March 2016 Murmur, Waterford Kettering High School Student

Volume 13, Issue 5 March 30, 2016

The Price of Hunger

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Low income families suffer from food insecurity. This leads to children having higher levels of stress, families having to make more sacrifices in place of food, and poor nutrition.

Photo by Bridget Ekis, Illustration by Calvin Habba

MURMUR Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Warholak

The Drift Editor-In-Chief: Calvin Habba Managing Editor: Catherine Habba Assistant Editors-In-Chief: Bridget Ekis, Erin Eggenberger & Brooke Boyer Illustrator: Rebecca Pagnucco Photo Editor: Veronica Latimer Sports Editor: Dathon Skelton Design Editor: Hannah Neal Social Media Editor: Ally Pierchala Staff Writers: Jason Acciaioli, Kali Berg, Alexander Dorcey, Riley Gregart, Audrey Jutis, Andrew Kelley, Baila Lakatos, Bryce Mojica Adviser: Jodie Zwiren

contents

OPINION

INDEPTH

AP is not the only option

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Removing the breast stigma

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My issues with education

The price of hunger

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NEWS News briefs

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The frontier of the future

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Three’s a party

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SPORTS Sports briefs

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Gender sports

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The price of playing

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Variety of varsity jackets

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Same name different game

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FEATURE Behind the scenes

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Senior year strikeout

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The psychology of color

A&E

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A&E briefs

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Behind the band

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What’s happening?

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Fuller House

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Crunching on your cravings

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OPINION

is not the only option

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BY BAILA LAKATOS Staff Writer bailalakatos@waterforddrift.com

Being successful in high school is still possible without taking AP classes

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he 2015/16 school year is coming to an end, and we are all suddenly finding enrollment cards stuck in front of our faces for the year to come. Junior year sits at the top of my paper, and it is terrifying. The fact that my high school years are coming to an end, and I am already determining my classes for next year, makes me nervous, and scared.

This is by far, one of my least favorite parts of the school year.

As I discuss classes with all of my peers, I find almost every single person telling me the numerous AP and Honors classes they are taking, or want to take. When I tell them I only chose to take one AP class, most are shocked by my choice.

During my first two years in this school, I have noticed the fact that it is basically the norm to be taking multiple AP classes. Since it is almost expected from “smart students” to take various AP classes, I find regular classes building a very bad reputation.

“Don’t take regular classes, they’re too easy.” “Regular classes are for the dumb kids.”

“What is it like to be in a regular class?” These are just a few statements out of the many I have heard in the past few years from my friends and classmates that have insulted me, and pressured me to take AP classes, so I wouldn’t seem dumb.

When I hear that “regular classes are for the dumb kids” while I am enrolled in almost all regular classes, it makes me feel stupid, and extremely embarrassed. Students should never be discriminated for the classes they choose to take.

If students needed to take AP classes to “be smart” or to get accepted to a good college, the school would require us to take them. There is a reason that the

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school district does the things they do.

There is a reason that AP classes are a choice.

AP classes are hard. They are meant to be hard, hence the name “Advance Placement classes.” There is a lot more extra work both inside and outside of school, that comes along with these classes.

Since there is so much work that comes with them, you also want to make sure that you have an interest in the class that you are taking.

I personally only have interest in one of my core classes, so I choose to spend time on the class that I want to work on more, that will also benefit me more for the field I want to go into after high school, which is AP Language Arts and Composition. It seems to me that many kids are just taking multiple AP classes for the title of the course, and not the work that comes with it.

I feel that it is unnecessary to add more pressure and stress to myself with work from classes that I might not even enjoy, when I could be focusing more on the things I am actually interested in, and will benefit me in my future.

The reality of the matter, is that if you don’t take AP classes, it is still possible to be successful. Sure, when colleges are looking at your transcripts, they’re going to be impressed to see that you took AP classes. What do you think they would really prefer to see though?

A’s and B’s, (maybe a few C’s) in an AP, class?

Or straight A’s in regular classes?

Although regular classes tend to get a bad rep, you need to choose what is better for you. Choose what you believe you will be successful in, instead of doing what everyone else is doing. AP classes are not the only option.

Q&A with Nathan Marshall Q:

How many AP classes are you currently taking?

A: One, just AP World History.

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Why did you choose to take that class?

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Because it was one of my only choices, and I wanted to take it now instead of in college.

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Do you plan to take any more AP classes in the future?

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I am not looking to take AP classes my junior year, but I am looking to take some my senior year.

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Do you feel that it is necessary for people to take AP classes to be successful in their future?

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No, taking college level classes in college will lead you to a very successful future.

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OPINION

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Removing the Fighting social norms in hopes of reaching

BY AUDREY JUTIS & CATHERINE HABBA Staff Writer & Managing Editor audreyjutis@waterforddrift.com & catherinehabba@waterforddrift.com

known, it’s not just about naked women, but recreating how naked women are viewed in society, not in a sexual way, but in a way of beauty and equality.

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The nipple is one of the first things we see when we’re born, but as we get older we’re taught that a woman should hide that aspect of her body because it’s a part of her that’s looked upon as “sinful” or “disgusting”. But why? Why can we see violence on television and in films about bombings or mass killings but when a female nipple is shown, it’s the crime of the century.

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ree the Nipples, a campaign which has only recently gained media attention after a film in 2014 gave the movement its name.

The movement is more than just the right for a girl to take off her top in public. It’s the ability for women to own their body and embrace it. Free the Nipples isn’t about women walking around 24/7 without shirts. It’s about women feeling as powerful as men and is a leap for equality between the two genders. Women all over America should have the simple choice, the opportunity, if they desire to do the same thing as men and go topless.

We care about this movement because it’s truly bigger than just breasts. This celebration of equality and female power needs to be

Censorship stripping away women’s rights

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e live in a world where a mother would willingly let their child play a video game about war, shooting and killing, and make that child fear and be curious about the female anatomy. Parents are more worried about their children seeing the human anatomy than something that’s on television that could easily traumatize them for the rest of their life. Our society has developed a stigma towards the female breast. Forcing many women to be ashamed of their body due to the way society is forced to view them and pop culture has diminished the view of the female body and turned it into something of a toy, making women cover up their natural beauty when they shouldn’t have to. Hollywood is not censoring graphic violence, which is truly obscene and deserves to be removed from our culture. Kids are taught that there is a difference between the violence they face in video games than the ones in real life when in reality, they are very similar to each other and in a way, encourage children to be more violent beings. Censoring something like the female breast compared to showing the horrific events happening

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outside of our nation in the past as well as the present, is obscene.

We live in a nation that is supposedly free, but holds women back from showing the exact same body parts as men. Today’s society has trained us to be numb to graphic violence because it’s ”raw” and “real”, but when it comes to our bodies, it is illegal or has ambiguous laws in 17 of our “great” states of America for women to publically show their breast in the same facility as men. In some of the states that have ambiguous laws, if a female is arrested for indecent exposure or public nudity, in an area where it is okay for a man to go topless, and it is their only “crime”, woman has the ability to get the charge removed. Gotopless.org, an organization that fight for “toplessness equality” made a map to represent the different laws in different states and to show how unequal topless laws truly are. See above.

We as a country need to learn how to be more comfortable with breasts and realize they’re not going anywhere, and if you truly don’t want to be “exposed” to the natural human body, “than don’t look,” Britten said.

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OPINION

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breast stigma gender equality a pair of breasts at a time

Removing the breastfeeding censor

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he purpose of breastfeeding is to feed and nurture a newborn baby. Just like people of all ages, babies also get hungry at random times during the day. In fact, during the first month of life, a baby will need to be fed up to eight to ten times a day. Mothers of newborns spend a lot of time getting comfortable with their infant and learning the demands that their baby requires. One of the most important demands of a baby is being fed. The most common way a mother can feed her newborn is by breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a natural and common process that all child-bearing women have the choice to go through.

“I breastfed because there are many benefits to breast milk and it contains a lot of immunities that are good for the baby,” Lindsay Keebaugh.

Due to a baby needing to be fed so many times a day, it is hard for a woman to make sure she is at an “appropriate” location to nurse.

But what exactly makes a place of nursing appropriate? Is it anywhere where the mother is in a private place? Or is it okay for a mother to breastfeed her child in public?

“I definitely breastfed in front of people but I wore a cover and that was my own personal choice,” Keebaugh said. “But regardless of what people choose to do either way I’m fine with it because that is what breasts were intended to do and if a child is screaming, you feed it.”

Just like Keebaugh, Natalie Britten also agreed on the subject of breastfeeding.

“Nobody should ever be told that they have to cover up if they feel comfortable enough to breastfeed without a cover,” Britten said.

It is up to the nursing woman if she chooses to breastfeed, in public or in private, because her rights as a mother and woman, come before other’s judgment towards breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding scenario We created this scenario in order to provide a mental image of what women are legally allowed to do in all 50 states, yet still get approached and criticized for their actions of nursing their young.

This scenario was read to students at Kettering and we asked them to share their initial thoughts and reactions.

Scenario:

You’re walking through a public park with your newborn baby in a stroller and his diaper bag across your shoulder. Suddenly your baby starts to cry. You then find the nearest bench and take a seat. You rock your baby as an attempt to calm him down and realize that he is just hungry. You absent-mindedly pull your breast out and being feeding.

A stranger approaches you and demands that you immediately stop feeding your child because you are at a public park. What do you do?

Do you listen to the stranger and nurse in your car until your baby is fed?

Or do you tell them that you are simply feeding your child and you have a right to nurse wherever you please?

Initial reactions:

Junior Bryan Coombs thinks that, “if that person has to eat then they eat, where ever they want and whenever they want; the baby has that right too.”

Sophomore Taylor Atherton thinks that, “it’s not wrong but the woman should have worn a cover.”

What’s the difference?

Between the female and male breast there is very little difference. Both of the two share the same outside appearance, and the same insides which includes major muscles, the supporting tissue, the areola, and the nipple. The major difference is the fact that when women undergo puberty or are pregnant, their body produces hormones that cause the breast tissues to enlarge and while pregnant, produce the milk for breastfeeding, unlike men.

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Illustration by Hannah Neal

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OPINION

My issues with education

BEHIND

the BELL

Limited class time, competitive scenes, and unorganized teachers leads to messy learning environment

BY BRIDGET EKIS Assistant-Editor-In-Chief bridgetekis@waterforddrift.com

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ver the past two years I’ve felt that instead of going to school to learn, comprehend, and synthesize, I’ve instead been going to school to score high, compete, and fend for myself.

I live by the philosophy that knowledge is power, and with power you can achieve anything. In a school setting it is easy to get lost in the context of subjects. It’s easy to get stuck in this rut of learning so much at one time to the point where you spiral out and ask the typical,”When am I ever going to use this in my life?” Or the, “Why do I need to know this?”

Throughout the years I’ve done a pretty decent job at reminding myself that not everything I learn in school I’ll need, but the tools it took me to learn what I did is what’s essential.

As a person who values their education, I also value the atmosphere in which my learning takes place; which has steadily been declining since my freshman year.

Approaching senior year I’ve found myself comparing my test scores, my GPA, and my knowledge to others causing me to feel inferior to my peers at a greater amount than it ever has before.

Although students do this naturally, this year in particular I’ve found that teachers sometimes initiate this competitive game. For example, in two of my classes this year my teachers have either had us raise our hands or physically stand up to show how well we

Crunch time A rigorous curriculum for specific courses leaves less time for questions in 40-50 minute class periocs at WKHS.

performed on a specific in-class assignment.

The directions are prompted in a fashion that could make the students who didn’t get a nine-out-of-ten their first try feel like scum.

At least, that’s just my interpretation of it.

What ever happened to falling down in order to succeed. Nelson Mandela did say, “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

The other side to this sick and twisted competitive aspect of school is that students who do have anywhere from a high, intermediate, or low GPA get labeled.What happened to the art of learning? Why must we categorize it through letter grades, percentage grades, and averages?

Aside from the competitive vibe of school, I have yet another problem which makes my blood boil. Not simmer, but a full fledged bubbling boil which almost spills from the pot kind of boil.

One key component I’ve learned about myself throughout my high school years is that I LOVE talking, which leads me to be a verbal learner. Can I read material and understand it? Yeah, I can. But in order to get well rounded grasp about what I’m trying to learn I need to talk to peers and ask questions aloud in order to make my brain click.

Class sizes of 30+, 40 to 50 minute classes, and rigorous course curriculum prohibits verbal learning.

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Often times I find myself asking questions that either one, set back the class, two, annoy my peers, or three, end up not being relevant to what we are “required” to learn.

Set curriculums discourage my curiosity toward a wide variety of subjects which can be extremely frustrating.

Aside from competitive scenarios and my learning frustrations the most pressing problem I have with education is teachers lack of organization.

Routines are set in place for a reason, mostly to establish a cohesive system of operations in order for a student to be successful with test taking and study plans.

I understand teachers are human and they will have slip ups. However in situations where an educator is consistently unsure of what their own lesson plans are for the week, or if they routinely trail off on tangents during class, I don’t feel as if they appreciate my learning as much as I do.

As previously mentioned, school to me is an outlet to not only further my education in the classes I’m enrolled in, but rather to learn the tools and resources behind the way I learn in order to succeed in other endeavors.

An education system intended to encourage children to crave learning, be insanely curious, and allow for them to explore options that are currently not provided to them would in-turn crank out better individuals for future generations; oh the things they could think.

Scatter brained Messy schedules and unclear lesson plans lead to frustrated students and an unorganized learning atmosphere, almost prompting students to be unsuccessful.

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News Briefs MARCH 8

Waterford School District bond was passed by Waterford Township voters. The bond is worth $100 million and will not increase taxes.

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NEWS

MARCH 22 Bombing attack occurred on Brussels, Belgium during rush hour. The of the blasts hit the international airport and one hit the metro station. Over 30 people were killed and 200 were injured in the blasts. Authorities have begun searching for a suspect caught on a security camera in the airport. The terrorist organization, ISIS, has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Republican Marco Rubio dropped out of the presidential race after losing the Florida primary to Republican Donald Trump.

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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder answered questions regarding the water crisis in Flint in front of a congressional hearing.

SAT Schedule The SAT is scheduled for juniors on April 12. Below is the schedule for that week.

Tuesday Start Information End

Freshmen take the PSAT 9th Grade 7:00 AM 1:00 AM Breakfast and snack is provided Juniors take the SAT 11th Grade 7:00 AM 1:00 AM Breakfast and snack is provided

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10th Grade 7:00 AM 2:28 PM 11th Grade 9th Grade 11:00 AM 2:28 PM 12th Grade

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Information

Breakfast is provided Students need to provide their own lunch

MARCH 18 Waterford Kettering won the Blood Battle blood drive against Waterford Mott by seven pints of blood.

MARCH 21 President Obama visited Cuba to interact with the Cuban people. He is the first president to visit Havana in a century.

Buses will arrive four hours later than usual

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NEWS

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THE FRONTIER OF THE FUTURE

An exploration of the current and future space events that will affect humanity

BY ANDREW KELLEY Staff writer andrewkelley@waterforddrift.com

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he expansion of humanity depends on one single thing; growth. As humaity grows, people are born, and some of those people are intelligent. Some of those intelligent people create new technologies for the rest of the population, which allow easier life, bringing more growth. This has been occurring since the beginning of humanity, but it are reaching a dangerous period.

Growth could stop, due to political, social, or ecological issues that are springing up.

Humans must choose, between the stagnation and death of the species, or its continued vibrancy and progress; and the way to do that is to take humanity to the stars.

The Earth will eventually run out of resources, and that is where space comes in.

Once humanity has established itself in space, it will have a new way to sustain ourselves.

Asteroid mining is one sustainable way to

acquire resources, allowing humanity access to grow the economy with the introduction of more valuable metals, thereby making space travel easier and cheaper. The drive to get to the stars is a great driver of technological and economical development, but in order to access the full potential of space, humanity must have a starting point.

The first step to accomplishing fast, cheap travel is reusability. This was tried with NASA’s space shuttle program 1981 to 2011, and it worked, albeit being dangerous and expensive. The solution: ditch the shuttle, make the rockets more efficient and reusable, then use a special capsule (originally Russian, with NASA’s Orion module planned to replace it) to dock with the International Space Station then return, safely, to Earth. After a few minor repairs and a refueling, they would be ready to launch again.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip 2: Assisted by Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnight 2, Spaceship 2 will repeatedly carry up to 8 passengers to space, and back, designed

Once humanity has found a cheap, efficient, and safe way to go up, that’s when we will be able to profit. Asteroid mining will be a huge endeavor in the near future, and it will pay off.

Most likely done with robots, they will mine resources, i.e. gold, platinum, iron, water, etc., and return them, to be sold, or used to make the next rocket and capsule. Around 2018, NASA has planned an unmanned launch for the Orion capsule on their new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to reach a nearby asteroid, land, then return. Following that will be a manned mission to that asteroid in the 2020’s, taking the first steps towards interplanetary travel, and Mars. The manned Mars mission will launch by 2030, with the explorers returning in a little more than two years from their over 100,000,000 kilometer trip. Humanity’s future lies in the stars, and is well on the way to reaching its dreams.

The International Space Station: In orbit around Earth, at any time there are more than 20 different experiments running at one time.

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The Moon: The Orion craft will make two trips around the moon (the first being unmanned, the second manned), to test the ship before sending it to an asteroid and beyond.

Scott Kelly: After spending 340 consecutive days on the ISS, he returned to Earth in March 2016 to help NASA study the effects of microgravity.

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NEWS

THE MURMUR Information found at www.NASA.gov

Exo Mars Mission: Launched on March 14, the trace gas orbiter and Mars lander (Schiaparelli) will look for microbial life on the Martian surface and crust. They will arrive at Mars sometime in 2018.

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Asteroids: Containing materials from platinum and gold to water, asteroids are a great target for future explorers, providing large deposits of non-renewable materials.

The Orion module will land, unmanned, on an asteroid in the 2020’s, with a manned mission soon to follow.

Mars: The next step in human spaceflight. Could possibly have microbial life forms living on or near the surface.

The Moons of Saturn: Many objects orbit Saturn, and one of those is the moon Europa. Moons like these are our best options of finding life in our solar system, outside of Mars.

Orion and SLS: Planned to take humans to Mars, the SLS is a heavy lift rocket developed by NASA. Orion has made two orbits around Earth, and will be tested further before taking humanity to Mars, which will occur by 2030.

D R A g o n

S P A C E x SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket: Used to ferry cargo to the ISS. SpaceX is using results from these flights to develop a heavy rocket that would have the ability to take up to 100 colonists to Mars.

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NEWS

Three’s a party

A look at third parties and just how many people are involved

BY RILEY GREGART Staff Writer rileygregart@waterforddrift.com

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ith the presidential election coming up in less than a year, it’s important to stay in touch with the political debates and events, but the media may not portray all you need to know. Politics go much further than donkeys and elephants… in fact, there are over 30 additional political parties.

“The third party is any party besides the Republican or Democrat party. Like for example Jill Stien of the Green Party is a Third Party candidate,” junior Faith LaRue said. “They often get very very little publicity and are often very right or very left on the conservative/liberal scale, or they are single issue candidates.”

The average American citizen doesn’t know much about the third party because it not talked about due to the media’s fixation on more popular candidates like Donald Trump

and Hillary Clinton that belong to the primary parties. The political parties categorized as third parties create more of a voice for the citizens that either feel very strongly on one specific issue, don’t fit the democratic or republican views, or that want to incorporate religion into their political stance.

People think that the third party is crucial because it allows more coverage of the political spectrum than the democratic and republican parties can necessarily reach on their own.

“It wouldn’t be right to force people between two parties just because they are most popular,” LaRue said. “I feel like the biggest problem behind the third party is that it gets such little publicity and people don’t always realize that there is another option.”

A potential issue with having a third party,

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however, is the change it brings to the popular vote. By adding a third party, instead of the the popular vote needing to be over 50% to win, it would only need to be 33%. Even though the electoral vote has a huge impact on who wins, and the popular vote isn’t the deciding factor, some think that a third party alters the system too much and makes it unfair.

Some of the larger third parties include the green party and the libertarian party. The greens party stands for ecological wisdom, social justice and nonviolence. The libertarians stand for civil liberties, free market, noninterventionism and laissez-faire capitalism.

At least 20 states or more including Michigan compromise with both of these groups when making laws and regulations, and the national support continues to grow.

SOME OF THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES THAT RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN THE PAST

RALPH NADER

GEORGE WALLACE

RAN: 1992

RAN: 2000, 2004, 2008

RAN: 1968, 1972, 1976

PARTY: INDEPENDENT

PARTY: GREEN PARTY (2000), INDEPENDENT (2004-2008)

PARTY: INDEPENDENT (1968), DEMOCRAT (1972-1976)

OUTCOME:

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IN THE 2000 ELECTION, NADER WAS ACCUSED OF TAKING VOTES AWAY FROM DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AL GORE. HE LOST ALL THREE YEARS

WALLACE RAN ON A PLATFORM OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND LOST. DURING THE 1972 ELECTION HE WAS SHOT IN AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND WAS PARALYZED.

OUTCOME: LOST THE ELECTION BUT WON 19% OF THE VOTE WHICH WAS THE MOST ANY INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE RECIEVED SINCE THEODORE ROOSEVELT RAN IN 1912.

Facts courtesy of http://ballot-access.org/ & http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/ & http://www.selfgovernment.us/platform.html & biography.org

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SPORTS

Sports Briefs

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Varsity baseball

Girls Soccer

Varsity Softball

Girls Tennis

Boys Track

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Waterford Ketterings athletics thrive in the spring. Lacrosse for both boys and girls united teams, along with girls soccer, softball, boys golf and boys baseball are all during the spring. The boys varsity baseball team is coached by a current teacher at Kettering, Micheal Malley. During the off season, Malley runs the BSOOL(best shape of our lives) which is intense excersise program designed for all athletes to better their athletic ability. Those on the boys golf team, practice everyday after school at either Oakland yard, where they hit range balls, or Pontiac Country Club. Both the boys and girls lacrosse teams are united, meaning they have athletes from both Mott and Kettering.

“ I have been playing Lacross ever since I was in elementary school in the fifth grade. The reason I had started playing was because I was beginning to get bored of playing soccer.”

Ty Swalwell, 11

Senior Jake Chmabers putts the ball Both Waterford Kettering and Waterford Mott hold practice and home meets at Pontiac Country Club. The boys also have the oppurtunity to practice hitting golf balls at Oakland Yard Athletics. During the season, meets are held at a variety of other golf courses, including courses like Edgewood and Prestwick. Photo coutresy Dathon Skelton

Despite the girls team who hold their season annually in the fall, the boys golf team has it’s season over the spring months. Current teacher at Kettering and girls basketball coach, Scott Woodhull, coaches the boys and girls golf teams. Boys golf has both a varsity and a junior varsity golf team.

Waterford Kettering does not have it’s own lacrosse team. Instead, Kettering and Mott got together to create Waterford United lacrosse. Both the boys and the girls play on the football field at Kettering and Mott for their home games. When not at home the boys and girls travel to high schools that are also in the KLAA north division.

Standing her ground “I have been playing Lacrosse for the past 6 years, and I’m number 11.

I currently play in the midfeild.”

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Gender sports

SPORTS

BY DATHON SKELTON Sports Editor Dathonskelton17@waterforddrift.com

A look at how some sports at Kettering could be based off of students gender Guys Volleyball The first Volleyball championship was held in 1949 for men, two years before the first womens championship Ironically, a man named William G Morgan, created Volleyball in 1895 Volleyball was invented in the United States as an alternative sport for older people who could not withstand the constant physical contact of basketball The first two-man beach game was played in 1930

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Friday night event that is held under the lights, the sport of football, remains a widely popular sport at Kettering . With the clashing of helmets, and the constant rumbles that occur in order to get an oval shaped ball, society may often see this sport as something for just guys to play. However, there are many girls that would infact play football if they had the chance.

Here at Kettering, football remains a sport that boys play regularly, despite the annual powderpuff game. The powder puff game is held once a year, and for some, once a year may not be enough.

“I would play in the football league because it just shows that girls can do what guys can do,” senior Kimber Stankus said.

The fact that there is only a guys football team may even in fact be considered sextest to some.

“I think the fact that there is no girls powder puff leauge is sextest because it’s just a once a year thing and the only reason we have it is because we ask for it,” Stankus said.

On the flipside some students may feel as if sexism doesn’t have much to do with fact there is no girls football team.

“I don’t really think that gender has much to do with the fact that there isn’t a girls powderpuff league, girls have the opportunity to play on the boys team it’s just they wouldn’t really get to play in most cases,” senior Bailey Habermehl said.

Alongside girls, some boys at Kettering feel left out of sports. Considering the sport of volleyball has an olympic team for both

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guys and girls, some boys feel as if the KLAA should develop it’s own league for boys to play volleyball.

Just like the annual powderpuff football game, Kettering hosts an annual volleyball game for boys to play in.

“I really don’t think one game is enough for both the powder puff game and the charity volleyball game,” senior Jordan Thomas. “I feel like if volleyball or football is something a student loves, he or she should be aloud to do regardless of their gender.”

If the creation of a boys volleyball team and girls football team were to take place, some problems would in fact arise.

“No schools I know of have a guys volleyball team so if Kettering had one there wouldn’t really be anyone to play,” Jalen Simms said.

Considering the lack of schools in the KLAA with boys volleyball and girls football teams, Kettering would be struggling to be able to have those teams if they had no one to play.

“I really do hope Kettering pushes towards developing a girls football team and boys volleyball team,” Thomas said.

“From my experience at Kettering I know that we do some things very well, and taking on things like this is one of those things. I’d expect something out of in the future even though I’ll be gone.”

Whether or not Kettering and other high schools take this idea into consideration, there may always be students hoping for the chance to play the sport they are being held back from.

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Girls Football The United States has their own womens football leauge called the Independent Women’s Football League The Independent Women’s Football League is a fullcontact leauge very similar to the NFl, but only for women.

Michigan has it’s own professional women’s football team, the Detroit Pride The first girl to play high school Football was in 1989, at Brookside high school in Ohio

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The price of playing

The problematic and beneficial sides of switching to pay to play sports

BY BRYCE MOJICA Staff Writer Brycemojica@waterforddrift.com

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ewer equipment, nicer facilities, and a better winning environment would all come from instituting pay to play sports according to Junior Noah Dooley.

“I feel like if Kettering had pay to play sports our athletes would be more committed,” Dooley said. “The schools that win a lot of titles are pay to play and they have the kids that are dedicated and willing to pay because they want to win.”

Some improvements Kettering athletes would see from having to pay to play sports would be new jersey’s each year with the student athlete’s last name on the back, newer and better equipment for our athletic teams, our trainer would have better tools to treat injuries, etc.

As Dooley previously stated, having to pay to play a sport would make our student athletes more dedicated to it.

This would translate into us having more successful seasons and create a better athletic environment here at Kettering.

“I foresee Kettering switching to pay to play in order to keep up with the other schools that already have, and will,” Dooley said.

I foresee Kettering becoming pay to play in order to keep up with the other schools that already have.

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Pay to play sports could restrict athletes that may not be able to afford the expensive fees.

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Thousands of dollars can be put towards new equipment and better facilities.

61% of high schools nation wide

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amaraderie, teamwork, and companionship are all traits acquired from playing team sports. Junior Brandon Egres says some students may not be able to experience these if sports were to go to pay to play.

“Pay to play sports could restrict athletes that may not be able to afford the expensive fees,” Egres said. “I agree that having students pay would keep them more committed, but having it free would get athletes that otherwise wouldn’t be able to play and you’d still get the committed athletes that could pay.”

The fees range from $225 to $750 (according to mhsaa.com). Most aren’t able to change due to the equipment that would be bought for each player.

Fund raisers and sponsors have funded Waterford sports in order to pay for the expenses. They have allowed students to play but with little extra money left over for the programs.

“I like the idea of pay to play but our programs are just fine as they are now.”

Egres said. “We still have the equipment we need and we don’t pay anything we just raise money through fund raisers.”

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25%

of the population has an income of $25,000 or less. Only

15%

of sport participants are in that group.

19%

of families with an income less than $60,000 have a decrease in participation due to the price of playing.

Pay to play programs on average charge $50 to $250

Facts courtesy of http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/lower-income-students-getting-shut-out-sports-n164941

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Variety of varsity jackets Varsity jackets have evolved from all sports to all activities

All activities

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Only sports

BY JASON ACCIAIOLI Staff Writer Jasonacciaioli@waterforddrift.com

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ome people believe that providing non-athletic participants with a varsity letter takes away the significance and glory of one of a high school athlete’s greatest accomplishments.

Varsity Letters were introduced in 1865 by the Harvard baseball team. It was a way to recognize those athletes who went above and beyond for the team in large games, commonly played against Yale or Princeton. The original use was to demonstrate pride of great achievement in a sport. Some think that this has been watered down by the awarding of letters to those in non-athletic sports.

If you asked a varsity athlete what some of their proudest moments were, they are sure to mention receiving their varsity letter. By distributing varsity letters to non-athletic programs it takes away from the true meaning of a varsity letter.

“I think it would mean more if it was just sports because it’s something that you have to earn rather than some other activities in which you can just join and get the letter,”sophomore and Varsity Hockey player Jack Joyce said.

Activities such as robotics, band, orchestra and other competitions that do not require athletic ability are seen to be unique in their own way. Medals, trophies, awards, and certificates are commonly awarded in these events, as their participants justly deserve. However many think that the varsity letter is something sacred, and it is an award that should be reserved for those sacrificing their blood, sweat, and tears through athletic competition.

Most Varsity athletes would say that the physical effort expressed through a varsity sport far exceeds that which is seen in other activities, and the award for that effort should not be an award everyone receives.

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igh school students have a wide range of talents, abilities, and skills which are expressed in a multitude of sports and activities. Because of that, many people believe that any student excelling in what they are best at deserves to be recognized at a varsity level with a varsity letter.

There are a wide range of events that various students partake in that could been seen as deserving of recognition. Many think a varsity letter is a special level of high achievement, and those who deserve to be recognized at the highest level deserve to be recognized with a varsity letter.

While more traditional sports such as football, baseball, and basketball receive much more media attention and revenue for schools, non-athletic competitions such as robotics can take just as much, if not more, time, effort, and determination that the athletic sports require.

“I do not think they are sports but I believe that they are on the varsity level,” Senior and multi-letterman Nick Ross said. (tennis, skiing, band, choir, and theatre/ drama) Although these activities do not require athletic ability they are very big commitments, making many people see them as deserving of a varsity letter.

While medals, certificates, and plaques are very honorable, for many it falls short in the pursuit of the ultimate goal - a varsity letter, and all that it stands for.

Varsity letters mean a lot and are big acheievments for many students who participate in activities at varsity level.

Spectator sports or not, and revenue maker regardless, there are tons of people who would say that those who perform at a varsity ability deserve a varsity letter.

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Opposite Jackets Junior Sarah Amenson’s and sophomore Ian Lukas’ varsity jackets resemble how you can earn a varsity letter in different activities, such as softball and volleyball, compared to chamber choir and marching band. Photo courtesy of Sarah Amenson and Ian Lukas

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BY BRIDGET EKIS & CALVIN HABBA Assistant Editor-In-Chief & The Drift Editor-In-Chief bridgetekis@waterforddrift.com calvinhabba18@waterforddrift.com

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he weekend approaches, and junior Lexi Shaw thinks back to her schedule to remember if this is her mom’s or dad’s weekend.

With divorced parents, Shaw alternates households on the weekends but resides primarily with her dad.

Anxiety that revolves around homework and friends- like most teens- is the least of Shaw’s worries when she realizes it’s her mom’s weekend.

“With them [Shaw’s stepfather and mother] taking care of the kids at the house I’m always worried that they’re going to go hungry when it’s not the typical three designated meals a day,” Shaw admitted. “If they get hungry they’re not allowed to have a snack.”

According to the Hunger in America study of 2014, 66 percent of the households surveyed reported they often have to choose between food for the family or medical care. With Shaw’s mother’s health restrictions and children in the house who are prone to getting sick, Shaw experiences these struggles first hand.

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It was about five years ago when her mother Misty became sick right after the birth of her stepsister Lacee. This caused her to quit working, which lead to money getting tight. Without a source of income from her mother, dependence on her stepfather Rodney elevated.

“With my step dad constantly doing manual labor [he’s an electrician] he’s tired when he comes home and I know he’s very hungry,” Shaw said. “He doesn’t take much of a lunch to work and leaves before he can have breakfast. He’s always getting home too late for dinner so he has to improvise mostly with cereal.”

Currently Shaw’s mom’s house has government support through Women, Infant, and Children (WIC*). WIC helps Shaw’s mother to feed her family of four- sometimes five when Shaw and her sister visit- and supplies her with fundamental grocery needs such as dairy products, fruits, vegetables, and bread.

Food is scarce at Shaw’s mothers; it is portioned based on what they can afford to supply on their own and what WIC provides for them.

Another statistic found in the Hunger in America study of 2014 says that 79 percent of the households surveyed are purchasing cheaper unhealthy food in an effort to try to provide enough food for the household.

“We rarely ever have fruits because the kids go through them too fast and we can’t replace them after they run out continuously,” Shaw said.

Shaw described a dinner at her father’s to be much more luxurious in comparison to a dinner at her mother’s. Instead of steak, mashed potatoes, and green beans, a popular dinner option at Shaw’s mother’s consists of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and hot dogs.

Both of these items are filling, and are rather inexpensive to make, hence the reason why Shaw’s mother’s family chooses this meal on a regular basis.

INDEPTH “I think people really take for granted and ask her to bring food over, or two, she how they can just walk to the pantry and get finds money and walks to Little Caesars to buy whatever they want whenever they want it,” a five dollar Hot N’ Ready.

Shaw said.

The Hunger in America study also found Life for Shaw’s siblings who are constantly that 53 percent of the households involved in at her mom’s house is difficult. When Shaw their research also receive help from family or isn’t visiting for the weekend or during the friends in times of economic or food oriented summer vacation her 11-year-old half brother distress.

Jace and five-year-old half sister Lacee live In Parks household they receive monthly with different limitations than the ones Shaw benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition herself grew up Assistance with when visiting Program (SNAP*), her mom. a program It’s different from how we used to be [the “If they [siblings formerly known as family]. When she [her mother] didn’t at moms house] food stamps. Their have a job and was home she cooked sneak out of bed SNAP benefits dinner every night for us so that’s definitely in the middle of are given to them different,” Parks said. “I miss the homethe night to get each month on cooked meals, I really miss them.“Since a bag of chips what is known now I have to make all the food it gets a or something to as a Electronic little bit tiring. snack on they’ll Benefits Transfer get yelled at and (EBT*) card, Angela Parks, 9 get in trouble which works in a [due to the lack similar fashion like of food],” Shaw said.”I never went through a debit card. that because we were better off when I was “We don’t really eat a lot because we younger.” know we have to save our food since we are Within the WKHS community, Shaw is on food stamps,” Parks said. not alone when dealing with food struggles According to the U.S. Bureau of Census in at home. Freshman Angela Parks is similar to 2013, roughly 119,248 residents of Oakland Shaw in the sense that they both understand County were receiving SNAP benefits. the value of food, and how it can come and Parks didn’t always take on the motherly go. However, unlike Shaw, Parks is under the role of the house. stress of having tight food situations 24/7 “It’s different from how we used to be [the and is unable to escape to another parent family]. When she [her mother] didn’t have a home for the majority of her time. job and was home she cooked dinner every Parks arrives home from school every night for us so that’s definitely different,” Parks Monday through Thursday with the said. “I miss the home-cooked meals, I really responsibility of cooking dinner for her and miss them since now I have to make all the her younger sister while their mother is at food it gets a little bit tiring.” work. She faces responsibilities most of her This is just a small glimpse into the world classmates do not, since her mother has to of food insecurity* and child hunger. It’s work nights. important to realize that child hunger isn’t In a situation where Parks is unable to find just a “thing” in third-world-underdeveloped something to cook for her and her sister, she countries, but in fact is happening in WKHS, has two options. One she could call her aunt Michigan, and the United States.

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Glossary*

EBT: Stands for Electronic Benefits Transfer. This means that instead of receiving paper food stamps and paper checks, you will be issued a debit card called the Michigan Bridge Card to purchase food products and access cash benefits.

Food Security: When all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. (Food insecurity is the exact opposite).

National School Lunch Program (NSLP): The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.

The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946.

Woman Infant and Children: Provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for lowincome pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): SNAP offers nutrition assistance to millions of eligible, low-income individuals and families and provides economic benefits to communities. SNAP is the largest program in the domestic hunger safety net.

Fact courtesy of United States Dept. of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, World Health Organization, and Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services

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Poor nutrition causes nearly half 45% of deaths in children under five. That equals to about 3.1 million children each year.

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people each year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis C O MBINE D

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of Kettering students recieve free or reduced lunch. This indicates that WK has a large amount of low income families.

or 1 of 7 Americans struggle to get enough to eat

Survey out of 715 Students

30%

Approximately 30 percent of Kettering students receive some form of government assistance whether it be now or in the past.

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of households in America have to choose between paying for medical care or paying for food

27 percent of American households have to make the choice to feed their family or pay for housing for the month Facts courtesy of feedingamerica.org, Food and Agriculture Org. of the United Nations, World Food Programme, gettingsnap.org and childhungerendshere.com

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Same name, diff Lacrosse captain Jacob Motimore talks about his love for the game

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aced up, padded up, helmet strapped, and ready to play. Senior Captain Jacob Mortimore has been in love with the field ever since his first glimpse of it, when he was in fourth grade.

“When I was in fourth grade I passed by the Waterford Falcon’s field and saw them playing, and I told my mom I wanted to try it out. I tried out the next year, and have been playing ever since, because I loved it,” Mortimore said.

Moritmore is very passionate about the game of lacrosse, and he is extremely dedicated to it. Playing the lacrosse for 8 years now, has caused the game to become more than just a nice hobby to play after school for him.

“It’s kinda like a lifestyle that i’ve grown into. I’ve been playing for so long, and it just became something that i’ve always enjoyed doing,” Mortimore said.

Entering the lacrosse field as a male can be very dangerous, considering

the fact that boys can be much more violent in the game rather than girls. Contact is one of the biggest differences when it comes to the two games, but it is one of Mortimore’s favorite parts of the whole game “I love the aggressiveness and the hitting.”

Looking through the eyes of Mortimore, the game of lacrosse for boys is not much different compared to the game of lacrosse for girls. “With girls it’s a lot less contact, and with guys It’s more full-on contact. They’re both very competitive, there’s really only minor differences between them.”

Due to the aggressive contact, men are required to wear a significant amount of more equipment than girls.

Men are required to wear helmets, shoulder pads, and gloves. Girls do not wear any of these items. Men’s lacrosse also has fewer rules than women’s lacrosse which causes girls to have less contact. “It’s less intense and less aggressive than guy’s lacrosse,” Mortimore said.

Photo courtesy Bridget Ekis

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BY ALEXANDER DORCEY Staff Writer alexanderdorcey@waterforddrift.com

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aced up, goggles on, and ready to play. Sophomore Maddie Fields discovered her passion for lacrosse at a young age, just like Mortimore.

“I wanted to start playing lacrosse because I wanted to find a way to meet new people when I was in fourth grade,” Fields said.

Fields has been playing lacrosse or six years now, and her love for the game has done nothing but grow more and more. “Its the best sport out there.”

Fields love to be on the field and playing, but it wouldn’t be the same without her team. “I really like having a united team. I get to meet new people from Mott and bond with my team,” Fields said. For Fields team bonding is everything, without her team lacrosse wouldn’t be the same.

Looking through the eyes of Fields, the game of lacrosse for girls is insanely different than

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the boys. “Guys wear a ton of padding, where girls only wear goggles and mouth guards. Guys can have a lot of physical contact and girls cannot,” Fields said.

The rules of girls lacrosse restrict certain aspects of the game such as where you shoot the ball, or the contact involved in the sport. Guys and girls also have different setups in the field. Regulation fields for men are larger than women’s. This is why guys play at Mott and girls play here at WKHS. The physicality restrictions of the sport can be a bother for Fields on the field. “It kinda sucks,” Fields said, “I wish girls could be a little more physical on the field.”

She explains how since guys and girls rules are differ, referees often get the calls wrong due to different rules. “I really like guys lacrosse and wish the rules could change for us to be the same.”

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A close-up look into the world of autism

FEATURE

BY KALI BERG Staff Writer kaliberg@waterforddrift.com

Did you know?

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In the moment Teacher Jodi Beatty bonding with student Taryn Needham, who has autism. She is working with her on her communication skills because of the difficulties autism can bring to her at times of social interaction. Photo by Kali Berg

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’m not much of a talkative person,” freshman Taryn Needham said. ”People think of me as a weird person sometimes.” Needham is a freshman with autism.

“Autism is a lifelong neurological disorder and is yet to have a cure,” Jodi Beatty said. Beatty teaches a class primarily for students whose disabilities impact them to the point that they just need a little bit more help throughout their school day. Needham is one of these students.

Autism affects a person’s social and communication skills. It also affects multiple sections of the brain, depending on the person and the severity of their disabilities. Beatty says that once you get to know Taryn, even though she may not be the one to start the conversation, you begin to realize how sweet of a person she is and how mindful of others she is.

“There are so many abilities and disabilities under the autism spectrum, and it affects each person differently with their own marked impairments,” Beatty said. In the past it [autism] has been referred to as high and low functioning, but it is best to stay away from those terms Beatty points out. “Everyone is high functioning in their own ways,” Beatty said. “It’s almost derogative to speak to someone who is functioning at their highest ability, and then to say they are actually low functioning.” Taryn may not be the most social person, but she can’t help it.

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autism is alike to the next one’ is wrong. The way one talks, the way one acts, or behaves is completely different to the next person. “If you have met one person with autism, you have really only met one person with autism.”

One of the hardest issues for kids affected by autism is the sudden outbursts. The cause of these outbursts can vary from person to person.

“Sometimes they can be caused by sounds, or triggered by a smell,” Beatty said. “It can even be the most randomest things, such as a certain word.” Outbursts can be as minor as the person just crying, and can be as severe as the person physically hurting themselves repetitively.

Even though kids with autism may have a hard time socializing with those surrounding them the sight of the general population and them interacting is great. “It makes me feel great when I see their peers and them interact,” Beatty said. “I like to see my students growing and learning while watching their peers doing the same, and to know that we have the tolerance and understanding of differences is amazing.”

Beatty believes Taryn is capable of anything; the sky’s the limit.

“We all have strengths and weaknesses, some more visible than others. We all have some type of weakness, it just might not be as noticeable for the general population,” Beatty said. “Everyone can reach their full potential. We just have to focus on our strengths, and work on our weaknesses.”

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* Until the age of , students with a disability are able to receive services in their district. * People that are at a greater risk of being diagnosed with autism are those who have certain genetic or chromosomal conditions * Compared to the general population, young adults who have autism are less likely to receive any postsecondary schooling or any sort of job *Facts courtesy of www.cdc.gov www.nimh.nih heraldtribune.com and www.nichd.nih.gov

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hey told me this was a one in a million kind of injury, and I just so happened to be that one,” senior Becca Posigian said.

Doctor’s offices, MRI’s, specialist visits, testafter-test, and a new diagnosis every week.

This is what most of the year has been like for Posigian, continuously living day-to-day with the pain that may have ended her high school sports career.

Posigian has been playing softball ever since she could pick up a bat, and her passion for the game has grown at a rapid rate. She has played on the Junior Varsity team here at Kettering, and was pulled up to Varsity last season for five practices and seven games. During the off-season, she plays for the Oakland Edge travel softball team.

After finishing her Oakland Edge season, Posigian started experiencing pain in her hip during the high school season of junior year.

“I thought I just pulled a muscle, and I was in enough pain where I had to have it wrapped every game, which is not a fun process,” Posigian said.

After playing ball all summer and last spring, she was still in a lot of pain, and decided to go see a sports medicine doctor.

There, they were confident that she had a bone deformity on her femur, but the MRI showed that there was nothing wrong with her hip. Instead, they discovered some sort of spinal issue that leads her to have pain in her

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hips and legs.

“They told me the cartilage around my sacroiliac joint is degenerating and pulling away for an unknown reason, causing all the pain in my hip and leg,” Posigian said.

While she was told many different possibilities from many doctors, the real injury still remains unknown, leaving Posigian with more questions than answers.

“It’s extremely frustrating knowing that I really can’t do anything about it and that it’s basically going to be a series of trials-anderrors until they figure out what I do have,” Posigian said.

Posigian spent her whole junior year trying to figure out what’s been causing her pain, and her biggest regret was not going to get looked at before things got severe.

“I wish that I had taken my injury more seriously regardless, because an injury is an injury, and I’m in pain all the time from it, physically and mentally,” Posigian said.

“My injury cost me my varsity letter junior year, and that’s something I don’t have another chance at.”

The injury negatively impacted her junior year, but Posigian continues to remain positive and have a good outlook throughout her senior year. Part of staying positive is knowing that it’s not in her control, in the sense that there’s nothing she could’ve done to prevent it from happening. Her parents have been there

for her since the beginning, offering to get her whatever they need to finally put an end to this mysterious pain.

While she tries to remain positive, Posigian lives everyday knowing that her high school sports career could be over at any minute.

If her injury becomes too painful for her to handle, she has to make the call and stop playing.

“Thankfully I don’t have to completely stop playing softball all together, but that means I’m playing at my own risk,” Posigian said.“There’s a big chance that if I push myself too hard, I could injure myself past repair, and that’s the only thing I’m afraid of.”

Fear doesn’t stop her from doing what she loves, no matter what could happen. She recently tried out and made the Captains Varsity softball team, which means there’s no time to sit on the bench senior year.

“It’s really unfortunate that this had to happen my senior year. This year is supposed to be one of the ultimate milestones of life, and right now, it’s not going how I pictured it at all,” Posigian said.

Posigian is going to continue to play as long as she can walk. When she has on her uniform and mitt, and is deep in the outfield, pain means nothing. Her love of the game over-powers any kind of obstacle in her way of reaching home plate.

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The psychology of color How does color affect a person’s mind?

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olor has always played a huge role in our visual perception, it influences our reactions about the world around us. Taking this into account, colors can leave us feeling certain things, physically and mentally. Such as walking into a red room can make you hungry, or walking into a yellow room can give you energy. By learning how colors can affect a person, it opens a door to multiple possibilities.

BY REBECCA PAGNUCCO Illustrator rebeccapagnucco@waterforddrift.com Illustration by Rebecca Pagnucco

RED is one of the most eye catching colors, which can strain your eye at certain intensities. Although

it’s not the most visible, it has the ability of appearing to be closer than it is, therefore grabbing attention.

An example is red’s effectiveness in traffic lights. This color has a physical effect on our senses, which usually raises our heart rate. That’s why it can leave the impression that time is passing by faster than usual. Relating to the masculine principle, red can activate our “fight or flight” instinct. This color is very stimulating and lively and friendly, but can be perceived as demanding and aggressive. “My first impulse is that red is an angry color, but it’s not really,” Art teacher Lori Groff said. “In theory of colors, I think it is a more energetic color.”

ORANGE is a combination of yellow and red, therefore it is very stimulating and it’s

reaction is a combination of physical and emotional. It makes us focus on issues of physical comfort, such as food, warmth, or shelter, and sensuality. Negatively, orange may focus on deprivation. This is likely when warm orange is used with black. A lack of seriousness and intelligence are factors that come from too much orange.

YELLOW’s wavelength is very long and stimulating, which can be very irritating to

your eyes. In this color’s case, the response is emotional. As a result yellow is the strongest color psychologically. The right hue of yellow can lift our spirits and our self-esteem. It is the color of confidence and optimism. But too much, or the wrong hue in relation to other hues in a color scheme can cause self esteem to plummet. In turn, raising fear and anxiety.

GREEN hits the eye in a way where there is no need for adjustment, which makes it

seem restful. Since it’s in the center of the color spectrum, this color is very balanced, which is an important concept that may be not realised. The world around us contains so much green that it can indicate the presence of water and little danger of famine, so we feel encouraged by the color on a primitive level. “The color green makes me feel calm when I’m around it,” Junior Robert Combs said. Negatively, green can indicate jealousy and can be perceived as boring.

BLUE is closely associated with our minds and is soothing, thus it’s reaction is mental rather than physical. Strong blues will cause clear thought, while lighter blues can calm the mind and aid in concentration. This color is peaceful and mentally calming. Despite it’s calming presence, blue can also be perceived as cold, unemotional, and unfriendly.

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PURPLE has the highest vibration in the visible spectrum, since it has the shortest

wavelength. It takes recognition to a higher level of thought, and possibly on spiritual levels.

Purple is highly introverted and encourages deep thinking or meditation. Associated with royalty, this color communicates the finest possible quality. Purple is the last visible wavelength before ultra-violet rays, so it is associated with time, space and the cosmos. Major use of purple can bring too much self-observation, and the wrong hue can communicate something as cheap or nasty faster than any other color.

PINK is a tint of red, and because of that it affects us physically, but in a more soothing

way rather than stimulating. This is a powerful color, psychologically. Pink represents the feminine principle and the survival of a species, giving off a nurturing and physically soothing characteristic.

Too much of this color can be physically draining and give off the feeling of being emasculated.

BLACK is a combination of every color, which can leave an intimidating feeling. It

creates barriers and drains energy coming towards you, thus enveloping the personality. Black is characterized as the absence of light, since no wavelengths are reflected from it, therefore coming off as menacing. Positively, it communicates clarity, sophistication, and uncompromising quality, and works well with white. Black can also create a perception of weight and seriousness.

WHITE (the polar oppositie of black) is described as total reflection. In effect, it casts the full

force of the spectrum into our eyes. Also creating barriers, but differing from black, it is commonly a strain to look at. White is characterized as pure, uncompromising, clean and hygienic. Visually, white allows a heightened perception of space. White’s negative effect on warm colors is making them seem very violent.

Office Blue: Productivity

Kitchen

Yellow: Increases metabolism and gives energy

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Bedroom Green: Tranquility and health

Living Room

Purple: Allows relaxation

Guest Room Pink: Calming and warm

Dining Room

Red: Encourages appetite

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Shocked and Surprised: Talented fan shares the mic with Rihanna

Show-stopping performer Rihanna was taken back by the angelic voice of one of her fans during her performance of FourFiveSeconds at her Cincinnati show on March, 19. As she passed the microphone to him, she certainly was not expecting what she heard. Transitioning into the next verse, Terah Jay held the microphone in his hand and the soul in his voice. As he belted the next few lines Rihanna’s face showed it all, the surprised but humble expression was everything for the adoring fan. Media everywhere was flooded after the concert with videos and tweets congratulating the lucky man, and expressing their love for Rihrih’s reaction. As a fan of her for several years, Jay expressed “I will never forget this, thanks for all the kind words. I am so humbled at this moment, my cup is full.”

Justin Bieber has a “Purpose” at The Plalace You’ll surely be “Sorry” if you miss out on seeing the teeneage heart throb himself, Justin Bieber, as he makes his stop at The Palace on April 25. If screaming girls and pop-star whirls are your thing, tickets are on sale until Bieber steps on stage.

A voice so pure, came out of young Terah Jay as he showed off his hidden talent in front of one of his favorite performers. A clearly shocked Rihanna smiles and attempts to finish the song but goes back for another listen.

On the Record 7 Years, is new to our ears, but not so much to tyhe music industry.

Published in 2015 by the Danish pop-soul band Lukas Graham, was discovered and is now one of the highest songs on the charts all across the nation.

“Views From the 6” a new album by Drake is expected to drop sometime in April 2016. Drake’s soon to be fourth LP has been in the works since 2013.

“Before you criticize someone, walk a

mile in their shoes. That way you’re a mile away, and you have their shoes,” _

Stay in your Room

Narrated from the perspective of a five year old boy, Room the novel written by Emma Donoghue follows the lives of a mother and her son as they have been held captive in only a small room. With suspenseful scenes the heartfelt journey, and the fight to their freedom has been transformed into a major motion picture. Earning four Academy Awards, the disturbing ideas of the room being the only place the boy has ever known, captured the attention of many. The room is his world. And the outside is unknown.

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Allegiant has no allies

After two already box office breaking movies, the last book of the divergent series ‘Allegiant’ was recently released in theaters on Friday, March 18. Following the earth-shattering revelations of ‘Insurgent’ unraveled how Tris must journey past the wall, to discover the truth about the world around her. With only limited time and little help, Tris has to make her decisions alone, making this and “on the edge of your seat” must see.

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Behind the band

What is truly hidden behind the title of being a band and what one is made from.

BY ALLY PIERCHALA Social Media Editor allisonpierchala17@waterforddrift.com

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band. Textbook defined as a small group of musicians and vocalists who play music. A simple definition that only scrapes the surface of what a band truly is. Hidden behind the title is more than just music. The members, as cliche as it sounds, are really what make or break the band. The right mix of personalities, talents and drive are needed to balance the sound and create their image that is going to help them ‘fight for their right to party’ in the cut-throat industry.

Typically when looking at a band, the first thing that really sticks out is their look. The lead singer, usually being the one who everyone seems to focus on the most isn’t always the most talented member of the band.

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members some leads aren’t capable of making it on their own. As equal as the members are when it comes to creating or and supporting the band’s sound, areas that aren’t tied to the music at all are shown to be factors that weigh on the equality among the members. Looks are tied to sales, and it is proven that members who are noticed the most for their looks generate more sales, rather than the ones who are the most musically talented. The largest contributor to fan base and sales is definitely the lead singer, however other members that help keep the band in business are commonly forgotten or thought of as unimportant, when in reality, without them the band wouldn’t be anything close to the same.

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They provide the link between harmony and rhythm, and ultimately have the most crucial role in the band. They are depended on for their single-note bass lines that provide the bands’ tone or style.

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The Guitarist. They are the melody of the band.

They provide the instrumental passages, guitar solos and riffs whithin a song. The guitarist is usually the lead guitar source, they play the chords that carry melodies. They are depended on to create the unique sound effects bass players cant contribute.

The Singer. They’re the voice of the band. They provide the vocals, and carry the message of their music to the audience. By vocalizing musical sounds with tone and pitch they can produce music. Without them the band wouldnt have lyrics and vocals to back up their instruments.

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Applications from the “App Store” and “Play Store”that are currently popular among students

BY CALVIN HABBA Drift Editor-In-Chief calvinhabba18@waterforddrift.com

Jelly Squares

Airmail

Jelly Squares is a colorful game with charming sounds that make you feel better on a bad day. The objective of the game is simple, try to get the jelly squares to the correct colored plates. The hard part is that the squares only move in the order of their eyes. The more colors, the more challenging the game gets.

Airmail is a program used for iMacs. Now this is available as an app on latest generation iPhones. With this app you can create high quality PDF’s and fully sync your account from wherever you are. This application also supports Gmail. Other features include: Bulk editing, multiple signatures, snooze messages, and apple watch at a glance. The apple watch feature allows you to view your mail from your apple watch quickly and easily. This is a must have app for iPhone users.

Apple

Apple

| Free | V 1.3.1

MSQRD - Live filters MSQRD is an app that allows you to apply live filters and face swap selfies with videos and regular pictures. This is a must have app for anyone who loves to take selfies with filters.

Android | Free | V 1.0.3 Apple | Free | V 1.0.5

| $4.99 | V 1.0.1

Stack Stack is an application created

by Ketchapp that is sweeping the nation. It is very addicting and keeps you on your feet with every click. The objective of the game is to stack the most blocks and get as high as you can. However this is not always easy because one miss-click can ruin the whole game causing you to have to start over. The graphics in this application are simplistic and refined. You can also compete for the best score in the whole world. The higher you stack the harder this game gets. The different colors also leave the user in awe as they are stacking the blocks. Don’t be fooled by the simple design and user interface as this game can be very frustrating at times.

Android | Free | V 1.0 Apple | Free | V 1.0

BTD Battles

Letter

Meeblings

Android | Free | V 3.3.3 Apple | Free | V 3.3.2

This extremely puzzling game challenges your eyesight. The objective of The Impossible Letter Game is to find the odd letter of the whole bunch of letters. It is simple yet very challenging.

Android | Free | V 1.0.0 Apple | Free | V 4.3

From the creators of Bloons Tower Defence 5 comes an all new game called Meeblings. This adaptation used physics to move little meeblings to the home box, which is also the objective of the game. This is an addictive game as well.

Apple | Free | V 3.0

This Online computer game is currently available for FREE in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. BTD Battles is a game in which you can verse opponents and try to defeat them in a battle.

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BasketBall

This app is for everyone and anyone who loves to play the arcade version of basketball. It is totally virtual and the best time waster as well.

You will find yourself playing this addicting game for hours at a time.

Android | Free | V 1.0.1 Apple | Free | V 1.0

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BY BROOKE BOYER Assistant Editor-in-Chief brookeboyer17@waterforddrift.com

Fuller House More than 20 years later and the Tanner family is back for more

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uller House is a new look into the lives of the Tanner family, who we once knew and loved from the mid 90’s sitcom Full House. After 20 years and several changes, the Tanner family is back together again, and for many Full House lovers, it feels like they were never apart. The first season aired on Netflix February 26, 2106. With 13 episodes, all about 25-30 minutes in length, the goofy family scenarios are brought back to the viewer. Episode

What’s changed?

Unlike the original Full House that was aired on television, Fuller House can only be found on Netflix.

Michelle, the youngest of the three Tanner sisters does not appear at all. The Olson twins declined to appear.

The famous opening song, Everywhere you look, is now performed by Carly Rae Jepsen.

Switched-up roles; Widowed DJ Tanner raises her three sons with the help of her sister and best friend.

The technology in Fuller House is far more advanced than Full House, due to the time gap between the two series.

The children casted in Fuller House appear to be more polished and perfect. It’s evident they’re aware they’re filling big shoes.

one kicks off with a special Tanner family reunion that will bring back the warm and fuzzy feelings to your heart. While the Tanner home has undergone a few updates, it still feels like the historic San Francisco house it used to be. With the success of the first season, It was announced that Fuller House will be continued, and is already in the works. The release date at this time is unknown, but do expect to see more from the family in the near future.

What’s similar?

The same house is used and the same set.

Although some of the household items are updated, almost everything remains the same.

DJ’s middle son shares some of the same traits as Danny Tanner, his grandfather. Such as being neat and organized and his sense of humor.

Almost every member of the oriinal cast of Full House makes an appearance.

Uncle Jesse and Aunt Becky are still together and they’re just as in love as when we last saw them.

The premises of the shows are very sad; a widowed parent is left to raise their three children without their spouse.

In the original Full House, Danny’s brother in-law and best friend Jesse and Joey move in to help raise his three kids. Similarly, DJ’s best friend and sister, Kimmy and Stephanie move in to help raise her three kids.

Season 2 expectations for Fuller House

As someone who grew up watching Full House every night and has grown into a super fan, I had high expectations for Fuller House. That being said, I have even higher ones for the second season. I hope to see Michelle’s role reprised by one of the Olsen twins. I also hope to see DJ pursue a love life, and see some of the other cast members appear more often.

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FRUIT FOR ALL Oranges are a great source of vitamin C, potassium, calcium and dietary fiber. They promote clear, healthy skin and prevent many diseases.

Raspberries are packed full of vitamin C, folate, magnesium and potassium. They reduce the risk of diabetes and obesity.

Grapes contain p o w e r f u l antioxidants that help fight cancer and promote heart health.

They also help with indigestion, f a t i g u e and kidney disorders.

Kiwi is an excellent source of vitamins C,K & E, along with copper and dietary fiber. Kiwi helps stop sleep insomnia and high blood pressure.

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Bananas are jam packed with potassium, calcium and other key nutrients.

These super fruits help prevent cramps and depression.

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Lasagna Night!

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Pineapple is full of potassium, fiber, manganese and calcium, which aids in prevention of asthma and high blood pressure.

Strawberries are a powerful source of vitamin C, dietary fiber, copper and magnesium.

These powerhouses Blueberries are high build immunity in fiber, potassium and keep wrinkles at bay. and vitamin C, which makes them the perfect food to lower cholesterol and decrease risk of heart disease.

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CRUNCHING ON YOUR CRAVINGS Spring is finally here and so are those seasonal recipes that everyone loves

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