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The Emery

Volume 4 Issue 5 April 2019

The Student Publication of Huron High School

Science Bowl team headed to DC after placing first in Michigan Julie Heng | Editor-in-Chief

SPECIAL ISSUE: HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANN ARBOR (PAGE 6)

Does someone track your phone? (PAGE 2)

Spring sports are finally here! (PAGE 10)

mind.

When he heard the buzzer go “I did math and off, senior Ritvik Jillala cursed under biology,” Jillala said. “Daniel his breath. He had missed his chance by also did math and biology. Ani a millisecond. did physics and astronomy. James was

The other four members of essentially a jack of all trades. Rithvik Huron’s Science Bowl team—senior Kodali did earth science and astronomy, Rithvik Kodali, junior Ani Cowlagi, ju- but he was also a jack of all trades.” “ A s nior James Xiu, and sophomore Daniel Competition season brought James so Wang—tried to stay focused. This was the intensity: for the official teams, eloquently the last round of the Michigan Science practices became 6-7 hour weekend put it after Bowl tournament, and momentum was sessions in a University of Michigan lec- the round, key. ture hall. The five team members drilled we went

“Science Bowl scores are ex- practice questions until they were fa- ‘ S i c k o tremely fickle, and large point swings miliar with each other’s strengths as mode’ and are expected,” Cowlagi said. “I didn’t well as the competition’s nuances. managed to shut out the think momentum was a thing until I other team while answering nearThe state competition, which did Science Bowl, which is totally why I took place in Saginaw on Feb. 16, was ly every question correctly,” Cowlagi won’t blame Michigan as much for that structured as a “double-elimination” said. loss to MSU.” Then came Troy, the only othbracket, with a winner’s bracket and a

As state champions, Huron loser’s bracket. Essentially, every team er team left in the winner’s bracket. will be heading to Washington D.C. in must lose twice to be eliminated.

The game started off very close as both late April to represent Michigan at the As finalists from the year be- teams sparred.

National Science Bowl.

“We went into halftime with fore, Huron’s team was seeded second

Of course, competition prepa- to Troy High School, last year’s champi- the score tied,” Cowlagi said. They ration began months before. At ons. They went into the first two rounds thought they could rack up points in Huron, Science Bowl has the second half to beat Troy. confidently. a pre-season and a compe“Unfortunately for tition season. Pre-season us, we kind of endinvolves independent ed up shooting studying, lectures ourselves in for new members, the foot beand evaluative cause yours tests to determine truly ‘blurted’ primary and alterthe answer (a nate teams. term for when

This year’s a competitor final team was creanswers the ated with a combiquestion before nation of strengths in James Xiu, Daniel Wang, Rithvik Kodali, Ritvik Jillala, and Ani Cowlagi. Courtesy photo. being officially

reco g nized, which awards the question and penalty points to the other team).”

The blurted answer ended up swinging things hugely in Troy’s favor. Troy ended up running away with the game.

“We were massacred [by Troy in 2018], losing by nearly 100 points,” Jillala said.

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Mock Trial team places second at state competition

The student attorneys and witnesses on Huron’s mock trial team pose after their final round at Regionals. “I’m sad because it’s my last year here,” senior Ryan Gudal, team co-captain said. “If we had all these people staying, next year would be amazing. But half of us are graduating, so I’m sad for the program. And for me, because I’m not going to get to do this again.” Courtesy photo.

Although Huron’s mock trial team is only in its fourth year, it made its way to the statewide competition for the third time en route to winning second place.

They qualified for the state

Clara Bowman | Staff Writer

competition by winning the regional conference on Feb. 23, beating competitors like Community High.

“In mock trial, students simulate criminal and civil cases,” government teacher and team advisor Mr. Face said. “They use all of the case material to

build and argue their case.”

For the entire season, the team has been working on the same case about the wrongful death of a high school student. Students must prepare for both sides of the argument since they don’t know until the day of competition whether they will be the plaintiff or defendant.

The competition itself consists of several trials, each over two hours long. At each trial, each attorney and witness is scored based on a variety of factors. The rankings for the tournament are then determined using the cumulative score.

Despite placing the highest in the team’s history so far, there is still slight a notion of disappointment among members because they were one place away from going to the national competition in May. Only the first place team makes it to nationals and Huron lost to Kalamazoo Central’s team in the State Championship Finals.

“Sure they were disappointed, but I keep reminding them that [Kalamazoo Central] has a very established mock trial team,” Mr. Face said. “Their team has existed over 30 years, they have several attorney coaches and they’ve won at States a record 21 times.”

L a s t year, Huron’s team did not even qualify for the state competition.

“Everything got off to a bad start last year, Photo illustration from freepik.com to use for free with modification. and things didn’t realtorney and witness roles require high ly go our way,” senior Yashwanth Manne amounts of practice and a thorough unsaid. derstanding of the case.

“After Regionals [2018], we all

“The first time [I stepped into knew that we had to step things to get a courtroom], it was very overwhelmto that next level,” Mr. Face said. “And ing,” senior Ryan Gudal, team co-capI definitely saw them do that. They put tain, said. “It’s exactly how you expect in so much work and time, both at pracit to be, as you see on TV, but at the tices and at home on their own. So for same time it’s so different, because the most part I’m not really surprised you’re standing up there. You’re giving a that they performed as well as they did speech, you have to talk to the jury, real because I saw what they put in beforelawyers. There’s a lot of nerves before, hand.” but you really feel calm afterwards be The 10-person team is comcause you got the job done.” prised of attorneys and witnesses. At “I think the hardest part of torneys question witnesses from both being a witness is waiting,” Manne said. sides of the courtroom and then build “You can’t talk to anyone, you’re just sittheir arguments accordingly. Both atting there, waiting See more | Page 5

HURON’S CHAMPION

After placing third at regionals, Science Olympiad heads to state tournament

Daniel Hou | Staff Writer

The air was cold. As 28 of Huron’s students walked into the picturesque snow-covered school campus, they knew they had only one purpose-win their science competition.

On Feb. 23, Huron’s Science Olympiad team left Huron at 5 a.m. and traveled the one and a half hours to Hillsdale College. Every year, the team competes at the Science Olympiad regionals. The competition was filled with intense and nail-biting moments of building and test taking. All in all, the students finished 3rd overall, securing a spot at the State competition. Across the 23 events they participated in, the team placed top five in over 20 events.

Preparing for the events, however, was

not easy.

“Science Olympiad is first and foremost a team competition, so everyone needs to pull their own weight in their events,” junior secretary Rhea Cong explained. “For me, this competition was tough because we had to face well-seasoned competitors like Pioneer, Saline, and WIHI. Especially in Experimental Design, the prompt was difficult given a 50-minute time constraint, and we had to rush to complete it.”

The competition season started in December, following a pre-season in the fall. Completely student-run, the team had to teach themselves everything they had to know. Before Regionals, they attended four Invitational competitions across Michigan and Ohio.

Nevertheless, the competition

served as bonding and socializing events to form friendships among the group.

“As an incoming freshman, I was intimidated by the large school.

Science Olympiad helped me meet new people in this new environment,” freshman Aarnav Unadkat stated.

The team is currently studying, practicing, and refining their builds in preparation for the State competition.

Every member is relearning the material and taking practice tests. Event leaders are reteaching the younger members, making sure that everyone is staying on top of their game.

“Our next competition will include over 60 other teams,” junior treasurer Ani Cowlagi said. “The other teams will be tough, but all we can do is try our best to get ready for States.”

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Huron’s Science Olympiad team, led by student board senior Sujai Jaipalli, senior Arthur Su, junior Ani Cowlagi, and junior Rhea Cong, competed at Hillsdale College on Feb. 23. Cowlagi, Cong, senior Samuel Yang, senior Melodie Jin, sophomore Ben Pollitz, and senior Ritvik Jillala all won first place in their events. Photo by Rithvik Kodali.

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Safety insurance or invasion of privacy?

Should parents track their students’ phones?

Every time junior Shannon Stocking leaves the house, she knows someone’s watching her. Tracking their student’s phone is another way that parents can now verify the whereabouts of their children at all times.

Life360, a major phone tracking company, “seeks to answer the agelong question of ‘Where are you?’” Their research shows that 6-8 text messages a day are dedicated around the text “Where are you?” Life360 lets you save your favorite locations, and those who have ownership of the account will receive a notification when leaving from/ arriving at a place.

While Stocking herself may not appreciate the constant checking, her parents find it convenient.

“It’s mainly about convenience. It allows us to make plans and know where our kids are without having to text them, potentially without a text back,” they said.

In addition, Life360 tracks driving statistics such as phone usage while driving, high speed, hard braking, and rapid acceleration. More driving features include emergency roadside as-

“ I don’t like it. I find it to be an invasion of privacy and I don’t really think it’s necessary at all times.

-junior Shannon Stocking

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Manit Patel | Staff Writer

sistance, and crash detection.

However, the constant notifications, and nonstop asking questions about why the student is in a certain

location can lead to familial arguments.

“I don’t like it,” Stocking said.

“I mean, they didn’t have any tracking devices when they were growing up and they turned out just fine. I find it to be an invasion of privacy and I don’t really think it’s necessary to be required to have my location services turned on at all times.”

A survey from Pew Research Center showed that 16 percent of parents track the location of their 13-to 17-year-olds, with that number only due to increase, as the survey was conducted from Feb. 10-March 16, 2015.

Senior Luisa Tittle’s parents track her as well.

They say using Life360 assists them with “[k]nowing that they (their children) have arrived at different locations safely, as well as the location of their children in times of emergency.”

Tittle’s brother Lucas, who now attends Eastern Michigan University, and is also tracked, said he doesn’t mind the tracking.

“[It’s] just to know when people arrive home or at other destinations,” Lucas Tittle said. “It doesn’t really affect anyone in a negative way.”

English teacher Kristie King-Freyre doesn’t track her son, who goes to Chelsea High School.

“He hasn’t given me a reason to, yet,” King-Freyre said. “[I might] if he was dishonest about his location.

I think trust is something you earn.”

Graphic by Miguel Andres.

Increasing happiness levels in Huron’s hallways, one smile at a time

Left: Leaders of the Happiness club Charlotte Bunch, Shannon Stocking, and Maysa Redissi hold up the balloons they made as part of the club’s project that day. Top right: Juniors Brian Moskus, Zolan Baptista, Maysa Redissi, and Charlotte work together to make a stress ball. Bottom right: Members come to the club as a way to destress and talk about their feelings in a safe place. Photos by Sami Ruud.

After seeing the students at Huron continuously struggle with mental health issues, juniors Charlotte Bunch and Maysa Redissi decided they wanted to do something for students and their mental health. They realized that all people really need is a safe space to talk about their feelings and distress for an hour, so they made a club where people could do just that.

“I found that Yale has a class called the happiness class and I thought that was really interesting and started

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Yale has a happiness class.

I thought [a club version] would be really good for this school community.

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--junior Charlotte Bunch

to wish we had something like that at Huron,” Bunch said. “I reached out to Maysa about starting a club version of

that class because I thought it would be really good for this school community.”

The Happiness Club is all about having a chance to distress when people need somewhere to go where they don’t have to feel the pressures of school or things in their life.

“We let people rant about anything that’s happened in their lives, and we just provide a space for them to talk about things without judgment and try to help them through problems they’re having, either as a whole group or we can pull them aside and talk to them,” Bunch said.

Not only do students get a

chance to have a community who cares about them, but the Happiness Club also provides an opportunity to let stress go by participating in the activities Charlotte and Maysa have determined for that meeting.

“We recently made stress balls to help our members release stress before finals,” Redissi said. “That was our first big activity, but we’ve been discussing things we want to do with the club in the future, like coloring and other ways for people to distress and be hap-

py.”

The club recently launched their first merch line in hopes to raise money for their future plans of the club.

They also hope to play a part in the annual depression awareness assembly at Huron.

“We want to keep expanding and making sure people are okay and happy!” Redissi said.

Huron’s Green Team continues initiating green opportunities Cheyanne Roy | Staff Writer

With rising environmental is-

sues becoming more of concern, more and more groups are beginning to pop up fighting to save the planet. A small group of students at Huron is one of them.

“Green Team is a school club for people who are interested in exploring environmental issue and potentially addressing them especially in the school,” said senior Anna Romeri, co-president of Green Team.

A green team is a great place where students can help make Huron a more eco friendly. Whether it’s recycling or compost within the school.

“Right now we’re a smaller club so we mostly brainstorm and try to work out the kinks to try and make the school a more environmentally friendly place,” said Romeri.

Green Team began a few years ago by Huron alumni who had a passion for environmental issues, wanting to create a small community within the school to help take charge on them.

Students should join the green team if they are frustrated with how the school or district is handling environmental issue. It’s a safe, controlled place for people it expresses that and motivate them

to take a step to change.

“Mostly our meetings are more brainstorming ideas and writing proposals. But we plan on doing a battery drive,” said Romeri.

Waste from batteries and technology not being disposed of properly can have major effects on the environment. Toxic chemicals can seep out of them and into the soil and destroying plants.

“We will have a box that people can put their used batteries, used computers, used disks or anything that is electronic that shouldn’t go in a landfill. We would recycle them because they are made up of metals that could be toxic,” said senior and co-president Lauren Zukowski.

Green Team wants to do a lot for the school to make it more eco-friendly. But with it being such a small club that makes it hard for them to do so.

“With environmental issues you need a lot of people,” Zukowski said.

“You would think with a small group it’d be easier to get things done. But it really helps to have a lot of people working on an idea. The more things get executed the more things get done and the more we make an impact.”

“I like Green Team because

Seniors Lauren Zukowski, Hana Kim, Ellie Makar-Limanov, Anna Romeri, and Rose Waas lead the Green Team in projects like vermiculture composting and recycling signage around the school. Courtesy photo.

they wanna get stuff done instead of talking about it they are actually doing things about it and everyone has good

ideas,” one member said.

Clubs like Green Team are the ones wanting to ensure a healthy planet will be here for future gen-

erations. Clubs like them our essential to the well being of our planet, so join Green Team and help this school make the world a little greener.

Opinion

The Student Publication of Huron High School

Adviser Sara-Beth Badalamente

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Kara Kozma

Editors-in-Chief Julie Heng Sami Ruud

Staff Editors Jack Harrison George White

Staff Designers Miguel Andres Louise Depa Jack Harrison Julie Heng Kara Kozma Samantha Ruud Alyssa Salamin David Shen Cierra Slater

Staff Writers Helen Abraha Austin Aldrich Zaid Almajali Miguel Andres Elizabeth Beaudoin William Beaune Clara Bowman David Castillo Erik Contreras Kade Cupp Louise Depa Ariel Dorogi William Downer Jessica Fraser Alexander Galler Daniel Hou Gerardo Macias Daniel Middaugh Eli Nelson-Ulsh Sao Ohtake Manit Patel Niya Phillips Nicholas Rau Cheyanne Roy Alyssa Salamin David Shen Cierra Slater

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All opinions pieces published by The Emery reflect only the views of their authors, not those of the adviser, editor-in-chief, editorial board, or other staff members.

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People-watching Second guesses Julie Heng | Editor-in-Chief

The best thing about coffee shops isn’t the coffee. It’s sitting in the window seats, nursing a latte and watching the tide of humanity roil in and wash out, dragging or being dragged by, pulling or being pulled by love, hate, rage, boredom, fear, anxiety, or a major case of the just-don’t-give-adamns.

I’ve always been a people-watcher, and coffee shops are perfectly situated in the middle of a busy world. Here, on the other side of the glass, I watch movies play out, sometimes in time-lapse and sometimes in slow motion.

In the early morning, passersby move too slowly (pre-caffeine injection), too quickly (post), or are stuck in between (attempting to manage a briefcase, tablet, and to-go cup all with one hand).

In the streets, people armed with badges and security codes and the irritation that comes with too little sleep swipe into their buildings. Some fumble with keys and panic. Others stare glassily from between noise-canceling headphones. Off the curb, a black Jeep Patriot takes too long to parallel park, and the quicksilver Honda close behind gets antsy. Quicksilver driver’s hand dances with indecision over his steering wheel horn.

I’m not a part of this tangled, busy world. I’m only a window-seat observer. But I’m about to become one of

those unaware they’re being watched: a Work Person.

In 24 minutes, I’ll be at my first employee orientation, in that huge beige concrete building across the street. Washtenaw County Administrative Building, the plaque proclaims, in capital letters, down-to-business and sans-serif. There, I’ll enlist in the workforce. I’ll fill out tax and insurance forms. I’ll get my own security ID badge.

Just last week, I was nervously awaiting the phone interview, hoping my voice wouldn’t crack or break, or that my train of thought wouldn’t scatter like marbles fallen on the floor.

I’m not sure I feel ready.

A man wearing suspenders and a belt and a pocket handkerchief stops in front of the Administrative Building. He checks his phone, watch, and briefcase three times in quick succession, pacing left and right in front of

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I see you, fellow nervous Work Person. I see you, and I will soon join you.

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the entrance.

At first, I think he is lost, swept up in the morning chaos. Then I

Outside the window, it’s rush hour: every driver is convinced their own car is the most important.

When I join the Work People, how soon until I become one of them? How soon until my latte becomes a necessity rather than a pastime? My first job is a one-way ticket along the road of growing up. Photo by Julie Heng.

realize he is here for orientation too.

I see you, fellow nervous Work Person.

I see you, and I will soon join you. On the other side of this suddenly thin glass, I too will become a Work Person, part of this muddled, harried crowd. I too will adopt that not-quitehunched attitude, that forward-leaning posture that Work People seem to believe will save them two steps. I will no longer have the luxury to dawdle about on summer mornings in coffee shops. My latte will serve a different function—to keep me awake rather than leave me dreaming.

Work People have their eyes

trained on the block ahead. As a whole, the mass looks ordinary and almost haphazard, but each Work Person knows his or her purpose.

Across the street, the man finally calms his nerves and bolts up the steps. No looking back.

I, too, take a deep breath before finishing my latte.

And then I leave the coffee shop towards the Administrative Building, careful not to step into oncoming traffic, careful not to interrupt those paths of love, hate, rage, boredom, fear, and anxiety, ready to step into my own purpose on the other side of the window.

A cross-curricular exploration of human rights Staff Editorial

It’s pretty safe to say that human rights aren’t usually brought up in everyday high school conversation.

For one, we take many of the human rights we enjoy in Ann Arbor for granted. We embrace the “undeniable” nature of these rights without considering the substantial freedoms they allow. But on the other hand, without the necessary information, possible human rights violations in our community may not be recognizable. Without knowing the stories of those directly involved, we may not think of unattainable housing markets or PFAS exposure as human rights violations in our own community.

For these and other reasons, the newspaper and journalism classes paired up with Huron’s IB Global Politics classes to present this human rights issue.

“Mr. Face approached me with a sweet idea that was going to give my

students an opportunity to work with DP students, which is something I don’t ever get to do based off the courses I teach,” journalism teacher and newspaper advisor Sara-Beth Badalamente said. “I also was excited to collaborate with a teacher from a different department because it gave us different perspectives about how the project should go.”

The Global Politics students were able to conduct first-hand interviews and relate them to various higher levels of analysis - from local to regional to international viewpoints. The newspaper staff was able to pursue in-depth investigative reporting on more serious local crises. Hopefully, the collaborative pieces and takeaway messages can translate to the rest of the student body readership as well.

At the newspaper, we spend a lot of time covering news after the fact - a relatively passive approach. In many classes, we learn about theoreticals without connecting them beyond classroom walls. Thus, this human rights issue aims to start bridging those gaps.

Term limits: bringing power back to the people

Conservative Corner

Jack Harrison | Staff Editor

Mitch McConnell, Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley, Dianne Feinstein. These are the faces of the Senate that I have grown up with. But these are also the faces of the Senate that my parents grew up with.

Our government is an indirect democracy, where citizens elect individuals to represent them.

Many positions are acquired through elections, which allows the people to remove their officials. But is it actually realistic to unseat a senator? And is the structure of the U.S. maximizing output for the people? The answer is no.

House elections are every two years. This is a problem. Campaigning begins months before an election, meaning representatives spend time campaigning and not working on issues important to the people. Therefore, every other year, representatives and their staffers are involved in campaign activity. I know how much work it requires after serving on one. Two year cycles also generate more press and media coverage, making election coverage a revenue maker, which is why the media would be opposed to such change.

We must reevaluate term lengths and the quantity of them. I believe that four year terms will allow representatives to focus on their jobs and not campaigning.

I understand that people continue to elect incumbents. But this is often because they are the only candidate on the ballot for that party, so voters have no other options, and crossing party lines is rarely an option for many. Incumbents are difficult to beat because of their connections and money, the powerful weapon in politics.

Therefore, voters may want a new face in their party, but the establishment and financial support incumbents have often prevents newcomers.

A Democrat in Michigan may not have wanted to vote for Debbie Stabenow, an ineffective Democrat in the Senate for 18 years. But they didn’t have any

other choice, as no primary challengers surfaced, knowing the odds would be against them. So they had to vote for her.

In the House, I believe that representatives should only serve four year terms instead of two. But rather than unlimited terms, I believe that individuals should be restricted to three terms, however only two can be consecutive. This would firstly prevent campaigning every other year, increasing the gap to three years. With four year terms, there is also more emphasis on policy for the right reasons, rather than producing legislation for reelection efforts. And because of the strenuous path to pass a bill, enough time needs to alloted to allow for bills to pass. In fact, tt might take two years for a bill to be passed. Most importantly, since there is a 12 year term limit, the incumbency effect diminishes in power, and office becomes more seekable for outsiders and regular citizens. Is it really fair for Nancy Pelosi to be in Congress since 1987?

Today, we are seeing candidates with backgrounds from realtors to teachers to veterans. I think it’s important, given qualified, that people with these backgrounds have the opportunity to participate in politics. Is a Michigan public school teacher from the Democratic Party going to be able to challenge Debbie Stabenow? No. In the Senate, there are six year terms.

I am fine with this length, but I would be open to four years, which would minimize the number of elections saving the government more money.

My concern with six year terms is that a candidate may not stay true to their agenda, and the voters have to wait six years to make a change, with a recall not being realistic.

The net worth of politicians increases vastly by the time they leave office. They should be paid obviously.

But we must ask ourselves if it’s acceptable that almost every politician leaves Washington a millionaire, especially if they only pass a couple bills? This system needs to change, but the problem is how to do this?

Without term limits, parties

have the same leaders in the House and their election. Presidents’ decisions Senate. With their money and powclose to elections are often guided by er, colleagues in their same party are their reelection efforts. This is true afraid to speak up against them in fear for many recent presidents. In fact, of isolation and being denied funding recently, President Trump was partly in future campaigns. With term limits, responsible for the government shutthere won’t be the same grouping of down. He knew it was his only chance politicians running the show. Leaders for sufficient wall funding as the House impact the bills introflipped to Democrats duced, because in 2018, and he they are in sought to charge fulfill of this introcamducing paign them promise to the to enerfloor. I gize his believe base in that there 2020. Furshould be a thermore, new majorshutting ity leader, down the My Proposal: minority government leader and is not a House: Speaker of wise deciMaximum of 3 terms the House sion during Terms will be 4 years every two an elecThey must not all be consecutive years to tion year, prevent explaining Senate: people why then Maximum of 3 terms Terms will be 6 years like Nancy was the They must not all be consecutive Pelosi and time for the Mitch president to Party leaders can only hold 1 office, McConnell do so.

1 time (or one for one term) controlling I believe their that one Presidency: parties. For term of One term of 4 or 6 years instance, either four the giant or six years faction for the opposing presidency deny Nancy will prevent Pelosi Speakership dissolved when this from happening. With only one they began to fear the consequences. term, presidents will not have underBut at the start, there were around 20 lying motives for re-election when Democrats against her, nearly enough passing policies. A further thought is to block her. whether their cabinet should be elect In the presidency, many ed, and also if Americans should have first term decisions are influenced by the ability to recall certain members. re-election. Presidential elections are While presidents want people they can also extremely dragged out, starting work well with, their cabinet appointin July the year before the election. ments do not always represent what The media host several debates, and a president spoke about during the candidates make false promises or may campaign trail. For instance, I thought govern in a different way following Trump See more | The Emery Online

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Art Night:

Student work put out for display

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1. Ari Basch demonstrates pottery making. Student art by 2: Celia Kent (12). 3: Grayson Snyder (12). 4: Zaynab Yusuf (12). 5: Brock Engler (12). 6: Karley Misek (12),. 7: Isa Abdur-Rauf (12). 8.

Students paint and design one of the display signs ahead of Huron High School’s Art Night.

Courtesy photos.

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Family, friends, food, and fun!

This is only a portion of what Huron High School’s Art Night consists of.

Art Night is an annual event hosted by the Huron High School Art Department in which the works of students are put on display for all to admire.

The 3200 hallway is decorated with pieces of art hanging along the walls, and sculptures are displayed in the center of the hallway. There are multiple demonstrations and activities to see and participate in, such as photo developing, painting, sculpting and more.

Kristen Kubacki is one of the five teachers in the art department. Art Night is her favorite work-related night, and she looks forward to the event every year.

According to Kubacki, Art Night came about because it was apparent that the art students were not receiving enough credit for the work they were creating.

“We have always done a lot of art shows in the community, but we realized a few years ago that not every student was getting featured, and we thought it was important for the students own development and for their sense of investment in the program that every student have an opportunity to show their work,” she said.

“It was Mr. Smigell’s idea.”

While Art Night was once a smaller event, it has only grown and shown improvement and it is continuing to do so.

La’Taiya Wilson | Staff Writer

“I feel like this is our best Art Night yet,” Kubacki said. “I feel like this was the show with the strongest work, with the most work, and with the most volunteers, which, to me, shows that students really are invested in it”

The teachers of the art department tend to feel a sense of pride along with their students.

“Elated,” she said “It’s like I’m walking on a cloud the day of and the day after.”

Art Night is a wonderful night for students, parents, peers, and teachers to come together and admire the works of Huron’s students, but there is a lot of work that goes into making the whole thing possible. The art pieces must be prepped, publicity and invitations must be sent out, volunteers must be found, and the art work—as well as the multiple demonstrations and activity stations— must be set up.

“The biggest time consuming aspect of it is the preparation of the artwork because all of the two-dimensional pieces need to be finished, of course, and then chosen by the students and then matted and tagged, so the teachers do a lot of the matting and most of the tagging,” she said.

“The three-dimensional pieces need to be just prepped in whatever way they need to, you know whatever needs to happen to get those prepped, weather its jewelry or ceramics. Then we have to order food, and we have to set up all the hands-on activities. We have to get tons of volunteers.”

While a lot of the manual work is done by volunteers, art teacher Soyeon Kim’s graphic design students design the Art Night flyer to spread the word.

Not only do the students have the opportunity to show off their technical ability, they also get to use their voices and shed light on issues that they find important. Senior Sonali Narayan displayed a powerful still life on a pressing issue, and it was admired by many.

“This piece is a still life addressing the horrors of suicide,” Narayan said.

“I’m in IB art and all my pieces have a main central theme: addressing stigma,” she said. “Therefore, in this piece, I decided to take a risk and address the stigma around suicide. I, along with many people I know, struggle with suicide, and I wanted to bring the topic to attention. I wanted to show people that yes, it is hard to look at and think about, but feeling it is much worse. That so many people struggle and these people need help.”

Narayan took a risk with this piece, and she notes that putting it on display was a little nerve-racking for her.

Her intention was to get people thinking about those who suffer from suicidal thoughts and tendencies.

“Putting my art on display was a little anxiety inducing for me, simply because my pieces are so bold and somewhat triggering,” Narayan said. “I didn’t want to hurt anyone, but I wanted those who don’t understand to think about it.”

Not only did Narayan attend

this year’s Art Night, she assisted in the preparation and set-up of the event. She loves Art Night because she loves doing the activities, seeing the work of her fellow students, and drawing inspiration from them. Also, she enjoys the appreciation that comes from the crowd of those who attended, and she agrees with Kubacki that this has been the best Art Night yet.

“I went to art night all four years I’ve been at Huron,” Narayan said. “And I can definitely say this one was my favorite. There was so much to do, so much to look at, and there were so many people.

My favorite part of Art Night was the activities. I loved seeing all the art teachers have a really great time, and their families too. It feels good to have people appreciate hard work, especially if I am going to make a career out of it.”

Art Night gives students the opportunity to display who they are. Senior Odia Kaba showcased a piece in regard to her identity as an African American.

“My theme for visual art is exploring your identity, and I wanted to touch on an important aspect of mine (my hair),” Kaba said. “Being African American, I wanted to represent that in a piece.”

Kaba had never attended an Art Night prior to this year’s, and it is safe to say that she enjoyed herself.

“I thought it was really cool! I thought it was really cute,” Kaba said. “It was nice to see everyone’s work, and it just shows how good the art department is -

like how talented everyone is. I was very impressed.”

Kaba’s favorite part of the event were the interactive activities and being able to admire the works of her peers.

One of the best things about Art Night is the fact that it showcases a variety of different art mediums, from ceramics to photography to painting and printmaking. Senior Kyle Martin is a digital photography student who showcased a picture with a unique point of view.

“The picture is a reflection of a couple of trees and the sky through a puddle of water on a cafeteria table in the lunchroom,” Martin said. “What inspired me was a social media post I saw on Instagram where somebody did a similar thing using the reflection of water to cast a unique illusion to double an object.”

Martin had no insecurities when it came to showing off his art piece.

“My friends and a few of my other siblings already saw my photo, and they thought it was amazing, which gave me lots of self confidence that others would like it too!”

While Martin was not able to attend this year’s Art Night, he usually enjoys discovering artists at Huron whom he was not previously aware of.

“My favorite part about art night is seeing the hidden artists within Huron that use this one night to show everybody either their hidden talent or secret passion for art,” Martin said.

big difference in someone else’s life,” she said.

Red Cross Club is a social affair just as much as it is a community aid.

“It’s a great opportunity to get

involved and make a difference in the community while making new friends,” Caton said. “We’re all good friends, and we have fun together while getting the job done.”

Creating a Difference in the Community Richarra Roach | Staff Writer

Consider Red Cross club members heroes in training. Not only do they focus on the well-being of the community, but they also host life-saving events.

“Red Cross is a community service club where we learn about emergency preparedness and participate in activities to help the community,” senior Julianna Caton said. “Our most notable

projects are our blood drives, which we generally hold twice per year.”

The American National Red Cross saves lives. It is an organization that is centered around providing assistance to the community in the face of a disaster, whether it be in the form of providing food, water, and shelter or mental health services and sending their rescue team to salvage victims. The organization also provides training classes and multiple volunteer opportunities.

Huron HS is a part of it.

Red Cross Club benefits its members just as much as it does the community.

“I enjoy the knowledge that we are doing something good with our time and helping to save lives, particularly during the blood drives,” Caton said.

Caton notes that she’s learned valuable lessons from Red Cross.

“I have learned that something that may seem small to you can make a

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Foreign exchange students share views on Huron Sao Ohtake | Staff Writer

Yu Liang Peng

Theresa Kimmel

senior from China

senior from Germany

What is the biggest difference between your previous school and Huron High School?

At Huron, we have the same schedule in a semester. However, in China, we have a different schedule every day. In addition, we could not choose our schedule by ourselves like at Huron in the first year, but in second and third year we could decide them. [Also] our high school is three years [long].

I think school here is a lot of busy work sometimes, and we have a lot of tests and quizzes here. In Germany, we had four tests over the whole year, and they count for your grade.

In your opinion, which school is better for you?

I think Huron High School is a better fit for me than my previous high school because I can choose classes from variety of courses, and I can consider them with my future. Of course I could make my schedule by myself in China, however their choices were very limited.

I cannot really tell you. Because there was only 800 kids in my previous school, it was not very large, and it was kind of countryside. There was not much diversity like of Huron High School.

I think bigger city schools have more diversity. However I really like the system of school in Germany. I really like this educational system [as well].

How do teachers grade in the country you’re from?

In international school the grade scale is 1 to 7. For this grade scale, 7 is the best score.

Usually, we can get high grades in 10th grade, but after that we were getting into real IB courses. As a result, ordinally students' grades are going to go down. In public high, school teachers will grade you [on a] 0 to 100 scale.

The grade system is totally different in Germany. We do not have a letter grade like A to F. We have a grade 1 to 6. 1 means the best and 6 is you fail! In addition, we do not have anything like PowerSchool, and you do not get semester grades. You get grades at the end of the year, which consist of your written assessments, tests and quizzes, and your participation. Mostly it is counted 60% for the tests and 40% for the participation.

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by Julie Heng | Editor-in-Chief “[That] first round, where we were massacred by Troy yet again, was rough.”

So, Huron fell into the loser’s bracket. The momentum was lost, and they started out very slow. Slowly but surely, they defeated all other teams in the loser’s bracket, by margins of nearly 100-50. That meant one thing: they were back up against Alright boys, I Troy.

Speed is key.

If Troy beat them again, -senior Ritvik Jillala they would be heading back to Ann Arbor empty-handed.

The second game against Troy went fairly smoothly.

Both teams accumulated penalty points, but Huron held the lead throughout the game and managed to head into a winner-take-all championship round. The third matchup would be the championship game.

“My left hand was on the buzzer the whole time,” Xiu said. He made sure to keep the button half-pressed at all times. Months

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of preparation all came down to this round.

“Alright boys, I thought. Speed is key,” Jillala said. “My hands, sweaty from clutching the buzzer so tightly, slipped on it. Evidently, my sweat pores were against me as well. I shuffled, put my head down, and listened intently.”

At last, there were 20 seconds left in the last round.

Huron was 20 points up.

They were guaranteed the victory.

“I don’t remember much of these last few minutes because I was so focused on thought. what would come after the conclusion of the round,” Cowlagi admitted. “A couple of my teammates encouraged me to say ‘dubnium’ as the answer to the last question, but James had to buzz in and give a sensible answer.”

The team looks forward to attending the national competition for the first time.

“We aren’t expecting to win— obviously,” Cowlagi said. “That said, we are still preparing just as hard as before to try and secure a top 16 placement out of the 60-odd teams present at the competitions. 8 hour grind sessions for life!”

Top left: A week before the state competition, senior Ryan Gudal polishes his defense opening statement in front of a jury composed only of Mr. Face.

Top right: Judges and onlookers in the courtroom claps as Huron receives the second place trophy, which junior Julie Heng examines. “So many collective hours went into this,” Heng, team co-captain, said. “Knowing where we started from last year, and knowing that seven of us had never been to States before, I’m incredibly proud of us.” Bottom left: Senior Lauren Zukowski, the team mom, cuts a cake at the celebratory end-of-season banquet. “Mock trial is more than just a club - it’s a family,” senior Rithvik Kodali, the other team mom, said at the dinner. Bottom right: Senior Abdul Kizito discusses the exact wording of his speech with coach Janelle Krummen. Photos by Rithvik Kodali.

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by Clara Bowman | Staff Writer for your time to come up. And when you do, it’s all on the line, the entire season’s on the line.”

“[My first trial,] I was actually freaking out,” junior Samer Yassir said.

“I was sitting next to Yash, and oh my God, my feet were moving so fast. It was crazy.”

“His feet were just going back and forth, he could not sit still,” Manne laughed.

Being on the team can be very demanding and requires hundreds of hours of preparation and attending after-school practices several times a week. Even so, the experience is typically a very enjoyable one.

“Practice has become at least for me an odd mixture of working yourself up over minute details, arguing with Mr. Face, eating candy, and watching odd YouTube videos as we generally attack different cultures,” sophomore Jes-

sie Schwalb said. “It’s an intellectual but also fun environment where we all are working for this dream of getting our team even further.”

Aside from rehearsing their speeches that will be used in court, students must learn other courtroom proceedings.

“Mock trial is a great opportunity to see what it is like to be in the field of law,” junior Max Brodkey said.

The experience is also very beneficial for those who are not specifically looking to pursue a career in law.

“I am definitely not as interested in law and government as I am in STEM fields,” senior Lauren Zukowski said. “But I joined this year to develop personal skills and interests, and I have definitely become a lot better at making spontaneous arguments.”

Although it may seem very intimidating, current team members reassure potential recruits that mock trial is incredibly rewarding and that it is all worth it in the end.

“Every time before a competition I’m always nervous,” senior Abdul Kizito said. “I don’t have any initial thoughts, but I do try to get my mind to

think that whatever I’m doing is more important than my fear. It takes away the nervousness. [Then I can] perform with a heart that’s not nervous, that’s not scared, that’s willing to do it with resounding confidence.”

Janelle Krummen, a former University of Michigan Law student, helped coach the team this year.

“She has the experience of high school and collegiate mock trial,” junior Julie Heng, team co-captain, said. “And she can be perfectly critical when we need her to.”

Even with no experience, the coaches can get anyone ready for the courtroom, given enough time and dedication. Janelle worked with Face to polish the team’s presentation, evaluating everything from obscure objections to the slightest changes in inflection and posture. With some fine tuning and talented new recruits, the team can be on their way to nationals next year.

“Honestly, I think this is the best team we’ve had,” Gudal said. “It’s rewarding just to perform. When you do it really well, you feel good, especially if the other team gets destroyed.”

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SPECIAL ISSUE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE IB GLOBAL POLITICS CLASS:

Human Rights in Ann Arbor

Life after incarceration

Removing barriers for non-violent prisoners to obtain work

By Ivan Galkin, Kevin Liu, Nathan Penoyar, Amari Bowman, and Sami Ruud

Prisoners are sentenced everyday, but most people forget what happens after felons have completed their sentence. Felon reentry, or return to society, is arguably the most important phase of a prison sentence due to the nature of reintroduction after an extended period of seclusion.

Inmates can serve terms up to life — meaning an inmate could enter a prison as a teenager and leave as an elder.

Although felons may serve a duration that lasts long enough to change the scope of society around them, programs and organizations like the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and The Streets Don’t Love You Back work to offer

felons with job opportunities.

When he was nine years old, Robert D. Boyd Jr., watched his grandfather stab his step-father to death. At eleven, he became involved in drug and gang activity. Boyd was deep in the so-called “thug life” when he was arrested and incarcerated.

Upon release, Boyd started working to turn his life around. But it wasn’t easy.

Boyd started the The Streets Don’t Love You Back with his wife Belinda Boyd in hopes of educating against gangs, drugs, and violence.

This foundation has affected thousands of people since 2009. It helps ex-criminals get back on their feet

and find housing and employment. In 2013, the Streets Don’t Love You Back intervention program was started to help inmates to find employment and housing and receive a second chance at life. The program is also incorporated in the court system, where kids can have felonies removed off of their records in order to have a second chance.

None of this would have been possible without the support of his mother, the inspiration who gave him the strength to turn his life to God and become a successful businessman.

“I think the government can fix the problem,” Boyd said. “[W]hen a lot of these See more | Emery Online

Healthcare access: the right to life According to Dr. David Ansell, repeal and replace “really is a form of murder.”

By Julie Heng, Noah Flott, Gray Felisa-Snyder, and Bertrand Chu

For some people, it means suffering until the next pay period to treat a sinus infection, knowing that insurance wouldn’t cover it otherwise.

For some families, it means sending kids with colds straight to the ER, where physicians can’t refuse care.

For others, it means living on the edge with the constant risk of heart failure, lacking proper medication to fight high blood pressure.

According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including...medical care and necessary social services.” In the United States, while healthcare is not guaranteed by the Constitution, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010 to broaden healthcare coverage.

The ACA essentially creates different pricing tiers of government-sponsored healthcare based off of income levels. It takes into account income as compared to the federal poverty level, with the intent to make affordable healthcare available to more people.

At Huron, aside from urgent care for immediate emergencies, most healthcare access lies outside of the school’s capacity.

However, there are families that may not have access to health-

care.

“Typically, there are identifiers that we use at school,” said Waleed Samaha, one of Huron’s fulltime social workers. “We also have conversations with parents. A lot of times it comes from parents, not directly from students.”

From there, he works with counselors, the school nurse, and outside agencies to come up with a plan to identify and access the proper resources.

The Ann Arbor Public School System has a partnership with the Regional Alliance f o r

Health Services from the University of Michigan to provide health services. The Kellogg Eye Center, for example, has provided students with eye exams and glasses in the past.

“If you can’t see the material and it impacts your ability to function in school, that has an immediate impact on a student’s ability to learn and produce work,” Samaha said. When students are able to get a pair of glasses with the proper prescription, “they are able to function more successfully in school.”

Dr. David Ansell, Senior V i c e President for Community Health Equity at Rush U n i versity, believes t h a t wealth inequal-

ity is inevitable, but that healthcare inequity violates human rights.

“One, I think it’s one thing to have rich and poor people,” Ansell said. “Even the most egalitarian of societies are going to have people that are wealthier than others. Two, the idea that someone should die early or so significantly earlier, simply because they don’t have healthcare or access to healthcare, is criminal.”

In the United States, lack of healthcare access is primarily reflected by the cost of healthcare. For many, a single surgery or round of chemotherapy, or even insulin injections, can place a financial strain on individuals.

According to Dr. John Ayanian, Director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare and Policy and Innovation (IHPI), the United States has a very high cost of care relative to other countries.

Ayanian, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, has advised Congress and other organizations in the country on major issues concerning health care. Now, he leads the IHPI, which conducts evidence-based research to evaluate healthcare policy-making.

“We spend fifty to one hundred percent more per person on health care [than other developed countries such as Canada, Australia, and Japan], and we don’t

achieve the best health outcomes for that added spending, whereas many [other] countries have longer life expectancies or lower levels of disability than we have in the United States.”

Based on data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US consistently ranks the highest average cost for healthcare per person, averaging at $9,892.3.

“Part of the reason is that, unlike other countries, we do not have universal health care,” Ayanian said.

Currently, there are three main types of “universal” or “socialized” healthcare systems. Single-payer systems in the United Kingdom and Sweden directly cover costs through taxes.

There is a limit on how much is paid per person. Two-tiered or mixed coverage in France and Australia offers less comprehensive required government healthcare supplemented by private insurance. And, some countries like Japan and the Netherlands have an insurance mandate, in which purchasing healthcare is legally required. Oftentimes, the government regulates private healthcare fees.

While these countries may meet the World Health Organization (WHO) definition for universal healthcare, the ACA still does not. In the U.S., there is limited protection against financial harm to access healthcare services. See more | Page 7

Constant fear of the unexpected Having no haven: human trafficking in the A2 area

By Dante Bailey, Ariel Garrett, Taha Ibrahim, Amaurii Roberson, Ira Brann, Aaron Garrett, Mayco Hall, Elijah Hutchings, and Clara Bowman *The subject requested to remain anonymous.

All people mentioned in the article are under alternative names.

“All my dreams and my life seemed to end when three men kidnapped me with the help of my coworker.”

Charise*, a survivor of human trafficking, is now brave enough to share her story.

Human trafficking is defined as the illegal exploitation and trading of people and labor. Charise defined it as any instance “When someone abducts then defrauds someone, or takes them for an improper purpose, like forced labor, or sexual exploitation.”

Americans often consider human trafficking

as something that took place in the past or across seas. However, it remains a prevalent issue in today’s society and it is only on the rise.

Charise’s story began here, in Ann Arbor, after moving from her home in Mexico when she was 14 years old. Eager to make new friends, Charise had trusted her co-worker her co-worker’s boyfriend enough to pursue friendship.

“Her name was Rosi*,” Charise said. “I barely knew her, but I thought she was my friend.

Rosi was older than me, an adult. She’d spent her whole life in Ann Arbor and knew the city well, including how to use public transportation. I was a small-town teen, just 14 years old, who’d never lived in a city before.”

More often than not, human trafficking begins

with a kind and trustworthy face, making it difficult to determine when things turn illegal.

“One Sunday afternoon, Rosi showed up at the house where I was living,” Charise said.

“She had gotten my address from work so she could take me around the city. She promised my cousin that she’d see me safely home before dark, so I went with her to a nearby park. It was the first time I’d gone out since arriving in Ann Arbor. Everything was new to me. I didn’t

know much at all about the city or, at that age, about life’s dangers and I trusted her.”

Charise then met a series of men who seemed to be affiliated with Rosi. The first being Jamie*.

Although he had never Rosi the two easily struck up a conversation.

They were then approached by two more men, a See more | Page 7

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by Julie Heng, Noah Flott, Gray-Felisa-Snyder, Bertrand Chu However, Dr. Ayanian says implementing the ACA is the first step forward.

In Michigan, the ACA was recently expanded with the Healthy Michigan Plan, which provides health care access through Medicaid at affordable prices for qualifying low-income individuals and families. Research from the IHPI that surveys patients and providers concluded that the Healthy Michigan Plan has increased both the quantity and quality of healthcare provided in the state, particularly through its focus on primary care.

Ansell believes much more substantial change is needed.

“We have a big fight on our hands in this country,” he said. “Not only do we have to oppose ‘repeal and replace’, we also need an improved ‘Medicare for all.’ So it can’t just be Medicare: Medicare does not limit your out-ofpocket expenses. It really needs to be no copays, no deductibles, elimination of pharmaceutical and insurance company profiteering - I would get rid of the insurance companies, and I would have it be publicly funded healthcare run

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By Dante Bailey, Ariel Garrett, Taha Ibrahim, Amaurii Roberson, Ira Brann, Aaron Garrett, Mayco Hall, Elijah Hutchings, and Clara Bowman photographer then approached by two

privately. That’s what I would recommend.”

Beyond cost, Ansell explains that many other factors stand in the way of healthcare equity.

“Think about the social conditions of someone who doesn’t have enough money for food, and so half the month they go hungry, or they can only eat for really cheap (sugary drinks for example) and then their diabetes gets worse,” said Ansell, author of The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills and County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital.

“So hunger would be an example of a social determinant of health.”

Ansell argues that there are also structural determinants of health that may be manifested in the community where a person lives.

“There may be no access to grocery stores - it’s a food desert,” said Ansell, who sees citizens “assigned to neighborhoods of poverty” not only in Chicago where he works but also nationwide. “So you could have someone who lives in a food desert, with or without money, and they may not have access to food because of the structural conditions of their neighborhoods, or the economic conditions.”

Additionally, Ansell credits racism as one of the reasons healthcare lags behind in the United States “because there has never been a lot of appetite in this country for repairing the damage that slavery caused.” In a country “run by oligarchs” that tolerates “the demonization of poor people in pover-

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more men, a photographer and one with a” fortune-telling bird.”

“The photographer took a picture of Rosi and her new friend, Jamie, and then another of all three of us, as a souvenir,” Charise said. “But the camera broke, so we couldn’t see the pictures right away. He gave us a receipt and told us to come back the next week to pick them up.”

The following week, Charise agreed to accompany Rosi to pick up

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ty,” he sees a complete redistribution of wealth as crucial to fixing the system.

He uses an iceberg as an analogy: the unseen base of the iceberg represents the conditions where one lives.

“[T]he conditions under which you live have much more to do with your chance of living a long life than taking a pill [does],” Ansell said. “Let me give you an example of that, and this will show across the United States, it’ll show in Michigan, it’ll show in Chicago, heck it’ll show around the world: if you live in downtown Chicago, life expectancy is 85. If that were a country, it would be ranked 1st in the world. In fact, there are places downtown where

the life expectancy is 90. But if you go literally seven stops on the L, the train line downtown, the life expectancy drops to under 65. That’s 25 years, and you can’t explain that by saying, ‘Well, people aren’t eating enough broccoli.’”

According to Ansell, there is toxic stress associated with poverty in poor neighborhoods that steals health away from poor people, contributing to high mortality rates.

“There are 1.5 million missing black men in the cities across the United States between the ages of 25 and 54, and if you say, ‘Where did they go?’, 900,000, almost one million, are prematurely dead, largely from heart disease

and cancer, and 600,000 are in the criminal justice system. Just in our urban areas. Think about the implications of this.”

At the end of the day, the extent to which healthcare rights are human rights varies based on who you ask.

“I think by now most people in the medical field do believe that healthcare is a human right,” Ansell said. “I think people have begun to think it’s a human right. Increasingly, even across the population, people are starting to agree it’s a human right. But we haven’t agreed as a nation; our public policies do not reflect these facts.”

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the photographs.

“We’d barely gone two blocks when I had a bad feeling, but unfortunately, I ignored it,” Charise said.

“When we reached the corner, two men got out of a car and came to meet us.”

Inside the car were Jamie and a stranger, Riley who said Charise looked even better in real life than on the photographs. Rosi instructed Charise to get in the car so they could go to the park for a bit. Charise did not want to dis-

close any further details regarding what the traffickers made her do.

“I made a friend while I was being trafficked,” Charise said. “She was 17 been there for five years and she told me her story. She was shot in the leg, raped, beaten, and mentally abused.”

The Human Trafficking Hotline reports 1,359 cases of human trafficking in Michigan since 2007 with over half of them (881) being from 2015 or later. Over an estimated 10,000 human

trafficking cases were reported nationally in 2018. This figure has almost doubled since 2015. Traffickers often target runaway and homeless youth, as well as victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, war or conflict, or social discrimination. 71% of victims are female and 25% are under the age of 18. The National Human Trafficking Hotline asks that any witnessed human trafficking cases be reported to 1-(888)-373-7888, so that stories like Charise’s can be prevented.

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Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle Review Dan Middaugh | Staff Writer

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am returning to Gensokyo for a poorly made game. I’m not going to sugar coat it-this game is pretty bad. After the gameplay mechanics, I’ll go over why this game is bad even when it is on the Switch, a good console.

Gameplay Mechanics

The buttons used to attack are the A, Y and X buttons. The A button is a melee attack that makes the character move forward while attacking, and it can knock a character to the ground.

The Y button is a very short range attack (punching, really), but if it’s used while a character is knocked down, it will hit the knocked down character.

The X button shoots a unique attack.

For example, Remilia Scarlet will shoot some fire. As for the B button, that will make the character jump, and they can attack once in mid-air or jump again.

However, if they jump again or attack in mid-air, they can’t do anything else until they land again. The dash button is the R shoulder button, and it will make the character move at a high speed for a short time until the stamina bar is empty. Once the bar is depleted, the character will stop and pant for half to a full second, leaving the character wide open to a hit. To prevent your character from panting, hit the A, Y or X button. There is a guard button, but I don’t remember what it is because I never use it. The control stick is for movement. To use your spell card, hit the X and A buttons at the same time.

The fighting format is a best out of three, like most fighting games. That’s all the gameplay mechanics, so time for the huge chunk of this piece: the negatives.

same as she does in Touhou 6, so what’s the difference? They misspelled her name as Lumia. ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Rumia is the Youkai of Darkness, and Lumia sounds like her powers would be illumination or light based, which is the exact opposite of her power!

For another is-

Negatives

To start, the character select screen is messy and poorly designed. There’s a question mark box right between Rumia and Cirno, and, when I first saw it, I thought it would be for either Daiyousei or Koakuma, but no: it’s the random option. In fact, those two characters don’t appear at all in this game! I’m sure it’s because their reason for being in Touhou 6 was to be

sue,

this

mid-bosses and only that, as they have no backstory and nothing is really known about them.

However, they still could be here.

Speaking of bosses, the character Rumia is in this game, but there’s a difference about her.

Her amulet is still on and she looks the

game has an enemy from the Silent HIll series: the camera. The camera is almost always right behind the character you’re playing as, so you are fully open to a sudden back attack like this

is Final Fantasy.

Back on the topic of Rumia, she and Six’s extra boss, Flandre Scarlet (Flan), don’t appear in the three mandatory playthroughs of story mode for some reason. At first, I thought that the story mode would go Reimu, Marisa, Rumia so on and so forth, and Flan would be at the end, but no. It goes as Reimu, Marisa, Remila and then you choose your story. There is no rhyme or reason to that.

On the topic of characters, the non-playable final boss character is…Yukkuri Reimu! Because not a lot of people know what a yukkuri is, it’s a meme started by Touhou, and it’s very odd to keep this from going on too long. Look it up on KnowYourMeme for more info. Regardless, me being a nerdy introvert, you may think I like the fact that a meme is the final boss, right? Well, no, and that’s because I actually cannot stand the Yukkuri meme. I don’t truly know why, I just don’t like it, I can’t really specify.

Also, this boss has a super cheap attack where it shoots a laser from its mouth while spinning. It can hit you very easily, and it does way too much damage. It can even hit you while you’re knocked down to make matters worse. When I first played through the story mode as Reimu, it took me many attempts to beat it, and I’d say it took me 20 times to win. My “strategy” was walking side to side and trying to keep it from attacking. It’s that bad.

Positives

To start, this is a decent place to start learning about Touhou as it gives you the entire official cast of the first game popular here in America, (and Koishi for the “future”) and a meme. It’s better than looking up the copious amounts of Touhou…adult content, shall we say. Also, the music isn’t too bad. It does have Love-Colored Master Spark and other themes, but they are primarily from Touhou Six, which is no surprise. Also, I thought the plot would be the same as Touhou Six, but it’s not, so it does get points for an original plot. I also like the art since it captures the anime aspect of Touhou that people like about the franchise. The controls are simple to understand as well, and messing around in training mode is kind of fun. That’s all I can think of, so I’ll now rend my score.

Overall

This isn’t a good game. I give Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle a 1.5 out of 5. It barely avoids my lowest score of one due it being so bad. An easy way to see it’s not that good is the fact that’s it’s $20. Honestly, save your money for Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded or Touhou Genso Rondo Bullet Ballet, since they’re actually good.

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Huron Players: creating the show from scratch

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uron Players is Huron High School’s theater and drama club. Currently, it is one of the high school’s biggest clubs and they perform four shows every year. Out of these four shows, they make sure to include one Shakespearean play, one big musical, and many student-written and directed shows at the end of the school year. The musical that they do in the winter is their biggest show, as it is hosted in the bigger Meyers Auditorium instead of the smaller Ingram Auditorium where they usually host their shows. This is due to the fact that more people usually to turn out for their musical, and it provides more room for space to move and dance. The club is located in the makeup room right next to the Ingram Theater; they also practice in that auditorium.

Currently, the club worked on and prepared for their winter musical, Little Shop of Horrors, which was originally

directed by Frank Oz. The show is of the horror genre however, it is also a comedy at the same time. It showcases a soundtrack that is different from what one might expect from a musical play because it has rock music. However, many actors and crew members are very excited for this.

“I’m not kidding when I say this is the most excited I’ve been for a Huron Players show,” Huron senior

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Kaye Hoffmeyer said; she plays Audrey in the show, one of the main leads.

While the acting cast is currently working hard on memorizing their lines, the technical crew, which is composed of many students and adults, have been extremely busy.

“There is a lot of construction to be done. It’s not so much the painting anymore, it’s more just building,” says Paul, one of the adults who help aid the construction of many props and backdrops used in each show. In addition, the costumes crew need a lot of help every day with keeping things clean and dust-free.

Despite being one of the biggest clubs at Huron High School, Huron Players keeps busy every day and is always in need of technical help from students. Being a technical crew member means that you do not have an obligation to go to rehearsal every day, which can be a bit less stressful than being an actor. However, overall, all of the club members say that being in the club is very enjoyable. They welcome everyone to join with open arms.

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In the Little Shop of Horrors, Seymour (senior William Panitch) is intimidated by Orin Scrivello D.D.S. (senior Arun Bhattacharya) at his dentist office. Courtesy photo.

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Ethics Bowl: What's the right decision?

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Kara Kozma | Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Suppose you are an emergency medicine physician. A patient arrives at the resuscitation bay, and, when the emergency room nurses disrobe the patient, you see a large tattoo on the patient’s chest reading: DNR/ DNI (Do Not Resuscitate / Do Not Intubate). You are leading the resuscitation and need to decide whether to move forward immediately. You cannot wait to confirm whether the patient has an advance DNR directive.

What are you obligated to do ethically?

Legally?

This is the topic of discussion at one of Huron’s Ethics Bowl meetings.

More precisely, this is Case 7, by Dr. Tyler W. Barrett, which is one of 15 case studies Huron’s Ethics Bowl teams are debating this year in preparation for the 2019 Michigan High School Ethics Bowl.

At the bowl, teams are assigned rounds of cases, viewpoints, and opponents (in the form of other schools’ teams).

“The point is to have a philosophical conversation, but there are also 3 judges, and they tell you who wins,” said senior Ellie Makar-Limanov, an Ethics Bowl veteran, with a smile.

Huron’s teams meet every week to study ethical theory and, ultimately, prepare for the bowl. Makar-Limanov mentions learning about the works of Immanuel Kant and John Stuart Mill, as examples, with particular fondness.

“After you come together with your club at Huron High School and you learn about some ethical theories, you get your cases, and you read your cases, and you debate your cases, and then you prepare for the bowl,” said Makar-Limanov.

Makar-Limanov has been interested in ethics since middle school, but she joined Ethics Bowl almost by accident.

“My mom signed me up for a bunch of clubs that I didn’t want to ac-

Students Sumayah Basal, Anna Romeri, Sujai

Jaipalli, Avery Chan, Virgil Watkins, and Ellie Makar-Limanov discussing the event.

Students Rose Seidl, Yu Liang Peng, Sujai Jaipalli, Ann Romeri, Avery Chan, Virgil Watkins, Coach Brendan Mooney, Rita Seidl, Jasmine Xu, Ellie Makar-Limanov, and Sumayah Basal gather for a group picture during the Ethics Bowl. Courtesy photos.

Students Anna Romeri, Rose Seidl, Yu Liang Peng, and Sumayah Basal participate in one of the Ethics Bowl events.

tually sign up for, but I went to the first Ethics Bowl meeting, and I very much liked it,” she said. “It’s a very nice club in the sense that you get to compete; you get the skills and benefits of debate.”

At Makar-Limanov’s first competition, her team, Huron’s “newbie team” as she puts it, faced off against a last-minute team comprised of extras from other schools. After a resounding victory, the team’s momentum lead them to progress even further in the competition than Huron’s veteran team.

“Honestly, the first time we went to the competition was very weird because I was on the newbie team and we ended up getting really far—to the semifinals,” she said.

She enjoys Ethics Bowl not only because of her love of philosophy but also for the interesting people she has met.

“We faced off against the new-

Being judged by philosophy professors in competition and coached

by University of Michigan philosophy graduate students at meetings has even changed her perspective.

“Because of writing the case studies, I have a page in my phone where I write down whenever I come across some ethically dubious or interesting thing, from things on the internet to things that happen to me. I also started thinking about things (political issues, for example) differently,” she said. “I think politics really is ethics. It’s just a really dirty and dragged-through-the-mud type of ethics. But it’s still ethics, deep down.”

Why join Ethics Bowl, according to Makar-Limanov?

“Ethics is your whole life, because you make decisions all the time.”

bie team from Greenhills, and we tied, and, after that, I talked to this one girl [named] Bonnie Liu. We went against each other every year, and every year we would talk. Now she’s a freshman at Harvard, and, when I opened up this year’s cases, the first 4 cases were written

by Bonnie Liu. That’s my funny story.”

Ethics Bowl has also helped Makar-Limanov build strong friendships at Huron.

“I have made good friends in Ethics Bowl. I roped a lot of my friends into Ethics Bowl, and some of the people I met in Ethics Bowl became some of my best friends, but many of them have graduated now,” she said. And commenting on the variety of personalities on her team, she continued, “The type of people who end up coming to Ethics Bowl and sticking around are usually not super shy people because

you get into a lot of arguments. But we do have a couple of silent geniuses.”

Makar-Limanov and two of her Ethics Bowl friends, Huron graduates Miguel Cisneros and Frank Seidl, have participated in Ethics Bowl’s second aspect, the Ethics Case Writing Competition. Makar-Limanov has been a grand prize winner for two years in a row. Her first case pertained to parenting licenses, her second to Operation Paperclip.

Ethics Bowl has done more for Makar-Limanov than provide her with something unique to add to college applications.

“Because the cases that we do are so apolitical typically, we have all sorts of splits. Some cases, some people, are really half-and-half, half for and half against. I think that has helped me, in general, to not be afraid to have a dissenting opinion,” she said. “I’ve learned to hold my ground.”

HOSA: Future Health Care Professionals Alyssa Salamin | Staff Writer

There are over sixty different clubs here at Huron High School, Future Healthcare Professionals, other wise known as HOSA is one of these various clubs. HOSA isn’t just a club at Huron but is a country wide association that allows students from all over the country to learn clinical health knowledge information and test their skills and knowledge on the medical profession. HOSA was first introduced to Huron by the Health Sciences and Technology teacher, Lynn Boland.

“[HOSA] teaches [participants] expertise, sharpens their knowledge skills, teaches professionalism, and teaches them other important things like being an excellent communicator in writing as well as speaking,” Boland said. “I have very passionate, very dedicated learners and we have a lot of fun.”

Students who join HOSA get to participate in competing in one of many different events. Some of these events include knowledge tests, skill tests, original innovations, essays, and other intellectual events. Each of these events are apart of HOSA’s regional, state, and international competitions.

Any of the HOSA chapters (clubs) that place in the top ten of each event during regionals qualify for states. At states, the top three qualifiers will be invited to Internationals where the best of the best compete in each event. Huron recently participated in our regional competition January 12, where 55 of the 58 students apart of Huron’s HOSA chapter placed in the top ten of each of their events, qualifying them for this years state competition March 22-23, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

HOSA is open to all Huron students interested in a medical career or learning about medicine. HOSA is an easy club to join, but to compete in the HOSA competitions you must join HOSA in the beginning of the school year so you can register on time. HOSA meets on Thursdays in room 3210 with HOSA advisor Boland, during which members work on the materials for each if their events.

“I would definitely recommend HOSA to freshman,” club member Bhuvna Murthy said. “ If you want to pursue a career in medicine, it's a good start to learn more about the career [of your interest] and it creates a good network of upperclassmen and lowerclassmen [relationships].”

Sports

Last night under the lights

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Aayush Unadkat | Guest Writer

I still remember the notso-stylish gold jerseys that we had to wear and the bagginess of my shorts that made me look like an early 2000s rapper. It was the first time I played a Huron Basketball in the Dome Gym. My freshman year: the season was characterized by the grind of having two-hours of practice each day and learning about the work required to win games at the high school level. My favorite memory of the season has to be the time I came off a screen with 12 seconds left to hit a game-winning jump shot against Saline on their home floor. Being mobbed by my teammates afterwards gave me an idea of the brotherhood that Huron Basketball is and that is something I have carried with me every day since then.

Down in the lower gym, standing barely five and a half feet tall, I stepped onto the court for my first game against Skyline, one of our rival schools. The game was over in a flash,

and thus began my Huron basketball career. I think a lot of seniors would say at this point in time that high school was painstakingly slow and that graduation cannot get here fast enough. To a certain extent I definitely agree, but when it comes to basketball, I am dumbfounded as to where all the time as gone. Staring out at the tall green bleachers and shiny hardwood floors that line the dome gym, I am confronted with feelings of nostalgia and bittersweetness that stem from the hours upon hours I have spent as part of the program. With senior night just around the corner, I see everything the program has meant to me. And though time has absolutely flown by, I still cherish every single moment.

Fast-forwarding to my first year on the varsity team, I had to learn what it was like to contribute to the team without being a starter or one of the best players for the first time in my life. I learned to become a good

teammate and make the most of my role to benefit the big picture. My shining moment came at home against Pioneer where I hit a three-pointer that changed the momentum of the game and allowed us to get the victory.

During that season, my connection to the program only grew stronger, and with each game I strove to give it my all because I realized the end was not as far as it once seemed.

A few days now before my last game in the Riverdome, I will be sure to sink every moment in and enjoy it to the fullest. After that we will have a few more regular season games and then the playoffs, where we hope to add some more hardware to the school’s prestigious collection. During my time with Huron Basketball I have experienced my fair share of both wins and losses, but beyond that I have been able to be a part of something I love doing and something bigger than just me. If I could go back to my first

practice in ninth grade I would tell my younger self to make the most of every second, because the ball will stop bouncing at some point, and you want to end with no regrets. Even after this season is over though, I will carry with me the bond I have with those in the program and all the experiences we shared together, and for that I am forever grateful.

Call it a comeback: girls’ soccer program looking ahead to the coming season Kade Cupp | Staff Writer

Senior captain Minna Tremonti kicks the ball down the field in a game last season. She is looking forward to this season and the improvements the team is prepared to make. Courtesy photo.

“We are looking for a revenge tour,” head women’s soccer coach Lee Hudson said.

As the spring season approaches, the girls’ soccer team hopes to top last year’s semi-successful season going 8-4-1. A big reload is happening in the soccer program, having lost 8 seniors from last year. That makes this team vary inexperienced, but Hudson is confident that the team will be just fine.

“Only having 4 or 5 seniors on this years’ varsity team, we are young but hungry,” Hudson said. “The girls are ready for the season, and attending regular conditioning session with staff

members will have them in great shape before the season begins.”

Captain Minna Tremonti said there is room for improvement from last year, even though the season was successful.

“We are going to be faced with a lot of tough games throughout this season, so we need to be ready and prepared,” Tremonti said. “It’s very important to have productive practices to perform well in games.”

Tremonti is very confident in her abilities to help the entire soccer program mold into one as captain.

“I want to unite the JV and varsity teams into one strong program,” Tremonti said. “I believe having one

united program creates even stronger individual teams.”

Although they have a young team, they are moving more than in the right direction, especially in working towards the team’s “revenge” because Hudson is looking towards beating teams that have defeated the River Rats over the last two years.

“Skyline and Saline are always tough tests for us,”Hudson said “We haven’t beat either of them in two years.”

The team will ave their first home game of the season on April 25 as they face off against Chelsea High School at 7 pm.

David Brooks: community assistant and head varsity baseball coach head varsity coach stepped down in 2017, Brooks at first was not sure whethHe is the familiar face of Huron’s halls. er or not he would enter his name in the Head varsity baseball coach and com- job search. munity assistant David Brooks could “A majority of the players conbe considered a part of an all-star team. tacted me and wanted to put in for the While he gave up a dream to play base- job, so I put in for it,” Brooks said. ball, he has gotten back into his love Not only did Brooks end up for the game but this time, molding the receiving the job as the head baseball next generation of baseball players by coach, he also ended up receiving a job coaching. as a community assistant.

Born in Ann Arbor, Brooks “It just so happened that me moved to Chicago following the divorce getting the community assistant job of his parents. But, Ann Arbor drew happened within a two month span of him and his family back again. Brooks me getting the head baseball coach job,” then enrolled in the Ypsilanti School he said.

District, and continued playing base- His favorite part of both of his ball which he began playing at the age jobs is the students. of four. Eventually, he played varsity “Coaching to help develop baseball for the Braves for two years. kids, not about the money, not about He then proceeded to continue play- just doing it, I do it for the kids,” Brooks ing baseball until he found a “very good said. paying job,” which led him to leave col- And in regards to being a comlege and baseball behind. munity assistant, Brooks likes the con He juggled a job, coaching, versation. as well as online college classes at Ash- “Rather than elementary stuford University, and eventually Grand dents, you can actually have an adult Canyon University. In 2009-2010, when conversation with the high schoolers, Ypsilanti’s baseball coach was hired at and the relationships that you build as a Huron, Brooks was one of the members community assistant with the students, of his coaching staff that remained with which includes getting to know a lot of the coach when he was hired. Brooks kids and adults, and just interaction in continued coaching as an assistant on general that you don’t get in elementary Huron’s varsity baseball team for five school,” Brooks said. years, before earning the job of head 2018 graduate and former Junior Varsity coach in 2015. When the player Scotty White sees Brooks as a Manit Patel | Staff Writer

David Brooks gives a high five to a player on the baseball team. Photo courtesy to The Enthymion.

role model.

“Brooks is such a great mentor because he wasn’t just my coach, he was my friend,” White said.

“I got moved up to varsity my freshman year, and Brooks was the first person I went to advice for on what to do and he helped me with that and a lot

of other big decisions. Brooks was such a good coach because of how he connected with all of the players. We knew when we had to be serious, and when we had to get things done, but we also could mess with Brooks when we were at school.”

Brooks is very excited to see

what his team can do this year.

“We have a very high ceiling this year, and while we lost three fouryear varsity starters, we have a very big, talented junior class, and although we might lack some experience, we will eventually gel the team together, and we’ll have a good season,” Brooks said.

Catching up: JV baseball working towards a strong season to come

Starting the season 1-4, the team hopes to continue the stronger in their first home game on April 8. Left: Sophomore Creed Villanueva winds up for a pitch in their game against Lincoln High School. Middle: Freshman Ben Lauer sets up to catch the pitch at home plate. Right: Freshman Noah Mahmoud reaches for the catch at first base. Photos by Mariam Mahmoud.

Sports 11 Huron women’s soccer kicks into high gear “Starting the season off with a win against our crosstown rival was amazing,” senior Ayaka Inoki. “Even though we still have a lot to work on with set pieces and communication, we were able to play to our unique strengths that brought out the best in others. This is only the second game we’ve played together as a team, but I have a feeling we’ll make it far this season.”

“We knew this game would come down to who could battle it out for the full 40 minutes (or is it 45?). Even after two goals, we kept the pressure up, learning a lesson from Michigan’s two insufferable losses to MSU where they gave up large halftime leads. Beating Pioneer is certainly great, but my favorite part of this season so far has been figuring out how to get my trombone over the fence to the baseball lot,” senior Sophie Smit said.

“No team is going to have a perfect start to a season but for us, starting off with a 2-0 win at Pioneer is pretty close,” junior Siena Smith said. “We started off a little slow but as the game went on, we were working together better and creating chances to score.

We have great chemistry as a team and

“During the game we passed really well,” senior Callie Hastie said. “There were barely any long balls as we used our passing lanes really well. I think this game we just began to get comfortable playing with each other and also knew what to expect, and how the people around us played.”

Rats polo hosts Okemos in home opener SPRING SPORTS: WEEK OF 4/15 MONDAY Boys’ Varsity Baseball @ Skyline Girls’ Varsity Softball @ Skyline Girls’ Lacrosse @ Novi Boys’ Lacrosse vs Pioneer TUESDAY Boys’ Varsity Golf @ GRHS Huron Track vs Bedford Girls’ Soccer @ Saline Girls’ Water Polo @ Saline WEDNESDAY Girls’ Tennis @ Plymouth Girls’ Varsity Softball vs Adrian Boys’ Varsity Baseball vs Skyline Top left: Freshman Emma Kaipainen chucks the ball towards the goal. Top Right: Junior Anna Leone swims away from an opponent with the ball. Middle left: Zannah Baker, a freshman on the team, attempts to steal the ball from the other team. Middle Right: Leone travels down the pool with the ball. Bottom Left: Baker looks for a teammate to pass the ball to. Bottom Right: Dre Hubers passes the ball to a teammate from the side of the pool. Photos by Selena Liu.

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