The Viking / Issue 6 / May 2014

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viking Loudoun Valley High School / Purcellville, VA / Issue VI / May 2014

PUTTING PURCELLVILLE on the MAP The town is moving in a new cultural direction with the help of young, hip businesses that cater to niche, artistic interests.

Senior Grace Vaughn and junior Alie Campbell perform in the Viking Players’s production of Legally Blonde. The musical was performed the weekend of May 3. (photo / Elizabeth Sikora) Cover / The scenic, historic train station anchors downtown Purcellville. (photo / Ainsley Sierzega)

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viking Newsmagazine Staff 2013-2014

Editor-in-Chief Charles Lyons

Managing Editors Brianna Jennings Emma Rodriguez

Business Manager Courtney Morgan

Copy Editor Leila Francis

Photography and Social Media Editor Elizabeth Sikora

Online Editors Sami Morency Henry Webster

Writers, Photographers, Business and Promotional Staff Emily Baer, Carina Bucci, Christopher Cerne, Jennifer Colantonio, Claire Deaver, Eileen Dunn, Cassandra Good, Sacha Gragg, Saige Hamblin, McKenna Holtz, Alexandra Krens, Benjamin Manning, Gonzo Ocampo, Shawn Ouellette, Clayton Ramsey, Maddie Rice, Ainsley Sierzega, Sydney Smith, Dalton Smolens, Helen Sternberg, Tyler Valentine, Sean Webster, Rachel Weinstein Adviser Paige Cox

Letter from the

Editor

Dear Vikings, The Viking is a completely studentrun and student-funded newsmagazine, meaning that our staff is responsible for everything you see printed, unless otherwise credited. Our adviser, Ms. Cox, guides us through the process, but ultimately everything is produced and crafted by The Viking staff.

thevikingnews.com | Twitter: @lvhsviking | Instagram: lvhsviking If there is something you want us to cover, let us know! Our goal is to paint an accurate portrait of the current cultural, scholastic, athletic and overall climate of the environment we visit every day; knowing what you all are interested in reading will help us reach this goal.

While we want to entertain our readers, we also are very serious about our work. We do not tamper with interviews; the words you give us during an interview are what you will see printed unless you tell us otherwise.

Our interviews are backed up via audio files, and we promise to never intentionally place your quotes out of

context. If you find that we printed something incorrectly or feel that we misrepresented you in any way, please feel free to let us know. As we said, we work to serve you, our student body, and do not want to misrepresent you.

As a graduating senior headed off to Vassar College in chilly Poughkeepsie, New York in the fall, this will be my last year involved in publishing this magazine, and my last letter as your student publication Editor-in-Chief. The publications program at Loudoun Valley has given me nothing but opportunities in my four years of involvement—of growth, discovery, excitement, stability

and guidance. My staff has been dear friends and my adviser a constant source of support and challenge. While moving through life and its impossible amount of new beginnings, I will always cherish my years here; the work I did, the difficulties I overcame and the connections I made, to my environment and the people around me. Thank you so much for reading our magazine faithfully. I leave you in good hands. As always, we hope you enjoy this issue of The Viking.

Thanks!

Charles Lyons Editor-in-Chief

CONTENTS

Tapping into his beloved bluegrass roots, special education teacher Scott Wallace dons a top hat and fiddle for the March 7 talent show. photo / Elizabeth Sikora

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Unplugged

Students stray from their normal teenage routine to more meaningful outdoor adventures. These activities cause teens to disregard their electronics and appreciate the natural world.

6 Spring Sports Snapshot Spring athletes deal with construction, winter snow and spring rain leading to constant rescheduling. However, the teams make the most of it, creating bonds and reaching goals with their teammates.

Purcellville on 8 Putting the Map New businesses in Purcellville bring niche artisans looking to reinvent the small town as a cultural hotspot fit for foodies, musicians and novelists alike.

10 The Stress Hype

Teenagers face stress every day, but this inevitable condition doesn’t have to be a detriment to student health or quality of life.

During the rising freshmen visit, senior Noah Holt shows eighth graders around the school.

Volunteers introduced future freshmen to the school over the course of two days.

UNPLUGGED

Students stray from their normal teenage routine to more meaningful outdoor adventures. These activities cause teens to disregard their electronics and appreciate the natural world. By Henry Webster For a generation that is accused of solely investing themselves in the digital age, many teens actually enjoy the outdoor opportunities that lie right in their backyard. These activities take place at spots easily accessible for a summer day trip and provide an excellent form of entertainment that isn't electronic.

"I like to go hiking because it's a great thing to do to get your mind clear and gives you an opportunity to appreciate nature," senior Danny Aramayo said. "We don't get to appreciate nature too often, so it's a great way to get away from all the technology in our lives."

Aramayo says that his favorite hike is Raven Rocks. Raven Rocks contains a massive 152foot high rock outcrop overseeing much of the Shenandoah Valley.

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“The view is not only breathtaking, it also gives the hiker a sense of accomplishment and optimism you can’t get anywhere else,” Aramayo said.

“We don’t get to appreciate nature too often, so [hiking] is a great way to get away from all the technology in our lives.”

- senior Danny Aramayo This “optimism” the hiker receives after completing a trek seems to be the wow-factor for many teens that their smartphones can’t render.

Directly across Route 7 from Raven Rocks is Bears Den: another regularly hiked part of the Appalachian Trail.

"Bears Den is my favorite [hike] because usually there are people playing music at the top and it's a friendly atmosphere," senior Carly Spear said.

The Bears Den rocks are uniquely shaped, offering hikers many outcroppings for sitting and relaxing. Adolescents have realized the value of a natural hangout spot that can’t be reproduced.

Many have taken advantage of the unique and natural landscape as a means of spending time with close friends and romantic interests. This keeps the generation in touch with the environment, disputing the materialistic fashion that apparently defines the youth of this age.

Although these hikes are very popular among teens, some may seek an outdoor venture that excludes the ascent of a mountainside.

Many teens enjoy river tubing as a way to get away from their normal routine on a nice day.

"I go tubing on the Shenandoah," senior George Espinoza said. "I never bring my phone with me when I go tubing."

Technology is believed to have polluted the minds of our generation. However, the reality is that many adolescents take advantage of nature activities that separate them from their electronics.

The growth in popularity of hiking and outdoor activities with teens shows there is an environmental value that lies within this generation. Nature yields an atmosphere that is unlike the everyday feeling.

Youth who constantly participate in "usual" teenage activities find themselves seeking a new type of fun.

Hiking up a trail to end with an amazing overhang is

something out of the ordinary for most people; just floating down a river with no immediate obligations can give a sense of freedom that teens enjoy.

"I love the feeling of floating on a river and letting loose, which tubing allows me to do," Espinoza said.

Deserting electronics and indulging in the environment keeps teens acquainted with reality and can give a feeling of freedom that their parents’ basement and smart phones can't. photos / Brianna Jennings, Charles Lyons, Henry Webster layout / Elizabeth Sikora, Henry Webster

Top left / A view from the rocks at Bears Den. Students take a break from technology by hiking the trails.

Top center / Freshmen Samantha Hinton, Anna Rivzi, Lizzie Bunce and Lauren Sibbs pose at Bears Den. Many students enjoy hiking and other activities as a way to obtain a glimpse of freedom.

Middle left / A popular student hiking spot, Phillip’s Farm, is illuninated during the sunset.

Middle right / Junior Doug Barton walks Raven Rocks.

A popular outpost, Raven Rocks offers a variety of outdoor activities.

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SPRING SPORTS Spring athletes deal with construction, winter snow and spring rain leading to constant rescheduling. However, the teams make the most of it, creating bonds and reaching goals with their teammates.

By Brianna Jennings

SNAPSHOT

Maddy Coffman (10)

Courtney Dietrich (12)

Payton Davenport (10)

Dynamic Doubles: Girls’ Tennis

Bigger Team, Bigger Bond: Softball

On and Off the Field: Girls’ Soccer

Team bonding: “Tennis is a really mental sport, but in doubles you can share all of your thoughts about the game with someone. When you can depend on someone and they can depend on you, it allows you to adapt and perform in a way that you can’t always in a singles match.” – sophomore Taylor Thackaberry

Team bonding: “The best part of this season was just as a whole becoming closer, especially at team dinners and games. Our team is very unique because we have a bigger team than we usually do, but we all try to get along well.” – sophomore Morgan Kmetz

Team bonding: “Every Friday during activity period, we go to Coach Davidson’s room and we all bring in food for everyone to share. It’s a good way to bond with the team and get closer off the field. That connection goes over to the practices and games where we need to be connected and be able to communicate.” – junior Megan Hafer

What’s New: This year, the girls’ tennis team has a special knack for the synchronization and teamwork of doubles. Rather than playing their singles match then moving on to a doubles match in which players are usually tired and not quite as enthused, this year’s team plays off of each other’s spirit, revitalizing each

What’s New: “I feel the season is going very well, we all get along, and are playing strong as a team. I hope for this season that we get further than last year, and play to our full advantage,” Kmetz said. The team feels that this year could be their year to push their way further in post-season play than they have in past years.

What’s New: Teams must work together to play well on the field and as well as get along off the field.

Girls’ soccer has worked this year to play better as a team on the field, leading to their record being much better than it had been in previous years.

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RECORDS SOFTBALL (11-3-0) BASEBALL (14-2-0) GIRLS’ LACROSSE (10-4-0) BOYS’ LACROSSE (9-4-0)

(as of May 9)

GIRLS’ TENNIS (6-7-0) BOYS’ TENNIS (10-4-0) GIRLS’ SOCCER (6-7-1) BOYS’ SOCCER (5-6-1)

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TRACK AND FIELD The girls’ team won the 74th Handley Invitational. The combined boys’ and girls’ teams have 15 qualifiers for states.

Nick Mercuro (10)

Sam Urban (11)

Matt Slook (10)

Jonathan Payne (12)

Team bonding: “The best part of the season so far has been the fun all of us on the team are having. We blast music, yell and scream, and just have a blast together.” - senior JD Carpenter

Team bonding: “I’ve found yoga to be a very relaxing, bonding experience. It helps stretch me out after a long practice and is a nice change of pace from constantly pushing ourselves throughout the week. I think yoga is helpful for lacrosse in the sense it stretches us out, preventing injuries.” junior Ben Kellogg

Team bonding: “It’s definitely a team sport because we all work hard together in practice and at meets. Plus, there is a team title scoring system, which is based on how well your entire team does.” sophomore Drew Hunter

Striving for States: Baseball

What’s New: “The combination between our talent, team chemistry and coaching has led us to getting off to a hot start this year. We are staying focused on one game at a time and being as aggressive as possible on the field. We have very ambitious goals for this year. Our goal is to make it to states this year and hopefully do very well in the state tournament,” Carpenter said.

Parish Alto (10)

Conquering Goals: Girls’ Lacrosse

Team bonding: “Our team this year is unique because we all have such a close connection with everyone which shows in how we play.” - junior Hailey Shuford What’s New: The team’s goals of beating Battlefield and Broad Run were conquered early in the season and they hope to reach some of their loftier goals as the season continues. “We hope that we get a chance to bring home a state championship ring and, of course, to beat Woodgrove,” Shuford said.

Stepping Up: Boys’ Lacrosse

What’s New: With a large number of juniors who have played on the varsity since their freshman year, this season let them shine in leadership positions, allowing them to bring their talent and multiple years’ knowledge of play to the young members of the team.

A Good Track Record: Track and Field

What’s New: This track season the team reached unimaginable places, with Hunter winning the Penn Relays’ 3000 meters against exceptional runners across the nation.

Alby Froelich (12)

Chris DeMonte (9)

All In: Boys’ Soccer

Senior Success: Boys’ Tennis

What’s New: “I’m extremely happy with the obstacles we’re overcoming, and even though our record doesn’t show it yet; it is going to change

What’s New: Unique from other years, four of the top six players are seniors, creating what Robert Fairfax called a more “mature team” full of multiple seniors and juniors. photos / Rodger Burch, Steve Carter, McKenna Holtz, Sami Morency, Elizabeth Sikora, Ainsley Sierzega layout / Brianna Jennings

Teaming bonding: Boys’ soccer has to work harder to get to know one another and the competition they face. They are extremely optimistic about the rest of their season and agree that as long as they work together, they will find the success they’re striving for.

dramatically soon.” - sophomore Brant Goings

Team bonding: “My favorite part about the tennis team is how well we get along. Everyone is really close and it makes team dinners after matches always a blast.” - junior Robert Fairfax

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New businesses in Purcellville bring niche artisans looking to reinvent the small town as a cultural hotspot fit for foodies, musicians and novelists alike.

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cott Kinney wants to slow down.

If you meet the energetic, magnanimous owner of Purcellville’s Shamrock Music Shoppe, he says those words often, but you’re not quite sure what he means—a direct explanation is never provided. It soon becomes clear Kinney is talking about the whiplash of modern life, the rapid and torrential cultural effects of technology and industrialization; the changes in the world, or more specifically, the town, around him.

“Purcellville is a very special place,” Kinney said. “People start tailgating you as soon as you hit Leesburg. But I find, around here—knock on wood—the majority of people are like, ‘this is cool.

Shut the gate behind us.’”

Kinney, trim and fit, with shortcropped salt and pepper hair and a quiet wisdom and charisma many are drawn to, found the town by accident with his family after an old boss’s Christmas party. They stumbled on what he felt to be the vast and untapped cultural potential of the town’s historic section, particularly 21st street. Nestled between landmarks like Nichols Hardware and the Purcellville Train Station, he saw a space that begged for some creative control.

Unprofitable and barely functional antique shops and dilapidated local attractions took up storefronts and sidewalks that Kinney envisioned as a neo-traditional community meeting place. A year after moving to Purcellville in 2009 from Maryland, where he had lived all his life, Shamrock was born. “‘This is just waiting to happen,’” Kinney recalls thinking of the downtown area, “Even though a lot of people told us, ‘that will never happen,’ or gave us a reason why it wouldn’t; that just made us more determined.”

The growth of 21st Street with the addition of stores like Shamrock, the thrift shop Re-Love It, It’s Bazaar!, and more, coincide with the recent spike in population and influx of new businesses and financial growth that has defined Purcellville for the past 5-10 years. The town’s population has grown nearly 132 percent since the year 2000 and its median income has doubled (from about $60,000 to almost $120,000).

Part and parcel with more people and a steady incline in financial prosperity, of course, is cultural expansion and progression, which business owners perceive in a variety of ways.

Some, like Catoctin Creek Distilling Company’s co-founder, Rebecca Harris, see Purcellville’s growth as positive, but find it important to maintain its cultural

predecessors in its identity to preserve its historic Virginian feel.

Acknowledging its considerable recent growth, Harris thinks, “People want to keep Purcellville a small community where they get to know each other and go do business with their neighbors as well as explore the rest of the world. The challenge is to encourage growth while keeping it the same kind of place we all wanted to move to.”

This is an idea that extends to her own business, which attempts to deflate big corporation alcohol and promote ingredients and flavors born in the soil around us.

“We make rye whiskey, which is the traditional spirit of this area—what people were drinking back in colonial times. It became much rarer after the prohibition hit, so we’re trying to bring back a modern version of what they were drinking back then. We’re making something that’s very specifically from this part of Virginia.”

Lucinda Michell, a retail clerk of a year and a half at Everyday Elegance, is assured in the town’s success with retaining its unique, rural personality.

“It is such a transient area…but they’ve [changed the town] in a fabulous

“It’s the bigger picture and it’s the larger community; it’s not some corporation on the line, it’s us. And we’re going to do the right thing and make it right. It’s a rewarding thing to be able to live and work like that,” Consaul said.

The focus on personalized attention for customers vs. nationalized corporate chain stores puts Purcellville at the center of a national trend. Local coffee shops versus Starbucks. Mom and pop burger joints versus McDonald’s. Shamrock, and other Purcellville businesses like Around the Block Books, champion customer attentiveness and one-of-a-kind customer service model, and cite it as the antithesis to popular national companies like Amazon, which is high in convenience but low in the kind of compassion and personal service that artisanal, locally owned and operated connoisseur businesses can offer.

“Books have kind of become a niche market, because Amazon will bring things to your door,” Ellen Houghnagles, part-owner of Around the Block Books, said. “I think our biggest competitor would be Amazon, but a lot of people still like the opportunity to pull things down from a shelf and look at them. Bookstores

“[Our mission is to] help people express their personality with things that are different. The uniqueness is important here. We carry items that are one of a kind, that you can’t find anywhere else.” way. The shopping center with the Harris Teeter? That’s a giant chain store, and yet it is an adorable shopping area; it’s not your typical, boring strip mall. They’ve put a lot of character in it,” Michell said, referencing the way the new shopping center incorporated preexisting buildings (including a nearly hundred-year-old barn) into its construction a la Magnolia’s.

“Come down here on a Saturday and just look at the foot traffic,” Shamrock manager Kris Consaul added of 21st Street. “It’s what a community gathering place is supposed to be.”

The approach of Shamrock is very much in line with Kinney’s patient, attentive and individualized vision for small town America. Rather than focus on the sale or hire apathetic, uninformed employees, Shamrock belabors over personal service and an individual care for each customer, whether they are buying an instrument or in need of lessons from the Shoppe’s staff of experienced musicians. (The store recently won Best Music Instruction in the recent Best of Loudoun 20132014 awards. Catoctin Creek was also honored.)

are still very important to parents.”

Houghnagles believes that this personal connection to customers, through conversation and via bonding over the product being sold, is something valuable that a larger business or a website can’t accommodate.

Due to the area’s heavily diverse demographic, which ranges across groups as distinct as DC government commuters, crop farmers and Patrick Henry College students, local businesses accommodate a wide range of people that often propel their niche product forward in popularity.

“There’s a really fun variety of British people that’s been coming in—we’re the local British and South African people’s place to [get coffee],” Nick White, a barista at Loco Joe, said. Loco Joe is the gourmet espresso and hand-crafted bean evolution of the now-defunct Hypnocoffee, which consolidated back to Shepardstown, West Virginia and sold its equipment to Loco Joe owner Juanita Tool in June of 2013.

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area,” White said. “There is a higher class element. People really know what they want, in a consumer sense.”

Factors of money, youth and interest in higher quality products have a big influence on the businesses.

“In the spirits business, our demographic is rather young. We tend to have people in their mid-20s to maybe 30s…there’s the whole foodie culture looking for local and organic [food and drink],” Harris said.

Like many other independently owned and operated businesses in Purcellville, Shamrock focuses on a sense of uniqueness and individuality its owners feel is integral to the town. The store’s slogan is, “In your heart a song,” a m.o. of sorts for a place that “believes there is a song or spark in everybody and tries to zero in on that and nurture it,” according to Kinney.

Everyday Elegance is a quirky business closer to main street and the central drag of town than Shamrock that sells furniture, home accessories, women’s clothes and jewelry. It boasts a similar mantra. “[Our mission is to] help people express their personality with things that are different. The uniqueness is important here. We carry items that are one of a kind, that you can’t find anywhere else,” Michell said. She feels this stress on individuality is a crucial piece of the town.

The next step, some would suggest, is to carve out a name for Purcellville as a place for youth with attractions that appeal to people of all ages, providing safe spaces for teens to mingle.

“The one thing I do wish Purcellville had, having two grandsons, is more things that teenagers can do. It would be nice if they thought about a nice, safe place for teenagers to hang out without adults listening in on their conversations.

I was a teenager in the ‘60s and if we wanted to talk we didn’t need grownups hovering nearby. They either hang out at McDonald’s, where they get arrested constantly, or walk the bike trails,” Hobnagles said.

Kinney pines for a place teens can congregate without outside pressures and can relate to modern teens’ frustrations.

He believes music can offer this sanctuary.

“When I was a kid we didn’t have anything. We played in the woods and built tree houses and got into trouble. If you wanted to play in a rock band, you’d play in somebody’s basement until the cops came. But [Shamrock] is always gonna be here for kids to make music and teach what they want to learn.” photos / Elizabeth Sikora layout / Charles Lyons

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The Stress Hype Teenagers face stress every day, but this inevitable condition doesn’t have to be a detriment to student health or quality of life. By Emma Rodriguez

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it down anywhere in any high school in America and you will overhear conversations and complaints revolving around one universal ailment: stress. Despite students feeling that no one in older generations can empathize, former teens had plenty to be stressed about.

“It’s difficult to compare the stress of former generations to todays,” sophomore Clare Mathewes said. “Nowadays, everyone is encouraged by schools to take AP classes, find clubs, do a sport and give back to the community in order to obtain a glowing résumé for college.”

The problem is that, physically, the body can’t differentiate between the life-and-death stress experienced by teens in the past and the stress students face today. To the body, the threat of fighting a war is the same as the threat of failing a class. Stress induces a fight-or-flight response that, back in the day, saved lives. But the fight-or-flight response wasn’t meant to be continual, and staying in a state of stress is not only unhealthy mentally, but can lead to copious health problems.

“The physiological response is intended to be short-term in response to an immediate threat,” Amy Cannava, lead LCPS school psychologist, said. “Prolonged stress can cause long-term effects on your body.”

These negative effects include

some of the very things students get if you give yourself ten minutes, you stressed about, creating an endless usually keep going. cycle: stress, increased problems, But chronic stressors are more more stress. Weight gain, for instance, challenging; in these cases, Cannava is very common in people with stress recommends coping mechanisms because the body isn’t concerned to reduce the detrimental effects of with powering digestion when it thinks stress. One method that Cannava there’s danger; the digestion system utilizes with students is drinking receives reduced blood flow and the a glass of water, which tricks the body gains weight. body into thinking that everything According to Cannava, students is okay and can provide substantial can’t completely avoid stress; rather, temporary relief. Although coping they should learn mechanisms may to cope with it and reduce the effects of “When I’m stressed harness it. The first stress, the only way to I can channel the step is to identify completely relieve it is energy into being stressors. to address it.

Acute stressors productive and use it “I think the are short-term biggest mistake as a driving force to and represent an teenagers make conquer the source of is ignoring or immediate “threat.”

Chronic stressors are my anxiety.” disregarding both long-term, caused by - Clare Mathewes the stressor and the ongoing “threats” that resultant stress,” induce the body’s stress response for Cannava said. “It can be physically long periods of time. An acute stressor draining and emotionally frustrating.” might be an upcoming test, while a Cannava also believes that much chronic stressor might be failing a of the stress teenagers experience class. Acute stressors are easier to today is a choice. Unlike teenagers deal with, and the key is preparation. a century ago, students today rarely “I think staying organized is have to worry about going to war or important in avoiding being stressed,” dying after a bout of the flu. More senior Laine Brummel, who recently common is the intense pressure attended a SCA seminar on stress, experienced by students to succeed said. excessively.

One technique the seminar “Some teenagers experience taught was preventing procrastination stress because they are aiming for by taking ten minutes to do something; perfection–they feel the need to earn

Your Body on Stress Long-Term Damage

Your brain releases more adrenaline to speed up your heart rate and increase blood clotting, which can lead to wear and tear on your heart, brain and other important organs.

Weight Gain

Blood flow to the digestive system is cut, leading to weight gain and bloating.

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an A+ in everything and while some do, not all will. People who have a 4.5 GPA aren’t the only people who are successful in life or the only people who get into college,” Cannava said.

“They see college as the destination, but the truth is the journey continues after getting into college.”

And the effects of this selfenforced stress are just as bad as stress from outside forces.

“I have concerns about students’ ‘breaking point.’ How long can they physically and mentally sustain the push for perfection? What happens when they experience their first failure? Will they become so exhausted that they want to give up? Will they engage in harmful behaviors?” Cannava said.

And contrary to popular thought, stress is counter-productive to success. Memory is less effective when stress is continual, so studying for hours while chronically stressed can actually be less useful than studying for a much shorter time while relaxed; energy and focus are also reduced.

“If you’re stressing about something, then you’re not being the best you can be,” Brummel said. “It’s good to care about things, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to stress out about them.” layout / Emma Rodriguez

Your Brain on Stress Memory

Memory retention is reduced, inflaming many of the issues students stress about, such as grades.

Aging

Anti-aging hormone production is halted, so people under stress age more quickly.

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Sophomore Alisa Moortgat and freshman Lauren Sims prepare for the rising freshmen visit. Eighth graders were welcomed to the school by volunteer SCA and Campus members.

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Freshman Morgan Rose reads her position paper during the LVHS Model UN conference.

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Junior Kyle Bowles races down the court while competing in the Viking Games on April 25.

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The Viking Players rehearse for their spring muscial, Legally Blonde.

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Sophomore Jaxon Lessler performs with Comedy Cult during the March 22 Sleep-In for the Homeless. This event raised money for the Good Shepherd Alliance. photos / Maddie Rice, Elizabeth Sikora, Ainsley Sierezega layout / Carina Bucci

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