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Student jump starts autos club Jessica Ahon High school is usually the first time students get to experience carsand the freedom they provide. Inevitably they also experience flat tires, dead batteries, brake damage, and other mishaps.

The autos club, which started last year, is looking to revive and build up its program. Senior Antim Patel, leader of the autos club, enjoys working on his own car, in addition to helping students learn techniques to fix their own cars.

“You want to know the best part?

It’s free!” Patel said.

The club is like a broken car survival manual. Students can learn how to change cars’ oils, perform brake jobs, fix electrical elements, and other techniques.

Fixing cars can cost thousands of dollars and also be unsafe if students don’t know what they are doing.

“I learned most of what I know about cars form hanging out in garages with my friends, like turning wrenches to figuring out problems.

I’m trying to make autos club that for high school kids,” personal autos teacher and club sponsor James Vanbladel said.

With so many elective classes offered, it is impossible to get involved in all classes the school offers, but there are no limits to knowledge.

“The whole idea is that kids can come down here, work, and learn,” Vanbladel said.

The autos club meets every Thursday at 3:20 in the autos room.

Students have to be dressed properly, which means they must wear shoes, put their hair up if need be, and wear no jewlery.

They must show up frequently and help others with their projects.

Students should also be sure to ask Vanbladel before bringing their cars to the garage. “Come help someone else with their car, and then next week they will help you with your car,” Vanbladel said.

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PARCC test proves problematic

District moves up ACT date Isabella Murray

Just like in years past, juniors will be testing in April. Going to bed early the night before the test, eating a good breakfast the day of, and preparing their TI-84’s and ID cards. Except instead of taking the ACT, these juniors will be taking The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, also called the PARCC test.

Illinois is one of 19 states participating in PARCC testing. While the PARCC is now implemented over the ACT, there is no longer a state-provided ACT for students.

Because of the District 214’s opinion against the PARCC test, juniors will continue to take the ACT in addition to the state-required PARCC, but with a costjuniors will now have to take the ACT on March 3, almost two months earlier than the previous testing date.

“Fortunately, District 214 and Hersey is keeping its eye on the prizes most valuable to students and will not be diverting valuable instructional time to exams that are of no value to students,” English division head Dr. Charles Venegoni said, “However, the scheduling of PARCC seriously disrupts the scheduling of important examinations in this district and in Illinois.”

The PARCC tests are computerbased K–12 assessments in Mathematics and English Language Arts/ Literacy, that use Common Core State Standards instead of the College and Career Readiness Standards that the ACT uses, according to PARCC and ACT’s websites.

Common Core Standards are a much more rigorous gage of student knowledge. While a good idea to implement, most feel that the test is too primitive to be the sole indicator of academic proficiency.

“In theory, it’s a good idea. As it now stands, the PARCC test is very far from ready for prime time in schools, and is a bad idea that actually disrupts the progress that has been made in schools,” Venegoni said.

Most teachers were reluctant to talk about the test, proving that this topic has been subject of controversy this past year. The changes in testing seriously effects both teachers and students of all grades and levels.

“When I first

heard about the PARCC test last “We hope to protect the students year, I was taken aback. It seemed from the potential damage that counterproductive seeing that this exam could inflict on them. In we’ve been taught and prepared for all likelihood, there will be some ACT style testing for years,” junior student impact, however, my hope Nina Pascual said, is that the strong instructional sys“Now they are introducing a new tem at Hersey can minimize this test that we have little preparation damage,” Venegoni said, time for in addition to focusing on Students also have mixed feelthe ACT. It just seems like more ings on test score effects. “Our work for us than we, as scores probably won’t go down juniors, already have.” because it seems like teachers are Teachers of undoing a good job compen“Im derclassmen are exsating for lost time. pected to meet cerHowever, I hav depres e to sed tain benchmarks could see the t b according to the people PAR e both hat we C e Common Core b e i n g C it w r oul test. ed by Standards. While m o r e Iw d go the Common m e nt a l l y awa ish Core Stanp syched y.”

-Pr dards are out,” PasGor incipa much highcual said. don l er than the The assessSiss on standards of the ments are not past and College and Caintended to be reer Readiness Standards, teachused by colleges ers will have to change the speed and universities and amount of curriculum taught. in decisions about col“Without a doubt we have to mini- lege admission. They are intended mize the impact this shift will have only to give students a Collegeon students,” principal Gordon Sis- and Career-Ready Determination son said. that indicates they are academicalInevitably, the PARCC will ly prepared to enroll in first-year, largely effect junior teachers and credit-bearing courses at two- and students, as will the dramatic four-year institutions and can be change in the ACT testing date. exempt from taking a placement “We have geared so much to- test at the college or university they wards helping our kids be success- attend, according the PARCC’s ful on the ACT that this is a giant website. timing adjustment. We’ve had to “With the ACT being the primodify the schedule to make sure mary test most colleges will look we get all the content in before the at, we need to have a school sponApril date,” junior math teacher sored test date. For many kids, the Mary Fendley said, “I felt that I school sponsored ACT is they only barely got it in last year, so that, one they will take,” junior Joey minus six weeks, is putting me un- Borelli said. der pressure.”

The PARCC test has ultimately “Moving up the ACT isn’t going proven to be a roadblock for stuto effect what I teach, it will effect dents, teaches, and administrators. how I teach it,” English teacher “I’m depressed that we have to be Kent Manthey said. bothered by the PARCC Teachers have mixed opinions test,” Sisson said, about student impact. “I don’t “I wish it think the student’s test scores will would go go down because we’re going to away.” make the adjustments needed to help our school stay high in test scores,” math teacher George Bedingfield said.

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Districts change calendar for earlier finals Ending winter break and ringing in the new year by studying for final exams is a nightmare that students in our district face and complain about every year.

The talk of moving the tests to the end of December and last week of May, instead of January and June, has been a hot topic for both staff and students not only in District 214, but also for other schools in the Chicagoland area.

“I think finals should be before winter break because then your break is actually relaxing and a break from school instead of studying for finals,” junior Maribeth Broms said.

Elgin Area Unit School District U-46 and Carpentersville District 300 changed to the new schedule last year and Maine Township District 207 will start adapting to the new schedule next year.

District 124, 120, 118, 116 and 121 have had December finals for years and with the addition of other schools in the area adopting the schedule, 214 could be following suit soon.

•julia hapanowicz

Ukraine and Russia on path to peace For a few months, there has been a lot of talk surrounding Russia’s invasion of the Crimea region after the Ukranian president, Viktor Yanukovych fled from the country because of his unpopular decision to sign a treaty with Russia.

At last, it seems as though peace has come to the region.

After the deaths of more than 2,600 people, Vladimir Putin and current Ukranian president, Petro Poroshenko, have agreed to move towards a more peaceful relationship.

“I think it’s better that they move towards peace rather than continue to fight. Ending the fight will save many lives and hopefully calm things down,” sophomore Lauren Justice said.

No official agreement or cease-fire has been made, but Russia says that, currently, they don’t have any troops in Ukraine.

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App-making introductory class emerges Brian Boyle With the district-wide expansion of the iPad initiative, most students spend their time discovering, downloading, and utilizing new applications throughout the day.

For 26 students though, iPads and apps have become more of a toolbox and less of a playground.

As part of a district-wide pilot program, a new class titled Computer Programming I- Mobile App Development has been introduced as a new option for students.

Throughout the class, students will learn how to develop apps for the iOS platform of varying purposes and complexity.

“From the beginning, we are trying to immediately get them into creating apps,” computer science teacher Robert Brown said. “The

first app that we have, when you press it, just says ‘hello world.’ From there it goes to some very complicated ideas of being able to react to user input, multiple screens, and moving pieces.”

The class is designed as an introductory course, and there is no prior experience required. “You don’t need any [experience] to excel in the class, and the teacher is really willing to learn with you,” senior Jarrett Huff said.

Though there may only be one class with 26 students, Brown expects the class to grow in the coming years due to the increased importance of mobile platforms.

“We purposely kept the class quiet this first year. It’s brand new, and technology doesn’t always cooperate the first time you use it,” Brown said. “My plan is to start promot-

ing the class second semester to the math classes once everything gets ironed out.”

The rise of iOS and mobile platform based careers was both a reason why the class was created and why students elected to enroll.

“I really thought I could become an app designer and this would be my best chance at getting ahead. It’s a great career choice because it is both really fun and future proof,” Huff said.

This year is Brown’s sixteenth as a computer science teacher, and first year teaching app development. To him, the class is the perfect path to a career.

“Kids can now come right out of high school and develop apps for mom’s and dad’s company, visit dev shops, and possibly take a career path down that line,” Brown said.

Storm surges through surounding areas Nate Horne A micro-burst hit the the Arlington Heights and Prospect Heights area last Friday, tearing 30 foot trees straight out of the ground, sending incredible amounts of debris onto the streets, and destroying power lines resulting in a loss of electricity for residents in the area.

The sky became increasingly dark throughout a span of 20 minutes during eighth period. Around 2:45, the sky erupted with 80 mph winds, heavy rain, and hail. The storm was so dangerous that students were kept in class even after dismissal to assure safety.

“Watching the mass destruction through the school windows was really scary,” sophomore Jaime Popp said.

The lights flickered numerous times in school during the storm as students watched in awe at the power the storm had. “At first I was angry that the teachers forced us to stay at school, but after seeing what the storm did, I couldn’t agree more with their decision,” sophomore Danny Gritt said.

The storm took away power from about 88,000 Commonwealth Edison customers and affected about 113,000 customers throughout the

Northwest suburban area.

Ty p i c a l power losses are about 12 to 32 hours, but this time some neighborhoods had to wait three days for their power back.

Students who experienced prolonged power outages had dif•Courtesy of julia murray ficulty completing electronic ast Friday’s micro-burst caused any trees to go work. down and about 113,000 Northwest suburban “I was work- residents to loose power. ing at Steak destroyed in such a small period of and Shake and it was filled. Everyone was cranky time,” senior Jana Lopuszanski said.

The Mount Prospect fire departand mad and five people even ment took to twitter to alert resiwalked out because their food took dents of incidents in the area. They so long,” junior Lizbeth Melgoza tweeted, “Units responding to 1811 said.

Laurel Dr, MP-tree on vehicle per“I had to go to my cousins’ house son ok unable to exit.” because nothing worked at home.

Whether people were personally And I even had to charge my phone affected by the many fallen trees or in my car,” sophomore Kaitlyn the loss of power, all residents of Weiss said. the area felt the force caused by the Although the storm was short, storm. the destruction was obvious. “It was scary to watch everything get

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Desktop no longer proves dependable Caitlin Strozewski One change for students this year is that documents can no longer be saved to the desktop on school computers. Those who do so, risk losing whatever they were working on when they try to login later and access their documents.

This change in procedure is largely a result of the age of the five main student document servers, which are split up by last names.

These servers used to hold everything a student saved to their computer, whether it be pictures, word documents, or even internet bookmarks.

Due to the age of the servers, the computers were experiencing connection failure issues. “For example, the ‘cannot login at this time’ error message was an artifact of the

age of the servers,” technology systems supervisor Kenneth Naumiec said.

These issues resulted in a necessary change in the process. “Because of the connection problems and age of the servers, they couldn’t be replaced with something comparable, which is why the new process was put in place,” Naumiec said.

Students must now save what they are working on to Google Drive so that they can access their work from any device at any time, eliminating the need to rely on the servers.

The goal of switching over to just using Google Drive is to guarantee that students won’t lose any important work. “Also, with student-specific devices, like iPads, it is not as important to be able to save directly to school computers anymore,”

Naumiec said.

While saving to Google Drive promises that students can rely on being able to access their documents, this new process has caused difficulties for some students.

Although students were told not to rely on saving on their desktops, not all understood the message. “I was working on a paper and saved it on my desktop, and I went to login later, but it wasn’t there,” senior Mikayla Mix said.

“There are special use cases where student data will stay in place or persist under certain circumstances,” Naumiec said.

However, the best way to guarantee that work can be accessed anywhere within the school and at home is to back everything up to Google Drive.

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Gym classes run to new beat

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Monitors implemented to track heart rates Mili Pandya

make it all work successfully within the next couple of weeks.”

The new overhead projector in the Of the various changes that fitness center was put in specifically have already occurred this year, for teachers to use with the app. For the implementation of Polar heart students, this could either be benrate straps in several gym classes eficial or harmful, depending on the is one change that will affect stuamount of work they put in. dents daily. With these straps and “It’s like he can stalk us. He can the attachable device, teachers look at the iPad to see if you’re workwill able to monitor their students’ ing or not, and if you’re not, you performance levels. can get yelled at,” freshman Stephen “This is going to measure each Fazekas said. person’s health individually and Others see the physical benefits help them become more fit. This they will receive if they take advanprogram is based on you,” physitage of this opportunity. cal education division head Dan “I think it’ll make you better beLudwigsen said. cause it’ll tell you what your target While students are exercising, heart rate zone is and will help you the heart rate detector sends inget there,” freshman Ethan Salm said. formation to an app on the teachThe different data the straps are er’s iPad, where he is able to view each student’s current heart rate.

•Isabella Murray able to collect will also affect grades for students. enior Alex Seipora and junior George Kaldis adjust their heart The app also allows for teachers rate monitors before their advanced weights class.

“They definitely will make kids to set target heart zones and set a have to try harder especially when time for each student to be in this one will be on a level playing field now,” Ludplaying games because you will have to get your zone for workouts. The relative simplicity of it wigsen said. “This is a game changer in physical heart rate up in order to get a good grade,” semeans not much change will be made in the aceducation. nior Jessica Schmidt said. tual curriculum of the classes.

Some classes have experienced technical difWhile these straps may affect grades, teachers “That’s the beauty of it. We’re just supplementficulties with the straps, mainly with the battery are ultimately hoping that they fitness they ening what we already do in class to validate the not working. “Half the time they don’t work,” courage during class will carry on at home also. students’ efforts,” gym teacher Sharon Meintzer senior Emma Slosar said, “maybe they will get “It’s going to create an awareness of their insaid. more convenient as time goes on.” tensity level during class,” Meintzer said. “OutEach student’s statistics from every workout However, the next couple of weeks will be side of class, the students can try to recreate that they complete will be saved digitally, and stuspent attending to these glitches before all classsame emotion they have during class and know dents will be able to access this information es begin to use them. how hard they should be working.” throughout all the years they use the straps.

“We’re starting to phase it in slowly,” Ludwig“We’ve never had data like this before--everysen said. “The department’s expectation is to

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September 12, 2014

Frequent frustrations from the photographed

A grouchy photographer commands the student to sit down, look into the camera as a luminous flash attacks their eyes, and then orders the student to leave.

Besides the photographer giving unpleasant service, the fact is that a student has to wait about two months to find out their teeth has food sticking out, or their face has a massive zit plastered on their forehead for the entire school to see. But, there is a simple solution to this problem of urgent retakes If the student was shown his picture instantly after being taken, the need for a retake would be eliminated as the student could fix their problem directly after the photo was taken. But, that would waste much needed and important time.

I believe the best option for students to get a successful yearbook picture is to Dances are a crucial part of the high simply ask the photographer if there is any suggestions he has to look the school experience. Some people don’t like dancabsolute best. Although photographers don’t seem happy doing anyes, others just don’t like the themes. It would be a fanthing, I’m sure they’d give the answer to whether or not a stutastic idea for students to vote on the themes. So I would like dent’s appearance is okay, making the stress disappear. to have student council send out an email to students, so they can

Dance themes need student input

vote as a part of class.

Traditionally, student council votes on the themes. Instead, council should come up with 4-5 different ideas and have students vote upon the theme. This will make students feel more involved with dances. There needs to be something else beside America themes.

No one is against America, but that isn’t original at all.

Teachers sometimes complain about how few people get involved in homecoming activities. As a result of this new voting policy, attendance will increase because students will feel more involved with the themed activities.

More students will look forward to the decorations in the hallway because they picked the theme. Who knows, maybe even the turnabout dance can make a comeback. .•Michael Bisluk

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Dino Ljubijankic

Disclaimer: I’ll be talking about naked celebrities. But I’m not doing it for the sake of money, nor am I doing it for the sake of art.

No, I’m doing it because, well, I like talking about naked celebrities.

We don’t need to go into the details too much, so I’ll keep it to one sentence with far too many commas.

Apparently, some guy managed to get access to some nudes of celebrities, most notably Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, and posted the scandalous photos online to some website no one cares about, opening the gates for the pictures to trickle down to more popular websites like Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit.

There’s a lot of nasty things being said about this online, which is normal for the Internet, but the actual amount of controversy it has stirred has definitely set it apart from the everyday arguments of whose imaginary girlfriend is hotter.

But I don’t want to talk about those things. The debates about whose to blame among celebrities being role models, the public not caring much about a breach of privacy as long as it involves nudity, and Apple’s security of pictures and information on the Cloud are all important to have, but I’m not interested in those.

Not yet, anyway.

No, I’m interested in empathy.

Of all the arguing, bickering, and mass online hysteria, there’s not a lot of concern for how the

celebrities are doing. Let’s put on Jennifer Lawrence’s shoes before talking about her willingness to take them off.

We all get a little (insert schoolappropriate synonym for ‘turned on’) from time to time, and there might be a stifled desire to share that experience with someone else.

Does that mean we should take pictures of ourselves and shareNo. Don’t EVER share those experiences! Don’t EVER share pictures like that! Those photos stick around even if it looks like they’re deleted.

That’s where a lot of people want to go when I bring up empathy. But there’s not a lot of positive lessons we can get from that.

Instead, here’s an idea we can take from this: even when we put them on a pedestal, celebrities are still human. They make mistakes.

They trip on themselves on the way to accept an award, and show up to the press conference afterwards drunk.

They should be held responsible for their actions, but we aren’t exactly the best people to judge them either.

At the end of the day, they took the pictures, and the pictures are out. Instead of calling a witch hunt for the hacker, or the celebrities, or the FBI for focusing on this instead of international disputes in the Middle East, let’s just forgive everyone and forget about this ordeal.

Leave it either in the past, or on some hard-to-reach album on Imgur.

watch cartoons then live action television. I love to vote on everything outside of presidential elections. I’m pretty sure the NSA made those heart rate monitors for gym classes

get issin’ Don’t nude, don’t be crude, lose & the attitude ishin’

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Infinite choices lead to infinite learning Drew Snelson

In a perfect world, this would be a fine decision. The students would Where I once do their assigned reading like the thought books good little boys and girls they were.

However, this world is far from were the obsoperfect, and we’re far from being lete remnants of good little boys and girls. Many a foregone era, students dislike the notion of being now ‍I think they have some use‍. forced to read something over the Both forms of media are crucial to summer. a well-rounded society. Reading a The summer reading program stimulating book works to change should (and, at one point, was) be the ways parts of our brain conused to instill an enjoyment for innects with other parts, with this dependent reading with the hopes increased activity lasting for up that the students will continue to five days after the reading occurs. read without instruction well after Most people don’t desire an exhigh school. planation for why movies are imBecause of this, coupled with the portant; they’re awesome! fact that students are unique and These two forms of media don’t have different interests, it can be get equal exposure among the reasoned that most students would teenage demographic, however, be more willing with television to do the sumand movies easmer reading asily winning out signment if the in the war for our books catered attention. more to their From this litinterests. erary drought The summer sprang the idea reading profor the summer gram should reading program. be revamped.

Schools imple•Photo by Caitlin Strozewski While there mented this proshould be a gram with the hopes to keep stuminimum page limit, there should dents reading over the time when be no other restrictions on what they couldn’t assign grades.

The summer reading program students are allowed to read. They may seem like a stupid and rote should be given the freedom to exercise, provided by our totali- pursue what interests them. This tarian and oppressive rulers as a would be a step up from our curmeans of controlling us during rent system, which doesn’t achieve our momentary reign of freedom. what it sets out to do. Or, if it does, However, most students might as its goals are seriously misguided.

The average student reads about well be illiterate over the summer; four books under the summer readmany never even pick up a book. ing program during high school.

The summer reading program There are always exceptions, but is the literary nutrition students those four books should be spent need in school’s absence. However, developing a sense of comfort and the current policy of the program enjoyment in reading, not dreading is an improper one.

The current way the summer the thought of it. With the way the reading program is set up is, ‍‍well, summer reading program is set up, that’s exactly what they’re doing. ‍set up for failure.

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Fundraising isn’t all about fun

Throughout the school year, a good percentage of staff and students participate in two types of fundraisers. There are fundraisers where people only donate money or participate in the activity, and there are fundraisers where people sell things and use the profits to help their cause.

Students involved with the latter can be seen at different points in the year urging their teachers, friends, or peers to buy what they’re selling, whether it be popcorn, cookie dough, pizza, or lollipops.

Many people do place orders, but more often than not their reason is that they want the product, and the fact that they’re helping a cause doesn’t cross their mind twice. This is the wrong reason to financially support a cause.

There’s nothing wrong with contributing because what is being sold is appealing. However, instead of reaching for the money as soon as the trigger words “cookie dough” are said, take time to learn what club or sport the donation is aiding and what they plan to do with

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the funds. Students should understand where their money is going even if that isn’t the main reason for donating.

The fact that the money is helping someone, shouldn’t be an afterthought incentive, it should be part of the reason students decide to give in the first place.

In addition, students shouldn’t be deterred from giving money to track, for example, because they aren’t a fan of popcorn.

If a student supports the cause and feels it is deserving of money, he can make a small dona• Dino Ljubijankic tion.

The teams or clubs don’t have anything to complain about as long as they raise enough money, but the fact that some people don’t even know about or care about the cause they’re supporting is disappointing.

People who donate to or buy from a fundraiser should make a point of finding out what their money is going towards. Otherwise, buying products from team or club fundraisers is no different than buying junk food from a grocery store.

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Hersey Speaks

What makes you want to contribute to a fundraiser?

“The more activites and fun available for the fundraiser” -Freshman Johnathan Ochoa “If there’s one organization that is in more of a need than others” -Sophomore Alexandra Tiahnybok

“People who are passionate about what they are fundraising for” -Junior Julia Morgan

“When the people running it want to interact with their contributors ” -Senior Tom Spiess

Cell usage creates cluttered chaos Zoe Strozewski Many ‍‍ students were thrilled when the new school cell phone policy was implemented.

We can now use our cellphones in the academic hallways without the risk of having them confiscated.

Although I enjoy using my phone to access games and social network apps, I don’t think that the right place to play on my phone is at school in-between classes.

School is supposed to be an environment focused on education, but phones draw away from that focus.

It isn’t a bad thing to play on a phone or iPad at lunch after a stressful morning, but getting wrapped up in games and social networking can decrease a student’s productivity in class, so they’ll have more work to do at home and less time for their own hobbies. ‍Another aspect to look at is how using phones affects other people. The halls are already jampacked with students going in different directions to make it to their next class.

The old policy didn’t stop a good number of students from using their phones in the hallways, but when everybody is allowed to pull out their phones whenever they want and direct their attention towards that, they’ll be walking much slower and causing the already sluggish train of students to walk at an even slower pace.

When someone has to book it from one side of the school to the other just to make it to her next class on time, she is relying on others to not impede them.

Some teachers will turn a blind eye when one kid walks in a minute late, but others view tardiness as something that should be punished.

Getting marked down for multiple tardies has consequences, and it would be unfair for a student to get detention just because of another person’s urge to send a text to a friend.‍ Carrying a phone around in the hallways means they have to be brought into the classroom. Though most phones have a feature that allows the owner to silence it, at one point or another they will forget.

If the owner has the bad fortune of having their phone go off during class, she will not only have her phone taken away, but will also disrupt the teacher and class.

It may not seem like a very big deal, but the commotion will distract the students, so they no longer are engaged in the lesson and will take away less from the period than they would have.

The fact that some people aren’t able to function for more than an hour without using their phones is ridiculous, and the new policy will only add to that fire.

Even though the cell phone policy seems like good news, students should try to hold out until lunch, or the end of the school day to use them to make the somewhat frightening hallways a little easier to navigate.

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“Do you want Fundraisers fuel club competition Kenzie Killam

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When fundraising is in season, knocking on the front door is dreaded throughout town. Sometimes, the awkward situation between the student and the purchaser results in a sympathy purchase.

Fundraising helps teams buy all sorts of new equipment to help them improve, but that’s not the only reason they get excited about fundraising. Most sports and clubs also have incentives for students to assist in raising the money.

Cheerleading holds fundraisers such as their clinic and the sales of cookie dough.

“My favorite fundraiser is the mini-cheer clinic because not only is it great way to raise money, but it also helps introduce the cheer program to future Huskies,” freshman Lindsey Kalble said.

The student who recruits the most people for the clinic receives a t-shirt, and depending on the number of cookie dough boxes sold, they can also receive sweatpants, a Chipotle gift card, a quarter-zip sweatshirt, and their choice of $200 or Beats headphones.

The soccer team also fundraises, selling coupons for Buffalo Wild Wings. “Everyone loves free spirit wear and getting it for free was just that much better, so it got me to sell more,” sophomore Ian Stoddard said. Depending on how many cards they

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sell, they can receive clothing items like jackets and sweatpants.

Sports are not the only ones that participate in fundraisers- the S.O.S. club also has its fair share throughout the year.

The members sell entertainment books to raise money, but this year if a member sells two books by a certain date, they will also get entered into a raffle to win $100.

While some clubs have fundraisers with door-to-door type products, other clubs, like choir, use restaurants to help them raise funds.

“We have a lot of philanthropy based events planned out for the year, and have already done a few fundraisers for the program at local restaurants like Garibaldi’s and Subway, with Chipotle coming up within the next month or so,” junior choir member Mikayla Drake said.

Not all of the students need an incentive to encourage them. “Becoming a better person through community work and fundraising is all the incentive we really need. We all just really love to go out and do these things together and give back to others and the program,” Drake said.

Fundraising is one of the best ways for students to get more involved in their clubs and activities, and students are definitely more inspired to help raise money when there is something in it for them.

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Students will bombard their friends, families, and teachers with fundraising opportunities throughout the course of the year.

This may seem fine to the students selling, but problems arise when they are asked what the money will go towards and they don’t know the answer.

When donating money, people usally are going to want to know what this fundraising means to the students.

Already this year, the poms team has conducted a pizza fundraiser. “The money is going towards getting new poms, a choreographer for competition season, and technique classes,” sophomore Jenna Ashley said.

Fundraising is more likely to be effective when students understand how the money is going to benefit them.

Last year, the choir students sold cookie dough. “The money went toward our choir student accounts, which can help us pay for field trips, fees, and trips,” sophomore Diana Matache said. “It was definitely worth it because it was very fun and it benefits the choir students greatly in the future.”

By understanding the reason for the fundraiser, students can show that they care about

the cause they’re selling for; they’re not just selling because they have to, but because they want to.

Fundraising requires time and effort from students, so it’s important that they recognize how they are helping their cause. “The fundraising was worth it because it will really benefit and help our team,” Ashley said.

Not only is fundraising helpful and effective, it really does mean a lot to the students. “It’s just really fun, and I love helping people,” Matache said.

Most students truly care about their fundraising efforts, and they’re prepared to put in a lot of their time into supporting causes that directly affect their high school experiences.

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Marching band showcases warrior routine Isabella Murray This season, the marching band will be showcasing the theme of “What makes a true warrior? Questions for a common man.” Each movement in the show describes an attribute of a warrior, and differs from the themes of previous years because it’s conceptual, not a standard story line.

“This year our show is conceptual and requires the audience to think a little more in order to understand and follow it,” junior Maribeth Broms said.

The first act is courage, and it’s represented by a fireman. The second is discipline, and it’s represented by a samurai, and the last is strength, and it’s represented by a soldier.

“It was a challenge for us to show elements of the show visually,” band director Scott Casagrande said.

The band was able to be visual, though, with each piece having fanfare to showcase the common man and incorporate Thai-chi.

The show has other unique elements, like including quotes in the show describing the attributes of a warrior, the last quote spoken by principal Gordon Sisson.

“This year’s drill is definitely more complicated, but we are executing it very well at this point in the season,” senior David Kuntz said.

The marching staff met to plan the new routine last November and about a dozen more

Eric Czarnota Jay Kim leads band during the rainy halftime performance at the varsity footSenior ball game against Hoffman Estates on Sep. fifth. times up to August, when they asked for student input.

“I’m excited for the diversity in the music pieces we’re playing. It really shows off our strengths as a group and allows everyone to contribute their best marching and playing abilities,” Broms said.

The marching band’s first competition is Sept.

13, and they are ultimately gearing up for the state competition at the University of Illinois on Oct. 18.

“I’m looking forward to going to our final

competition of the season at U of I since I’ve never performed there before and I’ve heard it’s an amazing experience to perform in their stadium. We will get to show off all of our hard work from the previous five months at our last competition,” Broms said.

“Our first game was good,” Casagrande said.

“This season, I’m really excited about the attitude of the band. They’ve had excellent rehearsals and have been working really hard.”

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Just another love story, just another disappointment (Jamie Blackley), the lead singer of a rock band, and the romance unfolds between him and Mia. In the end, Mia must make the decision whether to live as an orphan in the world she left Yet another teen-fiction novel-based movie behind, or leave behind her perfect boyfriend has made its way to the big screens. While “If and best friend.

I Stay” was satisfacIt was just another tory, I felt as though it story about two very didn’t necessarily live different teens deup to expectations. veloping an unlikely Mia Hall, porromance, and then trayed by Chloe Grace comes along another Moretz, is a high fatal twist. school senior and also Moretz and Blacka talented cellist who is ley were good cast faced with the regular decisions, as they challenges of having a worked well together boyfriend, applying to as a couple and are colleges, and dealing overall talented acwith her rock ’n’ roll tors. loving family.

While the acting In the middle of her was impressive, the senior year, Mia and storyline was just too her family end up in a dramatic and a bit fatal car accident.

Courtesy of ifistaymovie.com too morbid in terms While in a coma, of being given the Mia watches as her If I Stay” was released Aug. 22. Originally, a powerful choice of body, her parents, and book written by Gayle Forman, Summit Enwhether to live or her younger brother tertainmment produced it into a movie. die. are transported to the Given the choice hospital in critical conto see the movie again I wouldn’t take the invidition. tation because at the end of the day, it was just As Mia watches her parents and brother die, another movie with too much of the sort of the she flashes inbetween her past and the presperfect romance story that many teenage girls ent. love.

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The Bad

The good

Eminem needs to explore new territory

Football movie appeals to more than just athletes

Music, TV, and other sorts of entertainment have one key rule: don’t bore the viewer/listener. Surprise the consumer. Make whoever’s taking time to look at the art in front of them feel good about their decision.

That’s where Eminem has gone stale for me. He’s staying in the lane that’s worked well for him since 2011. There’s nothing wrong with that from an artistic point of view, but, as an avid listener of Slim Shady, I want there to be some outof-bounds material.

I really like artists expanding their horizons, trying new things with their sound and their message. Eminem’s “Guts Over Fear” doesn’t really blow me away. I’m left in a mediocre state of satisfaction, just barely enjoying my time.

Eminem needs to try something new, and soon.

Despite the awful reviews by critics, “When the Game Stands Tall” was an inspiring and exciting adaptation of a true story. I barely understand the rules of football and never watch it, yet I was deeply engaged in the story centered around the game.

The movie is focused on the De La Salle High School Spartans who, after losing many key players after their graduation, break a 151 game winning streak held by the varsity team for over a decade.

The team has to work hard to improve their skills, focus, and ability to cooperate in order to not only become a better team, but also better people, all while dealing with tragedies in their personal lives.

Just about anyone would be pleased after seeing this movie, whether they are football fans or, like me, know absolutely nothing about football.

•Zoe Strozewski

• Dino Ljubijankic

& The Ugly Taylor Swift dropped a single and within days it rose to number one on the iTunes Charts. How shocking... Not! Taylor Swift, once known for her country vibes, has completely gone south- or should I say north.

Her hit,“Shake it Off,” is clearly a pop song, probably written by the same guy who writes them all.

My main issue with the song is not that it’s

Wannabe pop singer forges her way to number one on the charts

basic and repetitive, but that it isn’t Taylor Swift.

Swift was brought to the media as a country singer and because of her young age really impacted my generation with country.

Unfortunately, she has turned the page in her country career and is no longer held accountable for her teen singer originality.

• Ellen Bakal

Brain’s World with Brian Boyle

‘The Simpsons’ and ‘The Sims’ pop out in otherwise flat stretch

The late August through early September weeks have got to be the most frustratingly boring stretch for any pop culture junkie The summer blockbuster season is officially over, and the film studios are still a month or two away from showing off their awardshopeful releases. The same could be said for video games publishers.

As far as TV goes, we still have a few weeks before networks release a plethora of pilots they desperately hope can capture a weekly audience in the binge-watch Netflix era.

Luckily, I found two entertainment gems that provided a bright spot in the otherwise yawn-worthy summer-to-fall-transition fare.

“The Simpsons Marathon” In what might be the most brilliant business operation in the history of syndicated television, FXX pried away Fox’s overprotected baby, “The Simpsons,” then hijacked the Netflix binge-watching model and adapted it for cable TV and created “The Every Simpsons Ever Marathon.”

The glorious twelve-day long event consisted of all 552 episodes from all 25 seasons, as well as the 2007 feature film, all aired in order of release.

The timing couldn’t have been better: both college and pro-football were still a couple weeks away from starting and new seasons of my favorite TV shows also hadn’t begun yet.

Nothing demanded televised attention but “The Simpsons.”

As a life long fan, this was a great way to rediscover what made this show so special. I will argue to the death that classic episodes of “The Simpsons” are among the purest, funniest moments of comedy ever put into 22-minute TV sitcom format.

The only problem arose when the beginning of school overlapped with the marathon and took away much of my TV time. (D’oh!)

“The Sims 4” I’m a casual gamer at best. I enjoy the occasional “Mario Kart” race, and will even lace up and test my “NBA 2K” skills from time to time.

I haven’t experienced staying-awake-for23-straight-hours-and-put-all-aspects-oflife-on-hold levels of video game addiction perhaps since I discovered “Minecraft” a couple years ago. I think this is about to change.

On Sept. 2, EA released the fourth installment of the long-running, incredibly popular series. And I think they’ve finally hooked me.

For the uninitiated, “The Sims” has similar aspirations to any other game.

Just like how “Madden” tries to replicate the NFL, or “Call of Duty” tries to replicate war (to some extent), “The Sims” tries to replicate real life. (In a totally not-depressing, forgone wish-fulfillment or reality escapist kind of way).

I went over to my buddy’s house on a Saturday evening with full intentions of meeting up with the rest of our friends later in the night. The next thing we knew it was 11:30 and we were engaged in a heated debate over whether our character should become a chess savant or a world class computer hacker. Go figure.

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We got the sc p OC ALS Ice bucket challenge Throughout the past few weeks, students, teachers, and administrators alike have tackled the ALS ice bucket challenge, raising awareness and funds to fight the disease.

Last Friday, students took it to another level when they accepted and completed their nomination from Prospect’s fan section, The U. With the assistance of the Prospect Heights Fire Department, Orange Crush took to the football field with buckets a plenty to douse themselves. “We [Orange Crush leaders] were all really nervous that the fire department wouldn’t be able to come or the buckets wouldn’t come in, but once it came around to the game and all of the pieces were put into place, we all were really glad it worked out exactly like we planned,” senior Orange Crush leader Kayla Knauss said.

Orange Crush collected just under $800 and sent nominations over to Saint Viator, Wheeling, and Barrington.

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•Mili Pandya range Crush completes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

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Check out more about the OC ALS ice bucket challenge at correspondentlive.com Birkenstocks sliding into JHHS Birkenstocks, or commonly known as ‘Jesus sandals,’ are the new ‘pugs’ of society (so ugly, they’re cute). These German manufactured sandals most popularly come in dark brown, and contain two inch wide leather strips covering the top of the foot.

The trending shoes that were once only worn by older, European men can now be found on almost every other teenage girl’s (sometimes boy’s) feet.

“They are super comfy, and they aren’t like the typical rubber flip flops that come in only one style and aren’t as comfortable,” junior Carli Novy said.

The easy slip-on feature of Birkenstocks paired with the whole conception of a breezy shoe has sent sales flying despite the starting cost being 90 dollars for most of their sandals.

“I think they’re really versatile and can go with a lof of different outfits,” senior Julie Gilkin said.

So, for now, teen girls will be waiting attentively for their own Birkenstocks to arrive from Vettelschoß, Germany at their mailbox.

•Colette Tangney

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‘Can you charge it, please?’

Teens exchange cash for credit Sarah Fisher

ally needs to.

Along with the responsibility of spending, Day by day, high school students are becom- money comes the responsibility of deciding ing more and more independent. They’re get- how much to save or put away.

Hahn deposits her whole paycheck into her ting their own cars, jobs, and earning their own money. Now that many students are getting fre- account, then later her father withdrawls half of quent paychecks, the concept of having a debit the most recent paycheck and puts that into a separate savings account. She constantly keeps card is becoming more and more popular.

Senior Ali Hahn is just one of ‍the many high track of how much is deposited and how much school students nationwide who owns a debit she is spending on the card.

Many working high school students do not card. Hahn’s parents thought it would be a good own debit cards, such as senior Marissa Leff. idea to get the card when she got her first job.

Even though Leff is “It taught me not a card holder she responsibility, but still has a system to also allows me to help her keep track of spend more money her funds. because I have it “When I get paid, on me at all times,” I usually put away 90 Hahn said. percent of that payWith a debit check into a bank accard, one can eascount and keep the rest ily carry thousands at home for spending,” of dollars without Leff said. having to deal with Leff never withall the scattered drawls cash from the cash teens are used •Colette Tangney account. In addition, to. ophomore Carly Silva shows one of her she also saves all her “I love that I friends her own credit card. She is one of spare change and later don’t have to ask cashes it in. my parents for many students that bear the responsibility of “I don’t think that money all the time, owning their own card as a high schooler. having a debit card or worry about losing the cash they give me,” senior Ellie Richard- would drastically change my spending habits, but I don’t agree that debit cards are good son said.

Although having the card is handy, there are for people our age because it just enables more several downfalls that come with being a card spending,” Leff said.

The debate as to whether students should be holder.

“One thing I dislike about using the card is entitled to their own debit cards will never have that sometimes I online shop too much. It makes a solid answer. They hurt and help many people it a lot easier to spend money and splur‍‍ge.” no matter what the age group.

The cards can prepare teens for the financial Hahn said. ‍‍Even though she is the only person contributing money to the card, spending and responsibilities they’ll face in the future. Alsaving are difficult situations faced when own- though, they can also cause the development of spending problems and carelessness with moning a card.

The choices made while budgeting personal ey.

“I think it can go both ways. It teaches you accounts can possibly help and or hurt students in the future. In Hahn’s case, it looks as though how to handle your money and reward yourself for your handwork, but at the same time it is she is on the right track to saving.

“I usually pay with my card, but I have a limit so much easier to splurge when I use my debit on how much I allow myself to spend”. Hahn card,” Hahn said. also said she only goes over that limit if she re-

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Tennis confident in senior squad Mark Milligan The tennis team is loaded with seniors who have played together for a long time.

“It’s been really fun growing up with the team from freshman to varsity over the years,” senior Carolyn Niersbach said.

Other seniors include Elizabeth Niersbach, Annie Korff, Emma Cooke, Tyler Anne Valerio, Lauren Kiraly, Delanie Steinweg and last year’s state qualifier Sara Magnuson. The team is a close group with no team captains.

“Everyone has equal say in terms of the team,” Magnuson said.

“We are very close and supporting of each other. We have great teamwork,” sophomore Ana Karapetiani said, who also qualified for state last year. Years of experience has helped.

“We also have great team chemistry because we have all spent three to four years together,” Magnuson said.

On Tuesday, the team hosted Conant and swept their opponent by winning every match.

So far the team’s record is 5-3.

“We came in third at the Downers Grove South Invite and second at the Fremd Invite.

The season is going well. We have done better at Saturday invitationals than we have ever done in the past,” Magnuson said. The team hasn’t faced anyone from the MSL East (our division) yet.

“We have had a very good start so far against difficult opponents,” C. Niersbach said.

The team’s efforts against tough competition will help them face the easier part of their schedule.

The team has a number of strengths.

“Physically, we are all in good shape and have good stamina for our matches,” Korff said.

While the skill aspects are important, many games are won by outlasting the opponent.

“Our main strength is our athleticism.

We have a lot of multiple sport athletes who know how to compete at the highest level,” Magnuson said.

From a mental standpoint, the team is just as gifted.

“We are known for our endurance and our willingness to face any opponent,” C. Niersbach said.

As for the remainder of the season, the team is optimistic about their chances.

“We are aiming to win the MSL East for the second straight year and win conference, where we placed second last year,” E. Niersbach said.

Although returning off a successful season, the girls have established goals surpassing their accomplishments from last year.

“Our team will hopefully compete with Barrington for the top spot in conference,” Magnuson said.

• Eric Czarnota The senior dominated squad has enior Sara Magnuson prepares for a baseline mixed emotions about finishing off their shot. The team dominated Conant on Tuestennis careers this year. day, winning all of their matches.

“It’s really good [having so many seniors on varsity], but at the same time it’s bad. It’s good because we’ve been playing together for years, but it’s bad because everyone is leaving after this year,” Korff said.

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Freshmen athletes adapt to advanced level of play Caroline Stiefbold To some freshmen, high school sports may seem intimidating at first. While they may think that going from middle school to high school sports is a big transition, many find that it isn’t a bad one.

Even so, most agree that there are many differences between high school and middle school sports.

“The skill is so much larger than it was in middle school, mainly because of the older kids.

Now we work more on our technique; in middle school they just told us to run and we didn’t work on anything,” freshman cross-country runner Emily Kyle said.

“It is a lot more intense now. The level of competition is higher because everyone is really good,” freshman volleyball player Leah Ryg said.

While some athletes are intimidated by the added intensity provided by high school coaches, they often enjoy the new coaches they come in under.

“I honestly love my coaches. I liked my coaches before, but I really like my coaches now. One of them is my Spanish teacher,” Kyle said.

More so, many student athletes are excited for the more advanced level of instruction.

“My coaches are nice and work us hard. My old coaches were nice, but didn’t work us as hard,” freshman swimmer Jessica Tichansky said.

High school practices are thought of as long and intense. This is true, but many see that it only helps them perform better.

“We practice everyday after school until 5:30 and on some Saturdays, too. On my middle school team, we practiced around four days a week for an hour and a half. My club team practiced twice a week for two hours,” said Ryg. For some, the practices surprise them, being about the same length as in middle school.

“In middle school, practices were an hour fifteen minutes and they are pretty much the same amount of time now. They are more intense, but then again, that’s better, it makes you a better

Volleyball plays tough in early season Winning the MSL East title for the 12th consecutive year is just one of many goals the girls volleyball team has set for this fall.

“Our main goal is to go into each game with focus and a drive to win,” senior Joslyn Kerman said. “In the long run, we hope to win the East, the cross• Nate Horne over, and try to adenior Joslyn Kervance towards state.” man delivers a Wednesday, the girls pass to the frontcourt.

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faced off against Rolling Meadows, sweeping the Mustangs 25-10, 25-12.

Last Saturday, the girls competed in the Jacobs Invitational and won their playoff pool for the first time in five years.

The team defeated Cary Grove early on during pool play but fell short later on in the day while playing them for third place in the championship round.

“I was proud of the way we played because we went up against some hard teams and ended up winning our pool,” senior Kelly Hill said.

The team picked up its first conference win against Prospect on Sept. 4, snagging it in two games.

“We meshed and connected as a team really

athlete,” Kyle said.

Long practices right after school often leave athletes with less time to do homework, but they can have a positive effect.

“Being on the team makes me more organized. Right when I get home I do my homework. In middle school there was less homework, so volleyball didn’t affect it,” Ryg said.

High school is considered time to meet new people. Sports are thought to provide an opportunity to form new friendships.

“I like my high school team better than my middle school team. I feel like we are a little running family. Track in middle school was big and broad. There aren’t as many of us, so we are like a family,” Kyle said.

Coaches expect more from their players, just as teachers expect more from students. “I usually run on my own when I don’t have practice.

I expect it from myself. Our coaches expect us to also. In middle school they really didn’t care [about the training]. They were more like supervisors than coaches,” Kyle said.

Full Press Court well during that game and that shows in our win,” senior Gabriella Olhava said.

The girls also triumphed against Fremd on Sept. 2, winning their two games by only two points in both.

“The intensity was really high, but we played well as a team and pulled through for a win,” junior Liz Fuerst said.

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Disappointment fuels goals Boys cross-country ready for record season Tim Griffin After a state meet berth last year ended in disappointment, placing 11 out of 26, the boys cross-country team is ready for a full-out redemption season, and possibly their best ever.

At press time, the boys have already competed twice so far this year, once in a dual meet against Barrington, and the other in the Fenton Early Bird Invitational Saturday.

In the Fenton Invite, the boys placed third overall.

“I thought in the Fenton Invite, we ran extremely well as a team,” Plischke said.

Rodriguez finished second in that invite, followed

by Plischke in seventh, and Ziegenhorn in tenth.

In the meet against Barrington on Sept. 2, Rodriguez finished first, followed by von der Lippe in second, and Plischke and Ziegenhorn in fifth and sixth, respectively. The outcome ended with a Huskie win over the Broncos.

“I expect our team to win every dual meet, go on to win conference, win regionals, win sectionals, and place

top ten in the state,” senior Josh Plischke said.

Plischke is one of the top runners on this year’s squad, along with seniors David Rodriguez, Grant von der Lippe, Kevin Ziegenhorn, and sophomore Jacob Krupa.

“Our top four runners are just phenomenal,” Krupa said.

Although early success has been relevant for the Huskies, preparation off the course is just as important as on.

“In terms of team chemistry, this team gets along better than any other team I’ve ever been on, “ von der Lippe said.

“We are all great friends,” Krupa said.

In order to reach the goal of a possible top ten finish in the state and surpass their eleventh place finish last year, the boys must be together mentally, and physically.

“We know how to work off each other in practice and in races,” Plischke said, “There’s not a guy on this team who doesn’t enjoy being at practice and giving 100 percent everyday.”

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• photos by Nate Horne The back line, including senior Joslyn Kerman, junior Paige PanTop: nozzo, and junior Liz Fuerst, prepare for the incoming serve.

Top left: The team comes together to celebrate after a point.

Bottom left: Four players track the ball as it crosses the net.

Right: Senior Gabriella Olhava elevates for a serve.

What’s the game plan?

Senior eric Portenlanger

“Make sure everyone knows their assignments and executes them, and play with grit.”

Girls Swimming

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Senior Max Heeren

Junior Sarah Petro “We work on starts and turns, run through relays, and then coach gives us a motivational speech.”

Football

“PLay our home course to our own advantage.

If we play away, we play there a week before.”