Volume CXVI, Issue #6
The student news publication of Walnut Hills High School
Friday Jan. 28, 2022
“Be yourself, just ball out” Ten years
of Coach
Ricardo Hajra Munir, ‘23, Megan Dorr, ‘22
Ricardo Hill has been a monumental part of the WHHS boys basketball team’s success. After ten years of being a coach at WHHS, Hill has brought an overall record of 175-54. Along with his accomplishments on the court, Hill is recognized for making personal connections to players, other students, and staff. Hill took the job as the WHHS boys basketball varsity head coach in 2012 with the intent to coach his son, Ricardo Hill Jr., for one year, and then move on. However, he quickly fell in love with the school and the community, and ten years later, he’s still here, creating an impact everyday. “Initially, it was supposed to be just for that one year. But then I just fell in love with the school, I grew up right around the corner, I just fell in love with it,” Hill said. Coach Hill is a well known figure in the WHHS community, not just because of the team’s successes, but also his outgoing personality. “He has done so much for so many players and students. He gives back to the community and is always there when someone needs him. He inspires so many people by just teaching and always giving advice,” varsity player Javion Bostic, ‘23, said. “I just try to get to know everybody, and try to help everybody as much as I can, so that is the reason I would say I am “popular” with the kids,” Hill said. During his ten year tenure, the basketball team has experienced tremendous success. Hill has amassed 175 wins and a trip to the state final four. This is not only due
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Coach Ricardo Hill talks to his team during a timeout at the WHHS boys varsity game against Lebanon on Jan. 14.
and was an assistant at Aiken before joining the WHHS community. One of Hill’s greatest coaching accomplishments include being able to teach his sons the game of basketball. “I encourage everyone to, if you get the opportunity to coach your kid, do it. It was the best experience I’ve had in my life,” Hill said. After almost a decade of coaching at WHHS, Hill is an avid believer of basketball having a large influence not on the court, but off. Coach Ricardo only “[I love basketball] because gives back to the it teaches you life skills. It you how to be a community and teaches leader in the community, is always there how to be in the public eye, it gives you the opporwhen someone and tunity to be a role model. I needs him love the game,” Hill said. During his ten years with the Eagles, many great play-Javion Bostic, ‘23 ers have been coached by Hill, including 2021 College Basketball National Champion Macio Teague. Hill has been able to leave HAJRA MUNIR / CHATTERBOX an impact on his players, on to his dedication to the team, but his years of the court and off. “The impact Coach Ricardo had on me experience with basketball. was tremendous. He helped me with my conBasketball has been a part of Hill’s life long fidence, because when I first got to Walnut I before he came to WHHS. He was an Allwas not as confident as I am today. He was American point guard in college at Ashland the first coach to allow me to be myself on the University and once his playing time was up, court and in turn help me be the player I am he kept his passion for the game as a coach. today,” Teague said. Hill coached at a small college, AAU teams,
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Ricardo continued to help and support Teague even after he left WHHS. Ricardo not only contributed to his basketball career but also his personal life. “While I was in college at UNC Asheville he always supported me. And then when I was transferring, he made a lot of calls for me and just let me know which coaches were asking about me. He really helped me get in contact with college coaches. When I was at Baylor, he always gave me feedback on my games which was extremely impactful,” Teague said. Ricardo is persistent with his ability to help players with their game and their personal lives. He remains the same influential figure to his current players. “ [Coach Ricardo] has turned me into a leader both on and off the court and taught me how to get the best out of the people I am working with,” SENIOR Max Poynter said. As time goes on, change is natural, and is something Hill has done within his basketball program. He has learned what coaching styles work best for each player. “The kids ten or even five years ago were a lot different than the kids today. You gotta treat them a lot differently,” Hill said. Hill admits he
used to be much stricter with certain things, but has learned to let the players express their personality. For example, he used to require all players to wear matching shoe strings, but now lets them pick whatever color they want. Hill now encourages his players to just be themselves on and off the court. “Be yourself, just ball out,” is the attitude Hill now takes towards his players. Hill has this current WHHS team at a 13-1 record, not including the confrence games, and first place in the ECC. He hopes this team will go far and possibly bring home the school’s first state title. “I want to be that coach to bring the first basketball state championship to this school. So that’s our goal,” Hill said.
“He was the first coach
to allow me to be myself on the court and in turn help me be the player I am today” -Macio Teague, ‘15
PHOTO COURTESY OF RICARDO HILL
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Opinions on omicron WHHS students were asked questions relating to the newest strand of COVID-19, the omicron variant
Dominic Hamon, ‘25
Q: Has omicron affected you personally?
Q: What are your opinions on going back online?
Q: What are your opinions on going back online? “Yes it has, my Aunt currently has omicron and she knew someone who passed away from omicron earlier this year.”
“I’m not too excited about it, but as long as we go back this year I think I’m fine.” -Carson Wolf, ‘25
“I really don’t want to go back online because it just like takes the social aspect out of school.” - Sarah Coyne, ‘26
- Dezmond Gayle, ‘24
Q: Has omicron affected you personally?
“So far, no, but possibly due to us being out of school for a while [during winter break] I know of people in my family who have covid but I’m not sure if it’s the omicron strand.” -Traymon King, ‘22 PHOTO COURTESY OF REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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Alternative exercise A new outlet for WHHS students Sarah Wilson ‘25 WHHS students are soaring to new heights with alternative exercise. Leslie Gimbert, ‘25, Charlotte Hendrickson, ‘25, and Nora Zink, ‘25, are exploring aerial yoga as a different way to exercise during the off-season of their respective sports. Gimbert, Hendrickson and Zink all attend classes at Hello Sunshine Yoga, located in Pleasant Ridge. The studio hosts a variety of different exercise classes including traditional yoga as well as barre fitness, but its unique appeal comes from its aerial offerings. Hello Sunshine offers “Restorative Aerial Yoga” and “Aerial Fit and Flow” classes among others and also runs
four-week workshops for both kids and teens. “The workshop [I attend] is structured for teens… it’s intended to help build self-confidence, learn new skills and overall, have fun,” Gimbert said. “[I got started] when I had some free time… and I wanted to stay active, but in a fun way [during my offseason].” Without any prior knowledge, Gimbert, Hendrickson and Zink entered their first class and quickly learned the differences between typical yoga and aerial yoga, which incorporates a silk hammock. Hung from the ceiling, the base of the hammock often rests between two and three feet from the floor, allowing students to sit, stand and climb within the silk. “It’s not necessarily focused on breathing exercise or restful poses… it’s much more active. It’s kind of the antithesis of the typical conceptions about yoga,” Gimbert said.
Gimbert demonstrates the pose “seahorse”, an intermediate skill that requires an inversion. SARAH WILSON/CHATTERBOX
After learning several ways to manipulate the fabric from the ground, the three quickly began to reach higher. First focusing on learning hand grips and how to safely enter the hammock, they soon started to practice inversions, often the basis of many aerial yoga stunts.
“I particularly enjoy the drops,” Gimbert said. “Initially, it’s a little uncomfortable; it can almost feel like you’re freefalling… but you just have to learn to trust the silk.” For those more hesitant, Gimbert emphasized the supportive environment at the studio and the instructor’s care at walking students through various tricks.
Along with the excitement of learning new skills, aerial yoga also provides distinct physical benefits, including improved flexibility, mobility and balance, as well as increased full-body strength by using the silk as an exercise prop. “You use [a lot] of different muscles that you never normally use,” Zink said. “I get injured a lot in soccer, and I feel like aerial yoga has helped me to stretch muscles that I wouldn’t normally [be able to].” All three students find aerial yoga a simple but effective way to relax from the pressure of school, clubs and even other athletic commitments, attending the class once each week. “It’s pretty easy to learn, and if you like it, you can go a long way with it and [advance],” Hendrickson said. The three also agreed that aerial yoga will have lasting benefits for them when they return to their sports seasons. “It’s really helped me to de-stress, and I think it has been a good way to maintain [my level] of fitness during my offseason,” Gimbert said. “It’s a very welcoming and inclusive environment, so even if you haven’t participated in a sport [before], you can still learn and excel in aerial yoga.” If you are interested in taking a class, view Hello Sunshine’s website to learn more.
Hendrickson “chandeliers” down from a pose, pausing as she unwraps the fabric in order to exit the silk safely.
“There were a few basics, especially SARAH WILSON/CHATTERBOX getting used to the “If you are struggling to get into a silk and figuring out how tall it had pose, or just need a little help… [the to be… and after that, there were a instructor] will spot you if you’re few foundational tricks that [we] uncomfortable… so she’s very had to learn in order to get into the helpful [throughout the process],” more advanced acrobatic [tricks],” Gimbert said. Zink said. Hendrickson also noted how the Within their first two classes, instructor’s personal attention has the three had already learned a contributed to her experience. variety of different poses and tricks, “She’s really concerned about along with a few basic drops, skills everyone… she will check to make that involve flipping within the sure you’re completely safe [before hammock using a series of different attempting a move],” Hendrickson wraps in order to safely support the said. participant’s body. Ma g gie Murphy
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Back to the SLAM Rylee Williams ‘23
The WHHS Poetry Slam team has been a part of the WHHS community for eight years. Led by WHHS English teacher, Kyle Scudder, the team has had much success throughout these few years, bringing home nothing less than gold or silver medals. Scudder says that this year he hopes to, “keep the tradition alive,” as he prepares for tryouts. Each year the Poetry Slam team holds tryouts. Students interested in joining can sign up on Schoology and choose their times on sign-up genius. The team is looking for at most six students to compete in this year’s Cincinnati Louder Than A Bomb poetry slam (LTAB) competition. This year’s tryouts were held on Oct. 26 starting at 3:15, where students who chose a time would perform for Scudder. They were judged using the same rubric as the contest, some of the basis of this rubric include delivery and quality of the poems. As tryouts slowly approached, many Poetry Slam members prepared themselves for this year’s tryouts and look forward to what is to come this season. These members include
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SENIOR Zoe Cummings and Nola Stowe, ‘24 both student poets who were a part of the Poetry Slam team during the 2020-21 season. Stowe, who has been a part of the team for four years, says that one of her favorite parts of the Poetry Slam and the contest is, “the community with slam and the energy during slams.” The Slam Poetry team is not all about
To start off a great year, past slam poetry members showcase their team at the club fair as well as the Homecoming parade trying to encourage other to join Slam Poetry. competition, it is also about helping students find their own personal poetry style. The community of the Slam Poetry team makes it easy for students to find their own voice and feel supported by fellow student poets. Though the team competes against each other during the LTAB competition, in their individual performances, the enthusiasm and support for their teammates never stops.
“I love the environment because it pushes me to be better and although there’s a competition element, it always feels like we’re rooting for each other,” Cummings said. As the year goes on, the hope for the team is to not only help performers find their voices, but to build the team’s confidence and bring home another win.
Peoples and the Eagles Jazzing it up
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Andrew Peoples performs with a trombone. “I did consider being a professional musician, but I now feel that my students give me more happiness; in other words I am glad that going forward, I chose to be a teacher,” Peoples said. Tvasta Gajjar ‘26 Jazz has been around for quite some time, being one of the oldest forms of music. Andrew Peoples, a WHHS teacher who leads
the Jazz Band, has been teaching for five years and has been engaging with his students in every way. He also teaches Beginning Band, Intermediate Band and the Symphonic Band.
What’s coming up in the fine arts department?
The WHHS Jazz Band has been working on keeping the music alive as other genres continue to grow. They have also been conveying to the whole WHHS community that jazz is a growing and
evolving genre of music and never reverts back to its original form. Peoples and his students work everyday to improvise and make jazz a thrilling experience. On Nov. 18, the Jazz Band performed their concert in the auditorium. They have been working on making the music more and more intriguing as the Jazz studies in schools shorten. Since many people listen to other types of music such as hard rock and rock n’ roll, the whole idea of listening to Jazz music is slowly dissipating and this affects school classes as well. In addition, Peoples is inspired by many of his students. “Jazz is a language,” Peoples said. “One of my best motivators for jazz are my students.” Students are avid about learning jazz and it keeps making an appearance in multiple concerts at WHHS. Although this year hasn’t been working in many musicians’ favor, it is still the passion for the WHHS music program that drives students to be involved with jazz studies.
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Jazz Band concert
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“My former students inspired me because they were spending their lunch bell improvising,” Peoples said. WHHS orchestras and bands of 50-60 people still play in an ensemble but it is different compared to what happens when a small bunch get together and play music. “Jazz combos are extremely fun because you get to build on each other’s solos and you can work together more. Whereas in a large ensemble, it takes time to build up to mastery,” Peoples said. Peoples directs the whole Jazz Band but also plays with them. He has worked hard to master the art of his instrument, the trombone. Peoples wanted to be an athlete at first but his dad wanted him to pick an instrument. While at tryouts, he wanted to play the bassoon but since students were not able to march with a bassoon, People’s dad denied it. After his dad told him this, Peoples went to another school instrument tryout. There, he tried a few instruments. But, when the brass section came, one of People’s older brother’s friends was
there. He was there to fit people with the trombone. After getting his lips to the trombone, he knew it was the instrument he wanted to play. Moving forward, through years of playing, he participated in bands and he had at one point considered being a professional musician. But when the position for Jazz teacher at WHHS opened up, he took it. “I did consider being a professional musician, but I now feel that my students give me more happiness; in other words I am glad that going forward, I chose to be a teacher,” Peoples said. Through years to come, Peoples continued to teach and even when COVID hit, he persevered and was able to host a concert to continue Walnut’s Jazz concert tradition. Overall, many students throughout the country take music classes, but not all schools offer the opportunity to play jazz music and take jazz studies. “Anyone should get an opportunity to be in our band no matter how talented they are,” Peoples said.
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of a golden girl
A timeline of Betty White’s life LAEL INGRAM, ‘24
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White’s first acting job, outside of small commercials and radio appearances, was as a recurring character on Al Jarvis’ afternoon variety show. When Al Jarvis and another co-star left the show, White hosted the show by herself. One of White’s segments on the show ended up becoming its own spinoff called “Life with Elizabeth” which White produced, making her one of the first female producers in Hollywood.
Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois on Jan. 17, 1922. White moved to Los Angeles at the age of two and grew up in the heart of showbiz. JAMES VAUGHN/FLICKR
White gained popularity again in 2010 due to a Snickers commercial that aired during the Super Bowl, which resulted in White becoming the oldest person ever to host Saturday Night Live, even receiving an Emmy for her performance.
When Golden Girls ended in 1992, White’s career mainly consisted of guest appearances and supporting roles in many TV shows and movies, including “That 70’s show,” “The Bold and The Beautiful” and “The John Larroquette Show.”
After the end of Life with Elizabeth, White did a couple of guest appearances before landing her first big role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” playing Sue Ann Nivens.
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In 1977, White ended her run as Sue Ann Nivens but a few years later, she booked a role playing the lovable Rosie Nylund in the iconic ‘80s sitcom “Golden Girls.” White and her co-stars made the show a phenomenal success and won multiple Emmys during the run of the show. JIM ELLWANGER/FLICKR
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In 2010, White booked a role on the sitcom “Hot in Cleveland,” in addition to hosting Betty White’s “Off Their Rockers,” a reality prank show where senior citizens played pranks on younger people.
White celebrated her 90th birthday in a TV special in 2012 and in called “Betty White: First Lady of Television” that looked back her career up until that point and how she became the sassy senior citizen we all know and love now.
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Well known for her amazing acting skill and hilariously blunt wording, Betty White passed away on Dec. 31, 2021, 17 days away from her 100th birthday. The memory of Betty White will live on in many peoples’ hearts around the world and her work or her exceptional personality be forgotten.
A new wave of COVID-19 Kaylee Robbins, ‘24 Just as the world was seemingly slipping back into the old way of life, with schools back in person and people getting back to their jobs, everything from the past two years came back full circle with multiple different variants of COVID-19. On Nov. 26, the World Health Organization, WHO, declared the omicron variant a “variant of concern” and just four days later the US recognized the variant as a threat. On Dec. 1, the US saw their first case of the omicron variant and soon after cases would skyrocket. Over the holiday season, positive tests blew up, airlines cancelled flights due to understaffing and schools, including WHHS, went online due to a massive surge of positive COVID-19 tests. Within the first week of January, the US averaged more than 484,600 daily cases a day. This was a 238% increase from the previous 2 weeks, causing hospitalizations to rise by 41%. Though little is known with certainty about the variant, and it is believed to be less
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severe than the delta variant, evidence shows that omicron is much easier to transmit and receive. Recent results suggest that people who have previously had COVID-19 are more susceptible to the omicron variant, but those who are vaccinated and have received their booster shot show a decrease in symptoms and severity. Even if you are vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control, CDC, suggests following COVID-19 protocol, including wearing
masks, social distancing and getting tested if you are experiencing symptoms or have been in contact with someone who recently tested positive. For help, the CDC has come out with answers to various questions relating to the new variant. Although omicron is supposedly less severe than the delta variant, one major issue that health experts are running into is figuring out which variant an individual has. Currently, it can take as long to find out which variant you
have as it does for the illness to run through your body. Waiting can be detrimental, as treatments for each variant differ drastically. According to The New York Times, “Two types of delta treatment are very useless to the omicron variant so the doctors using it would not see any results.” Though it is almost impossible to self diagnose the variants based on symptoms, Dr. Katherine Poehling, an infectious disease specialist and vaccinologist, has identified coughing, fatigue or tiredness, congestion and runny nose, sore throat and headaches as common symptoms of the omicron variant. As you get together with friends or for social events, it is recommended you get tested before gathering even if you don’t show symptoms because you could still be carrying the virus. For now, omicron should be taken seriously. If you go to www.covidtests.gov, four free at-home COVID-19 tests are being offered to every household in America. The CDC recommends getting fully vaccinated, receiving any boosters available to you, along with wearing a mask and getting yourself tested if you feel you are at risk.
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HERO OR MENACE? WEB SLINGER SIGHTED AGAIN IN “SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME” Ben Schneider, ‘24 Faith Wallace, ‘24 Even though audiences were introduced to Peter Parker (Tom Holland) 12 films into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it still takes a lot of contextualization to end up at Spider-Man: No Way Home. We were thrown head-first into this Spider-Man with little background information in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. He was a 15 year-old kid on YouTube with superpowers, who Tony Stark recruited. There was no real origin story, he was just there, fighting side-by-side with the Avengers. Normally, big hero team-ups happen towards the end of a superhero saga, but for Holland’s Spider-Man, it was the beginning. Having to join an established franchise like the MCU can be difficult, especially with a character as well known and beloved as Spider-Man. So, where would he fit into all of this? The answer was kind of underwhelming yet intriguing: being Tony Stark’s protégé. Stark would train Peter, show him
the ropes and be the proverbial “Uncle Ben” of this universe, except in this universe, Uncle Ben can save the day at any time, or place, remotely with the Iron Man suit. A strong WiFi connection was the only thing stopping Peter from certain death. It wasn’t until Peter escaped Stark’s sphere of influence that he came into his own in this trilogy. No Way Home is an electrifying reminder that movie theaters are the place to be. Finally, after all this time, it feels like there is something actually worth taking a shower, putting clothes on, and going out to see. It was such a momentous celebration of the character of Spider-Man. There were moments in this movie where everyone from hardcore comic book nerds to casual Spidey fans would have no choice but to start cheering. It was, what we assume, the closest thing MCU fans will get to the NBA Finals. The energy in the theater was like nothing we had ever been a part of. It was this giant room full of mostly strangers who were all laser focused on every little thing this movie had to offer.
For that reason, the gaping plot holes are a bit more obvious, but are easy to look past because of how unique this movie is. After Spider-Man’s secret identity was revealed to the whole world by Mysterio in the trilogy’s second film, we got really excited. We thought there were so many cool ways Marvel could take this, and we were wondering how far they would take it. The answer is not very far at all; after just a few minutes of screen time about his identity being revealed he goes to Doctor Strange and gets him to cast a spell to make everyone in the world forget who Spider-Man is. After the spell gets botched because of multiple alterations of the spell by Peter, rifts open up to other universes, and villains from all over (including past films) fly through them. Peter quickly rounds up the bad guys and seeks an alternative to hand-to-hand combat: rehabilitation. Peter wants to “fix” the villains so they don’t end up dying once they get back to their own universe. The movie is definitely trying to ask a lot of ethical questions few superhero movies are willing to
Good Times Bad Times Owen Cummings, ‘22 The story of British rock group Led Zeppelin truly does require 600 pages to truly appreciate. This is where author Bob Spitz, a journalist known for his biographies of Ronald Reagan and the Beatles, seizes his opportunity to shine. In his new book, Led Zeppelin, Spitz details the band’s meteoric rise to kings of rock from guitarist Jimmy Page’s beginnings as a session musician to drummer John Bonham’s untimely death in 1982, in an incredibly polished and detailed manner. The amount of research that went into the extensive history of the band even extends to voices and mannerisms of crew members, and, even when discussing the more hedonistic aspects of Zeppelin’s past, the subjects are handled and written about cleanly and compellingly. Spitz does not endorse any of their
questionable behavior at all. Rather, he provides in-depth contrast between the social guidelines of the 1970s and the climate of today amidst the #MeToo movement. Led Zeppelin was not a group of saints, by any means, but Spitz never claims they are. He also does a respectable job of portraying the surviving members of the band as those who have learned from and regret those dark moments in their past. Up until the last few pages, when he details Zeppelin’s reunion concert at a tribute event for a long time friend of theirs, Spitz takes pride in pointing out the band’s recovery and highlights, noting how much healthier the members looked all these years later, the crowd’s reaction, and the overall energy they played with. Indeed, it would be ignorant towards pop music as an art form to not focus at least a little on the band as just that, a band, and an incredibly powerful, influential, multitalented one at that. Spitz puts as much emphasis on each member’s genius in rock
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Spider-Man the dangerous vigilante is up in the theaters again. This time it seems as though his devastating effect on the city has reached outside this world and into his own mind.
ask, and it is refreshing to see a different approach taken in No Way Home. Peter Parker’s heart has been in the right place for the entire Tom Holland trilogy, but he has still largely felt like a child seeking guidance from adults. It’s even how Mysterio took advantage of him in Spider-Man: Far From Home, but after his sixth film appearance, Peter grows up. He is not a kid anymore, even if he may only be canonically 17. Peter knows his expectations and exceeds them. He knows
his responsibilities, we know his responsibilities, and after all this time, Peter no longer needs the help of Tony Stark, Mysterio or Doctor Strange. Peter puts the teen drama behind him and learns to give up his childish ways that charmed us for the last two movies. Spider-Man didn’t just have his identity revealed with No Way Home, Peter Parker did too. We got to see Peter as the man we wanted him to be and the man he ended up becoming.
Led Zeppelin rises again in new biography Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page (right) performs in Hamburg, Germany on March 21, 1973 with singer Robert Plant (left). The band’s fifth album, Houses of the Holy, a significant departure from their usual sound and songwriting, would be released the following week. The story of the recording of this album, along with all eight in their official discography, can be found in Bob Spitz’s new book, Led Zeppelin. HEINRICH KLAFFS/FLICKR
and roll as their troubles with sex and drugs, putting about as much effort into describing the interplay between Plant’s voice and Page’s guitar as an astrophysicist would describe the wonders of outer space. Ultimately, this biography is a testament to a few things. It is a testament to good storytelling, showing it is possible to write colorfully about matters of public record. It’s also a testament to how well a murky past can
be handled respectfully, and in lenses that still make the subject(s) compelling to learn about. Lastly, of course, it is a testament to Led Zeppelin. The band’s music, some of the most important and recognizable ever made, is readily available, but there aren’t many better places to hear their history than this book.
Personality Quiz PEANUTS
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Faith Wallace ‘24
Answer the questions to find out which of your favorite fictional pre-teens you are most like.
My favorite hobby:
My favorite show:
I like to play video games
Adventures of Annoying Orange
I like to read books
Gravity Falls
I listen to music and doodle
PowerPuff Girls
I like to create things
Milo Murphy’s Law
I like to play chess
Adventure Time
My favorite color: My typical mood:
In the morning:
Green
It varies throughout the day
I get up late
Blue
Positive and ready for life
I’m up before my alarm
Yellow
I’ve had better days but I’m fine
I let it ring, but I get up
Violet
Relatively pessimistic
I don’t sleep
Red
Moderately content
I ignore my multiple alarms
In group projects:
My role model is:
I let the smart kids do it
Someone who is rich and famous
We’re all besties by the end of it
Someone who is loyal and strong
Somehow, it all fell on me
Someone who shares my interests
I knew I was going to end up doing it all myself
Someone who respects me
I do my part and help when needed
Someone old and wise
GREG DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
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You are extremely confident in every decision you make. You are a go-getter and work hard to make what you want happen. You try to turn your unluckiness into positivity.
AUGUST WONDER
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You are a little naive at times but you make it through the day. You’re always the emotional rock friend that people can lean on and they trust your advice when things go south. You’re not afraid to do something courageous.
Match the color or symbol of your answers to the characters below to find out who your fictional counterpart is!
RAINA
VIOLET
HARRY
SMILE
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
HARRY POTTER
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You and Raina, the protagonist of Smile are completely alike, very laid back. You prefer if your life had less drama and more fun moments in between. You have a heart of gold and are totally involved in the arts.
PINKE/FLICKR
If people had the chance to get to know you they would find out that you’re intelligent, charming, and resourceful. You can think of anything on a whim and try to make the best of a bad situation.
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You show courage and loyalty towards your friends and others. You’re always willing to try something new and are determined to make a change. You may not go with the right decision but you always go with your heart.
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Making his mark on the community
The students in AP Environmental Science are devoted to saving the planet one recycled item at a time. Between Marching Band and his many clubs, Bryce Agyapong, ‘23, is making a name for himself all while being Sophomore class president. He also participates in political campaigns due to his interest in politics. Through his leadership and involvement in the school community he has been able to connect with his peers in ways he wouldn’t otherwise be able to.