February The Emery 2017

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A country for one, not for many Teacher brings IB experience to Huron Mid-year retire creates opening for mid-year hire

SHANNON STOCKING and GEORGE WHITE | STAFF WRITERS

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eavy snowflakes fell as hundreds of people stood outside united together in one cause — chants broke out as the voices blended into one.

Sophomore Gray Snyder exercised her right to protest at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) on Jan. 29. In his first three weeks as president, some say Donald Trump has created a divide within the masses of people. This divide has affected families all around the world and sparked countless protests globally.

“I went mostly to support a couple of my friends,” Snyder said. “ When we first got there, there were a whole bunch of people outside, and when we were in the parking lot you could hear everyone shouting. It was very different from the Women’s March.

People were chanting the whole time. There was always something happening.”

Recently, President Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting citizens from seven majority Muslim nations from entering the country. It should be noted that former President Barack Obama implemented a similar Executive Order, which also limited foreign citizens from entering America.

President Trump said this Executive Order is needed to help keep Americans safe from terrorist acts.

Some say Trump’s policy is vague, confusing, and leaves many people feeling left in the dark due to dual citizenship and green cards.

It has also hit close to home.

Southeast Michigan is a hub for refugees and those seeking better economic opportunity. Dearborn, Michigan, only a 45 minute drive from Ann Arbor, is home to the largest mosque in North America.

This heavily diverse population has been greatly affected by this ban, causing the breakout of massive protests to across Southeast Michigan, most notably at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Snyder and senior Lyna Ikharbine were among the thousands of people at the protest.

“It was invigorating; it felt good to be a part of the American process because we were all there connected fighting for one cause,” Ikharbine said. “ It wasn’t just

people of one color or one gender.

It was everybody. We were outside and people were chanting together, chanting the same thing and every time someone supporting us drove by we would all get really excited.”

The protests at DTW attracted many significant politicians from Michigan including Michigan Representative Debbie Dingell along with representatives and state senators.

After one week, President Trump changed the Executive Order to allow United States green card holders into the country causing even more confusion for families across the United States including the family of sophomore Basra Keynan family.

“My father works for the United Nations. He works to provide education and culture education to certain developing countries helping UNESCO (United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization),” Keynan said.

Keynan’s father was prohibited from returning for a week before the Courts decided to allow green card holders into the United States once more. This action allowed Keynan’s father to enter the U.S and reunite with his family.

“I was very worried, because if my dad cannot come into the United States then I feel like I cannot be here, because if they’re saying that my family isn’t welcome then why am I welcome,” Keynan said.

“My mom, even though she is an American citizen, is an immigrant, and she would feel uncomfortable here if people were saying that it’s okay to keep my father outside the U.S., even though he’s a United Nations employee. I can say that the ban, even if he doesn’t admit it, was against Muslims.”

The permittance of green card holders back into the U.S. has been recently overshadowed now by Federal Judge James Robart’s ruling to halt the enforcement of the order nationwide. Issued Friday, Feb. 3, this ruling has caused the White House to try and appeal the lawsuit.

President Trump’s adamancy on this policy has made many people across the country spring out in protest the week of Feb. 6. Reports of immigration raids across the nation, have sparked an additional round of protests against the immigration policy of the Trump Administration.

Many people have taken action

It was invigorating, it felt good to be a part of the American process.

-Senior Lyna Ikharbine

online, but after the Executive Order was announced massive protests started forming all around the world at various airports.

“I had a sign that said ‘United we stand divided we fall’ because united as a people we’ve done great things we’ve had times in the past where we’ve made great advancements,” Ikharbine said “White men aren’t the only people that have made advancements, you’ve had African American men and women make great advancements, you’ve had Muslim men and women make great advancements, and you’ve had Jewish men and women make great advancements.”

Opposers of the ban have called the Executive Order unconstitutional, racist, and purely biased on business ties.

Trump’s current ban excluded Egypt, Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. He has business ties or oil interests in those four countries. However, Trump is following through on his campaign promises.

Promises that included bringing business back to America. For example he did this by keeping General Motors jobs in America as opposed to moving them to Mexico.

“I think Trump’s businesses are a conflict of interest with his presidency because no one knows if he’s going to put his business first or his presidency,” Keynan said “You also have to remember he never had any background in politics before he was president he dove into it and the reason he had such a big campaign was because he had the billions of dollars to fund it himself.”

Those billions of dollars were made from the myriad of companies that Trump owns or has stock in.

He has interests in many nations, including many majority Muslim nations, none of which are included in the immigration ban. This poses as a conflict of interest and has made tensions burn brighter as many think that Trump is keeping these nations out of the ban in order to protect his business interests.

The argument of whether or not this ban should be implemented is still being debated.

SAMANTHA RUUD | STAFF WRITER Switching from one lifestyle to a completely different one can be very challenging, but for Huron staff ’s newest addition, he likes challenges.

Markus Lincoln was originally a city boy from Flint, so moving to a farm is an obstacle he is eager to overcome.

“I’ve been living there for a while,” Lincoln said. “But I still haven’t gotten used to it. While there are many things I like, there are a lot of things I miss about the city. Sometimes it gets lonely, and it is also inconvenient.”

After Biology teacher Beth Dickson retired at the end of the first semester in the 2016-2017 school year, Huron needed a replacement. Although his farm is a little under an hour away, Lincoln appeared to be the perfect fit for the job. He had already taught at an IB school, so it didn’t take much adjusting to the way he priorly taught.

“It was also extremely appealing to me to come into another IB school because IB is huge on respect and diversity,” Lincoln said. “I feel that respect is something many people don’t understand, so it’s something that I take to heart. I believe that respect is something that should be shown across everything you do.”

Originally, Lincoln’s only connection to school was through coaching football and wrestling at a school in Detroit.

Some of the kids on the team needed tutoring so they could keep their grades

up in order to be eligible to play. Lincoln ended up loving to teach and decided from there that he wanted to teach full time.

Lincoln said that another reason he already enjoys Huron, even though it has only been two weeks, is because of the culture.

“I was really appealed to the culture at Huron,” Lincoln said. “It is one of the main reasons why I really wanted to come here.”

Another reason Lincoln chose Huron is because he thinks sometimes in life, a person just needs a change in scenery.

He had been teaching at Detroit Edison Public School Academy for almost eight years, and he felt he needed a change in his life. Lincoln saw this job offering at Huron as a perfect chance to do this.

Lincoln currently lives on his farm with his wife and they do not have kids yet. He has always been into science in general, so teaching the subject was a perfect fit for him.

“I love to tinker with and build things” Lincoln said. “I build all the stuff around my barn. I also love coding.”

The majority of Lincoln’s students already enjoy him as a teacher and his teaching strategies.

“I really like Mr. Lincoln so far,” freshman Joshua Hemingburg said.

“He does things with the class and gets us involved, which is really important for a science class.”

Lincoln’s leading line up Favorite TV Show: Game of Thrones Favorite Movie: Reservoir Dogs Favorite Sport to Watch: Baseball

Favorite Song: “It depends on my mood.”

Bucket List: To take an arctic cruise Biggest Fear: Clowns

Favorite Candy: Skittles Best Meal: Anything with cheese, or any spent with good friends

Biology teacher Markus Lincoln, helps a student after school on Friday Feb. 10. Lincoln comes to Huron with IB experience from his previous school. Photo by George White

Voices of the Huron Halls TAI’YONNA JORDAN | STAFF WRITER

After President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting citizens from majority Muslim nations from entering the United States, people flocked to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport to protest on Sunday Jan. 29. Students from Huron exercised their First Amendment rights first hand that day. Photos (and cover photo) by Gray Snyder.

Rebecca Griesinger Britney Kisakye Q: Do you like having two Q: How do you feel about the new rules? separate lunches?

A: I don’t like how they A: Yes, because all my can kick us out the school friends are in the same whenever, and how they lunch with me. can choose when we can be in and out of the school.

Destiny Gibson Q: How do you feel about high school so far?

A. Its a little harder because I’m a junior but I think they need to change the seventh hour.

Lanessa Williams Q: What are you’re plans after you graduate?

A: To go to WCC for a year then transfer to MSU to major in Bio to become a zookeeper.

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Five hundred thousand: a number many people would expect to be seen at an important event, a parade, an election day or perhaps an inauguration. The truth is different however. Those half a million people did not attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but rather the women’s march in D.C. the day after. Our country is entering into an era of strife in which many would argue that our rights to protest and petition the government have become more important than ever, and they’re not wrong.

The current president has enacted many executive orders that have inflamed tensions around the nation, including the immigration ban, passing actions to continue the Dakota Access Pipeline, and also the beginning of the Mexican border wall. This has

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disenfranchised many groups of people across the nation and has had an overall negative global reaction causing many people worldwide to denounce these actions taken by the current administration. Although these acts have been passed by our president we must remember that his government officials, however bad they seem, are people too. We must use our First Amendment to show this current government what we feel about these acts, we must protest, we must petition them, but we have to do it right.

The various protests that have been happening nationwide within the last two years have had many of them spark into full scale riots, whether it was due to police reaction to the protest, outside antagonizers or it may have just started out that way. These protests have gained notoriety but the cause the people were trying to bring to light were forgotten in the

process. This was not the case with the most recent Muslim ban protests and the women’s march. Those nationwide protests were peaceful and showed the passion of millions of people nationwide uniting under a single cause: stopping this administration from reducing people’s rights. These protests were covered worldwide and not only were they amicable, but they were effective as less than a week after the Muslim ban protests at airports across the country the Trump administration said they would allow U.S. green card holders into the country, as they previously were not.

This shows that courteous action can sway people, and we must use this to our advantage within the next four years. We need to stand up, we need to have our voices be heard, we need to peacefully protest.

Do cabinet picks tell the real story?

Jack Harrison | STAFF WRITER

Our politicians are constantly proposing and implementing public policy.

Legislation and executive actions are regularly being carried out. Treaties and agreements are signed.

Policies are abolished as new ones are being crafted.

These are all measures taken by the U.S. government in an attempt to improve the economy and the lives of citizens. However, we all know it is nearly impossible for all citizens to benefit from a law or regulation.

So, we must ask ourselves: do the people we elect really have our backs? Am I one of the citizens they consider when making decisions?

When people campaign for office, they run off a platform- their stances on the issues.

And with this platform comes many promises they hope will help them get elected as they try to demonstrate their ability to bring desired change.

But there’s one problem; it is nearly impossible to fulfill such promises because of obstacles they cannot always control, but the influence they are susceptible to.

An example of an uncontrollable factor is when there are dissenting opinions to the point where no agreement can be reached. If the opinion is only supported by the minority party in Congress, this can prevent the passage of a policy. This can be changed if people are willing, but it is very difficult to do by just one candidate.

There are outside influences bombarding candidates including pressure from their own party or as well as pressure from the opposing party leaders. Also, special interest lobbying can cause an office holder to change their stance along with only taking actions that gain positive media coverage. Though they do have control over how much influence others have, it is a difficult balance.

The issue here is politicians in general have to focus on getting re-elected and to do that, they must maintain donors and incumbent sponsorships. That being said, many office holders focus on this more so than their messages. Something for you to think about

is how this could be changed? Term limits?

Make it easier for third party candidates to be elected?

President Donald Trump (and yes, he is your president if you are reading this) ran on a platform of fighting corruption and the D.C. elitists. Trump is a businessman- someone from the private sector and not from the political class. Because of this, he is actually better equipped to bring change; regardless of whether you feel it is good or bad, as he’s not going to engage in typical career politician behavior. This is what many of his voters believed and why his message resonated so well with so many.

The President signed orders to repeal the affordable healthcare act, taken steps to defend the right to life, impose term limits, cut down on regulations and withdraw from trade agreements, all of which he campaigned on doing. So he’s kept his word…he did what he said he was going to do…or so I thought, until assessing his administration selections.

Most of his administration contradicts his message, perhaps the only time I’ll agree with Senator Chuck Schumer in my lifetime. They seem to represent what the President said he was going to fight against and hopefully eliminate. Although I feel he has some great picks, such as Nikki Haley, Elaine Chao, General Mattis and General Kelly, there are many who represent the complete opposite of Trump’s message, so let’s take a deeper look.

On the campaign trail, Trump said, “I have been consistent in my opposition to Common Core. Get rid of Common Core.”

However, he appoints Betsy DeVos, who advocates Common Core, voucher programs that take money away from public schools and stands against teacher unions.

“Who’s better off ? The kids who use vouchers to go to the school of their choice, or the ones who choose to stay in public school? All of them. That’s the way it works in a competitive system, ” Trump said in 2002.

Ummmmm…Donald, this is not the case.

It’s the complete opposite. Perhaps you appointed DeVos because of funding tiesand that she donated $927,600 to various legislators.

Trump talked heavily against Wall Street and said this in January of 2016, “I know

Wall Street. I know the people on Wall Street...I’m not going to let Wall Street get away with murder. Wall Street has caused tremendous problems for us.”

So who does Trump appoint as Treasurer, Steven Mnuchin who made millions off of the bankruptcy of others and seized people’s homes. Well you certainly do know Wall Street, so much so you appoint one of them!

Additionally, many members of Trump’s cabinet have business ties, making us wonder if measures will be taken to aid their business ties when in office. How do we know Rex Tillerson, Andrew Puzder, Tom Price and Scott Pruitt are not going to promote policies to advance their ties? We have already seen Price advance legislation to promote investments and Pruitt work with oil companies as attorney general in Oklahoma.

The bottom line is that none of these appointees have real experience in their departments. Also, although Ben Carson is a great guy, he has no experience in housing development. Rick Perry did great things for Texas. However, he has no experience managing energy and actually said he would abolish the department in 2011.

“When I get there [The White House] there’ll be three agencies I’ll end: commerce, education and energy...”

Trump certainly did bring change with his administration. I am pleased with his choice in selecting generals, but since Trump’s the outsider, isn’t he supposed to appoint people with political experience-not people like himself ? Wasn’t the idea to surround himself with people who could guide him based on they have learned on the job in government?

Only 47 percent of Trump’s cabinet has government experience. In the last four president’s cabinets, there have been over 80 members with government experience.

Furthermore, 28% of his cabinet has CEO experience and not one person has a PhD. This country has many qualified and faithful politicians, but society needs to hold our politicians accountable when they do not stick to their word and when they engage in improper political activity. That’s not what government is for. Government is for the people, and not meant for hypocrites who undermine the people.

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KATHERINE GURGENIAN AND CIERRA SLATER | STAFF WRITER Cierra: I despise Trump.

K: Oh, come on. I don’t like him either, but we have to deal with him.

C: Yeah, but he’s unqualified because he’s only been in office for over one week and he’s already taking advantage of his power.

The checks and balances system is lookin’ real delicious right now.

K: What?

C: Meaning I’m starving for the system to actually be in action because, right now, it’s not.

K: Well technically it is in action, just in a really bad way. But I have to agree, Trump is basically doing whatever he wants. Like the ban on Muslims.

C: Yeah, and the Middle Eastern countries that he has business ties to are allowed to come into the country, which is complete poppycock.

K: Agreed. Not to mention that 18 of the 19 hijackers that caused 9/11 were from Islamic countries that aren’t banned.

C: And he doesn’t even care that children are being detained in the airports too. It probably never crossed his mind, either.

K: You know what else doesn’t cross his mind? Facts.

C: You know what does? Alternative facts.

K: What even are alternative facts? There isn’t any alternative to facts. Facts are facts.

Anything that isn’t a fact isn’t true.

C: Imagine how impacting his “alternative” facts will be a year from now.

K: Right? And what about how he treats women? “Women love me.” Yeah, right.

C: But it’s kinda true if he meant white women since 52 percent of them voted for him.

K: I don’t understand why women could vote for him when he says so many derogatory things about them. He doesn’t support their rights. He only supports rich, cisgender, straight, white men’s rights.

C: Not women, because he says such rude things about them and doesn’t support their rights.

K: Our bodyC: Our choice.

K: Not races and cultures other than whites, because he has said many racist things about many different people in the past, including Muslims, Hispanics, the Chinese, etc.

C: “I have a great relationship with the blacks-” K: “I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.”

C: Not LGBTQ because I mean look at Mike Pence. Speaking of Pence, let’s talk about him.

K: Don’t get me started. My biggest issue with him is that he’s extremely anti-LGBTQ. C: He opposed a law that prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ people in jobs, he opposed the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, he rejected the allowance of transgender bathrooms by the Obama administration, and the list goes on.

K: Right?

C: And where are Trump’s tax returns?

K: Oh, they’re still not out. All GOP nominees since Nixon have released their tax returns, with the exception of Gerald Ford. Also, releasing tax returns reveals some information on the nominee, such as charitable giving, investments and the tax rate he pays.

C: Well then he’s either not that rich.

K: *impersonates Trump* Wrong.

C: Not that charitable.

K: Wrong.

C: Or he’s never payed taxes in his life.

K: Warmer.

C: And why are the Republicans letting him do everything? Like why are all of his cabinet nominees being approved?

K: I have no idea. Like how Ben Carson was a neurosurgeon, and now he’s the head of Housing and Urban Development. It makes absolutely no sense.

C: I really need someone to remind him that he’s a minority and Trump doesn’t like his people even though he claims he does.

K: And what about Betsy DeVos? I can’t

believe she got confirmed.

C: Betsy DeVos only got confirmed because Mike Pence broke the tie.

K: At least we will be protected from bears.

C: If there will be public schools.

K: That’s true. And what about the wall?

C: If we’re being brutally honest, everyone is an immigrant, Native Americans excluded. So we might as well build a wall around the United States.

K: You know, some people think that it’s a good thing that Trump’s building a wall, along with some of his other ideas.

C: Are those people caucasian?

K: Not all of them. There are some African Americans, Latinos, etc.

C: You know what? I’m moving to Canada.

K: Can I come with?

C: Let’s go.

Disclaimer: many things said were heavily censored and all of Cierra’s dialogue was changed to European-American dialect.

Artwork by Katherine Gurgenian

Photo by Jack Harrison

The Invasion of Self-Checkout Lines BETH WASSERMAN | STAFF WRITER

As technology advances, self-checkout lines are becoming more frequent in grocery stores across the United States. Yet these check-out lines are not making a positive impact. They are hurting the economy.

Some people say that self-checkout lines are beneficial to the customers. Instead of waiting in a long line for a cashier, they can quickly check themselves out and carry on with their day. However, customers might like short conversations with a friendly cashier. In addition, it will take the customer much longer to scan, bag, and pay for a full weeks-worth of groceries than it would for a cashier to scan the items and a bagger to package them. Furthermore, stores have express lanes for people buying less than 15 items. These lanes move very fast, so the waiting period would be minimal.

Self-checkout lines are also bad for the economy.

Why would a business owner hire a cashier when a machine will do the same job for a fraction of the cost? This results in an increased unemployment rate.

In fact, installing self-checkout machines will most likely cost the business owner money. It is easy for customers to steal items or mess up during the process. This results in an average rate loss that is 122 percent higher than if a cashier had checked them out. The net loss may cause the owner to raise the prices off the food in compensation.

We need to collectively stop using self-checkout machines in order to save jobs and lower food prices.

What are your plans for Valentine’s Day 2017?

Davis Moyer Sophomore

Harley Graves Sophomore

Jiwon Kim Sophomore

Jerry Macias Sophomore

Lucas Tittle Junior

Karla Salazar Senior

Sarah Roldan Teacher

“I’m gonna sit at home and watch basketball and do homework.”

“Cry because I have too much to study.”

“Hanging out with friends.”

“Going out to eat with my girlfriend. We are celebrating on Saturday.”

“No plans, probably gonna go to school and swim practice.”

“Go out to eat with friends somewhere downtown or Texas Roadhouse.”

“I’m not doing anything romantic. But I’m giving four valentines to my children.”

Making learning real in IB is nothing“New”ell SHANNON STOCKING AND ALYSSA SALAMIN | STAFF WRITERS them.

Everyone has dreams “The goal of IB to be something education is to help extraordinary.

Todd you be prepared to Newell, the International be successful when Baccalaureate Middle you leave high school, Years Programme so that ultimately, facilitator at Huron High when you become School, was convinced an active member of to be an aeronautical the community, you engineer and create have something to the next fighter jet for contribute,” said Newell. the United States. So When Newell hears what changed Newell’s the term “IB,” he thinks aspirations to become of risk-takers.

While an IB facilitator? Well, many people want a as Newell began to take traditional schooling classes at the University experience and to focus of Michigan, such as on getting curriculum math and physics, he down and memorizing realized something material for tests and about the way they were finals, Newell believes teaching the materials. in a different approach “Never was there part regarding education. of the teaching that said, Newell believes that IB ‘You need to know this education is the best because….’ That wasn’t education that someone part of it. It was, ‘You Diploma Coordinator Todd Newell meets with the math department to go over opportunities can get to prepare need to know this,’” for service in the International Baccalaureate Program. Every day each department spends their themselves for their common planning time to collaborate for MYP and DP classes. Photo by George White Newell said. “And I future. Many Huron struggled with that.” student didn’t really match my Newell enjoyed teaching IB students that have been talked Newell wanted to know own personality and learning and taught IB classes for six to about IB education have the “whys” in what he was style.” years until he heard there was expressed interest. This is being taught. He didn’t know Newell continued through an opening position as a physics how he was supposed to use college at the University of teacher, and later Middle Years good news for Newell, with the Middle Years Programme information, without knowing Michigan, transferring to Programme facilitator, in Ann soon to be approved, and why it was being taught. This Eastern Michigan University, Arbor. the Diploma Programme made him question whether or and graduated with a “The important first step is already approved. Newell can not engineering was the right undergraduate and master's asking the students, ‘What are finally make Huron an IB path for him. degree. He began teaching in your goals?’” Newell said. school and begin to better the “I finally came to the 1995 as a physics teacher. Ten As an IB facilitator Newell educations of Huron students. realization that, if I'm years ago he was offered the is taking steps to make sure struggling with why I need to position to teach an IB physics Huron becomes a part of the IB Though Newell didn’t become aeronautical engineer, know what I need to know, then class at the International programme by asking students an he did become someone maybe engineering isn’t the Academy in Oakland County. about their goals, and making extraordinary. right field for me,” Newell said. This was Newell’s first sure they understand the goals “What I was encountering as a experience with IB teaching. of IB and what it can offer to

Did you know?

A student interned over her junior-senior summer with a counselor at U of M, and she had amazing, gut-wrenching stories about the things she encountered.

A student arranged a regular set of visits to an old-age home in Ann Arbor… with instruments! They would go and do jazz improv for seniors, and you would see people 85+ get up and start grooving.

Under DP Coordinator Eric Wynne

Extended Essay

A student wrote about the design of radio technology.

A student proved certain mathematical theorems in print.

A student examined voter suppression as a national crisis.

IB assessments, like other parts of the IB curriculum, are created help students learn in a way that allows them to develop as people. IB assessments aim to:

Assessment Goals

IB and DP coordinators Eric Wynn and Todd Newell share their favorite IB CAS stories.

KARA KOZMA | STAFF WRITER

A student decided that our library was out of date and shabby. She redesigned the entire library got PTSO grants to update the furniture and paint the walls.

A student studied the use of bird imagery in Jane Eyre.

A student noticed that a certain species of owl were roosting on our school roof.

He contacted the local wildlife federation and received both supplies and permission to create a sanctuary. He went about creating nesting boxes for the owls to use, and that part of our school was later certified as a wildlife sanctuary through the state.

Grading Reliability

- Bolster the IB curriculum and philosophy in students’ minds.

- Reflect the IB ideal of international-mindedness. focus on full student comprehension of the material, not just knowledge of facts.

- Include variety, so that many skills are tested.

- Grade fairly and collect accurate data on student achievement.

- Ensure reliability in results.

The IB programme ensures reliability in exam results in several ways, including: - Using qualified, consistent, and objective examiners.

- Giving through training on grading rubrics and criteria to examiners.

- Ensuring rubrics are detailedly standardized.

- Sending out pre-marked test exams to judge if examiners are grading reasonably.

Guardians of the Galaxy is unlike any other movie Marvel Studios has produced. The story follows Peter Quill, also known as Star Lord, who was taken from his family in the late 1980’s and trained to be a Ravager, which is a group outlaws who are master thieves. In the beginning, Peter steals the Orb which, unbeknownst to him, contains an Infinity Stone, a dangerous weapon. The Orb is also sought by Ronan, a maniac who wants to destroy a peaceful planet called Zandar, who sends Gamora to retrieve it for him. She attempts to betray Ronan by stealing the Orb from Peter, but her plan is ruined by Rocket and Groot, a racoon and a sentient tree, who try to kidnap Peter and collect the bounty that’s on him. They all are captured by the authorities and sent to a prison called the Kyln, where they meet Drax, and they shortly form an alliance to escape and sell the Orb to a person for a lot of money. They discover that if Ronan gets his hands on the Infinity Stone, a lot of innocent people will die. They, unfortunately, cannot stop Ronan before he does, but they then come up with a plan to stop him, with the help of the Ravagers and the Zanderian army. They execute the plan, and Groot sacrifices himself to save his friends.

thor: the dark world

Set during the time of the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor: the Dark World is mainly set in London. This time, Thor must defend the universe against the Dark Elves who want to turn the universe back to darkness. A weapon called the Aether has been infused into Jane Foster’s body. Thor goes to Earth rescues her and brings her back to Asgard so they can help her. Odin explains that they can’t get it out of her. While they are trying to figure out what to do, Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, attacks Asgard in an attempt to recover the Aether. Jane is kept safe, and afterwards Thor decides to take the fight to Malekith with the help of Loki, who had been held prisoner on Asgard. They take Jane off Asgard, and when Malekith takes the Aether from Jane they attempt to destroy it. Loki fakes his death and is left on the planet. Thor and Jane go to Earth to defeat Malekith and protect the universe from darkness, which they do.

Captain america: the winter soldier In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve attempts to get back into the world after being

frozen in ice for 70 years. He joins S.H.I.E.L.D. and tries to feel normal in so doing. However, he and Natasha quickly discover that inside of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra has been growing their numbers in secret, and they are planning a global catastrophe to get rid of their enemies once and for all.

With the help of Sam Wilson, also known as the Falcon, Maria Hill and Nick Fury, Steve and Natasha come up with a plan to protect the world from the evil organization. However, as they attempt to carry out this plan, they soon discover that Hydra has a secret weapon; the Winter Soldier, who is discovered to be Bucky, Steve’s best friend who has been brainwashed by Hydra and turned into a killing machine. Throughout the movie, Steve tries to deal with his guilt over what’s happened to his friend, blaming himself for everything. In the end, the two face off as the hero’s’ plan goes into action, saving the world, and Steve refuses to fight his friend. The ship they were on goes into the water, and Bucky pulls Steve from the river.

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The show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is one of the best ones on television. As soon as you think you know what’s going on, everything changes and keeps you on edge. In the first season, you learn that Phil Coulson was brought back from the dead by Nick Fury.You also learn that everything in the show is connected to the other movies in the Marvel Universe. Hydra has taken over S.H.I.E.L.D., just like in the movie Captain America: the Winter Soldier. Some of the characters you’ve gotten to know are not who you think they are, and you keep guessing what’s going on until the very end. The second season surrounds the order Coulson receives to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. after it is left in shambles. At the beginning, Coulson has started writing in an alien language, which turns out to be a map of an ancient city. One of the agents, Skye, and one of the people working with Hydra, Reina, become what are called Inhumans; people with partial alien ancestry who can acquire powers. Skye then tries to tame her powers, the ability to make things vibrate like an earthquake, by going to a place called Afterlife, a paradise for Inhumans. After her mother declares a war on S.H.I.E.L.D., the Afterlife is destroyed and most of the Inhumans go home after S.H.I.E.L.D. defends the Earth from near catastrophe. In the third season, Skye, now called Daisy after she finds out this is the name her parents gave her, tries to start her own Inhuman team for S.H.I.E.L.D. with little success. One of the agents, Simmons, is trapped on another planet, and with much effort she is recovered by Fitz, her best friend and future love interest. While on the planet Simmons discovers an Inhuman called Hive that can kill people at will and control other Inhumans. After getting back to the planet on Hydra’s orders, Hive inhab-

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The show Daredevil takes place in Hell’s Kitchen, New York after the Battle of New York. It centers around a blind lawyer named Matt Murdock who has heightened senses and a ninja-like fighting style. In the first season, Matt takes on a powerful crime boss named Wilson Fisk and the other crime bosses that surround him. He gains help from a nurse named Claire, who works at a local hospital. In the second season, Matt and his partner Foggy Nelson attempt to defend a vigilante named Frank Castle, also known as the Punisher, in a trial. He also reconnects with an ex-girlfriend named Elektra, and together they try to take down a mysterious team of people called The Hand who try to take over Hell’s Kitchen. In the end, Frank, Matt and Elektra take down The Hand and protect Hell’s Kitchen.

The Avengers: age of ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron marks the entrance of the Maximoff twins, Wanda and Pietro, as well as

Vision. The Avengers are finishing the work that Steve started in Captain America: Winter Soldier; finding the rest of the Hydra bases and taking them down. At the last one, they find Loki’s scepter and Wanda makes Tony see a vision of his friends are all dead because he didn’t do enough to protect them. When they get back to the Avengers’ Tower, Tony and Bruce start trying to create Ultron, Tony’s idea for an artificially intelligent robot to protect the Earth from future alien invasions using the technology they found in the gem of Loki’s scepter. They fail; Ultron is created, but he thinks the only way to save to world and achieve peace in our time as Tony wanted, is to kill the Avengers. Ultron is destroyed, but he uses the Internet to escape to Sokovia, where he meets the twins after rebuilding himself and several other versions of himself. They go to Wakanda where they deal with Ulysses Klaue who has gotten his hands on some Vibranium, the same material Steve’s shield is made of. The Avengers attempt to stop them, but are beaten by the twins. Ultron escapes, and Wanda unleashes the Hulk on a nearby town. After they all get back to their Quinjet, they fly to Clint’s house, where they meet his pregnant wife and two children.

Nick Fury comes to help them plan, and they figure out that Ultron is trying to perfect himself using a Regeneration Cradle, developed by a friend of the Avengers, Helen Cho. Ultron puts the Mind Stone in the body, and Wanda discovers he is planning global catastrophe. The twins help the Avengers recover the Cradle, and they deliver it to Tony, who then puts Jarvis’s programming into the body. They discover that Vision, who has been created, can pick up Thor’s hammer, a feat that all the other Avengers hilariously failed earlier. They all go to Sokovia, where Ultron is using a giant magnet made of Vibranium to make the city fly, only to have it crash back onto the Earth and kill everyone on it. Steve doesn’t wear his helmet to Sokovia, in order to get the people to trust him and show good faith. The Avengers must battle hundreds of different Ultron bodies in order to protect the people. Eventually, they find a way to blow up the rock. However, there are still people on it, including all the Avengers. Nick Fury arrives with the Helicarrier and lifeboats to rescue the people that the Avengers were unable to evacuate. They fight the rest of the Ultrons, and the one of the last ones gets into the Quinjet and fires upon the Avengers. Clint goes to rescue a child, and is almost shot by Ultron. However, Pietro moves a car in front of him, and gets shot and dies in the process. As a result, Clint names his son Nathaniel Pietro Barton, after Natasha and Pietro, both of whom have saved his life. The Avengers get everyone off the rock, and blow up the city, saving the Earth. Thor goes back to Asgard, Tony and Clint retire, deciding to spend more time with their loved ones. Hulk flies off in the Quinjet, which is untraceable, and no one knows where he is. The rest of the Avengers continue training at a facility in upstate New York.

BLACK History Month

What black history month means to me GENA HARRIS | STAFF WRITER

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lack history month is important because it gives me a reminder of what my ancestors have done for my fellow people and I. We spend years after years learning about black history, understanding the reality that if we don’t tell our old, old stories, then the next generation, and we ourselves, will forget them. A lot of us (including me) take for granted the rights that many people before us sweated, bled, and died to secure. Apart from an awareness of the past, we can never truly appreciate the blessings we enjoy in the present. As black people, How black history month came to be BHM (Black History Month) started in 1915 half a century after the 13 amendment abolished slavery 1926-Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E. Mooreland founded for the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

They sponsored National Negro week the second week they choose this because of Abraham Lincoln February 12 and Frederick Douglass’ February 14 birthdays. It became a month long celebration in 1976. In February 9 2009 marked 100 year anniversary for the NAACP holiday.

we have come so far in life, and we still have greatness to come. This celebration can be felt nationally and worldwide as many organizations, cities, states and countries host events that educate on the rich culture and memorable figures of African American history.

BHM is the one month of the year that we all come together in celebration of what “Can Be” if we as a society are open and willing to embrace the past, just as we embrace the future. This month will go down in history as the one true month in America where sharing and caring is the main theme for all peoples, and, hopefully, the rest of the world will follow.

How the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of colored People) came to be Race riots in Springfield Illinois in 1908, a group of African American leaders joined together to form a new permanent civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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Iron Man 3 takes place shortly after the end of The Avengers. In this installment, Tony is dealing with the after effects of the Battle of New York as it became known. He creates a lot of different and specialized Iron Man suits to help him deal with his issues. He accidentally threatens Pepper’s life when he is having a nightmare and calls a suit to defend him in his sleep and it almost attacks her. He goes out to lunch with Rhodey and has an anxiety attack when he sees a picture some children drew for him to sign. Tony meets up with an ex girlfriend and geneticist at his house before it is attacked by the Mandarine, the head of a terrorist organization, who he threatened after one of his friends was hurt in an explosion. He then goes off the grid and teams up with a ten year-old who helps him fix the Iron Man suit so that Tony can save the President from the Mandarin’s plans. At the end of the fight, which Tony won with some help from Rhodey, all of the Iron Man suits are blown up as a promise to Pepper that Tony will try to be there with her more.

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its a body and comes to Earth in order to create his Inhuman army and end humanity as we know it. However, Lincoln, and Inhuman who has become a part of the S.H.I.E.L.D. team, gives his life so that the bomb created by Hive to turn all humans in Inhumans that are mindless drones will be sent into outer space and the world is saved.

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Marvel has created a system for organizing their movies, called phases. The next phase has a more realistic tone, with superheros dealing with real-life problems, such as PTSD and political issues. Here is part of Phase 2 in. the Marvel Universe:

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How to celebrate Black History Month in Ann Arbor and Metro areas Black on Wax

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7:22 p.m.

Michigan Union, Pond Room 530 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Night For Us: Colorful Soul

Thursday, Feb. 23, 7p.m.

Canterbury House 721 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Dreamscape

Thursday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m.

Michigan League, Mendelssohn Theater 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

“Veterans of Color”

Thursday, Feb. 23, 3 p.m.

Haven Hall, Room 4701, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies 435 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109

African-American History Day,

Saturday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Detroit Historical Museum, 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Why is black history month important to you?

Anna’s analysis: the best verses the worst Thor: The Dark World is an unpopular movie, and it’s not hard to see why. Thor is now able to travel between worlds in this movie, which is not given any explanation and was previously impossible due to the fact that Thor destroyed the Bifrost at the end of Thor. There is also not much explanation of how the worlds come together in a line so that they might be destroyed, which is an important part of the plot. Another plothole is how Loki, who looked to be dead, both survived and got off the planet they were planning to destroy the Aether on, which was explained to Thor that it was impossible to destroy. It is a skip-able movie, because it doesn’t add that much to the Marvel universe as a whole, and it is slightly boring.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, on the other hand, is one of the most interesting movies

Marvel has created in recent years. In addition to the amazing score and cinematography, the political plot makes it timeless; there will always be governments for people to deal with, as well as corruption on almost every level. It makes viewers want to take an upclose look at how organizations and the government around you work. It also calls to mind the NSA, a government organization that is very similar to how S.H.I.E.L.D. works; they can access any device at any time with little to no notice before or after they do it. It makes viewers wonder just how much they are willing to give up to obtain national security.

“Black history month gives everyone a reminder of the struggle that we faced in the past, and we have a lot to do for the future,” Mrs. Pilkins.

“It’s OUR time to just be famous for being who we are,” Michael Wilson said.

“It’s important because it’s a part of our history.

That part of history that can shape the future,” Mr. Hugan

“It should be recognized, we should all be recognized, how things used to be, and how things are now and how we can still improve today,” Mikayla Sibbitt said.

“ I think its important for all people to learn more about any aspect of history,” Mr.Hunter said.

“ Gives me a representation of how it was in the past makes me appreciative of what my ancestors went through,” Kowinn Glenn said.

“The purpose was to celebrate our history and culture and so many lies have been told Dr. Woodson wanted to demonstrate what African American’s contributed to society,” Dr. Douglas said.

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Make that money, watch them earn IAN WILSON | STAFF WRITER According to studies conducted by the University of Michigan and Penn State University, one in four high school students 16 and older work. Ulysses O’Donnell, a junior at Huron High School, currently works at Little Caesars as a parttime worker. He also maintains a high grade point average with his academics: a 3.8.

“It’s pretty hard,” O’Donnell said.

“I remember one night where I had to close the store and do all of my homework at the same time. I just have a job to make money.”

Teenagers having a job is nothing new to our society. Many U.S. teenagers have a job as well as going to school full-time. Even though teenage employment is at an all time low with 16 percent of high school

students employed, 4.7 million teens have been reported as employed in the U.S. alone. With student and college competition higher than ever, balancing a job and school can be fairly challenging for many.

This may bring up the question of if a job is worth having when someone’s first focus is supposed to be school.

Senior Nevin L. Austin worked part-time at McDonalds and goes to Huron as a full time student.

“I got the job to buy stuff I want,” Austin said. “I got a new phone because of that job; I got a apple watch because of that job.”

He made $8 dollars an hour.

“I was not happy with it because it’s not enough for me,” Austin said. “ I wouldn’t say I need any extra money. I spent

the money I get from McDonald’s on food and wants. It’s hard to save money.”

Austin recently has left his position at McDonald’s.

“I had to leave because I had to focus on my school work,” Austin said.

Working is common in the past generation of students too. Spanish teacher Melissa Herskowitz held a job while in high school.

“As a teenager I did have a job,” Herskowitz said. “I worked at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in California. I started working before I was 18. At Trader Joe’s I bagged groceries, shelved, and brought in the carts from outside. I started making $9.50 to $10.00 an hour. I ended up at $11.20 an hour.”

Herskowitz was forced to make decisions about how she spent her time

due to her job.

“It was a weird balance,” Herskowitz said. “Going to school all day, working, going home and doing homework, sleeping, then waking up the next day. It was a constant trade off with work, social life, and school, but academics were more important than a job. It was very challenging, eventually after a while I got the hang of it,” Herskowitz said.

Having a job and saving money can be more or less challenging to other people in different situations as well.

Junior Alexis Specht is a full time student at Huron and works at Captain Joe’s, a restaurant in Whitmore Lake, Michigan, as a busser and hostess.

“I also volunteer at my mom’s daycare for National Honors Society and plays softball for

Junior Lexi Specht is a hostess at Capitan Joe’s in Whitmore Lake. It was a slow Saturday Night on the job for Specht. Photo by Ian Wilson.

Huron,” Specht said.

“There isn’t enough time in the day to keep up with everything. I would rate it an eight on the stress level.”

Whether or not teens

get paid more now than in previous generations, saving money for college or personal wants and needs will be a continued custom for many years to come. Specht falls in this

category.

“A lot of my money goes towards gas for my car but I’m trying to save for college too,” Specht said.

The hidden costs and benefits of the high achieving student ALYSSA SALAMIN | STAFF WRITER It’s a fact that it looks better to have advanced placement(AP) classes and both the SAT and ACT test scores on your records when applying to colleges. At Huron High School, students are given the opportunity to take AP classes and receive college credit for them.

For students to be allowed to receive college credits, they must take and pass the AP test that is in the Spring. Each test costs $130. Though the students don’t have to take the test, many choose to take advantage of the opportunity.

A sophomore at Huron High School *Janedoe (who wished to remain anonymous) is one of these students.

“Even though the classes are more difficult it’s worth it,” Janedoe said. “I’m with people who I feel are truly my peers, peers who care about the quality of their learning and are willing to apply themselves in all of the aspects of educational life.”

Janedoe has three AP tests coming up and is taking two AP classes and three advanced classes(AC). Janedoe describes her typical school day as: coming home from school and working until 10 p.m., then she goes to bed.

Being a high achieving student can be very time consuming and takes a lot of effort, there is little room for Janedoe to do anything beyond her classes outside of school.

“Time,” sophomore Lee Stewart said.

“Social time is spent for studying and preparing yourself.”

Stewart has taken Macroeconomics and is currently in AP government. She was

encouraged by her parents to take AP classes, since her father is an AP subject teacher at Huron. She did well in Macroeconomics and hopes to do well in her current AP class.

Stewart find that the major difference between average classes and AP classes is in the testing.

“The tests are harder,” Stewart said.

Though there is no administrative pressure on counselors to get students to take AP classes, many counselors, including counselor Wendy Reinhardt, recommend AP classes to help advance their students. Reinhardt feels it’s important for students to learn as much as possible and take advantage of their educational opportunities. Taking advantage of educational opportunities can be good for students because it will widen their knowledge.

“I encourage students to challenge themselves,” Reinhardt said. “Not to take the easy way and take no AP classes, but to really work with each individual student so that they are learning as much as they can.”

At Huron, the AP test that determines whether or not students can receive college credits is in March of this year. Though the cost is a lot of money, there are benefits of taking these classes in high school and paying the $130 fee instead of taking them in college.

“We do talk about the fact that the cost to registering to take the test is a lot less, 100’s, sometimes 1000’s of dollars less than taking the class at university if they can get a credit for it,” Reinhart said. “The opportunity to earn college credit is a big money saving opportunity.”

So the more AP classes students take the less credits they will need to receive in college.

Though it saves students money, the financial costs can’t be affordable to some students. For this, counselors have fee waivers to help these students.

“Now that we have the online registration, the student would put fee waiver in,” Reinhardt said. “The counselor, will then communicate with the people doing the registration.”

The state of Michigan has collected $250,000 in the budget to allow a maximum of $15 per AP test for students who are eligible for fee waivers.

On top of AP testing, students also have opportunities to take the SAT once, at school without a fee and to take the ACT, with a fee every time they take it. Huron is very grateful for the opportunity to receive the free SAT tests for students because colleges want at least one of the two, SAT and ACT test scores to accept students into their colleges.

“I’m usually a pretty good standardized test taker,” Janedoe said. “But I’ll probably take it more than once.”

When taking the ACT more than once, it’s shown that people’s composite scores have increased by 57 percent, this results in a higher ACT score and a higher chance for a student to get into the college of their choice. It also has a similar effect on the SAT scores. *Janedoe has seen these statistics and plans on most likely taking both tests more than once so she can get into all of the colleges she applies to.

Taking both tests can cost up to $57 individually and over $100 together, only taking them once. It’s proven that taking both tests, whether because of school requirements or personal preference, has become a common

choice for students. This especially occurs for those applying to top colleges for example, Janedoe. When taking both tests it provides extra information to schools and taking one test can help students prepare for the other test. Therefore taking both the SAT and ACT tests can be a good choice because it improves your overall education and can set you up for a better educational future.

“I think a bigger way students are prohibited is some of the inequities in our school,” Reinhardt said.

Reinhardt does believe that Huron has inequities. As a committed Huron counselor Reinhardt feels strongly that all students should come to a counselor when troubled with questions on testing and talk it over so that the issue can be helped and hopefully be resolved.

“Students who are concerned about the AP test usually talk to us and we can have a conversation about how prepared do you feel cause students do talk to me,” Reinhardt Said.

“We have those conversations so certainly if I had a student feeling that they were not going to pass or not get any points at all we would talk about, is it worth it?”

When deciding whether or not to take AP classes and whether or not to take the AP, the SAT, and the ACT tests it’s important to make sure students know what their options are. It’s also important that students know information about these tests so they can decide which option is the best option for them. With this information students can make the best educational decisions and strive for a great future.

SPORTS

Synchro surpasses Troy for the first in figures BETH WASSERMAN | STAFF WRITER Huron’s synchronized swimming team took first place in Figures last Friday. They beat the reigning champions from Troy High School. Even with this accomplishment, most students at Huron won’t know they won.

“When I tell some of my friends that I do synchronized swimming, they don’t know what is it,” sophomore Jacalyn Wasserman said. “A lot of people didn’t even know that Huron has a synchronized swimming team.”

Huron High School’s synchronized swim team is currently undefeated.

“The real root of synchro’s under appreciation is not just its lack of popularity, but its lack of respect,” Wasserman said. “Synchro is a performance sport, so it is our job to make it look easy. When we do a good job, our routine looks effortless. People don’t realize the hours of workouts, the stamina, and the physicality that goes into every routine.”

Not only do people overlook the physical strength involved, they don’t understand the sport.

“I get so mad when people tell me that synchro is dancing in the water,” freshman Nikhita Datar said.

“Basically we are viewed as mermaids in training with a really incredible fashion sense. There is the additional challenge that our sport is synchronized swimming, so if one person is not focused, the entire team will be penalized.”

Synchronized swimming routines are around three minutes long, and the majority of the routine is performed underwater.

“It’s hard because we have to look like we are effortlessly doing the moves, when really our muscles and lungs are burning by the middle of the routine,” junior Anisha Laddha said.

Huron’s synchro team has come close to combining with Pioneer’s synchro team. This is because

synchronized swimming has a low recruitment rate. The closure of the middle school pools has augmented this problem.

Many kids grow up playing water polo or doing competitive swimming. Yet, few kids grow up learning synchronized swimming. The middle school synchro teams provided a chance for students to try synchronized swimming without making a huge time commitment. Ideally, most of the middle school synchronized swimmers would continue the sport in high school.

When the middle school pools closed, there was a decrease in the number of The undefeated 2017 synchronized swim team: Janae White, Miranda high school synchronized Cox, Olivia Frei, Julia Sonen, Ariyona Zeigler, Laura Ganzel, Allison swimmers.

High school is Sabb, Emmy Seth, Nikhita Datar, Basra Keynan, Megan Sabb, Anisha already a new experience. Not Laddha, Beth Wasserman, Nicole Powell, Hope Vaughan, Sadhana Raevery kid wants to start a brand maseshadri, and Jacalyn Wasserman. new sport as well. It is easier to seeing the routines they’re working on, and I’m really stick to a sport they are already familiar with instead hoping they decide to continue on with the sport in of joining a sport they don’t know much about. high school.”

However, the future of high school synchronized Many of Huron’s top swimmers are graduating this swimming is bright. This is mainly due to the reyear. The team is really hoping that they will be able opening of the middle school pools last year. On Feb. to recruit experienced middle school swimmers to fill 1, 2017, Huron’s synchronized swim team helped their places and keep synchronized swimming a sport judge the middle school synchronized swimming at Huron. figure states.

“Synchro is a great sport and you develop great “I was super excited to see over 170 kids participating friendships,” Datar said. “I’m super excited for next this year,” head synchro coach Laura Ganzel said. “It year.” was also encouraging to see how engaged they were in the figure meet process. I’m looking forward to

Field of dreams, life beyond the diamond GENA HARRIS | STAFF WRITER The sun shining down as junior Peter Kalemkerian is up at the bat. Seconds from now a ball will be coming at him 75mph. Loud screams from the crowd surrounds him. Sweat drips between his bat and his hands. Baseball is a sport that Kalemkerian has played for the past ten years. Kalemkerian stands tall at 5’11 with his dark brown colored hair and eyes.

Since first grade Kalemkerian naturally fell in love with baseball. Currently he plays for the junior varsity team here at Huron High School as an outfielder, playing left, center and right field. His favorite teams are the New York Yankees because his family is from New York and his home team Detroit Tigers.

The winning double header 29-0 and 22-0 against Ypsilanti Community Schools last season on JV was a memorable game for Kalemkerian and the whole JV

team. On May 24, 2016 clear blue skies, lots of proud family and friends sitting in the run down discolored bleachers.

“It felt good to win the last game,” Kalemkerian said.

A bittersweet feeling filled within Kalemkerian. The JV season was coming to a close.

“I enjoyed last season on JV,” Kalemkerian said.“I hope to improve a lot this offseason and play even better next year.”

After spring 2016 Kalemkerian had summer league right before him. Throughout last season Kalemkerian has grown as a person and a baseball player. Kalemkerian is hoping for a great season for all Huron teams this upcoming 2017 spring and is looking forward to both playing and umpiring baseball

this year, which he does as a job during the summer.

Kalemkerian has had a successful junior year and is waiting for his senior year to approach him. Currently he is taking AP Macroeconomics and Government that’ll help achieve his college goals studying Business. By taking these courses he will know above and beyond the basic knowledge of the way the economy and government works. College is ahead of him. In the fall of 2018 University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Northwestern and Notre Dame will be receiving a college application from Kalemkerian. Kalemkerian wants to go to Michigan because it’s his hometown he loves the city life of the constant diversity and cultural backgrounds among the city. Not to mention Michigan has a great business program.

The last day to pre-order your yearbook is February 24 See Mrs. Badalamente in room 4203 to preorder.

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Huron Golf Preview BRANDON PETZAK | STAFF WRITER The Huron Mens golf team is coming off of a successful 2016 season in which they had a 10-2 record and a second place finish in the SEC conference. Looking ahead to the upcoming spring season, Huron lost nine seniors from last years team so the Riverrats will have a very young team in 2017. Huron will return four experienced seniors led by captains Brandon Petzak and Quinn Tank.

Charles Lovasz and Jadal Williams are also returning seniors with quality experience. Huron is coached by Dee Drake who is entering his eighth season as Varsity head coach, says that he is confident in the abilities of his returning upperclassmen, “We lost a lot of experience and talent from last year, but I expect this senior class to finish strong and play great this season.”

Coach Draks has one main goal in mind for everyone of his teams and that is to win the conference championship, “It’s what we set out to do every year and we have accomplished this three of the past six years.” Drake also takes Huron’s annual Ryder Cup style event with Pioneer to heart as Huron has dominated this event for the past decade and will hope to win it again this spring. Drake says even with the loss of ten seniors from last years team expectations are still the same, “We expect to contend for the conference championship.”

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