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Volume 4 Issue 2 October 2018

The Student Publication of Huron High School

The tables have turned Jack Harrison | Staff Editor

High top tables with bright orange chairs. Curved tables and desks that can be rearranged. Circular white smooth tables that can be adjusted to different heights. Green stools that swing back and forth. This is what students found when they walked into their classrooms this year.

As part of the 2015 Bond, schools in the Ann Arbor Public Schools District received furniture upgrades starting with elementary schools two years ago and finally reaching high schools this year.

Last year, two different styles of furniture, one by Steelcase and the other

by VS, were piloted by a select group of students in Nadine Ghawi and Kimberly Wright’s classes.

Junior Maya Baveja was a student in Ghawi’s class last year, with the opportunity to use Steelcase furniture, so she was able to observe both sets of furniture.

“I like the furniture we have now better than in Ghawi’s classroom because it is bigger and more comfortable,” Baveja said.

Huron Principal Dr. Janet Schwamb explained that the district allowed each school to individually select which set of furniture would best fit their building.

“I spoke to students that used both classrooms and interestingly, there was a number of students that had class in both of them and could compare,” Schwamb said. “For me, they were the deciding factor.”

Dr. Schwamb also mentioned that she spoke with staff to get their input, since it is important that they feel comfortable with the furniture in their classrooms.

“They gave compelling arguments why they liked VS better, and it centered around lumbar support and the chairs.”

Different models and colors are found on different floors because each department could choose which of the four models worked best for their subjects.

The science department decided to not implement One of the new chairs is this green stool. There are a few in each classroom as a seating option.

The stool can rotate and rock. Photo by Sami Ruud.

new furniture because the desks are not suitable for experiments and labs.

“We chose to keep the black chemically resistant tables,” Science Department Chair Andrew Collins said.

“We hope that there is an allocation of money set aside for us to upgrade our old tables and chairs.”

At a recent staff meeting, the new furniture and test taking, particularly in rooms with a combination short and high top tables, was discussed. Staff members offered some suggestions to this concern, which included the use of folders to during exams. Dr. Schwamb reminded staff that the furniture can be arranged in a way that prevent cheating at the meeting.

In terms of student responses, they have been quite mixed, but many surveyed said there are both components of the furniture they enjoy but wish were different.

The addition of green stools to allow for body movement well with students. See more | Page 2

PANIC! AT THE BUS STOP Overcrowding of TheRide Route 66 after school has some students waiting at bus stop for over 30 minutes when bus fills up past capacity

Students rush to the bus after school to secure a spot on the Route 66 bus. The overcrowding of the bus is causing some students to not get a seat and have to wait an extra 30 minutes for the next bus to come. Photo courtesy of Jacob Kreamelmeyer.

Alyssa Salamin | Staff Writer

There are three ways to get to and from high school everyday: by walking, by car, by school bus, or by alternative public transportation. The most commonly used alternative public transportation method at Huron High School is the Ann Arbor Transportation Association (AATA) bus system commonly known as “The Ride.”

Many students who live near Huron aren’t provided with school buses; they are giv-

en city bus passes instead. Throughout the years, there have been complaints from students at Huron about overcrowding on the city bus after school at Huron, specifically on “Route 66.”

“I’ve experienced overcrowding, and it’s just everybody pushing and shoving,” senior Bre’Oine Robinson said.

“There is no personal space, so you can feel the person breathing down your neck.”

Flood: 1, Library: 0 Sami Ruud | Staff Editor

36 iPads. 16 Chromebooks. 6 iMacs. 5 Dell computers. A copier. A printer. A monitor. Destroyed videos.

Ruined carpets. Fallen ceiling tiles. Books out of order. This was the shape the library was in as the school year started.

The cause: a major flood.

Gallons of water came pouring through the ceiling of the back cart room of the library and destroyed everything in its path. The water seeped out from the room to the tech office, the tech room, and out into the main library area. The exact date of the flood is also unknown, but estimated to be July 9 or 10.

The cause of the flood was originally a mystery to almost everyone. Emile Lauzzana, Executive Director of Physical Properties, said forensic engineers looked at it and couldn’t tell exactly what happened, although they thought that it may have been either an issue with draining and refilling the heating system or leaking when the floors were being stripped and waxed.

According to chemistry teacher Andrew Collins, the cause of the flood was found in the physics storeroom, where the science department discovered three full cases of printer paper completely soaked.

“When I went to move the paper and saw it was soaking went, I was like what happened here, and then I was like, ‘Hey, what’s right below us?’” Collins said.

“And I realized we are directly above the library.”

The roof of Huron is flat, so water is drained through pipes to the sewers to keep the weight of the water off the roof. According to science teacher Daniel Trevisan, there is a brand new pvc pipe in the ceiling, which means it was recently replaced, most likely over the summer.

“When they replaced that pipe,” Collins said, “I bet they pulled it out and the water that was on the roof just came dumping down. Then [the water] came down along the wall, flooded all in here.

You can see where it pooled right there, buckled the floor. Then over here, you can see where the three cases of paper were just soaked.”

There is a cabinet in the science storeroom that has obvious water damage, and the water seemed to have leaked under the cabinet and directly down into the library.

Jennifer Colby, a librarian at Huron, was informed about what had occured the day after the flooding was discovered when she went to pick up her new laptop at the district office.

“The head of the tech department at the time whispered in my ear, ‘you might want to go to your library, its been flooded,’” Colby said. “So I came over [to Huron] and I walked in and there were garbage cans full of water in the back, the big ones, full of water. Dr. Schwamb and Mr. Edmondson were back there, and they had just been told too. Everyone was just discovering that it had happened.”

The flood caused damage to

Along with Robinson, senior Dan Middaugh has ridden the city bus since his freshman year. Alike many other students at Huron, they take the first city bus to come after school, the 3 p.m. bus, Route 66 to Meijer.

“Before I started using the stop, I usually used the stop right outside of Huron,” Middaugh said. “There were two or three times where I’ve been told the

bus was full and I couldn’t ride it.”

Because of the massive numbers of people on route 66, many students at Huron are told they can’t get on that bus because it is too full. Then they have to wait 30 minutes for the next bus to come.

“It’s a pain,” Middaugh said. “I was pretty mad about it.”

The students at Huron get out of school at 2:36 p.m., so See more | Page 2

Flood causes significant damage to Media Center technology a large amount of technology that was stored in the back tech rooms of the library. According to Lauzzana, the total amount of damage of technology equals approximately $41,000, as Chromebooks, iPads, MacBooks, and a copy machine had water damage and needed to be replaced.

“Everything was replaced instead of repaired because water damage can’t be easily repaired,” Carrie Treech, Technical Specialist for Huron, Bryant, Carpenter, Allen, King, Mitchell, and Pattengil, said.

“Unfortunately, there may be residual damage that we are not aware of at this

point. Moisture can slowly erode technology, so over the coming months we may find more items that stop working once the erosion sets in.”

The library’s video collection was another big loss. About half of the collection was destroyed because it was stored in the room where the flood mainly occurred. The damages of just video and audio items totals to $12,000, and there was damage to other miscellaneous things that would cost up to $4,000 to replace, which totals to $16,000.

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Following the flood, the library was recarpetted, so everything had to be removed from the library. This caused major problems when the books didn’t get put back on the shelves int the correct order. Photo courtesy of Lauren Warren.

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Huron builds a rain garden Jack Harrison | Staff Editor

In late September, Huron became the first Ann Arbor Public Schools high school to build a rain garden.

The rain garden, undertaken

by Huron’s National Honor Society Chapter, was proposed by Junior President Julie Heng, in early 2018. Heng worked with Catie Wytychak of the Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office, Huron teacher Nicole Lemon, and Huron Administration to design and plan the rain garden.

With the support of the Huron administration and funding from Huron’s PTSO, the garden was completed on September, 29 between the Band Room and Media Center.

Rain gardens provide benefit to the environment by absorbing storm water runoff while preventing harmful toxins from entering the water supply.

Huron’s garden was built with two tiers known as berms, designed to hold water which can be filtered through the soil.

The process began on September 23, behind the greenhouse. In intermittent rain, around 20 students dug out two dirt terraces in the side of the hill before covering them with compost and mulch.

After Sara Roldan left Huron, Lemon became the NHS Advisor. The rain garden was one of Lemon’s first exposures to an NHS volunteer event.

“It was great to see so many students working together to add something beautiful to our campus that will

also help the environment by absorbing rainwater,” Lemon said. “The first work day, even in pouring rain, everyone worked hard, but still had fun with smiles on their wet faces.”

On September 29, another 20 or so students planted and watered native seedlings. They also sowed grass seed to cover the rest of the slope.

NHS member junior Luke Hurley heads the Beautification Committee. He helped construct the garden on both days.

“Building the rain garden was an amazing way for students to engage in not only how their school looks, but also how to control the environmental impact Huron has on the surrounding area.”

For Heng, she was proud to see the project complete, after proposals began in May of 2018.

“A lot of time you try to make a difference but it isn’t practical, but this was a project that was actually practical to pursue while being environmentally helpful,” Heng said.

This year, NHS plans to initiate even further projects related to the environment and other aspects of the community.

The NHS Induction Ceremony for new members took place on October 17 at 7 p.m. in the Ingram Theater.

More photos can be found on the newsboard located by the Finance Offic by the main entrance.

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1. Members of the Huron NHS chapter are seen working on day one. Specifically, they are digging the lower berm, which required digging eighth inches beneath the surface. 2. Senior Maya Harrington rakes mulch after it was placed on top of the compost. 3. Junior Luke Hurley uses a machine that mixes the composting with the dirt. 4. Catie Wytychak and Julie Heng level out the lower berm after it was dug.

Overcrowding after school on The Ride bus

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By Jack Harrison| Staff editor

By ALYSSA SALAMIN | Staff WRITER so they miss taking the 2:30 bus by six

minutes. They then have to wait 24 minutes for the 3 p.m. bus to arrive, once it arrives, if their denied the ability to get on the bus because it is full to capacity then they have to wait longer.

It’s an additional 30 minute wait for the next bus which arrives at 3:30 p.m.

This is a total wait time of 54 minutes from when students get out of school till when they can get on the bus, in the case that the bus is full to capacity. In addition, these students have to wait outside because administration doesn’t allow students to wait inside Students enter a city bus following a school day. Photo taken by Jacob Kreamelmeyer. the building after 3 p.m.

While the city bus drivers plains that once the amount of peotelling students they ple on the bus has While the AATA is using all of its can’t get on that bus filled up to the line, resources, there is still only one bus because it’s too full which is located on that is available to come at 3 p.m. to makes many students the floor towards Huron on route 66, leaving the buses angry, it’s the polifront of the bus, crowded. And while student accounts We are using all the the cy. While there is no the bus is consid- have confirmed that the bus drivers do maximum number of resources we have and ered “full.” The bus follow the full bus protocol, other stupeople allowed on the drivers must then dent accounts have confirmed quit the bus, there is a policy are backing up the notify the people opposite. On occasion, the AATA bus on when to tell if the buses as best we can waiting at the next drivers do skip stops without stopping bus is full and how to stop that the bus and ignore their trained protocol. handle it. Manager Stasiak

“Yes [the city bus drivers have is at capacity and of community relathat they can’t get skipped stops], but there was really no tions at AATA Mary space, so everyone on the bus didn’t on that bus.

Stasiak has explained

“We are us- even want them to get on,” senior that this is part of ing all the resources Nailah Norris said. “But the people their policy and part of what the bus we have and are backing up the buses [waiting] were mad.” drivers are trained to do. Stasiak ex- as best we can,” Stasiak said.

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Do students like the new furniture

“The spinny green stools are

better than the old furniture? fun to use when you want to spin around.

They are like big fidget spinners,” seniors Michael Rosales and Irusha Hawagama said.

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Schwamb acknowledged that the furniture is more modular, thus utilizing more space.

Students have had to adjust to desks being closer together 80 students a random were sampled at and for senior Odia random in the cafeteria Kaba, it has been difficult to do so.

“The new furniture makes the rooms very uncomfortable because of how cramped rooms now are,” Kaba said.

However, staff were encouraged to remove unnecessary furniture in their room.

Another adjustment are the chairs. Although they are more sturdy, some students wish that chairs were more movable.

“The new furniture makes class discussions difficult because they do not move very easily,” senior Basra Keynan said.

Dr. Schwamb reminded Huron staff that the furniture is not only visually appealing, but it also affords greater opportunities for student and teacher collaboration during class time. The staff is encouraged to explore and use the new furniture to further enhance both collaboration and the classroom learning environment.

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Samantha RUUD | Staff editor

The water also made its way into the main library, all the way past the circulation desk. Because of this, all the carpeting in the library had to be replaced. However, for this to actually happen, everything had to be taken out of the library first.

“Everything in here had to be moved,” Colby said. “The books had to be taken off the shelves and then put into boxes, the shelves and furniture had to be moved. Then the carpet was laid, and the shelves and books went back.”

Putting the books back proved to be one of the biggest struggles in the process. The movers who were hired were the ones who put the books back on the shelves, but they didn’t get put back in the correct order.

“We talked about how to shelves the books with them and they said they’d do their best,” Colby said.

“So we’re still working on getting everything back in order.”

The library was reorganized six years ago, where librarian Lauren Warren said they ran into the same problems reshelving the books. They were still working to get all of the books back

“If they said ‘here’s the money, you have to spend it this year,’ that would be unfortunate because we would have to make very quick decisions that maybe weren’t the best choices for the school,” Colby said.

The library is still working on getting everything back in order. New technology has recently been delivered to the school, and will soon be put into use.

in the correct order when the school year started.

After the flood, everything that had water damaged was recorded, and the list of technology and miscellaneous supplies was sent to the school’s insurance company to be reimbursed for the costs of the damaged. Colby says she hopes to use this as an opportunity to upgrade the video collection.

“A lot of the videos may not need to be replaced because a lot of

them are DVD’s and VHS’s, so they are not in a format that we can even use anymore,” Colby said. “Plus, a lot of the curriculums have changed and we have so many new teachers since the collection has been purchased that we might choose to buy different things.”

Colby also mentioned that she hopes to be able to use the money over the span of multiple years so they are able to make purchases that would benefit the school the most.

Left: Following the flood, the library was recarpetted, so everything had to be removed from the library. This caused major problems when the books didn’t get put back on the shelves int the correct order. Photo courtesy of Lauren Warren.

Top Right: The video collection is covered with parts of the ceiling tiles and water. Most of the video collection was destroyed in the flood.

Photo courtesy of Carrie Treece, Bottom Right: All library contents including books were placed into boxes when carpet was replaced. Photo courtesy of Carrie Treece

Opinion The Student Publication of Huron High School

Adviser Sara-Beth Badalamente

The Politics of our Judiciary System- calling out both parConservative Corner Jack Harrison | Staff Editor

Staff Editors Jack Harrison Julie Heng Samantha Ruud

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Political labeling

When pres- However, they should idents and members not be viewed through a Judicial Activism of Congress call for justices of their party, specific ideological view- Unfortunately, even they unfortunately point. judges themselves label their choices as have begun to think either “conservative” of themselves as polior “liberal.” This is cy makers. In the last especially true with decade, judicial activPresident Trump. At many of Trump’s ism has become increasingly apparent, rallies, he throws out the term “conserespecially with challenges to the Trump vative judges” as an accomplishment to Administration. Judges think that his agenda. they have a right to legislate, challeng I have an immediate issue ing the president on matters that are with this view and system. Judges clearly legal. Several judges challenged have a right to have political opinions President Trump’s Travel Ban, notably and vote in elections. However, they U.S. District Judge Derrick K. Watson, should not be viewed through a specific while the Constitution clearly outlines ideological viewpoint. Today, Supreme that presidents have the power to Court nominees are prevent immigration being viewed as deif there are security fenders or lawmakers risks, as the Supreme of a specific party.

Court thankfully It prohibits states from recognized. I do not Although the judge himself interfering with the fed- agree with all aspects or herself may not the decisions, but eral government’s exercise of feel they are ideoit is important that logically persuaded, of its constitutional pow- judges do not make these labels politicize rulings based on their ers, and from assuming the justice system. feelings.

Appointments and any functions that are On matters of illegal confirmations are exclusively entrusted to immigration, judges now viewed as the are upholding that right versus the left. the federal government. states and cities can And the implications Cornell Law on the Supremacy Clause legally not comply are serious. The pubwith the Justice lic may now either Department. A feddoubt their justice eral judge in July of system, or worse, 2017 allowed California to not comply develop the same mindset that judges with the Justice Department’s orders are lawmakers subject to lobbying and to crack down on illegal immigration.

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Editor-in-Chief

scrutiny.

Part of this politicization is due to the media. They over amplify coverage of hearings, running titles about the right and left clashing over judges, and imply that those involved in the confirmation process are representative of the entire party. When Americans see these headlines, they will a right to more likely view conhave political opinions firmations and judges through a partisan and vote in elections. lens themselves.

America used to have an independent justice system which served as the foundation of the interpretation of laws. But today, our judges are being viewed in particularly partisan ways.

Our judges themselves are becoming politically motivated.

And what takes place before judges are appointed is especially Judges have concerning.

The Supremacy Clause clearly outlines Furthermore, Garland and Kavanaugh that States must cooperate with federal agreed 93 percent of the time when laws. they both served on the D.C. federal

The Congressional hearings appeals court. before judges are nominated are where

We should not live in a culmost of the politics takes place. And ture with a judicial system where the recently, “playing politics” has hit a new accused has to prove their innocence. low: purposely withholding potentially damaging information to prolong a Constitutionalists Supreme Court nomination.

Recently, President Trump

The duty of judges is to nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the uphold the rule of law and use our Supreme Court, and after several alleconstitution as the guide for their gations of sexual assault surfaced, his decisions. The term “Constitutionalist nomination became subject to much judges” is typically associated with scrutiny. judges that Republicans appoint. From

The character of Judge my viewpoint, and yes I understand Kavanaugh was smeared during the there is a bias here, republicans believe nomination process, but some may in upholding the rule of law and the believe it was rightfully so. Death constitution, so therefore they appoint threats were made to his family and to judges that reflect this—which is the Dr. Christine Ford’s job of a judge. In othfamily. I believe that er words, all judges Dr. Ford’s motives should be constitumay not have been tionalists. politically charged, I applaud the Democrats Unfortunately, the though her legal media portrays on the Judicial Comteam was very liberal, judges that consermittee for calling for an vatives appoint to be including Michael Bromwich, a Barack FBI investigation and for legislators when it is Obama ally, and complete oppotheir concerns about how the Debra Katz, the Vice site. Liberals like to adamantly opposed Kava- accuse republicans Chair of a George Soros organization of legislating from naugh was to it. and vocal protestor the court. But some of Neil Gorsuch’s of the most importconfirmation. ant rulings are from

If the Dem“Republican” judges ocrats truly cared that agreed with about Dr. Ford, the allegation would the “liberal wing.” For instance, Chief not have been leaked, or dealt with so Justice John Roberts voted to uphold late in the process. Dr. Ford did not an Obama Care and Justice Anthony want to make this public. There was Kennedy voted for gay marriage. a private hearing. There was time to

Currently, we have come conduct an FBI investigation in private to a time where members of a major with relatively minimal media coverage. U.S. political party are calling for the But instead, the process was dragged abolition of ICE—the removal of an out for politics, fueled by the mainorganization that intercepts terrorism stream media. and human trafficking—that is critical

I applaud the Democrats on to protecting our citizens and borders the Judicial Committee for calling for from drugs. And if these viewpoints an FBI investigation and for their conmerge into our legal system, Americans cerns about how adamantly opposed should be worried—and it is beginning Kavanaugh was to it. But as I suspected, to do so. it did not yield the result they wanted,

When justice isn’t preserved, so it was invalid. how can we preserve a just society? We

And the irony of all of this cannot. It is your job to tell your repreis that Republicans played politics to sentatives to keep the rule of law alive, prevent Merrick Garland’s nomination. with no partisanship.

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Route 66 is getting crowded: what can students do?

Staff Editorial

Every day at 2:36 p.m., students begin their 303 meter (three football fields) walk to “The Ride” bus stop on Huron Parkway. The bus route that begins there, Route 66, has recently experienced some overcrowding issues.

The first of the four stops of the 66 is a very plain area, while the second has some stones to sit on. The third sign is on some grass, and stop four is past stop three; I’ve never seen it. It’s always lots of people at three out of four stops, and that’s just Route 66, not Route 3, another main route near Huron. From the remaining people that ride the 3, what plagues the 66 doesn’t plague the 3 (to my knowledge). On the 66, by the third stop, the first stop to the left of Huron, most if not all seats are taken.

This may not seem like much, but due to some teens preferring to listen to loud music over authority figures, they don’t move back. It also isn’t helped by the bus driver not being very loud: they seem to be at a raised voice level rather than yelling. It usually

means that the other bus riders tell the students to move back. Thankfully, the standing students move back a decent amount rather than moving by one step and saying they moved. I would feel pretty confident that the other students are saying to move back only to get the bus moving so they can get home instead of trying to be a good samaritan. Luckily, once the people getting on the Huron stop (the stop right outside Huron, with little walking to do) have gotten on there is almost no one else getting on. The huge crowd of people on the bus also means it’s quite loud, but not unbearably so.

Really, I feel like the way for buses to be less crowded is for people to find other ways home, like carpooling with a friend, walking, or taking a later bus home. The best way to take a later bus home is to join an extracurricular activity (but not Huron Players, they stay very late). Or, call the ride and request more route 66 buses at 3-4 p.m. Either way, it’s a win-win.

Graphic by Bill Beaune.

What does it mean to be Femme today?

Cierra Slater | Staff Writer

The word “Femme” is used as both an adjective and a noun in the Queer Community and it holds many other meanings to numerous people. It all boils down to typically having something to do with femininity. The word originated from the french word “femme,” meaning “woman,” but it became associated in the Queer Community after it migrated to America and became the counterpart to the lesbian identity “Butch.”

In 1950s America the underground club scene was dominated by working class individuals of the LGBTQIA+ community who had little to nothing to lose if they came out to the world. Butch-Femme dynamics rose around this time with Butch women presenting in more masculine ways than their Femme counterparts by wearing dapper suits and hats and taking more of a dominant, protective role during protests against homophobes. In the 1960s and 70’s a part of the Lesbian Separatist Movement discouraged the use of “Femme” and “Butch” because radical lesbian feminists found lesbian gender roles to represent an oppressive replication of straight relationships. They were forced into the underground club scene from after of being discriminated against by their own community because lesbian

feminists favored an androgynous gender free image over expectations. Nonetheless, the terms “Butch” and “Femme” resurfaced in the 1980s when Femme-Femme relationships became acceptable. Femmes were able to separate themselves from butches and find their own value by becoming their own lesbian gender.

The meaning of Femme has shifted from simply meaning “feminine presenting lesbian” to meaning “feminine presenting queer person” which has caused some lesbians to get upset because a word that was exclusive to them was broadened without notice. A majority of gender non conforming people in the LGBTQIA+ identify as “Femme” or “trans-feminine”.

Women who don’t identify within the LGBTQIA+ Community have taken to wearing shirts with the word “Femme” across the chest and even though it’s clear how the word can be seen as some sort of “girl power” slogan or a reference to the French meaning, its still not okay to appropriate. If wearing a shirt with any kind of word on it it’s important to recognize all connotations.

What we can all take away from this is, the term Femme is close to the heart for a lot of individuals in LGBTQIA+ community so the word should not be thrown around or used as a design for a high priced t-shirt without further research.

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Dollar store pencils Shannon Stocking | Staff Writer

year-old American tourist sitting next

They were just Dollar Store to me leaned over and looked under pencils. The kind that you find lying the seat. He hadn’t said a word all day, in the hallway kicked underneath the but he was smiling now. He stood up lockers. The ones where the lead breaks and plucked a white plastic bag from easy and the erasers do nothing but his backpack. He reached into the bag smudge. But the pencils made the little and pulled out a package of pencils. kids happy. They crowded around our He handed out a few more before he yellow Jeep, probably the most excitehopped down into the crowd of kids, ment they had in their tiny village for opened the pack and started distributa while. Almost none of them were ing the Dollar Store wearing shoes and yet pencils. We followed. they were jumping The same pencils up and down on the that lie forgotten in Chico was the first one rocky dirt road for the the corners of the Dollar Store pencils. who recognized us as we classrooms at schools,

Chico was each kid clutched pulled into the village. the first one who excitedly. They didn’t recognized us as we Maria, our guide, yelled fight over color like pulled into the village. out his name as our Jeep we did at that age. It Maria, our guide, didn’t matter that the slowed down to a halt. yelled out his name as erasers didn’t work on our Jeep slowed down He turned around and most of the pencils. It to a halt. He turned was just a pencil, and smiled. around and smiled. It that’s all that matwas a wonderful smile. tered.

He was missing a cou I handed one to this ple of teeth, but most little girl. Her long, kids his age are. His dark tangled hair black hair was pulled back in braids, fell down to his shoulders, softening his and she was beaming. She didn’t stop harsh jawline. Maria hopped out onto smiling the whole time we were there. the street and hugged the toothless Her pink dressed matched her apple kid. They talked for a little before colored cheeks. he sprinted into the concrete-block

“¿Puedo tener un otro lápiz building on the side of the road, which por mi hermano?”: Can I have another we found out later was the local school. pencil for my brother? She asked.

The whole building was wrapped in a

“Si,” I responded and handcolorful mural. Seconds later, Chico ed her two more. She hugged my legs returned, followed by a gaggle of kids. before running back to her friends.

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I was out of pencils and returned to the Jeep. I climbed back to my seat and just sat there. I didn’t talk. No one talked. We were shocked at how five packs of dollar store pencils could make us feel. We were a bunch of American tourists: pasty, pale, camera-lugging, innocent idiots who wanted to “experience and explore the Mexican culture.” This wasn’t the Mariachi bands or Day of the Dead or any of the hundreds of religious celebrations that we had expected. This was a group of little children, and we made their week by tossing and handing to them cheap Dollar General pencils.

We reeked of sunscreen and bug spray and sweat, and, as we pulled away in our yellow Jeep Cherokee, the little kids chased after us, their bare feet kicking up dust, clasping their Dollar Store pencils, laughing, calling us to return. The younger kids fell behind and dropped out, the older kids continued to run along side and then behind us, and we cheered them on until we took a corner, and we finally lost sight of them.

I sat in the back seat, next to the 40-year-old bald guy, and I fiddled with the empty plastic bag. The price tag was still on it. Twelve pencils. One dollar. On sale today only.

But they weren’t just cheapo pencils, the kind that are dropped and forgotten and swept up into corners and tossed out by janitors. They were a special gift. They made the little kids happy.

A pastoral view of Mexico. Photo by Shannon Stocking.

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Political corectness in today’s society: how much is too much

I was told to watch my mouth when I was young. TIme and time again I was taught that there were simply things you should and should not say, and I trusted my educators to draw the line for me. But soon I was no longer a child, and I decided that I could probably draw the line myself, so naturally, I pushed it. What seemed to be black and white quickly began to develop shades of gray, as “should or should not” blurred into “Why shouldn’t I?” Eventually, the de facto way to push the line was with jokes, for amongst friends, almost nothing seemed off-limits, and we’d break into resounding laughter with each increasingly morbid jest. But it’s different now; the “should and should nots” of days long gone are back, and they’re more distinct than

ever. Gone are the days when spouting whatever immediately came to my head was somewhat acceptable, where little to no filter existed between my brain and my mouth. Now, humor is slowly growing to resemble a minefield, and now my “witty remarks” need to be inspected before they make their journey into this strange, frightening world.

In recent years, a resurgence in political correctness has begun in earnest and it’s stronger than ever before. People from all walks of life unite to collectively seek the respect that they should have been rightfully entitled to, raging against those who would deny them of such a privilege.

Day by day, these sentinels of speech defend the oppressed and wage verbal war against their oppressors, ensuring that this world is free of discrimination and social injustice. Naturally, it would

make complete sense that the world of and large alike were struck by the palm comedy, a medium devoted to pushing of social justice, with hours of arduousthe line, would bely constructed matecome one of the most rial disassembled by frequently disputed disapproving critics battlegrounds for this who only needed acNow, humor is slowly new movement of cess to the Internet. social justice. Soon, growing to resemble a While most comedieven comedians, ans dismissed these minefield, and now my locked in an endless critics as little more quest to create new “witty remarks” need to than pests, many material, found their be inspected before they underestimated the tongues tied. It was power an ordinary paramount that every make their journey into person with internet remark would be this strange, frightening access possessed, revised and adapted often to disastrous world. for this new, sponresults. taneously offended But is this new audience, as more movement the right people grew fearful direction for the anof the coming storm that the politically cient art of comedy? Many picture the correct could bring. Comedians small extremist factions of PC culture as the

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David Shen | Staff Writer

forefront to these new crusades, visualizing a horde of perpetually dissatisfied and easily inflamed bloggers leading the charge. Yes, these people do exist, and I do believe that they are detrimental to the movement as a whole. But at the end of the day, while their methods may vary in extremity, the politically correct inevitably seek equality above all. As for the rest of us, laughter is a sacred, beautiful thing, and its disruption seems like a futile and petty in contrast. If someone says something slightly questionable and several people take it the wrong way, should their stab at humor be condemned and punished?

As long as the intentions prove to not be malicious, I say everyone should have the chance to create laughter, and the words of the dissenting few should never overwhelm to approving majority.

Mental health: toxic masculinity is killing our boys Charolette Bunch | Guest Writer

Even as a girl, I grew up hearing the words “man up” when someone thought I needed to be tougher. Boys hear this phrase constantly, and what they hear is that there’s something wrong with them. When a coach tells his players to “man up”, he is basically telling them that they way the feel is less important than the constant tough demeanor that boys are taught to always have.

The suppression of their feelings and emotional thoughts throughout their lives cause a huge effect on the mental health of men. To make things worse, they likely will try to deal with it on their own and not reach out to a mental health

expert.

Let me guess, because I have a good feeling I know what you’re thinking right now.

“I’m not that surprised.”

If I’m correct, that’s great because we’re on the same page here. I’m not surprised, you’re not surprised, and pretty much everyone and their grandma isn’t surprised. The truth is, there’s something really unhealthy going on with the way we have been raising boys.

The social norm for boys is make them be dominant, feel barely any emotion, and God forbid be gay.

The push from society for men to embrace the “boys don’t cry” mindset is toxic. Men have to prove their dominance daily to their peers, and the

expectation for them to be a brick wall 24/7 is the reason why they don’t reach out when experiencing mental health problems. The disapprovement of vulnerability that men are taught from a young age makes them conceal their feelings and feel afraid of asking for help because they don’t want to look weak.

A 2016 survey commissioned by the American Health Foundation revealed that men are much less likely than women to reach out for help when it comes to their mental health. The survey was completed by 2,500 people and revealed that one third of women told someone about their mental illness within a month of it appearing, compared to only one quarter of men.

To add to that, more than a third of men chose to wait more than two years to tell anyone or chose not say anything at all. In fact, men likely won’t even disclose their mental illness to a family member or friend.

This tends to lead to rebellious or irresponsible behavior, which in many cases is drug use. The 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health asked seventh to 12th grade boys what the motivation is for opioid use and it revealed that rule-breaking and sensation seeking, both characteristically aggressive (or masculine) behaviors, were the main reason behind it. Men have been programmed in such an odd way that they believe that being a drug addict is better than being emotional.

Why do we keep boys from feeling? They’re human beings. If boys have emotions and girls have emotions, what makes the girls’ emotions more valid? Let’s make men confident in themselves and who they are. They need to know as much as women that what they’re feeling is valid and getting help is a normal, healthy thing. Humans are not liquids or gases, we’re solids. Men won’t take the shape of the box society forces them in. They’re only going to hide behind a curtain of shame because they didn’t.

Raise boys and girls the same.

Who you are on your own is valid and that’s something everyone should hear.

Students’ voices: How has toxic masculinity impacted your life or health?

Manit Patel and Rachel All| Staff Writers

“I means there are higher standards for me as a person.”

“I feel like there are higher standards for everything. My parents have high expectations for my grades and school.”

“I feel like I am expected to do well in school. I feel like I am expected to do more athletic things and be good at science and math”

“It is creating a negative atmosphere in the locker room. During practices it creates a seperation between teammates and changes perspectives from upperclassmen to underclassmen.”

“My father felt he didn’t feel like he needed to be there for us because that’s what ‘men’ do. He felt like he needed to be there for other families.”

Sarah Lastname, freshman

Mark Kerekes, freshman

Rohit Garikipati, freshman

Jon Wang, senior

Taliyah Morgan, senior

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Video game intro: Fossil Fighters Daniel Middaught | Staff Writer

Finally! I get to talk about this game, even though it feels like nobody remembers it. There are three things to know: Dig, Clean, and Battle! This won’t be an all inclusive intro, but my Touhou Project one wasn’t all inclusive, so I feel like it’s okay. Let us begin.

Gameplay Mechanics:

To start, this game has few random encounters. The only encounters you’ll run into are opposing fossil fighters that want what you just dug up. You should give up that fossil rock if you don’t think you can get a better cleaning score on it (more on cleaning in a moment). In the field where you dig up and gather fossil rocks, there are objects on the ground that you can break with your pickaxe. These objects can have gold (G) the in game money in them. Now for something that you may love or hate: cleaning.

The Basics

When you dig up fossils you have to clean the bones in order to revive the Vivosaur, and reviving is a short term goal. The goal of the cleaning is to remove as much rock from around the fossil as you can in 90 seconds without damaging the fossil too much. I myself don’t mind, as getting fossil rocks is a nice break from cleaning. Cleaning is more of a skill test, rather than RNG shenanigans. There is some chance things, like sensitive rocks (which probably means damage) and the rewards in dark fossil rocks. You can get redbones that give an extra 25 points to your score on the fossil. This means a perfect score of 100 grants 125 total points on a red fossil.

The points measure how well the fossil was cleaned. Zero to 50 points is a failure; 51 to 89 points is a success; and 90 to 100 is a smashing success (ignoring red bones). I should also mention that dark fossil rocks are immune the x-ray and the drills, meaning you have to use the hammer on them. You can find gems in dark fossil rocks, as well as a dropping fossils. Give the dropping fossils to Nick Nack, who will give you

gifts in return. The rewards are a dark fossil rock with a ruby inside after one, a dark fossil rock with a random red boned fossil in it at ten, a dark fossil with a colossal diamond inside at twenty, and at thirty dropping fossils, you get an underwhelming dropping mask.

To dig up dark fossil rocks, you need the second lesson from Sam Inaro, a teacher in Rivet Ravine. His first lesson allows you to see colors on fossil rocks.

Vivosaurs and Elements

The colors indicate the Vivosaurs element. The colors are green for Air, blue for Water, red for Fire, yellow for Earth and white for Neutral.

Jewel Rocks stay brown. Dark fossil rocks have no elemental indication.

The weakness loop is: Air is strong against Water, Water is strong against Fire, Fire is strong against Earth, and Earth is strong against Air. Neutral, has no weakness or advantage. How I remember the weakness loop is Air blows away Water, Water douses Fire, Fire scorches Earth, and Air can’t blow away Earth. However, there is a sixth type: Legendary. It acts like Neutral, the only difference being Legendary is special and the dino medal coloration is black. You can only obtain them in post game as rewards. You can only have one Legendary Vivosaur during the main game, and it’s for a limited time.

Controls

The controls are the D-Pad to move, and hold the B Button to run. In an area where you can find fossils, use the L and R shoulder buttons to use the radar to find fossil rocks and the A button to swing your pickaxe. To note, you won’t find colored fossil rocks or dark fossil rocks until you learn about them, and before some sonar upgrades, you can find regular rocks. One of the sonar upgrades is the Fossil Chip, which allows you to dig up new fossil rocks.

The Fossil Filters lower the chances of finding normal rocks, with Filter 2 removing the chance completely.

Upgrades

Monitor upgrades, which are

the cheapest, give you a bigger monitor to see where more rocks are. Speaking of upgrades, they’re available from the shop. An important (but optional) upgrade is cleaning upgrades. The cleaning upgrades are 25,000 G and they are the Super Drill and Hyper Hammer. All they do is increase the speed of cleaning and do more damage if you aren’t careful. Also, if you aren’t sure if the rock is frail or not, start with the drill. Unless it’s a dark fossil rock, drills don’t work. Now, all of the G you need for the upgrades might seem rather daunting at first, but this is where Jewel Rocks and dark fossil rocks help out. Jewel Rocks are easy to get a 100 points on, meaning they’ll fetch a good price. This is the same with gems in a dark fossil rock. The jewels are Small Pearl, Emerald, Diamond, Double Pearl, Sapphire, and Double Diamond in regular Jewel Rocks. The dark fossil rocks exclusives are Rubies, Giant Pearls, Quad Diamonds, and Colossal Diamonds. A note about rubies is that they sell for 5,000 G in Fossil Fighters, but they sell for double in the sequel.

The Caracters

The first character I want to talk about is the Hero himself! In game, the Hero has no actual name as the player is supposed to decide that.

However, in the Fossil Fighters manga (yeah, there was a manga), he was called Hunter, so that’s the name I’ll use.

The color of Hunter’s outfit depends on what dinosaur the player chooses as their favorite Vivosaur. The outfit shown in official art are the “Nychus colors.”

Rosie

Rosie is the next character I want to talk about is Rosetta “Rosie” Richmond. Rosie (her nickname) is a courageous and determined, albeit spoiled companion. Whenever something goes wrong, she tends to insult other characters. For example, when a teleportation device wouldn’t work, she said “Well, fix it Lizard-Face!”

She tends to enter a panic when in a troublesome situation, but she is a loyal friend. She also has quite a temper, but

Crazy Rich Asians is crazy fun

The year is 1993. Consider this: every student attending Huron has yet to be born, Ruth Bader Ginsburg just joined the Supreme Court, Bill Clinton just became president, the beginning of Friends is still a year away, and gas is $1.16 a gallon. This is also the year that the last western produced film featuring an All-Asian cast, The Joy Luck Club, was released. It has been so long to make another that this year, we have two movies about Ruth Bader Ginsburg! The short version of this story is that no one believed that a film with an Asian cast would make any money, and we can see now that they were quite wrong. Crazy Rich Asians just became the 10th highest grossing movie of the year I suppose the real question is why is it so good. I have been tasked with finding out.

Now, the best thing about Crazy Rich Asians is the comedy. From the characters specifically created for comedy, such as Nico Santos’s Oliver T’si’en, to more dramatic characters like Michelle Yeoh’s Eleanor Young and Gemma Chan’s Astrid Young Teo, every character in the film gets at least one good laugh. Santos especially gets several laughs in the film as something of a “Gatherer of Goods” for the family who tries to help Rachel Chu, our protagonist, in overcoming the judginess of Eleanor. Speaking of Rachel, she joins in on the fun with a lot of great lines and jokes throughout the film’s 121

Crazy Rich Asians brings diveristy to the rom-com.

minute run time. Overall, it’s a hilari(A Simple Favor and Monsoon) For a ous movie and one of the best comedies newcomer, who was actually the host of the year so far. of a travel show before an accountant

Something else that shines for the film recommended him for the in Crazy Rich Asians are the visuals. part of Nick Young, Golding does an The director of the film, John M. Chu, amazing job for his debut performance. is quite prolific, having directed films But it doesn’t stop there, the entire cast as Step Up 2: The Streets, G.I. Joe: is really good in one of the best cast Retaliation, and two seperate Justin ensembles of the year, which may even Bieber documentaries. While many earn it a Screen Actors Guild nominaenjoy those movies, tion.

Chu steps up his Finally, the last visual game here. thing to talk about Chu throws togethin the positives is Crazy Rich Asians is er many elaborate just the huge impact set pieces, amazing helping Hollywood usher this made in Hollycostume design, and It did what a in a new age of diversity wood. some great visual lot of movies don’t effects that combine and equality. do today, it took to make one of the a huge risk with a most visually beaudiverse cast. This year tiful movies of the we have had many year. The editing and movies try to branch cinematography defiout and really make nitely add a boost to an impact. Black these aspects of the film, the elaborate Panther was the first superhero movie wardrobe sequences in the film are to featuring a primarily African-American fun as Eleanor telling Rachel that she’ll cast, Ocean’s 8 rebooted a classic film never be good enough for her son is to (for the 2nd time) with an all female sad, the very definition. cast, and Love, Simon was the first film

Speaking of Eleanor, Michelle produced by a major Hollywood Studio Yeoh gives just one of the fantastic to have a gay teenage protagonist. If performances that can be found in this you pitched these films to any big time movie. Constance Wu expands on her Hollywood executive ten years ago, talents from the show Fresh off the they’d tell you those would all bomb at Boat and is great in the film. Howevthe box office horribly. They couldn’t er, the big surprise is Henry Golding, be more wrong, as in the United States as this is his very first movie, and he alone, Love, Simon made 40 million has two more coming out this year! dollars, Ocean’s 8 made 139 million dollars and Black Panther is the highest grossing movie of the year at 700 million dollars. Now Crazy Rich Asians joins the party with just having been released just a month and a half ago, making 166 million dollars. Crazy Rich Asians is helping Hollywood usher in a new age of diversity and equality.

Now, it isn’t perfect, but no movie is.

It does suffer from the classic movie ailment that it’s too cheesy. However, nearly ever rom-com has that problem.

It has a predictable plot. Overall, it’s the one thing that the movie doesn’t do extremely well. However, it is a bit of a nitpick as it still is such a great movie, and I am certainly anticipating the sequel.

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Daulton Meadows | Staff Writer

is an eagar and loving character…mostly. Another thing about Rosie is that she has bad luck over the course of the game. Here are a few instances are, she gets trapped by Denture Sharks, (sharks with dentures, hence the name), kidnapped by the BB Bandits (this game’s evil team), and is hit by a regression ray which turns her into a triconodonta (one of the earliest known mammals).

However, Rosie is one of Hunter’s love interests, like Duna Nichs.

Duna

Duna first encounters Hunter during chapter four, and is encountered

by Hunter multiple times later. Later, Duna is revealed to be a Dinaurian, an alien race that can turn into dinosaurs.

When she appears during chapter four, she frees Hunter and Rosie from Captain Woolbeard’s Captain’s Quarters, stating that she was looking for something. She also watches Hunter and Rosie when they get a molted-bug shell for Nick Nack. They see Duna in the area they go to find a sandal fossil, and Duna gives it to them. Duna next appears in Chapter six, when Hunter goes to Mt. Lavaflow. When he sees that the entrance is blocked by a boulder, Duna appears and destroys the boulder, and they both enter the mountain. Another boulder is found deeper in the mountain that Duna also destroys. Eventually, her holographic disguise fails, allowing Hunter to see her true form and attacks Hunter because she can’t allow anyone to see her like that. When you defeat her, Duna is surprised. An earthquake occurs immediately after which traps Duna under a boulder. Hunter destroys the boulder, freeing Duna. Duna is confused why Hunter saved her after she attacked him. Another earthquake happens, and Duna leaves. There’s more to Duna and the Dunarians than this, which is plot vital and you should find out those details by yourself.

BB Bandit Trio

Next, there’s the BB Bandit Trio. To compare them to something from Pokemon, they’re similar to Team Rocket from the anime. Howev-

er, instead of being Jessie, James, and Meowth, the trio is instead comprised of Rex, (who is a dog), Snivels (Nose in the Japanese version due to his large nose), and Vivian (Lady in the Japanese version). Also, Vivian is the leader. Let’s discuss each member in more detail. Rex is an intelligent male dog that stands on his hind legs and he even participates in fossil battles!

He is the least experienced member of the BB Trio, but he can still put up a fight. When you talk to him, it can be assumed that he has British accent and may be British. He also speaks Doglish and only Snivels and Vivian can understand it without a translator.

Now, let’s talk about Snivels. When the trio first meets Hunter, Vivian says that Snivels can smell better than Rex! As proof to this, he knows which gum flavor Hunter or Nevada Montecarlo has. Now, trio’s boss, Vivian!

She seems to have fun bossing Rex and Snivels around and isn’t impressed when Hunter defeats them, even to the point where she refers to them as ‘those wimps.’ There isn’t that much about her, other than the fact she and the BB Trio help Hunter in defeating her boss, she likes fruit, and she doesn’t have a signature Vivosaur. I will not spoil the name of the BB Bandits leader, I think you should discover that yourself.

Overview

As I said, it feels like I’m the only person who remembers this game and the small trilogy it had. I will do a review of Fossil Fighters and Fossil Fighters Champions, but not an intro for Champions. My recommendation for Fossil Fighters is very high. If you enjoy Pokemon a lot, you’ll enjoy this game. It was even made by Nintendo as a Pokemon alternative. I think it’s good due to the skill and light strategy involved in the battles, and the plot is much more detailed than generations one through four, ignoring Platinum.

It’s available for $25 on Amazon used in very good condition. However, these are my opinions. Really, you should play it for yourself and find out if you think it’s good or not.

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Sit Back and Relax: Yoga

Alyssa Salamin | Staff Writer

Namaste, a word you’ve probably heard before, is used as a respectful greeting pulled from Indian culture. Namaste is also used commonly here at Huron High School, specifically in Huron’s new yoga class. Teacher Sara Smigell has been instructing physical education and health at Huron for three years, and now she is taking a personal practice of hers and turning it into an enjoyable class for students to learn from: Yoga class.

“I used to teach in Farmington,” Smigell said. “All the schools there had yoga, and I saw all the benefits that the students had from the classes. I said [to Huron administration], ‘I’ll teach it, let’s bring it here.’”

Smigell has been practicing yoga for 18 years and is a certified yoga practitioner. She enjoys yoga and is excited to be teaching it to the students at Huron. Yoga has been a class at Huron for two years now and has been growing more popular among Huron students.

“I took yoga because I wanted a class this semester that could help me relax and not add stress to my life,” junior Vivian Barrett said.

Barrett, along with multiple other yoga students, chose yoga because it is a class that you can truly relax in and stay stress free. Not only was it an obvious choice for relaxation, but some

students chose yoga to help with their physical abilities.

“I feel like [yoga] would help during basketball season,” junior Reeya Patel said.

“With all the [basketball] workouts and getting sore, [yoga] helps with the stretching. Also, it’s a stress reliever.”

Smigell gives one pretest in the beginning of each yoga course, the flexibility test. One of the major skills that is improved throughout the course is flexibility.

“[Yoga] is going to help not just the physical body, but the mental and emotional side as well, creating that balance,” Smigell said.

“Uniting it all together in one experience.”

Yoga can also help with one’s mental health. Senior Shelby Harris is taking Yoga for the first time. Since joining she has enjoyed the class and can see how it improves her life in many ways.

“[Yoga] keeps me so mentally healthy for the rest for the day,” Harris said. “I would definitely recommend [this class] to other students. It’s such a peaceful experience. It’s literally an hour of focusing on YOU, and I think that with all these classes, sometimes what we need it to have ME time.”

Turning something simple into a success: Jack Harrison | Staff Writer

Senior Steven Chettleburgh is highly considering studying business in college. But he isn’t just taking economics classes at Huron or watching Shark Tank marathons every night. He’s actually running a business.

Chettleburgh remembers pulling weeds and raking leaves for his neighbors when he was just a fourth grader. These were simple tasks, but it would soon become a full time service including advanced lawn care and snow shovelling.

“I’m interested in business because it takes a variety of different skills and allows you to do something new every single day,” Chettleburgh said.

Today his business, Steven’s Garden Service, services neighborhoods across Ann Arbor.

In fact, he even employs three others. Chettleburgh’s job consists of managing his employees, which includes coordinating their work locations, tasks and dates. Chettleburgh still does work

though, but typically more difficult tasks that his employees are not trained for. Pulling out weeds on a large property would be a task for his employees, whereas planting would be in his realm.

Junior Penoyar, Chettleemployees, mowing his lawns as a school Several of cus-

Nathan one of burghs began neighbor’s middle student.

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moved away and he became connected to Chettleburgh.

Penoyar had no doubts about having an employer who actually attends his high school. However, academics and work balancing was more of a concern.

“It’s been tough balancing work and school,” Penoyar said.

“Sometimes I plan to stay after school in order to workout, but then I have a job pop up that I have to do instead.”

Chettleburgh enjoys doing this work, as he is able to put into use what he has learned in business management courses.

He emphasized that involvement in service is critical to understanding what the profession entails and if it fits one’s interest.

“Managing people and doing the actual work you’re providing to people cannot be achieved through reading a textbook,” Chettleburgh said.

Chettleburgh also thinks the profession caters to anyone interested and creates a fair path for those in

pursuit of a career.

“Anyone can do business, and that’s what’s so great about it; you don’t have to have a 4.0 GPA or even go to college and be successful,” he said. “It’s one of the only professions with an even playing field.”

Chettleburgh explained that summer time is the most successful season for his business, due to the flexibility he has and demand for services. Specifically, he mentioned he and his employees made approximately 200 dollars each every week.

But during the school year, it’s difficult to balance work and school.

“The biggest challenge is having it fit in with everything else because a customer may want a job done a certain day, and they don’t realize you have homework for every class,” Chettleburgh said.

He acknowledges that his employees, who are also high school students, work hourly and decide which tasks to undertake.

Chettleburgh explained that his experience with his business has taught him to set reasonable expectations in not just business oriented parts of life.

The real learning has come from the skills required to manage others.

“There are tons of people interested in business, but they do not know if they can manage people. Managing and doing work is quite different,” he added.

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Chettleburgh promotes his company through Next Door, which includes specific home care services for neighborhoods. He also relies on referrals and neighborhood connections.

Chettleburgh plans to leave Ann Arbor for college, but he hopes to rebuild a similar business in college.

In his free time, he enjoys playing his clarinet and, occasionally, he’ll watch a Shark Tank episode, observing how entrepreneurs make their pitches.

To entrepreneurs with aspirations, especially other high school students, he suggests to keep a balance between education and work, only doing what you can.

“Start with a small scale business that’s manageable and then work your way up,” he added.

“A lot of times people want to quit because they fail at something, but the more you fail, the more likely it is that you will find success.”

Senior Steven Chettleburgh smiling in his Grden Service shirt.

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From floor to board

Julie Heng | Staff Editor

If it wasn’t for gymnastics, he wouldn’t have taken seventh place at the state diving championships last year.

Senior Kyle Huehn quit gymnastics two years ago, as a sophomore. Due to constantly being injured, Huehn was often unable to compete.

So he made the transition to diving.

“The only reason I got seventh in Division I is because of my experience with acrobatics,” Huehn said. “Because I could take all my skills.”

Diving uses the board as momentum - using the springboard in this way is similar to vaulting.

Gymnastics values strength training, which helps with positions in the air.

Legacy Diving Club produces national level and college divers every year. Two seniors from Skyline just committed to Indiana and Michigan, respectively. Legacy divers are always among national qualifiers and medalists.

Currently, practice is four days a week, three and a half hours a day.

Every session involves comprehensive training: stretching, ab workouts, plyometrics (boardwork, jump training, aerobic exercise), diving, and warmdown stretching.

Senior Kyle Huehn used to by a gymnast. But due to too many injuries he took his tumbling skills and transfered them to the pool. Now Huehn is an award winning diver. Photo by Sonali Narayan

Winter Swim and Dive Cheer Sports Information Monday Nov. 19; 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the pool No tryouts

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Informational meeting Monday Oct. 21 in the Athletic Lobby (No tryouts)

Official tryouts: Thursday Oct. 25; 5 pm in dome gym

Girls’: Nov. 12-16; 3:30-6:30 in the Dome gym

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1: First doubles team max Brodkey and Anvit Rao up at the net against Saline. “As a team, we have what it takes to win,” Brodkey said. 2: Nikhil Girish and Vincent Tremonti, Huron’s four doubles team, ready to play. 3: Sahil Shah uses his mad hops to return a volley. 4: Sophomore Vincent Tremonti returns a volley while senior Aayush Unadkat and junior Sammy Clyde look on. 5: The team joins for a group huddle before the match.

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After losing in the last round last year, all eyes are watching River Rats to see if they can bring back the title of state champions. The last time the boys’ tennis team won the state championship was in 2016. Many will be watching the electric duo of sophomore Vincent Tremonti and junior Nikhil Girish who will enter the MHSAA tennis states as the #1 seed in the 4 flight.

The younger of the dynamic duo, Vincent Tremonti, has been playing since a young age, and is in his first year playing for Huron.

“Nikhil and I won our flight at regionals, which is flight number 4, we are ranked number one in the state for that flight,” Tremonti said about himself and his doubles partner. “And we’re looking to win states this year.”

Tremonti is coming back from being out the last season due to a fractured hip, but he accredits a lot of his improvement and his play this year to the fact that he put in a lot of work during the offseason, after his recovery from the hip injury.

“I think Nikhil and I have a good chance to win states this year,” Tremonti said. “We beat all the top teams in our flight, but as a team, it’ll be tough. But we’re good. It depends on how the singles do.”

Tremonti started playing tennis at 9 years old. That early start helped him make varsity as a sophomore and created many memorable moments like this.

“My favorite moment of the season was when Nikhil and I were playing in one of the last matches in regionals for the number one seed going into states,” Tremonti said. “We were against Pioneer; we went into a third set tiebreak, and, when we won, we were very hype.

But as a team, winning regionals was amazing. We tied with Pioneer in the regular season, but at regionals we dominated them, and the atmosphere was amazing.”

The chemistry between Girish and Tremonti is unmistakable.

“Vincent and I have been bonding all year, we’ve played a lot of matches together so I feel like we have good chemistry, and we know each other’s weaknesses and strengths,” Girish said.

That chemistry has led to the number one seed in the state, and only two losses for the unrelenting duo.

Girish has high hopes for the Rats come States.

“Three out of our four doubles flights are seeded number one, so we should do really well. As for Vincent and I, we are the one seed in our flight so I’m highly confident that we can win this year,” he said.

Girish also credits his offseason improvement as the biggest factor for his improvement between last year and this year.

“Last year I was an alternate so I didn’t do much, but the team overall didn’t do bad,” Girish said. “ I just kept practicing my singles skills over the offseason. I was originally trying out for singles, but it in turn helped my doubles skills because they overlap. I ended up being on the doubles lineup.”

The camaraderie between the two has led to very momentous moments “ There was one point in the Troy match where we had an awesome rally consisting of a lot of back and forth shots, and I won the point with a drop volley, which was a huge turning point in the match. My favorite moment as a team was senior night a couple days ago, cutting the cake, and watching the seniors play their hearts out was amazing.”

You don’t wanna bet against this duo. They’re on fire and ready to take over at states this year.

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“It’s the carbon-hydrogen bond that breaks, not the carbon-oxygen! Oxidation occurs when oxygen BONDS with the material!” shouts Anvit Rao as he frantically compares his answers with Max Brodkey before chemistry class.

This sort of rowdy banter and intense discussion can be expected as the two are good friends and are both very passionate about their academics. The two juniors can go from talking about oxidation in chemistry to high school tennis in a matter of seconds, because they are preparing for the Men’s Varsity State Tennis Tournament that starts next week. Both Brodkey and Rao are former state champions and are optimistic about competing for the same title again. While the two have played as partners in the past, it is the first time that they will compete in the state tournament as a pair.

“We needed to either place first or second in regionals after winning sectionals, and we won regionals,” Brodkey said. “I feel confident that as a team, we have what it takes to win because Anvit and I can count on at least making it to the semi-finals. We do every year, and it is just a matter of keeping our cool.”

Keeping their cool. A simple idea that was explained by the duo as having a good mindset going into the match and keeping it throughout.

“Not getting angry and losing focus,” Rao said. The two have experienced in the past what it was like to get aggravated and lose focus.

“We have played against players who have deliberately tried to distract us before,” Rao said. “They were very obnoxious and even racist at times. It was difficult to ignore that.”

The duo has strategies to counter this and to fight back while staying focused. They gave an example of a counter by explaing a way they communicate seacreatly using hand signals before they serve.

“A fist means we do not move. A thumbs up means that we are going to fake a net move and an open palm means that we will poach or attack the return,” says Brodkey. The duo hopes to use this strategy in their upcoming match with Grosse Pointe.

“They are a strong doubles team,” fellow varsity player Nikhil Girish said. “They have good chemistry.”

Chemistry. This is a measurement of the compatibility of a team and its use is growing when talking about a team’s strengths.

“Team chemistry has long been sought after as the holy grail of high-performing teams,” says Chester S. Spell Ph.D., a professor at Rutgers University. This idea of chemistry is an idea that can be heard all the time when talking with the tennis team at Huron, and not only because they enjoy science class.

The idea of chemistry plays a big role in their strengths as a team. Huron High School’s Men’s Varsity tennis team certainly has this “holy grail,” and it will hopefully lead them to yet another state title.

“We have what it takes to win,” Brodkey said. “We just need to pool our strengths and keep our cool. Hopefully we have another legendary year.”

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This is the newly released controversial ad featuring Colin Kapernick, the NFL athlete who took a knee during the national anthem back in August 2016.

Burning products won’t keep Nike sales down Manit Patel | Staff Writer

“There is not such thing as bad publicity.”Phineas T. Barnum. Nike used this quote throughout the creation of the recent advertisement campaign for it’s 30th anniversary featuring controversial athlete Colin Kaepernick.

August, 2016 was when a movement that has changed the course of the sporting world forever. Colin Kaepernick took a knee. He took it not to disrespect the flag or the country, but to create a change for oppressed minorities. The protest sparked outrage all across the country, and even the president took notice of the fact that Kaepernick was kneeling. However, what the people did not know was that this protest was inspired and brought to Kaepernick’s mind by a former Green Beret. In addition, he currently has a collusion case in court against the NFL on the grounds that he was blackballed from the league due to the protest. He was released from his 6 year, 114 million dollar contract by the San Francisco 49ers after he began kneeling.

“I completely agree with what he’s doing because he’s fighting for the rights and equalities for not only African-Americans, but other people of color as well,” junior Divine Obi said.

The outrage died down for a while. People forgot about the protest and players that knelt

to the flag during games were rarely in the news.

Then Nike resumed the conversation. A poster was released with Kaepernick’s face on it saying, “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.”

Many people were outraged by the fact that Kaepernick “sacrificed everything” while only kneeling for the anthem. But he got paid 26 million dollars to “sacrifice everything” while citizens in the military were risking their lives to protect our lives here back in the U.S. Kaepernick used his platform as a nationally known quarterback in an attempt to gain the attention needed to support his cause and his stance.

“ He thought it was about time someone decided to take action because if Kaepernick didn’t do it, someone else wouldn’t have done the same,” Obi said.

Many people do not know that there is a verse in our country’s national anthem where Francis Scott Key writes about the genocide of slaves from Africa. There is a verse about the killing of your classmates ancestors. The anthem itself is from an outdated time in where African-Americans were even more unfairly treated than they are now.

Nike declined to comment on the the ad-

vertisement. However, the advertisement’s effect on Nike has been fairly positive as can be seen by that their sales and stock prices have increased. Along with that, the advertisement included a local high school athlete, Grand Blanc’s Alicia Woollcott who was a starting linebacker on her high school’s football team and was named the Homecoming queen as well. She appeared in the advertisement earning a place among the like of Serena Williams, Shaquem Griffin, and Colin Kaepernick. After the advertisement’s release, Nike’s stocks have gone up to around $85-90 a share, setting the company’s all-time record. Coupled with the fact that Nike’s sales have gone up 31 percent, the company isn’t complaining about the criticism of the campaign. The social media response was split about 50/50 with most people that lean to the left of the Liberal-Conservative scale accepting and embracing the ad, while the people who tend to lean to the right renounced their Nike products. It has even gotten to the point where ex-Nike supporters have began burning their Nike products in an effort to protest the endorsement of these athletes and this cause, but as long as they bought the product, Nike is still making a profit at the end of the day.

Rerate Sophomore Annie Costello has broken the varsity 6-dive record - three times.

Costello broke the previous record of 280.85 set by Katie Gerhardt in 1993 by two points on September 20 at Huron vs Pioneer dive meet at the Ratatorium. The next week, she broke the record again, with a score of 290.85.

Then again the week after, with a score of 297.00.

“I was super excited because I had been wanting to do that for a while,” Costello said. “It’s just cool to break a record.”

Costello improved almost 7 points between these meets that each took place only a week apart, which is challenging to do, especially when your score is already high.

“I’ve tried to practice trouble areas to improve my scores and reach this goal,” Costello said.

Sophomore Annie Costello, taking a dive into the water at a Huron Swim and Dive meet.

Costello is performing a front double flip pike off of the diving board.

Costello is continuing the front double flip pike, keeping her body parallel to the water for the perfect pike position before hitting the water.

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Huron’s feild hockey team blocks the goal, keeping the opposing team from scoring.

Their quest to be the best David Shen | Staff Writer

The Huron women’s field hockey team is a force to be reckoned with. Years of growing coordination, companionship, and confidence has transformed a diverse cast of players into a singular, cohesive machine.

For some, almost a decade of experience makes the field seem like home. For others, it’s a new frontier to explore.

“Our team has so much potential, and we have such a strong team if we actually put our minds to it,” says senior Minna Tremonti, field hockey captain.

Last year, Huron’s team was undefeated for the entire season. This year, they have not replicated this achievement. But the team chooses to look at these losses optimistically, devoting more and more time to rising once more to assume the mantle that they had held in the previous year.

“It sort of put us in perspective about coming back even stronger for the rest of the season,” Tremonti says.

Tremonti, a hockey veteran of nine years, is charged with the gargantuan task of leading her teammates through these aforementioned transformations - a task equal parts enviable and unenviable. In her decade of experience, Tremonti has not lost her unwavering love for her chosen sport. Few can deny the willpower required

to endure these seemingly never ending tests of strength and endurance, but Tremonti doesn’t seem to mind.

“It’s just the one thing I’m passionate about, really,” Tremonti says.

In fact, she’s passionate enough to continue her field hockey career in a higher echelon, namely at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where she was recently accepted. While admittedly anxious for the transition, Tremonti believes her shift should be not unlike her previous progression from middle to high school. At the end of the day, Tremonti knows how to adapt herself to new surroundings and new teammates.

For now, however, she’s focused on the present and emerging from the season victorious with the team she knows best.

“I understand these people. I know their next move. I know what they’re going to do next,” Tremonti says .

Unquestionably veterans of field hockey, the team has learned to ignore the doubt that may grow in moments of loss. A close game is never a lost game, and these moments of doubt are the most crucial parts of any competition. The goal of any strong team is to push past the emotional turmoil, keeping a clear objective in mind: the drive to claim victory.

Michael Jordan in the the same club as he is, his car crashes, and he attends a four-man tryout for the Portland Trail Blazers. These three events are what is defined by Desmond Ferguson as a part of the most life-changing days of his time alive. Since those life-changing days, Ferguson has expanded his career and changed his life. For one, he’s no longer a NBA or foreign leagues player. He is, however, a successful entrepreneur and business owner. His company, Moneyball sportswear, based out of Lansing, Moneyball supplies many high school sports team with uniforms for game day

His story began like this.

“ On a Monday night, I didn’t know where my basketball career was gonna go, I was in some foreign league making $200 a week,” Ferguson said.

“Then I get a call two hours later from my agent saying I had a workout with the Portland Trail Blazers.”

At this point, he’s still trying to process the fact that he got a tryout with an NBA team, and he idolized some of the players on the team such as Zach Randolph, Damon Stoudamire and Rasheed Wallace. As he was driving from Rockford, Ill. to Lansing, Mich. he stopped at his friend’s house in Chicago and spent the night there also. So his friend and he decided to go to the club where he saw Michael Jordan.

“I’m sitting there hollering at

this girl, and she’s looking at Michael Jordan,” Ferguson said.

Following that random encounter, he drove to Lansing to see his alma mater high school play in the state quarterfinals. The next morning he had to drive to the airport to fly out to Portland for the tryout.

“It was raining, and we were probably going about 65-70 miles per hour, and my car flips all the way around, and next thing you know, I’m facing traffic,” he said. “All I see is death in front of my eyes. I was in the first lane, and went from that lane to the ditch on the far side. I had a big ‘ole knot on my head like Mike Tyson hit me in the head in his prime. I missed my flight, and I missed my opportunity to earn a 10-day contract.”

Ferguson caught another flight to Portland and was there on time for the workout. He worked out against three other guys with a big knot on his head, and he said he received funny looks from his tryout competitors.

He then attended a Trail Blazers -Houston Rockets, game. A representative from the Trail Blazers approached him and informed him that the Blazers were planning to offer him a 10-day contract. He chose to stay instead of go back to Michigan. He then ended up playing out the rest of the season with the Trail Blazers before playing internationally.

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"I get that it's very stressful, especially in this school environment. I personally have never had anyone come in over standardized testing."

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"Although standardized testing is used by colleges to measure students agsinst each other, it is not the best method."

Do students still take the ACT?

Every month, math teacher Philip Eliason receives a top-secret package in the mail. This confidential box, containing about 125 copies of the ACT, goes straight to the back of a storage closet.

Eliason has led the ACT process at Huron for over 20 years now. As the building supervisor, he's in charge of hiring proctors and coordinating classroom set-up. In those 20 years, only one test has been cancelled due to inclement weather (ACT did offer a free retest option). Once, there was construction on the roof. Another time, the football team was practicing in the stadium, and the announcer's voice drifted all the way down Huron's east wing. Both times, Eliason had to find a solution halfway through the test.

Otherwise, there's been no trouble with his side of the operation. It works. That's why Eliason thinks some students still choose to take the ACT, even though it's no longer offered by Michigan schools: for some students, the ACT just works.

"Some schools give flexibility where you can superscore the ACT," Eliason said. "Some students prefer the ACT because of its style of questioning."

The benefit of having both test options available in Ann Arbor, then, is to allow students to show off their bests.

"I think [standardized testing] is useful as a diagnostic but shouldn't be used as much as it is," Eliason said. "it's a way for students to be turned into numbers but we're overtesting, reading too much into outside factors." He notes that economically disadvantaged students cannot use the same resources or testing opportunities (each ACT without essay costs $46.00 apiece) as other students.