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College Night open to all on April 19, encourages collegiate exploration PHOTO BY LINDSAY STANEK ’16

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE// Lauren Beach ‘16 of North attends College Night last year at South.

College Night, this year at North, will feature over 100 representatives from different colleges.

ZOE EVANS ’17 // Pulse Social Media More than 100 colleges and universities will set up informational booths at North for a district-wide College Night on Tuesday, April 19 from 6-8 p.m.

Run by representatives and alumni from the various universities and colleges present, the college booths will conglomerate in the North gym and hallways to provide students and their families information to prospective students, counselor Beth Walsh-Sahutske said.

“For most of the schools, it’s open for conversation and information,” Walsh-Sahutske said. “For some of the schools, they’ll have a presentation similar to a college visit here at South.”

Those coming as college representatives are often the evaluators who first view submitted applications, Walsh-Sahutske said.

“This is the time to come in with questions that you want to know,” Walsh-Sahutske said. “The whole experience can be very overwhelming.”

The colleges that will be attending college night

include the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Harvard and Central Michigan University, as well as others in state, out of state and both public and private universities.

College Resource Center adviser Elizabeth Naporano said she recommends students and parents come in with a list of questions, so as not to get overwhelmed.

“It can help underclassmen to narrow down the list of schools they want to apply to and for admitted seniors to make the final decision,” Naporano said.

Naporano said the turnout for last year’s College Night was 1500 people. College Night is a part of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC).

“This is a Grosse Pointe South/Grosse Pointe North-hosted event, but we did invite the private schools and the St. Clair Shores schools,” Naporano said. “But please bring all schools and relatives, no matter the school.”

Here are adviser Elizabeth Naporano’s critical questions to ask when talking to a college representative: WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND CLASSES?

WHEN DO YOU NEED TO DECLARE A MAJOR?

ARE THERE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE?

WHAT ARE THE EXTRA ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS ON CAMPUS?

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM GPA AND TEST SCORES NEEDED TO GET IN?

WHAT ARE THE STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES?

IS THERE FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE?

ARE THERE SPECIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS?

WHAT IS DORM LIFE LIKE?

IS THERE GREEK LIFE?

SA canned food drive to benefit those less fortunate Cervone said she had wanted to start a food drive for Distelrath said they (SA) are going to have a prize but Marcus Garvey since the summer time, and she realized they are focusing more on bringing in food items and that South hosts events like this through SA. the cause instead of trying to win a prize.

“I knew they (SA) were looking for something differ“I can’t speak for everyone, but I know that eating is ent than what they had done in previous years so that something I don’t really even think about and being able is why I decided to contact Laura Distelrath,” Cervone to have access to snacks or just to eat a healthy lunch said. and dinner, things like that,” Distelrath said, “I think it’s SA adviser Laura Distelrath said something I definitely take for grantsince they are catering to the needs I don’t really think kids ed.” of what young kids would like to eat Harris said that the prize is just realize the problems peoduring the day in the summer, the list an additional incentive for students ple face literally ten miles of food items SA asks students to bring but SA hopes that they focus more on from their house ... some consists of nutritious and appropriate the cause since it is a very important, even less. items in response to this occasion. more personal cause.

EMILY CERVONE ‘12 “They (Marcus Garvey students) “We have donated to the Salvation don’t have consistent food to rely on Army in the past and it’s a really great during the summer, so we are going to cause but we can’t see where the food be collecting items to help these families that are really goes, we don’t know who’s taking it,” Harris said, “So in need to be able to take food home with them and then donating it to this school is more touching and close to be able to provide lunch and snacks for their kids during home and it makes it a really significant way to give back the day during the summer,” Distelrath said. to others.”

Cervone said they are asking for regular canned Cervone said that the school is only less than 10 miles items, but also things like juice drinks, nuts, shelf-stable away from South, reiterating the lasting importance of milk, whole grain pasta, olive oil, peanut butter or an as- the cause of this food drive. sortment of other non-perishable foods.

“I think it is extremely important for people in Grosse In accordance with SA’s traditional food drive, the Pointe to realize how privileged they are,” Cervone said. food will be collected in third hours, Harris said.

“I grew up in Grosse Pointe, and started working in the “Basically each class is going to be given a checklist city at age 16. I don’t really think kids realize the probof the items that the school has requested and whoever lems people face literally 10 miles from their house... completes the most number of checklists will win a prize some even less.” of $100, and that $100 can be put towards anything,” Harris said.

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The girls varsity soccer team will take on North today at 7:30 p.m. on our home field.

Juniors MME testing continues from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Classes will be held in reverse order.

ARIANA CHENGGES ’17 // Pulse Section Editor As experts speak to the community about preventing the use of drugs and alcohol, the Grosse Pointe War Memorial Church will be hosting The Family Center on April 14, Executive Director of the Family Center Deborah A. Liedel said.

“The idea of this prevention is we have a whole variety of different speakers available where we have a part one session and a part two session,” counselor Beth Walsh-Sahutske said.

Those who attend can choose to see two out of the four sessions provided, Walsh-Sahutske said. Each talk is 45 minutes long and the four sessions are “How to Raise DrugFree Kids”, “A Surveillance Report”, “How to Start The Conversation with a Youth or Loved One” and “Prevention Techniques”.

“Not only do we have lectures being held at this event, but also oneon-one conversations with pharmacists at the resource tables that are available all evening to those who are even more interested in this topic,” Liedel said. “This allows folks to have follow-up conversations with different related individuals and organizations, making it a resource program.”

The mission of The Family Center is to respond to the needs of the community, Walsh-Sahutske said.

“When it comes to drug and alcohol abuse specifically, it is not new by any means in this community or in our culture these days,” Walsh-Sahutske said.

Families in the community who worry about the impact peer pressure or social media influences on their kids life involving drugs and alcohol will gain advice and perspectives from this opportunity, mother Jackie Elliott said.

“I think this is a wonderful organization that has put together a well-known problem in the community to prevent others to follow into these footsteps or for people who are struggling within any age group to come and listen to these experts speak about personal life or death situations,” Elliott said.

This program has many outstanding presenters who speak from the bottom of their heart about the own obstacles, Walsh-Sahutske said.

She cited Scott Masi, who will speak at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., and who works at the St. John Providence Brighton center for Recovery. Masi lived this life as an addict and speaks from the perspective of someone who is an academic and a specialist, but also someone who knows what it’s like to be in addiction, Walsh-Sahutske said.

“One of the nice things The Family Center is doing is they are going to videotape all of these different speakers,” said Walsh-Sahutske. “You might have a hard time choosing, but you can go back later on The Family Center website and watch the videos of the other ones.

Even though it’s more engaging to see first-hand, it’s a great second chance.”

This event will be held this Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. Admission is free and anyone in the community is welcomed.

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OLIVIA FREDRICKSON ’16 // Staff Writer his upcoming week, from April 18-22, Student Association (SA) will be hosting their annual food drive in students’ third hours that is partnered with Marcus Garvey Academy for the first time this year, SA co-chair Rachel Harris ’18 said.

“They’re in desperate need of basic food for their kids because what happens all the time is they get food during the school year, but once summer hits, their family can’t supply them with food, so often the kids are hungry during the summer,” Harris said.

Volunteer at Marcus Garvey Academy Emily Cervone ’12 said via e-mail when she began working at Marcus Garvey in the summer program, she heard there were problems making sure the kids were getting enough food to eat.

“At the end of the camp luncheon, I had a girl walk up to me and ask to take home the hamburger buns,” Cervone said. “I told her we didn’t have any meat left, but she still wanted them. I saw her stuff the bags of hamburger buns in a huge plastic trash bag, along with other kids in the camp.”

Harris said Cervone was the individual who came up with the idea to have South partner with Marcus Garvey for a canned food drive.

“When the idea was first brought up I thought that it would be a really great idea because personally, I take my food for granted,” Harris said. “I would eat lunch and I would be like ‘I’m full’ and throw away the rest of my food, but the kids at this school can’t afford to do that.”

Family Center event tomorrow focuses on substance abuse prevention

The Date Auction will take place on Thursday in the auditorium at 7 p.m. <see page 7>

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Annual canned food drive makes beneficial changes to localize donations

Standardized tests should not define our future MY VIEW

Gillian Elliot ’17

This week at South, the Junior class will be taking the SAT. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a forecast for how well a student will perform during their freshmen year in college.

Ever since elementary school we have had to take standardized tests to evaluate how successful we are doing in comparison to other schools.

Some colleges require this score to be presented when applying to their school.

The stress of college and how your future reflects off these scores is alarming to many.

All the preparation put into these tests is ridiculous for the outcome. Parents pay tutors boatloads of money in order to have their kids increase their score just a few points, so why don’t we pay more attention to these tests in school? Sure, we do practice tests occasionally, but if these tests project how our future will be why don’t we have a specific class on every test taking technique proven to be effective on standardized tests?

When it comes to test taking, I’m horrible. English and reading have always been my strongest, but math and science have never clicked in my brain.

The most challenging part for me to understand about these standardized tests are that not everyone is at the same level in the curriculum.

Someone may be in regular math and another may be in calculus. It’s not fair to test the two on the same thing, when one may not be at the same level to obtain the information. These tests don’t define intelligence, so they shouldn’t define your future.

Everyone has felt that pit in their stomach when they received a below average grade on a test, but when they score low on a standardized test, they feel worse.

There is a fine line between the importance of standardized tests and until we magnify that line, standardized tests will live on.

CARTOON BY: JEN TOENJES ‘16

To localize the annual canned food drive this year, Student Association has renamed the event “Food for Friends,” with donations going to Marcus Garvey Academy in Detroit, as opposed to the Salvation Army.

Marcus Garvey Academy strives to aid their students. The pre-K to 8th grade school provides after-school tutoring to their students, as well feeding them dinner every night until 6 p.m. South’s drive aims to support the school by supplying canned food, which will in turn aid up to 130 families.

Previous food drives have received anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 cans, and we as a school should strive to not just match those numbers, but exceed them.

This food drive is a meaningful opportunity to reach out and support a community that we would otherwise ignore, as well as an opportune moment to, through our charitable endeavors, reflect upon Grosse Pointe’s relationship with Detroit.

The tale of our two cities is a hushed, touchy subject. The relationship between the Pointes and neighboring Detroit communities has been long marred by barriers, both physical, as in the case of the Kercheval roadblock, and socioeconomic. While Detroit Public Schools, (Marcus

Garvey Academy included) is currently at the mercy of turbulent legislation battles happening sparked by teacher walkouts, South is meanwhile insulated from such problems. It’s easy to pay little regard to the city outside of our comfortable bubble, and our tendency to set aside the issues hitting Detroit spawns isolation and even prejudice.

Reaching out to Detroit Public Schools and extending a helping hand is a positive step towards understanding one another. We oftens draw lines we are too scared to cross, and we build walls high enough to blind us from the problems surrounding us. And the fact of the matter is that all of that is unnecessary.

We can be the generation that will strengthen and embrace a healthy relationship with Detroit, a sister city that we cannot possibly ignore.

South has many events throughout the year that help out the community, however, much like the December’s annual Adopt-A-Family event, this is a more personal endeavor. This is a chance to make a direct change in the lives of people in our local area.

We, as an editorial board, support this change, and we encourage the entire student body to as well, as we make strides towards making a positive difference in the community surrounding us.

OUR VIEW // EDITORIAL

HUMANS OF SOUTH

“When I was younger, I always wanted baby chickens, so I grabbed one of the eggs out of the fridge not knowing they had to be fertilized or anything. I kept it in my room for a long time thinking it would hatch, but it never hatched. I basically kept a regular egg in my room. It kind of started smelling almost, but it was when I was younger, so I don’t really remember. I was just, I loved animals.

It was just weird the fact I kept an unfertilized egg in my room. I thought the egg would hatch, but to my disappointment, it never did.” - Lana Temrowski ’16

“It was a Friday night, and it was really cold. It was freezing rain.

Varsity soccer was playing North. It was a very close game where there were consecutive shots between both sides. It was a really physical game. Sebastian Simon ’18 and Ryan Kotas ’17 scored. There was a 50/50 ball in the air. Sebastian jumped up in the air with the keeper, and it went in. It was pretty cool since it was the winning goal. I’m the keeper and North tried to do a bicycle kick on me, but I saved it. After the game everyone piled on top of each other. It was the Wounded Warriors game, so we had this huge ceremony. We all gathered around and started cheering.” - Morgan Clevenger ’17

“In seventh grade I was giving a speech in front of my grade. It was a three-minute speech, and I was almost done. I only had a couple more sentences left. Maybe a paragraph. Then all of a sudden this buzzing started going in my ear, and I couldn’t really hear anything.

I was getting dizzy. I raised my hand because I thought something was wrong and then I passed out, and I woke up in the hallway with a teacher.” - Garrett Bollenbacher ’18

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Wednesday, April13, 2016

Central Libr ary updates atmosphere, including more comp uters, to increase student resources

Farms expansion to bring more lunch options to South students great idea because it’s such a small store and is very crowded,” Zak said, “It will benefit South kids at lunch because it won’t be as crowded and lines will hopefully move faster.”

Brian Garvey ’16 attends Farms about two to three times per week, and agrees with Zak that expanding is a good idea due to long cashier lines.

“I wish they would have more efficient cashier lines, because the lines get really long and your food gets cold when you’re waiting in line, it’s just a debacle,” Garvey said, “I think having the two buildings would be a lot easier to navigate the lines.”

The expansion will hopefully solve the crowing issue at lunch and other times, Swanson said.

“We are going to have seats and tables on the second floor and it will definitely not be as crowded, and we expect to have twice the registers that we have now,” Swanson said.

Farms is a great place for South Students and the community to eat, and the expansion will only help their business and success, Garvey said.

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students will not change either JACK HOLME ’17 // Page Editor “We will (still) have the many resources entral Library closed its students have relied upon for research,” she doors on April 3 for 8-10 said. weeks of renovations to Kitchel said she does understand, modernize the interior. though, that it will be inconvenient for stuThese renovations will create a beaudents during the renovation. tiful, comfortable and flexible multiCass Tech student Owen Dolle ’18 agrees media library experience, according that it will be inconvenient. to a statement issued by the Central “It’s going to be hard for me (to have the Library. library closed) because I don’t “The students will have a printer at home,” Dolle find a welcoming atsaid. “And this is where I print mosphere with more The students will find all my stuff.” seating, more study a welcoming atmoDolle said he visits the lispace including two sphere with more seatbrary 3-4 times a week on a small study rooms, ing, more study space regular basis. and more computincluding two small Luke Bove ’17 said the reners,” Peggy Kitchel, ovations will inconvenience Assistant Director of study rooms, and more him as well.

Grosse Pointe Pubcomputers.”

“Well, to be honest, that is lic Libraries said via PEGGY KITCHEL annoying because finals will e-mail. “The re-arbe coming around soon and Assistant director of Grosse rangement of the Pointe Public Libraries that is one of the few places I interior space will can concentrate,” Bove said. make the library ap“I would like it better if it pear larger, yet the were renovated during the summer. Some square footage will not be changed.”

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to get books,” Bove said. “But I would rather have it be renovated in the summer because I won’t be studying, because summer.”

While students may lose a physical space to study and work on homework during these renovations, South Media Specialist Courtney McGuire said the community has other resources available.

“Kids will have to consider Ewald (the Grosse Pointe library locating in the Park), but there are so many friendly establishments that are conducive to studying with free Wi-Fi like Starbucks and Panera,” McGuire said via e-mail.

For students who aren’t able to study at public buildings, McGuire suggests a using places where the distractions are limited.

For students who enjoy studying at a library, Ewald and Woods branches will be open full time, including Sundays from 1-5 p.m.

“The students and the community are going to love the re-design of the space at Central Library,” Kitchel said.“The library will have an open look, just as it did when it first opened. It will have that great mid-century modern style and comfortable feel.”

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CALLIE ZINGAS ’16 // Staff Writer Fresh Farms Market has begun their expansion process by first tearing down the Pointe Fitness Center on the corner of Fisher and Grosse Pointe Boulevard.

“We are taking our market all the way to the corner, and after expansion it will be about 22,000 square feet,” Farms manager Mike Swanson said. “We expect to be finished expanding by May of next year.”

The expansion would benefit both the South students and Farms as a business, Cameron Zak ’18 said.

As far as the benefits for Farms as a business, Zak speculated that the store will increase its success after expansion.

“I think Farms will be successful after expanding because they get a lot of good business from South kids,” Zak said, “and their expansion, I think, will draw in more customers because their food options will increase.”

As far as specific new food options, Farms will offer a variety of new products.

“I know we talked about a sushi bar, a smoothie bar, a lot more fresh juices,” Zak said.

“They are going to expand the bakery much bigger and offer a lot more prepared food stuff like salads and that type of thing.”

Zak attends Farms on average once a week, and said she is very satisfied by the food and service she receives.

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BLUEPRINTS // Floor plans for the renovated central library. This new atmosphere is designed to offer a better N study environment for students, including more computers.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

living the american dream

First generation students and immigrants share their stories and provide input on the immigration debate migration status.”

SHANNON MCGLONE’16 // Copy Immigration, he stressed, is an issue Editor One in five Americans are immi- of humanity. A sentiment that echoes grants or first generation citizens, as now as it has throughout history.

And as the number of immigrants reported by the United States Census Bureau. And those numbers are only grow so do their children, first generation Americans who share not only two climbing.

According to the Pew Research Cen- (or more) cultures, but a close look into ter, if this trend does indeed continue, what it means to be part of a Nation of immigrants who arrived after 2005 and Immigrants.

When he was only 6 years old, Martheir children will make up more than 82 percent of the United State’s popula- garet Sohn’s ‘16 father arrived in the United States with his mother and fation by the year 2050.

“Reform is needed to accommodate ther from South Korea, seeking a better the immigrants entering the country,” life.

“His parents came Zoe Pidgeon ’16 said. here for economic But this tendenI’ve realized the sacreasons,” Sohn said. cy will continue only rifices and hard work “My haraboji (grandif the United State’s father), he’s an engicurrent immigration my dad and grandparneer, and he got his laws remain in efents have made for our fect, and a shadow of family. It makes me think post-graduate degree at the naval academy. doubt has been cast about how other immiMy halmonee (grandover these projections grants must feel, even mother), her sister in light of the 2016 though I’ve lived here was already here too.

Presidential election.

Things weren’t great This election year my whole life. in Korea at the time.” has varied cuttingMARGARET SOHN ‘16 Living with the ly on the subject of success of her father’s immigrants and imand grandparents migration law, with Ted Cruz and Donald Trump rallying efforts have given Sohn a unique perfor a wall on the Southern Border of spective on immigration, she said.

“I’ve realized the sacrifices and hard the United States, Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio for a “fence,” and Bernie work my dad and grandparents have Sanders decrying the entire notion. made for our family. It makes me think Trump has expressed a desire to halt about how other immigrants must feel, the approval of Muslim migrants into even though I’ve lived here my whole life,” she said. the country.

The current political climate towards But while most of the rousing and publicized discussion regarding immi- immigrants and immigration, however, gration from presidential candidates has unsettled her, she said.

A lot of people are mad because has been about those who entered the United States illegally, reforming poli- they think that they will take our jobs cies that are already in place for those … I don’t think that’s necessarily true,” entering through the system are just as Sohn said. “But if they really loosened big a part of these politician’s plans--at up (the immigration laws), it would get least that’s what their campaign web- out of hand. It’s a very fine line. People are trying to figure out where to draw sites say.

Immigration, however, is more than it.”

Culturally, Sohn believes America a topic of numbers and politics, according to François Crépeau, a Canadian would suffer from a decrease in forlaw professor at McGill University who eign-born people entering the country reports to the United Nations-based should immigration become more limited, saying that diversity is one of the Human Rights Council.

In a 2011 address to the U.N.’s Gen- keys to social and economic progress, eral Third Assembly, he said, “Migra- because it inspires innovation and nortion concerns us all and no state can malizes diversity.

Pidgeon feels similarly, while also escape from its obligations under international human rights law to pro- noting how an influx of immigrants tect and ensure respect for the human boosts the economy, an idea supportrights of migrants, irrespective of their ed by data from the Fiscal Times. Their

claim is that without an abundance of low-skilled immigrants in the work force, the price of hotels and restaurants, for instance, would rise for consumers. As well, non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents make up 56 percent of engineering doctoral degrees, 51 percent of computer science doctoral degrees, and 44 percent of physics doctoral degrees, and therefore an irreplaceable presence in the highly-skilled workforce.

Pidgeon’s parents are no exception, both being college-educated. Her mother is from Canada, and her father is from Ireland, before he migrated to Windsor with his family.

“They came to the U.S. kind of on a whim,” Pidgeon said. “They both applied for the lottery for greencards… and my mom won. Shortly after, they were married so the greencards were offered to both of them,” Pidgeon said.

Her parents decided to move to the states because they saw greater job opportunities in Detroit.

As well, Pidgeon said, the United States has set a precedent to allowing those who would like to change their situations a chance to do so.

Local Doctor Margarita Peña-Morris, also stressed that the United States was “founded heavily upon,” immigrants and their hardworking nature from watching her own parents, who migrated from Ecuador in their early twenties, seeking economic improvement.

“These people are working hard and contributing to society,” she said. “Immigrants are important to moving this country forward.”

She and her parents, she added, have a special appreciation for living in the U.S. after working so diligently, as well having experiences largely free of discrimination. Being a first generation American, however, she said the expectation of her differed from those of her peers. “We always had to work twice as hard,” Peña-Morris said.

However, Peña-Morris stressed that immigration needs to be regulated.

“With what’s going on globally, we need to be careful,” she said.

Domestically, her beliefs are that, much like Sohn and Pidgeon, that as a nation of immigrants, the country thrives on the diversity they bring with them.

“That’s been a hallmark of our constitution, and who we are,” she said.

immigration by the numbers

13%

of America’s population is made up of immigrants

1/3

of 5-17 year olds are first generation students

990,553

were granted lawful permanent residence in the U.S. in 2013

top 10 largest immigrant groups (2014) Phillipines Korea Vietnam 3.0% Cuba China Dominican 2.8% 4.6% Republic 2.4%

4.5%

El Salvador 3.1% Guatemala 2.2% India 5.2%

2.5%

Mexico 27.6%

Other 41.2%

Information courtesy of CNN.COM AND MIGRATION INFORMATION SOURCE Compiled by BRENNA BROMWELL ‘16

Senior begins empowerment club for middle school girls According to the Girl Talk website, the organization’s mission is to help girls build up self-esteem, form leadership skills and understand the value of community service.

Clutterbuck joined forces with fellow Brownell alumnus Julieann Cacia ’16 to begin preparations for the club.

“When she (Clutterbuck) heard the idea, she got really excited about it, and she told me because we both are really passionate about helping younger girls,” Cacia said. “As you would expect, we both went through middle school, and it’s never easy going through middle school, and we are just advocates for making sure everybody has a good time.”

Once Girl Talk approved Clutterbuck and Cacia’s Brownell chapter, they talked to Principal Michael Dib and found their club adviser, Brownell lifeskills teacher Taylor Barczyk.

“I thought it (Girls Group) was a great idea because I actually did this club in college, and I thought it would really help a lot of people,” Barczyk said.

Barczyk said she saw strong leadership skills in Clutterbuck and Cacia when she had them as students and was excited to see what they would bring to the group.

“I think that they have shown a lot of dedication to the club,” Barczyk said. “They have PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GROSSE POINTE NEWS come to talk to students at lunch GIRLS RULE // Emma Clutterbuck and Julieann Cacia, both ‘16, the foundto recruit them.” ers of “Girls Group” pose with their club certification. The club’s main Meetings begin purpose is to help girls navigate middle school in a healthy way.

ALEXIS MOTSCHALL ‘16 // Business Manager As classes empty after the final bell of the day in Brownell Middle School, room C-7 is a gathering space almost every Tuesday for “Girls Group,” a club designed to build confidence in middle school girls in a supportive atmosphere.

At Brown University’s Women and Leadership program last summer, Emma Clutterbuck ’16 came up with the idea to start a group for girls in middle school.

“Part of the (summer) program was forming an action plan to bring back to your community, and the action plan I came up with was a girls empowerment club for middle school girls that would be run by high school girls,” Clutterbuck said.

Clutterbuck found an international organization called Girl Talk that provides lesson plans and resources to high school student leaders to open up their own chapters of clubs at a middle school near them, Clutterbuck said.

with an icebreaker game to get the girls to stand up South to talk to the eighth graders about their tranand get comfortable with one another, Cacia said. sition to high school, Cacia said.

Next is a lesson and many times an art project to go A current goal of the club is to get more girls to along with it. attend to build up a strong program, Clutterbuck Many of the lessons surround the topic of friend- said. From here, Clutterbuck and Cacia hope they ship and healthy relationships, as well as gossiping could expand the club to Pierce and ask girls from and making sure that what they say is both kind and North about starting a Parcells chapter. educated, Cacia said.

The club spreads the word through Brownell’s “Normally at the end of the meetings we have announcements and utilizes Remind 101, Cacia what’s called our Anonymous Question Box, so ev- said. Clutterbuck and Cacia are currently workery girl has to take a piece of paper, and they don’t ing on a video to play during Brownell’s video annecessarily write a question. They nouncements. can just give a friend a shout out “One of the things that I would The thing that really in it or give us a suggestion for really like to do is make sure that struck me the first time something they want to learn it (the club) continues even when I went (to a Girls Group about in the group. That way evEmma and Julieann are gone,” meeting) was how com- Barczyk said. “Another thing I erybody turns something in,” Cacia said. “Then we read them off fortable everyone seems would like to see is more student at the end.” participation at Brownell, because with each other The message Girls Group I think sometimes the girls are DREW AGLEY ’17 hopes to send its members is to a little bit hesitant to share, but know they’re in a safe place and that’s why it was helpful for Juthat they are not alone, whatever lieann and Emma to make those they are going through, Cacia said. relationships with those girls.”

“We just want them to feel more comfortable Cacia said that co-leading Girls Group has aland know that they can come up to us and talk to lowed her to share her feelings with others and help us,” Cacia said “That’s why we want to recruit more those who have gone through similar experiences. leaders to carry on next year, because … sometimes “It’s really helped me with talking to other people if there’s a lot of girls it’s hard to get to every girl, about problems because they’re younger than me, and we want them all to feel like they have their own so it’s kind of easier to be like, ‘Hey, it’s alright, it time to talk to us and get advice.” happens to everybody,’” Cacia said “So now it’s easDrew Agley ’17 hopes to help lead the club next ier to talk to people who are my age and be like, ‘It’s year and get some of her friends to help as well, she OK. I’m doing the same thing’.” said.

Barczyk said she has watched the girls who don’t “The thing that really struck me the first time I have an older sister or mentor and who may struggle went (to a Girls Group meeting) was how comfort- with certain issues form relationships in the club. able everyone seems with each other,” Agley said.

Those interested in helping lead Girls Group “When I first went in, I thought it would be more next year, should e-mail Emma Clutterbuck at: clutlike therapy or counseling, but it was more like high terbuck.emma@gmail.com . school girls hanging out with younger girls. It just “They (girls in the club) are able to see that peoseemed like a really nice and open space to be.” ple can be helpful and women can support other At the end of the school year, Clutterbuck and women,” Barczyk said. “I think it’s nice to develop Cacia hope to have freshmen come from North and that network as young adults.”

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

ON YOUR MARK, GET SAT, GO! Puzzling out a new format requires prep

PHOTO BY OF HALEY VERCRUYSSE

LIZ BIGHAM ’18 // Page Editor Yesterday, South juniors made history: they are among the first group of Michigan students in decades to take the SAT as the school-administered exam, and the first students to take an extensively-revised SAT which emphasizes content knowledge.

The revised test will consist of two sections: a math section and an evidence-based reading and writing section. The College Board will not penalize test-takers for guessing, and will shrink the multiple choice options from five to four and will make the essay optional. According to Prep Scholar Blog, the intent of these changes is to make the test similar to the ACT, while not mirroring it.

Marshall Findlay, a premium tutor and manager at the tutoring service Applerouth, said the new reading test will be difficult for people who already struggle with reading. Rather than having multiple short passages, students will have to comprehend four long passages of 500-750 words each and two medium passages of 300-500 words each.

The recent PSAT test reflected some of the new types of questions that will be presented in the new SAT, Findlay said.

“Many students were surprised to take the PSAT and see new questions,” Findlay said, “such as the evidence-based pair reading question, in which the second question asks for a line reference providing evidence for the first question.”

Like the reading section, Findlay and his research team discovered that the math section is more wordbased as well, average 35 words per question compared to 25 Concentration is like words per question on the previa muscle; the more you ous SAT, he said exercise it, the stronger “A student who typically relied on a strong math intuition it gets. may find that the math requires ERIKA METZLER a deeper knowledge of Algebra II FOUNDER OF THE CRITICAL than he or she expected,” Findlay READER BLOG said.

Although the math and reading are more reading-based and thus more difficult for many students, Findlay said the Writing section is not going to be harder.

“I’ve found that the Writing section is much easier,” Findlay said, “since the questions are in the context of a passage rather than tested with disembodied sentences, as is the case with the old SAT.” Students will also get more time for both sections, allowing for better results if they use their time well, Findlay said.

Erica Meltzer, the founder of The Critical Reader Blog, said one challenge students might face on the SAT is having to try and understand historical document passages with unfamiliar language. The old SAT did include some limited language from before the 20th century but never anything written before 1800.

She also said the main challenge on the new SAT is focusing on the reading section. She said with fewer question types, it has the potential to seem tedious.

“Instead of a mix of sentence completions, short passages and long passages, it’s just long passage after long passage,” Meltzer said.

With the new test, the reading section is followed by the writing section, so by the time both the reading and writing is completed, the test taker will have spent over an hour and a half staring at long blocks of text,

Meltzer said.

The stronger emphasis on reading and writing for such an extended period of time could be a disadvantage for students with ADD, ADHD, or dyslexia.

Meltzer said the disadvantage will be magnified for anyone who tends to be easily distracted. She also said the extra time to complete the test could be a blessing and a curse.

“It’s nice not to feel so much time pressure, but it’s also a long time to sit and focus, even for strong readers,” Meltzer The test shouldn’t said. feel like an unknown Elaine Taylor-Klaus, a memwhen you go into the ber of ImpactADHD, said the redesigned SAT will emphasize real thing, and you want the need to interpret and analyze to get a sense of how to information-focusing on whethpace yourself. er one understands how to do something with the information.

ERIKA MELTZER FOUNDER OF THE CRITICAL Taylor-Klaus said she advises stuREADER BLOG dents to get all the accommodations they are eligible for.

“The new test will be a better reflection of performance on the college level, which means that appropriate accommodations will be all the more important,” Taylor-Klaus said.

Anna Mellos ‘17 was diagnosed with ADHD in 9th grade and has struggled with standardized tests.

“When I used to take standardized tests, I would fill in random answers because I couldn’t sit still or concentrate,” Mellos said. “When I got medicated, my scores went up.”

Mellos said she is going to struggle with sitting for five hours for the SAT without losing her train of thought and losing concentration. Because of her ADHD diagnosis, Mellos receives an extra-time accommodation on standardized tests, consisting of the normal time of the test, plus half of that time.

“I get the option to take it alone, but I stay in a room with other students who qualify for extra time,” Mellos said.

Mellos said she plans to take her medication beforehand to help her stay focused.

Meltzer said she advises her students who struggle with reading to maintain concentration: try to spend 15 minutes per day reading magazines like “National Geographic” and “Smithsonian”. This strategy helps familiarize students with various types of reading and get a sense of timing.

“When you prep, focus on finding the most efficient ways Focus on finding the to answer questions, which are most efficient ways to often written to seem more comanswer questions, which plicated than they actually are,” are often written to seem Meltzer said. more complicated.

She said it’s important to know your strengths and weaknesses.

ANNA MELLOS ’17 “The test shouldn’t feel like an unknown when you go into the real thing, and you want to get a sense of how to pace yourself,” Meltzer said .“Don’t waste five minutes getting stuck on a single question when you could answer three others in that time.”

She also said students should make sure to take a couple full-length practice tests from the College Board before taking the real test.

“Concentration is like a muscle; the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets,” Meltzer said.

BALANCING THE BOOKS

Accountability key to tackling finals, AP exams, college admissions the time, it is pointless because students are not going to understand “During PLC time would be a great time. Yes, we have meetings, ARIANNA PAGENETTE ’18 // Staff Writer the class content and everything becomes confusing for them especialbut this would be a great time for students to come in and just, ‘I don’t With the help of teachers and administrators, students can reduce ly in difficult classes. get this.

I need help,’” Adams said. the stress associated with getting into college by holding themselves The ability to come into a class and focus for the entire class period However, Turnbull said that students should find a time when the more accountable. separates those who do really well from the people teacher is available not for teachers to make sure they are alway availStudent accountability entails doing what students who don’t, Adams said. able. doing what they are supposed to do for a class and Learning is a shared “You just need to sit down for 20 minutes and It’s way harder for one teacher to adjust to the schedule and needs of taking ownership for what is required, science teach120 students then a student adjusting for a few teachers, said Turnbull. er James Adams said. responsibility. Teachers just focus on that one subject,” Turnbull said.

A student needs to focus and be mentally in the Adams said students are becoming more accountable for their Educator accountability is equally important and and students need to class all the time, or the student could easily fall school than when he was. Asking questions and coming in more is can affect a student’s success, Adams said. It is the come together and have behind, added Turnbull. very visible. teacher’s responsibility to make sure students have a game plan.

Turnbull also said a big factor to the lack of stu“The game has changed and everything is ramped up in terms of every opportunity to learn and as an educator make JAMES ADAMS dent focus is their phones, especially with hard- if you want to go to this college, you need these grades and these test it clearly defined.

SCIENCE TEACHER er classes. Also with harder classes a student may scores depending on what the college standards are,” said Adams.

“Learning is a shared responsibility. Teachers and need to focus more on that class then on another.

Students need a plan for their college admissions process. Having a students need to come together and have a game “You need to realize you can’t just study the half day before. It strategy and looking at the whole picture and being honest with themplan,” Adams said. selves is something that is a big factor into educaAdams said he offers many resources for students to take advantage just doesn’t work like that,” Adams said.

Students, around exam time especially, should tion, Wolf said. of throughout the school year, especially leading up to exams. He also It’s up to the student start studying at the beginning of January and “The accountability is the same now and when encourages students to come in during the morning before school and spend 30 minutes each night on a different subject, to work around the our parents were in school. However the course ask questions about anything they may not understand.

However, it is up to the student to work around the teacher’s sched- Adams said. teacher and come in be- load may have increased for us because we have “Exams can only make or break your grade if it’s ule and come in before or after school on their own time, Julia Turnfore or after school, on many more resources,” Turnbull said. a borderline grade,” Adams said.

Turnbull said parents had to open an encyclobull ’18 said. your own time not the A fear students need to overcome, is the fear of pedia and look in a thesaurus for a different word, “Students may be able to make better decisions to reach their final teachers. but students now are able to accomplish these tasks goal if they had time to create a strategic plan,” Assistant Principal asking questions. This separates a student who what to get away from that borderline grade to those who quicker so we are able to handle a bigger course load Steven Wolf said.

JULIA TURNBULL ’17 skim by. just fine.

Wolf also said it would be great for students to come together with “A lot of people just sit there and don’t know.

“Students here are the most driven here then any teachers and have a game plan of how teacher and student can come There’s no way for teachers to read your mind,” Adams said. other school I’ve been a part of by fair,” Wolf said. “They’re very driven, together to achieve their future goals.

Adams suggests holding an open hour during school for students very self-reflective, they think it’s important to have their own voice.”

Drive, focus and determination are huge factors to the learning process, Adams said. If students come into class and focus for half of to go ask teachers questions on the first Monday of the month.

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ALEXIS MOTSCHALL ’16 // Business Manager As the question of Type A and B personalities once appeared in medical journals to help determine the cause of coronary heart disease (CHD), it is now found in teenage-oriented Buzzfeed quizzes and magazine covers as a way to reveal character traits.

“Type A personalities, generally speaking, are more driven people. They tend to be more internally-motivated. Also, probably more compulsive and, to some extent, anxious,” Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology teacher DeEtte Nardone said. “Type B (personalities are) less internally motivated, more easy-going, less likely to suffer from psychological problems and actually less likely to suffer from physical problems like heart disease.”

According to the Changing Minds Organization website, the study of Type A and B personalities began when cardiologists Meyer Friedman and R. H. Rosenham conducted a survey in the 1950s that linked heart attacks to personalities favoring Type A traits.

Someone who is Type A generally lives at a high stress level and is driven by goals, but finds it difficult to stop even when they have achieved those goals, according to the Changing Minds Organization. Someone who is Type B generally lives at a lower stress level and enjoys achievements, but does not become stressed when the goals are not achieved.

According to the Simply Psychology Organization website, although stress levels can cause heart disease, there are many limitations to Friedman and Rosenham’s study. One of the factors is that people may find they do not fit into a Type A or B category.

In 1988, a longitudinal study by doctors Ragland and Brand found that Type A men were more likely to suffer from heart disease, the Simply Psychology Organization stated.

But in a follow up to this study, the Type A men who survived coronary events died at a decreased rate compared to the Type B men.

According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute website, CHD begins when the inner layers of the coronary arteries are damaged. Factors that contribute to this include: “Smoking, high levels of certain fats and cholesterol in the blood, high blood pressure, high levels of sugar in the blood … and blood vessel inflammation.”

Although the study between Type A and B personalities originally began to determine links to CHD, now the terms are more often used to describe a part of one’s character.

“I think that a lot of our personality is innate. We have innate characteristics,” Nardone said. “But I think circumstances in your life and a desire to change can temper your personality, can make you a little less or more Type A or B.” A person born with more compulsive characteristics can soften them, whereas a per-

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son who is born with more of a Type B personality might be able to motivate themselves in something they’re interested in, Nardone said.

Nardone said she sees more of the Type A personality in students who are more motivated, she said.

“They’re (a Type A student) the kid who is more likely to complete their work and study on average because they will worry about what will happen if they don’t, so they tend to be a little bit more internally-motivated,” Nardone said. “Although there are kids who are Type B who are very intelligent as well, you tend to see more higher achievement in Type A.” Katie Wilk ’16, who self-identifies as a Type A personality, said she gets stressed if she knows she has a lot to do, but feels relieved once it’s all accomplished.

“I’m more Type A because I feel the pressure of time, and I get stressed out really easily, and I do like accomplishing goals,” Wilk said. “I procrastinate a lot, but I do always get stuff done and competition’s pretty healthy sometimes.”

Jack Hensien ’17 said he’s more Type B in his everyday reasoning, but feels stress like someone with a Type A personality.

“The reason that I’m Type B is because I’m a lot more reflective on things,” Hensien said. “I stress out like Type A but not because I’m super busy, just because I overthink things a lot. I don’t like taking direct approaches. I like finding really abstract ways to do things.”

Nardone said that Type A and B personalities can present themselves in teaching styles as well.

“I think teaching tends to draw people in who are a little bit more compulsive and organized by their nature because the job requires that to some extent,” Nardone said. “But then there are teachers who are more Type B, and I think that that’s beneficial to students, because they’re less end-focused and more about the process of learning.”

Nardone said she defines herself as Type A because of the calendars and organizational notebooks that she keeps.

“I really enjoy organizing, and I like being able to complete multiple tasks and doing things well and efficiently,” Nardone said. “It makes me feel accomplished.”

When a person finds their own passion, it can motivate them to be the best version of themselves, whether Type A or B, Nardone said.

“Sometimes we’re concerned about not fitting into a category,” Nardone said “But I think most people eventually find their way based on their personality and their likes and dislikes.”

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What personality type do you have?

Answer these yes or no questions to find out if you’re type A or type B. 1. Are you a morning person?

2. Do you feel anxious when you have plans and someone is running late?

3. Have someone ever called you competitive or intense?

4. Would you consider yourself a perfectionist?

5. Do you play games to win, rather than to have fun?

6. Do you use stress to motivate yourself, rather than have it restrict you?

7. When you have a break, do you prefer to use the time to be productive?

8. Do you complete your work to learn more rather than just getting it done?

If you answered mostly “yes”...

You have a Type A personality. You tend to be more competitive and self-motivated. With a more urgent sense of time, you are very ambitious and can often have trouble relaxing.

If you answered mostly “no”...

You have a Type B personality. With a tendency to be more easy-going, you are typically more reflective and tolerant of other’s shortcomings. With a higher feeling of satisfaction towards your life, you are usually very relaxed.

9. Do you often worry about events far in the future?

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

DATE AUCTION

The senior class is hosting South’s Date Auction tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the auditorium, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Fourteen candidates from all classes are up for bidding.

Entry is $5 at the door. The highest spender gets the first pick of date location or event.

SENIORS CONNOR MALLEGG

NINA WHITE

MOLLY WALSH

“I know how to juggle and I’m certified in CPR.”

“I bought the shirt I’m wearing today in the boy’s section of Target.”

“I’ve been told I have a mean serve in Wii Tennis.”

EMMA FRAME

ADAM VAN OSDOL

MARSHALL VYLETEL

“To be happy, all I need is guacamole and puppies.”

“I can bend like a pretzel in yoga and will take you somewhere more exotic than Village Grille.”

“There’s a reason there are so many romantic movies about vampires.”

UNDERCLASSMEN CAROLINE FREDERICKSON ‘18

PETER LIANOS ‘18

“My personality might not be on point but Merrills are.”

“I strive to be the living embodiment of Captain America.”

CALYX TURCO ‘17

GILLIAN ELIOT ‘17

PATRICK NAUERT ‘17

“My chopsticks skills are exceptional and my grilled cheeses are life-changing.”

“My dad has more Twitter followers than I do.”

“I’m a very low commitment date; I probably won’t follow up and love doesn’t exist.”

AMY ELLIS ‘19

MARY CLAIRE GRAHAM ‘19

TOMMY THAMS ‘19

“I’m up for anything and love making new friends.”

No response given.

“I can play a mad didgeridoo, so... ”

The Date Auction will also feature eight underclassmen. Each answered the question, “Why should someone buy you?”