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Volume 46 Issue 2 September 13, 2013•John Hersey High School• 1900 E. Thomas St.• Arlington Heights, IL 60004 •@Hersey_Corre www.correspondentlive.org

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Reading memory garden club encourages jamming Isabella Murray

This past week a diverse club called ‘memory garden jammers’ started up, founded by senior Katherine Sutor.

Memory garden jammers is held every Thursday during fifth period in the reading memory garden as a way to express themselves in the midst of the school week.

Sutor created this club to unite students with common interests and to provide a feeling of support during lunch hours.

“I hope that it will bring a sense of community, that everybody gathers in one place, cheering each other up, and have people in one group.

There are so many cliques and I kind of want to break that,” Sutor said.

Sign up sheets will be outside the cafeteria on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for students to claim performing time.

Singing, poetry reading, and instrumentalist musicians areencouraged.

“I play guitar and sing, and I wanted to meet people who also enjoy doing those things.

It’s my passion and I want to find people who share those passions,” Sutor said.

Although only held currently during fifth period, Sutor wants to extend this club to the other lunch periods.

“I want everybody to feel included during lunch, so if they don’t have a group to sit with, they can come with the memory jammers,” Sutor said.

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In 1999, Rolling Meadows student Rob Komosa was paralyzed after an accident at football practice. That same year two teenagers walked into a school named Columbine in Colorado and killed 12 people.

Since both of these tragedies, many safety precautions have changed in order to protect the well-being of students.

Former D214 student inspires new insurance law A new insurance policy was signed into law this summer and many drills have taken place within the past few weeks in order to remind students of this protection.

Governor Pat Quinn signed the “Rocky Clark” Catastrophic Insurance legislation into law . This has required the district to obtain medical insurance that gives $3 million or five years to an injured athlete, if the injury causes more than $50,000 of damage.

According to associate superintendent for finance and operations Cathy Johnson, our district has chosen to pay a $25,000 deductible. In the case of a catastrophic accident, the district pays the first $25,000 and the insurance covers the rest.

“The insurance provides a wonderful bridge for families in an awful situation,” Johnson said.

The insurance provides money for families up front, so that they can stay financially safe until they get the full amount in a settlement.

“The law that was passed has created a new competitive insurance market in order for insurance to be more affordable to schools,” Johnson explained, “Companies want to get the volume.

The law was deemed “Rocky’s Law” by Quinn because Clark was a student athlete who received terrible head and neck injuries and was compensated only $5 million for his entire life. District 214 also experienced this situation with Komosa that brought up the law as well.

Komosa sued the school and was given $12.5 million in a settlement that ended in 2005. Before that he was given donations to help support him. Komosa passed away in April this year.

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Stories by: Jessica Lynk Graphic by: Jackson Harget

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New safety precautions promote student well-being Shuffling out to the parking lot, students experienced their first fire drill of the school year on Aug. 22. A week later came a hard lock down drill and then a tornado drill that next Tuesday.

“I noticed we had a lot of drills at the beginning of the school year, but I don’t think it’s that strange with all of the school safety issues happening right now, but it’s definitely more than last year,” junior Allison VanStaalduinen said.

“By September, we are done now. Our students are prepared, our teachers are prepared, our staff is prepared. I know it’s a lot, but I think it is best to know we are prepared if anything does happen, not that we want there to be, but at least people have gone through it already,” associate principal of operations Joe Krajacic said.

Students have noticed that when it comes to these drills, others do not always take them seriously.

“We do them (drills) so often and every year in school that I feel most students feel they already know what to do, so why take it seriously,” senior Sam DeFilippo said, “We do what we’re suppose to, but I think it’s more just going through the motions than actually treating it as if it were the real thing.”

Although students do not always put in their full efforts, the point of the drills is to find out what is wrong and fix it, according to Krajacic.

“You want to make sure you do something like this (lock down drill) up front right away and find out where your problems are. Do you have a problem with a door? You notice that announcements don’t work in a room. We found out one of the room that the announcements were working, but very,very low. That’s a good thing because we have to correct it, “ Krajacic said.

Last year, the fire alarms went off multiple times due to a malfunction, but they were unplanned.

“When they are not planned, students I have noticed do not goof around.

I have seen what they have done to help other students.” Krajacic said.

With multiple alarms triggering, many students did not take these many malfunctions seriously, as well.

“It got to the point where you heard it go off and people didn’t feel like they had to react or do anything about it,” VanStaalduinen said.

Malfunctions like these cause safety to be questioned, but they did improve our evacuation time.

“I tried to time the evacuations and when they were unplanned, they were a lot quicker,” Krajacic said.

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Trouble in Syria equals trouble in U.S. Another crisis in the Middle East has recently put the United States and its allies on the brink of military action.

Although the Syrian Civil War, with the goal of overthrowing President Bashar AlAssad, has been raging since 2011, new developments regarding the government’s reported use of illegal chemical weapons against the rebels and civilians has brought calls for Western intervention.

“While Syria is a controversial situation at best, it serves as an example as to why we must always maintain an interest in international law and affairs,” senior Michael Frankiewicz said.

•Michael miller

College cell-phone rights limited At Wyoming Catholic College, before the start of each year, students surrender their cell phones. The submitted cell phones are kept under lock and key in the dorm rooms, only to be checked out during an emergency.

Along with the cell phone ban, televisions are not allowed on campus, and the Internet is only used for research. The ban was put in place to encourage student interaction.

Such a ban can be seen to have both positive and negative effects. “I think this would give me more of a chance to express my own mind rather then having the social media’s opinion in everything I do,” senior Jack Carroll said.

•George Vladimirov

Local project drives home message

In the past couple of years, distracted driving has become a lot more than just texting. Elgin woman Virginia Smith knows about the consequences of not keeping her eyes on the road.

“I am a two time DUI offender. My second DUI was seven or eight years ago, and the consequences were really severe. I got to go to a special place where people would share their personal stories,” Smith said.

Smith created the “Safe Roads are Totally Cool!” project. According to her website, saferoadstotallycool.wordpress.com, the project is intended to change deep attitudes about impaired and distracted driving.

•Mackenzie Francis Read More about these topics and more on correspondentlive

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Students change drill perspective English teacher reflects on ‘Rocky’s Law’ inspiration due to media •Continued from Page 1 English teacher Jim A public school district maintaining Schiferl was able to see grades 9 through Komosa talk in a panel.

12 shall provide catastrophic “Rob had a great attiaccident insurance coverage, tude considering his situwith aggregate benefit limits of $3 million or 5 years, ation. He was never bitter whichever occurs first, for eligible o r angry. He was so students in grades 9 happy to come through 12 who sustain an accidenspeak at our tal injury while participating in school-sponsored or schoolconference,” supervised interscholastic Schiferl said. athletic events sanctioned by the After the IHSA accident, Ko-Illinois legislation mosa was unable •Graphic by: Jessica lynk to perform the tasks that we take for granted.

“We take it (walking) for granted, but when I saw him confined to a wheelchair, it saddened me. Watching him getting in and out of the vehicle was tough. It was a very slow and arduous process,” Schiferl said.

Schiferl believes that this new policy to protect athletes is the responsibility of the district.

“The district must do everything possible to keep kids safe, safe from all sorts of things like injury, outsiders coming into the building, predators, etc. However, no school or institution can anticipate nor control everything. If something happens because the district messed up, the district must pay,” Schiferl said.

Students were unaware of these new policies, but find them to be helpful. “ I guess it is good because football is a very physical sport and people do get hurt,” senior Joey Szymanski said.

“It is a good thing to protect our players,” senior Michael Messer said.

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•Continued from page 1 Over the years, Krajacic has noticed though that students have begun to take drills more seriously.

“With fire drills, kids get older and think they know what they are doing, it’s OK. The lock downs I think those have changed quite a bit because with just watching the news, watching the media, unfortunately society today is bombarded with that, and you see that and kids know that is a real threat that can happen anywhere. You also look at the tornado drills and look at Oklahoma last year,” Krajacic said.

“People see those things and see that these are real issues, and know we need to be prepared,” Krajacic said.

Krajacic has noticed students have changed over the years.

“The lock down is the one I worry about the most because they are going to target visual and noise. That is the one I was very impressed by,” Krajacic said.

Principal Gordon Sisson explains the staff is here for the safety of students.

“We are constantly focused on their safety. It is an on going initiative to keep current with what we do and how we do it, to provide you with the safest environment possible,” Sisson said.

Students and staff think these drills prepare us and keep us safe at school.

“I do find it to be a safe place. They have cameras almost everywhere, so if something happens, they can handle it as soon as possible,” freshman Bhumi Parikh said.

Cell phone boundaries bound to expand Miranda Fanella Deans Justin Penio and Matthew Norris developed a plan to give students more responsibility and freedom with cell phones and other electronic devices.

“We sat down and tried to come up with ways to promote positive behavior while giving kids responsibility,” Norris said.

“When kids are given a responsibility they will take a hold of it.”

If the student body can acquire less than 100 cell phone violations within the first school-year quarter, boundaries for cell phone usage will be expanded.

“I think 100 [violations] is kind of low,” sophomore Maggie Berigan.

“I don’t think it should really be that hard to do because students don’t have to text in class- there are other people in class to talk to,” junior Luke Maslanka said.

Currently, cell phone usage is confined to the cafeteria and commons

area. Cell phones are strictly prohibited from the halls, classrooms, the library, and the foyer.

But with this new plan, there’s more possibility for boundary expansion.

“I think it’s a good reward for students for following the rules,” sophomore Conor Stanley said.

According to the Student Handbook, “They [cell phones] may not be used in any manner that will cause disruption to the educational environment or will otherwise violate student conduct rules.”

Cell phone boundaries are enforced and taken so seriously among deans and teachers to protect students’ academic morals and prevent disruption in learning.

Cell phones are not only classroom distractions but are also interferences in academic integrity.

“A few years ago teachers saw such a high increase in cheating,” Norris said.

According to the Student Handbook, a first

violation results in a referral and the cell phone or other electronic device being confiscated Only 10 by the dean. A cellphone second violation violations!! follows the same OMG! procedure but calls Since when?! for a conference with the dean and parent/guardian of the student.

Since Cell phone usSept. 9! age boundaries are strictly enforced, Impressive!!! and always will be.

This first-quarter plan will not change that, but will only affect the boundaries ks to go! more wee themselves.

Just a few “[As of September 9] we have had just ten cell phone violations,” Norris said.

This statistic reGraphic by Miranda Fanella flects an optimistic approach towards the goal phone usage will be proof fewer than 100 violavided. tions this quarter.

“You guys [the student “I’m surprised there haven’t been more viola- body] are doing a really good job,” Nortions yet,” Berigan said.

Although specific de- ris said. “Keep it up.” tails could not be revealed, more responsibility and freedom with cell

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New tardy policies promote timely students Matt Stadnicki Before the start of this school year, students could arrive to school past 7:30 a.m. without consequence, except perhaps in their first period classes. This lack of consequences thus led to a large amount of students entering the building past 7:30 a.m. Starting this year however, school policy changed to taking away student I.D. cards if they arrive late to school.

“I take their [student’s] I.D.’s if they arrive after 7:30,” security guard Paul Grundke said.

However, students only lose their I.D. card for a short period of time, as late comers are directed to the dean’s office around first or second hour to discuss consequences of being late.

“The students are called down to the office, first or second hour. The first tardy is just a warning. Any tardy after the first is a detention, either after school or during lunch,” dean of students Matt Norris said.

The results of the system can be a mixed bag.

On one hand, the number of latecomers to the school has been dropping. “The number coming in late is going down,” Grundke said.

“We have noticed a drop from the beginning of the year and a huge drop from last year,” Norris said. Such a drop in latecomers can be attributed to this new system to discourage tardiness, as opposed to last year’s lack of a system.

Last year, with no system to officially discourage tardiness, students would enter the building past 7:30 a.m. and the start of classes, with no consequences from the school administration.

This lack of consequences last year was what encouraged faculty to try to discourage tardiness by taking student I.D. cards away. “There

time and might not be late intentionally.

Whether it’s a car breakdown, a missed alarm, or any other accident, students will probably be late one time or another to school. When that happens, a detention after the first tardy can seem a little harsh.

“People are going to come in late. It will always happen, and it’s understandable, but there should only be consequences when it becomes a consistent and intentional action,” senior Jacob Komenda said.

Differentiating be•Miranda Fanella tween coming in late unior Jenelle Rosario shows securtiy guards her I.D while enter- accidentally and coming the building before school. “I feel that the new policy is ing in late intentionally unfair because getting a tardy in class is good enough,” Rosario is a hard task, and the said. Students’ feelings on the policy have varied. only way to consistently make sure students was no system last year. The faculty got tired are not late intentionwatching 25-30 students walk in after 7:30 a.m.” ally to school is through the new system.

Norris said.

However, such a system has been shown to be With a large drop in tardies from last year, it dropping the number of latecomers to school, seems that the system is working to stop tardi- which is a plus. Such penalties as a detention ness. can be seen as necessary for getting students to On the other hand, some students might feel school and classes on time. that the consequences are a little harsh. Some students have difficulties making it to school on

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Orange Crush, a storied institution at Hersey, finds itself in need of leaders every year. Run by seniors, this club needs a select few with extreme school spirit to lead the charge against the fan sections of our football rivals.

#Orangecrush

Although it might be a blast cheering on the football team with Orange Crush every Friday night, other sports seem to be excluded from the support of Orange Crush.

While occasionally volleyball or another sport may receive some attention

issin’ iExpress indifference & with iPads ishin’

Dino Ljubijankic

Remember that one aunt, uncle, or older cousin who would come around to the house and baby talk everything that is younger than them, and then assume that those younger things automatically respect them?

That’s my relationship with these iPads. They are gold-plated garbage. And I’ve Mitt Romneyed over them a lot. Do I like it?

Do I hate it? I will probably disagree with everything I say now in a week or two.

The pluses are easy to point out. Note taking has changed from a burden to a easy side task.

No longer will students, trying to copy what their history teacher is saying about Andrew Jackson’s duels, feel the aching pain that happens after using a pencil for more than ten minutes.

Also, those keyboards feel really nice. It actually feels like a real keyboard. With keys! And buttons that I’m not familiar with!

That’s more important than I’m implying.

If the keys feels like I’m pushing Build-A-Blocks, then something is wrong. They should feel like those skinny Lego pieces.

Yes, there’s a difference between Build-A-Blocks and Legos. Yes, Mom, I want both.

Every junior has an iPad. It’s easy to share group work amongst each other. The problem was, Jimmy told Klaire, Max, and Batman that he would finish the rest of the lab for everyone at home and give it to the group on Monday.

Though Attendance at sporting events at Hersey, isn’t really an issue, this club can never have too much publicity.

Hersey is arguably one of the best cheering sections in the district, something that can only be achieved by solid Orange

Crush leaders and the high attendance of the Hersey student body.

While it sounds ridiculous that we compete with other schools in cheering on another sport, isn’t it really just big cheerleading team with no cuts? So come tryout!

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Monday drops by, Jimmy didn’t do it because Jimmy’s a jerk, Klaire’s grade is in jeopardy, Max will probably drop out of that class and go to an easier one, and Batman’s butler will freak out.

Is there sadness about these fake people in this fake scenario?

Good. Because it won’t happen.

Not with the easy sharing the iPad has offer.

By the way, games are cool.

Don’t forget about those games.

Those no-storyline-but-collectpoints-to-upgrade-whateveryou-have games. Do any of them contribute to education? No! Of course not! Why would they do that?

Does it end with happiness and joy? No. The iPads put a new responsibility on students. Keep them charged. Don’t break them.

Don’t lose them. If people are going to lose them, lose them in a way that makes insurance cover it.

Also, how am I supposed to learn my sciences when the brightly colored apps are staring me in the face and promise me much more enjoyment than the difference between velocity and speed? They’re just begging for me to press them and go nuts.

And those covers they have aren’t great. I’m not saying they’re useless, but they’re nothing to talk about. The iPads seem clunky and odd with those covers.

While these iPads are great for us as a whole, they are still bad if used for the wrong reasons. Be careful. It only takes one click of a button in order to get distracted.

Other than that, good job iPads.

from Orange Crush, these sports don’t attract the crowds that football games attract.

While it might be just that football games are a bigger social event than other sports matches, other sports could still benefit from some Orange Crush

support.

Students should still attend and support football games with enthusiasm, however, Orange Crush and students’ focus should not be solely on football.

•Matt Stadnicki

Virtual violence doesn’t equate to real life behavior Drew Snelson Video games don’t make people violent. There. I can’t speak for everyone, but I hate when people write these long winded opinion articles in the paper and then at the end of it, tell no one where they stand on the issue. And I’ll say why I believe this, but first I have to clear something up.

While I don’t believe that video games make people violent, I do believe that they desensitize people to it.

They are two different things that are commonly misconstrued.

One is action, the other is reaction.

And really all media does it anyway.

The news, movies, TV, and music all do exactly the same thing.

Pop quiz! What’s the difference between shooting someone in Call of Duty, watch a story an innocent little kid getting shot on the news, and listening to a rap song about kill cops?

Not much. Not much at all. And this flood of violent media is coming in everyday. Can anyone really tell how much violent video games contribute to societies callousness to violence?

Being desensitized to violence through video games can have dangerous effects, though, if the player has trouble telling fiction from reality.

And I’m not going to try to flaunt my credibility, because I have absolutely none, but I would be willing to bet that the people that deal with that issue also have some psychological problems to boot.

But those are the cases people see on the news, and so the public suddenly jumps on the everyone-whoplays-violent-video-games-is-go-

ing-to-murder-me bandwagon. If that were true, where’s the army of nerds running around shooting people and hijacking cars?

They don’t exist because the people that leave the ridiculously violent acts to the TV screen (nearly all of the gaming population) are well adjusted human beings just like the rest of society. Sure, they made need to put on some extra sunblock or eat a sandwich, but they, just like everyone else, understand that it’s illegal.

I will concede one thing though.

I don’t believe that little kids should play violent video games. That can mess kids up. Again, just spitballing here, but most kiddies probably don’t understand the difference between shooting somebody in a game and doing it in real life.

If only someone could create some kind of system to ensure that the parents who buy these video games for their children understand the difference between Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat. Oh wait!

Somebody already did!

There’s this thing called the ESRB. It rates video games based on the mature content in them and then puts said rating on the cover of the game.

Ever seen a video game commercial come on and then a voice says, “rated T for teen” or “M for mature”? Yeah, that thing.

And even more so, people under 17 years of age can’t even buy games with a mature rating without an adult! So whose to blame here? The companies that make these violent video games for adults, or the parents who buy these games for their 10 year old kid?

What? Did anyone actually think I would leave it opened ended?

Come on.

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Staff Speaks

Events give reason to drill with perfection

Tragedies happen everyday.

Some are major, some are small, but they leave an impact on our lives. Students should be aware that tragedies have had an immense impact in the past and students should take caution from them.

In Chicago in 1958, a fire trapped elementary school students in their school: Our Lady of the Angels School caught fire when a basement fire went undetected. 92 students and three nuns were killed after stairways were blocked and people began jumping from windows.

What we can learn: Take fire drills seriously. Recently students stood on the grass during the drill instead of getting away from school. If a real fire happened, we would need to get far away.

In 1990, a tornado hit Plainfield High School: The students who were outside only went in minutes before the storm touching down in Plainfield. A dean then pulled an alarm which then forced a volleyball team to go into the hall from

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the gym, but the door was ripped off seconds later. The tornado only left one hallway standing.

What we can learn: Pay attention to what is going on. If the sky looks dark, tell a coach. Weather isn’t something to mess around with. During the drill, students took their time to get into rooms. If a tornado came, students would not have that time.

In 1999, two teenagers walked into Columbine high school: The two students shot and killed 12 and caused injury to 27 more. They were believed to have been victims of bullying, but that is not the case. Journals that were found lead officials to discover they were planning it as an act of terror.

What we can learn: If something is suspicious, speak up.

When we have lock downs, take them seriously. We admit during the lock down we were crinkling fruit snacks, but in the event of a real lock down, everyone needs to be silent.

Since 1999, tragedies continue to occur. Although we do the best to prevent tragedies, we still need to be prepared.

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WHat goes on during drills in your class?

Freshman Stephanie Wojciak

“They do not take it seriously; they joke around and won’t be prepared for an emergency.”

Junior Colin Killian

“It’s a standard thing. They take Them semiseriously.”

Junior Sam Leja

“They are very unorganized and frantically unorganized.”

The results of improper drilling. Posted procedures are to be followed, not ignored. If a real event occurred, would you know what to do?

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Drop the phone and look around Jessica Lynk I spend at least some of my free time in the deep hole that technology has dug us. It is a vortex that sometimes I can’t get out of.

With the school year in full gear and the new challenge of less than a hundred cell phone violations, turning off the computer and iPad and cellphone and iPod for a school day or even a full day could change students’ perspective; It changed mine.

My best friend asked me to go to her cabin with her for a weekend. Without hesitation I said yes. As the weekend got closer, she described to me how it was in the middle of nowhere and there would be little to no power.

The entire week I was excited, but I kind of dreaded the fact that I wouldn’t be in contact with the rest of the world. I tend to always have my cell phone glued to me at all times.

The weekend came and as we drove up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I slowly lost service and battery power. I was getting upset because I couldn’t text all of my bffs within 12 seconds, it took about 5 minutes to hold a conversation.

We got to the cabin, and I found out I could charge my cell phone. I was overjoyed. Being 300 miles away from home, I thought I was going to die because I couldn’t play Candy Crush for three hours each day.

I did have contact with my other best friend, but it was minimal, and it took awhile for the message to be delivered. But as the weekend went on, I did not care about cell service or the fact that my phone was in another room struggling to charge. I did not even care about the all important conversations I have through text message.

The weather was not like Florida, but it was beautiful. The bugs were ten times worse, but the view was ten times better. The lake was not crystal clear and warm, but it made for some good times.

The sky looks amazing at 2 a.m. when there isn’t a skyscraper 26 miles away.

The moment I stopped caring about my phone and what I was missing at home, I realized that the place I was at was beyond beautiful.

Although students can not always get away on a vacation throughout the school year, turning off cellphones for three hours a day, or a week even, may allow them to witness a shooting star, the opportunities are out there.

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Life in the d ‘Keep your eyes on the road’ Students reflect on dangerous distractions Caitlin Strozewski With parents busy working and the hassle of catching the bus, it’s no wonder that a lot teenagers find that driving themselves is the easiest mode of transportation.

With so many new and less-experienced drivers on the road, some people wonder how safe teen drivers really are.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the leading cause of death for teens in the United States is motor vehicle crashes. One of the main reasons for these crashes is distracted driving.

“I believe that texting is the number one cause of distracted driving,” senior Katherine Surma said.

In reality distracted driving can include a variety of activities. According to distraction.gov, examples of distracted driving include: texting, using a cell phone, eating/ drinking, talking to passengers, grooming, reading, using a GPS, watching a video, and adjusting the radio, to name a few.

To many students, doing these things in the car seems completely normal and safe.

What they may not realize is that activities similar to those performed when calling someone (reaching for a phone, looking up a contact and dialing the number) triple the risk of a crash or serious accident, as stated by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.

Many students, however, have noticed the dangers of distractions on the road from their new perspective of being a driver. “I think the radio can be a distraction. Some people can get a little carried away when a

good song comes on,” junior Kelly Hill said.

“What I did was memorize which radio station I have saved in my car, so that I can change it without looking,” junior Hannah Schlapia said.

It is easy to imagine that the number one distraction for driving teens is their cell phone and texting. A lot of teens think that taking the time to text will be insignificant and won’t be long enough to cause a crash, when in reality their eyes are off the road for about five seconds.

This is equivalent to driving blind for the length of a football field, while going 55 mph as stated by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.

“I don’t text and drive because I see how dangerous it is from people that do it in the car next to me and how easily they lose their focus,” Schlapia said.

The issue of texting and driving has been a major concern in the past few years. Most students have probably seen the AT&T “It can wait” commercials, which show the text a person sent or received when they got into a life-changing or ending accident.

These commercials show how a text is not worth risking a life in a car accident.

“Watching those commercials reminds me of the negative consequences of texting and driving, and have influenced me not to text and drive,” junior Joslyn Kerman said.

AT&T driver surveys

found that, even though 97 percent of teens think that texting and driving is dangerous, 43 percent still admit to doing it. “Sometimes I text at red lights,” junior Ryan Cassady said.

Although most students think that it will never happen to them, it’s important to realize the realities of distracted driving and to understand how much their chances of getting into a crash are increased when they take their eyes off the road for just a few seconds.

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“I was pulling out of the parking lot and a bird was flying low, and I took it out.”

“They didn’t charge me for it, and they didn’t give me the hearing or eye exam.”

“The instructor didn’t know that when you’re at a red light, you treat it like a stop sign when making a right turn, and I had to correct him.”

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drivers seat Students sound off on parking lot Mackenzie Francis A perk to being a senior and many students’ favorite privilege is being able to drive to school and park in the senior lot.

Seniors have to pay $190 if they want a yearlong parking pass, and afterwards, juniors can enter the lottery to win any extra slots.

Senior Liz Bussert won a parking pass in the lottery last year as a junior and bought one this year as a senior. “I like driving to school because I can avoid weather issues- I don’t have to walk.”

Other students like the independence that comes with driving to and from school, or leaving campus for lunch.

“My favorite thing about driving to school is that I can go home from lunch,” senior Jenna Pecora said.

Although it’s nice to have that freedom, with so many students rushing in and out, the parking lot is often busy, chaotic, and crowded. While some are forced to wait in traffic, others have the option of getting to or leaving school right away.

“I get out of the building as fast as possible,” Pecora said. “If I don’t make the light on Arlington Heights Road and Thomas Street though, I feel like I am waiting forever.”

Others aren’t so lucky. “It took me almost 15 minutes to get from the parking lot, by the tennis courts, to the stop sign by Thomas Street after school because the parking lot got crowded fast and it was a Friday,” senior Chris Yendrzejowsky said. “Everyone wanted to go home and the lines built up fast.”

A lot of factors go into how fast students can leave school. Some common factors are where students’ eighth hour class is located, how long it takes to gather their homework and other items from their locker, and the location of their car.

“Just wait 10 minutes until everyone is gone, and then it’s like free reign of the parking lot,” Bussert said.

While waiting after school is an option, arriving early in the morning can also be important to guarantee a parking spot.

“I love driving to school because I can leave a little past 7:00 a.m. and there will be a parking spot,” senior Paula Skowron said.

For some students, pulling out of their parking space, or just parking in general, can be a hassle. “[Students shouldn’t] park weird so you can’t park next to them because they are in your spot,” Yendrzejowsky said.

Cutting off and pulling out in front of others seems to be a common complaint among many.

“Don’t just assume you can pull out of a spot and expect to go in front of me,” Yendrzejowsky said.

Pecora has a simpler request. “They should not blast their music while sitting in their car, it really is irritating.”

“All in all, driving to school has its advantage and disadvantages, but I’m really grateful to be able to drive to school,” Skowron said.

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Courtesy of Daniella Ballarino he all- girl band Serendipity, with senior Daniella Ballarino on the drums, per-

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Nicole Cecala The all girls band, Serendipity, was formed by a mere coincidence, when five girls began taking lessons at El Rey Music School and were put together by the owner.

It isn’t quite a coincidence anymore, as these five ladies have been playing live shows continually, and have even had the opportunity of being signed to NTD Managment, just two months after they formed the band.

“It was very exciting to know that they were going to get our name out and take us to the next level,” senior Daniella Ballarino said, the only Serendipity member who attends school here.

Serendipity consists of five girls from schools all around the area. Josie Treffy, lead vocals/keyboard, from St. Charles North. Liz Petitt, keyboards/vocals, from Buffalo Grove. Anneliese Schulz, guitarist, from Elk Grove, and Haley Blomquist, bassist, also from Elk Grove, and

forms at the St. Zachary Fest in Des Plaines.

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then Ballarino finishes the lineup on the drums.

The style of music these girls play is along the lines of pop/rock with musical influences from a wide variety of artists.

“We are very diverse and can’t decide on one artist,” Ballarino said.

They have well-amounted stage experience, playing live about 40 times just this summer alone, with more shows to come. Much of their live experience is from summer festivals, including Frontier Days, the Taste of Joliet, Romeofest, and many more. They have also been on the radio, T.V, and had the opportunity to play at the Sears Convention Center.

Serendipity’s setlist contains a wide variety of covers, but they have also produced eight original songs.

“It’s so much fun especially when our fans sing along to our originals. It’s more fun for us when we know that the crowd is having a great time,” Ballarino said.

Serendipity has worked their way up to play for large crowds, but the nerves can’t get in the way of something they love and feel long-term dedication to.

“Sometimes we get a little nervous before we go on if there is a large crowd. The biggest crowd we have played for was 10, 000 people. We have so much fun together, and we plan on doing this for a while,” Ballarino said.

The girls have even played right here, at the Holiday Assembly last year, and they plan on returning again. Also, they’re adding Clash of the Classes on Oct. 1 to their show agenda.

“We had a great time at the assembly last year, and we will be playing again this year,” Ballarino said.

Check out Serendipity’s music and links to all their pages at CorrespodentLive.

‘Elise and the Police’ stand out Juniors use unique instruments for indie rock Isabella Murray Juniors Spencer Kasper, Paul Hoffman, Patrick Meyers, and Mike Eichhorn’s band, ‘Elise and the Police’ is taking steps to reveal themselves, including starting to record their music.

“So far we have one song recorded, ‘Hang Me Up To Dry’ by Cold War Kids, and we are in the process of editing 3 more. We want to hand out CDs of these recordings to local restaurants and to anyone who wants to listen to our music, which also can be heard on our sound cloud,” Kasper said.

Elise and the Police has performed at venues like the variety show, Live 8 for autism, and a couple of backyard shows, though they plan on finding gigs to play weekly. As of now they play covers from bands like Weezer, Oberhofer, San Cisco, the Arctic Monkeys, and Twenty One Pilots, although they want to start making original music.

“Hoffman, our lead guitarist, and I have been working on some original content. We have two or three good melodies that we’ve been working on that are gaining some weight, so if we can get those done, we can have our own EP to send out to some people to maybe get us some show opportunities or just see where it takes us,” Meyers said.

The initial genre of the band is alternative and indie rock music, they incorporate other sounds as well.

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play. Although its mostly alternative, we also try to incorporate and the different types of music. For example, we have an electric cello and other weird instruments like that,” Kasper said.

“What makes our band unique is that we all can play more than one instrument so we can change up what instruments are in different songs which allows us to have a bigger variety of songs that we can play and we can add in different instruments where we think they would sound cool,” Hoffman said.

While Kasper plays the drums, guitar, and sings, Hoffman plays the guitar, Myers plays the guitar and drums, and sings and Eichhorn plays the bass and guitar, each have their own individual favorite songs for the band.

“Personally I like to play ‘House Courtesy of Elise and the Police of Gold’ by Twenty One Pilots, beuniors Patrick Meyers, Mike Eichhorn, Spencer Kasper, cause the ukulele is really fun to and Paul Hoffman, at times accompanied by Julie play. I also like any song where Glikin, Olivia Menzia, and Amanda Moy, formed the we add a different instrument be- band when they were freshmen. cause its a change from the normal keys because I play bass guitar on that song and music and sounds neat,” Hoffman ‘Hang Me Up to Dry’ by Cold War Kids because said.

“My favorite songs to play with the band are I think its just an overall cool song,” Eichhorn ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ by the Arctic Mon- said.

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Take it

John Mayer completely surprised me with his new album, “Paradise Valley,” which was released on August 13.

Full of unique sounds and very complex music, I was more than satisfied. Mayer’s blues rock style complimented well with his inspiring lyrics and calm rhythm.

At first, I wanted to hate this unexpected and interesting style of music, but was incapable of doing so.

Being Mayer’s seventh album, I feel this is his greatest one yet. Constantly intrigued with his distinct yet peculiar sound, I’d give it 5 stars.

Hands down. ‍ For most people, you either hate it or love it, and‍ I definitely loved it. Now, completely hooked, I recommend “Paradise Valley” to everyone.

-Nate horne

So let’s see, there’s ESPN, ESPN2, NBC Sports, BIG Ten Network, CBS Sports Network, Golf Channel, Fox Sports Network, Tennis Channel, and even the WWE Channel. But hey, I think there is a need for a new, unoriginal sports network.

The brand new Fox Sports 1 channel aired late Aug. promoting College Football, Major League Baseball, English Premier League Soccer, and NASCAR. The only somewhat unique aspect of this network is the airing of soccer.

But in the few times I have switched over to Fox Sports 1, I have seen nothing but continuous loops of mundane anchors discussing Johnny Manziel and Alex Rodriguez. I’ll admit the promos got me a little excited, but I’m leaving it on Fox Sports 1. Stick to American Idol.

-tim griffin

Leave it ‘Bat-ffleck’ Begins Dino Ljubijankic

If anyone has even a little bit of Batman fan in them, they all reacted to the BenAf f leck-in-the-Man-OfSteel-2 decision in the same way a father would react if his daughter brought home her heavily tattooed and pierced boyfriend. Great to watch if

one isn’t a fan.

Before everyone goes against Affleck, think about this: are fanboys ever happy? Who would play Batman that they 100 percent agree with?

We can’t bring back anyone who played him before. Michael Keaton is too old. Ditto for Clooney. I don’t know whether or not Adam West is still alive. And Christian Bale might throw up if he sees another Batarang.

I don’t think I remember a single time some actor was announced to play a superhero, and everyone was all like, “Oh, great choice.” There’s always hate.

Back when I was Jolly Middle School Dino, there was an actor who was infamously known for a performance that hurt that actor’s reputation. His name was Heath Ledger, and he played Joker in The Dark Knight. I heard he did a pretty good job.

In last year’s The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hardy was Bane. Isn’t Tom Hardy British? Why did he play Bane, someone who has been Latino in almost everything he has been a part of? And

why did he do an acceptable job when he was supposed to bomb it? And why is that voice so hilarious? Why do I want to have Obama wear that mask and say, “When Syria is in ashes, then you have my permission to die?”

Don’t give me that, “I don’t think they will do well.” Those people have yet to see the movie.

And, besides, it’s Batman and Superman in the same movie. It’s hard to mess up with that. In fact, there are places where they can improve Batman.

I didn’t like how they made his voice in TDK trilogy. How am I supposed to enjoy him beating up the Joker when he screams, “WURRS HAAHRVUYYY!” Give him a manly, businessman-like voice that can be switched from comforting and intimidating in a second.

Wait, let me be a giant nerd for a second. Try to steer clear of using Batman villains. This is a Superman sequel, Ben Affleck is just there to be Superman’s buddy. If they are going to be not smart and use Batman villains anyways, use some that we aren’t used to. Give us Riddler.

Give us Penguin, Mr. Freeze, or Harley Quinn.

By the way, if they show Harley Quinn on the screen for 20 seconds, I’d pay anything. I don’t care if people Google Harley Quinn and call me a freak. Okay, nerd paragraph over.

I wouldn’t just say don’t judge an actor by his past. I would add this: don’t judge an actor with an Oscar by his past. Because that’s a past that doesn’t need to be judged.

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“The World’s End” ends it well

British blockbuster “The World’s End” is many things: a witty comedy, a sharp sci-fi satire, an engaging action picture, as well as a surprisingly deep character study. Most importantly, it’s easily the best comedy of the year so far, if not best movie .

The film is the third entry in what is known as “The Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy,” a series of thematically-tied pictures written and directed by Edgar Wright, co-written and starring Simon Pegg, and co-starring Nicholas Frost. The trio of best friend’s previous entries were; 2004’s brilliant zombieparody “Shaun of the Dead,” and 2007’s even better action movie send-up “Hot Fuzz.”

“The World’s End” continues this trend, and against all odds, happens to be the group’s best collaboration so far.

At it’s core, “The World’s End” is really just a coming-of-age story, only it’s set three decades too late. Instead of the typical awkward teenage star of most coming-of-age films, “The World’s End” throws at us Gary King, (played by Simon Pegg) a forty-something year-old nostalgia junkie who, well, never quite “came of age.” Pegg gives his best performance yet, giving the complex yet pathetic burnout just enough charm to make him endearing.

In a desperate attempt to relive his glory days, Gary manipulates four of his reluctant childhood friends to leave their jobs and families’ for the weekend and retry their hometown’s epic pub crawl they failed 20 years prior.

Pegg’s supporting cast is fantastic and full of British superstars. Frost hilariously plays out-of-type as the 20-years sober Andy, Martin “The Hobbit” Freeman plays bluetoothdevice-loving Oliver, Paddy Considine plays Gary’s romantic rival Steven, and Eddie Marsan is revelatory as the former victim of bullying Peter.

While the five reunited friends begin their quest to hit up twelve different bars, they soon start unraveling a sinister “Invasion of the Body Snatcher’s”-esque extraterrestrial plot to takeover the world. It sounds crazy and totally shoe-horned, but this plot-twist is surprisingly slick science-fiction and thematically sound with the rest of the film. Hilariously, the now sloppy-drunk guys decide, despite the apocalyptic scenario, the pub crawl must go on.

“The World’s End” then features some ridiculous and awesomely entertaining bar brawls between the main cast and an army of evil alien robots. Wright continues to prove his worth as not only a gifted comedic director, but also truly innovative when handling action. He utilizes his trademark flashy editing and quick-match cuts to great effect, though this time he also adds in zooming tracking shots that make each fight scene feel like it was filmed in one extended take.

What’s best about this film though, is Wright’s acute attention to detail in character, plotting, writing, and action. Every joke in the first half of the movie sets up an even bigger laugh in the second half.

No story beat is left unturn; each line of dialogue foreshadows events later down the line and every twist and turn ties in nicely with the bittersweet themes of growing up and moving on.

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•Courtsey of Robert Kraybill enior Robert Kraybill acts in his self-directed and self-filmed movie, Ouija. This film won teen awards. Go to CorrespondentLive to watch this film.

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A long-lived passion is close to becoming a dream come true for senior Robert Kraybill.

Ever since elementary school, Kraybill has had a love for movies, which soon became a talent for filmmaking.

“I love movies, and I especially just want people to see what I can do,” Kraybill said. “I remember my first film that I made was a spoof of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ for my fifth grade class.”

As Kraybill’s talent developed, so did the quality of his equipment.

“I used to make my films with just a little camcorder, but recently I got a new HD camera that is awesome,” Kraybill said.

The process of making a film can be lengthy and difficult, but that doesn’t stop him.

“How I usually go about making a film is this: write the script, try to find some friends to play the parts, film, edit it all together to make it awesome, and put it out there for everyone to see,” Kraybill said.

Kraybill creates films of different genres for fun and even for contests.

“I film many things, from just me hanging out with my friends to documentaries. But when I make a movie, I try to make it as real as possible,” Kraybill said. “Usually I like working with the science fiction and horror genres.”

Filming has also brought Kraybill some major accomplishments. “[An accomplishment is] winning the award for best horror movie at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library 6th annual Teen Film Fest last year,” Kraybill said.

This past August at the 7th annual Teen Film Fest, Kraybill won the vote for best overall film for his film Ouija, as well as best cinematography.

Not only has Kraybill won awards at the local library, but he also had a huge opportunity on August 12.

“Another amazing accomplishment would be getting invited to do an interview on ABC news for my film,” Kraybill said.

“Tom Spicer, who is in charge of the teen film fest, got me the gig on ABC for my film Dementia from last year’s film fest,” Kraybill said. “The interview was pretty awesome. We only had like five minutes, but they just asked us about the movie we made which they showed on the air.”

Kraybill’s Channel 7 ABC News interview has opened a new door for his filming.

“I hope I get more interviews and opportunities! Maybe even a scholarship to a film college or something, or maybe even an internship with an actual Hollywood movie,” Kraybill said.

As college approaches, Kraybill has major plans for the future involving his passion for film.

“What I want to do with my talents in filmmaking is to hopefully get noticed, someday go to California and become the next big name in Hollywood- hopefully the youngest, too,” Kraybill said.

Check out CorrespodentLive to watch Kraybill’s movie Ouija.

Injuries impact all sides of students’ lives Collette Tagney

“I was in soccer practice and we were doing header drills and I hit one of the balls and it hit in a weird place. I starting feeling pretty dizzy, and then I ran into someone,” sophomore Mina Sabet said.

Whether it is a break, a strain, or in Sabet’s case a concussion, injuries involve trips to the trainer, being benched during sports, and take a lot of training to get back into shape Students have a variety of stories of how injuries took place.

“I injured my shoulder playing volleyball,” junior Sheila Naughton said.

Some students are injured from non-sports related things.

“I was going 25 mph on my longboard, and I jumped off before a car hit me, and I fell on my arm,” sophomore Nicole Pappas said.

Absence from gym and many trips to the trainer are a large aspect when it comes to injury recovery in students’ lives. Majority of the time, students have a positive experience with the trainer, but many miss the regular routine of physical education class.

The trainer plays a huge role for students who need proper recovery correctly.

“I worked on strengthening my knee and to get it stronger, so I could recover faster and get back to soccer,” senior Megan Brant said.

The worst part of injury recovery for is what follows next, getting back in shape. For many students going from being out of their sport for weeks or months to having to get back into shape is a journey.

“I had six months of physical therapy, then I did a lot of running on my own,” Brant said.

Whether it’s a cast, a trauma needing surgical procedure, or a long healing process, injuries are never fun and leave some students dispirited.

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Teonic tackles first four years Brian Loomis

Isabella Murray Mili Pandya Though strong individual play is prevalent this season with 10 seniors, the soccer team’s group goal of winning the MSL championship and making a run in the state competition is guiding them to play cooperatively.

“I think we can accomplish all of our goals if we stay focused and perform to our ability like we have been,” senior Charlie Davenport said.

The team won their first three games. The first against • Francesca Hernandez Glenbrook North with a score of 3-1, Brother Rice enior Jorge Castro attempts to with a score of 7-0, and Hinkeep the ball in play. sdale South with a score of 3-1. to execute when necessary,” junior They had a loss against Morton, George Boyle said. the score 1-0 and Elk Grove on “Last season we gave up leads Tuesday with a 2-1 score. late in games and didn’t perform as While the season has started well towards the end of games, so strong, the most anticipated games that’s one area we’ve improved a lot are yet to come. All conference this year,” Davenport said. games will be important, although The team has the additions of sethe most competitive will be Elk niors Connor Reynolds and Mike Grove, Wheeling, and Barrington.

Kaczor to the program, making “I’m really looking forward to all the middle field stronger. They also of our conference games, especially have added freshman Alex Filian, Wheeling because they are our big- who will help on the outside. gest rivals and our biggest competi“My favorite part of the team is tion,” Davenport said. the experience and playing with “Any team to beat would be nice all these players that are older than this season, but there is no guaran- me,” Filian said. teed win,” said head coach Darren “This year we have a greater abilLlewellyn. ity to score than previous years.

The team has already made im- With [senior] John Cappuccitti and provements from last year. “One Kaczor up front, we will hopefully thing that has changed this year score at least two goals a game,” seis our drive to win and our ability nior Alex Mueller said

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“The difference is night and day between this group and the first group,” Teonic said.

The efforts that are being made to improve the program aren’t just coming from the coaches, but also from the players desires to win.

“We have a group of guys who will do anything to win. And with that being said, we have all responded well and enjoy the commitment,” Warner said.

However the commitment doesn’t stop after the last play of the season for those who will play next season. During the off-season football lifts from six to seven three mornings a week before school starts.

The team also reads books together and meets to discuss them.

The team doesn’t seem to mind these commitments as they understand the benefit in the long run.

“We take pride in going to work whether it’s morning lifting or after school practice,” Warner said.

What is aiding in all of the work is that the team is getting results.

“The first two games definitely reflect the off season but also shows how hard we’ll play to win,” Warner said.

Volleyball digs for more victories

Swimming looks for state repeat Swimming seems to be the team to beat. Under two different coaches, the girls have won the MSL championship six years in a row. This year, sending girls down state is a large focus, however, they are also working to further improve.

The team’s main goal is to focus on rebuilding their strengths after the loss of key swimmers such as Amanda Pietro and Karolina Szymasek.

“Although we lost some great players last year, I believe our team has enough members that are prepared to step up in order to win another MSL championship,” senior Katie Lindholm said.

In 2010, the homecoming t-shirt read “Year of the Dragan” on the back of it, and while it was clever at the time, this year’s football team would more accurately be labeled as the year of the Dragan.

This season is coach Dragan Teonic’s fourth year in charge of the football program which has changed rather significantly over the past four years. This is represented not only in the team’s record, but also the team keeping each other in line.

The team went into last night’s match-up with Schaumburg 2-0 following last week’s 17-14 victory over Palatine, a win that showed the team’s drive to win according to senior Jack Warner.

The team had a record of 3-6 in 2010, and 4-5 the past two years.

These numbers show the obvious improvements that football has made the last three years, but the program has shifted beyond the view that Friday night fans see.

Since Teonic became head coach, the commitment level expected of each player has risen significantly over what was the previous norm.

“There have been more expectations for our team, and we have put in a lot more time and work than previous teams,” senior Danny Nicholson said.

During the season, players have a much higher accountability as well as responsibility that extends off the field.

During Teonic’s first year there were seven players who were coded in comparison to just one this season.

The team still has large aspirations even after a loss to their biggest opponent, Fremd. The Huskies are hoping to come back against Maine South next week.

The team is still hopeful, however, that they can beat other schools in the MSL this year. “Usually the teams in the MSL are not hard to beat, but we don’t want to have too much confidence,” Lindholm said.

To the girls, a seventh MSL championship would mean their hard work has paid off and they can continue the legacy of the past six years.

•Katie Okon

After winning several MSL titles in the past 10 years, the volleyball team hopes to obtain another title.

“Yes, I definitely think we can win the MSL. Although we lost many wonderful players last year, we have new ones ready to take their spots. I believe that as a team, we have the skills to win it this year,” senior Jola Ignaciuk said.

Their next MSL East game is here against Rolling Meadows Sept. 17.

The team dominated the first two rounds of their game this Tuesday at Wheeling, their first MSL East game of the year.

They defeated Palatine 25-19 in the first round, and 26-24 in the second round Sept, 3 .

“We take our practices seriously. We do drills that focus on both our offense and defense. We always look to improve. This way, we are prepared for any game ahead of us,” Ignaciuk said.

• Francesca Hernandez unior Katherine RoJ zanski and Courtney Stedman set up for a

spike during Tuesday’s first MSL match, winning in two games.

The hard work seems to have paid off thus far.

•Colleen Cusick

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Girls golf swings into top spot Miranda Fanella

With conference approaching, girls golf has played strong at their meets and invites. On Aug. 24 at the home Orange and Brown Throwdown invite, the 18-hole school record was broken, and the team won first place. The top four scores of the six players is taken to get a fair overall score.

“Breaking the 18 hole record was really exciting, especially because we did it at our own tournament and then ended up winning first place,” senior Lindsay Perkins said.

“It made us realize we can do damage in the future with an even better score,” senior Claire Schwaba said.

The team hopes to beat the record again and do well in their upcoming meets. “We play Fremd on Sept. 18 at home. They have some

very good players and are one of the best teams in our conference, so that should be an exciting match,” Perkins said.

“We are 4-1 overall and 3-1 in conference,” varsity coach Daniel Vesper said.

Glenbrook North is their next home meet on Sept. 24 with conference a week later on Oct. 1 at Fox Run. “I think we can do pretty well,” junior Becky Anderson said. “The team is really strong this year.” Conference is a great opportunity for the girls to show their strengths.

Since coach Robert Murphy’s transfer to Elk Grove last year, the team has undergone changes with Vesper stepping up as varsity coach.

“Murphy really brought this team up.

He was a great coach,” Schwaba said. “We are happy to have Vesper as the new varsity golf

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coach. He has done a great job so far and will continue to improve the team.”

“This year we have way more competition within our own team, which is great! We have really built up our program and are pushing each other to become better players,” Perkins said.

“Seniors Lindsay Perkins, Claire Schwaba, and Alysia Zaucha are the steady leaders on varsity. And we have sophomore Lexi Heidkamp and freshman Megan Kopeny that are scoring so well now, and will be the bedrock for the future of the program,” Vesper said.

Not only are expectations set high for this season, but for the next few years as well. “In the next couple of years we will be a really strong team because of all the great freshmen and sophomore players that we have now,” Perkins said.

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partner really want to win conference.”

“Individually, I want to be in the top 10 at the state meet.”

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