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School Geotag goes live Andrea Cannon Junior Matt Short received confirmation from Snapchat that his request for a Geofilter had been accepted to go live into the world of Snapchat on Sept. 3.

Short first got the idea to design a Geofilter for the school when he saw that more and more high schools around the area were getting them. “My friend from Barrington had a geotag in one of his snapchat stories and then I thought, what’s stopping Hersey from having one? So after that, I decided I would look into how to make a Geofilter for Hersey,” Short said.

In order to get the Geofilter, Short had to fill out a form on the Snapchat website showing why he thought the school was a good candidate for a Geofilter tag.

Short created the design for the orange-and-brown Geofilter on Photoshop, sent it to Snapchat, and waited for it to be approved by the Snapchat team.

When the filter was released, students were ecstatic about being able to use it anywhere on the school’s property.

“I was excited because it makes Hersey unique and only the really big schools such as, Stevenson, had one. I don’t use it as much as I thought, but it’s still a pretty cool thing for Hersey to have,” junior Carly Silva said.

Short tweeted out a screen shot of the email he received from the Snapchat company after it was approved.

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• John Hersey High School

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Recent mass shootings spark gun safety conversations

Jennifer Lechowski Kayleigh Padar

School shootings with painfully young victims, movie theaters being shot up in the middle of premieres, homicides in the streets of Chicago; guns and gun safety has gained new focus.

In places where school shootings have happened in the past, districts focus greatly on lock down drills and safety procedures. “At the Columbine shooting, everyone hid while the police were assembled outside. Things have changed because of that situation. People use alternatives. Most schools’ procedures consist of hiding, not making any noise, and turning off the lights,” associative principal Joseph Krajacic said.

Principal Gordon Sisson said, “Now the response is to empower people to fight, take flight, or hide.”

Krajacic said, “Some school districts offer options for fighting and hiding instead of just sitting there.

The big idea is to just keep putting up barriers until you can get emergency services,” Krajacic said.

Sisson said, “Back in Columbine the procedure was to take shelter and wait for help. People died when they waited for hours.”

Lock downs drills are among the most important precautions schools take. One of the measures this school has taken is locking the exterior doors, which was put in place in 1996.

Lockdown drills are a way to practice if an intruder does break in. A lock down can be initiated by anyone if he sees anything suspicious. Lock downs can be for different reasons such as clearing the hallways, or keeping people safe.

Not only are there lock downs but also soon the school will have pull

stations i n administrator areas in the school. This is a way for someone in the building to pull an alert in case of an emergency.

Over the past summer, the district has been proactive and installed security vestibules in all district 214 schools. “Hersey, of course, had the first security vestibule from the construction in 2010, but now has an additional security vestibule at our Main Foyer North door,” Krajacic said.

These vestibules have Class 3 bullet proof glass and a box to pass through items instead of letting visitors in unnecessarily.

Mass shootings aren’t unfamiliar to the American public. Some mass shootings include Sandy Hook Elementary, where 27 people were killed including 20 children in 2012. Another horrific shooting was in Aurora, Colorado inside the Century 16 movie theater during a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

A gunman killed 12 people and 70 were injured by setting off tear gas grenades and shooting into the audience with multiple firearms.

Despite all of this violence, gun laws in the United States don’t have too many restrictions compared to countries in Europe. In the United Kingdom, the sales of fire arms are greatly restricted by the government. The majority of British police officers don’t carry guns and gun violence statistics are very low. In the entire country, only 146 people were killed by fire arms in 2011. In the ten year period between 2001-2011, only three police officers were shot and killed according to the U.K. statistics authority.

As a whole the country has lenient gun laws, but in Illinois gun laws are more

Places that students feel more nervous going to due to recent shootings:

strict. To legally possess firearms or ammunition, residents must have a Firearm Owners’ Identification (FOID) card, which is issued by the state police.

In order to be eligible for a concealed carry license, the Illinois resident must pass a 16 hour training course and be at least 21 years old.

Even with these licenses, possession of automatic firearms, shortbarreled shotguns, or suppressors is prohibited. Despite these laws, crime rates in Chicago are high.

According to the Chicago Tribune there have been 2,054 shootings reported this year alone.

Sophomore Shreya Ramnath said, “I think that gun laws aren’t strict enough. There should be more control over the people that have guns and how they can use them. People who own guns should know when and why to use them.

People who use guns for the wrong reason make the world a less safe place for everyone.”

Most restrictive gun laws are relatively new. In the past, restrictions were incredibly lax. Across the street from Hersey in Prospect Crossings shopping center, there used to be a gun store called Strictly Shooting. It arrived in 1993 and remained there for a few years before it was eventually closed, not because of increased security, but because it simply went out of business on its own.

In states with different gun laws and perspectives, there are different ways of dealing with the presence of guns in daily life. Safety procedures vary greatly across the United States.

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Charity aids child Twin boys from Elgin suffer from an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Asperger’s syndrome. Now, one of them is fighting brain cancer.

To raise money for their medical expenses they are hosting a “Benapalooza” from to 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, at Thornwood Sports Core, 850 E. Thornwood Drive, South Elgin.

Not only does the money help to pay their bills, but they are also trying to make their home more wheel chair accessible. There will be live bands, face painting, bouncy houses, food, raffle prizes and more at the event. “This event sounds like a great way to raise money for someone in need,” sophomore Ana Manrique said.

Ben was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma multiforme after he lost consciousness June 7, and had a brain surgery after. He also has had to overcome lung failure and had trouble with his liver and kidneys. Ben still attends a special needs school in St. Charles and has kept a positive attitude the whole way through.

The illness has been tough for Ben and his whole family. They hope Ben is blessed with a miracle and beats cancer. The whole family is looking forward to the upcoming event and hopes to raise funds.

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Homecoming preparation excites student body McKenzie Mauer

Aside from the typical hype of homecoming, the Disney theme has students eager for the festivities to Every year homecoming week sneaks up on stu- commence.

“I am really excited to experience homecoming dents at the beginning of the year, and this year it is week and I can’t wait to dress up for all the theme coming earlier than ever. days,” freshman ReHomecoming week becca Burke said. starts on Sept. 28, and the The excitment and preparations have already nostalgia that Disney begun. The theme is Disembodies is generatney. ing a lot of excitement Furthermore, student for all students. “I cancouncil has established not wait for homecomthe dress up days for the ing this year. Disney is week. The days include: my favorite theme that jersey day, Disney day, I have been here for,” class color day, tourist day, Gunther said. and school spirit day.

Various sports and Student council sold clubs have chosen speClash of the Classes tcific Disney movies to shirts during lunch hours base their decorations from Sept. 9-11 which will around for the hall unify each grade level at decorating contest. the Clash of the Classes “I’ve heard that Disney event and on the class color day.

•CorrespondentLive has been a possible In addition to the fesee more coverage of homecoming events theme every year, and I am so glad that we tive dress up days, activion CorrespondentLive. are finally using the ties are slated for the week theme,” Gunther said. of homecoming. Annual While homecoming week is quite filled students activities include Clash of the Classes, the Powder Puff soccer game, and the bonfire. Then there is the are happy with the variety of activity choices that the school offers. In addition to current students the football game on Friday and the dance on Saturday.

Students are preparing for the festivities already alumni from the class of 1990 and 1995 are returning and planning the details for each one. “I have already for their 25 and 20 year reunions, respectively. They started thinking about what I am going to wear for all will attend the game and then a reunion gathering on the dress up days and the dance,” senior Casey Gun- Sunday. ther said.

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Safety: New gun protocol creates discussion • Continued from page 1 School districts vary also. Certain school districts have chosen to have metal detectors placed near the entrances of their buildings and arm their teachers, while other schools simply decide to put stickers on the windows.

These rules are all put in place to keep students safe no matter what gun control laws are, but that doesn’t stop people from having varying opinions about the subject.

School security officer Pete Hamrick said, “I hate conceal and carry. It causes accidental injuries.

Some scenarios are where someone could leave it at a restaurant, or someone pulls out a gun if their purse is taken, and those things make it unsafe.”

Some disagree like senior Hayden Kerr who said, “The more guns we have the better. If more people have guns then more people will be able to protect themselves from harm.”

Sophomore Jeanne Porges said, “I think that the laws on guns shouldn’t be restricted more than they already are. If guns were restricted there would be more demand for them on the black market. Besides, if we didn’t have guns people would find some other weapon to kill each other with.”

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Syrians flee to safety The Syrian refugee crisis started with peaceful protests in March of 2011, but due to a violent government crackdown, quickly escalated to a full civil war.

According to the Mercy Corps the war has killed over 220,000 people most of which are believed to have been innocent Syrian citizens. Currently they’re risking their lives to flee the country for safety. Over 4 million refugees have been registered and many more are waiting to get away from the violence.

Many countries are refusing to help these refugees out of fear of a strain on their resources.

There is a way for students to help these refugees.

Sophomore Ivanna Santiago said, “if we put ourselves into their shoes and we were going through this crisis than we want some help too.”

Sophomore Jodie Hermann said, “there are so many things we can do to help them and being informed is the first step.”

To help the Syrian refugees go to mercycorps.org and donate.

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burban response to gun ownership. Thirty percent of students’ families own guns while 61percent of students’ families don’t. Nine percent of students don’t know if their families’ own guns or not.

Some students are still more anxious going to places that have had shootings in the past. By far, students are most anxious walking down city streets rather than movie theaters, parks, or schools.

On the other hand junior Maddie Chaudron said, “I think that we should have gun restrictions.

There should be mandatory background checks for those interested in getting a gun license or buying a gun. I believe that plenty of people that use guns don’t use them properly and in the future we should crack down on them to save lives.”

Sophomore Dev Gandhi agreed and said, “I believe in stricter gun control laws because then there’s regulation and schools can basically be safer.”

Freshman Monika Smaga said, “Gun laws should be stricter, because there arent many laws prohibiting guns in public areas. If there were stricter laws it would keep schools safer and people safer in general.”

Guns are a highly emotional subject due to the effect they can have on one’s life. The rapid click of the trigger can change or end a life instantly, but improved school policies can make a huge difference in the safety of students.

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he Orange Crush leaders prepare to get the crowd “ROWDIE” at the first football game against Highland Park on Aug. 28.

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enior Daniel Geradi leads the neonthemed crowd in cheers against the Barrington Broncos on Sept. 4.

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Fan section raises funds and spirits Mark Milligan Screaming and jumping, energized teenagers, all of which are synchronized in thematic attire, is what generally comes to mind when people think about OC (Orange Crush). This year, the OC is attempting the break the mold of past years.

“A group of ten kids and myself met last year and kind of decided that Orange Crush should be more than cheering at an event here and there,” sponsor Nicholas Goshe said.

Orange Crush is getting involved in several service projects that help kids with special needs and breast cancer awareness. Last year, we hosted the first annual Special Olympics championship game against Barrington, which raised a lot of money for these children with special needs.

In addition to the Special Olympics game, another service project the OC is participating in is ‘Think Pink,’ an organization that researches breast cancer. Breast Cancer awareness month is October, so the OC is making a big push for donations in the preceding fall season.

In addition to their regular projects, Orange Crush hopes to hype up students both about school spirit and caring for the community.

“Our ‘Think Pink’ campaign for breast cancer definitely has special meaning to me because three of my grandparents had cancer and I know that our money will be going to a good cause in funding cancer research because the more we know about cancer, the more efficiently we can go about finding a

cure,” senior Dan Gerardi said.

For ‘Think Pink,’ Orange Crush has been selling products like tshirts, headbands, and glow-sticks, as well as passing around a bucket for donations during all the football games.

“This year we are trying to sell little products to students that we donate all the proceeds to ‘Think Pink.’ We have sold out of neon orange headbands and are trying to create more products to keep selling as well,” senior Delaney Parker said.

As a way to raise even more money, they have turned raising money into a competition. During the first home game, the OC created a video challenging Prospect to see which school can raise the most money.

“We made a video challenging Prospect to see who can raise more money for the ‘Think Pink’ campaign for breast cancer. We feel this will generate competition which will help both schools raise more money in the end. Plus, students now have the added incentive of beating Prospect which will definitely encourage more students to donate,” Gerardi said.

So far, the OC has raised over $1,000 and hope to surpass $2,000 by the end of the fundraiser. All money collected is given to their respective charities.

This project isn’t meant to be limited to the OC and their leaders, but a school-wide effort for everyone to join in on.

“It’s a whole school fundraiser, and we are all in it together. It’s all about the Huskie family helping out,” senior Brett Harris said.

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Opinions September 18, 2015 News knowledge shows responsibility Kelly McCarthy Keeping up-to-date with current events has become easier and easier with the increase in online news sources, such as websites and apps. However, it seems as though teens are becoming more and more ignorant about the goings-on of this

world.

Everyday, our newspapers, televisions, and radios are flooded with important events on the global, national, and local scales.

And everyday teens are connected to their friends and the Internet through their cell phones. However, according to a report by the Shorenstein Center, only 20 percent of teens utilize the Internet everyday to learn about the news.

The Internet, television, and radio are just a few of the technologies that we are around on a daily basis, and all of these are means of receiving news everyday.

As teens, we are known by our parents and elders as masters of the Internet, but few of us use our constant Internet access to educate ourselves and become more responsible American citizens.

Keeping up with the news is a way for us

to become not only better educated about the world we live in but also more valued members of society.

Because there’s always so much happening in the world at any given moment, it’s not expected of anyone to know everything that’s going on, but it’s a reasonable request to expect that people care enough about the world they live in to be aware of current events.

The specific details of even the major breaking news events aren’t as important as the actual societal issues at hand.

For example, when talking about the recent police shooting in Fox Lake, the exact date it happened isn’t nearly as important as the issue that a police officer was killed while doing his job.

Knowing the gist of these news reports helps people become more engaged and ready to participate in day-to-day conversations, as well as in important issues.

As future voters, workers, and leaders in America, teenagers have a responsibility to learn from what’s happening today so that we can avoid some of the same problems.

Jobs offer students valuable experiences Julia Hapanowicz

“You don’t want to end up working at McDonald’s!”the classic reply as to why we need to work hard in high school and go to

college.

While I don’t think majority of people’s dream job is to end up working as a fry cook, these parttime, and often minimum wage, jobs actually have some benefit to them.

Although the work is usually quite monotonous in majority of jobs designed with teenagers in mind to fill the position, taking up a part-time job during the summer or school year gives teens the chance to experience the “real world” that adults love to tell us about, as well as the opportunity to earn some extra cash.

Long summer days often blurred together and the routine of school can become tedious after a while, but having another responsibility outside of academics can help stu-

Confidence can come from catastrophe

dents learn to mange their time as well as provide some structure to the days.

Learning how to handle new situations and having to interact with customers is something that siting in a classroom can’t teach, and getting to experience a new level of importance and liability for actions taken on the job is a valuable experience.

It might sound like I’m hyping up part-time student jobs, which, in my experience, often revolve around customer service or watching little kids, and trying to make them sound like crucial components of the workforce that we, teenagers, need to become a part of, but that’s not my goal.

The reality is that, yes, while a part-time job at the hardware store or lifeguarding at the local pool is most likely not going to be the best “career” ever, working at a place like this for a year or two won’t be for nothing.

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After all, teens are, truthfully, attached at the hip to their phones. Reading the news doesn’t have to be a hassle. Frankly, it’s not anywhere close to being a hassle.

It can be as easy as taking five minutes here and there to go online and glance at a few major headlines. And while it seems like teens are always living crazy, busy lives, it doesn’t take long to browse through the news and understand the important aspects of current events.

People should want to know about what’s happening around them, and how these events are affecting politics, social issues, and the changing views of Americans.

We should make an effort to stay connected to the world because it’s not just the world of politicians, criminals, or our parents; it’s our world, too.

If we can make time to ‘keep up with the Kardashians,’ then we can certainly make time to keep up with the ever-changing news headlines.

Jamie Anderluh In the midst of the at-times-overwhelming high school environment, it’s quite easy for confidence levels to dwindle.

And as our confidence–or worse, our self-worth–falls to pieces, we begin to focus on our failures: an unimpressive first impression, a stressing school grade, or an unfavorable performance.

Often, in these situations, all we see is our failures; or we choose to see our failures as things of negativity. However, our failures shouldn’t always be viewed in this negative light.

In school, in activities, in passions, in experiences–we fail.

This is a natural part of being a semi-functional human being. We change our minds. We are full of misconceptions, miscalculations, and inaccuracies.

But this does not mean that we should respect ourselves any less; this does not mean we should aban-

don confidence in our abilities.

As students, we must consciously push our limits and in the process, be aware that we will fail. It’s our choice to look at our failures with appreciation for ourselves.

Confidence and self-respect are states of mind. They do not need to change with mistakes, for each mistake allows us to discover something new about ourselves.

And though we fail, we must work on the ability to notice our successes just as often. We must reward ourselves for effort, for the things that bring us happiness, and for the core of our individuality.

We deserve to have confidence in ourselves: confidence in failures, confidence in successes, and confidence in the in-between. There is an art to our failure, and we must embrace it for everything that it is.

It teaches us about ourselves, and it does not need to limit our selfworth. After all, we are imperfect creatures, and we owe it to ourselves to have respect for both our achievements and mistakes. With the right state of mind, both can be victories.

Which stereotypes do you find most offensive?

“I think stereotyping ethnicities are the most offensive. It can be taken too far at times when people mock different accents.”

Junior Maddie Chaudron

“I don’t find any stereotype offensive. The main purpose of them is to be funny and from what I’ve heard, people just say them for a humorous reason, not an offensive one.”

Senior Jorge Solis

“When people are stereotypical about skin color.”

Sophomore Dev Gandhi

“When people make fun of white girls because of the footwear that they choose to wear.”

Junior Samantha Jankusky

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District 214 introduces new lockdown procedures

Due to reAccording to the University of cent events in Oklahoma Press, the first known the area, such mass shooting in the United States as the police shooting in Fox Lake, was in 1764 in present Greencastle, school policies are being changed in Pennyslvania where ten children as order to keep students safer when well as the teacher were killed by Nathey are in the building. tive American fighters.

Authorities in this district have reMore recently, in 2012, Sandy Hook cently agreed on a new lock down Elementary School was infiltrated by plan in order to proa young gunman and 27 tect students in the people, both students event of a school and teachers, were shooting or a threat killed. in the area.

Closer to home, in In the past, January, a student in school polices were Bloomington, Illinois simply about havmade threats on his ing students and school email to try teachers gather in and instigate a school a corner of their shooting.

However, classroom, turn off he was arrested before the lights, and wait •Julia Hapanowicz he could do any real in absolute silence harm. until the police arrived at the scene.

This week Evanston Township However in some situations, peo- High school went into a lock down ple have waited for hours in cramped because there was a shooting in a classroom corners until help arrived. nearby neighborhood. Students and Now, District 214 teachers and stu- teachers were ordered to stay in the dents are being given the option to building until the threat had passed. either fight, run away, or hide, in the Other safety procedures we follow event of a hard lock down. include new bullet proof glass in the A lock down can be enacted by any front and back doors of the school, administrator who sees or receives a gun-free zone stickers posted on the report of something suspicious hap- building, and new pull stations that pening, either in the school or in the administraters can use to quickly call surrounding area. lock downs.

School shootings are nothing new The new lock down procedure alto the American public, although it lows students, teachers, and adminseems there has been an alarming istrators to choose what to do in the number of mass shootings in the past event of a lock down. few years.

iPads prove to be immensely distracting Caroline Stiefbold

Everything will still be on the iPads fifty minutes later, so focus during class. The lecture is I was ecstatic when I found only being given once, but apps are accessible out I would be getting an iPad twenty-four seven.

The class will be a lot easier if the material is this year.

I had heard teachers and oth- learned in class instead of cramming that night. er students discussing the prob- Paying attention will pay off on tests because lems with iPads, but I never real- students will know the material better.

It may seem all too easy to take attention ized how big the problems really away from the teacher and to were until I received mine. the iPad, but resist the urge I knew iPads could be a distracand pay attention! tion, but I figured that if I tried to When teachers assign classstay focussed and attentive in class work to be done on iPads, it that they wouldn’t be a problem. I can be easy to think that bewas definitely wrong. cause the teacher is done inThe distractions are endless. Evstructing for the day that it is erything imaginable is at our finsuddenly time to do whatever. gertips, but teachers cannot always No matter how painful it tell what we are doing on our iPads may be, work in class and play to stop us. Even students with the later. best intentions can get distracted.

Lately, in this school, the Notability contains distrac•Sneh Pandya internet has been going down tions galore. One second I am taka lot. This is out of teachers’s ing notes, and the next second I tudents are often and student’s control, but it is am drawing a multi-color doodle. to be found playa large disruption.

I keep erasing my word until it is ing games on their Some teachers have an enwritten perfectly (my writing on the school-issued iPads tire day’s lesson based solely iPad is terrible compared to my ac- during class. on access to the internet and tual handwriting), and suddenly, I have to abruptly change their have missed a few paragraphs worth plans when the internet goes down. of discussions.

Students need to be prepared to learn no matStudents should treat Notability as though it is normal note taking, but with added resources. ter what happens and try to help their teachers The temptation to check twitter or to advance when this happens.

The negatives of the iPads in no way outweigh to the next level on a game will always be there, so students need to try to stay attentive in class. the positives, but students need to control their Class may seem dull compared to the enter- actions to fully benefit from the technology. tainment of iPads, but we are in school to learn.

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Elections give students political insight Zoe Strozewski

Everyone knows that Donald Trump is running for the 2016 presidential election. But what else do students know about the presidential campaign? Can they even name five other candidates or what they’re promising to do?

A very small percentage of our student body will able to vote in this election, but that isn’t an excuse for students to be uninformed. Following the election is a great way to identify the qualities we look for in a leader so we’ll be able to pick out similar qualities in candidates when we get to vote in a couple years.

Voting is how we represent ourselves and the good of this country’s citizens, and the only way we can do this well is by staying informed.

So, students should try to learn something about the 2016 election other than Donald Trump. It can only benefit them in the future.

Allergy rules need enforcement Colette Tangney Although repetitive, food to one can just as easily be poison to another. Allergies to foods, such as peanuts and tree nuts, as we know, are hazardous to many students.

Others forget about the fact that this can be life-threatening According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, about eight percent of Americans nationwide have a food allergy, and many times, it’s sever.

Yes, scattered posters around the school send a faint reminder, but it’s the lack of enforcement as well as respect for peers that drives this problem of lingering crumbs. The school and the students need to enforce the policy of no common allergens at least in the classroom, and hopefully, add toilettes for students to wipe down their used lunch space.

Students with allergies already have to worry constantly about what they consume, so a safe environment would make all the difference to them.

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What gender...

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...do you think is better at driving?

“Females, because they pay attention better to the road and everything else,” -sophomore Madison Burkhalter “There isn’t really a difference in my opinion,” -junior Nate Campbell

...do you think participates more in sports?

“Males, because there’s more opportunities for them to participate because it’s shown as ‘manly,’ ” -sophomore Madison Burkhalter “Guys, because it’s considered more okay for guys to be in sports than girls,” -junior Nate Campbell

...do you think is more involved in the arts?

“Females, because males are doing sports and not encouraged to be artistic because it isn’t ‘manly’”-sophomore Madison Burkhalter

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Andrea Cannon

Today, it is hard to imagine girls not having an equal amount of opportunity to participate in the same activities as boys. Women owe the equality to be apart of these programs to the passing of Title IX in 1972.

“Without softball my life would be completely different. I wouldn’t have been given the amazing opportunity to be a division 1 athlete or travel across the country playing a sport. I’ve met my closest friends through softball and made unforgettable memories with them.

Not many teenagers can say they’ve done all that and it’s truly a blessing,” junior Katie Wingerter said.

The womens sports foundation states that Title IX “prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program or activity receiving any type of federal financial aid”.

Since 1978, Title IX has required equal funding for boys and girls’ necessities; Title IX is far more than just gender equality in sports. This law expands to include other areas of life such as access to higher education, career education, education for pregnant and parenting students, and much more.

It is important for one to understand the history behind the creation of Title IX

in order to see how it affects their lives today.

For example, softball is only a sport for girls, and baseball is only a sport for boys.

“Softball and baseball are not the exact same sport; that’s why I think they don’t have a combined sport that boys and girls both play. Boys criticize softball because they claim that bases are shorter and it’s easier, but it’s not. I once read an article that said that scientific research shows that softball is equally as hard, if not harder than baseball because the field is smaller and the reaction time a player has is shorter, which makes girls have a shorter time to make spur-of-the moment decisions,” sophomore Renee Portenlanger said.

On the other hand, a baseball player might have another perspective on the differences he believes there are between baseball and softball.

“Baseball and softball are similar, but they are different variations. I think girls could compete in baseball, but it would be tough for them to keep up and they wouldn’t enjoy it as much,” senior Buzz Lindgren said.

Title IX changed the way society views girls sports by showing that in the eyes of the government, at least through federal funding, there is equality.

“Females, because it’s considered weird for guys to do arts and music,” -junior Nate Campbell

...do you think is better at showing emotion?

“Females, because they have more of a personality and males are told they can’t show any emotion,” -sophomore Madison Burkhalter “Females, because when guys show emotion, society tells us it’s weird, but when girls do it it’s expected and okay,” -junior Nate Campbell

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Dating rules exist but don Kenzie Killam Gender stereotypes are seen in every movie, every song, every place imaginable; just like every other high school in America, this school tends to see some of these stereotypes roam throughout the hallways.

Luckily in school there are fewer stereotypes than some schools portrayed in the media.

“I don’t really see any cliques. At Hersey we’re integrated with each other no matter the sports or extracurriculars we do,” senior Abbey Leofler said.

Obviously everyone makes friends at school through different clubs and sports that they

are involved in, but people’s friend grou activities.

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Dress code restrictions call for evaluation Lexi Wachal Schools across the country have been making national news for objectifying dress codes.

Girls can’t show collar bones in one school; guys have to watch their underwear coverage at others. The argument has risen over whether dress codes are constructive or if they’re degrading for students and their educations.

Many students agree: a basic dress code is and should be required of both genders in school. However, given the opportunity, many would opt to change it.

Senior Ally Paine said, “There should be a basic dress code, so people don’t show up naked, but not such an extensive one. I would make sure you can’t wear offensive clothing, and you have to have shoes, but would be fine in something strapless or a hat.”

Sophomore Kate Abbott said, “Starting not to show shoulders is obviously the most popular idea that students dislike, and is the most unrealistic when it starts getting hot out. Set a straight rule of boundaries that are reasonable.”

Both genders face problems when the weather gets warmer. The appeal of wearing a tank top in 90 degree weather grows each hot day for students.

Meanwhile, many students don’t mind the dress code. Junior Maxine Sullivan said, “Personally I think the dress code is fine. I haven’t had any problems with it, and it isn’t too unfair in my opinion. Just be respectful and it’s fine! As far as warm weather, t-shirts or thicker tank tops work for me.”

Some clothes, in fact, are distracting to students. Junior Joe Fasolo said, “For me, shirts with funny pictures on them are distracting because I like to read

them, and then I won’t be paying attention to the class that I’m in, because I’ll be so focused on the shirt.”

Sullivan said, “Honestly, school is just about learning, not trying to look nice. Frankly I wear sweatpants everyday, so it doesn’t bother me.”

Fasolo said, “It’s not just girls clothes or guys clothes that are distracting. For me it’s just clothes that are funny.”

Whether for or against the dress code, one thing is for sure; the restrictions placed on students nationwide are starting to gain attention, and students are fighting the cause.

“School isn’t about what you wear, unless it’s offensive, gang related, or you show up in underwear.” For both genders, school shouldn’t be about what you’re wearing; it should be about education,” Abbott said.

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While most girls expect their date to ask them in some terribly romantic way, some people find a homecoming proposal unnecessary.

“Since my boyfriend and I have been dating for forever, we don’t really ask each other to dances. If I want to get asked, I basically have to force him too, so we just go to them,” Leofler said.

Another common dating stereotype is that the male has to pay for outings.

This has changed quite a bit over time. It used to be that the male always paid, then maybe every once in a while the female paid,

but now people tend to share those responsibilities.

“In our relationship, we usually switch off who pays for dinners or dates. It’s nice to treat one another,” Campanella said.

Some people choose to remain more towards the traditional route. “He does pay, but I don’t expect him to, and I always offer to pay,” senior Katherine Jaffe said.

“Girls are expected to pick places to go and make decisions and have a lot of confidence, while on the other hand, men are expected to pay and drive, give gifts, and be able to listen intently. Some of those are stereotypes and it shouldn’t be a one way street for any relationship,” Campanella said.

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Entertainment September 18, 2015 Recent fad bounces towards popularity Nate Horne It isn’t rare to see a flock of people surrounding a small trampoline like structure, while four players surround it as they hit around a small yellow ball, and that’s because a new phenomenon that has hit America: Spikeball. The game was invented in 1989, but has just recently began to rise to such popularity.

After being seen on the hit show “Shark Tank,” the game has now over 225,000 Spikeball players in the USA, according to the USA Spikeball website.

“Everywhere I go I always see people playing Spikeball, and I can’t blame them because that game is insanely fun,” junior Emma Frankiewicz said.

But the game isn’t just for recreational use, as hundreds of intense and official tournaments took place just this summer, and competing at one of the tournaments was senior Mike Jones and Paul Tokar .

Jones and Tokar attended the Midwest Regionals on Sept. 12, and ranked 27 place • Courtesy of Paul Tokar out of the 64 teams that competed. Jones said, enior Mike Jones and Paul Tokar pose for a “The best part of the tournaments has been the picture at the Midwest Regionbals Spikeball people and the general atmosphere there. Everyone is super chill and friendly and I feel like Tournament on Sept. 12.

I’m a part of a super unique community when put the set together and then gather a group of competing in the tournaments.” friends to play. We’d do it everywhere and all the Their fascination started in early June and has time this summer, and others were always willgreatly increased. Tokar said, “It’s just so easy to ing to play with us.”

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Being the duo’s second tournament, their passion is strong. “Our obsessions started when we saw a tournament at North Ave. Beach, and once we figured out what was we were watching, we’ve been hooked every since. And now we beat everybody we play,” Jones said.

The Spikeball company, ran by a plethora of young adults, is now thriving in ways the founders couldn’t have imagined. “Spikeball completely took over my summer, it was everywhere I went and I constantly found myself playing it,” sophomore Abby Johnstone said.

Spikeball is currently one of the most popular lawn game in America, and for good reason. “My favorite part of Spikeball is the whole lifestyle around it and how convenient it is. And everyone who I’ve played with loves the game just as much as me,” Tokar said.

Jones said, “I love the competitive nature of it as well as how easy it is just to get a couple friends together and go out and play. It’s also great because it’s easy for people who have never played before to learn, but the skill cap is incredibly high.”

Video Music Awards amuse viewers Claire Durand Amy Ohrt (Barfield)

What’s your favorite movie?

Shawshank Redemption What’s your favorite T.V. show?

Friends and Grey’s Anatomy Who’s your favorite artist?

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While MTV is known for being a bit unusual and pushing boundaries, choosing Miley Cyrus as the host for this years Video Music Awards was not an unexpected choice thought by MTV to pump things up. Although Cyrus had a unique wardrobe as always, she failed to please the average viewer with her humor and presentation.

Sophomore Nina Connor said, “They should’ve used someone better and more funny and not just with weed jokes,” while sophomore Emmy Pascual said, “She isn’t the best speaker, so she just fumbled through the show.”

Even though Cyrus wasn’t a star host, things heated up when she and Nicki Minaj got into a brawl. While receiving her award, she decided to reply to Cyrus’ comments that she made in the New York Times story about Minaj and Taylor Swift’s past Twitter feud.

Minaj voiced her opinions about the article in front of the millions of viewers and defended her position. Freshman Katie Kalafatis said, “I wouldn’t call myself the biggest fan of Nicki Minaj, but I still feel like Miley’s comments about the award being worth practically nothing were extremely unnecessary. She just made herself sound like a sore loser.” Luckily no fists were thrown.

The famous “Kanye West vs. Taylor Swift award stealing” incident of 2009 is not one of the rappers finest moments however, he may have outdone himself this year. During his 15 minute long acceptance speech this year for the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, he brought up the six-year-old event and snapped at MTV about replaying the incident multiple times.

In addition, he also said “bruh” virtually every other word and admitted that he was on drugs however it was probably assumed my most due to his incoherent rambling. To top it off, the finale of his speech was that he announced will be running for president in 2020.

While West seems to have decided this in the middle of his rambles, his speech was definitely

a highlight and headliner.

“I love him and I hate him. His music is fun and his lyrics are clever, and I think he’s genuinely talented, but this guy is a dad. [He] and his wife show up wearing sweaty potato sacks and are treated like royalty just because of how many times they have showed up in People Magazine,” Pascual said.

West wasn’t the only star who had a blow-upJustin Bieber made a scene as well. After performing his new song “What Do You Mean”, he began crying on stage. It could have been because he had not performed in five years, or that he broke up with on-again off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez, but the tears were an unexpected and emotional outbreak during the show.

“It caught me off guard. I would’ve been okay with just a little thanks to his fans, but the whole waterworks seemed sort of random,” Kalafatis said.

In addition to Bieber, other pop artists like Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas had performances at the show and Cyrus debuted her new song, “Dooo It!”.

I liked 21 Pilots with A$AP rocky and I didn’t really like Miley Cyrus’ performance,” Connor said.

It could’ve been Cyrus’ sub par hosting, West’s outbreak, or the fact that the VMAs are becoming less important to their target demographic, but ratings sunk to the lowest they’ve ever been with only 5.03 million viewers tuning in on the MTV channel.

Last year’s show had 8.26 million viewers tune in even when there was no host. The lack of views could also be attributed to the rise in popularity of live tweeting and articles being posted by the minute with updates on what is happening.

The show set a U.S. record with 2.2 million people posting almost 21.4 million tweets. However, with new artists on the rise and the older generation of pop icons fading out or trying to hang on to their last minutes of fame, next years VMAs should be interesting and draw in a new crowd.

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and social injustices. Recently, using music to show the unfairness in society has been a trend, and Halsey has jumped Ashely Frangipie, known on this bandwagon. She as ‘Halsey,’ released her not only speaks about debut album much to the these problems in her excitement of her fans on music, but also on her August 27. social media accounts.

Modeled after a ficHer songs are written tional dystopian society, like stories, each poetic ‘Badlands’ features multiand full of emotion and ple songs designed to repimagery. She describes resent the emotions and issues and comments problems that the society on society in a way that she created has to endure. allows the listener to Halsey claims she got the picture the scene if they idea from the deserts that choose, but it is not over surround the city of Las done and distracting Vegas and the eerie vibe from her music. that they give off.

Her words are put toThe alternative-pop gether poetically, and it album crafts a story that results in gorgeous and feels more like a series • Courtesy of iamhasley.com emotionally charged lyrthan a musical debut, tellics that varying to deing the stories of the badasley’s album art features a scribe the color of jeans, lands and layering in fanphoto of her profile and has to her dreams overruntastic vocals and impressive mountains in the background rep- ning to a castle. music. resenting the Las Vegas desert.

The album has gotten The album itself has great feedback, making it characteristics of synthpop, paving the way for other female artists as- onto the alternative charts on iTunes every week since it was released. The new tracks are receivpiring to get into this genre of music.

Halsey doesn’t shy away from remarking on ing positive reviews from almost everyone that the complicated issues her fictional society faces. listens and is one of the fastest growing artists.

Designed to mirror problems in the real world, Halsey will proceed with her “Badlands Tour” her album touches on mental health, addiction, which already sold out in all of North America.

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After a four year hiatus, the world famous “Ghostface” returned, this time in the form of a television series aimed at teenagers. Airing on MTV, the new show “Scream” is excellent.

Every week gave viewers thrilling clues as to who the killer was and why “Ghostface” was haunting Emma Duvall, the main character.

After nine one-hour episodes, they finally revealed the killer’s identity in the season one finale. Almost everyone could have been a suspect, and nobody would have expected who the killer was.

I highly reccomend this television series if someone is interested in thrills and horror. A great season with great actors and actresses who got me emotionally involved in this show. I can’t wait until season two!

Recently available on Netflix, Helen Hunt’s “Ride” captures the things that bring happiness and ‍the ways people change to find them—in both urban life and island living–executed with beautiful imagery and powerful characterization.

It’s a captivating tribute to mother-and-son: Mother, wrapped up in the world of editing; Son, torn between writing and surfing on the coast of California.

Dealing with loss, transition, and new passions, viewers witness the way families adapt and grow together.

As they discover themselves, viewers discover a unique portrayal of change and transition.

“Ride” is a story of living outside areas of comfort, seeing the world through new eyes, and an undeniably worthwhile watch.

‘Tasty’ takes treat making to top tier Colette Tangney While clicking on the Facebook app to get rid of those annoying red notifications, I stumbled upon a page someone shared on my timeline.

‘Tasty,’ a web page solely dedicated to food education and appraisal, is a collection of short videos and of creative, delicious concoctions in a sped-up, step-by-step, how-to clip.

Usually, the videos use simple ingredients and alternate methods for cooking that make the dishes easy for anyone. Recipes range from mini-carmel apple pops to s’mores cones to piz-

za cakes to apple pie tacos and more.

With close to three million likes, the page is exploding in popularity and is a free resource to anyone who owns a Facebook.

‘Tasty’ is adding to the trendy idea of DIY activites, like the popular page Pinterest.

The treats seem to be a simple task even for the most basic cooks.

This page is the perfect tool for those both experienced or not, and the recipes can be used for either parties or just a personal snack. Take it from me, the account rightfully deserves their title of ‘Tasty.’

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Worth a ‘Visit’ “There are certain rules one must abide by in order to survive a horror movie.” “Scream” set the rules for subtle parody a decade ago with those words, and “The Visit” continues it in style. “The Sixth Sense” writer/director M. Night Shyamalan (a man whose name is so annoying to type that I will proceed to replace it with a number of weak puns) has returned from a 16 year dry spell to give us a film that’s clever enough to know it’s not original, but fun enough to not care.

M. Night Sham-wow introduces us to Olivia DeJonge and Ed Oxenbould as Pennsylvania teens Rebecca and Tyler, siblings out to visit their long estranged grandparents years after their mother walked out on her parents.

Rebecca believes that her grandparents hold the “elixir” to helping her mother, and decides to document the event with a number of cameras. Tyler, on the other hand, is a 13-year-old rapper with a slightly over inflated opinion of his sex appeal and a problem with germs.

Upon arrival at Nana and Pop-Pop’s isolated farmhouse, with no cell service in the immediate vicinity of a creepy old hospital, (apparently these kids have never seen a horror movie), everything seems peachy: both grandparents are kind (if slightly senile), and the trip looks like it’ll be all fine.

But this is a horror film, so of course it won’t.

“The Visit” uses found footage near flawlessly, managing to alternate between the claustrophobic interior of the farmhouse and the bleak and vast winter outside. The surprisingly clear camera work is passed off as the work of film fanatic Rebecca - she spends much of the film explaining the finer points of cinematography to her brother.

Most of the film’s scenes are played with theatrical shots that often culminate in clever (if annoying) jump scares.

Shwarmyalan does a good job of creating believable characters; Tyler chooses early in the film to replace profanity with pop singers’ names (“Sara McLaughlin!”), while Rebecca is frequently dogged by adults with a whimsical reminder of former acting careers. Nana and Pop-Pop both have a number of unusual “old people” habits which gradually show their more sinister origins.

The best part of “The Visit”, however, is how simple it is. Unlike Schwarzeneggalan’s more typical work, “The Visit” is a fairly straightforward flick that, though there’s more humor and homage than actual scary moments, still manages to be horrifying at the right moments. There is a twist (it wouldn’t be a Shyamulan movie without one), but it’s so ridiculously simple it manages to be even more clever than some elaborate trick.

Ultimately, what makes this flick good isn’t clever writing or camera work, but simply being good enough for neither to be too important.

“The Visit” is far from the most original movie of the year (and probably not the scariest), but a combination of well-written characters, more humor than horror, and the straight up creepiest grandparents to ever come out of Pennsylvania make it into a fantastic fall flick. As Tyler would put it, it isn’t full of Katy Perry.

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Junior skates on an international scale level teams within them,” Philips said.

Philips has competed in many regional and national competitions, which has brought her to places including California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts, and Colorado.

She has even traveled internationally in order to compete.

“I have competed once in Milan, Italy at the Spring Cup, and I have

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competed once in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Leon Lurje Trophy,” said Philips.

Philips competed in both of these competitions while on her second team, the Starlights Synchronized Skating team.

She also has won multiple awards with the Starlights Synchronized Skating team, including a bronze medal at the Spring Cup in Milan and a bronze medal at the Leon Lurje Trophy in Gothenburg.

Philips’ has recently changed to the Crystallettes Senior Synchronized Skating Team in Dearborn, Michigan. She’s skating at the senior level, which is the highest level available for synchronized skating teams.

She also practices at the Park Ridge Ice Arena and Twin Rinks.

Philips plans on continuing her ice skating career.

“I plan to continue ice skating through college, and depending on what happens after college and what opportunities I am presented with, I may or may not keep skating. If I don’t skate after college, I am thinking about looking for a part time coaching job to coach synchronized skating,” Philips said.

While most teenagers spend their weekends catching up on sleep and relaxing, junior Kelsey Philips commutes to Michigan to ice skate on a senior level team.

Philips has been skating since she was three years old, and her career has even brought her to other countries for competitions.

Ice skating has been a one of Philips’ main focuses for the majority of her life.

“I decided to start ice skating because my older sister started ice skating about a year before I did, and I wanted to be just like her. She also seemed like she had a lot of fun while she was on the ice,” Philips said.

Philips started out her skating career by taking lessons at the Rolling Meadows Ice Arena and the Nelson Sports Complex.

“I compete in Synchronized Ice Skating where there are actually 16 skaters on the ice at once performing a routine,” Philips said.

This type of skating allows for many levels of skill and talent, so Philips has been on three different competition teams.

“I skated on the Chicago Jazz up through 6th grade, then from 7th grade through •Photos sophomore year of high courtesy school I skated with Starof Kelsey lights Synchronized SkatPhilips ing teams, and now I have just recently made a team unior out in Dearborn, Michigan Kelsey called the Crystallettes Se- Philips nior Synchronized Skating poses with Team, and I am commuting her teamevery weekend to Michigan mates from to skate on their senior level the Starlights Synchronized Skating team after being awarded the bronze medal at the Leon Lurje Trophy team,” Philips said.

“Each of the organiza- ice skating competition in Gothenburg, Sweden. tions have many different

Ivory Ella gives back to protect elephants Emily Song Lately high school girls have been pulling off the ability to look cute, be comfortable, and support a cause at the same time. An online clothing company, Ivory Ella, has allowed them to do just that.

This fad has been lighting up the school’s hallways in bright colors.

“It supports a great cause that I think is important for elephants,” freshman Veronica Lesak said.

Their most popular item is the long sleeve shirts. People may recognize them by their simplistic, design: loose fit with a pocket on the front and their iconic elephant on the back. Depending on the color, the elephant is usually filled with little designs.

This growing trend is also helping to protect the elephant population. 10 percent of Ivory Ella’s profits go to savetheelephants. org.

The company’s goal is to help end elephant poaching worldwide since an average of 33,000 elephants are killed every year for their ivory tusks.

Elephants are in danger, and teenagers are making a difference by buying clothing from Ivory Ella.

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Foreign travels give students cultural insight

histories, and novel experiences, and exploring these complexities is something many find worthwhile.

For some, if accessible and affordable, the experience of travel can be taken across borders. “I had the opportunity to tour Europe this summer. I will never forget the amazing adventures I had, the crazy things I observed, and the giddy feeling of discovery at every new sight,” sophomore Emmy Pascual said.

•courtesy of Emmy Pascual These opportunities often allow teens to learn more ophomore Emmy Pascual takes about themselves while a ‘selfie’ air kissing the Eiffel learning more about the Tower while visiting Paris, France. world; international travel creates personal, educationJamie Anderluh al, and revealing moments.

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“You can experience new cultures and see how other people live throughout the world,” sophomore Katherine Nowak said.

Students can also become more personally aware of once unfamiliar languages, values, and perspectives meaning perceptions can change.

“I learned how small my town is and how insignificant my problems are. It was a good ego check,” Pascual said.

Teenagers can explore different ways of living and new forms of individuality, all while creating new connections with people across new nations.

The opportunities made possible by traveling internationally are completely unique. “It’s a diverse world and we should try see as much of it as we can. It changes the way we see things,” Nowak said.

For teens, international travel can be a way to gain appreciation for the globe. An opportunity aris-

es when traveling in a new nation– one to make connections both culturally and intellectually.

History can be seen in a new way; people themselves can be seen with a different and more stimulating view. The things once only read about or not fully appreciated can now be viewed with a new, openminded gaze.

Many are presented with a better understanding of the world, and, as a result, a more compelling respect for it. “It’s fun to learn about other cultures than your own by experiencing it firsthand,” junior Jake Norris said.

If available, international travel is, for many, quite unlike traveling within America. “Travel may be expensive, but exploring the world with young eyes is worth every penny,” Pascual said.

Travel promotes connectivity, respect, and acceptance: experiences that cannot be denied.

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All sport teams use school owned equipment and uniforms year after year. Inconveniences are prone to exist, whether it’s broken equipment, ill fitting jerseys, or items being stolen.

Equipment and clothing varies for sports, but struggles with inconveniences such as these are common.

With time, things break and become worn down. “Our tennis bags need to be replaced.

They are torn from last year. The straps are torn, and so when we put the bags on it’s not comfortable,” junior Ana Karapetiani said.

Jerseys or bags that have been used one too many times are annoying for current athletes, but having to use equipment that isn’t in ideal shape may effect an athlete’s performance.

“A week after the season started it turned out that the catcher equipment I was given had two of the same legs for the leg guards. The previous catchers mixed up the gear when giving it back, it was very uncomfortable,” junior Andrew Berg said.

Equipment complications are present for the water polo team as well. “We had to practice with a broken goal most of the season last year, and it was a struggle to get it to float,” junior Emily Van Grinsven said.

As problems come up with equipment because of usage during previous years, stolen things can also cause struggles for a team. “We’ve had a lot of stolen items such as goggles and towelsprobably from patrons from the pool. It would probably not happen as often as it does if we had

our own pool at Hersey,” Van Grinsven said.

While things being stolen from the public may be a threat for the swimming team, things being stolen by graduates is a common issue for the poms team.

“For two years in a row our girls have had to track down pom members from past years to get uniforms back from them that they decided to keep. Because of them being taken, we’ve been left with a lot of large sizes for our not-solarge dancers to use,” varsity poms coach Tracy Dudzik said.

Along with unfair uniform complications, the girls soccer team also has to call “dibs” on the few fitting jerseys of their collection.

“We have a lack of appropriate sizes for our uniforms. It’s annoying how you have to wear a size that’s too big and baggy on you if you don’t grab a smaller size fast enough,” junior Erin Smetana said.

Meanwhile, the football team is waiting on new jerseys to come in that were ordered to be here for this season.

“We were supposed to get new cool jerseysOne that’s orange and one that’s grey to wear for homecoming and important games. We planned to use our current white jersey’s for road games,” senior Sean Johlie said.

Sports teams must deal with a variety of inconveniences from season to season.

Hopefully, the pursuit for a division title will not be interrupted by a uniform malfunction during the last 30 seconds of the fourth quarter.

• Danielle Eriksson he poms team must alter their T large uniform shells to fit properly as shown in the picture above. Other teams struggle with similar problems that distract from the actual sport itself.

Volleyball look to finish ‘Fuerst’ Colette Tangney

As volleyball gets into full swing, one player stands out season to season. Senior Elizabeth (Liz) Fuerst steps onto the court once again as a four year varsity starter on our MSL East champion team, who have now won the title for 12 seasons in a row.

“I started playing at a young age and ever since then it’s always been in •Sneh Pandya my life. Next year I am playing at IPFW (Indiana Universityenior Liz Fuerst delivers a bump Purdue University Fort Wayne), and I in a victory against

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am so excited,” Fuerst said.

But being a division one athlete is the norm in the Fuerst family, her brother, Michael, is currently a sophomore at Princeton University where he also plays volleyball. In addition to Liz and her brother, her dad played basketball at Miami of Ohio, and her mom played volleyball at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) where she later continued on to play for the USA national team for five years.

Following the athletic legacy her family set, she also sets high expectations for respect and kindness within her teams, whether it’s club or school volleyball. “She positively attributes to the team because she’s our source of energy.

As one of our captains, she not only leads us but leads us with enthusiasm. Whenever we’re down, she uses that energy to bring us back to the top,” senior teammate Carley Chiodo said.

Besides her strong individual talent, she also aims to improve the emotional portion of building a successful team. “Volleyball is a team sport, and our team would not be as successful as we

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“Hardwork at practice really shows in the games.”

“We want to have a strong defense and a fast attacking offense.”

“We are doing well as a young team, and we’re still trying to find out our identity.”

“Traditionally Hersey has a better defense than offense but this year our offense is more talented.”

“We like to go to Uptown Cafe after Saturday practices and games.”

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are if we didn’t play with heart or if we didn’t have great team chemistry,” Fuerst said.

“She has always been a great person to look up to on the court. She’s a great leader and pushes us which helps us to be successful,” senior Gianna Carusiello said, another teammate of Fuerst.

Altogether, Liz is progressively working on improving her playing skills as well as the team’s overall relationship, and as for this season, the team is ready for what is thrown their way.

“Over the years of playing, I could not count how many times an amazing team has lost because they did not have as much heart as their opponent. This year the team is looking great.”

“We are very young and don’t have a lot of varsity experience as a whole, but we try to focus on one game at a time and really encourage our teammates who get down on themselves,” Fuerst said.

The team looks strong on their way of continuing success, and hopefully, winning the title for 13 straight years.

Swimming Senior Gabrielle Scannell

“We fight with each other, laugh with each other, and help each other.”

“After every meet we all cheer ‘good job [state team name here]’” “Before every big meet we have a pasta party, and everyone is invited.”

“On the last relay of the meet, the entire team lines up at the end of the fastest Hersey relay lane. We all cheer for that relay, and it’s awesome!”

“We are a family.”

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ight: Senior R Jack Steines prepares to snap the ball as the rest of the offensive line gets ready for the play.

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zanski along with sophomore Emma Strozewski huddle together after a successful play to congratulate one another.

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by Sneh Pandya ight: Junior R Matt Abfall snags a pass and turns up field for extra yardage.

eft: QuarL terback Tom Jackson sheds a

Bronco tackler in effort to get a first down.

The Huskies win a shootout in their first game against Highland Park, then drop their next two games to Barrington and Hoffman Estates. Conant is up next tonight.

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HWhat’s uddle:

Cross Country “Our team is a lot more close knit than last year, both in our times and as teammates.”

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Swimming

“We have a dry land coach this year so we are able to gain a lot more strength outside of the water.”

-Senior Sarah Petro

-Senior Kevin Paton

Golf “The team has really taken the intensity level up with our focus to turn our fifth in conference team to first.”

“We have a lot of long power hitters this year.”

-Junior Megan Kopeny

-Senior Kevin Cooke

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