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uture principal Gordon Sisson introduces himself to school resource officer Pete Hamerick and data processor Audrey Back at a faculty meet and greet last week. Sisson plans to come in without an agenda of change for the school. “I am looking forward to being in an environment that celebrates education,” Sisson said.

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“I want to learn what Hersey is all about first, and go from there.”

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“I’m looking for someone who can run the school as well as Dr. Cantrell did,” junior Melissa Giovannini said. “I’m looking forward to see what he has to offer.”

As far as changes go, some would like to see a few tweaks in the academics and co-curricular codes.

“I’m hoping the new principal gives a new energy to Hersey, and has the ability to connect and communicate with everyone,” junior Jenna Borrelli said. “I hope he can be somewhat lenient about some school codes like hats, cell phones, etc., but I hope he continues to bring out the Hersey pride.”

Cantrell seems to be confident with this choice, academically. “He seems to understand the curriculum. He took the ‘Hersey Model’ up to Wisconsin and used it there.”

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works on some school improvements, like building up our school with some new construction,” junior Jenny Bishop said.

Students also want Sisson to place equal emphasis on fine arts as well as athletics. “What is really important to me is that I hope he keeps supporting the arts as Dr. Cantrell does now,” sophomore Lisa Norling said.

Although students are excited to meet Sisson, they are still sad to see Cantrell go.

“I’m going to miss Cantrell’s humor, she’s really funny if you get to know her on a personal level,” Borrelli said.

“She was a good principal and helped me out during some situations,” sophomore Brian Ozaeta said.

Cantrell hopes that Sisson will come in with an open-mind and believes that the transition will be smooth. She also believes that this school is great the way it is.

“We are not a school that needs to be fixed, Cantrell said. However, she added, “It doesn’t matter how good you are, you can always be better.”

Dr. Cantrell is confident that the current staff will lead Sisson through the transition. “Everybody does their job efficiently and the infrastructure of our school is so strong,” Cantrell said.

Sisson is looking forward to leading the school, and will likely be walking the halls again within the next few months. He encourages students to not be shy and greet him.

“I am very approachable and quite friendly, be sure to say hello in the halls,” Sisson said

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Go green! It’s a saying many have heard but maybe haven’t applied to their everyday lives.

Busy teenagers may find it difficult to fit in helping the environment.

The newly formed 4 R’s Green Team can give students the opportunity t o help the environment.

The club stands for reduce, reuse, recycle, and most importantly, rethink. Led by campus security guard Nancy Anderson, they hope to do one simple thing- make this school a better place.

From now on, late days will now be renamed to Recycle Thursday to represent the Green Team’s new project. Everyone can become involved in the collection of old things.

Toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and pumps, dental floss dispensers, scotch tape dispensers, cell phones, batteries, and old athletic shoes are all being collected at the three bins by each main entrance.

Any day at any time they’re accepting these items, Recycle Thursday is just a weekly reminder for students to go home and bring any of these items in to be recycled.

This is a easy, helpful way to participate. “Why wouldn’t they participate, we’re all sharing this earth, so why not contribute,” Anderson said.

Recycle Thursday is not only a way to help the environment, but it can also help the school.

Terracycle Brigade Program is World wide collection program that will pay the school money for the collection of the items.

“I think this is a great idea because it’s something everyone could easily do and will help in the long run,” sophomore Erin Moody said.

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part in the YMCA and the Wisconsin State Music Association Boards, the Norwood Mental Health Hospital Human Rights Committee, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Advisory Council, and the Kiwanis Club of Marshfield.

Sisson plans to get to know the school before he makes any big changes.

“I want to learn what Hersey is all about first, and go from there,” Sisson said.

Students have high standards and hope Sisson will live up to their expectations.

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Students may have been puzzled by the presence of a tall, outgoing, well-dressed man roaming through the halls on Feb. 9. Faculty members approached him with a smile, shaking hands and showing him around.

This man, Gordon J. Sisson, is the new face of Hersey, replacing Dr. Tina Cantrell as principal next fall.

“I am absolutely thrilled.

Hersey is one of the finest educational institutions. I’m excited to join the Huskie family,” Sisson said.

A week prior, Sisson was announced as principal at the District 214 board meeting at Forest View Educational Center.

Leading up to the announcement, a panel was chosen to interview candidates for the job. It came down to four finalists, with Sisson having all the necessary credentials.

“I hope he brings the same passion for our students, curriculum, and activities as I do, but you can’t understand the school until you’re a part of it,” principal Dr. Tina Cantrell said.

Sisson began teaching English in 1978 at Marshfield Junior High in Marshfield, Wisconsin. He became assistant principal, then principal at Grant Elementary in Marshfield. In 2002, he was named assistant principal at Marshfield High School, then principal in 2008.

According to The Washington Post, Marshfield High School was ranked number one in Wisconsin in its National High School Challenge, under Sisson’s leadership.

The list awards schools that take extra steps in preparing their students for college.

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But students don’t have to worry if they don’t conduct illegal business via text. “If you have nothing to hide, you’re fine,” Philipose said.

“You don’t know what they’re going to check,” Kalafatis said.

According to Hamrick, there haven’t been any incidents like Stevenson here; “I’m not aware of anything found on cell phones that have led to an arrest,” Hamrick said.

If suspicions of illicit activities were to arise, the school would conduct an investigation and turn over any contraband found to officer Hamrick.

“It’s understandable from both sides,” Kalafatis said. “It’s reasonable because it’s for a good cause, but it’s also an invasion of privacy.”

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After years of wear and tear the Arlington Heights Park District has decided to renovate a few parks and facilities including Camelot, Frontier, Heritage, and Recreation Park. Students have memories of preschool, basketball, floor hockey, baseball, and swim lessons at these parks.

“When I was little I took swimming lessons at Rec. Park in the summer and I had basketball practices at Frontier,” sophomore Joe Silva said.

Other park programs include dance lessons, cultural art programs, and a wide variety of summer sports camps.

All parks will be improving accessibility, expanding their parking spaces, getting an indoor walking path, creating a multipurpose programming room, and adding a full-size gymnasium.

Frontier will be adding a double gym. In addition, Frontier and Heritage will

prove or disapprove a $48 million Caution dollar bond that will spread over 25 years. Of that money, $44.2 million will be put towards renovations and the remaining $3.8 million will be used for improvements, depending on their necessity, at Sunset Meadows Park, Frontier Park, Centennial Park, Melas Park, and Lake Arlington.

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The Arlington Heights Park A new bike path will be built District has not released a date yet at Lake Arlington to keep the run- on the beginning of the project, but ners safe from bikers. The opposite once complete the parks will bring of additions comes to Hasbrook a new life to Arlington Heights. where all existing buildings will be Renovated, demolished, or built destroyed. from nothing Arlington Heights is On March 20 Arlington about to get a new look to its public Heights residents will vote to ap- parks. caution

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After three days of delays, Greek leaders began to resume talks of the debt crisis last Wednesday. The prime minister will be reviewing a plan for large cutbacks in return for a $170 billion bailout.

This bailout would be the second large one for Greece.

“Being Greek, I find this pretty bad. I don’t want my home country ruining it for everyone else!” freshman Ian Roberts said.

The decision will be announced at a meeting with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. The capital city of Athens is under pressure to reduce pension payments and minimum wages, even after they agreed to fire up to 15,000 workers in 2012.

Greece is only one country in the world and it might not seem significant, but it, along with the rest of Europe, use the euro. This means if one country hits hard times, it affects everyone. And if all of Europe is affected, the rest of the world is going to be affected.

Not everyone here is familiar in world events though. “ The what? No, no I haven’t heard anything about that,” freshman Kristen Burckhardt said.

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Recently at Adlai E. Stevenson High School, a drug bust was orchestrated by the police and school staff.

It was carried out by confiscating students’ cell phones and reading their text messages.

The students had been arranging drug sales via text, and the police and school officials were able to use the texts to trace the buyers and suppliers.

Students are uncomfortable about the measures the administrators took to investigate the dealings.

“It’s an invasion of privacy, but I get why Stevenson did it because it was a serious matter,” freshman Isha Kapadia said.

“It’s good that they’re busting kids on drugs, but they did it through an invasion of privacy, and they shouldn’t have done that,” sophomore Alexandra Porcaro said.

Invading their privacy seems to be the largest qualm students have about administrators using phones to trace illegal activities.

“I don’t know where they’d draw the line,” senior Natasha Kalafatis said.

Going through a phone is like going through a student’s car; the administrators have to have reasonable suspicion to do it.

“The deans are the ones that look through the phones. They can only look through with reasonable suspicion, like breaking school’s rules,” school resource officer Pete Hamrick said.

Hamrick added that the deans might suspect a student of drug

dealing if he was found giving money to another student.

However, while students support going after contraband, going through phones seems to be a borderline acceptable method of doing so.

Students seem to think that phones should be left alone. “It’s a good idea to catch the drug users,” sophomore Natasha Cook said. “But going through student’s phones is an invasion of privacy.”

“I think it causes a problem with trust between people,” Kalafatis said.

Other students are in favor of the idea if it’s for a serious occasion.

“If they were going through every cell phone in the school, that wouldn’t be alright, but if they’re doing it to the people who have drugs, that’s fine,” sophomore Andy Philipose said.

Some students may see it as a search and seizure of private property, and try to impede the process by using a passcode, but administ rators have the right to ask for those.

“If I were to ask for a passcode, I would need probable cause. The deans could suspend you for insubordination [if you didn’t comply],” Hamrick said.

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In San Francisco, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional on Feb. 8.

Called both “historic” and “misguided,” the ruling is sure to make a major impact. It was found that the ban on same-sex marriages, also known as Proposition 8, denies gay and lesbian couples their civil rights.

Students were moved by the narrow 2-1 decision. “I agree that it’s unconstitutional. How can you say it’s a free country if you’re going to forbid two people who love each other from spending their lives together?” senior Caitlin Featherstone-Priester said.

The ruling could impact the futures of students here. The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act (a marriage equality bill) was introduced to the Illinois General Assembly last week, and Governor Pat Quinn is unsure about whether or not he’ll support it. “I think he’s being a wimp by not taking a position,” junior Philip Tubergen said. “He should make a decision and stand with it.”

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Brian Loomis Senior Cassidy Muir was selected as a Distinguished finalist for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards in Illinois. This award is based off of a person’s volunteer service. Muir was selected as one of eight distinguished finalists in the state.

Muir was selected based off of her service to areas of poverty across the world. She specifically focused on the area of Angola after her trip with Rise International where she visited villages.

“I wanted to know what I could do to help,” Muir said.

After her trip with Rise International, Muir spent time over her summer to utilize the opportunity to help. In the Summer 2009 and 2010 Muir traveled to Kenya with Oasis for Orphans.

In 2010, Muir visited one of the hardest hit areas of Haiti where she worked to rebuild schools and serve food.

• photo courtesy of Cassidy Muir enior Cassidy Muir, third from right, was selected because of her work in Angola. She worked with Rise International to combat poverty in Kenya and Haiti as well. “Talking to the kids was a life changing experience for me,” Muir said.

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“One of the saddest moments of my trip was when we ran out of sandwiches to give out, and there were still more kids waiting in line. I realized that these kids would probably be unable to eat food for the rest of the day,” Muir said.

Muir has also worked in El Salvador to construct houses.

She has even worked to help better the world here where she is involved with Ubuntu and Invisible Children.

“With all of the opportunities that we have been given, we should use whatever we can in our power to help those who are less fortunate than us,” Muir said.

DECA means business in Decatur, advance to state tournament Max Bestvina Garett Matchen

In state competitions, many people may only think of athletes as contestants. However, that is not always not the case. On March 8-10, members from the school’s DECA team will be heading off to state.

DECA, which is short for Distributive Economic Club of America, is a business club that places students in market-like situations, where students are judged.

“I’m a rookie this year, so it’s my first year competing in DECA, I’m competing in the marketing management services division,” senior Blake Robinson said.

The club brought 40 medals for placing top three in either economics or two different business-role scenarios. Overall, 22 students will be competing in upcoming state.

Competing in competition requires a lot of practice and research before heading out. Competitors may practice with mock situations and tests.

“I need to study for the economics test and continue practicing role plays,” Robinson said. “[I am] practicing with my partner two days a week, and I am also going over old role plays, economic tests, and market tests,” Druffel said.

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“I feel comfortable talking to adults and that skill has carried me,” Robinson said.

With state coming up, the students competing are preparing vigorously, and are already proud of their previous accomplishments.

“I ended up taking first place in the marketing management service division. I’m doing this mostly for the experience, but I would love to place in state and go to nationals. If I don’t [place in state], I won’t be upset because getting experience in the business world was a good enough reward,” Robinson said.

“Being in DECA has been helping me improve my resumé, and it prepares me for entering the business world,” Martin said.

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Ashley Hawkins Emily Swanson The speech team is full of students willing to memorize short stories, poems, speeches, or radio broadcasts and compete against other dedicated individuals. On Feb. 4, four students qualified for Sectionals at Hoffman Estates: Rachel Campbell in oratorical declamation, Aremi Arroyo in poetry, Claire O’Donnell in special occasion speaking, and Andrew Napora in radio. At Sectionals this past weekend, O’Donnell made it to finals in her event, but did not qualify for state.

“I was the only one that broke into finals; I got fourth place. It was disappointing, but last year I was the only person who qualified for sectionals. This year we did really

well overall, we’ve done better than past years,” O’Donnell said.

Success didn’t come easy. The team put forth a lot of effort throughout the season. “We practiced a lot after school with our coaches, looking at all the details that go into our speeches,” Campbell said.

The improvements were apparent to everyone. “It was definitely a growing year. We almost doubled in size, we were still extremely successful,” coach Amanda Ams said.

Overall, the team was proud of their season, excelling individually and forming tight bonds with one another.

“We had an amazing team this season.

They all did a great job performance wise, and I wouldn’t substitute them for anyone else. [I enjoyed] the people. I get to know new people who

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I can compete with. My team and my coaches have become my family,” Campbell said.

Freshman James Crim agreed. “Everyone is just awesome. I enjoyed getting better at performing after each competition, and of course, all of the hilarious moments we had this year.”

“We had a very successful season, and we really grew and came closer as a team which is the most important thing to look back on,” Campbell said.

The team looks forward to next season, encouraging anyone interested to join.

“Be on the lookout for speech summer camps, and lookout for auditions in the fall,” Ams said. “Everyone is welcome! We’re not just public speaking, we also have acting events.”

Local grocery store checks out, to close indefinitely Dan Mika be laid off.

After almost six years of serving their community with high-quality produce, the Arlington Heights branch of local grocery c h a i n Garden Fresh will close their doors no later than March 4.

The Wheeling-based company notified the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity of the closure on Jan. 5, citing that the store wasn’t generating enough revenue to sustain itself.

The store has been displaying signs outside and around the building saying their store would be closing down on March 4, but for a temporary remodeling instead of permanently closing.

Approximately 76 people are employed at that location and it appears that all but six will

“It’s really painful, but we have to do it,” said corporate general manager Golan Mor. “It hurts everyone, but we don’t have too many choices.

We’re going to try and save as many jobs as possible.”

The company is encouraging their affected employees to apply to different locations. “We’d rather show favoritism with people that have worked with us before, but we’re still subject to all the same regulations that we’re held to before.”

Mor also discussed the signs around the store. “We were considering remodeling the store but decided against it,” Mor said. “They’re going to change the signs.” He also ruled out any other stores closing down in the near future.

Local students are mostly disappointed with the store’s closure. “I really like the diversity in their stores,” freshman Kayla Knauss said.

“It’s a shame that they’re closing down; it

was a decent store,” s e n i o r Jamie Miller said. “I liked their vegetarian options,” freshman Kaidlin Janowiak said.

“I didn’t like them; their ground beef wasn’t very good,” junior Nick Doughtery said.

Students are also unhappy with the store’s handling of their workers and their signs. “They shouldn’t lie (about closing down),” sophomore Joshua George said.

“It’s a rude move, lying to their customers,” Miller said.

“A lot of people need jobs right now. If it’s closing up, that could affect the worker’s families,” George said.

“They need to make sure that their workers know so they can find new jobs,” freshman Kristen Jackson said.

“They should try to transfer their employees to the other stores in the area,” Knauss said.

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Debate brings home third place trophy from ICDA Jessica Lynk The debate team trekked to Illinois Congressional Debate Association’s State Championship on Feb. 10-11 and did not come back disappointed. The team placed third overall in state.

Team captain Senior Moriah Mulroe led the team to victory. Personally, she took second individually, scoring one of the highest scores in the entire tournament.

“I’m so proud of every debater on our team for giving it their all and pulling through in the end,” Mulroe said.

Sophomores Melanie Cohodes, Mike Feltes, and Ben Goldberg came within reach of Wheeling and Stevenson who took first and second in the tournament, missing the mark by 1.5 points.

“The tournament was a wonderful experience, and a lot of us came away with awards,” Feltes said.

Cohodes also placed second on all state team earning a record number of nominations for the entire season.

On the Invitational level, junior Vivek Shah

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eam captain Moriah Mulroe and sophomores Ben Goldberg, Michael Feltes, and Melanie Cohodes celebrate their third place victory. They compete next in Bloomington on March 15-17. an sophomore Mike Miller both won two individual honors, scoring with first place speaker and presiding awards.

“We entered 11 students, and out of those 11, 9 of them got speech nominations,” head

coach Jack Stanislaw said.

All of the debaters seemed to be overall happy with all of their new awards and reflected with a positive outlook on the event.

“Most people exceeded their personal expectations and everybody can be proud,” freshman Logan Maurer said.

The team also brought home an award for their bill about whales. Stanislaw was overall impressed with the team as a whole, especially when it came to the sophomores.

“I was pleasantly surprised at how we did. Three of our four students (in the upper levels) were sophomores, going up against seniors,” Stanislaw said.

The debaters will travel to Bloomington for the Illinois High School Association finals on March 15-17. This competition focuses more on the individual, whereas the last championship was a team effort.

Cyber Challenge generates new winner Erika Murillo In the fall of 2011, the class of Computer Repair and Networking competed in the U.S. Cyber Challenge. Those who participated in the challenge were estimated to be about 2,034 students from 169 schools and 32 states. Hersey was proud to be one of the schools in the state who participated.

The U.S. Cyber Challenge is a high school competition for those interested in the fields of cyber security such as networking, operating systems, and system administration or those who want to pursue a career in cyber security.

The competition included a variety of quizzes and tests that would allow the students to demonstrate their skills with cyber security fields. According to the U.S. Cyber Challenge website, the first quiz was on Oct. 21, the second on Nov. 4, and the third on Nov.

18. Those who had the top scores, were ranked in the top three in the school, state, or nation. Those who completed at least two of the three quizzes would be eligible for awards and scholarships.

Tom Polak, the computer repair teacher was the one in charge and who registered the class for the challenge.

Polak, aside from teaching at Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, and Prospect, decided that Hersey’s Computer Repair class was the one he knew would place well in the competition.

First time competitor senior Nate Gramer was the top scoring student. Still, being the top scorer in the state of Illinois had to take much preparation.

“They gave us a curriculum to study beforehand and it explained the entire process we would go through. The quizzes were 500 seconds per question, so we all got a hint of what was coming,” Gramer said.

Not only was Gramer ranked first here, but also

first in state, earning himself the title of state champion.

Nevertheless, Gramer was not surprised to have won the title.

“Winning was expected, since we were the first school in the state to participate,” Gramer said.

Even though he might not have reacted as the other winners possibly had, Polak and his fellow classmates were definitely overjoyed.

“I was very happy that [Nate] won. I figured he would, since he is very good with that type of activity,” senior Jeremy Huene said.

Nonetheless, for Gramer winning wasn’t everything. “I enjoyed most seeing where I stood across the nation against the other competitors,” Gramer said.

Although not everyone placed to their contentment, each individual enjoyed taking part in the U.S. Cyber Challenge. “Even though I wasn’t in the top, I was very satisfied with my performance in the competition,” Huene said.

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Teenagers are rebellious creaStudents are also not allowed to students to switch electives. Actures. We don’t like being bossed purchase snacks from the vending cording to the counseling departaround, especially if the rules seem machines during class. It’s true that ment, this is done to give teachers useless. It may seem that Hersey’s students don’t learn as well when a set roster on the first day of class. administration has created some they’re hungry. But this rule was Students can also change an rules solely to annoy the student made for multiple reasons, accord- elective class during the first two body, but the administration says ing to the deans. Students will miss days of the semester, but only if anotherwise. Most of the rules at- out on the lesson while heading off other class is available during the tempt to keep the school running as to buy their treat. Also, food isn’t al- same period. The school is trying to smoothly as possible, and students lowed in classrooms, so there isn’t a bring some structure as schedules just have to deal with that. point in going to the vending ma- change. They’re trying to step away Contrary to what the hallways chines anyway. from being too lenient. Changing would suggest, there’s a rule forbidAnother disputed rule is the classes can cause problems. The ding students from hanging objects Course Swap-O procedure. Instead student and teacher have to become or pictures outside a locker, unless of changing schedules whenever acquainted, and the student has to it’s dealing with a school-sponsored they’d like, students have to wait for make up missed work. group or an individual accomplish- designated dates to make changes.

It’s easy to argue over the regument like a “birthday.” These deco- Course Swap-O takes place in Au- lations of this campus, but the adrations should only stay up for three MAN, I CAN’T BELIEVE I gust and allows ministration gives reasons for these days, according to the Administra- HAVE TO ASK TO GO TO rules. Heed caution to PSH DUDE I’M SUPPOSED those tive Team. Advertisements are seemingly silly THE BATHROOM. I’M TO BE IN CLASS BUT I GLAD IT’S LUNCH. supposed to go on the bulletin rules and Hersey will TOLD MY TEACHER I WAS run more smoothly for board outside the commons. The GOING TO THE BATHROOM reason for this rule is because the everybody.

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There’s a mom for that: older generation discovers technology Lauren Kelley

My body jumps from the loud ‘beep’ coming from my phone. I turn over and open my half-asleep eyes to try and make out the time on my clock. 2:01 in the morning.

Who would send me a text at 2:01 in the morning?! I reach for my phone and read “It’s your turn” from Mom. To help my disoriented self, I get out of bed and head for my parents room to ask my mom what she’s talking about. I silently peek through the doorway to see only my dad sound asleep.

At this point, I’m wide-awake and ready to solve this mystery. I stealthily walk downstairs and turn the corner and see my mom sitting on the couch holding her newest Christmas present: the iPhone. She holds it as close to her face as humanly possible while scrunching her nose to keep her glasses from falling off her face. I walk over and sit down on the couch next to her; she doesn’t even budge. I clear my throat loudly

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enough to start a toast at a dinner party; she remains a statue. Keeping my distance and collecting my bravery, I prepare to do the unthinkable: wake the sleeping bear.

“MOM!” I scream. She forcefully peels her bloodshot eyes away from her toy and looks at me as if I had just spit in her food. “This is worse than I thought…” I think to myself.

“When’s the last time you blinked?” I ask her, immediately distracted from what I was originally going to say. She raises her eyebrows, wanting to know why I dared interrupt her game of Words With Friends.

It was just yesterday that my mom owned a pink Razor and had no idea what a smartphone was. Today, I cannot picture my mom without that little piece of technology glued to her hands.

As she stares at me, I study her face and realize she’s addicted. I saw the same look on my dad’s face when he discovered MeTV, my brother’s face when he played World of Warcraft, and my other brother’s face when he got the complete Star Wars saga on Blu-Ray. It was time for an intervention. I ripped the phone out of my

mom’s hands and held it tightly between mine and quickly sprinted across the room, ready to put up a fight.

The iPhone is the young generation’s demand. It is I who my mother should be yelling at to go to bed. I should be the one getting yelled at for texting at the dinner table. I should be the one joking with my friends about how moms are clueless when it comes to technology.

“I finished my math test early, so I just played Hanging With Friends with my mom for the rest of the period.”

“My mom is always playing Words With Friends, it’s so annoying.”

“My mom wants me to get your mom’s Words With Friends username for her so they can play.”

“When my mom’s phone is charging, she sometimes steals my phone just so she can play Hanging With Friends.”

Apple is aiming these games at the younger generation. So why is it that all moms are taking over? This dilemma has gone on long enough.

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Popularity shouldn’t be the priority

Jessica Lynk to help someone else pick up a pencil in the hall.

Being in high school, almost everyone cares about what other people think about them.

Whether it’s about their outfit or who they talk to in school, people care, sometimes too much, about what others people think. Not only is this seen in high school, but throughout the world.

A major example in society comes from the bystander effect. The basic outline of the bystander effect is that when others are around people, they are less likely to help out when others need it. If someone’s purse is stolen, a person is more likely to help out if others aren’t around.

I began to wonder why this is. It seems that in our society, it is more important to maintain the ‘cool’ persona than to actually help out. Then it clicked. In our heads, we say “Someone else will help them,” or “I’m too busy.” But if everyone says this, no one will help. It takes a lot of guts to help, but it is so beneficial to say, “I actually helped them.”

Being popular can be made important by classmates, parents, or even older siblings, but the reality is that no one should care. A friend should not think a friend is “less cool” if he stops

Although a high popularity status can be something that a student wants to achieve, it can be much more fulfilling to a student knowing she helped change someone’s life.

Whether a person is trying to be “too cool” or is trying to be safe, in some cases peoples’ lives can be in danger. For example, a few weeks ago a couple, who lived in Arlington Heights, was involved in a suicide/homicide on a Sunday.

The bodies were not found until that following Wednesday. People who lived in that same apartment said they heard something like gunshots, but they never called the police. The bodies were found after the police went to investigate the home, when their son called to say that the mother hadn’t been at work for two days.

Huskies pride themselves in being nice and helpful, but when ever a student is booked or falls down, rarely do I see a student help. Students just continue walking by, pushing the fact that another student is in need of help to the back of the mind. It can make a real impact on someone’s day by just helping them.

If everyone tried to help at least one person out, whether it is calling the police when someone seems to need help or picking up loose papers for them, this world would be a better place.

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Think before throwing fists

After the shocking viral video of a group of kids brutally attacking one of their peers, there has been a big concern over the notion of violence in teens. I am a strong believer in the idea that violence is never the answer. Some may call that naive but that makes little difference to me.

Part of what makes the scenario I mentioned earlier so sad is the fact that these kids are of the same school and probably see each other in their everyday lives. As a student here, I can’t even imagine an act like that taking place. As adolescents, we should be working with each other and depending on one another to move along in our lives. Whatever petty squabbles we may have should never lead to violence.

The only reason one should fight is if it’s to protect the values and people they care for. Pride and hate should not lead to fists. Just sayin’.

•Nick Diaz

Letters lower college interest

For the past month or so, I have been receiving letters from many colleges. I, along with other sophomores, have gotten letters from Loyola and many others.

When I first received a college letter, I felt proud of myself. Somehow, a college was interested in me. When I realized that other students were receiving letters, the effect diminished. All the colleges were doing was sending letters with barely any personal touch.

After that, I realized that this influx of letters were all my fault. During the PSAT, students had the option to have their scores and information sent to colleges.

Because of this, colleges are now able to send letter to careless students. Students should be more careful who they give their information to, or it could be annoying • MAtt Stadnicki later. Just sayin’.

Greedy drivers-stop snagging handicap spots Garret Matchen

Within my six months of having a license, I’ll admit I broke a few rules: I’ve changed lanes in an intersection, rolled through a stop sign, and gone over the speed limit. But the one thing I haven’t done, and will never do, is take a handicap spot.

Sure, there are laws against it, but who follows them? Everyday on my trek home, I notice a taxi or parent sitting in the handicap spot. I don’t know if the taxis are picking up a disabled student, but I know many of the parents that park there aren’t picking up a disabled student.

Even if the taxi is picking up a handicapped kid, they must have the proper identification. According to eHow, the Illinois law states “In order to lawfully park in a handicap parking space, the owner of the plate or placard must be present, entering or exiting the vehicle. Fines of up to $500 and possible driver’s license suspension are among the penalties for unauthorized use of these plates and plac-

ards.”

Despite the laws, no one is here to enforce them. Someone should watch the spots, so they’re not taken up.

On my walk home, I always see a van picking up a handicap student. The van however, due to the handicap spots being taken up, has to park in the last spot of the reserved parking. I understand that few people are affected by this, but it doesn’t warrant them from being cheated from what is rightfully theirs.

Handicap plates in Illinois cost $29 plus the original cost of the plate. Now that may seem like a small amount of money, but when parents have to pay thousands in medical bills, it’s a lot.

Money, however, shouldn’t be the issue in parking in the reserved spots; morality is the problem. I believe it is morally wrong to take handicap spots.

Doing so forces the student to walk farther and many of the students have trouble walking. Handicap spots are not a meant to cause drivers pain, they are meant to help those who can’t help themselves. Next time there’s an empty spot in a crowded lot, get some exercise and be a helper to the disabled.

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Employment hurts student

About a week and a half before this article was published, I began work at the second real job I’ve held throughout my short life. I scraped by the cash I needed by doing stereotypical teenage odd jobs: mowing lawns, baby/dog sitting, painting gutters and other simple ventures. But none of those assignments compare to holding an actual job, and nothing can compare to holding one’s sanity together while at his job.

During my first job as a waiter/dishwasher in a retirement home, I felt as though I was living out a terrible remake of “Office Space” without being able to steal a copier and smash it to pieces while blasting gangsta rap. Adults love to discuss how awful their jobs are and they’re somewhat correct.

Jobs can subject people to mind-numbingly long hours of work for terrible pay. But it’s much harder to hold a job as a teen than it is as an adult. For example, we have to go to school for eight hours and head for work. But for some reason, adults don’t consider school to be tiring and think anyone who thinks so should suck it up. My first boss certainly believed so. If the line of work calls for it, a kid may have to regularly work six days in a row. Add in the school day, homework and the occasional extracurricular and we’re looking at 10 hours of work per day.

Holding a job while being under 18 also means that the employee is subject to a legal form of discrimination. My boss can legally pay me 50 cents less than someone who’s reached the legal age. Why is my work not as valuable as an adult’s? It isn’t as if I don’t have expenses. I need money for gas, college and the door fee to get into Zero Gravity. It’s amazing that society has fought to make sure that everyone earns the same wage whether he be of a different gender, color or creed but can’t be bothered to give their youth their fair share.

Yet despite all of these depressing truths, I fear I’ve painted too dark a picture of teenage employment. Yes, having a job can be make the hearts of men miserable, but I think that I’ve learned a truth about the human condition though having one. Societies tend to unite in order to share the positive things in life.

But when humans come together to their workplace, they somehow manage to get past the existential crisis starter that is employment and they become some of the best of friends. If that isn’t a display of our specie’s resiliency, then I don’t know what is. And if that isn’t sweet enough, just imagine quitting a stupid dead-end job. Spoiler alert: it’s freaking awesome.

•Dan Mika

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“That you can use your phone in school.”

“For staff members to treat all of us like adults.”

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#StopSOPA

Mackenzie Francis Wikipedia, Tumblr, Google, and Twitter all brought major notice to the online world on Jan. 18 when Congressman Lamar Smith sponsored the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA bill to combat online piracy.

When Wikipedia protested by doing a blackout and blocking users’ access, word of SOPA quickly spread to other social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. On Twitter, multiple hash tags relating to SOPA, such as #ThingsBetterThanSOPA, #SOPAthetic, and #StopSOPA trended worldwide. According to sopastrike.com, Twitter users tweeted the hash tag #SOPA, which also trended worldwide, 2.2 million times in just 24 hours.

History was made on this day, making it the largest online protest to ever be recorded, as stated on sopastrike.com. Wikipedia set up

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a program that allowed internet users to call or email their state representative and ask them to vote against SOPA. Over eight million calls were attempted and four million emails were sent to representatives all across the country. Also, petitions such as the one on dontcensorthenet.com and others received over ten million signatures.

“I use Google and my g-mail account for practically everything I do daily and many other people probably do too, for their large businesses. It wouldn’t just affect one part of the world, it would affect the whole world and that would make a lot of people mad,” sophomore Caitlin Troccoli said.

After over 1 billion people tried to access websites that were blocked due to protesting, Smith decided to postpone the bill.

According to lamarsmith.house.gov, Chairman Smith said, “I have heard from the critics, and I take seriously their concerns regarding

proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy. It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”

“I think [the House] made a good decision by stopping [SOPA], because if they didn’t then all of those networks would have to shut down and many businesses would have complained along with students and even teachers,” Troccoli said.

Internet users around the world weren’t relieved for too long though. Smith then announced that he was planning to revisit the bill when more representatives decided to co-sponsor it. Until then, people can continue to visit websites as before, but according to sopastrike. com, if the bill returns, people must be ready to strike again.

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Student opinions differ on piracy issues Melanie Cohodez With SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA creating controversy world-web wide, online piracy has become a hot topic. While some people do everything the legal way, others have no qualms about downloading their music and movies online.

"I do it all the time," sophomore Maggie Marusek said about illegally downloading music. "It's not like any of the money would go to the artists anyway, most of it goes to the guys in suits."

"There is no harm in it," junior Kyle Adams said.

Some students, however, disagree.

"It's not really fair to the artists or those writing the songs," sophomore Liam Burke said. "It's stealing, and you're taking credit away from the artists."

Downloading music without paying for it has always been an issue with the music industry, but many of those who

complain seem to be the officials, and not the band.

Trent Reznor, a member of the band Nine Inch Nails, actually formed his own company and released an album by the band on a website for free after a disagreement with his previous company over the price of the album. While not every artist is like this, the fact still remains that it is extremely easy to download their music for free.

Many students download music illegally by ripping it from YouTube or another site. "In high school probably more than half the kids pirate," Marusek said.

"Now that music is online, it's really easy to take away credit," Burke said. "I've heard some people say that if they've bought an iPod or an mp3 player, that they have the right to listen to the music they want."

There is somewhat of a bent code of morals dealing with downloading music; many students seem to think that if they're downloading from a popular artist that they can afford the loss, or

SOPA, ACTA, PIPA, oh my!

Becky Pauwels

The news has been abuzz about internet censorship lately. Many countries throughout the world have been attempting to pass legislation that would allow for internet censorship. Some of the proposed bills include the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA), the Protect IP Act (PIPA), and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

The most publicized bill was SOPA, which was introduced by Texas house representative, republican Lamar Smith. Under SOPA, the government would have the ability to block Americans from visiting certain websites.

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Its intention is to crack down on piracy, but with SOPA link sharing could possibly be infringed. Content shared on social networking sites, including links, could be monitored according to americancensorship.org.

“I don’t like it”, said freshmen Matthew Newman. “I think it restricts the things someone can put online a bit too much”.

One of their objections to SOPA was that it violates First Amendment rights, like the right free speech. “I’m not sure if they can do it”, said Newman, “because it goes against our freedom of speech” Another objection is the extreme measures that the bill would take. “I think it’s an overly strong reaction to piracy and file sharing,” se-

The internet is a place of creativity and freedom. It’s meant to be a medium through which thoughts and ideas can flow unregulated. Apparently, Congress doesn’t see it that way.

The SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill was intended to stop trafficking illegal and copyrighted materials over the internet. The bill would also allow the requesting of court orders keeping companies from doing business with infringing websites.

The bill would also censor search engines from providing links to sites with any infringing material. The unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material could also get the perpetrators a hefty penalty of five years in prison.

Also, websites that have user generated content would either have to subjugate all the material created to extreme scrutiny or run the risk of being shut down. This goes for forums, blogs, and even our beloved YouTube.

Students might be thinking, “ There should be a law to protect copyright on the internet.”

Well there is. It’s called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and a big difference between it and SOPA is that the DMCA provides a sort of “safe zone” for user generated sites.

That means that if a copyright owner thinks that a website is hosting infringing material they have to ask the website to remove it within a certain time frame.

SOPA thinks this can be tweaked a little to a better outcome. They give the responsibil-

nior Grace Malboeuf said. “The government doesn’t know what it’s doing.”

Students also don’t like what would happen if SOPA was passed. “I heard that they’d take down the website I download music from sometimes, so that would be bad,” senior Sofi Guerrero said.

For now, SOPA has been put to rest. According to the “New York Times,” it won’t be voted on until a consensus can be reached about whether Internet service providers should block access to certain foreign websites.

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that it's alright as long as they don't download everything illegally.

"The person you're stealing from isn't losing anything they'll miss," Marusek said.

"It's okay if you do it sometimes, but not all of the time," junior Matt Haussmann said.

"It matters more to those who don't make as much money," Burke said. That's recognized by students who enjoy relatively obscure music, and they adjust their methods accordingly.

If the band or label isn't well-known, students will generally buy their music to support them.

"I'll buy it if it's an independent label," Marusek said.

SOPA would stop people from being able to download music illegally by prohibiting search engines to show the sites, making browsers block access to the site, and creating harsher laws to stop the streaming of copyrighted media.

If it or any of its brethren are passed, students will have to find other ways to get their music.

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ity of monitoring for infringing materials to the website itself.

This means that if the websites don’t catch something or it slips by, a judge could block access to that site in an instant. This is entirely unrealistic with the sheer size of some websites.

Take YouTube for example.

Forty-eight hours of video are uploaded every minute. That means that eight years of content is uploaded every day, according to YouTube. Now imagine checking each of those videos for copyrighted material. If the website was given a specific video, pointed out by the copyright owner, they could find that video and remove it, taking much less time.

The internet was created free and that’s the way it needs to stay. We can’t have outside forces saying what the people can and can’t share. If anyone feels that this act is not in the best interest of the government anyone can voice their opinion by contacting their congressman.

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with Kevin Hy de Local resturants offers relaxing days end R A Sushi A surefire way to wind down and relax after an academically and emotionally trying week is to grab some chopsticks and indulge in the Japanese cuisine of sushi.

Just a few minutes down Palatine/Willow Road, Ra Sushi presents a perfect opportunity for students to get together with friends and partake in a meal that is out of their comfort zones.

Ra’s menu has it all, from rainbow rolls to yellow fish, spider rolls to shrimp tempura.

The chef ’s go above and beyond and infuse different cultures into the sushi, whether it be the spicy Viva Las Vegas Roll, or the Hola Roll.

For those that don’t like sushi, there are plenty of options such as miso soup and vegetable dumplings.

Ra serves up plenty of food that provides a healthy and exotic alternative to the typical B-Dubs.

Another positive aspect of this Asian eatery is its location. Situated in the Glen Town Center, students just need to take a quick drive and expose themselves to an area that isn’t frequented as much as other places that have quickly become hometown haunts.

That said, the quaint, Stepford-esque community provides a much needed escape, and also serves up plenty of options for dessert like Via Gelato for an affordable Italian treat, Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop, or Cup of Cake cupcake shop.

All in all, Ra and its surrounding shops makes for an ideal dinner out with friends that won’t cause a lapse in teen finances.

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Bistrot Zinc

Despite the fact that the city of Chicago is home to millions of great restaurants, it seems that the only places teens go to are the now monotonous and frankly overdone eateries like Ed Debevic’s and Dick’s Last Resort, as evident by the copious amounts of Facebook pictures bragging about their “amazing night in the citay with ma girlies <3.”

That said, Bistrot Zinc presents authentic French fare that poses a more respectable alternative to these seedy restaurants.

Students can venture out of their usual stomping grounds and excite new taste buds at this small, authentic bistro.

Only here would students be able to order things like pâté, giving them bragging rights that they consumed something oh-so-sophisticated, when in all actuality it’s just spreadable bologna that anyone would be able to enjoy.

Though it may be a tad pricey in comparison to other restaurants frequented by teenagers, it is a suitable alternative for dates or special occasions in the city that is someplace other than Wildfire, a place that has flooded my news feed one too many times.

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February 17, 2012

Netflix rewinds ‘Prison Break’

The beauty of Netflix is discovering new and old television shows.

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across the show “Prison Break.” An attractive, intelligent engineer named Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) gets himself put into prison to help his brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) break out of Fox River State Penitentiary and escape execution.

Burrows was accused and charged with killing the vice president’s brother and his time was running out. Scofield comes

up with a brilliant plan to get the duo out of prison, but on the way he acquires additional team members.

The first season is intense and suspenseful, as it is easy to become captivated with the characters and plot. I found myself watching episode after episode.

While “Prison Break” ended back in 2009, I can still catch up with Netflix. Anyone interested in watching a good drama should check it out.

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‘The River’ doesn’t flow with Garret

Hyped up for over a week, “The River” premiered last Tuesday on ABC. The trailers emphasized a survival type action show, but the show was not that. The two hour premier kept my eyes on the TV , but I wasn’t too impressed.

The show had loads of action scenes but they were slow to develop and last for only a few minutes. The plot had to do with some missing doctor who hosts a survival show.

However, during one of his trips, he and one of his producers go missing. After three months of not being heard from, the doctor’s emergency beacon goes off.

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The family and camera crew go deep into the Amazon in search of him. However, after finding the doctors ship, the families starts to get attacked by evil spirits.

The plot honestly doesn’t make any sense and the story is going now where. I doubt “The River” will last for more than a season.

Good thing “The Walking Dead” started back up last Sunday. It’s zombie time!

•Garret Matchen

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‘Legally Blonde’ to perform at Marriott Theatre Michelle Chester

It was amazing to see that they were able to do each little thing perfectly in time with each The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire is other, but also that they never seemed to be out known for having some of the best preformed of breath. That truly showed the dedication that musicals in the area. Usually, their plays are they had put into this show to make every single part perfect. more classic ones that people know and love.

Even though this was a play, it did not lose The play, this time is aimed more at young adults. From Jan. 18 to April 1, the Marriott The- the original humor from either the novel or the movie. All of the songs atre will be showcasing were very comical and the hit from Broadway, the audience was al‘Legally Blonde the ways enthralled with Musical.’ laughter. All characBased off of the ters had their own little book by Amanda quirks that added the Brown and the 2001 humor to it all, most of movie, the story starts the comic relief being off with Elle Woods put on Elle’s sorority (Chelsea Packard) a friends who make up member of a sorority her “Greek chorus.” at UCLA. She believes The actors themthat her boyfriend selves were very talWarner (Cole Burden) ented. They seemed to is going to propose to all be a close cast which her. As it turns out, he helped them put their dumps her because he all into the perforwants to become a law•Courtesy of Marriott Theatre mances. yer and cannot without ctors Cole Burden (Warner) and Chelsea The characters a serious girlfriend.

Packard (Elle) perform the opening number were believable in their After that, she follows personalities and it was him to Harvard Law in which Elle believes she is being proposed to when in reality, she is being dumped. hard to even tell they School and the rest of were acting. the play commences.

When the actors bowed, it was clear that The actual story line is mostly done through original songs that were not originally in the every person in the cast was proud.

Tickets are sold from $49 to $123 until movie. They were very strategically placed and May. helped the story flow.

The musical overall was fantastic. The plot Since this was a musical, much dancing was involved. The choreography was amazing, was funny, the music was extremely catchy, and all of the dancers were extremely talented, mak- it was overall enjoyable to watch. Legally Blonde is definitely a must see show, so make sure to ing each scene enjoyable to watch.

In one of the songs (Whipped Into Shape), pick up some tickets before it leaves Illinois. the cast was dancing along with jumping over ropes, doing many difficult moves.

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Entertainment The Correspondent 11 Orchesis pirouettes to showcase choreography, talent February 17, 2012

Caitlin Strozewski Mili Pandya Orchesis will be performing their annual concert ‘Express Yourself ’ next Thursday through Saturday. This years show was choreographed by guest Meredith Schultz and performers.

It will include 23 dances with styles ranging from jazz, hip hop, modern, pointe, tap, lyrical, and contemporary.

“The opening dance really expresses ourselves,” senior Tamara Beric said.

Orchesis has been busy work• Madeline Weber ing hard to prepare for the show, rchesis members rehearse and practicing after school until 8 p.m. perfect their choreography for and sometimes before school for about an hour. With 28 people, stu- their upcoming performances on dents and parents will be wowed by Feb. 23- 25. the performances. ter than last year’s beOne of their pieces, Turning T a b l e s , cause it is more diverse in the styles. has tested the performers with the use of a prop.

Meredith Schultz, the guest choreographer, “Turning tables is my favorite because it has given the dancers a lot to work wIth. challenges my dance abilities,” junior Erin John“Her work is very unique and upbeat and I son said. enjoyed working with her,” junior Brianna UlA few other dances that will be performed bert said. are Burlesque which is a sassy jazz number and But, some of the Orchesis members even Remember Me which is a lyrical dance with a got to choreograph their own dances, although live piano player. The show should be even bet- it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

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“Choreographing was stressful because we had to audition our own piece and practice a lot,” junior Danielle Rivard said.

The show will feature new dances, and as stated by the performers, it will be “amazing and phenomenal.” Some of the freshman are nervous about their first big performance.

“I almost peed my pants yesterday I was so nervous,” freshman Abby Wendell said.

On the other hand, the seniors are sad to say goodbye. “It’s so sad. I’m going to miss the girls; they’re my family,” senior Anna Scheldrup said.

The shows will be on Feb. 23, 24, and 25 at 7:30 p.m., and there will be a matinee performance on Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $6 for students and $7 for adults, which can be purchased at the door. Some of the proceeds will also be going to Invisible Children.

“I recommend everyone go to the show because it’s a really good representation of Hersey’s Orchesis,” freshman Sam Schiller said.

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Over the past few decades, many advances were made in technology. First a switch from movies in black and white to color was made, and now many movies could be enjoyed in 3-D, in addition to the original 2-D. Movie watchers have recently had the opportunity to experience the world of the movies as if they were in the movie itself.

They can step into the world of Pandora in “Avatar,” feel as though they were in the midst of the battle at Hogwarts in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” enter the world of mysteries in “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,” and explore Alice’s world in “Alice in Wonderland.”

Some movies are even being remade so that they could be relived once again in 3-D, such as “Titanic,” which will be released on April 6 and “Star Wars Episode I,” which is currently in being shown in select theaters.

Despite those opportunities, students debate whether 2-D or 3-D movies are more preferable.

2-D movies, although less advanced, are often more desirable than 3-D movies because they cost less.

“2-D movies are basically the same but cheaper,” junior Phillip Tubergen said.

Junior Jenny Bishop has other reasons for enjoying movies in 2-D. “I prefer 2-D movies because 3-D movies sometimes give me a headache,” Bishop said.

Regardless of the high prices and discom-

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fort, 3-D movies do have certain advantages over 2-D movies.

Due to the special effects that 3-D movies provide, movie watchers can feel as those they themselves are in the movie.

Sophomore Julia Petrusan prefers 3-D movies for this reason. “3-D movies are more realistic. The images pop out of the screen as if they were real life,” Petrusan said.

Bishop agrees with this. “3-D makes the movie more intriguing,” Bishop said.

Junior Taylor Pitcher is caught in between the two views. She believes that only some movies are worth watching in 3-D. “It depends on the movie. If it’s an action movie, I’d watch it in 3-D,” Pitcher said.

In movies with few action scenes, 3-D effects aren’t as noticeable and tend to be a waste.

Movie watchers often choose to enjoy movies in 2-D if the movie is expected to be low on action.

Because this technology is now available, there exists a possibility that soon all movies will be viewed in 3-D, and that 2-D movies will cease to be made.

“I believe that we’re moving towards more 3-D movies,” Bishop said.

Tubergen disagrees. “3-D movies are harder to produce, so they’re less profitable,” Tubergen said.

Because of the large variety of opinions involving this debate, it is a good thing that movie watchers have the choice of viewing a 3-D movie in 2-D as well.

It is safe to say that for the time being, no threat poses to the complete disappearance of 2-D movies.

In addition, Disney has recently been remaking some of their 2-D classics into 3-D. So far,

they r e leased “The Lion King” last Sept. and “Beauty and the Beast’” last month.

In addition to those that were already released, Disney plans on releasing ‘Finding Nemo’ on Sept. 14, “Monster, Inc.” on Jan. 18, 2013, and “The Little Mermaid” on Sept. 13, 2013 in 3-D. Some students believe that these 3-D movie releases are just ways for Disney to make a few more bucks.

“It’s a way to make more profit because they were already in the box offices, and they’re just trying to make even more money off of it,” senior Maddie Pellikan said.

However, despite that belief, Pellikan plans on watching one of 3-D remakes.

“You can’t go wrong with a good Disney movie,” Pellikan said.

Petrusan also plans on going to one of these 3-D Disney movies.

“Even though they’re just trying to make money, the movies are classics,” Petrusan said.

Although the intention of remaking these movies is obviously to make more money, viewers will be able to relive childhood memories with Disney classics, but in a more advanced version.

“The movies remind me of my childhood,” Petrusan said.

Although the intention of remaking these movies is obviously to make more money, viewers will be able to relive some childhood memories, but in a more advanced version.

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Caitlin Strozewski right now and to eat healthy because this is a Researchers at McMaster University, including principal investigator Matthew Kwan, recently found that regular exercise decreases 24 percent in teens as they transition into a college or university.

“This is a critical period, as the changes in physical activity during the transition from late adolescence to early adulthood represents the most dramatic declines in physical activity across a person’s life,” Kwan said on the McMaster University website.

Fitness becomes less of a priority when people start to get busy with college, careers, and social lives.

“I’m actually pretty surprised about this because I thought people stayed active in college,” sophomore John Cha said.

Keeping fitness a priority may seem difficult, but it can be extremely easy.

“When kids go to college, they get what’s called the ten pound add because it’s their first year of freedom. It is important to keep up the

national problem,” P.E. teacher and girls athletic director Patricia Kennedy said.

Most people understand that fitness is good for the body, but many do not take that to heart.

“If you don’t exercise, you will get bad eating habits, then gain weight. And once you’re out of college, it will be hard to lose all the weight you put on,” junior Erica Hill said.

Exercise is beneficial to all parts of the body. According to teenshealth.org, exercise causes the body to produce chemicals called endorphins that help a person to feel more relaxed and happy. It helps with sleep, lowering depression, and personal appearance.

Most important, exercise can lower the risk of some diseases, such as type two diabetes and high blood pressure. Both of these diseases are becoming more common in teens.

According to McMaster University researchers, estimates say that regular exercise could prevent 20 percent of premature deaths.

It is recommended that people participate in at least 150 minutes of physical activity

a week. This physical activity can be anything: running, walking, dancing, yoga, and so on.

“I will get a gym membership with my friends to go and work out,” senior Lizzete Montesinos said. Staying fit now will make it easier to continue in the future because good habits are harder to break than bad ones.

Staying active in college can be simple if one takes the right steps. Dr. James Pivarnik, an expert with the American College of Sports Medicine, suggests that when considering universities, the campus’ exercise facilities should be taken into account, such as whether there is a fitness center or if there are times when nonathletes can use the track and weight rooms.

“In college, I plan to continue swimming competitively and join the college campus fitness center,” Cunningham said. “Hopefully, I will join a sports team and go to a gym about twice a week,” freshman Calvin Tran said.

If the importance of regular physical activity still hasn’t sunk in, Kwan added that physical activity decline does not reverse itself, but continues on a downward spiral into adulthood.

Students make commitments, get support in counseling groups Mackenzie Francis The school is fortunate enough to not only sponsor sports and other extracurricular activities, but also support groups to help students cope.

School psychologist Meghan Muldoon runs two of these groups, the Managing Anxiety and Girls in Recovery groups. “[The Managing Anxiety group] is based on students who deal with more anxiety than others. We talk about different triggers for anxiety and coping skills. We also talk about what present issues students bring to group,” Muldoon said.

Girls in Recovery is for girls at school who have dealt with mental health and/or substance abuse difficulties in the past.

“This is the second year we’ve done it specifically for girls coming out of hospitalization treatment,” Muldoon said.

The girls in this group learn new skills, develop positive coping strategies, and learn to

maintain a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationships.

Besides these groups, many others exist too. Existing groups include both girls and boys, such as Chicos and Chicas groups, which offer support to Latino students.

Other groups that include both genders are the Boys and Girls groups that help develop positive self control, problem solving skills, and relationships.

The Divorce, Remembrance, and Choices groups help students with different family issues. More groups exist for future preparation.

These counseling groups take place during school, not after because they aren’t extracurricular actives. “[It’s during school] to make it more available to students,” Muldoon said. “We do have group on rotating periods so [the students are] not missing the same periods each week.”

Outside of the commons, by the student activity board, lists of every support group and the school sponsors hang with a paragraph sum-

‘Hot coffee,’ hot topic Last week, the school’s debate class, taught by Kent Manthey, watched the documentary titled “HOT COFFEE.” The movie revolves around the famous case involving Stella Liebeck suing McDonald’s after she spilled coffee on herself. Turns out, things are not always as they seem.

“I showed the video to make my students aware of their seventh amendments rights are in jeopardy,” Manthey said.

The movie aims to reveal how big corporations have managed to twist the true story and gain citizens sympathy. It turns out that Liebeck had third degree burns on six percent of her body, and 16 percent of lesser burns. She spent a total of two years receiving medical treatment.

“People thought that she spilled the coffee all over herself and it was her fault, but that wasn’t

the case. It wasn’t her fault, and w h e n people saw the burns a n d heard w h a t happened, they turned to her side,” senior Sadé Haughton said.

She received a 2.7 million dollars in punitive damages.

“It was really interesting. It had an emotional impact on the audience. Once you saw all of the evidence, it was a lot more real and sad,” junior Bianca Burns said.

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mary of the group’s main focus.

The organizers encourage students who are interested in joining one of these support groups to schedule a meeting with their counselors and talk to their parents, because parent permission is needed.

“Different groups are intended for different reasons. We do screen students to make sure it’s an appropriate fit for them,” Muldoon said.

Depending on the group, usually 4-12 students actively come to the sessions each week.

Once in a group, the organizers ask that the students make a commitment to go on a regular basis, unless they can’t miss the class that group is scheduled during that week.

Students can join a group for awhile and stop going to the group sessions if at any time they feel as if their problem is resolved. “[Support groups] are a good idea because students can go there and receive support for what they’re going through,” sophomore Max Parrella said.

Show choir starts strong, continues forward Ladies First and OnStage competed in their first competition on Feb. 11 in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

Both have beenpreparing for their competition shows since winter break began; two rehearsals a week for three hours each for the past two months.

The two groups felt that this trip was a good foundation to start the season off well.

“We did a really good job for our first competition out, and I was very proud of our performance,” sophomore Bri Bent, Ladies First member, said.

In the end, Ladies First placed fourth pace out of eight groups and got third in vocals.

OnStage was incredibly close to making finals. The combo, BackStage, also got commended

for their musicianship.

Both show choirs will work extra hard this week to get ready for their next competition in El Paso, Illinois.

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Love bus promotes helpful services to community Amanda Kowalski This Valentine’s day, hundreds of students participated in the traditional Love Bus trip visiting multiple nursing homes in the community. Some students performed by playing music, dancing, or singing, while others spread the spirit of loving by handing out valentines and carnations to the residents.

As a tradition for the past 42 years, the Love Bus is a way for students to give to the community by simply brightening up the day for many residents.

“After Ally Neff and I performed for a lady in her room [who] wasn’t in a good mood earlier, she smiled and said that it made her day. It made me smile and I felt so good about making her happy,” junior Samantha Carrillo said.

The highlight of the day for many participants was at the Lutheran Home at the end of the trip.

“We had nearly 300 students and residents filling their chapel (including the balcony seating),” director of S.O.S. Mark Gunther said. Groups including Orchesis, Ladies First, OnStage, Poms, and Cheerleading

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“A few of the residents were so moved, they were wiping tears from their eyes” Gunther said.

With the entire group traveling in six buses around to the different facilities, it’s an overwhelming number of students roaming around and performing in one building.

“My favorite aspect of the trip is the amount of people who are willing to give up their time and share their love and support and talent,” senior Jeremy Huene said.

Along with the performing groups, members of S.O.S. and the baseball team roamed the halls of each nursing home to converse with many of the residents.

One conversation held between sophomore Alisyn Greenfield and an elderly lady she met was extra special.

“She started telling me her story on how she met her husband. She told me that in November of 1947 she met him, then there was a Valentine’s Day girlask-guy party in 1948 and she asked him. They have been together ever since. This was such a sweet story and made my day because it really represents the mean-

• AMANDA KOWALSKI ing of Valentine’s Day. Then when we performed, she was watching me and smiling the whole time.

This was definitely my favorite part of the day,” Greenfield said.

Throughout the day, at each nursing home, many students stepped out of their comfort zones interacting with a large variety of residents. From residents with dementia or other types of memory loss to those hard of hearing to even some who couldn’t speak at all. They all smiled or thanked students for their performances and attention.

Overall, the trip represents how this school cares about the community.

“The best reaction I got was when the senior citizens all waved to us on the way out. It made me feel like they really appreciated us coming, and I definitely plan on going on the trip in years to come,” freshman Elise Bang said.

Career trek day helps decide majors Abby Fesl Over 2,000 colleges in the United States search for students of sound character and capabilities of being successful inside and outside the classroom.

When students reach their senior years, it comes time to pick one of the 2,000 schools. The choice is not always easy because sometimes students don’t know their desired field of study.

Searching for schools can be stressful for students as well.

Whether it be for the academics, Greek life, or sports, 2,000 colleges to search through is quite a feat.

“So many pressures come in when deciding: majors, money, and location,” senior Beca Harris said.

“Plus you have to think of not only yourself but your family as well.”

That is why students participate in the district 214 career trek days. Career mentors at each district 214 school get together to figure out what career topics students are interested in and try to plan the day around the students to get as much information as possible.

A career trek day is a half day of various speakers from a professional field. Most recently, the school sponsored a medical field career day.

“Students take a career interest survey at the end of the year, and we use that to find out what students are interested in,” career mentor Cindy Behar said.

The career trek days are used to help students decide where and what they want to study.

“The career trek days are a good way to learn about the options of college,” freshman Courtney Stedman said.

At the last career trek day sponsored by the school, three, one hour long sessions took place simultaneously in three rooms.

The sessions each had one to three speakers. The speakers spoke about their profession. After speaking, the floor was open for any student questions.

After the day of sessions, various schools set up booths for any college information to give to students. Colleges, including Loyola Chicago and Bradley attended to give out information to perspective students.

“We look at where students want to go and what students are interested in,” Behar said.

Students can attend the forums with ease. To go to the forum, students pick up a fieldtrip form in the college and career center and have it signed two days before the fieldtrip.

The next career trek day will be for prospective engineer students and will be taking place at Buffalo Grove. The number is limited for students to attend so it is necessary to get field trip forms signed ahead of time.

The surveys, which the career trek days are based off of, can be taken anytime from Feb. 21 to Feb. 24. It can be accessed anytime on the internet. A link for the survey will be sent to student e-mails and on the Hersey home page.

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Four wrestlers are headed down state after a fantastic showing at sectionals last weekend.

Seniors Conrad Bugay and Steph’fon Scales and juniors Hunter Rollins and Deon Rice all earned a ticket to the state tournament in Champaign this weekend.

Rollins won the 160 pound weight class sectional by defeating a Buffalo Grove senior for the second time in two weeks.

“Beating anyone feels great, but it’s that much better of a feeling when you’re beating a kid from Buffalo Grove in the finals,” Rollins said, “I knew I would have to work that much harder to win this time.”

Coach Jim Wormsley also shares Rollins’ dedication to hard work. “Developing mental toughness and working to be able to push our opponents until they break has been one of our main focuses for the season.”

This is Rollins’ second straight sectional victory, after winning last year as a sophomore.

“Winning sectionals is always a great feeling because it guarantees you a good seed at state,” Rollins said.

Scales also won his sectional round in the 120 weight class by defeating a Grant wrestler in a 7-4 decision. While Scales said he “worked on [his] take downs,” he still won his sectional without a pin.

Bugay advanced out of his sectional weight class of 132, and Rice advanced out of the 195 pound weight class by advancing through the consolation bracket.

“I felt on top of the world,” Rice said. “I started off not so good, and when I won my matches, I felt a lot better to have improved.”

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•MIKE MILLER eniors Conrad Bugay and Steph’fon Scales practice in order to prepare for the state meet. Both advanced from sectionals and qualified for state today.

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The guys are a very close-knit group. “I love the kids... We’re friends in and out of school and it makes it that much better of an experience,” Rollins said.

To sum it up in a word, Rice said it was “awesome.”

With a young team, the gymnastics girls sent two sophomores to sectionals this year, Hannah Bovino and Annie Johnson.

Johnson qualified with a fourth place finish for her floor routine at regionals, and Bovino qualified for sectionals with fifth place finishes in her beam and bars routines.

Despite a tough sectional meet, Johnson still was proud, saying that “it was a great opportunity to be able to compete with some of the best gymnasts in the state.”

The season was highlighted by two high finishes at the Niles North Invite (seventh place) and the MSL meet (eighth place).

“Hannah Bovino really stepped up,” Johnson said, “and led the team to a seventh place finish.”

Bovino earned a first place finish for her beam routine and fourth all-around for the twelve team invite.

Injuries may have plagued players like Johnson, but “everyone stepped up and pulled through for the team.”

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Runners on track Swimming strives for success at sectionals for spring success Emily Swanson “All their hard work will pay off at sectionals,” swim coach Dick Mortenson said. The boys swim and dive team started their season Nov. 21. “Everyone is determined to get better.”

The team had a successful season and have high hopes for sectionals tomorrow and state next weekend.

The boys swam their conference meet this past weekend receiving fifth place. “We swam really well at conference,” junior Jamey Hill said.

The A medley relay got fourth place with a time of 1.44 (seniors Alex Niemiec and Alex Roznai, juniors Sam Kim and Hill). Kim swam the 100 Free and swam his best time with a 49.92, and Roznai had a best time in backstroke with a 56.97. The A 400 Free relay swam seventh (senior Mike Kintzle, sophomore Connor Reynolds, freshman Paul Kim, and Hill), Roznai was sixth in the 100 Fly, Hill was third in the 500, Roznai was third in the 100 back, and the A 200 free relay was fourth (Kim, Roznai, Kintzle, and Reynolds). Junior Mat Obstoj also dove and received seventh in conference.

“Alex Rozni swam in the YMCA nationals over the summer and got 16th place in his fly,” Mortenson said. “The medley and 200 freestyle relays are close but off by two seconds for the state cut so with a good taper they will be ready.

Kintzle and Sam Kim are close in the 50 Free and with one mistake they may not make it, but we’re pretty confident so we’ll see.”

With ten seniors leaving after this year, there are spots to fill in relays and other events.

But the team is ready for next season.

“The freshmen and sophomores were very strong this season,” Mortenson said. “We’re ready for the next season because we’re really deep right now. The lower classmen are ready to take over.”

The main contributors this season were S. Kim, Roznai, Kintzele, and Hill. The main divers were Obstoj and Jack Kintzele. The divers are coached by Tom Schwab.

The team is proud of their accomplishments, both individually and collectively.

“My season went really well,” S. Kim said.

“I think I have a pretty good chance for making it to state. Everyone on the team has a lot of potential.”

“Every diver had a great season,” Obstoj said. “Everyone made great improvements over the course of the season.”

Despite not winning the MSL East this year, the team is determined and ready to place at sectionals.

“It was kind of disappointing that we didn’t win the MSL East Title this year, but we have still been working really hard and that should pay off at sectionals,” Hill said.

“We had really great relays all season and our divers were able to receive a lot of points at every meet,” Mortenson said.

The divers and swimmers have strict practice schedules leading up to sectionals.

“This week we have prepared by tapering, going to bed early, eating healthier, and shaving down before the meet,” Hill said.

“I’m trying to sleep more and practice more to get ready,” Obstoj said. “I want to go to state this year.”

Taper week is the one week all season when the boys cannot participate in gym, run, or play any other activities. The boys must eat, sleep, swim their workouts, and nothing else.

“We’re ready,” S. Kim said.

The boys will compete at sectionals on Sat. and the swimmers with state cut times will proceed on to the state meet the following week.

Although it may be winter, the track team is already in the process of training and competing, preparing themselves for the upcoming spring season, along with their future meets.

Their first meet was the Proviso Invite on Feb. 10. Although they have yet to see the results, the overall feeling is one of success.

“It went very well, we had some very promising individual performances that bode well for the rest of the season,” coach Ken Blazek said.

Each individual has goals that he is hoping to better.

“I am working to improve my 100 and 200, as well as working my hamstrings,” sophomore Ryan Garrett said.

Aside from Garrett, the team is full of goal driven individuals. A large portion of the team is working to condition themselves for the upcoming seasons.

“We are working on conditioning and speed development to enhance success for future meets,” Blazek said.

The team is next in action today at the Glenbrook South Invite.

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“They landed every tumbling skill with confidence, and I think this really showed our overall improvement from the beginning of the season,” coach Keri Sebesta said.

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‘Let me hear your Huskie spirit’ Cheerleaders compete at state for first time Brian Loomis

“The stadium was black and all these lights were shining down on us,” senior Dana Defillipo said, describing the moment when the cheerleaders stepped onto the mat at the State meet in Bloomington on Feb. 3 where they placed 23.

The cheerleaders earned their spot at State after finishing fifth at their sectional at Rolling Meadows on Jan. 28.

The team had been working hard throughout the season to perfect their skills, especially tumbling. Tumbling in cheer accounts for a large portion of each performance, therefore the team spent a lot of their time working on it.

“We took tumbling classes outside of cheer on Saturdays and Sundays to work on out tumbling,” senior Colleen Herren said.

These classes proved to be a success for the team and it showed to the coaches.

“The team had been working on perfecting their tumbling skills which had been our weakness at earlier competitions and we had received deductions for this,” coach Keri Sebesta said.

The tumbling skills that they were working to perfect were their double downs out of the stunts; they performed these perfectly at both sectionals and state.

They also spent an extensive amount of time working on each stunt to minimize their deductions.

“We really concentrated on hitting our stunts and making them as solid and clean as possible, and we really came together as a team to make that happen,” senior Emily Schnur said.

Over the course of the season, the team really bonded, which allowed them to perform as well as they did. State allowed the team to bond the most.

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“The ‘curling’ time the night before the competition was a great time for the whole team to be together with the coaches and just talk while curling each others hair,” Sebesta said.

The cheer leading team has never made it to state prior to this year. IHSA has been holding the state competition for seven years.

“It was our goal throughout the whole season and everything we did was for that goal,” Schnur said.

Despite the time that they spent bonding with one another, they also made memories.

“The girls were so happy to be there and had such a great attitude the entire weekend.

Every server at restaurants mentioned how polite our group was, and I think it is because they were so grateful for the experience,” Sebesta said.

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It was such a surreal feeling, and I was just happy to help our team win.

We wanted to win the conference, which we were unable to do, however, the win last Friday put us in second place in the East. We won the consolation championship in Pekin, IL which was very exciting for our team.

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“It’s a big rivalry. We’ll probably get second in conference if we win, but our main goal is regionals.”

-senior Vuk Vukovic

“I am hoping to win. Only four guys made it downstate, so I hope we all place but, of course, I want to place first.”

-junior Hunter Rollins Boys indoor track @ GBS

“It[how the team will do] really depends on who’s here and how much effort we put in.”

-sophomore Nick Huene