to use their lockers. It effects students to take a little longer to walk to class.
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Three instruments introduce intensely constructed music Nate Horne
Imagine this: a band that uses pieces of carefully crafted wood-or instruments-to produce music and they use their legitimate voice to sing words that are relatable and doesn’t reference “Hannah Montana”. Incredibly unfamiliar, right? It seems as if there is a lack of this in today’s generation; a lack of creating music the “old fashioned way” where they made songs without a computer. One band in particular that uses “old” techniques to create modern themed and structured music, and does a phenomenal job of doing so, is Nickel Creek. Nickel Creek recently released their seventh album, “A Dotted Line” on Tuesday. Their latest album contains 10 beautifully crafted songs that keep the listener constantly interested and intrigued. The trio subtly accompanies powerful harmonization with intense chord progressions and rhythms that truly show how masterpieces can be created with only a mandolin, violin, and guitar. Listeners won’t be able to stop themselves from singing along, even if they don’t know the words. The group carefully uses the acoustic instruments to not only produce enjoyable
melodies but to keep rhythmic background as well. Although Nickel Creek only uses three instruments, the sound produced is beyond imaginable. The three instruments perfectly compliment each other and intelligently agree with one another in a such a way that each instrument has their own distinct contribution to the song that perfectly adds together to create amazing works of music. Due to the use of three blue-grassy or country instruments, you’ll be amazed to hear how pop cultural these songs can sound. I’m not saying they talk about drugs and have extreme base drops, but they have upbeat tempos and relevant lyrics to this day and age. For a band that has been around for over 20 years, they have greatly evolved and continue to have much diversity while keeping their acoustic genre the same. They had a much more unusual sound in the ninety’s that has turned into a more typical sound that is Courtesy of www.NickelCreek.com still played in their own way. “A Dotted Line” is by far the best album ickel Creek’s new album “Destination” is for yet, and I urge all music lovers interested in a sale now change from today’s typical pop to have a listen and discover how enjoyable a mandolin, guitar, and violin can really be.
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New album spurs excitement Jake Mabus
Beck has returned to the music scene with “Morning Phase,” his 12th studio album and first since 2008 album “Modern Guilt.” After a string of heavily electronic releases such as “Guero”, which was produced by The Dust Brothers, and “Modern Guilt”, which was produced by Danger Mouse, Beck returns to his more acoustic oriented roots on “Morning Phase”, the self-produced companion album to 2002’s critically acclaimed, folkinfluenced release, “Sea Change”. With “Morning Phase,” Beck utilizes the highly successful formula of melancholy melodies, personal lyrics, and emotional vocals that makes up “Sea Change” to create a new selection of great music. Beck fans, particularly those who enjoyed “Sea Change” will love songs like “Morning”, “Say Goodbye”, and
Courtesy of www.Beck.com new album cover for Beck’s Morning Phase”. In stores “now. “Blue Moon”, the lead-single off of the album. Like its companion album, “Morning Phase” features orchestral arrangement by Beck’s father
David Campbell. These lush arrangements shape a sort of landscape within the music that helps it flow and adds to the overall atmosphere of the album, prominently on the spacey “Wave” and the transition pieces “Cycle” and “Phase”. Beck also brings the same emotion that “Sea Change” brought to the table providing an excellent and very believable vocal performance, notably on “Say Goodbye” and “Wave.” And to bring it all together, “Waking Light,” the closing track, is the perfect song to conclude the album. Beck has once again proven to his listeners that music has limitless possibilities. When paired with “Sea Change”, the two albums create a masterpiece of mellow, acoustic-based music.
Fruits and veggies earn five stars Ellen Bakal Pure Juice Café just smacks all fast food in the face. I walked in and immediately smelled the exotic and tasteful fruits and vegetables. Within a minute, I felt internally cleansed. The whole idea of the café is beyond genius; a blend of sweet snacks made from all raw and healthy ingredients is exactly what was needed in this world full of calories and high sugar counts. Instead of going to a fast food place like Chipotle or McDonald’s and taking in thousands of calories that will fuel me up for nothing, I can drive the same distance and enjoy a perfectly lean and organic meal. The restaurant is known for its pure juice, hence the name, but also
contains a large variety of both organic and raw snacks and desserts. Juicing is an obsession mainly on the West coast. The fact that Pure Juice is in the midst of our Midwest suburban lives is genius, opening up minds to a new way to eat. ‘The juices are particularly tasteful, whether I want a nice energy boost to sub in for a highly caffeinated coffee or an immune booster when I’m not feeling too hot, juice is the way to go, and they’ve got a squeeze for everybody under any circumstance. To my confusion, each juice is 100 percent natural, no sugar added, yet still tastes up to par. How these juicers can make celery and carrots in a liquid form taste fresh and sweet is a shock. Juice is new and not up everyone’s
alley, therefor the café adds in flavor blasted and healthy desserts and even coffees and hot cocoas. Even the desserts are made from only ingredients from the ground. That is the restaurant theme, all ground picked. The awe I have for this place is insane because the taste of each juice, dessert, smoothie, or snack is just as great tasting and filling as things that I’d purchase at per say, Starbucks, which most definitely does not benefit my health the way this will, and all for similar prices.
Nike apps make exercise fun Ellen Bakal Marking distance, speed, and time, the Nike Running app is perfect for any runner’s needs, and replaces the need for a speed watch, iPod, and at times, a track. Runners with the app have the choice to go on a basic, distance, time, or speed run. Each selection will log the route ran with a GPS feature and the time it was run in. As a runner, a lot of practice I do is solo, and now I can set my music on the app, decide my running goal, and the app will continuously tell me how much farther I have to go, and what my speed is. Like a coach, Nike Running asks how I feel after every run and has the user load the shoes worn into the phone to tell the effects. After a normal run, about forty minutes, the app “speaks” to me and reminds me to push my hardest and keep a steady pace. Each time I get half way to my goal it tells me my time, speed, and how far away I am from accomplishing my mission.
Courtesy of Ellen Bakal Juice’s playful interior. Find Pure Pure Juice in down town Arlington Heights.
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april 4, 2014
Athletes accessorize to create images
Colin Mallers
Throughout the history of sports, we have seen a variety of player accessories. These accessories may give a person an unwanted image. “Amar’e Stoudemire with those glasses, just looks like a goon,” freshman Danny Gritt said. Suddenly, stars may appear as complete freaks. Professionals are given credit for keeping concentration while wearing goggles or masks on their face. Accessories such as headbands provide some style on the court. But things they may be putting off a different image. “The kids that wear all of those useless clothing are pretentious and
look like they don’t belong. It looks like there’s something wrong with the way they think they should look,” sophomore Danny Zaremba said. Whether it is by tattoos or hairstyles, athletes express their individuality on the floor. A player wearing small, deliberate accessories such as a pad on their knees or a rubber band on their wrists usually have a reason: from luck to an idea rooted in the object. “I wear accessories because I think they’re lucky,” freshman Kenny Hasley said. The world sports accessory industry is expected to exceed $20 billion by 2015. The main reason why this industry makes a good
amount of money may just depend on an athlete’s need for accessories. Though accessories might not necessarily have a positive influence on a player’s game, they seem to help the player’s mind, although it can make the athlete look like he doesn’t belong. It could be argued that players should be recognized by what they do on the spot playing not what they wear.
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runners train hard to excel while Track rockin’ their tights
Students take on modern musical ‘Legally Blonde’ Danielle Eriksson The drama department will be presenting the musical, “Legally Blonde” on April 24, 25, 26. The actors and actresses are getting pumped up to show everyone their hardly-worked on performance of this American romantic comedy. In the past, musicals and plays at here have been usually historical with their settings that take place
back in the 1920-1940s. Considering this, the theater kids here are stoked to do this more up to date musical. Sophomore Carely Coleman said, “Everyone is really excited. We haven’t really done a musical with this kind of modern music in a while. It’s new and fresh to us.” With positive vibes all around the scene while putting the musical together, everyone is bonding
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and confidence within each other. “We all love hanging out together, everyone in the cast is very friendly and super nice,” sophomore Brett Miller said. The cast is spending a large amount of time together as they work to perfect the musical. “We are all making memories and enjoying each others’ presence even though there’s long hours of rehearsal and preparing,” Miller said.
With everyone’s enthusiasm, the musical can be expected to turn out well. The hard work will definitely be paid off for these committed actors and actresses. “It’s all going to look so well and come together. The set is even really amazing. You can tell all of the people are very committed to their characters and are getting very into it,” sophomore Chloe Nabors said.
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Baseball works for 20 win season Mark Milligan
The baseball team tied a tough Evanston team 4-4 on Tuesday, going eight innings before the game was called for darkness. Junior Ryan Allain pitched six strong innings throwing 110 pitches. Junior Nick Zouras pitched in relief for the last two, striking out the final five batters to ensure the tie. Defensively, the boys helped out the pitchers. Defense included an unassisted double play by senior shortstop Andrew Segalla. Spring break in Springfield is where the baseball team began the 2014 season. They were 1-2 during
their road trip, splitting two games with Quincy Notre Dame and losing to Springfield Sacred Heart. Allain and senior Eric Labahn each hit a home run in the win over Quincy. The players worked hard in the off-season. “[I played] fall ball through Hersey and got personal coaching at the athletic barn,” senior Joe Silva said. “[Players] started lifting in November three times a week and had free plays at 6 a.m. a few times a week. We started practice in the beginning of March and were there at 5:15 most mornings,” sophomore Tanner Luke said. A lot of returning seniors bring
experience to the team this season. Silva, a returning outfielder, is going to play baseball next year for Concordia University, Chicago. Other returning starters include seniors catcher CJ Reichl, Joey Koutnik, a pitcher who has committed to play for North Central College next year, infielder Jack Warner, Segalla, infielder, LeBahn, infielder and pitcher, and pitcher Tommy Pearson,. The team will face a number of tough opponents throughout the season. “Our biggest rival, I would say, is Prospect because it is always a close competition game and they are one of the closer schools to JHHS. My
personal rival is Wheeling because I have a lot of friends who go there,” Luke said. “Our goal is always to beat Prospect,” junior Will Trossen said. The team has several other goals for the season. The most important, according to all the players, is to win 20 games. Silva also said the team wants to “compete for division and conference and go into the playoffs with a lot of momentum.” Coach Bob Huber has been successful in helping his team achieve these goals. His success earned him a place in the Illinois Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame for the class of 2013.
Girls track team trains towards success Kelly McCarthy
The girls track team has started off their season and has already competed in four meets. The team’s next meet is on Tuesday against Elk Grove at Buffalo Grove. “A lot of really talented girls have come out for track and everybody is working really hard at practice,” senior Emily Niklewicz said. The team’s hard work seems to be paying off because, already, “a whole bunch of girls beat their personal records,” junior Laura Bjankini said. For the girls, individually pre-
paring themselves for the meets is important because it helps them to perform their best. “I have to get enough sleep the night before and eat well if I want to do well. On the bus, I always listen to the same playlist, and at the meet I always do the same warm up,” Bjankini said. Already, the girls have seen some tough competition, and are looking at the competition to come. “We have a ton of really good schools in our division. I would probably say Palatine is one of our biggest competitors,” Niklewicz said.
Boys track team breaks records Eric Czamota The boys track team is looking to set more records at the Bartlett Invite on Easter weekend and the East Divisional meet at Rolling Meadows. The Huskies placed 5 out of all 12 teams in the MSL but on top of all the teams in the MSL East. The MSL East Divisional meet is on April 24. “Winning the East has been a team goal since last year when we lost to Prsopect,” sophomore Nick Wagner said. With the results from the indoor conference, the team thinks they can accomplish this goal, despite competition. “Prospect is probably our biggest rival in the division
because they beat us last year and they always got good runners so we’re going to have to keep training hard,” sophomore Jared Polfuss said. The indoor season ended on March 22. At indoor conference were three new school records where created. In the 4x800 relay a time of 8:01.1 was set by seniors Andy Philipose and Kevin Kovach and juniors Grant Von der Lippe and Kevin Ziegenhorn In the 4x200, the time of 1:35.90 was set by juniors Cole Monckton, Marc Trevino, Kyle Svoboda and Polfuss. Kovach set a new record in the open 400m, running a 52.6.
The team is hoping to end up placing well at conference and sectionals. “So far I think we’re looking pretty good for conference and sectionals in May, and hopefully some girls will make it down to state,” Niklewicz said. “I’m excited to see where our team will end up in the outdoor season,” Bjankini said.
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