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Offbeat How to Carve a Pumpkin
Inside this issue: NEWS
FEATURE
COVER STORY
ENTERTAINMENT
20 Get a pumpkin!
8 In light of the research on BMI and body health, Carmel students contemplate what effect weight has on them. Draw a circle at the top of the pumpkin with a marker. Make sure it’s big enough so your hand can fit through it. Then, cut along the circle with a knife. Pop off the stem and remove any seeds using a spoon. Using the same spoon, scrape off inside pulp until suitably hollow.
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Halloween is approaching. As students look for costumes to buy, sophomore Meridian Culpepper chooses to make her own costume.
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A Financial Literacy Deficit
The importance of teaching money management skills becomes more urgent for students at school and at home.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ends its lockout, and supporters here said they are relieved.
21 Students participate in Trick-or-Treat for Riley.
15 MINUTES
SPORTS
Flip for these stories: STUDENT SECTION
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PERSPECTIVES
Get creative! Draw a spooky face on the pumpkin using the marker.
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Carve out the shapes of your design. Make sure you cut all the way through the pumpkin. Push out the shapes from the inside and throw away the pieces.
IB Film teacher Jim Peterson recommends us his favorite scary movies for the Halloween season 14
The Special Olympics allow students with special needs to participate in sports just as their peers do.
Corrections In the photo under “RISEing Expectations,” the cutline incorrectly stated that heart-rate monitors are used in FitnessGram data.
Senior Patrick Appleton pursues a rap career on top of his schoolwork. Place a small candle inside the pumpkin and reveal its inner glow.
RACHEL CHEN / INFOGRAPHIC EHOW.COM / SOURCE
Managing editor Tony Tan explains the importance of performing arts in shaping character 31
We misspelled Hailey Ip’s name in “More than a Mosquito Bite.” In “A Life Not Lost in Vain,” LifeLines sponsor Rebekah Overbey’s name was also misspelled. We misidentified Ryan Cason as a senator in “Dress-up dues increase morale, student participation.” He is a cabinet member. The HiLite strives to correct its errors. If you notice any inaccuracies in this or past issues, please contact management@hilite.org. OMEED MALEK / COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
OCT. 23, 2012 | HILITE.ORG | HILITE | JUST A MINUTE | PAGE 3
A GIRL CRAWLS OUT OF THE T.V. YOU BLACK OUT.
GO HOME. KEEP WATCHING T.V.
THE DOORBELL RINGS. WHAT DO YOU DO?
Probably just my imagination.
KEEP WATCHING T.V. YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
YOU ARE HOME ALONE ONE NIGHT, WATCHING T.V.
YOU SWING THE DOOR OPEN WIDE.
WOULD YOU SURVIVE A
YOU HEAR THE DOOR RATTLE. NOW WHAT?
NOBODY’S THERE. YIKES!
Let’s go see who it is!
Aaaaaaaaaaah!
LOCK ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS.
PEEK OUT THE WINDOW.
Who could that be?
NO ONE. THAT’S ODD.
Hide!
YOU GET LOST. Better investigate.
COWER UNDER A PILE OF BLANKETS IN THE CLOSET. YOU’RE INVISIBLE HERE.
SORRY, YOU’RE NOT.
GRAPHIC BY LIANE YUE
CUE THE “PYSCHO” THEME! A SHADOWY MOTHER FIGURE ATTACKS YOU IN THE SHOWER.
THAT NEVER WORKS!
RUN FOR THE BATHROOM.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE, THE PLACE IS SILENT. YOU TIPTOE IN. THE GATES SLAM SHUT BEHIND YOU.
SOMEONE IS POUNDING ON THE DOOR NOW! DO SOMETHING!
GO TO THE GRAVEYARD.
Cool!
I’m out.
YOU MEET A SORRY DEMISE.
HIDE BEHIND A TOMBSTONE.
RUN THROUGH THE GRAVES WITH ABANDON.
CALL 9-1-1.
AS SOON AS YOU STEP OUTDOORS, YOU HEAR MANIACAL LAUGHTER COMING FROM THE GRAVEYARD.
YOU SEE YOUR ASSAILANT. IT’S A KILLER CLOWN! WHAT’S YOUR PLAN OF ATTACK? BEG FOR MERCY!
SORRY! TRY A ROMANTIC COMEDY NEXT TIME.
GRADUALLY, YOU NOTICE A HONKING SOUND. IT’S GETTING LOUDER.
SNEAK OUT THE WINDOW.
You hide in the shadows and see someone approach.
FRANTICALLY TRY TO OPEN THE GATE.
ONCE OUTSIDE, YOU NOTICE A TRAIL OF ABNORMALLY LARGE FOOTPRINTS LEADING TO THE FOREST. WHAT DO YOU DO?
ASSUME A FETAL POSITION ON THE GROUND.
GO TO THE FOREST.
HONK!
HONK.
Ha. No way.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
CAMOUFLAGE YOURSELF IN LEAVES AND MUD.
BE FRIENDLY!
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU LIVE TO DIE IN THE SEQUEL!
CRY.
AFTER THE CLOWN HEARS YOUR HORRIBLE JOKES, IT COMBUSTS IN FRUSTRATION.
YOU ARE NOT A SQUIRREL!
CLIMB UP A TREE.
THIS IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
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NEWS
Mock Election: All Students Can Vote Juniors campaign for candidates, school-wide election results to represent Indiana in national program
AMIRA MALCOLM / PHOTO
ROCK THE VOTE: Juniors make posters supporting presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Block students are running campaigns for the mock election, set to take place Monday.
BY LINSU HAN lhan@hilite.org Every election cycle, one private and one public high school from each of the 50 states are chosen to participate in the National Student Mock Election to simulate as well
as stir students’ interest in the presidential election. This school was chosen as Indiana’s public school representative (the private school representative is Cathedral High School). As a representative, this school will hold a mock election on Monday that all students, regardless of grade or age, will
be allowed to vote in. The data from this school will be sent to the National Student Mock Election to predict the results of the “real” Nov. 6 election. According to history teacher Will Ellery, although he has supervised model elections for high school students in previous election years, this is the first time, in his knowledge, that this school has been chosen as the official public school representative for Indiana. To complement this historic event, juniors in Ellery’s block class have begun a required project where all students will campaign, during school, for candidates and their respective parties. As part of the campaign process, students have been displaying posters throughout the second floor of the E hallways. Students will also create campaign commercials of up to 30 seconds in length, debate with other party members and organize campaign rallies--anything within the boundaries of their creativity. The point, Ellery said, is to “appropriately raises the issue for the rest of the student body.” As part of the assignment, students will assume one of several campaign roles. Each role is specific to categories such as media, research, debate and propaganda. Additionally, each party will have one “campaign coordinator” who was chosen upon the general consensus of the party. He or she will be required to establish a
plan and direction for the campaign. “The campaign coordinator handles the assignment of subcommittees,” Ellery said. “But each of those campaign coordinators took into consideration the interest and skills of the kids and kind of matched up what the kids wanted to do with what was available.” Natalie Bognanno, campaign coordinator of the Republican Party and junior, said she sees the importance of the mock election to the student body. “It is the one time in every four years where you get to voice your opinions and decide what you want for your country,”
It is the one time in every four years where you get to voice your opinions and decide what you want for your country. Natalie Bognanno Republican campaign coordinator and junior
Party Rock Who are the students behind the posters in the E hallways and advertisements on the announcements? These are the three parties running in the mock election and their respective campaigners and student campaign coordinators.
Republican Party Candidate: Mitt Romney Coordinator: Natalie Bognanno
Libertarian Party
Candidate: Barack Obama Coordinator: Ashley Brown
Candiate: Gary Johnson Coordinator: Samuel Shurina
Campaingers:
Campaigners: Aidan Kehoe Madelyn Bertl Jason Frank Jake Bakes Miranda Stumbo Garrett Siegel
Democratic Party
Nicole Selvio Matthew Reed Johnathan Meier Ethan Stanley Carly Durr Cassidy Yost
Jennifer Lyons Drake Baugh Ashley Munroe William Elliott Elizabeth Varanka Olivia Patterson
Kennedy Kantner Natalie Poorman Elizabeth Sheridan Whitney Martenson Lauren Huettenmann
Michael Brown Hannah Edwards Mika Vesterqvist Casey Moon Zarchy Kogler Hunter Jones
Parker Stimson Devin McManus Kristyn Card Cameron Cole Cameron Etgen Megan Carr
Campaigners: Ivana Forbes Iqra Mahmood Josh Caraballo Baylee Downey Benjamin Falender Celeste Cozzarelli
Ryan Sagstetter Hunter Hodge Eden Schwartz Balaarasu Jayakumar Emily Thompson Henry Jackson ARUNI RANAWEERA / GRAPHICS WILL ELLERY / SOURCE
OCT. 23, 2012 | HILITE.ORG | HILITE | NEWS | PAGE 5
News Briefs
The Details The Mock Election data will be gathered and used at various levels as shown: Used to predict Indiana’s results in the November Election
Private School Votes
Public School Votes
Tomorrow LifeLines will meet in the Community Room at 7:05 a.m.
Results go the National Student Mock Election, Represent State in which predicts results of National Mock Trial to the actual election predict acutal election
Distribution of votes by party in Hamilton County 2008 Presidential Election:
Distribution of campaigners by party in Mock Election:
61% Republican 38% Democratic 0.9% Libertarian or write-in
49% Republican 37% Democratic 14% Libertarian
Bognanno said. According to Ellery, the process of running a political campaign could present a demanding experience for his students. “Challenging, yes; rewarding, yes; frustrating, yes; one of the things that some students don’t like is how you can only control the outcome so far. A student can control his or her test in a lot of ways… in how much they prepare for it... but when it comes to the election, much is out of your hands,” Ellery said. “Galvanizing the electorate; getting them to see what you see as important: those are things that can’t necessarily be controlled, and that can be frustrating.” On Monday, voting day, all students at this school will be given the opportunity to vote for one of the three parties. These results will be calculated by the block students and sent to the National Student Mock Election to represent the public schools of Indiana. “Part of (the campaign) is having to mirror the real election, and if kids that day opt not to vote for whatever reason…
then their vote won’t count,” Ellery said. “(It) will be the same as what will happen in the real election anyway.” Ellery said that despite the struggles this activity may present, he believes the mock election will provide his students and the entire student body an educating experience about the election.
CHS Bands will compete in the ISSMA Semistate competition.
Saturday
ARUNI RANAWEERA / GRAPHIC HAMILTONCOUNTY.IN.GOV /SOURCE
“The students themselves that are mine will get a credible education of the election process, and, really, how to coordinate and move an issue forward, not just politically, but in any arena,” Ellery said. “The rest of the students, hopefully, will get an educational insight into the election process and what is happening nationally.” H
Here’s how you can participate in this school’s mock election Why
All students can vote, regardless of age and grade; there is no prior registration requirement
Results from the CHS election will go to the National Student Mock Election
What
How
Mock election for high school students
Where One of multiple polling booths to be placed throughout the school
Class Awards will be distributed during SRT. There will be a ceremony for recipients in main cafeteria.
Saturday
How to Vote Who
Thursday
Turn in a paper ballot marked with your vote (not an online vote)
When Monday (Oct. 29) WILL ELLERY / SOURCE
AMIRA MALCOLM / PHOTO
CAMPAIGN CHATS: (Left) Senior Zachary “Zach” Deganutti talks with a friend beside a poster supporting mock election candidate Mitt Romney. (Right) History teacher Will Ellery assists his class in planning for the mock election, which all students here will be allowed to vote in.
ACT Testing will take place at CHS. Testing will begin at 8 a.m.
Saturday Boo! The Ghosts and Goblins 5K/2K, sponsored by the Carmel Education Foundation, will kick off at 8:30 a.m.
Monday The mock election will take place. All students here, regardless of age, will have the opportunity to vote.
Visit hilite.org to find even more updates on clubs, activities and events at CHS.
Can’t get enough democracy? You’re in luck. The HiLite will have a special election issue of the Acumen coming out Nov. 2. Check it out full coverage of the general election on Nov. 6.
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ISO, musicians reach settlement Two factions reach agreement Oct. 16 after nearly two-month standoff BY CHRISTINE YANG cyang@hilite.org Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) ended its lockout by reaching an agreement with the Musician’s Union, the groups announced in a joint statement on Oct. 16. ISO supporters at CHS said they are relived the lockout has ended and the orchestra can continue making music. “Honestly, (my initial reaction was) one of relief,” Soo Han, director of orchestras and co-department chairperson of the performing arts department, said. “Many times during the lockout I thought that this could just end in devastation where we wouldn’t have a symphony orchestra in our society or we would have a symphony orchestra that was of a minor league quality as opposed to the first worldclass rate that we have now in our city.”
SCOTT LIU / PHOTO
TURN UP THE BASS: Symphony Orchestra bassists play with Robert Goodlett, ISO assistant principal bassist (far right). A few ISO members, including Goodlett, visited CHS on Sept. 27.
James Woomert, associate director of orchestras, said, “It’s uplifting, rejuvenating, comforting and certainly a positive because it was looking for a while this wasn’t going to end…I personally feel really glad that both sides were able to come to an agreement.” There will be a “bridge” agreement between the end of the lockout and the new contract, which will begin on Feb. 4 and last for five years. Although there are reduced wages by 32 percent in the first year, by the final year, the pay-cut will be approximately 10 percent from the musicians’ current salary. In addition, over the five-year period, there will be a 38- to 42-week performance schedule. (See graphic at bottom of page for specifics.) Despite the agreement, some said they are unsatisfied with the negotiations and changes. According to Max Mulpagano, Symphony Orchestra bassist and sophomore, the lockout and turn of events has changed his view on the administrators of the ISO. “It doesn’t affect a ton of (the musicians) majorly, but a lot of them are very young and have young families,” Mulpagano said. “So that might affect the ways things play out in their families.” The consequences of these decisions are still uncertain. Woomert said, “This happened so recently that I unfortunately don’t know a whole lot about it. And unfortunately because this is so new, I don’t know the exact details of the situation or the agreement…It was very clear that the musicians were willing to make, were willing to negotiate and come to an agreement that was agreeable for both sides.” Although a few supporters said they wished the new contract would keep the orchestra intact, most are just reassured that the ISO will continue to play. “I wish that we could have continued the contract with everything intact, but those are not the realities of today’s real world,” Han said. “I think that it’s reassurance for young people to see that our society and community wanting to continue to make investment in the fine arts. I think it’s a great day for orchestra music and music lovers H all around Indianapolis.”
Details of the Deal According to a joint statement released by the ISO and the musicians union, here are the numbers. Two contracts “Bridge” contract: • Effective Oct. 16 to Feb. 3, 2013 • Short-term pact that will put the musicians back to work immediately • Permits $5 million in funding from new donors to be secured Five-year contract • Effective Feb. 4, 2013 to Sept. 3, 2017 • Sets forth the major financial terms of the agreement
Five-year contract terms • Salary range: $53,000 in year one to $70,000 in year five • Continuation of healthcare and most pension benefits Concessions for the musicians • $11.5 million in total (includes 32 percent pay cut in first year) • Overall: Approximately 10 percent pay cut from the musicians’ current salary.
Performances • Musicians will work eight weeks less than in previous seasons in the first two seasons of the new contract. • Over five years there will we a 38- to 42-week performance schedule that “maintains the ISO’s classical, pops, family, holiday and summer concert series under the ISO’s artistic leadership of Maestros Krzystof Urbanski and Jack Everly.” ISO, MUSICIANS UNION / SOURCE
Timeline Some key events from the past couple of months Sept. 1 Previous contract expired Sept. 8 Management canceled first two weeks of performances Sept. 10 Indiana Symphony Society locked out ISO musicians Sept. 11 to 12 Indiana Symphony Society and Indianapolis Musicians met with mediator from Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Sept. 19 Indiana Symphony Society added contract termination clause Sept. 22 ISO played at Second Presbyterian Church as a protest against lockout Sept. 27 A few ISO members visited Symphony Orchestra’s after-school rehearsal
Scan this QR code to watch highlights from the symphony rehearsal Oct. 5 ISO musicians proposed contract with no-strike no-lockout provision for five years Oct. 7 Indiana Symphony Society rejected proposal Oct. 16 ISO, Musician’s Union reach agreement DENNIS YANG / GRAPHIC ISO MUSICIANS / SOURCE
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Holiday hiring rate expects increase this year Students seize opportunity for jobs, business teacher cites election for surge BY NIDA KHAN nkhan@hilite.org
How to Ace an Interview Follow these tips if you plan to take advantage of the increase in hiring Maintain good eye contact with interviewer Give a firm handshake, not limp or squeezing Wear more conservative colors, like dark brown ROCHELLE BRUAL / GRAPHIC JOBINTERVIEWQUESTIONS.ORG / SOURCE
Expected Hiring Increases by Store How many workers each store plans to hire this year Target Toys R Us
Key 5000 workers in 2011
Kohl’s
5000 decrease in workers in 2012 5000 increase in workers in 2012
GameStop JIVA CAPULONG, DENNIS YANG & ANNI ZHANG / GRAPHIC ABC NEWS & JOYSTIQ.COM / SOURCE
A recent survey conducted by the Hay Group revealed that 36 percent of retailers plan to hire more holiday workers than they did last year. Business foundations teacher Pete Smith said, “I think that’s exciting. That’s my first reaction. I think it gives a boost to our economy, that we’re expecting more people to be hired this year than last year and that’s a good sign.” Businesses expect a good turnout this holiday season and are hiring more people to help. Sophomore Hunter Allen said, “I think it’s good because if there’s more people working, then that means there is more money going into the economy, which means that people are spending more money, and then there’s just more money being made. They’re probably being paid pretty well for working overtime on holidays.” Allen said he has looked for a job for the past two months and has filled out three applications. Retailers are looking for temporary workers who will stay around from October to February. “It’s the biggest shopping time of the year, and I think employers are looking for people to fill voids when the regular employees need to go holiday shopping,” Smith said. Party City hired senior Chris Jun for a temporary job for the holidays. After filling
SCOTT LIU / PHOTO
IT’S PARTY TIME: Senior Chris Jun (left) trains for his holiday job. Manager Amanda Bernard (right) hired him. out an application and going to a short interview, he watched some training videos. “Anyone that applied basically got the job,” Jun said. “I just wanted extra spending cash because the lawn mowing season is almost over, so I needed more money, though I will probably have to look for another job.” According to the Hay Group survey, last year only 10 percent of retailers planned to hire more holiday employees than they did the prior year. Smith said, “In some ways I think it’s because it’s an election year, so people are excited one way or the other that the elections are coming up and that I think it gives people brighter hope that the economy is going to turn around.” H
Vaccines to cover two more strains for flu season BY CYNTHIA WU cwu@hilite.org While this year’s flu shot will still protect against the H1N1 strain that causes swine flu, it will also protect against a new influenza A (H3N2) strain, the Victoria lineage and influenza B strain, the Yamagata lineage. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), although the flu season last year set a new low record in terms of severity and number of cases of influenza, flu seasons vary each year. CHS nurse Kandyce Hardie said she recommends that students receive the flu shot, especially because of the new strains. “It sounds like you’re only changing two strands, but those are two important strands because those were two strands that made a lot of people ill last year,” Hardie said. She said by getting the flu shot, students will not catch last year’s flu strands and be in school more often. To avoid the flu, junior Amy Groswald
The Battle in Your Body 1 How flu shots keep you from catching the flu 1
Vaccines contain antigens, which induce immune response.
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The syringe inserts the antigens into the bloodstream.
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Antigens cause the immune system to produce antibodies.
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The antibodies fight against diseases, like the flu.
said she plans to get vaccinated this year. “I get the flu shot every year anyway, but I’m extra glad I’m getting it this year because of the new strains in it,” Groswald said. “I feel like if everyone in the school were to get a flu H shot, attendance would be a lot better.”
Did you know?
Nasal sprays use weakened viruses, and shots use inactive viruses.
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The recent cheating scandal at Harvard brought the fine line between cheating and collaboration to light, but students here also struggle to understand the difference
Did you know? Harvard University’s motto “Veritas” is Latin for “truth.”
BY LINDSEY WALKER lwalker@hilite.org
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t started off as a normal day last school year for now-senior Elizabeth Pekar. She woke up, got ready and boarded her bus, unaware that in just a few hours she would be unwittingly wrapped up in a cheating scandal that would threaten both her reputation and her academic standing. This event all began a few weeks earlier as a small favor to a family friend. “A family friend of mine, he asked me (if he could) see one of my papers I wrote last year, because he had the same teacher that I had, and he hadn’t been able to get a passing grade on any of his papers,” Pekar said. “He called me at like 9:40 one night, and my mom just wanted me to go drop it off…So I dropped it off at his house. I told him like, ‘If you’re not sure what I’m doing, or why I did what I did just ask questions,’ and he was just like ‘Thanks so much,’ and I came home and didn’t hear back from him for a couple of weeks.” However, on the bus that morning, he asked her a question that immediately set off an alarm bell in her head. “He asked me like, ‘Hey, what happens when you get a Elizabeth Pekar 60 percent (in similarity) on Senior turnitin.com?’ I was just like, ‘You obviously did something wrong,’” Pekar said. She went on about her day and tried to not think about what the certain looming consequences of his actions would mean for her. However, when she walked into her third period class where the other student shared the same English teacher, her fears came to fruition. “He’s standing there talking to her and I, she pulls me aside, and she’s like, ‘We need to talk.’ She basically tells me that my paper that
I think (whether students understand the difference between cheating and collaboration) depends on the situation, like on the assignment...I guess people think it won’t happen to them. Like ‘oh, I won’t get caught, it’s not a big deal.’
I had written the year before (was the same one he had turned in, with) an 80 percent similarity on turnitin.com,” Pekar said. “So she kept talking it over with us, (about) how much trouble we would be in if we were in college. He kept using the phrase ‘I thought I changed enough.’ I think he didn’t realize fully what he was doing when he decided to retype my whole paper and then just change a couple of words in it.” As doubtful as that reaction may seem — that the student did not realize he was doing something wrong — it might be true. In fact, he certainly is not the only one to play the collaboration card when evidence of cheating surfaces. On Aug. 30 Harvard University’s dean
Jay Harris announced what is possibly the biggest cheating scandal in the school’s 376year history. Approximately 125 students were accused of copying from one another on a take-home test last spring. According to The New York Times, many of the accused students have called foul on Harvard, claiming they were only collaborating. So, as it was a take-home exam, the university raised the question of whether the accused students were cheating or just collaborating their ideas. And more importantly, as teachers continue to offer more collaborative projects and technology becomes more prevalent, just what exactly is the line between collaboration and outright cheating, and how has this school adapted? The answer isn’t easy to find. According to
John Newton
Elizabeth Pekar
Reworded cheating policy addresses behavior, not academics According to Assistant Principal Joe Schaller, the newly reworded cheating policy here has been adopted to make cheating more of a discipline issue, not a grade issue. “Before it was more of, teachers have the discretion of giving zeroes where right now we’re moving more towards… we want grades to reflect more (of) what you know,” Schaller said. “Somebody might take a math test and cheat on it so they get a zero. Now most likely it wasn’t that they didn’t know anything… so punishing them with an F at the end of the grading period, did they really not understand math at all? Or were they somebody that did understand it but made a really stupid decision?” As a result from this new change, students will no longer receive deductions in their grades due to cheating, according to the Academic Dishonesty policy in H the Pathways.
Cheating Policy Difference According to Assistant Principal John Newton, the new policy does not penalize a student’s grade for cheating. He said grades are supposed to reflect on what the student knows, and cheating does not reflect on this.
Consequences Cheating could potentially result in a teacher conference with both student and parents. Additionally, teachers will file an academic dishonesty referral and provide an alternative assignment.
Want more? Scan the QR code to read a staff editorial on the new cheating policy. STUDENT PATHWAYS / SOURCE
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OCT. 23, 2012 | HILITE.ORG | HILITE | FEATURE | PAGE 9 Assistant Principal John Newton, the debate of cheating versus collaboration does provide leeway for a gray area, even with this year’s updated cheating policy (see sidebar story). “Where it gets to be a little bit of a gray area is if I take the test first period, and you take the test fourth period, and I give you the answers that would be difficult, wouldn’t it?” Newton said. “If I give you the answers, that could be considered cheating, (but) if I give you the questions or the kind of questions that were going to be on there, then that’s kind of a thin line. If I wrote down the answers from the test and gave it to you, then I think that would be cheating.” Newton said he concedes that without proof of cheating either by stealing a test or sneaking a cheat sheet into the exam, it can be difficult to distinguish what is acceptable as peers sharing knowledge and what is breaking the academic dishonesty policy outlined in the Pathways guidelines. “If they’re telling you what’s going to be on the test, just not what specific questions are going to be on the test, I think that’s collaboration,” Newton said. “I think you’re fine with that.” While the difference between cheating and collaborating may be very slight, both Newton and Pekar agree that the majority of high school students understand what the difference is. “I think that the majority of us don’t even think about going there,” Pekar said. “I think (whether or not students understand the difference between cheating and
collaboration) depends on the situation, like on the assignment…I guess people think it won’t happen to them. Like oh, I won’t get caught, it’s not a big deal.” However, Pekar said she can now testify that cheating is a big deal with big consequences. Despite these serious possible consequences, Pekar said she escaped the incident with only a warning while the other student received a zero on the paper and had to rewrite it. According to Assistant Principal Joe Schaller, who works with Newton in the student services office, cheating can especially affect students in dual-credit courses, as most universities have a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism of any sort. Newton echoed Pekar by saying, “I think you all in high school understand what cheating is. And I think you understand what collaboration is. I think sometimes collaboration could turn into cheating. I think that could happen.” According to Newton, much of the responsibility lies in the teachers to prevent cheating and keep the distinction between the two as clear as possible. “It’s also up to teachers also to change up their materials and not be giving the same test year after year after year. Don’t make it so easy,” Newton said. “But I think most of the kids do (the right thing). It’s those lazy ones that can’t take care of their business, and they rely on someone else to do their work. Hopefully everybody does the right thing, and we keep H this thing under control.”
Cheating versus Collaboration Not sure about the difference? Follow this flowchart for more insight. You are at school and you...
Forgot to finish a homework assignment for math class that is due next period, so you
Where: Harvard University When: May 2012 Who: 125 students in the Introduction to Congress class What: Half of the class reportedly broke the rules by unfairly collaborating on the take home final exam. The university is still determining the consequences.
This is cheating because you are deliberately using another person’s ideas. ...discuss the way to approach the problems with your best friend. This is collaboration because you are working together to reach the solutions. ...to tell you specific questions that were on the test.
Have a history test next period that you did not have time to study for so you ask your friend
This is cheating because you are obtaining an unfair advantage over other students.
...about topics that were covered on the test. This is collaboration because you are only obtaining a broad overview of the test. ...thinks of ideas and you incorporate them as your own into your essay.
Cheating in the United States Here’s a closer look at recent high-profile cheating scandals that occurred across the nation.
...copy answers off of your best friend’s homework.
Are working on an essay over a novel for English. Your friend
This is cheating because you are utilizing ideas that you did not think of on your own. ...reads over your essay and points out areas you could improve. This is collaboration because your friend is just peer-editing and giving you suggestions. JOHN NEWTON / SOURCE CLAUDIA HUANG, ANTHONY KO / GRAPHIC
Where: Stuyvesant High School When: May 2012 Who: 70 students in all grades What: Students cheated on state standardized exams by distributing the test via cellphones. Those students had their scores voided, and the original distributor of the test faces suspension.
Cheating Statistics The Josephson Institute and National Public Radio conducted two independent surveys on the prevalence of cheating in schools in 2008.
Where: Great Neck North High School When: November 2011 Who: 20 students in all grades What: Students were prosecuted for receiving payments to take the SAT for other students. Consequently, College Board now requires students to submit pictures when registering for exams. NEW YORK TIMES / SOURCE CLAUDIA HUANG, CONNIE CHU / GRAPHIC
64%
of high school students surveyed said they cheated on an exam
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66%
of parents surveyed said cheating is “no big deal” and everyone does it
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Defying the numbers
Muscle mass may be more useful for determining health than Body Mass Index me. (When you) get working out enough, you’re going to keep gaining weight and that might label you as overweight. So I would say a good majority of the football team at least (would be labeled overweight), or at Nathanael “Nate” Thompson, football least guys that are in the weight room all the player and sophomore, said he knows he time trying to get better,” Thompson said. weighs more than he should. Keith Chitty, Pediatrician at IU Health On the scale, he weighs more than North Hospital, said he disagrees with expected for his height. Standing 6 feet Thompson that many people in America tall, Thompson weighs 190 pounds, which are overweight because of muscle mass. puts him at 25.8 on the Body Mass Index “I would guess that (the amount of (BMI) scale. According to the scale, he is people that are overweight because of “overweight.” muscle mass) is way less than 1 percent of But Thompson said he considers those people (who are overweight). I can himself perfectly healthy. According to tell you that out in the community, the Thompson, his body is maintained by vast majority of people who are labeled frequent workouts, a routine that consists overweight have a lot of fat, so that is a of a visit to the weight room almost every pretty small sub-segment of people,” day and sometimes on the weekend. Chitty said. “I’m not worried about my health at all. Also, according to Amy Rivers, student I’m in a lifting class so I’m staying in shape nurse at St. Vincent Hospital, there can also that way, and as far as eating goes, I’m not be dangers by using the BMI scale. She said eating (unhealthily) at all,” Thompson said. people who are classified as overweight but According to a recent article by Time actually healthy Healthland, being could attempt metabolically fit to lose weight and overweight is by unsafe considered healthier methods. than appearing thin “If a kid yet carrying a lot is told (he is) of fat on the inside. over weight, Moreover, physical (he) can take fitness — irrespective that the wrong of weight — is a way and maybe strong predictor of start to become whether somebody is anorexic or metabolically fit, and start trying to those factors are often lose weight on overlooked when the typical population Nathanael “Nate” Thompson purpose when (he) shouldn’t, views statistics football player and sophomore when (his) that indicate what health,” Rivers “acceptable” levels said. “That can should be. cause some problems depending on the Kevin Wright, advanced physical ways (he tries) to lose weight. A lot of kids conditioning teacher and varsity football will use things that are very dangerous and coach, said he agrees that muscle mass that can make them sick.” plays a large role in health. She also said people who are overweight “I think what students should be judged and unhealthy but think they are healthy on probably has a lot more to do with body could potentially keep gaining weight. and muscle fat as opposed to body weight,” Chitty said he agrees with Rivers and Wright said. therefore analyzes the few people who Doctors use BMI to calculate whether are overweight because of muscle mass one is in the normal weight range by differently than those who are overweight measuring his height and weight. But as because of fat. people like Thompson have realized, it “I don’t really think (labeling someone does not take muscle mass into account. who is overweight because of high muscle This leads many to ask the question: mass) is accurate,” Chitty said. “I can tell How many people have been labeled you that if I saw a kid in my office who was overweight simply because they have a like a body builder and had no fat on him large muscle mass? and the BMI chart said he was overweight, Thompson said there are many. I would tell him: the chart says you’re “I would say a good majority of the overweight but you’re not overweight people go through the same exact thing as
BY RUSHI PATEL rpatel@hilite.org
I’m not worried about my health at all. I’m in a lifting class so I’m staying in shape that way, and as far as eating goes, I’m not eating (unhealthily) at all.
you’re fine. This is probably something you see at high school in a few people.” Thompson, however, said he had a very different experience at the doctor’s office. “(My doctors say) that technically by whatever standards, you’re overweight but honestly I don’t feel overweight,” Thompson said. “But as far as the doctor goes, I remember a time when he did say if you gain too much more (weight), you’re going to be flirting with the obesity line.” Wright said there are much more accurate ways to measure health than BMI. For example, he said cardio fitness is very important. Also, comparing muscle percentage to body fat percentage can be useful as well. Thompson said he agrees with Wright. “I think (health should be judged) by conditioning tests and sort of a way to track your diet, so what you’re eating and physical tests,” Thompson said. “Muscle index should play a factor too.” There are many instruments that can be used to calculate muscle versus body fat percentage. One of the most common
methods, according to Wright, includes using specialized calipers, which can be used to pinch skin in various areas and come up with a raw numeric score for body fat composition. However, Chitty said that using BMI is perfectly acceptable. “I wouldn’t change (the use of BMI). I think it works really well for the majority of patients,” Chitty said. “You’ll have some false positives, meaning you’ll have some people that aren’t truly overweight that will fall into that category, and then it’s easy to sort of tell them it’s okay: even though the system says you’re overweight, you’re fine. But you still catch the people H that truly are overweight.” Scan this QR code to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is a measurement of height and weight that applies to men and women.
STEP OFF THE SCALE: Nathanael “Nate” Thompson, football player and sophomore, keeps fit during football practice. Although his BMI indicates he may be overweight, Thompson said he is not worried about staying in shape because he maintains a healthy diet and a regular fitness schedule. NIVEDHA MEYYAPPAN / PHOTOS
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Impact of iPhone 5 Effects of the release of Apple’s newest product
S
The iPhone has risen to being the number one most used camera used on Flickr.
Sales of the new iPhone 5 are predicted to increase GDP by 0.5%. If the phone sells for around $600, with about $200 of it counted as imported components, then $400 per phone would add to the total value of the economy's output.
3G
Instagram which initially originated on iOS, now has over 80 million users and is expanding to Android users.
Apple sued Samsung for infringing on patents for intellectual property that Apple had created in software and hardware.
In 2011, digital music sales grew 8%, which are now total 31% of industry revenue. In the second quarter of 2012, iTunes claimed 64% of the entire digital music market and 29% of all music sold at retail.
Unless Samsung negates Apple’s victory in an appeals court, other companies may have to remove useful, familar features similar to Apple’s.
Economic Effects
$250
The Music industry digital sales market owned by iTunes
million iPhone 5 units
42%
$144 billion in revenue
4-inch retina display
326 pixels per inch 18%
more pixels than the iPhone S
$600
in net income
$200
counted as imported component
GDP predicted to increase
0.5%
after the release of the iPhone 5
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STUDENT SECTION Ask the Expert Q&A with IB film teacher Jim Peterson to get the scoop on scary Halloween movies. Compiled by Jill Massengill
What are your Halloween plans this year?
I’m going to the Children’s Museum Haunted House with my cousin because it’s less scary.
There’s no way I’m going to anything haunted. Ghosts and scary movies are the worst part of Halloween.
I’m not going trick or treating this year because costumes are expensive and I’m not creative enough to make my own.
Joseph Snyder Freshman
Michaela Sawada Sophomore
Every October our family makes a giant candy corn castle then we eat it on Halloween.
My friends and I entered a pumpkin pie eating contest. We practice at least once a week.
I’d rather hand out candy to cute little kids rather than actually go trick or treating.
Caroline Hitchcock Junior
Kyle Hook Junior
Amanda Merk Senior
Sarah Fickle Freshman SAM PATTERSON / PHOTO
This Halloween I’m going to a costume party dressed as crazy as I can. Andrew Rigsbee Sophomore
What are your favorite scary movies? I would have to say that “Cabin in the Woods” was the best of the most recent scary films. As for classics, I would have to go with “Nosferatu.” After directing “Ceremony of Blood” a few years ago, I did a lot of research on “Dracula” and I really think “Nosferatu” is underrated. Even better than “Frankenstein” and “The Wolfman.”
What is the difference between thrillers and horror films? Horror films really go for the gore. They spend more time showing the blood than worrying about the story. The work is done primarily by the special effects department. Thrillers spend time and effort creating suspense which is more work for the writer or director.
What makes a movie scary to you? The more believable the situation or relatable the character is has a great influence on how scary a movie can be. For instance, in “Apollo 18,” the characters were astronauts on the moon being attacked by something resembling a rock. That was not a situation that I nor anyone else I know would be found in. Therefore, it was not scary. Startling, yes. Scary, no.
If you could recommend only one scary movie, what would you recommend? Why? I would recommend “Nosferatu.” I really feel that it is underrated. Students will often overlook it because it is in black and white, silent and foreign. Unfortunately, that is the trifecta of teenage antithesis. While it may not be as gruesome as watching teenagers die in a variety of ways, it is the original (horror film) and so many directors that H have followed have paid homage to the film.
I’m so afraid of haunted houses. I hate clowns; they all have clowns. Jackson Bower Senior
GAVIN COLAVITO, JENNA RUHAYEL, KATHLEEN BERTSCH / PHOTOS COMPILED BY CAITLIN MULLER
Behind the Boo
Students spend their October working local haunts BY MOLLY SURETTE msurette@hilite.org While most students spend the month of October hunting for the most thrilling haunted house, junior Benjamin “Ben” Burdick is the face behind the mask. Burdick has been volunteering at the Children’s Museum Haunted House for four years now. He has this opportunity because his mother is a member of the Guild, the organization that designs and operates the house every year. “It’s fun scaring children and providing them with a frightening Halloween experience,” Burdick said. Although most of the haunted house’s patrons are children, Burdick said there is still a risk to being a haunter. “Once, a kid swung his arm out when I scared him,” he said. “He ended up scraping me across the neck. It left a big red mark that took some time to heal.”
On Sept. 31, teens that were scheduled to haunt had to attend teen haunting orientation where they learned how to handle situations like Burdick’s along with all of the haunted house’s regulations. Teens are required to go to this event in order to haunt at the Children’s Museum. Allison Steck, “Head Witch” at the Children’s Museum Haunted House, said, “This is a great chance for teens to not only earn hours of community service for various organizations that they may be involved in, but they also get to have a great time dressing up and scaring our guests.” The majority of haunters at the Children’s Museum are teens and their efforts are much appreciated. “We love our teen haunters because they are the best,” she said. “They’re scary, they’re friendly, they’re whatever we need them to be and we look forward to H them being here.”
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Are you Halloween Extreme? Follow this flow chart to see how you fit on the scary spectrum
START HERE
NO
Haunted house?
Trick or treating?
YES
Extreme?
NO
YES
Just for fun NO
YES
I want candy!
Going to a party?
NO
YES NO
Dressing up? YES
No Spirit
Either you have a test the next day, or Halloween is just not your thing. Stay home and enjoy a warm cup of apple cider instead.
Average
You may not be completely in the Halloween spirit, but it’s the effort that counts after all. Enjoy the Halloween festivities with your friends and family.
Hardcore
Congratulations! You are Halloween extreme. Go out with your friends, dress up crazy and have fun!
ANTHONY KO, RACHEL CHEN / GRAPHIC
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COVER STORY
In Need of Change For teenagers, knowledge about money management is on the decline. With an unstable economy and job market ahead, students and teachers say financial preparedness is more important than ever before.
By Lauren Lu llu@hilite.org
OMEED MALEK / PHOTO
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W
hen senior Alexa Loncharich was younger, she had a ceramic Pooh Bear piggy bank. Now, as a senior and student in the personal finance class, Loncharich has graduated from coin collecting to stock market simulations and savings accounts. The stock market simulation, part of personal finance teacher Richard Reid’s “Investing Unit,” is one in a series of projects that includes a year-long financial budget for students who plan to be financially independent. “(The stock market simulation)’s all a learning experience,” Loncharich said, “and I think you learn more by doing.” Although Loncharich is working toward her financial future, she can be considered a rarity. According to a 2012 national survey by Junior Achievement (JA) and The Allstate Foundation, while teens agree that money management is important, fewer teens than before are actually budgeting. Teens also reported learning less about managing money
from their parents and from school. Loncharich said she took an interest in finance long before taking Reid’s personal finance class, having learned about money mangagment when she was in middle school. “(My inspiration) was my grandpa,” Loncharich said. “He’s really into personal finance, and he kept shoving books at me. I thought it was really useful, and I could learn how to save and how to invest. And it has been really helpful.” Loncharich said she also learned about personal finance from this school. For example, she said she is now planning for her retirement fund because she learned in school about the importance of capitalizing on compound CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE interest over her lifetime.
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HAILEY MEYER / PHOTO
EDUCATION THROUGH ACTION: Senior Alexa Loncharich organizes products for her job at Kroger. From her family and classes, Loncharich said she’s learned to manage her finances better than most of her peers. Not every student can speak with such authority on financial matters. Junior Jessica Lecher said that although she had a job over the summer, she now asks her parents for money when she needs it. “I have my own debit card, and whenever I get a paycheck from somewhere, my mom deposits the money in my checking account for me, and I kept track of my spending and my deposit,” Lecher said. “Lots of kids I know, including myself, when we want CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE
money or need money, we’ll just ask our parents. So you don’t really have to manage your own money. And lots of my friends are like that too — they don’t feel the need to have a debit card or anything.” Students may lack more than just knowledge about money. The recent JA survey also reported a plunge in teen confidence about their financial futures. Only 56 percent of teenagers believe they will be at least as well off as their parents, a 40 percent drop from last year. According to Reid, much of this stems back to the financial crisis in 2008, when parents suffered financial losses that are now manifesting, often in a lack of ability to help pay for college. This, according to the JA website, puts a greater financial responsibility on students. Reid said students in the Carmel community have a comparatively strong background in money management, as parents who are well-to-do usually discuss money matters with their children more than other parents. However, this economic status brings its own problems. “When you’ve grown up in an affluent community, you have this unrealistic expectation that you’re going to have the same kind of money,” Reid said. Shannon Edelstein, DECA president and senior, said she agreed. “Kids have to learn that you don’t have an unlimited fund,” she said. “I think that it’s really important, especially in Carmel, because not many kids know that you’re not always going to have that credit card in your hand.”
Why It Matters
There are pieces of paper on the walls of Room F115, Reid’s classroom. Front covers of magazines line up on the front wall; Time and CNN’s Money Magazine articles march around the whiteboard. Students’ retirement goals are clustered around enormous handwritten quotes on colorful butcher
paper, one of which reads, on gold paper with crumpled blue framing: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin.” “Why do we take English?” Reid asked. “It’s a huge part of communication. We have to be proficient with the English language. Why don’t we have to be equally as proficient with our finances?” Both Loncharich and Edelstein said they encourage students to take business classes to further their knowledge. “It can’t hurt to have someone else tell you how to do things,” Loncharich said. Edelstein added, “Even if you don’t want to go into finance, personal finance is something that can help you throughout your life, because you’re always going to be budgeting. In my experience, it really helped me; it’s really just seeing what’s important. I think that’s really important throughout life.” Edelstein said budgeting her money and prioritizing her spending has also helped her in other aspects of life when she has needed to plan ahead and make use of her resources. Though retirement goals are obviously made some time in the school year, Reid said a first day of school survey of his students revealed that while 79 percent of his students had savings accounts and 64 percent had checking accounts, none had retirement funds.According to Reid, starting a retirement fund at 18 can double the amount of money those starting at 27 end up with. “My grandparents are matching what I make,” Loncharich said. “They’ll start a retirement fund for me.” Reid said it’s for reasons like this that he teaches the class. “(Personal finance)’s one of those classes where you’re not just teaching content; you’re teaching something that can change that student’s life,” Reid said.
Connecting with Students
As the JA and Allstate Foundation survey
Money Matters Studies shine light on how teenagers interact with money in their daily lives don’t believe they can handle money at all.
34%
24% don’t know the
difference between credit and debit cards.
9.6%
believe their parents are poor financial role models
44%
get most of their money from an outside job.
30%
have an allowance or work around the house for money.
While
80% of states
have personal finance education standards...
63% of teachers feel
unqualified to teach them, and...
69%
but of parents think they are not good examples.
24%
only of teenagers report learning money management in school.
CONNIE CHU / GRAPHICS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT, ING DIRECT, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN / SOURCES
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Beyond the Books Students interested in finance can look up the Carmel Clay Public Library’s Money: From A to Z programs, which include activities for teenagers. Dine on a Dime Oct. 31, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Program Room Rather than splurging at a restaurant, students can learn how to make their own bubble tea at a lower cost. HAFSA RAZI / GRAPHIC CCPL WEBSITE / SOURCE
suggested, parents play an important role in money management. According to Reid, parents should not wait to educate their children about money, starting as soon as they begin receiving an allowance, or as soon as they are capable of understanding money. “I think the first job is the parents’ job: to teach kids how to manage their money. That’s got to start at home. And that should start way before high school,” Reid said. Edelstein said she learned much of what she knows about money from her family’s business. She said her parents have held stock for her since she was born, and she now helps manage them. However, she said, most students do not have that luxury. “Some of it has to do with parents exposing their kids to that. Some parents don’t like to because they don’t think they’re ready for it or because they don’t want the responsibility on their shoulders,” Edelstein said. Loncharich said she has also learned most of what she knows from home, but it’s not a topic often breached in families “It’s kind of a taboo,” Loncharich said. “It’s not something you talk about as much, so you don’t learn it. But if their parents aren’t going to prepare them, who’s going to?” Maybe not the school. While Reid has an extensive course of studies planned for students in his personal finance class, encompassing six units from taxes to savings, Reid said he cannot speak for students who are not taking the class. “In other classes, there’s not as much of a focus on personal finance as there could be,” Reid said. “It’s a great application in math class. It’s a great application even in economics.” Lecher, who took a business class last year,
said she didn’t learn much about finance from her classes. From what she has learned at home, Lecher said she thinks she merely has a basic knowledge.
Taking Initiative
While there are nearly 5,000 students enrolled at this school, only 103 take the personal finance class. Whether this is because of full schedules or lack of interest, students can still learn how to handle finances efficiently outside of the class through extracurricular programs or through their own jobs and families. While parents and the school are important aspects of students’ education in finance, it is ultimately up to the student to take initiative, Loncharich said. “It was my grandpa’s choice at first (to encourage my financial education), but as a kid you need that direction. But taking the (personal finance) class was my choice. He didn’t push me to do that,” Loncharich said. Business classes are not the only way for students to familiarize themselves with finance, according to Edelstein. Students, she said can take steps toward money management by getting jobs and creating checking and savings accounts. “If you don’t have time to take a business class or you don’t want to, just expose yourself to the real world. Even if it’s a babysitting job, just the simple stuff,” Edelstein said. However, according to Reid, it’s not just about students having money — it’s about them actively handling it. For example, he said many parents pay for credit cards so their teenagers can pay for gas. According to Reid, a better learning experience would be for students to have checking accounts and keep track of their spending. “One of the biggest things I tell kids at the beginning of the year is, you know, by failing to prepare, you’re preparing to fail,” Reid said, quoting the poster on his own wall. “If kids don’t have an understanding of what they need to achieve in the future, they’re never going to get there. I think too often we have a short-sighted mentality where all we’re thinking about is this year, or this month, or even just today.” Someday, Loncharich said she wants to go to medical school to be a neurosurgeon. But Loncharich said she is not worried about her financial future, with all the practice her family and the school have given to her. “I think I’ll be fine in the future,” Loncharich said, “with all the preparation H I’ve already done.”
The Price You Pay In a monthly budget, this is an approximate breakdown of expenses of the average 15to 17-year-old American
+ $75 + $105 + $315 + $210 + $175 + $210 + $90 Clothing
Healthcare
Housing
Food
Transportation
Childcare and Education
Miscellaneous
= $1,180
CONNIE CHU / GRAPHICS BABYCENTER.COM / SOURCE
Kids have to learn that you don’t have an unlimited fund...not many kids know that you’re not always going to have that credit card in your hand. Shannon Edelstein
DECA president and senior
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ENTERTAINMENT
Homemade Halloween
Economic times are tough, but you still want to celebrate Oct. 31. Why not try to make your own Halloween creations? We can get you started. Costume #1: Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” This homemade Dorothy costume shows an example of turning an ugly Goodwill dress into something useful.
D
ressing up for Halloween can be a stressful experience. First you have to decide on a costume, then you have to figure out the best way to create it. Sometimes, storebought is the best option, but other times, putting together some items from home is cheaper and easier. This year, the HiLite not only has costume ideas, but also a quick guide describing where to buy them and how to make them.
BY OLIVIA WEPRICH oweprich@hilite.org
Costume #2: A Pirate
Dress Look for anything with Dorothy’s signature blue-and-white gingham pattern. If it’s already a dress, adjust for sizing and embellish with white buttons and accents of blue ribbon.
Target only has pirate costumes for children. Their website though, advertises a women’s costume for $30. • Halloween City has an entire display of pirate swords, hats, jewelry and entire costumes for both men and women. The prices for whole costumes range from $15 to $50 depending on the quality and number of included accessories. • The homemade pirate costume was originally an old costume of my brother’s from years ago. I turned shorts into a skirt and added fishnet tights, a bandana and one hoop earring.
Basket Find a small basket around the house. Place a stuffed dog inside as a makeshift Toto, or use it as a purse or candy container.
Shoes I found these at Target in the kids’ department about a year ago for around $8. Splurge on the ruby slippers for the full effect, or add red, sparkly ribbons to a pair of shoes you already own.
Target’s Dorothy costume came with her dress and hair bows. It is $40, which is too expensive despite the number of rhinestones covering the outfit. • Halloween City also has a Dorothy dress. Although it lacks the sparkle factor, it is only $29.99 to serve just as cute a dress. • It also has platform ruby slippers that have an approximate 4-inch heel. The shoes are $34.99, but who says you can’t wear them on a daily basis? • A more practical accessory is the dog basket, with a stuffed dog included, for $15. So for $5 more than Target’s dress, you can get a costume, basket and stuffed dog at Halloween City. JENNA RUHAYEL / PHOTOS
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Costume #3: Cowboy/Cowgirl
Costume #4: Where’s Waldo?
Target only has cowboy accessories and toddler-size costumes. There are more options on its website but little variety in the store. Halloween City also only has cowboy accessories but with a better selection. • Cowboy hat: $14.99 • Strip of bullets: $8.99 • Whip/lasso: $5.99 • Bandana: $3.99 Total: $33.96 plus shirt, pants and shoes from home The homemade costume is the best option because buying anything from stores would not result in a full costume. Pair some jeans with a plaid shirt and add a bandana or hat for a completed look. Accessories such as a holster and a toy gun are finishing touches.
Both Target and Halloween City have the same Waldo costume. Target’s price is $20, while Halloween City’s is $39.99. Both seem overpriced for just a shirt, hat and glasses. The homemade costume is just as easy to make and much cheaper. • Shirt: Find a red-and-white striped shirt or paint stripes on a plain-colored one. • Glasses: Everybody knows someone with Harry Potter glasses; they work perfectly for Waldo, too. • Hat: Use a winter hat and safety pin a pompom on the top of the hat. Any combination of red and white will do. H
Students choose to craft their own costumes
Sophomore Meridian Culpepper and junior Misheel Mandalsaikhan choose to make their own costumes BY AINING WANG ainingwang@hilite.org
AMIRA MALCOM / PHOTO
HOMEMADE ALICE: Sophomore Meridian Culpepper prepares to make her “Alice in Wonderland” dress. Culpepper agrees that homemade costumes function better than store-bought ones.
With Halloween just days away, many students are beginning to ponder what they will dress up as this year. However, while most students will browse generic costumes in department store clothing racks, junior Misheel Mandalsaikhan and sophomore Meridian Culpepper will look forward to wearing their self-made dresses. “I’m creative and this is a hands-on kind of thing,” Culpepper said. “When you make something and put all that effort into it, you enjoy it more.” Culpepper said she is currently working on an Alice in Wonderland kind of dress, complete with a petticoat, which makes the dress “poof,” and a separate apron piece. She said she prefers homemade clothes over store-bought because the former is of higher quality and provides a better fit. Mandalsaikhan said she agrees with this. “When you make clothes for yourself, it fits you better because you know your body shape, and you can make it according to your body shape,” Mandalsaikhan said. The horror movie “The Ring” inspired the costume Mandalsaikhan is making. Prospective designers should keep some things in mind, however. According to Judy Fisher, fashion and
design teacher, it is important for students who are unfamiliar with sewing to receive guidance, especially when they are trying to understand patterns and read instructions for the first time. “An instruction sheet is like a foreign language because there are lots of terms that may mean nothing to (someone) who hasn’t started sewing,” Fisher said. According to Fisher, beginners should choose clothes with fewer parts because they tend to be simpler and more suitable for someone who has not had prior experience. Culpepper said that beginners could find several resources online through tutorials such as those on YouTube. “They are useful for learning techniques,” Culpepper said. Culpepper also shared a lesson that she learned from taking a fashion and design class her freshman year. “Definitely don’t start off with something that is, like, overly complicated. Don’t just look at the picture; the important thing is to look at the (pattern). The picture may look cool and stuff, but if you’re not an experienced sewer, you don’t know (what you need),” Culpepper said. “That was something I learned the hard way.” H
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The Rise of Kendrick Lamar New album, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City,” expected to impress fans, gain larger audience, according to critics BY JOSEPH LEE jlee@hilite.org
K
endrick Lamar, a Compton-based rapper was recently acclaimed the “New King of the West Coast” by Dr. Dre and Snoop Lion. Lamar fan and junior Johnny Rodriguez said, “I think he’s an amazing artist and has a very unique way of rapping. I think he’s changing up the rap game by expressing lyrics and songs that people would have never heard before.” After a delay, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City,” Lamar’s debut studio album, was scheduled for release yesterday under Aftermath, Interscope and Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Though Lamar said that his new album won’t sound like his acclaimed mixtape,
Want to listen? If you scan this, you can get: • Links to a collection of Kendrick Lamar’s hit songs and singles • A version of this story on hilite.org • A list of other sites that you can visit if you like Lamar’s style of music
I want to be like Kendrick...making my own type of music, just being Pat App. Patrick Appleton (Pat App) Aspiring rapper and senior
Album Quick Facts Want to know more about this album? Here are some facts about it About the Album • Release date is Oct. 22 • Album consists of 12 songs • Deluxe album consists of 17 songs
Similar Artists “Section.80,” Lamar still has the full attention of many of his fans. Complex magazine ranked “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City” as 2012’s second most anticipated album. “The Recipe,” featuring Dr. Dre and produced by Scoop DeVille and Dr. Dre, was well-received by critics, devotees and hip-hop enthusiasts. Rodriguez said, “(The Recipe) is a really good single. It talks about living in California, and how Dr. Dre and Kendrick both hail from Compton.” The second single released was “Swimming Pools (Drank)” a song about Lamar’s alcohol struggles. On Oct. 2, Lamar released the track list as well as the song “Compton” produced by Just Blaze featuring Dr. Dre.
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Ab-Soul Jay Rock Schoolboy Q J. Cole Macklemore Ryan Lewis A$AP Rocky Danny Brown
Senior Patrick Appleton, an up-andcoming rapper under the name of Pat App, said, “He’s just different from all these rappers that have been making the same music. He’s got this whole new style, most rappers just give people a sound that they want to hear, but Kendrick Lamar is all about his lyrics. It’s impressive.” “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City” features artists such as Jay Rock; Dr. Dre; Drake; Mary J. Blige; Anna Wise; and MC Eiht.
New group formed from underground artists
Heads up; there’s a new crew in town. Black Hippy, California’s new hip-hop super group, consists of underground but successful music artists that were hand picked by record label Top Dawg Entertainment. With names like Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q and Jay Rock, there is no doubt that this crew has a large following. Black Hippy received a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment.Known for their HiiiPower movement, the members of Black Hippy are gaining prominence in the hip-hop industry. Hip-hop fans who wail at mainstream rap should have no fear that Black Hippy would ever betray them by selling out. Even though they are similar to crews like N.W.A., Run D.M.C., A Tribe
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Black Hippy member Jay Rock Dr. Dre Drake Mary J. Blige Anna Wise MC Eiht
Fun Fact: Lady Gaga was supposed to appear on the track (Partynauseous), but the song was removed from the tracklist and will be distributed on a different project. KENDRICKLAMAR.COM/SOURCE
Kendrick part of Black Hippy BY JOSEPH LEE jlee@hilite.org
Featured artists
Called Quest and Bone Thugs N Harmony, Black Hippy released that its members are not planning to make a collaborative album. They decided to frequently feature one another in each other’s songs and make a couple of Black Hippy collaborative songs. Black Hippy is a well rounded group. Jay Rock talks to listeners about escaping the projects, about having been there and done that. Ab-Soul raps with more than “metaphors and punchlines” about conspiracies and society. Kendrick Lamar flows with deep messages in his wordplay in memoir-like songs. Schoolboy Q spits mischievous bars about his life and drugs. The diverse collaboration results in songs such as “Zip That, Chop That” and “Say Wassup.” Black Hippy has a bright future ahead of itself. The fusion of four unique artists makes for an unbeatable combination. H
“Seeing how far he could make it off of his own style instead of how most rappers do mainstream music to get their popularity up. But Kendrick Lamar has made it this far off of his own style. It inspires me to stay true to what I do. He’s so unique,” Appleton said. “I want to be like Kendrick Lamar someday. I want to be making my own type of music, just being Pat App. Just like Kendrick Lamar is H Kendrick Lamar.”
Student Perspectives Students speak about their favorite Kendrick Lamar songs Junior Johnny Rodriguez • “ A.D.H.D.” • “Opposites Attract” (Tomorrow WO Her) feat. Javonte
Senior Patrick “Pat App” Appleton • On “Rigamortis”: “He just goes H.A.M. on it and the beat is pretty tight (on) the video I saw on YouTube. I watched it, like, 20 times. I like it a lot. There is this part on that song where he goes for like 30 seconds, and you don’t even hear him take a breath. Dang.” • “HiiiPower”
SPECIAL EDITION: The deluxe version of Kendrick Lamar’s album, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City” (also pictured above) features four bonus tracks for a nominal upcharge. KENDRICKLAMAR.COM / SOURCE
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Students plan Halloween event for cause House plans to make changes to the annual Trick-or-Treat for Riley BY DENNIS YANG dyang@hilite.org On Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., House will host its second annual Trick-or-Treat for Riley in the freshman cafeteria, according to House sponsor Sarah Wolff. She said while the event was successful last year, some changes will be made to promote more community involvement. According to Wolff, one of these changes will be more House groups. “(Having more groups) is great because every year we have a bigger interest in the House representatives,” Wolff said. At the beginning of the year, House was split into several groups. Then, in preparation for the event, each group chooses a theme to portray during the actual event. Last year, one of the House groups chose a “nerd” theme for the Trick-or-Treat for Riley, Wolff said. The members in the group not only dressed up as “nerds” but they also passed out Nerds candy. “Our groups are themed to the point that
many of them have activities to do,” Wolff said. “So when (the kids) come up to the Candyland station, they got to play a game, and I think that’s a unique experience.” House will also increase the number of interactive activites this year, Wolff said. “We felt that the stations that did activities with the kids were a little bit more successful than the ones that simply dressed up and passed out something,” Wolff said, “so we feel like we would like to have more stations that do some kind of interactive activity.” Erika “Ricki” Daly and Zachary “Zach” Post, event organizers and seniors, said they agree. “I think (our success this year) will mostly depend on how well we publicize it; the more people who come, the more successful it’ll be,” Daly said. “And I think the more excited we act about it will attract more people so more people will want to donate.” Post said, ultimately, the goal is to raise money for Riley Children’s Hospital. House plans several events every school year to benefit this cause.
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SPORTS
A Real Gamble
While school’s fantasy club prohibits practice, students often bet in other leagues
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According to Meyer, granting members of Fantasy Sports Club the ability to bet in school would signify that this school approves of gambling, so as a result betting is not allowed within the club. “I try to emphasize on students that they need to wait until they’re older to start betting money or gamble,” Meyer said. Although gambling is restricted in the United States, betting in fantasy sports (the school’s Fantasy Sports Club excluded), is generally legal under most circumstances. According to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, gambling in fantasy sports is legal if it is not on a single player or event. Since gambling addictions can often lead to debt or even bankruptcy, it is natural that minors are typically barred from betting money. However, according to Roop, there are benefits to betting in fantasy sports if managed responsibly. “It’s good (to play for money) if you can control it. I think you should use a reasonable amount,” Roop said. “I don’t think you should be gambling $300 on fantasy sports.”
or sports fans and video game aficionados alike, fantasy sports combine the best of both worlds. Players act as owners of sports teams to compete against other players’ teams, with results based on the success of the actual team. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, 32 million people in the United States and Canada played fantasy sports during 2010, often with money involved. One of those 32 million is Josh Roop, Fantasy Sports Club co-president and senior, and current participant in three fantasy football leagues. “(I like fantasy football) just because everyone else does it, and everyone focuses on it,” Roop said. According to Mike Meyer, Fantasy Sports Club sponsor, the club was created in 2004 as fantasy sports have become more popular over time. Fantasy Sports Josh Roop Club allows students to Gambling as incentive President of Fantasy Sports Club and senior participate in a fantasy Although gambling can potentially lead sports league after school. to debt and other consequences, the While the club does not allow gambling, students like argument can be made that betting money in fantasy Roop can and do make wagers in other leagues outside sports gives participants more of an incentive to win. of school. These wagers usually are small amounts, Meyer, too, said he occasionally bets on some of his according to Roop. fantasy sports teams outside of school. “I usually play for money in almost every league “I don’t mind playing for money because I usually only except for the one at school because the school doesn’t play for a small amount. It puts a bit more excitement allow it,” Roop said. and competitiveness into (fantasy sports),” Meyer said.
It’s good (to play for money) if you can control it. I think you should use a reasonable amount. I don’t think you should be gambling $300 on fantasy sports.
Fantasy Sports Information Fantasy sports participation has grown rapidly in recent years. What are fantasy sports?
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Signs that a friend or loved one has a gambling problem • They become increasingly defensive about their gambling. • They become suddenly secretive over money and finances. • They become increasingly desperate for money to fund the gambling. • They start having mood swings (Symptoms of insomnia or excessive dark moods may indicate an addiction that interferes with daily life). JEU-AIDEREFERENCE.QC.CA / SOURCE
However, Josh Horowitz, fantasy sports enthusiast and junior, said he believes betting in fantasy sports is entirely different from gambling. “Fantasy sports are more for fun and in gambling you’re betting on something,” Horowitz said. “You don’t have to bet in fantasy sports.” Unlike Roop, Horowitz only participates in fantasy sports outside of school and is not involved in the Fantasy Sports Club here. Even so, Horowitz said he finds fantasy sports enjoyable without a monetary influence, as the risk of possibly losing money is not worth the chance of winning. “Once in a while there will be a league for money, but I usually don’t play for money. I don’t like (playing for money) because I don’t like to gamble. I like to save my money.” Horowitz said. Jason Roebuck, co-president of Fantasy Sports Club and senior, said he does not bet money on his fantasy sports teams, and as a result he does not see fantasy sports as a type of gambling because of its nature. “Fantasy sports could be seen as gambling because you are putting money down and risking it, but I just play for fun so I don’t see it as gambling. I just don’t like risking any money in case I don’t win,” Roebuck said.
Not all about gambling
By the Numbers Percent that fantasy sports participation has grown in the United States and Canada in the past four years.
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The scores of the owners’ teams are based on the players they draft and the players’ performance in the actual sporting event. Fantasy sports owners can join random leagues online, or they can join leagues with other people that they know. Some popular websites that offer fantasy sports include NFL.com, ESPN.com and Yahoo.com. Football is currently the most popular fantasy sport. FSTA.ORG / SOURCE
Fantasy sports can be related to gambling because if played for money, they have similar risks. However, unlike gambling, it is not necessary to bet money to partake in them. Students play fantasy sports for many other reasons besides gambling. According to Roop, fantasy sports give him a good opportunity to talk about sports with other people that have similar interests. Roop said, “It’s interesting to see what other people think (about sports) and debate about it.” Roebuck said he agrees with Roop, adding that fantasy sports can be enjoyable without betting. “I love the competitiveness in the club and the energy that everyone brings,” Roebuck said. “We have many different kids H in the club and fantasy sports bring them together.”
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Students participate in Special Olympics activities BY JASON KLEIN jklein@hilite.org The crowd cheered. Stephanie Speck, special needs student and junior, stepped onto the softball diamond, her tangerine-orange jersey gleaming in the light of the sun. For her, it was the climax: the state finals at Indianapolis’s Midwest Sports Complex. Walking in jet-black Nike cleats, she made her way over to the batter’s box. Angela Speck, her mother and coach, remembered the moment. “It was a sunny, beautiful day,” she said. Stephanie stared intently at her father, Glenn Speck, waiting for his pitch to come. She knew she was going to hit it. PING! She sprinted toward first base, and the approval of the spectators pushed her there. “All the parents in the stand are like, ‘My gosh, look at ‘em, they’re doing it,’” Mrs. Speck said. To a casual observer, it may have looked as if Speck had come to play in a softball game as her peers might have, perhaps for her high school team or for a travel outfit. However, the jet-black “SOHC” emblazoned on the front of her uniform told a different story. Speck played with the Special Olympics of Hamilton County (SOHC) team, eventual state tournament runnerups. SOHC is part of an international organization (the Special Olympics) that, according to its website, “has over four million athletes with intellectual disabilities involved in sports in 170 countries.” According to Mrs. Speck, the SOHC provides an opportunity for her daughter and students like her to participate in sports like their peers do. “(Kids with special needs) don’t want to play differently,” she said. They want to play the same, so that’s what Special Olympics does.” Mrs. Speck said that too often mentally disabled students end up as spectators instead of participants. “A lot of times they watch,” Angela said. “(SOHC) gives them the opportunity to actually play.” Nevertheless, the players aren’t the only ones affected by the Special Olympics. For sophomore Samantha Cunningham, volunteering as an assistant on the SOHC softball team helped develop her communication and leadership skills. “I have to become more of a role model because I know whatever I say that they can repeat,” she said. “I know if you say a cuss word or something, then they’ll say it also because they think it’s fine.” “If (the coaches) needed me to be one-on-one with
Some of (the special needs students) don’t talk at the beginning of the season, but by the end of the season they get more social skills. Samantha Cunningham SOHC softball team volunteer and sophomore
someone, I’d go help with that player. Usually I was in the dugout trying to get kids ready, (getting) their bats and helmets on,” Cunningham said. Besides her own improvement as a person, Cunningham said she saw how the SOHC affected the players. “Some of them don’t talk at the beginning of the season, but by the end of the season they get more social skills,” she said. “I know one of the girls used to not talk and give much emotion, but by the end she was talking a lot and being active. So they open up more.” SOHC County Coordinator Beth Schweigel said volunteers like Cunningham are particularly helpful to the organization. “We can always use more volunteers,” she said. “The more volunteers we have, the easier it is.” According to Schweigel, volunteers help the SOHC achieve its goal: “to provide a fair, equal opportunity to individuals with special needs.” However, Schweigel also said that there are some misconceptions about the Special Olympics that keep people from joining. “A lot of families don’t realize that (the Special Olympics are) for all ages or that it’s for all types of disabilities,” Schweigel said. “A lot of people don’t understand that it’s totally free.” Still, for those like Cunningham who have worked with the Special Olympics, the rewards are evident. “It’s made me a better leader, I guess,” Cunningham said. For Stephanie, however, her feelings are simpler. H “It was good,” she said with a smile.
Ask an Expert Q&A with Athletics Director Jim Inskeep about this school’s success in athletics.
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Can the Carmel athletic program keep up the success it has had in the past? I certainly think so and the reason I say that is there is a specific reason for our ongoing success at Carmel and that is our strong feeder programs and the relationships that exist. The Carmel Dads’ Club is one program that gives us a really unique relationship in which we can share facilities and coaches.
Do you find there is more pressure on you since the Carmel athletic program has been so successful in the past? Everyone has high expectations including me. Nobody is going to get more disappointed at not achieving goals like I am going to. I don’t put that pressure on our coaches and our kids however. I think there are ways that we can make that situation successful for them by identifying our weaknesses and talking with the coaches.
What do you think is the main reason the Carmel athletic program has had all of its success? I think it has a lot to do with the competition our kids get. They play the best teams in the state during the school season and continue their competition with club teams outside of the school. I think our kids also get a lot of quality exposure to instruction at an early age and that instruction continues on through adolescence and their high school years so by the time they are freshman they have well developed skills.
Is there anything that you specifically have learned that has helped you over the years?
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GOLD MEDAL: Junior Stephanie Speck plays softball for the Special Olympics of Hamilton County team. Over four million athletes are involved in Special Olympics sports in 170 different countries around the world.
Don’t get too high, and don’t get too low. This is a special place and it could be really easy to get wrapped up in all the success over the years, but the reality is the next challenge is right around the corner. Even though two years ago we set a state record for titles in a year and surpassed it last year, I think when you talk to our kids and the program and everyone involved they are excited to see what else we can do. SEAN TRUAX / REPORTER
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To Play or Not to Play? Athletes here must decide whether or not to continue playing their respective sports at the collegiate level practice, and you know you’re going to be traveling for games. This adds to the difficulty of the already difficult schedule of a college student.” Miller said she agrees that it was a large time commitment, and said she is looking forward to having more opportunities unior Zachary “Zach” McRoberts has been playing to participate in other activities. basketball for as long as he can remember, and unlike “I think that it will be really nice to have more free time,” most athletes, McRoberts said he plans to continue to she said. “I will be able to get involved in a lot of activities that play basketball throughout college. aren’t running-related, something I didn’t have a lot of time to “The possibility of a scholarship is something that is very do in high school.” important to me,” he said. “Getting college paid for and While she will miss the team aspect of school sports, Miller playing basketball is something that not a lot of people can said she is looking forward to avoiding the pressure that experience, and I would love if that was the case for me.” comes from high school running. Not all athletes, however, share McRoberts’ enthusiasm “Although I will definitely miss about continuing their sport being a part of a team and all of the in college. traditions that come with it, it will Samantha Miller, crossbe nice to be able to join a running country runner and senior, club and run road races without said she has no intentions of any pressure,” she said. running in college, and part On the other hand, athletics do of her reason comes from the have a positive side. McRoberts stress during her four years of said the idea of playing in college cross-country. has helped him to stay focused in “I got pretty stressed out school and that our school has during cross-country season in high school because it Jim Inskeep helped him prepare academically to be a student-athlete. was hard to manage my Athletics Director “There are certain classes you time between running and have to take to be eligible to play homework,” she said. “I didn’t in the NCAA, but they are mainly feel like I had enough free classes required by the school anyways,” he said. “Some time and my social life was definitely limited. Also, all of the colleges like to see you take school seriously, and that can colleges I am applying to have Division I teams, and I think scare away some schools if you aren’t taking school seriously.” that if I tried to run Division I, I would still be stressed out.” Inskeep said academics should continue to come first Athletics Director Jim Inskeep said playing sports in in college, even for athletes, and that there are some college is a major difference for student-athletes as opposed common misconceptions about the time commitment to high school. from certain sports. “A college student-athlete is basically taking on a full-time “The most important goal in college is to emerge with a job to continue competing in athletics,” he said via email. degree,” he said. “Collegiate athletics are very difficult for “There is usually more of a balance in life when they are a high many reasons and often it is a time management issue that school student-athlete.” can be overwhelming. Some collegiate sports travel a lot For his part, McRoberts said he understands why some more than others and missing class becomes very difficult to athletes choose to stop playing sports in college. keep up with course work. Most people would be surprised “I don’t think a lot of people continue sports in college to know that baseball and softball miss a lot more class time because it is such a serious thing,” McRoberts said. “You can’t than football and basketball.” kind of want to do it. It is such a serious commitment and a lot Miller said she believes she will be able to focus more on of people don’t want to make that choice. You aren’t just going her education because she won’t be running in school. to class and doing homework. You have class, homework, film, She said, “I think I will be able to focus on school more and have a lot more time to study. I am For up-to-date information definitely looking forward on all our sports teams, follow us on Twitter at @GMN_Sports to doing other things with or go online to greyhoundmedia.org/sports H my time.”
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Collegiate athletics are very difficult for many reasons and often it is a time management issue that can be overwhelming.
NCAA Fun Facts Here are some interesting and mostly unknown facts about the NCAA and the teams involved. Where does your favorite school rank? Most men’s NCAA Division I team championships (all sports, number of titles in parenthesis): 1. Southern California (81) 2. UCLA (71) 3. Stanford (61) 4. Oklahoma St. (50) 5. Arkansas (41)
Most women’s NCAA Division I team championships (all sports, number of titles in parenthesis): 1. Stanford (42) 2. UCLA (37) 3. North Carolina (27) 4. LSU (26) 5. Texas (22)
Most combined men’s and women’s NCAA Division I team championships (all sports, number of titles in parenthesis): 1. UCLA (108) 2. Stanford (103) 3. Southern California (94) 4. Oklahoma State (50) 5. LSU (43)
Longest Division I championship winning streaks (most consecutive years winning a title in a certain sport): 1. Arkansas (12, men’s indoor track and field) 2. LSU (11, women’s outdoor track and field) T3. Yale (9, men’s golf) T3. Southern California (9, men’s outdoor track and field) T3. Iowa (9, wrestling) T3. North Carolina (9, women’s soccer) NCAA.ORG / SOURCE
By the Numbers Take a look at the percentages of U.S. high school athletes who will go on to compete at the collegiate level
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Photo Essay Carmel 10, Warren Central 7 (Sept. 29, Lucas Oil Stadium)
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: (Clockwise from bottom left:) Junior John Lampe tries to avoid a pursuing defender. The offensive line points out blocking assignments before a play. The team runs out of the tunnel onto the field before the game. Senior Austin Pfenninger calls plays from the sideline.
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PERSPECTIVES Staff Perspective
Administration should explain reasoning behind new policies Our Stand:
If students were given a valid reason for the changes in policy, they would be more willing and ready to follow the guidelines. Each year administrators create new policies or modify old ones. Sometimes they explain to students the necessity of a policy; for example, the administration justified the end to throwing baby powder at the kickoff of football games with legitimate health and safety concerns. It has failed to do so extensively with other recent issues, most notably the new ID sweeps and changes to the Homecoming dance. With the baby powder, the administration told students about potential health risks and safety issues. It also supplied an alternative: thousands of free confetti poppers to replace the banned substance. Even if students did not agree with the change, the administration made a valid argument with several reasons to support the decision and communicated their reasoning with the students. While the execution of this policy change should be duly lauded, other policies were not as carefully executed. Last year, new rules about ID cards were announced but never really enforced. This year, according to the Pathways,
Speak Up!
every student must always have his or her current year ID and show it to any staff member who asks to see it. The Pathways also states, “Failure of a student to properly identify themselves to any staff member when requested to do so may result in disciplinary action.” In addition, Assistant Principal John Newton has recently warned students to be prepared for future ID sweeps later in the year. All these changes leave students asking, “Why now?” In the past, carrying an ID at all times was unnecessary. Very few students can say they have been asked to show their hall passes, let alone their ID cards, in the hallways. Students can buy their lunch and check out items from the media center without them, but now they have to carry an ID with them because of some reason only the administration seems to know. The administration must have some rationale, but if administrators can take the time to publicize the approaching ID sweeps, they can take the time to give a quick, yet not vague, explanation. When asked to explain the reasoning behind the ID checks, Principal John Williams said it has always been a policy, but now he and the rest of the administration want to enforce it better. This answer doesn’t explain the reasoning behind the policy’s implementation or why implementing this system is important now. Students deserve more than obscure reasons such as “safety” or “security.” If students were given a valid reason for the changes in policy, it is more likely that they would be willing and ready to follow the guidelines. This same communication barrier was true for the modifications to the Homecoming dance. The administration mentioned the increase of lighting in the fieldhouse, but many
students thought it would be like the Neon Dance. In fact, an article in the Sept. 19 issue of the HiLite includes a quote from Assistant Principal Amy Skeens-Benton confirming that only one set of lights would be left on “just like the winter dance” from last year. However, when students arrived to see many lights on with the stage in the center, many showed their unhappiness by staging a protest. If the administration had simply explained itself to begin with, students would have been more understanding. Just like the baby-powder incident, not everyone would have been pleased with the changes, but more students would have been satisfied to view the issues from the administrators’ perspective. With the ID sweeps, Homecoming dance and other controversial policies, the administration could prevent complaints with better clarification behind changes in rules. The student body has generally proven itself to be understanding to solid explanation and reasoning. The parental “because I said so” is not effective. Rather than reporting its reasoning over only the announcements, the administration could email staff members and have teachers explain the changes to students during SRT. Since every student has an SRT class, no one could say the administration didn’t make the effort to respect the students’ desire to know the logic behind certain changes. The administration could also rely on student leaders, such as members of the Principal’s Advisory Council, GKOMs and members of the House of Representatives, to inform their peers about the issues. This way, the student body would feel included instead of left in the H dark and confused.
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Does the administration give enough explanation for changes in school policy? No, most of the information is broadcast through the PA, and people neglect listening.
Freshman Aaron Shi
No, I’m a busy guy and when something changes around the school I’m usually the last person to know.
Sophomore Dehaven Shane
No, I usually only hear things from HiLite. (Administrators) need to announce it more clearly.
Junior Parmida Mostafavi
Yes, They don’t tell us enough about why policies are changed, but we don’t always need to know the specifics.
Senior Amber Kriech
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Graphic Perspective
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Time does not change us, it unfolds us
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Gradual Change. Administration should have progressively implemented new Homecoming policies. Before Homecoming Day arrived, I knew I would inevitably be disappointed. I even planned my evening so I would only be at the actual event for one hour, which was sufficient to catch a couple of good songs, and hang out with my friends, but not exhaust my patience. However, I was unaware that I would have been better off staying outside in the lobby than actually buying a ticket to enter, for instead of the promised one gymnasium of lights, basically the entire dance area was lit up. Now, by no means is this a plea to the administration to facilitate a nightclub atmosphere where students can do whatever they want. I actually applaud the school for finally taking action against the inappropriate behavior of some students. Trust me, based on my previous experiences at school dances, nothing is more uncomfortable than when you’re trying to have fun with your friends and other students who are dancing provocatively interrupt you. What I see and hear every day in the hallways is disturbing enough. I didn’t need those events to be further brought to fruition in my free time. So last year I was actually supportive of the addition of extra administrators to put some restraint on the student body, and when I heard of the changes to this year’s
Homecoming, I wasn’t too concerned. In my opinion, a few lights would by no means hurt my experience. If anything, it would allow me to avoid contact with people I couldn’t have seen previously. However, what I walked into on Sept. 22 was a bit excessive. I know that inappropriate dancing has been an issue in recent years, especially due to parents now being aware of what occurs, and a quick Google search tells me that CHS is not alone in this problem. Numerous schools across the nation have had to take measures against provocative behavior, even resulting in a “Footloose” style shutdown of some schools’ dances. However, I feel that there are smaller, but equally effective, measures that could be implemented to combat this issue,without taking away from the dance’s environment. For example, at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, IL., the school implemented a system of wristbands, where each dancegoer is required to wear a wristband and if an administrator catches a student behaving inappropriately the wristband is taken away. The second time the student violates this rule, he or she is evicted from the dance. This system clearly outlines a simple system of discipline for students, while not drastically changing the atmosphere they are accustomed to. It is also better planned then
simply turning on all the lights, and could have saved the administration from having to experiment with these policies. If implemented here, it would be a better-accepted solution. At Lake Zurich High School in Illinois, the administration sent a letter to parents and students explicitly stating a new dance policy that would not tolerate the “dance style known as grinding.” Even with this outright ban on inappropriate dancing, ticket sales at the high school were not significantly affected. If the school had been clear with its policy regarding the topic, I’m sure the Homecoming dance would not have been such a surprise to the student body. Although my Homecoming night turned out to be no better or worse than usual, I know this new policy has caused some students to rethink going to the Homecoming dance altogether. While I fully understand that administration has to address the issue of inappropriate dancing, if milder policies had been more gradually implemented, I know I, as well as most of the student body, would be much more accepting of it. Just as stressed in the staff editorial, I believe that if communication between administration and students had been stronger, the surprise that was Homecoming this year would have been replaced by acceptance, and both staff and students could have properly enjoyed the festivities. H
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Keepin’ it real All around the world, right this very minute perhaps, protests are taking place in 28 countries over a simple video, a video that has sparked a type of controversy previously unheard of. The protesters are primarily Muslim and the video is an anti-Islam “film” made by a Copt, a follower of Christianity in Egypt. The film entitled “The Innocence of Islam” was originally published on YouTube in a series of 14-minute segments and intended to serve as a biographical story of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the creation of Islam. The video is crudely made using low-tech green screens, sloppy voice-overs and poor acting. Furthermore, the content is blatantly crude and disrespectful to the Islamic population, which comprises 23 percent of the world. However, what is unsettling about the video is not its content, but rather the worldwide uproar that it is causing. With a little online research, one can literally find millions of offensive YouTube videos. Yet why has this one gained such a great amount of international recognition? The fact of the matter is that the video has received overemphasized media coverage in countries whose media outlets are controlled by governments that provide little freedom of speech. The globalization of worldwide media and news coverage has made this world the connected and fast-paced place it
Everybody chill out; I got this
MALEK
front page editor / omalek@hilite.org
Lack of clarity regarding an offensive YouTube video causes uproar in misinformed countries across the world is today, but in countries where there exists little freedom of speech, the “truth” can be far from true. By doing only a few quick searches of Middle Eastern, North African and Central Asian news organization websites and broadcasts, one can find several headlines that read along the lines of, “American-Made Film Causes Major Uproar.” However, the film at hand was neither made nor sponsored by the U.S. government as some Asian and African news organizations have reported, but rather by an amateur filmmaker named Nakoula Nakoula, a Coptic Christian extremist who admittedly wrote the scripts of the movie to pass the time during a prison sentence. As is clearly apparent, the video is poorly and crudely made, yet foreign media outlets continue to proliferate blatant manipulations of the true maker of the video. The main controversy surrounding Nakoula’s video is not the content of the video itself but the widely accepted public perception that it was made by one of the most powerful governments of the world: the U.S. government. People across the world and media outlets in particular need to come to the realization that the U.S. government cannot be blamed for a video made by one of our 314 million citizens. The American government does not promote or
produce videos of this type and is definitely not the source for this video that, like many other YouTube videos, is filled with hate. To get a further grasp on the effects this video has had on the Middle East, I called my extended family in Iran and asked them about the video. Most of them told me how they have been told that the U.S. government directly made this video and that the government refuses to take responsibility for its actions. In addition, they told me about several large protests they encountered that were filled with cries of reproach and anger. What they told me, however, was not surprising because they live in Iran, one of the more censored Islamic countries in the Middle East. Despite a long and tumultuous relationship with the United States, the countries of the Middle East and North Africa need to realize that this video cannot be used as a scapegoat for other conflicts with the United States. Those matters must be settled diplomatically and lawfully, not with wasteful protests that resolve nothing. In the end, the countries are only protesting a YouTube video that is not worth their time or resources—a video that had its true H origins blown way out of proportion.
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PATEL
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Citizens must understand America’s potential to retain economic dominance due to diversity “For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the ‘Age of America’ will end. China’s economy will surpass that of America in 2016.” These words, written in the Wall Street Journal on April 25, 2011, are now heard almost everywhere in society. When we sing the national anthem or pledge allegiance to the American flag, once considered by most as a symbol of power and dominance, do we really believe in the symbolism that it represents? However, there is one aspect of the American society that will bring us back from the second-place rank. That aspect is diversity. To truly understand the rise and fall of global superpowers, we must delve into history and attempt to draw patterns from some of the most successful civilizations that ever existed. One example is the Mongol Empire, which covered nearly one-fourth of the world’s land area and lasted for over 400 years. One might ask: how can diversity help a civilization be powerful? A reason the Mongolians were so successful economically was because of the superior technology they employed. The engineers and tacticians of the empire’s various races came together, combined their knowledge and created more deadly weapons and strategies. With these assets, conquests increased and the Mongolians gained
more money. So, inadvertently, because diversity improved technology, the Mongolian economy grew. Successes similar to those of the Mongolians are found in all of the greatest empires in history. From Alexander the Great’s Bactria to the Roman Empire, one can see that diversity was crucial in each empire’s success. However, the Mongol Empire fell in 1368. How could such a strong state collapse? The answer to this also lies with diversity. Years before their fall, the Mongolians split their empire into eight parts. This erased all political, scientific and economical gains made by the Mongols because none of the respective specialists from each region were able to consult with each other and merge their ideas. This brings us back to America. Here, anyone, no matter his or her ethnicity, can rise to a position of prominence. Even the collegiate system understands the power of diversity. Harvard University only accepts about 50 percent Caucasian students according to its admissions website. The rest of the class is of scattered nationalities among African Americans, Asians, Hispanics and other minority groups. Most other colleges in America follow this system of affirmative action.
Immigration to America is projected to increase exponentially over the next couple of years, according to the Star-Ledger. Also, with the Student Visa Reform Act, which says that only foreign students may enter the United States temporarily to study at educational institutions, some of the brightest people from the world are flooding into America, bringing new ideas and innovations. These new ideas and innovations, in turn, will stimulate the economy just as Mongolian innovation stimulated their economy. Technological innovations and economic stimulation can flourish with diversity. In today’s society, in which knowledge is everything, Americans from different backgrounds can contribute to the plethora of already successful ideas. With increased innovations, the U.S. economic condition is sure to improve. Even if the Chinese economy does surpass ours in the future, we must not lose faith in our country. Though it might take a while, America will rise to the occasion and reclaim its role as the number one global economic superpower H because of diversity.
Technological innovations and economic stimulation can flourish with diversity.
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TAN
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Music for thought. The performing arts are important to our being cultured and well-rounded individuals If you announce that you have never been to one of our high luxury. Besides the research-backed proof that music and arts school football games, would you be ridiculed? Most likely. education has positive effects on our academic performance, But how about one of our performing arts events? Less likely. studies have also shown that it can boost civic engagement and While it is true that being a spectator and audience member build stronger communities. However, reports have shown of an athletic event may be much easier than being a concert that despite the benefits of the arts, they are continuously attendee, you may find the latter to be equally as rewarding of eroded throughout the United States. an experience. But if you weren’t aware already, performing In April, a prepared remark given by Arne Duncan, U.S. arts—classical music in particular—has been repeatedly Secretary of Education, cited a report of arts education in the challenged, both in the institution of public education and in 2009-2010 school year that more than 40 percent of secondary the professional world. schools in the United States do not require coursework in the Early last month, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra arts as a requirement for graduation. In addition, more than (ISO) canceled its first two weeks of performances after 1.3 million elementary school students and 800,000 secondary negotiations between the management of the orchestra and school students fail to receive any music education. the musicians failed to resolve, due to the inability of the While these statistics may not be representative of our management to financially support the ISO in its entirety. school district, they certainly hold true for those around us. Until last week, the negotiations with the ISO had made Although performing arts may be one of the costlier facets little ground, and the orchestra remained locked out of of society, we cannot afford to compromise it if we are to performance. It was possible that the orchestra was to be maintain our culturally rich and well-rounded community. reduced in size, with the salaries and health benefits of the Performing arts is not an elitist group; you don’t have to musicians cut and the performance season shortened. While be an expert on classical music in order to enjoy a concert. a “bridge agreement” reached last week temporarily resolves If you’ve never been to one, attend the next performing arts the conflict, this bridge will fall if $5 million is not raised by event here, or at The Center for the Performing Arts. Bring Feb. 3 of next year. The ISO spokespeople have expressed your friends with you to a band, choir, orchestra or theatre confidence that the symphony would meet the fundraising performance. Maybe you’ll discover a new interest, and if you H goal, however. do, show your support—every bit counts. At a school like ours, it is easy to forget about the exceptional opportunities and resources we have. Our school district does Graphic Perspective not see to the same degree the continuous budget cuts that others must endure year after year in the status quo of the economy. That might be a reason why cuts to performing Students who study music have been shown to achieve higher scores. arts are not a major issue within our society. Why Music Is Good About a month ago, five musicians For You from the ISO came to our Symphony Orchestra rehearsal as a response to the letters of support our student musicians wrote. I was lucky enough to be a part of that rehearsal. As rehearsal ended, I noticed that one of the musicians’ spouses attended our rehearsal, and, after exchanging a few words with our orchestra director, the pair left the building together—a simple story, yes, but it struck me with a thought. These professionalStudents musicians, most music of whom Musical training has also been shown Simply listening to music stimulates who study have have been to help develop brain areas involved in the reward areas of brain, making us chosen to shown dedicate their entire lives from to achieve higher scores. language. feel happier. Good early childhood to music, were in financial jeopardy. And many of these musicians still have their families to support, often having Lan gua both parents working in the music industry. ge The ISO affair delivered a strong message to hing Everyt today’s youth: “Music is not a ‘safe’ career. else Music education is not necessary to become a balanced, worldly and cultured individual. ..and who doesn’t Music is just a luxury.” want to feel happier? CONNIE CONNIE CHU CHU / GRAPHIC However, music shouldn’t be just a H
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15 MINUTES OF FAME
Rap Attack
When did you start rapping?
I kind of started as a kid, just doing it every now and then. Then freshman year, we had this project from English class where we had to write a rap. I don’t know, I was like good at (rapping), so I started rapping in my free time. And then sophomore year, I started posting songs on Facebook and stuff, and now I just do it much more often.
How often do you write?
Senior Patrick “Pat App” Appleton pursues a career in rapping
Every day for hours a day. I go home, get my homework done in an hour and just write until like 1 a.m.
Have you thought about using your talents in the future?
BY: LINSU HAN lhan@hilite.org
For sure. Like right now, I still maintain my grades at school, making like a three-eight, trying to go to a solid college…Music is not guaranteed, but school is. I’m just trying to keep music an option just in case.
“Music is not guaranteed, but school is. I’m just trying to keep music an option just in case.”
If you could collaborate with one person, who would it be and why?
Probably J. Cole. He’s my ideal choice…All these rappers today talk about the same stuff like cars and women and stuff, but he talks about relatable stuff like being a kid and what he went through. He talks about stuff other than having $100 million, you know? So, it’s just interesting to hear something different.
What song are you most proud of?
Probably on “Otis” that Kanye (West) and Jay-Z rapped on. That’s like the rap that I spent the most time on. It took four days for me to write it, and everyone feels like it’s my best song.
Do you have any advice for aspiring rappers?
Just try to be yourself is what I think. You want to be different, because if you try to be like other people, you’re not going to be as good as the person you’re H trying to be like.
Channeling his YouTube Talents
LEVI TURNER / SUBMITTED PHOTOS
HIPNOTIC STATE: Senior Patrick Appleton raps in his music video “Hipnotic State,” posted on his YouTube channel on Sept. 13. Appleton’s channel is also host to four other videos produced by Appleton’s manager, Levi Turner.
Check out Patrick’s YouTube channel featuring his music video “Hipnotic State” at this QR code.
More online Scan this code for the full interview and more pictures.
Find Appleton on Twitter: @patappmusic