The Huron Emery Volume 6 Issue 1 September 2020

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U of M students create new app MAYA KOGULAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Choosing a major in your job, income, and ultiYet, most students At 18, teenagers attempt to piece together their hobbies, favorite school subjects, and future aspiSteve Zhou chose

MAYA KOGULAN

Hands-on classes transition online -- it’s messy How elective teachers are preparing for the beginning of virtual school CLARA BOWMAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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ransitioning to online classes makes teachers feel like they

While the general consensus among teachers is that closing schools is necessary for public health, it does not come

we could have the opportunity to be in the classroom, but it is not safe yet so we will adjust,” CTE department chair ers are so passionate and exThey are working in groups by content to support one another and develop the best

NEWS

“Of course, we all wish

From redesigning les-

briefs

New SAT dates offered for Huron seniors KAITLYN SABB FEATURE EDITOR Even though the SAT might sions, students are still wondering if legeBoard has remaining test dates in

sons and restructuring curricula, distanced learning is a new and challenging expeever, some more exclusively hands-on classes need to be more innovative than others in providing students with an experience that is comparable es

“Because our classare project-based, we

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students

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learning challenge!”

Students in certain classes will receive supply boxes in a few weeks, but until then the teachers will have to

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turned out that was a small part of what actually goes intense

reading

and

See APP, PAGE 5

Freshman class gets a new dean

Summer yearbook update The remaining seniors would be tested

the University of Michigan, he soon realized that the major was not what he

teachers are creative people by nature so they will

QUINN NEWHOUSE SPORTS EDITOR When the last bell rang on

The test will remain in-person and details on what health and safety precautions will be taken are coming

tor-in-chief Vivian Barrett sent in the

more information, as all this is subject

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QUINN NEWHOUSE & MAYA KOGULAN SPORTS EDITOR + EDITOR-IN-CHIEF At age 19, Salvador worked at a shoe store in a have any direction in high

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December of this year, but every day the chances that all the test centers re-

So, simply put, the

before we left the brick-and-mortar

will be granting all seniors the opportunity to take the SAT this fall, ei“We will do them in alphabetical order in groups of 100,” SAT Coordi-

engaged

he liked production, spe-

Students will finally be able to show their testing abilities after months of preparation

their spring sports supplement while

See BRIEFS, PAGE 3

But with grit, tenacity and a little bit of luck Barrientes paved a path This summer, he accepted

See DEAN, PAGE 2

FEATURE PAGE 4

OPINION PAGE 9

SPORTS PAGE 13

In the race for presidency, what stances do each of the two major candidates take for issues that affect students?

Student Voices: An open call for any Huron student to share and publish their opinions to have their voice be heard.

Even through COVID-19, some student athletes continued to practice, travel and compete in their sports during the summer.

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Volleyball coach and former Huron physical education teacher speaks out about his involuntary transfer

Even though Toney Cummer only taught at Huron for two years, his roots at the school run deep as he coached Huron varsity volleyball for nineteen years. PHOTO COURTESY OF CUMMER

CLARA BOWMAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Despite only teaching at Huron for two years, being Huron’s PE and health teacher was Toney Cummer’s dream. Having been the Huron girls’ volleyball coach for almost two decades, Cummer became a bigger part of the Huron community when he was hired to be a PE and

DEAN | FROM PAGE ONE the position to be the ninth grade dean at Huron.

B a r r i e n t e s didn’t have a traditional journey to teaching. He spent his early twenties in the Marines.

“The Marines gave me direction,” Barrientes said. “It gave me a work ethic. I’m not afraid to work. But it also made me appreciate people’s narratives, their stories, their lives. You know, around the world. So, the Marines helped broaden my worldview as well.”

The Marines fostered Barrientes’ empathy. It also led him to an unexpected passion- teaching.

“During my deployment, I really enjoyed seeing the younger Marines coming in learning and understanding their jobs,” said Barrientes. “I also remember a particular Marine I worked with who was a young girl. She told me, ‘Mr. Barrientes, you are a really good teacher.’

That interaction stuck with me. It was sort of the

health teacher.

“Being here for so long I planted some pretty deep roots,” Cummer said.

“Once I became a teacher at Huron, it was kind of my dream job. I was really happy with the students and being involved in the school community as more as more than a coach.”

In his time at Huron, Cummer taught a variety of classes and

catalyst for signing up for teaching classes.”

After six years of service, he started working towards becoming an educator. He took night classes while balancing teacher training. Despite all of the work, he wanted to do it. He loved it.

“One of our projects was to observe an elementary school class,” Barrientes said. “I had not been in an actual school building in a while.

And the smell. There is a certain smell to it. It’s like a combination of books and little kids. I sat in the class.

I think it was 2nd graders.

And they were hooked. I knew this was my spot. This is what I felt in my heart.

This is what I was meant to do. I’ve been called here to help young people with their lives and make a At

the beginning of his teaching career, he bounced from school to school.

Eventually, Barrientes found himself at Scarlett Middle School teaching ELA. He stayed there for 10 years. His favorite moments from his tenure were at the Navy

developed Huron’s sports medicine class. But that all changed when he received a pivotal phone call about a month before the start of the school year.

“Getting the call was pretty heartbreaking to be honest,” Cummer said.

“I was a little devastated of the situation we’re in, they had to make some tough decisions at the

administrative level. I went Cummer said. “I taught from riding high and having health and I enjoyed my my dream job to all of a health classes. I taught sudden wondering if I even had a job.” weight training.

The Cummer is one of sports medicine classes several teachers, labeled were fantastic and I really “surpluses,” who were enjoyed those as well.” involuntarily transferred Cummer is due to the major changes to continuing to coach the 2020-2021 school year. volleyball at Huron and “With the school day remains optimistic that changing, it eliminated he can return to teaching the need for sections of there once things settle to a electives,” Cummer said. relative normal.

“Therefore, “You have they had to handle too many adversity,” teachers. said.

If you have adversity, Cummer That’s just a “You might you have to face it, have reality of our that profession dream job and and you’re stronger and based on it might be because of it” the situation taken from you we’re in.” in minutes.

Fortunately, You have TONEY CUMMER Cummer to be really Former Huron PE Teacher was able to thankful and land his new position as appreciative of what you a PE teacher at Forsythe have. And if you have middle school. However, adversity, you have to face he knows it will not be the it, and you’re stronger same as Huron. because of it.”

“One of the things I loved about Huron was that we teach everything,”

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1. Barrientes with his son Isaiah, his daughters Margarita and Liliana, and his niece Samantha on their camping trip to Pictured Rock National Lakeshore. 2. Barrientes with his wife, Margarita Barrientes, enjoying their summer. 3. Barrientes with his wife at the Marine Corps Ball in 2003. PHOTOS COURTESY OF BARRIENTES

Pier during the eighth grade trip to Chicago .

“I have known so many of them, their families, and their older siblings from such a long time,” Barrientes said.

“And just seeing them, at the Pier, for their last few moments in Middle is just really, really cool.”

Barrientes hopes to promote those same types of connections at Huron.

“I want to create an environment where everyone has a place,” Barrientes said. “From the age 16, I started having And throughout my early twenties, I really felt like I didn’t know where I was supposed to be. We went from Saginaw, Michigan to Dallas, Texas to San Antonio, Texas back to Dallas, Texas. And so

that’s one of my biggest top priorities is that students feel like they have a place at Huron High School.”

Ultimately, he wants his students to know that he cares.

“My most gratifying part about being an educator is to know I’m kids’ lives,” Barrientes said.

“I care most about that.”

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ulinary arts teacher Samantha Dye is watching cooking shows to prepare for virtual learning and is using them as inspiration for her own class.

She plans on recording or streaming herself cooking for students to watch, but wants to go beyond mundane recordings.

“My biggest challenge will be holding the student’s attention,” Dye said. “My hope is to create this cooking or baking show feel in my kitchen where the student will want to tune in and then may be motivated to try it on their own. I want to keep the course upbeat and fun and doing that through a screen will be a challenge.”

From there, students will not be required to cook at home to keep the course equitable but will have the option to do so if they’d like. To accomplish this, Dye is working to become a more entertaining persona for her students. This is where her inspiration from cooking shows comes into play.

“I am really going to pull out my inner actress,” Dye

Culinary arts

said.

“I never did drama. In culinary school, we were trained to be serious and professional at all times.

This summer, I spent time watching baking and cooking shows for ideas. I went back to being the student.”

Dye also encountered other challenges for moving her classroom online such as digitizing documents and also having one-year-old twins at of the curriculum covers safety protocol and procedure, which is much less interactive. This gives her a bit more time to prepare for cooking portions.

“We have a hands-on focused curriculum that is hard to teach when not face to face,” Dye said. “I usually demo in front of the students at school. I will be doing the same thing just virtually.

The is the students at this time will not be able to mimic me, and cook what I am cooking.”

Graphics by CLARA BOWMAN

or engineering teacher Robert Cupit, preserving bonds with students is as important as maintaining a high-quality learning environment.

“I think what makes our program really special is the relationships we have with our students,” Cupit said. “We are a family and our current and past students come to our rooms because they feel safe and relaxed. We can always change and modify the content but developing the relationships we want to have with our students will be a challenge.”

The engineering teachers are implementing new software and assignments to provide students with experience as similar to that which they would get in-person.

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all sports are occurring to a limited extent, but physical education classes, like all others, will start out fully virtual.

“I think most classes can be transformed virtually without losing too much as it relates to content,” PE and health teacher Tim Cain said.

“The beginning of the semester will require a lot of patience and understanding as we all try to adjust.

We will have to be creative when it comes to PE classes.”

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up with new projects and new ways for students to express their newly obtained knowledge,” Cupit said. “Basically anything hands-on that we have done in the past, which is almost everything, will need to be recreated to accommodate the virtual learning experience but we are up for the challenge. Bring it on!”

Engineering

Cain plans on developing creative solutions to maximize student involvement while going beyond “just creating workouts for kids.” However, these plans are still to be decided and will rely on trial and error on the part of teachers and students. Cain wants to make experiences for each student as positive as possible.

“Every student will have unique challenges,” Cain said.

“There will be no student who will have the same experience.

Therefore, communication between the teacher and student will be the most important component to meeting each individual student’s needs.”

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THE EMERY STAFF

Even with the school year starting preparing for the best yearbook ever.

“We are busy creating topical yearbook pages that will cover our students in a way that has never been done before,” Badalamente said. “We are revamping our social media platforms so more students can be involved.”

Mishal Charania and Garrett Jin are co-editors-in-chief of the yearbook. our theme concept and have even started planning our ladder, opening spreads and divider pages, which is going to be a huge help during the school year,” Charania said.

The biggest challenge the Enthymion editors are facing is obtaining photos.

“As the school year is still in the process of being planned, so is our response to potentially not being in school,” Charania said. “Photos are a huge part of yearbooks and we are working on getting as many pictures right now, but we know that we will probably have to crowd-source a lot of our pictures.” as many sports photos as possible before

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: Clara Bowman 2021bowmanclaram@aaps.k12.mi.us Maya Kogulan 2021kogulanumaiyal@aaps.k12.mi.us ADVISER: Sara-Beth Badalamente Both co-editors-in-chief Mishal Charania and Garrett Jin won Spartan awards at MIPA camp for their yearbook design. SARABETH BADALAMENTE

the beginning of the school year.

“We are starting coverage of fall at practices,” Jin said. “We contact coaches for permission and schedules.

Going into the school year, we’re still looking at MHSAA decisions and how the season seemed to have been shifted to the spring and shifting our own page set up and schedule accordingly.”

Jin and Charania encourage students to follow @theenthymion on Instagram or check out huronjournalismprograms.weebly.com for more yearbook information.

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donald j. trump

GENERAL INFORMATION Full name: Donald John Trump Age: 74 years old Republican Michael R. Pence Transferred from Fordham University (1964-1966) to the University of Pennsylvania.

Received a degree in economics from the Wharton School of Finance.

(1966-1968) 45th President of the United States of America (2016-present) STANCES Quotes are exact and portray the meaning of the speaker, full context of quotes

can be found at 2020election.procon.org. All information from 2020election.procon.org.

EDUCATION Trump believes that schools should reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a statement on whitehouse.gov, “Trump is calling for legislation to ensure that schools have the funding and incentives they need to safely reopen this fall and to empower families with school choice.”

He is not clearly for or against tuitionfree public colleges or forgiving student loan debt. In 2019, Trump signed legislation to forgive all student loan debt for veterans who are completely and permanently disabled. Trump also signed legislation increasing the federal funding to Historically Black Universities and Colleges by 13%.

ENVIRONMENT Trump supports the expansion of fossil fuel drilling on public land and has stated that oil production has increased by 3.2 million He

supports fracking, opening public land to fracking. He is not in support of the Green New Deal

and withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement. He stated “the Paris Accord would’ve been a giant transfer of American wealth to foreign nations that are responsible for most of the world’s pollution.”

He is supportive of expanding the use of nuclear power and introduced an initiative in 2017 to “revive and expand the nuclear sector.”

HEALTH CARE Trump does not support the right to abortion unless it is a matter of rape, incest or protecting the life of the mother.

Care Act (Obamacare) and is against a Medicare-for-all system, saying “By eliminating Medicare as a program for seniors, and outlawing the ability of Americans to enroll in private and employer-based plans, the Democratic plan would inevitably lead to the massive rationing of health care.”

Trump is in support of having the federal government work to lower prescription drug costs and end surprise billing. He suspended the United States involvement in the World Health Organization on April 14, 2020 stating, “I suspended United States contribution to the World Health Organization

Photo edited by Mishal Charania. Photo taken by Michael Candelori from Philadelphia - Donald Trump Rally 10/21/16, CC BY 2.0 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index. php?curid=52425427

IN THEpolicies BIDforFOR PRESIDENT both candidates MISHAL CHARANIA MANAGING EDITOR

jospeh r. biden jr.

GENERAL INFORMATION Full name: Joseph Robinette Biden Age: 77 years old Democrat Kamala D. Harris University of Delaware (19611965), Syracuse University (1966-1968) United States Senator of Delaware (1973-2009), 47th Vice President of The United States (2008-2016) STANCES

Quotes are exact and portray the meaning of the speaker, full context of quotes can be found at 2020election.procon.org. All information from 2020election.procon.org.

EDUCATION Biden believes that reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic for completely in-person instruction should be a national priority. He believes that the regulations for reopening should be He supports public college being tuition-free across the United States as well as forgiving the student loan debt accrued from undergraduate students who attended public two or four-year colleges/universities who now make up to $125,000. Biden supports increasing

the federal funding given to Historically Black Universities and Colleges, as well as overall decreasing the disparity between these universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions.

ENVIRONMENT Biden is in support of fracking but hopes to ban fossil fuel extraction on previously untouched public land. Biden believes that the United States needs to adopt a climate change plan such as the Green New Deal and has stated on his website “the United States urgently needs to embrace greater ambition on an epic scale to meet the scope of this challenge.”

According to Biden’s website, he plans on establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency to achieve a 100% clean energy target.

This agency would also look at “small modular nuclear reactors at half the construction cost of today’s reactors.” Biden also plans on rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement upon election.

HEALTH CARE Biden supports the right to abortion and will “reverse the Trump Administration and states’ all-out assault on women’s right to choose,” according to a statement on his website.

Act (Obamacare) and hopes to add a public

for everyone while keeping Obamacare as an option. Biden is also in support of staying in the World Health Organization.

Biden’s “The Biden Plan” is in support of federal regulations on prescription drug costs and plans to “impose a tax penalty on drug manufacturers that increase the costs of their brand, biotech, or abusively priced generic over rate.” The plan would also stop surprise billing.

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his highly talented friends unhappy and working writing, which Zhou had underpaid $11 cafeteria little interest in doing. He jobs. He recognized that was unhappy and eventually his platform could provide dropped the major by the a more stable source of end of freshman year. income for struggling Although dropping college students.

“These people’s frustrating, he recognized skills, their knowledge, an opportunity. He didn’t their passion can be better want other people to make used elsewhere,” Zhou said. the mistake he did. So, Zhou “So, I thought I could make started Hello University, a Hello University, a platform mentorship platform that that connects the two sides helps students with crucial to meet the demands of decisions such as choosing a society and make life easier major or a university. for new students.”

“College has As the company thousands of majors to grew bigger, the app choose from, but most transformed into a broader people only take traditional mentorship service. core classes in high school, Recognizing he couldn’t do Somya Bhagwager, the it alone, Steve lead marker recruited of the Bhagwager company, as well as said.

“So, I have always had Noah Cooper many people and Justin know that a dream to start a Kula to help math and grow Hello company and hold s c i e n c e University. can equal it to standards that “Online engineering, education is are ethical.” but it can something also equal that I never Somya Bhagwager art and considered Lead Marker of Hello University architecture. before but it H e l l o was with a group of people University wants to that I really trusted,” Bhagwager said. “I have passion early, so they always had a dream to start can spend college a company and hold it to gaining opportunities in standards that are ethical.

Being in the tech industry, Zhou saw some of you see platforms like

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Students can use the Hello University app to browse mentors and view their in-depth biography. COURTESY OF HELLO UNIVERSITY

Facebook use questionable data collection methods.

In our own company, I had the power to hold Hello University to my standards.”

Hello University’s mentors come from top 30 universities, ranging in majors from fashion design to mechanical engineering.

The mentors are thoroughly vetted, which is shown through the company’s 16 percent hiring rate.

“We don’t really pride ourselves in our low acceptance rate,” Bhagwager said.

“We think it’s cool but it is not that our mentors have the passion, genuinely able to help, and able to build connections with students early on.”

Mentors can provide a variety of services including building communication skills, editing college applications, or helping international students adjust to a new culture. the US, I said many stupid things, especially when it comes to American politics,” Zhou said.

“From the international student perspective, it is so hard to understand what is appropriate in the context of American history. I don’t see anyone preparing international students for American societal expectations.”

Students can a mentor to meet their

it be help with English or explaining campus life at a compatible mentor, they can pay for the session through the app to begin your video call meetings.

“Our goal is to help students in college preparation,” Zhou said. “We want to help students succeed.”

The app is coding, marketed, and founded by the University of Michigan students. They launch their company during a global pandemic. The time might not be ideal but they have passion and it translates through the app.

The beta version of Hello University is available for download in the App Store

Quarantine leads a modern French restaurant into a new creative direction CLARA BOWMAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Mandated closures gave the team at The Standard a chance to re-brand their upscale French bistro into something they were passionate about. While it may not seem obvious to open a new restaurant during a pandemic, it

was a clear choice to open Lala’s.

“We all had a meeting in April discussing the fact that we didn’t feel like we could continue to do cept,” Lala’s executive chef Allie Lyttle said. “None of the people that were left on the team were very passionate about continuing the

Lala’s entire menu is made available for takeout, with sauces served in separate containers to keep food fresh. CLARA BOWMAN

dining.”

The Standard would have been reconcepted with or w i t h o u t COVID-19, but this forced “off-time” gave the team the perfect op-

portunity to both physically and conceptually shape Lala’s into something that

“We were wondering what would best serve our community and environment,” Lyttle said.

“Where we’re at in Ann Arbor, we’re surrounded by a lot of families. There are a lot of folks that are more working class and less white collar. And we wanted to be able to best serve them and best serve, what the world Lala’s offers indoor dining. Tables are spaced six-feet apart to maintain social distance CLARA BOWMAN needs right now.”

Opening on July 17, good when you have it as it was important for Lyttle takeout,” Lyttle said. “It’s --------“People are very exto meet people where they cited about Lala’s,” Lyttle are at, and make dining how to meet people where with them as safe as pos- they are, not where they ly been loving it, and we’re sible. This includes going were.” busier every week we’re beyond CDC guidelines, According to Lyt- open. At this point, it’s all only opening three days per tle, Lala’s menu can best be word of mouth people need week to keep things con- described as a “fresh and to know that we changed trolled and ensuring that funky approach to classics.” our whole business.” the entire menu is available With the menu changing Despite this success, for takeout. weekly, there is always rea- Lala’s faced its fair share of “Whenever I design son to come back for more. challenges, most notably a menu, I have to be very I can attest to this having aware that there are going tried six dishes myself. Each READ THE REST OF THE STORY to be people that want this seemingly more innovative ON THEHURONEMERY.COM to go, and it needs to be

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2020-2021 BAND CAMP:

A VIRTUAL SUCCESS GARRETT JIN - STAFF WRITER

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Even with small Interlochen, for the objections on Aug. 6, this Huron Bands, serves plan was cancelled too. Ash as not only a place cited even more pressing where traditions con- concerns from observing tinue to be passed on, high schools who continbut also a place for bonding ued with an in-person forbetween the old and new. mat and the goals of the It’s a place to understand Ann Arbor Public Schools the unique duality in which administration. high school band is carried “I think everyone out, that being the discon- was unanimous that there’s nect between marching and concert band. However, said. “One is that the district like most activities, for the is going fully virtual, for all - educational endeavors next tion, the Huron Interlo- year and next fall. If we chen Fine Arts camp excur- were in-person that would sion was canceled.

Passionate about goals. We have had cases keeping as many traditions from Band Camps around as possible, Band Director the state where there was Robert Ash spent much Covid transmission, even of his summer reworking with excellent social displans for band camp. tancing outside rehearsal.

A secLots of ond draft precauof camp t i o n , was anw i t h We continued old tranounced sanitizaditions and started on July 21 tion. We — a new still see some new ones. It was in-person transjust really nice to have format m i s w o u l d some version of the be purJust community and culture. sued as a week a means later on CHRIS STOCKING, 11 to teach Aug. 13, incoma new ing freshvirtual men the format essentials of marching. was announced with a priThis version was going to ority placed on connection be held at Huron. with peers and cohesion in “When the in per- music. Students who were - initially skeptical when it came to an in-person senior Timothy Hamill band camp were slightly said. “I knew it wasn’t go- more convinced. ing to be anything like the “I applaud Mr. band camp we all know and Ash and all the music perlove. Everyone looks for- sonel for trying to create ward to their senior year this experience for everyof band camp, so losing it erine Li said. “Overall I

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Band camp activities included selecting a new drum major. Each student watched the pre-recorded audition and then voted. The drum major chosen was junior Chris Stocking. COURTESY OF ROBERT ASH

On Wednesday, Aug. 19, instead of gathering at the Huron stadium, electronic devices for a virtual experience. The camp ments and group activities with breakout rooms.

Sectionals featured Huron alumnus teaching marching band music curriculum.

Cabins were judged and given points in competitions which would ultimately lead to a big reward at the end of the camp. “ The most memorable competitions were the relay races, since it put us together regardless if we knew each other well and promoted us to comSamuel Chen said. “It required us to do all sorts of tasks such as running ing items, and other things Thirteen cabins had competed all week long either in jackbox party games, emoji pun identiperformances at the talent show. By Saturday, the camp had taken a dramatic tonal shift towards a conversation of the future circumstances the band found itself in. Assistant drum major candidates watched with bated breath at their pre recorded auditions and left themselves to the democratic processes.

In the evening, awards had gone by and junior Christopher Stocking celebrated in winning the role of assistant drum major for the 2020-2021 school year.

“I think that the mean-

The coveted cabin cup and spirit stick were awarded to cabin 11 and Scott Brinley respectively. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT ASH.

ing of being a drum major has stayed the same through this, but it applies said. “The drum majors I’ve seen in the past lead the band during the games, but have also led the band the school year. I think this sponsibility. This is going to be in band, so I think the entire leadership team has to keep people engaged and excited about being in band. My biggest takeaway has been how we were still able to connect virtually. It but we kept the community aspect alive. We continued old traditions and started some new ones. It was just really nice to have some version of that communi-

ally love doing band so I am The Leadership team was more than pleased with the results.

“One thing I would say is don’t judge the program based on the experiences that you had this year, but judge the program based on how we navigated Band President, senior Aakarsh Verma said. “How we, as a program, ensured that everybody is connected to music and that we’re able to continue to grow as a community. Because how we deal with a situation, which is really unprecedented, how we navigate and how we deal with it is really what why we’re going to keep pressing forward and we’re

That same day, class based awards were given.

Freshmen in particular had garnered four titles. One of which went to bassoonist Natalie Bohnsack.

“I wasn’t sure what to expect even for the in-person band camp so when I heard it would be virtual, I wasn’t sure what that would look like and honestly I was a little nervous because I didn’t know how we would learn what we need to know for marching band in two hours for 1. Robert Ash, Huron’s band

director posing in front of his band camp screen setup. 2.

2020 band camp included over 100 students divided into 13 cabin groups as well as camp counselors. PHOTOS

“But we did learn quite a bit of what we needed to know so I wasn’t disappointed.

I don’t know if I have any goals set for myself but I re- COURTESY OF ROBERT ASH

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What learning plan?

Students reflect on their learning choices for the 2020-2021 school year

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To start the 2020-2021 school year, AAPS VISH GONDESI students were given three options: Student ONLINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Link (virtual classrooms for the entire year),

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Classroom Connect (virtual classrooms with possibility of returning in-person), and A2virtual (self-paced, individual online learning community). Here’s the thoughts of three Huron students, who chose what was most suitable for them.

For junior Ren Rydberg, the hopeful possibility of s c h o o l returning m e a n s everything to him. So the decision to pick Classroom C o n n e c t didn’t take him Friendships. Interacting.

Learning together. That’s what school is to him.

“I consider myself an extrovert, so I need to be around people physically, not just a computer screen,” Ren said.

Since for the fall term and possibly beyond, students in this choice

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Despite not prior experience with A2Virtual classes, senior Jennifer Yu wanted to do it for the coming year.

“I felt like selfme,” Jennifer said. “I can pace myself based on what I want to focus more on instead of letting a teacher lead me.”

While she hasn’t taken online c l a s s e s b e f o r e , Jennifer selfstudied AP calculus last year, scoring a Senior Aarush Goel will be staying at home for the entire school year, on account of his parents. With the current state of the pandemic, they chose the Student Link option.

“My parents had in making the decision,” Aarush said.

“They pretty much had the most say, and were the ones who decided it would be the best for me. They thought it was better to stay home and not take the risk of going back to the classroom unless it was safe to do so.”

As a committed DP student, Aarush will undergo

will be online, Ren wants it to be a better experience than last spring. But his main reason for the option is to cling to the chance that school comes back.

“I work better in school, in the classroom, rather than online,” Ren said. “Virtually you don’t have the same feel, the classroom setting helps me concentrate instead of being in the house just sitting around. [My house] makes me feel comfortable, but that makes me distracted and less productive.”

Having such an outgoing personality in such distanced times hasn’t been ideal, but he says he just needs to put “I have Japanese school, and it’s online on a zoom call,” Ren said. “I can’t pay attention because I look at myself on the screen all the time to see if I look normal.”

If, at all, students can go back to Huron this year Ren will be happy to look at faces other than his in-person.

learning will free up time for other tasks.

“I have to get a SAT score, and that is what I’m working on right now,” Jennifer said. “I’m an international student, I just came here last year, so I also have to get a TOEFL score to apply for college. And I need to work on my essay for applications too.”

Her friends didn’t pick the same learning plan, but took Michigan Virtual courses through A2Virtual before. They warned Jennifer the classes might be a bit complicated and a lot of work.

“I want to try doing self-paced, [because] in college you manage time yourself, and you might have to study other options instead of virtual teachers.” the IB curriculum completely online.

He’s still waiting for a clearer plan as to how his classes will be laid out.

“There’s going to be a lot of changes especially since as a year two student we’re expected to take the exams in May, so it’ll change the learning process,” Aarush said.

He expects the learning the sudden online shift last year.

“I think the school and district has made a lot of improvements to the [virtual learning] system that was lacking in the previous one,” Aarush said. “What helps is now we will receive more classroom time, particularly not giving students the option to do whatever they want, having stricter deadlines and structure to curriculum which is all very important.”

Selecting this option as a senior wasn’t easy for him.

“I was disappointed that since it’s my last year I won’t be able to go to Huron, and have that experience like most other seniors,” Aarush said.

Regardless, for safety’s sake he will

New, old and transferring teachers

N ew H uron hire s: MONICA DERING SCIENCE TEACHER:

LIZHENG MA ELL TEACHER:

New AAPS hire teaching chemistry 1 and earth science

Hired to replace Ms. Boles after student teaching with Fan Wu last year

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My favorite part about being an educator is to know I’m making a difference in these kids’ lives.

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TERRY ANDERSON ENGLISH TEACHER:

It’s a difficult time for all of us.

While I’m sad to leave Huron, I believe this is the right choice for me this year.

Transferred to A2Virtual+ for increased flexibility to take care of her family NADINE GHAWI SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER:

TONEY CUMMER PE TEACHER/VOLLEYBALL COACH:

Psychology teachertransferred to A2Virtual+

Transferred to Forsythe Middle School due to staff surplus READ MORE, PAGE 2

Retirin g: HALA BOLES ELL TEACHER:

PHILIP ELIASON MATH TEACHER:

Retiring after over 15 years at Huron, working with countless students and families ANDRA WARSINSKE MATH TEACHER:

Retiring after more than two decades of teaching at Ann Arbor Public Schools

Retiring after graduating from, and teaching at Huron for 34 years

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I love my job, but I had to retire. I’m moving on to something bigger, and waiting for that to develop.

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The Young Scientist

Why its time to be more worried about your information ERIC HENG COLUMNIST

daughter had gotten personalized ads for baby products. Target’s data analysis technology found out that his daughter was pregnant before he did.

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What do Facebook, TikTok and Google all share in common? of the Inter-university That’s right- they are all Consortium for Political currently gathering data and Social Research on each and every one of (ICPSR), explains how your interactions. Many this works: “I’m a 40 people don’t have a probyear old white womlem with their data being an, and websites often stored. I’ve heard many know that because of all of my friends state that the data that’s been coleven if someone had their lected about me… [the data, what could they do company is] going to with it? learn, based on my beWhile not overt, havior, what other white the use of data, such as women who are 40 years in big data, the use of old tend to do online. extremely large sets of And so you create this information to extract really kind of patterns, detailed map can subtly of consumer change how behavior, the world Data will become a and you can interacts with you in more influential force much more all aspects in our lives. If we do target adverof life. Every tising.” time you go not control it now, it The use online, press will soon control us.” of big data the ‘accept online also cookies’ buthas ethical ton or watch a Youtube consequences. For one, video, the site records your data can predict what you did and will use your information, which that information to keep means it has value. Comyou on that site. panies can make money An example of this is highlighted in a more nefarious purposes.

When Cambridge Anadad barged angrily into a lytica used unauthorized Target after his teenage

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data to help campaigns, the Cruz and Trump campaigns used target advertising based on

tougher question.

On the consumer’s end, some things, tings that give websites and apps access to your

Targeted ads are especially potent. Ms. Bleckman described how companies can use the scraps of your interactions to build your identity, and with enough data points, even predict actions and behavior of entire populations.

This type of activity is only expected to grow as more and more people go online and data becomes more powerful.

Obviously, this behavior is alarming. No one likes thinking that they are constantly being watched online. How to prevent this is an even

This prevents location tracking and personalized ads. Ms. Bleckman says that, “[People] can go into their social media accounts and they can investigate what privacy options are available… and review privacy settings and you can select the most, you know, strict privacy settings.” However, in order to really prevent endemic data mining, widespread measures must be taken.

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is one step in the right direction.

This limits the data a company can collect on you while making the process more transparent to what data is collected (you can learn more about the GDPR here: gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr).

I believe similar laws should be enacted in the US in order to protect individuals’ privacy. The lack of awareness around this issue, along with the sheer amount of data being collected, puts data privacy on the back-burner for most Americans.

However, as technology advances, data will beforce in our lives. If we do not control it now, it will soon control us.

Who’s the actual villain: the truth about plastic bags and climate change metric tons of plastic cur-

ALLISON MI STAFF WRITER We can all agree: plastic is bad for the environment. But did you realize that the plastic bag could actually be better than your alternative option?

I would not have believed this statement myself. The plastic so often demeaned by eco-activists for killing animals and causing endless pollution is better than alternatives, such as cotton, polypropylene and paper bags, created to ameliorate this situation?

First, let’s take a step back. The eight million

and killing one million sea animals is not exactly plastic’s fault. It’s our fault, even when we believe to be doing good when recycling.

Recycling is such a labor-intensive job that it is often shipped to countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam with high rates of “mismanaged waste,” where they dump the recycled plastic into the ocean.

But still, with all of those setbacks, how could score worse than plastic bags, who already set the bar pretty low? I mean, an astounding amount of energy is used to produce these plastic bags. The amount

of energy needed to drive a car for one kilometer is equivalent to the amount of energy required to make nine plastic bags. Bear in plastic bags are used per year worldwide.

Due to these unhave been introduced to multiple alternatives to single-use plastic bags.

After all, there are plenty have plastic in them.

These alternatives include cotton, polypropylene and paper bags, just to name a few. As mentioned before, plastic bags take a lot of energy to produce. But what is not as

well known is that manufacturing the alternative bags actually takes more energy than plastic ones. It may surprise you that cotton bags, which are so touted by environmentalists as a healthier alternative, have to be used 50-150 times

to equal the carbon footprint of a single-use plastic bag. For polypropylene times and for paper bags, 4-8 times.

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TRENTON BRANN GUEST WRITER In a world full of technology, we will continue to see the world through an eye of a camera. From Black Lives Matter, the Yemen crisis,

immigration, to racial hate crimes, it is important to educate yourself on these topics to learn how you can help others and give hope to future generations.

As a young Black man in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I have the privilege of living in a very liberal and educated city. It is a very accepting city, but we can also be blind to the injustice that happens right under our noses.

When protests started

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happening this spring, I news that protests were held by violent groups and we should not attend them. But deep down inside, I knew that wasn’t true at all. I took time out of my day to educate myself on what was really going on during these protests, and learned that they were being provoked and getting a bad image because the media shows what they want us to see.

As time went on protests started to pop up all over the country, from Seattle, D.C., Chicago, to Detroit, stretching from the west to east coast. I noticed they all were peaceful until authorities showed up. The police started to tear gas, shoot, beat and terrorize the protesters. back by bringing masks all day long. They laid in the streets, kneeled at the capitol, tore down confederate statues and burned cities until justice was served.

As soon as I saw what was happening, I was really moved to take action in my own city because I noticed it wasn’t being talked

Trenton Brann participates in protests along the streets of Ann Arbor in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. He protests to fight injustice and to fight for the rights of Black Americans.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRANN

importance of learning about,which concerned about topics that are me. uncomfortable. It will My friends and open their eyes to new I found protests in Ann ways and thoughts. I want Arbor through social EVERYONE to know media and through a how to help the Black friend. We did what we Lives Matter movement. had to do as humans, as people, which is to your own perspective on help others. Going to things. Find articles on these protests, which your own. Even social were mostly full of white media is a great place to attendees, made me upset. My people, my source, you should check black peers, should be and see if out here the person protesting has been against our Everyone is human, personally injustice, and no one should can relate to not sitting have to fight for basic black issues. at home They don’t watching human rights” necessarily from the always sidelines. have to be But I black, but when you’re know you can take that getting information same energy and put on such a strong topic, it somewhere useful.

Because if you can’t stand you want it to be from up for yourself, the rest of someone well-informed. the people are gonna look I encourage everyone to at us as a joke because you. Look for currency, we’re not representing coverage, accuracy ourselves. And if you’re and their objective. not able to protest Sign petitions, protest, because of your parents, educate your family, have vacation or whatever the those uncomfortable situation may be, you can always post on your social conversations because at the end of the day media, sign petitions and everyone is human and no further educate yourself.

I want my peers for basic human rights. to understand the

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Hear our voice

Staff Editorial: students need to be involved in choices that effect our education

By now, we’re used to change. From new policies to a redesigned schedule, our school is constantly witnessing changes, carried out by to serve students’ best interests, yet we the students feel left out of the not. These past six months, Ann Arbor Public Schools had countless chances to bring student voices to the forefront. But this did not happen when they made a common high school schedule seemingly without any explicit student input. They did not even ask students, who would

change, what they wanted in a schedule.

The Emery editorial board recommends that a student committee be appointed to approve major district changes directly. We know that AAPS administrators were placed between a rock and a hard place. Many decisions were impossible to make without upsetting certain individuals and we recognize that students were brought in to help plan some of the new curriculum. The Emery is committed to making sure every student has a voice,

and we want that voice to be heard loud and clear.

That is why we are launching Student Voices, an opportunity for any Huron student to write and publish their ideas. We hope this gives students the chance to speak up about matters that they care about, whether that be on a school, local or national level.

We truly want Student Voices to bring awareness to current issues and opinions that directly impact students, but also know that it can only do so much. In the end, we have to be the change that we want in

the world. Fortunately, that is possible. That means going out there (in a socially distant manner) and doing something about it. Whether it be signing up for student council,

showing up to vote on Nov 3. or publishing your opinion in The Emery, there are actions every single one of us can take to make our voice be heard.

We want to hear YOU! Write for The Emery!

Submit your pitch to The Emery for a chance to be featured in the next issue’s “Student Voices.” Scan the QR code to learn more about this great opportunity!

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The drip house’s modern atmosphere is reflected best in its clean and sleek decor. LYDIA HARGETT

The drip house: beautiful drinks, hefty price LYDIA HARGETT NEWS EDITOR shop, Driphouse, has just opened up across from The Big House at Pioneer High School. Situated on

sit at to chat with friends, or do work. All of the employees are very kind and are ready to answer any questions you might have, which adds to the pleasant environment. of hot and iced drinks including

potential to be a new hangout for high school students and football goers before and after games. They serve a variety of drinks and pastries for its patrons to enjoy, and they are also vegan friendly. Amidst up on July 20.

The inside of the shop has

organic smoothies and teas. There is a fridge stocked with pre-made cold drinks, including ginger lemon kombucha. Along with drinks, you can also enjoy fresh baked pastries, their original avocado toasts or strawberry nutella crepes. All toasts with his album “Everybody.” This album charted number one in the I had never really listened to Logic except for a few songs here and there, like “Everyday,” a song he made with Marshmello.

Logic’s Under Pressure Review ZAIN CHARANIA GUEST WRITER Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, also known as the rapper Logic, surprisingly released another album. Logic said on multiple occasions that he would be done with music to focus on being a good father. The 30-year-old rapper from Rockville, Maryland, mainstream attention in 2017

form of an album for the music album “No Pressure.” The rapper has spoken in and out of music about his childhood and his community, he embraces those makes the album authentic and more like his own.

The album is inspired by his past and what he wants in his future. You can see this in the song “GP4” (Growing Pains Four) where he mentions the struggle of being born a crime as an African-American. He talks about the struggles of poverty and not

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can be made gluten free, which is an option some people will appreciate.

While the drinks and food are satisfying, Driphouse is on the pricey side. Most drinks cost at least $5 with the exception of basic the drinks are small. All food items will also cost at least $5, with most costing up to $8.

Based on the cozy environment and the comfortable atmosphere, I do recommend Driphouse to people looking for a comfortable working environment and a place to hangout where you can sit and relax with friends.

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having food in the fridge at night. “Open Mic/Aquarius III.” He Even though his appearance is gives the listener a look into an “average, white male,” Logic open stage where he just raps doesn’t embrace that side of his life. He tends to always embrace the Africanof the other songs American were just as good, part of such as “Dad Bod” him. This is where he mentions something he his family and how mentions in he puts them above many songs anything. throughout Something I didn’t the album. care for in the album His father, was the repetition of who was lyricism. I wish there jailed while were one or two songs Logic was that were completely DEF JAM AND VISIONARY RECORDS just a child, unique to the other had opened his eyes to how his ones. However, if the tracks were community goes through so all released as singles they would much hate and harm, and he has always expressed that in his style. music from the beginning.

I recommend this album Logic uses visual imagery to anybody looking for something in one of my favorite songs, to listen to while doing work.

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Ayse’s Turkish Cafe: incredible taste for a good price KAITLYN SABB FEATURE EDITOR The Ayse’s Turkish Cafe menu is ever changing. Each day, depending on what is found at the market, Throughout the duration of COVID-19, the limited options of boreks, stews, salads and desserts. Most entree options were meatbased, with the exception of one. However, almost all of the sides were vegetarian. Plus, all the food not only smells and looks amazing, it also tastes like home cooking. Each of the meals and stews that I chose to order had its own unique aroma and range of spices. When walking up to the store there is also a display of drinks and

The cafe’s menu options offer a variety of Turkish dishes.

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Turkish candies available for purchase. After trying the pomegranate and lemon frutta juices, I have to say that they were on the sweeter side. Nevertheless, the sweet taste of the juice was a refreshing contrast to the anything-but-bland entrees, stews, boreks and salads.

The vegetarian special with zucchini and lentils could only be described as the perfect combination of allspice, cinnamon, salt, pepper and vegetables. I would recommend this dish to any non meat-eater in a second. The three boreks that are seen on the plate are spinach (left), spinach-feta (right) and yam (middle) were all phyllo dough used in these blissful creations was stellar, and the spinach delight. Having never tried a yam borek, I was pleasantly surprised with the heavy use of cinnamon, making the borek seem more like a dessert than a side dish. I also recommend ordering the “side” size option for

multiple stews and salads. These sides are perfect for sharing, or claiming all to yourself, each with their own array of them very unique and enjoyable.

Another great thing about this cafe is the easy “COVID-19 Accessibility.”

When placing my order, I was out on the boat, relaxing and taking in some sun. Ayse’s Cafe is one of the many places that takes After calling at 4:15 p.m., I was able to pack up and get to the food before it got cold and pick up my order at 5:30 p.m.. The food still seemed to be fresh and the hot plates, such as the vegetarian special and the steaming, so I could tell they were well preserved.

Even though all the and distinctive in their online was somewhat posted on their Facebook page (@aysesturkishcafe) around 12 p.m. everyday, approximately an hour after they open. The route

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of eating I chose was through curbside pickup, however they also have an outdoor “dine-in” option, where tables are conveniently placed under shady trees. However, there are only three tables available for dining at, but to the customers without a long wait.

All of the food that I ordered including a a vegetarian special with a rice pilaf and a side house salad, a beet salad, two spicy cabbage), and three boreks (spinach, spinachfeta, and yam), two Turkish drinks (lemon and pomegranate) came to a grand total of $48.57. This

was just enough food to split between two people, so it was on the pricey side. Plus, the side dishes (priced between $3.95 and $4.25) came in fairly small portions which was somewhat disappointing.

Nonetheless, I felt that these homemade dishes were made up for the price and small portions with their incredible taste. To get the best value out of Ayse’s Cafe, I recommend going with a friend, a family member or even a large group of people so you can try as many dishes as possible while not spending or wasting too much.

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Balance the Ballon d’Or Why soccer’s top award needs restructuring While prominent soccer tournaments (Champions and Europa League) started up again, the deliberation for the sport’s top award has ended. This year, France Football announced there will be no winner for the Ballon d’Or, an annual award perceived as the most prestigious in the sport of soccer,

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its initiation in 1956.

With this unexpected break, France Football should also look into restructuring the award for the future.

To make these necessary changes the board has to delve into the recent history of the award. In the last decade, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have won it a combined nine times.

Other positional players, who excelled in their roles, weren’t considered

such a singular year cannot -and should notbe treated as an ordinary one,” Fierré wrote. “From a sports perspective, two months (January and February), out of the eleven generally required to form an opinion and decide who should lift the trophies, represent far too little to gauge and judge ; without forgetting that the other games were played – or will be played – in unordinary conditions (behind closed doors,

because they didn’t have the individual stats.

Ironically, this year Bayern Munich superstar Champions League’s Robert Lewandoski was Final 8 played in a single supposed to join Luka game).”

Modric as the only players Accordingly, to in the 2010s who’ve won “protect the credibility and except Messi and Ronaldo. legitimacy” of the Ballon Through the d’Or, the Champions decision League In the end, soccer is a was made. round of 16 However, he tallied 53 team sport. Just because to do this goals and one aspect of the game it requires 8 assists, is more flashy, doesn’t more than a meaning cancellation. justify it being considered he played The award more highly a part in needs to be 41 percent changed. of the Here’s why: team’s goals.

It places too much Competition doesn’t come emphasis on goal-scoring. close.

Attacking play-makers, Pascal Fierré, editor-in-chief of France superstars have to be Football, issued a considered. Players like statement on why they Franck Ribéry, Kevin couldn’t select him, or De Bruyne and Virgil anyone, as a winner.

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New JV Volleyball coach

weather conditions for playing, and wear a mask to practices.

Wheeler held various VISH GONDESI coaching positions in Michigan, ONLINE EDITOR Oregon, Florida After and North taking on the girls Carolina, and JV volleyball head formerly played at coaching job, math Hope College in teacher Stephen Holland, MI. Wheeler is in for a “I’m pretty laid back, I tend to be from his previous a positive coach stints. He’s a new and I’m not afraid coach in a new era of of players making sports, considering mistakes,” Wheeler the pandemic. It’s said. “I want them to learn from their to coach volleyball This is the first time he’s mistakes. If it’s a mental mistake doing it for a school he than in a gym. It’s also teaches in. VISH GONDESI then I expect it to be

together worthy seasons.

I’m not saying all these players should’ve won, but their impact should be measured equally.

Without talents Hernández and Andrés Iniesta, Messi might’ve never scored as much as he did in those seasons.

Without a solid defense from players like Carlos Puyol, Gerald Piqué and Dani Alves, Barcelona might’ve never played in the high-level matches that let Messi shine.

In the end, soccer is a team sport. Just because one aspect of the game is more

ceremony. It obviously needs some logistical work, but it recognizes all deserving players.

There’s no question that the Ballon d’Or should still be highly exclusive.

Nevertheless, these solutions allow for all parts of the game to be showcased, and keep the integrity of the award. These aren’t participation trophies to console other players. These are to appreciate the game’s a Ballon d’Or winner.

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justify it being considered more highly.

As a solution, other positions need to be evaluated more carefully for the Ballon d’Or. They should look at impact not only through goals, but in all facets of the game. It even makes sense to make award given to the best 11 players in their respective positions) just as important by having all awards in one

corrected a lot quicker than a physical one.”

Wheeler isn’t one to shout, or rage at players for these mistakes.

It goes against why he coaches volleyball.

“My main philosophy with it is that Despite certain restrictions Wheeler is able to coach we play sports JV volleyball this fall by wearing a mask, maintaing because they are social distance and holding practices outdoors SARAgames, we play BETH BADALAMENTE games to have a good time,” Wheeler said.

For the most part, anything they “So, if we’re not having a good do inside can be replicated on time with the sport, then, do it somewhere else.”

“Just to have that sense With moving volleyball of normalcy right now, even if outside for practice, there are no it’s outside, it’s still working on formal lines for the court. Due the sport I love, and seeing kids to the wind factor and canceled develop their skills and have fun practices because of weather, together,” Wheeler said. coaches have resorted to an

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We’re still going: Huron’s fall sports teams start practice 1

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4 1. Juniors Kantaro Inoki and Mohammed Hammoud start warm-up passing before their tryout scrimmages. 2. Men’s Cross Country coach Kent Overbey talks to some upperclassmen their run. 3. Seniors Trey Gardette and Ihsan Goode run together at football practice. 4. A group of women’s Cross Country runners jog around the River Rat stadium. 5. Sophomore Katherine Wright aligns her club before swinging. 6. Sophomore Simone Wallace practices spiking to her teammates.

7. Sophomore Liliana Barrientes keeps her eyes on the ball. 8. Senior Nick Grosh works on perfecting his serve. HURON PUBLICATIONS STAFF

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Being a summer sport athlete under COVID-19 social distancing restrictions

maintained social distancing guidelines by practicing at an outdoor pool. As With capacity re- of Jan. 31, Costello verbalstrictions and social dis- ly committed to dive for tancing guidelines, this the University of Michiyear’s summer sport season gan and she is currently was different for every ath- ranked as the number one lete. teenage diver in the state.

For senior Annie “I think it’s changed Costello, a big change this my ability a lot just because year was going from a 35 I’m not practicing as much,” hour-perCostello week comsaid. “I feel mitment to like com10 hours peting is a per-week. large part C o s t e l l o ’s of getting club divbetter at ing team your sport would typi- While Wilderman and her team and it helps cally practice tried to stay as safe as possible you handle at their tournaments, the rules twice daily weren’t strictly enforced. PHOTO p r e s s u r e t h rou g hout COURTESY OF WILDERMAN for the futhe summer ture.” in preparation for comHuron’s Swim and petitions around the state Dive team has started their and country. This year, her preseason, but has only done team only held about three dry-land practices because practices per week and of the Michigan High School MISHAL CHARANIA MANAGING EDITOR

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Athletic Association’s regulations on fall sports.

“People are a lot less connected now just because the teams are being split in half,” Costello said. “You’re not going to see all of the people you normally see on your team, so it’ll feel like two separate teams.”

While not many decisions have been made for sports outside of the fall season, softball captain Devynn Wilderman is preparing to have an altered senior season. Even Due to current COVID-19 guidelines, Huron Women’s swim and dive team has yet to practice in the water and have instead though it wasn’t as much been doing dry-land practices. CLARA BOWMAN competing as typical, Wilderman’s club team com“The tournaments because she hopes to play peted in multiple tourna- are pretty bad and no one in college, but also because ments around the state and really follows anything,” softball is familiar to her and Midwest. At tournaments, Wilderman said. an important part of her life. parents and fans are sep“Personally, I have “I love just being out arated from the teams. my hand sanitizer, I wear a on the field,” Wilderman Each tournament’s specif- mask and I try to keep my s a i d . ic rules on social distanc- distance when I can.” ing varied but all followed Despite any potential READ THE REST OF THE STORY the general state-man- risks, Wilderman keeps ON THEHURONEMERY.COM dated guidelines. playing softball, not only