The Triangle: Issue 8

VOLUME 95 / ISSUE 8 / APRIL 29, 2016

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BEING THEMSELVES

WHAT MAKES UP SOMEONE’S IDENTITY? FOR THESE STUDENTS, THEIR PERSONAL LIFE EXPERIENCES GIVE THEM A SENSE OF SELF. WHETHER IT’S A TRANSATLANTIC MOVE, A LIFE-CHANGING HOBBY OR A SIGNIFICANT TRIP, NO ONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME EVENTS. THAT’S WHAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE.

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brokenhearted for beckers

WITH THE RECENT NEWS OF BECKER’S DRIVE-IN ON 25TH STREET CLOSES AFTER 67 YEARS IN BUSINESS, STUDENTS SHARE THEIR REACTIONS TO THE CLOSING A POPULAR LUNCH SPOT.

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how to be an adult

FROM FILING TAXES TO WRITING TAXES BEING AN ADULT MEANS TAKING ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES. HERE’S SOME HELPFUL TIPS ON HOW TO SURVIVE ADULTHOOD.

POSING NEXT TO Olaf, junior Maria Fischer belts out the song “In Summer” from the Disney musical “Frozen” at the spring choir concert April 20. “The spring concert is always bittersweet because it’s the last concert with our seniors. Everyone gives their all in their performance so that they can go out with a bang. There are also sometimes some senior pranks which are fun to look out for. Everyone worked really hard this semester to pull it together and I think Janie [Gordon] was proud of how it went,” Fischer said. compiled by hannah frey // photo by cole bennett

our staff EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

ADVISERS

Ryan Gunterman Rachel McCarver

Eva Yezerets Laura Pierson

Emily Nelson Katie Prall copy

EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL BOARD

Kristen Dager online news

Lauren Jines Maddie Marks Sarah Tran managing Hannah Frey Paige Grider photo Lillyanne Pham indepth

Danielle Sharp unity editor Emily Vo business manager Shelby Tays Emily Waskom social media coordinators

STAFF

Hannah Abts Maya Baker Kate Bennett Rylie Day Karol Espinoza Maddie Gaskill Shreya Hurli Alex Kelley Tazwell Long Tessa McKenney Brooklynn Moore Elijah Peters Albert Schumaker Zachary Simo Justin Spoon Kate Thomas Karen Torres Tori Wilkerson Ruth Yezerets

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STAR WARS DAY IS MAY 4. WE SURVEYED 50 STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR OPINIONS REGARDING THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT STAR WARS compiled by sarah tran // design by maya baker

DO YOU LIKE STAR WARS? yes

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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE STAR WARS MOVIE?

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1. Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of Mexico’s victory rather than the celebration of Mexico’s Independence.

2. Cinco de Mayo is not a federal holiday in Mexico. It is more of a minor holiday outside of Puebla, Veracruz and the United States.

3. 81 million pounds of avocados are consumed by Americans on Cinco de Mayo every year.

4. The United States consumes twice as much Tequila as Mexico.

5. The first Cinco de Mayo celebration took place in southern California in 1863.

http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/april-fools-day-facts-for-kidsfunny-april-fools-day-pranks-to-play-on-your-kids/

3 students // #1 Star Wars 8 students // #2 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 8 students // #3 Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 4 students // #4 Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace 9 students // #5 Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones 5 students // #6 Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 13 students // #7 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

what’s inside?

controversy 1337 page 6 - 7 being themselves pages 10 - 17 completing the triple play page 21 brokenhearted for beckers page 23 how to be an adult pages 24 - 25

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5 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CINCO DE MAYO

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PROM THEN, A social gathering where girls dream of being swept away by a mysterious boy who they fall in love with. Prom now, a social gathering where teens spends more time watching their phones than their dates.

Generation Z teens have all grown up with at least one thing in common, the technology epidemic. I also speak for myself as I say this, we have been taken over by “smart” devices and if we are not careful, can allow them to control our senses. These computers allow us to carry out our normal lives through them, instead of face to face with other human being and are quickly developing the way we understand process events and actions throughout the day. Prom has, like everything else, become overrun with technology.

Schools are starting to cancel dances due to low attendance from the student body. Caroline Moss

from Business Insider, interviewed her alma mater’s assistant principal to get more information on the dramatic change in students’ behavior. “‘Kids don’t need to go to a dance to interact with each other when they can sit in their bed with their laptop and phone and text them,” she said.

“It’s basically like being with that person. You don’t have to show up to a dance hoping to see someone anymore. You can literally Snapchat them and see them on Snapchat,’ Lisa Kor said.” Students used to show up to dances to create connects with others around them but now that they have such advanced technology such as instant messaging and photos, students are starting to just stay home.

Technology is also taking the fun out of the dance by either distracting students from their friends, who are probably on their phones too,

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or by creating similar experiences online before the dance. If you can argue with your best friend about your dress color before the dance on social media, then what is the point in going anymore? I mean, yes there are A LOT more reasons to go then just that, or at least I hope so, but many students decide to not attend because all the normal conversations of the night can be held over a string of texts on Facebook Messenger or with a series of photos on Snapchat.

Go to Prom, have a great time while you are not on your phone, and let’s keep this tradition alive. All I hope this letter will do is give all of us a better understanding of who we are becoming and what we are doing with our epidemic of technology that is sweeping the world. If you are still dreaming of being swept away by that mysterious boy (or girl) and of falling in love, go ahead.

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF LAURA PIERSON

TECHNOLOGY HAS AN EVER-GROWING IMPACT ON HUMAN LIVES. FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL RESEARCH TO SCHOOL DANCES, IT IS CHANGING THE WAY WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS

1980s 1990s ALL ABOUT METALLICS, PUFFY SLEEVES AND FRILLS

MINIMALISTIC SPAGHETTISTRAPPED DRESSES AND OFF-THESHOULDER SLEEVES WERE IN STYLE

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SLINKY MINIMALISTIC DRESSES AND PRINCESS-STYLE DRESS WERE IN STYLE. GIRLS BEGAN TO LOOK FOR MORE INDIVIDUALIZED STYLES

THE TRIANGLE / ISSUE 8/ APRIL 2016 / LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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WHEN HEA 1337, INDIANA’S ABORTION BILL REGULATING SEX-, RACE- OR DISABILITY-SELECTIVE ABORTION, GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1, STUDENTS’ CURRENT AND FUTURE FAMILY PLANNING CHOICES WILL BE AFFECTED

THRUSTING SIGNS TOWARD the Indiana Statehouse April 9, protesters stood up against HEA 1337 which states that abortions cannot not be performed in the state based on certain criteria.. The bill has led to a legal challenge by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of Planned Parenthood.

STANDING NEAR THE back of the crowd on the Statehouse lawn, junior Maria Fischer squinted to see the lead protesters through the piercing midday sunshine permeating the 40-degree air.

An estimated 1,500 protesters from across the spectra of genders and ages gathered April 9 to rally against HEA 1337, Indiana’s most recent and most farreaching abortion law, which will go into effect July 1.

“I always look for opportunities to stand for women’s rights, and I guess this is one of those opportunities,” Fischer said.

HEA 1337, which states that abortion may not be performed due to the fetus’s sex, race or disability and also requires miscarriages and stillbirths to be officially buried or cremated, sparked a conversation in senior Mason Royalty’s AP Government class.

“I have some things that I agree with and then some things that I don’t agree with, with the law. And there’s some things that I don’t understand, like it talks about certain situations with the fetus, I’m not like medically enhanced to understand, and when I Google it, I can’t find out what it is,” Royalty said.

Planned Parenthood of Kentucky and Indiana (PPINK) and Clarity, formerly known as the Pregnancy Care Center,

both offer confidential health services and recognize that women who are pregnant have a variety of options, including abortion, adoption and parenthood following carrying the child full-term. Tim Bond, the executive director of Clarity, explained how his organization currently advises clients seeking abortions.

“Regarding abortion, we help them understand the different methods in a medically accurate way. We do not provide nor refer for abortions, but we want them to have all the information necessary to make a fully informed decision no matter which path they choose,” Bond said.

Bond recommends that teens who are facing this situation personally should get in touch with his organization.

“Teens facing any issues regarding pregnancy should feel free to contact Clarity at www.claritycares.org, where they will find confidential assistance, free of charge, without judgment no matter which path they choose to walk.”

Ali Slocum, Communications Director for PPINK, added a statistic that can also be found on the Clarity website.

“Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) health centers inform patients that there are two kinds of safe

and legal abortions in the U.S. Abortions are very common. In fact, 3 out of 10 women in the U.S. have a safe and legal abortion by the time they are 45 years old,” Slocum said.

While blood tests, for example, can determine the sex of the fetus as early as seven weeks into the pregnancy, 65.8 percent of abortions in 2012 took place at or before the eight-week mark, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2015 Abortion Surveillance Report. Furthermore, 91.4 percent took place at or before the 13-week mark, prior to the second trimester.

Another component of the law is preventing abortions due to disability.

Amniocentesis, a genetic test on the fetus, usually takes place in the second trimester between weeks 15 and 20 and can take two weeks to process, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Fewer than 10 percent of abortions were performed in the second trimester.

Royalty weighed in on the motivations for abortion addressed in HEA 1337. “(T)here’s certain things like Down syndrome, the chance of abortion increases significantly after they find out it’s having some sort of symptom like Down syndrome, something like that.

And then, I guess the most simple life,

6/7 A DISGRUNTLED VOTER protests a local representative. The rally culminated with a call to action: participants were told to convince five friends to register to vote. After the rally people with cameras scrambled onto the cement balustrades of the staircase as “Roar,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” and “Confident” blared.

one of the simplest life forms you could said. ever witness, and most people sit there Both organizations provide counseling and destroy it, and to me, if you can’t options in the case of abortion and protect the most simple thing that you miscarriage; in the case of the final can possibly create, how can you protect deposition of miscarriages or stillbirths, anybody else?” Royalty said. both organizations have yet to specify HEA 1337 also prevents abortions due to plans for dealing with the potential “lethal fetal anomalies” as financial consequences of this defined in Chapter 4.5 Section 2. Clarity requirement in HEA 1337. asserts this position.

In this whole discussion, there is one “Clarity as an organization is loophole: if parents do not explain their predisposed toward life-affirming options motivation for the abortion, the abortion for pregnancy. As such we believe that can proceed. However, it is unclear the life of the child in the womb has equal whether this may affect health insurance value to the life of an individual outside coverage, for example. the womb.

“The Medical unintended practitioners consequences “I always look for opportunities to stand for are not of this law are infallible in not yet known,” women’s rights, and I guess this is one of their ability Slocum said. those opportunities.” to diagnose This is still lethal fetal a developing JUNIOR MARIA FISCHER anomalies. legal case We are aware which has of instances been taken where families have made the choice to up by the American Civil Liberties Union carry to term those children who were (ACLU), which will argue on behalf of diagnosed with a lethal fetal anomaly.

Planned Parenthood that the government While this is obviously a very challenging has overstepped its constitutional path, we believe it is the best option boundaries in regulating this family for parents and their children, though planning choice. Slocum also advises the final decision about this ultimately students to take legal action on their must be made by the parents and their beliefs about this law and others in the physician,” Bond said. future.

PPINK also commented on the patient’s “Citizens, including teens, need to choice in her health decisions. be aware of the lawmakers that are “At PPINK, patient safety is our representing them because those top priority. We make sure people lawmakers are making decisions that will receive high-quality health care in a impact people for years. The single most safe, nonjudgmental and unbiased impactful decision a person can make is environment. Each person should have exercising their right to vote.” story and photos by eva yezerets // design by maya baker the right to make their own choices about their health care and that includes having a safe and legal abortion,” Slocum

JUNIOR MARIA FISCHER attended the protest April 9.

FOR MORE ON THE PROTEST, HOUSE BILL 1337, AND LOCAL POLITICS, VISIT CNHSMEDIA.COM

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controversy 1337

THE CROWD BOOS and cheers in response to the speakers, including Vi Simpson, a former member of the Indiana Senate, and PPINK President & CEO Betty Cockrum, and stands for pictures with an effigy of Gov. Mike Pence. Posters and lawn signs were available for sale nearby.

Proceeds were donated to women’s rights and LGBT advocacy groups.

Q: Why did you decide to take the job?

A: It’s always a little bit more difficult

to make the decision to take the job.

In our situation everything about the Bartholomew Consolidated position made sense for my family. So from a family perspective all those things came into place. I have always thought of Columbus as a tremendous community, whether it’s growing up close to Columbus, living in Columbus, and now in my position as an educator, knowing why they do things and how well they meet the needs of children.

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MEET DR. DAVID ROBERTS Q: How did you hear about the job opening?

A: I am a member of the Indiana

Association of Public School Superintendents and that group had shared the information to various universities, who was sharing the information.

Q: What difficulties do you expect with the transition between counties?

A: I think typical ones will always be the

case, having to go from one position to another, there’s going to be a learning curve, both for me and for the people that I am working with. There will be a period of time where I will need to evaluate what is going on, understand the system, and how it operates better.

Q: What made you decide to become a superintendent, or what inspired you to go back to school?

A: The leadership I worked for I admired

and they encouraged me to keep moving.

I realized that I could have even more of an impact (as superintendent), or at least to me in terms of number of people.

Q: What is your take on E-Learning days?

A: I would need to do more research on

having an E-Learning day just to have one. I know there are school systems that do that I just right now believe firmly in the value of you, of students getting into the school building and going face to face with a teacher. I think more learning occurs in that environment but there are opportunities where E-Learning can be a valuable substitute for that, when needed.

IN LATE MARCH, GOV. MIKE PENCE SIGNED A REPEAL ON THE STANDARDIZED TEST THAT CAUSED TECHNICAL DIFFCULTIES LAST YEAR FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS

FOR PREVIEW COVERAGE OF AMERICAN PIE AND AN OPINION ON HALLWAY MANNERS

Read the question and answer choices carefully. Choose the response that best your mark heavy and dark.

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is in charge of determining what the next test might look like. If I were to be offering advice to that group, I would communicate that we need to have a test that occurs more frequently throughout the year, so that we can measure growth from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, that is shorter in time so it doesn’t take as long to take the test, that we make it electronic as possible in terms of students being able to do it that way and ask that feedback be almost immediate. That we are able to get information back on students, make instructional decisions and then act upon that immediately.

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HERE ARE THREE SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE ENGLISH AND MATH ISTEP. CAN YOU PASS THE TEST?

answers the question. Be sure to make

Q: How do you plan on addressing the standardization testing issue?

A: There is a task force committee that

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can you pass the test?

Solve 5x – 10y = -40 for y.

A y = -2x – 4 B y = 12 x 4 C y = 12 / 4 D y = 2x + 4 photos by hannah frey

ON MARCH 22, Gov. Mike Pence

signed the repeal on ISTEP+, the yearly standardized test.

The test will be phased out by July of 2017, which means that students may still have to take a form of ISTEP+ next year.

AP Government teacher Dan Marsh believes this to be a politically motivated decision.

“Ritz and the Democratic Party have been calling for an end to this test for four years. Now the spring before the election they make this (decision),” Mr. Marsh said. “No other reason than they feel the pressure of a re-election.”

A committee has been started to find a replacement for the test. Elected State Superintendent Glenda Ritz has been placed on the committee, but has not been given a position of authority.

“One more attempt to reduce her influence and the 1.3 million Hoosier voters.

I see other actions by Pence and the Republican Party as a greater attack. She is on the committee, I just hope more teachers are (on the committee) and less politicians.”

Mr. Marsh expressed that current standardized tests do not really represent a

student’s abilities.

“They only test few subject areas, but no arts, trade skills, history, etc. are being looked at.”

Those who feel passionately about this and are registered to vote have a chance to voice their opinion in the upcoming primaries.

“Primary election is May 3 and general election is Nov. 8. Only 25 percent of Indiana voted in 2014, let’s get out and vote!”

2.

Multiply: (3x – 1) (2x + 5)

A 6x2 + 6x + 5 B 6x2 + 13x + 4 C 6x2 + 13x - 5 D 6x2 + 17x + 5

3.

Line 2 reads, “Autumn flowers crown thy brow.” Similarly, line 14 reads, “Like thy crisp and fragrant air.” “Thy” implies that the speaker is addressing someone or something. Whom or what is she addressing?

A the season B the readers C the forest trees D the Whippoorwill

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DR. DAVID ROBERTS HAS BEEN SUPERINTENDENT IN BATESVILLE FOR NINE YEARS. BEFORE BECOMING A SUPERINTENDENT, DR. ROBERTS WAS A MATH TEACHER AND LATER BECAME A PRINCIPAL. DR. ROBERTS WILL BE THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR BCSC THIS COMING FALL

ELIMINATING

ANSWERS: 1. D 2. C 3. A

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three students share what it is like to be who they are compiled and written by emily nelson // design by maddie gaskill

i•den•ti•ty (/, Ī den(t)әdē/) n.

the fact of being who or what a person or thing is

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BEING THEMSELVES

SAMPLE, PICTURED FRONT, second from left, and her mission team gather together in front of a fort called Castillo San Felipe del Morro.

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“We’re up here with a real house and real floors and people complain that they can’t get the new hoverboard or the new iPhone. I was one of those people but since I’ve come back I’ve realized that we are so very blessed to have what we have.”

BEFORE JUNIOR COURTNEY Sample went to Puerto Rico last summer, she was a fence-rider at her church, The Sanctuary. She was only half-committed to both working with Hispanic members of the congregation and being a Sunday School teacher. However, her mission trip convinced her to reorganize her priorities.

“Coming back, I was changed, my mentality was changed. But after seeing healings and miracles down there, I realized how much of an impact you can have.”

Sample’s mission team consisted of 12 people.

They served in Puerto Rico for 11 days, volunteerTHIS IS THE ocean view from where Sample stayed in Puerto Rico ing at local churches and a youth camp. Sample especially remembers helping an 80-year-old pastor repaint his church, which was located in a historical area. gie. I would not be the person I am today. If anything, I “He was unable to climb a ladder, and he could would be the exact opposite. And I would definitely not only reach so far. He had no wife, no kids. They had all be here.” passed,” Sample said. “There was nobody that he could After experiencing a tough home situation in her trust enough to do it because that’s a sacred thing for past, Sample was more aware of the family system in him. So he asked us to do it.”

Puerto Rico.

Another instance, Sample was thrown into a Sunday “They’re more family-oriented. We’re all on our cell School teaching position. She was overwhelmed at first phones and the Internet. At their dinner table, you don’t because she was not fluent in Spanish.

“To see a whole bunch of five- and six-year-olds laugh see a cell phone. The TV isn’t on. They have the family that all of us picture,” she said. “You need sit-down time at you because you’re not speaking it right or you’re with your family. That’s what they value most.” saying the wrong words, that’s when I just said, ‘Okay.

Sample made a family in Puerto Rico. One family Do any of you speak English?’ And all of them raised treated her like an adopted sister, even though she their hands. After 15 minutes of me trying to speak and “stuck out like a sore thumb anyway. They were like, get everything right, they were like, ‘Yeah, we speak ‘Oh, just look for the blonde.’”

English.’ I was like, ‘Why didn’t A warm welcome was extendyou tell me?’ ‘We just wanted to ed to Sample’s mission team by see how far you could go.’”

“The main purpose is to help the Puerto Ricans, who consider Her unexpected challenge themselves blessed even though people and reach people.

That’s in Puerto Rico reminds Sample they live in houses with dirt floors of her first day in a new high exactly what I want to do.” and often wonder where their school. She transferred here from next meal will come from.

South Decatur at the beginning “Their hearts are literally full of of the school year. Her old school love for everyone,” Sample said. had 372 students, total. She knew everybody. When she “We’re up here with a real house and real floors and came here, her graduating class went from 75 to 484. people complain that they can’t get the new hover“I come here, and I’m like a little fish in the sea. I didn’t board or the new iPhone. I was one of those people but know where I was going or what I was doing,” Sample since I’ve come back I’ve realized that we are so very said. “I’m not going to lie; I cried the first three days. It blessed to have what we have.” was very overwhelming.”

Sample already anticipates a return to the mission However, Sample thinks that she adjusted relatively field. She’s going on another mission trip this summer well to the transition. Having a strong support system at with a larger group of 50 to 100 people. The destination church was a big help. has not yet been announced; past trips have been to “When nobody else was there, my church was there.

South Africa, Germany, France, Madagascar and ZimI don’t even consider them acquaintances. They’re all babwe. my family,” she said. “If you ask me who my family is, I’ll “I’m going wherever God wants me to go. [The Bible] point to everybody out there. Even if I don’t know their specifically says God, you lead and I’ll follow. I’m super name and they’re a visitor, they’re my family.” excited and nervous because I don’t know where I’ll be Sample was not raised in the church. Her dad was going, but I know that wherever I go there are people in frequently absent–– not a good role model, she says. Her need, people who need help.” life would be completely different if she had not been Sample wants to keep doing missions for the rest of her introduced to the church. life. Her main emphasis is on serving children, whose “I would be either a high school dropout or a druglives she can influence by guiding them in the right direction.

“If I can get a six- or seven-year-kid whose parents abuse them or who comes from a broken home, their future doesn’t have to be broken. They can have just as bright of a future as the kid next to them who has the perfect family,” she said.

Already, Sample has talked to her pastor about becoming a long-term missionary. She wants to immediately start doing missions after she graduates from college.

“The main purpose is to help people and reach people. That’s exactly what I want to do,” she said. “If we can all at least reach one, and that one reaches one, sooner or later, we’ll get there.”

14 / 15 “For me, it’s not about the whole trying to act cool on a dirt bike.

I love being on it and I love doing it.”

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“I can tear down my dirt bike in 30 to 45 minutes and COMING OFF THE final hill and roaring down the muddy put it back together. It’s real simple after you get the track, freshman Riley Cornett swept past the finishing hang of it a couple times,” he said. “But the one thing flag on his 150 KTM two-stroke. The crowd let out a roar as you’ve got to watch out for is the nuts and bolts. You can they ran to meet the winner. His opponents, his fans, even lose those faster than anything.” people he didn’t know were cheering for him. It was the In high school, Cornett wants to take automotive, best moment of Cornett’s life as a dirt biker. welding or construc“That same tion. His main focus day, I broke is on working with my twoengines. stroke. I “It’s my thing,” parked it and he said. as I was goIn addition to ing to go put honing his meit in the trailchanical skills, er, I pressed Cornett challengthe throttle es existing stereoand I broke types about dirt it,” Cornett bikers whenever said. “I could he’s out riding. have just “Girls think [dirt replaced the biking] is just for throttle but guys, but that’s I got a new not true at all. I’ve bike instead, gotten beat by so a 450 KTM.” many girls at racThat was ing. It’s unreal, but when CorI’m not ashamed nett started of it.” racing. Two After every race, years latCornett and his er, at age dirt biking team 14, Cornett use rakes and leaned over shovels to level off too far when the track. They put he turned a grass seed down corner. He so the soil doesn’t was looking just sit there and down at his rot. Cornett wants throttle and CORNETT POSES ON his 150 KTM two-stroke before he goes riding in Hope. dirt biking to get didn’t see the respect it dethe tree in serves. front of him “The reason why until it was too dirt bikers get a bad rap is because you always see Youlate. He still has four stitches on his scalp from where he Tube videos of them on their dirt bikes doing wheelies cracked his head open. Another time, his ankle got stuck down the road or stoppies and making noise. I’ll admit, between the throttle and the kickstand peg. It snapped there are people out there who do that, but that’s not when he fell off his bike. Luckily, his younger cousin Avalways the case. For me, it’s not about the whole trying to ery was there to get help. act cool on a dirt bike. I love being on it and I love doing Dirt biking is a dangerous hobby, but it is something it,” Cornett said.

Cornett has never regretted.

In fact, he loves it so much that all the walls in his room “I think anybody should get into it, but it’s not for the are covered with dirt biking posters. And as soon as he faint of heart. You will get hurt real fast if you mess up turns 17, he plans on taking a driving test to get his bike one time,” he said. “It was a life-changing thing for me street-legal. because before that, “It takes a certain I was always stuck type of breed of in the house and “It was a life-changing thing for me because before that, I person. It takes a ceralways on my X-box tain person to want or my phone. And was always stuck in the house and always on my X-box or my to get on that bike now, I got rid of my phone. And now, I got rid of my X-box, my TV, almost everyand go fast and do X-box, my TV, almost wheelies,” he said. “I everything because thing because I’m always outside on that bike, almost all the understand how the I’m always outside on free time I’ve got.” first time when kids that bike, almost all get on it, they’re so the free time I’ve got.” scared and they’re Cornett likes to free crying because I ride almost every day was that person. It was terrifying. It’s so dangerous. in his 25-acre backyard near Hope.

Despite the peril, Cornett is going to keep riding– but “I personally enjoy riding because it gets me out of the not without his helmet and protective gear. house away from electronics and it gets me out to really “It’s an adventure, definitely. I think everybody should beautiful places,” he said. “I tear up the yard and I get at least experience it. Anybody, whether boy or girl, try it. yelled at, but it’s fun, especially when it’s muddy.”

I’m telling you, you’ll love it.”

Any dirt that gets on a dirt bike has to be cleaned off.

Otherwise, it could infiltrate the engine system and corrode the metal. Cornett learned to take care of dirt bikes from his cousin, who watched YouTube videos and read engine manuals.

FROM LEFT TO right, brothers Andrew, Jacob, Tyler and Joey Mohs stand together outside their Columbus home.

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Mohs and his friends “It was fun the first three. The almost lit a tree on fire fourth year, it just got really one year. old.”

“We’d go out and launch fireworks in the streets.

They had those balloon thingies that you light a fire in and it lifts the balloon up. It got stuck in a tree,” Mohs said. “We threw snowballs at it. There’s a lot snow there. We knocked it out of the tree and then stomped on it.”

Not only did Mohs learn new eating customs and festive traditions, but he also learned to speak Swedish. He mastered conversational Swedish in three months.

“It was easier than here, reading books, because I was forced to do it,” Mohs said. “I was only around people who spoke Swedish.”

Mohs and his family left Sweden and returned to the United States in the summer of 2014. Mohs remembers that when he came back to his old neighborhood, it was completely different. He had left many friends behind four years prior but almost every single one moved away from his neighborhood.

“We came back just in time to see the second to last one move away,” Mohs said.

Despite losing his neighborhood pals, Mohs has survived the transition to high school. He was homeschooled before he left and for a year after he returned before enrolling in public school. The main differences, he says, are eating lunch in the cafeteria and riding his bike to and from school every day.

Mohs’ experience in Sweden has allowed him to learn a new language. It has opened up his perspective to different cultures. But he is happy to be back home again.

“We missed being here. We missed our friends,” Mohs said. “It’s good to be back.”

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“They don’t like Jell-O. It’s really weird. I had Jell-O at my birthday party once and no one touched it.”

JÄRNA, SWEDEN IS 30 miles from Stockholm and 4365 miles from Indianapolis. That’s how far freshman Jacob Mohs moved when he was 10 years old. Because of his dad’s job at Cummins, his family left their Columbus home and traveled across the Atlantic.

“I thought it was really cool to get to go to Sweden, especially when they said that we were going to Sweden for just one year. It changed a lot while we were in Sweden,” Mohs said.

Initially, Mohs’ dad went to Sweden for two weeks at a time. Those weeks stretched into months until the company moved the entire family to Sweden.

After three years, Mohs’ family had to stay an additional, unexpected fourth year.

“That fourth year was a lot harder than the rest,” Mohs said. “It was fun the first three. The fourth year, it just got really old.”

To make the fourth year even more challenging, Mohs transitioned into a new school, the equivalent of a junior high school in the United States. At the same time, his classes became tougher. He could choose from elective courses like woodworking, sewing or cooking. His regular courses consisted of Spanish, English, Swedish, math, history, geography and science. Sometimes, lab experiments went awry.

“We set off the alarm once. We lit magnesium on fire in the classroom,” he said.

Life in Sweden wasn’t all fun and games. Mohs joined the soccer team and the hockey team at school. However, his team trained with older players and didn’t learn what they needed to. One by one, his friends left the team until Mohs decided to quit as well. The hockey team wasn’t much better. Mohs got annoyed when his teammates bullied him. They would hit his puck away, trip him and then tell him to go to the back of the line. He wasn’t having any fun, so he quit the team.

“This kid was known for bullying. He was really rude. At school, he even threw ice balls at people instead of snowballs,” Mohs said. “I’m pretty sure he was also the reason all the kids got banned from having snowball fights at recess the last year I was there.”

Popular recess games in Sweden are marbles and ping-pong. Mohs remembers carrying his own ping-pong paddles around and playing during his 10-minute-long passing periods.

Besides competing against pingpong fanatics, Mohs met new people with different food preferences than most Americans.

“They don’t like Jell-O. It’s really weird. I had Jell-O at my birthday party once and no one touched it,” he said. “They don’t like angel food cake either, which is also really weird.”

Swedish dining customs mandate the frequent use of forks. People use forks for what Americans would consider finger food, such as hamburgers and fries. After living in Sweden, Mohs adopted that custom and continues to eat most of his food with a fork.

Also, holidays in Sweden are different than holidays in the United States. For instance, they don’t trick-or-treat on Halloween.

Instead, kids trade thank-you cards for candy on Easter. Swedes launch fireworks on New Year’s Eve.

THOUGHTS

ON THE ICONS OF IDENTITY

When I was little, [Prince’s] ‘When Doves Cry’ was one of my favorite songs and I’d listen to it all the time. My parents went through a divorce when I was a kid, so it kind of reminded me of that. Also, the song was upbeat even though it was sad.

It was telling me to keep happy. It was awesome. I was always a fan of Prince. [When he died] I was pretty sad and my peers didn’t really care. I was like “Prince, why are you gone?”

SOPHOMORE BEN MORTON

I remember David Bowie when I heard his music as a little kid from my mom.

‘Fame’, I liked the beat to that one. I also like ‘Let’s Dance’ that was one of my favorite ones. I actually have that on my laptop. The day I found out he died I talked to my friends and family about it because you know, he was just a great man in my opinion. One of his personas he had was ‘Thin White Duke’ and I just love that name.

FRESHMAN JACOB NORTON

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so there was a debate here…

A TRIBUTE FOR TWO ICONS WHO SHAPED GENDER AND RACIAL STEREOTYPES WITH KILLER MAKEUP, TIGHT CLOTHING AND EMPOWERING LYRICS

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Furthermore, this includes Lady SILENCE THE NOISE of gender norm Gaga, who stated to rollingstone. debacles and let’s take a moment com, “I feel like my whole career to remember how Prince and David is a tribute to David Bowie.” After Bowie changed the world — forever. listening Bowie’s 1973’s ‘Watch that Today’s teens are far from the Man’, Gaga started to dead icons’ prime. dress more “expressively”, On the contrary, art books and joined they affected this “BOWIE AND PRINCE read a band. generation more WERE TRANSGENDER, They were worshiped than anyone can as LGBT supporters understand.

IN THAT THEY even though Prince For those who TRANSCENDED never addressed it. His have never heard were always of the musical GENDER, AND THEY songs about man with revolutionaries woman relationships, BECAME TWO OF until they died, they but his appearance both are known for THE BRIGHTEST was questioned. On their style in music and appearance.

STARS OF THE PAST the contrary, Bowie identified as bisexual, Bowie’s makeup was 40 YEARS. THEY ARE attracted to male and eccentric like his signature lightning IMMORTAL. THE REST female. He went deeper into inspiring others by bolt. Prince’s outfits OF US ARE HAGGLING creating a mixed-gender were seductive like alien rock-star persona his open-chest purple OVER BATHROOM called Ziggy Stardust suit. According to ETIQUETTE.” who sent hope to the mashable.com, Bowie stated, “I reinvented WASHINGTONPOST.COM outcasts on planet Earth.

Besides gender identity, my image so many PUBLISHED ON APRIL 22 Prince broke racial times that I’m in barriers, too. Bowie had a denial that I was lightning streak across his face while originally an overweight Korean woman.” Meanwhile, in Prince’s 1984’s “slave” was written on Prince’s cheek.

Writer Marc Bernardin tweeted, ‘I Would Die 4 U’, he states, “I’m not a woman. I’m not a man. I’m something “What Bowie was for white kids who didn’t fit in, Prince was for black kids. that you’ll never understand.”

A beacon in mascara who made They eliminated walls and it okay to stand up and stand out.” welcomed the unknown. They Prince and Bowie failed to care explored their own desires and set about the public’s opinions. their own boundaries. Nothing could They both encouraged being stop them. what/who you want to be before this Without them, singers like Frank generation’s teens and LGBT rights Ocean, who was inspired by Prince, existed. Even though they died, their would have never been comforted lyrics and personas will continue with his own sexual identity to support further generations in because of “[Prince’s] display of figuring out their identities. We can freedom from and irreverence for mourn the loss of two great icons or obviously archaic ideas like gender rejoice that their work has helped the conformity,” Ocean stated on his world in ways we can not imagine. tumblr.

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JUNIOR SHREYA HURLI OK, SO I’M not a sports person. I know I just lost a lot of love from you all, but hey, you want the truth, right? I have never managed to summon forth tears when “my team” lost. I don’t think I can name more than two sports teams anyway. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever managed to cry. Not even when I watched “Titanic.” Oh, Jack died?

That’s sad. Right. Yeah. I should move to England. I think I would fit in nicely.

Any how, I’ve never been into sports.

So instead, I have turned to highstakes sports for nerds: the election season.

I have been following the ups and downs of the presidential Alice in Wonderland caucus race since the time we all believed Donald Trump was in the race to sell his newest line of fraudulent whatchamacallits. It’s been a sensational season, let me tell

you that. But I’ve never really looked at state elections, or tried to follow them. But then there was that state representative debate organized for Tuesday, and since I had no chance of getting tickets to the Super Bowl (a presidential debate – maybe I can go SOMEDAY!!!), I went, because I had to get my political fix somehow.

There were five candidates in the primaries, two Democrats (Bob Pitman and Dale Nowlin) and three Republicans (Milo Smith, Lew Wilson, and Ryan Lauer). Questions covered a number of social, economic, and political issues in Indiana. If you went, good job. I want you voting. If you didn’t, here is the exact and completely unbiased information you should make decisions using.

The candidates for you: Bob Pitman: The state legislature’s Republican supermajority seemed to be the main ONLY issue for Pitman.

The supermajority was to Indiana what Obama is made out to be by America – the source of all of our problems. The supermajority was the reason we couldn’t replace ISTEP or raise the minimum wage. Sure, a supermajority can be a problem when it pushes through whatever it wants and kills whatever legislation it doesn’t like. That’s definitely frustrating. But one person throwing himself combatively at a supermajority has

the success rate of eating soup with a toothpick.

Dale Nowlin: Came off as passionate about education (he IS a teacher) and social issues, like LGBT equality and gun control, even if he stuck his hand in his pockets every time he spoke like he was searching for a lucky clover in there.

Milo Smith: After listening to him speak for twenty minutes, I know about as much about what he stands for as I knew before I went to the debate. Apparently, all we should know is that he is a Republican, and that things are going well in office right now. Um, okay…

Lew Wilson: Apparently he thinks that there is a campaign to get men and women to share restrooms with only four foot partitions separating them. His voice just got louder and louder as he zealously denounced this horrific threat to privacy. Hey, at least he’s passionate, right?

Ryan Lauer: Is an expert on education because he went to college, in the same way I am a financial expert because I can do arithmetic. And you better understand that, or he will keep lecturing you, complete with finger wagging, about exactly how qualified he is.

So that’s the breakdown. Keep following nerd sports season, and remember to vote!

MOSSACK FONSECA SCANDAL PANAMA TAX HAVEN FIRM MOSSACK FONSECA LEAKED INFORMATION THAT POLITICIANS AROUND THE WORLD WERE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR OWN ADVICE

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THE TRIANGLE / ISSUE 8 / APRIL29, 2016 / OPINION

Even Frank Ocean and Lady Gaga Agree STAFF EDITORIAL

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SPRING SPORTS ARE STARTING UP. CHECK OUT A RECAP OF PREVIOUS GAMES THIS SEASON 1. HURLING A DISK, senior Brendon Sims contributes at the North vs. East track meet April 21. photo by tazwell long 2. PREPARING FOR THE softball season, sophomore Josie Harden catches the practice throw March 9. photo by paige grider

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3. RETURNING A SERVE, sophomore Yijiang

Zhao hits a backhand groundstroke at the opposing number one East doubles team April 13. photo by sarah tran

4. SLIDING TO THIRD base, sophomore Tyler Finke tries to help the team to a win April 5. photo by paige grider

COMING UP...

SPRING SPORTS’ SEASON IS HERE. BELOW ARE THE NEXT COUPLE GAMES. COME AND SUPPORT THE TEAMS AT THESE NEXT GAMES

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MEN’S GOLF

April 30. 8:30 a.m. Bedford Invitational May 2 4 p.m. vs Bloomington HS North May 4 4 p.m. at Franklin

BASEBALL

April 30. 10 a.m. At Greensburg Community May 4. 5 p.m. vs East May 5. 5:30 p.m. at Greenwood

TRACK AND FIELD April 29. 5:30 p.m. Conference Indiana May 5 5 p.m. Columbus North Invite May 6 6 p.m. Koontz Relays

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HE SWOOSHED THE game winning shot, then he hit a homerun, and last but not least, he striked the tennis ball for the winning point. Playing three sports might seem like a stressful situation, but junior Nathan VanDeventer makes the best out of it.

VanDeventer has shared his love for all three sports starting his freshman year and took the chance to play all three of the ones he loved.

“I play tennis, basketball and baseball,” VanDeventer said. “It definitely takes time management to do all of them, especially keeping up with homework.”

VanDeventer states that basketball is his favorite sport out of the three sports that he plays. After basketball, is baseball, which then proceeds to his tennis season.

“Basketball season kind of overlaps into baseball season,” VanDeventer said. “It just gets in the way of practice time; I don’t miss any games though.”

Cutting into baseball season, VanDeventer makes a quick transition from dribbling a ball up and down the court to swinging a bat for a home run.

“Baseball is the hardest to train for because it takes a while for my arm to get into shape and feel good,” VanDeventer said.

After VanDeventer strikes his home run, he hits springtime filled with rackets and tennis balls.

VanDeventer states that transitioning to a different sport can be difficult at times, but he brings out the benefits of it.

“Tennis really helps me prep for my other sports,” VanDeventer said. “It helps with cutting and getting in shape for basketball and baseball later in the year.”

VanDeventer says his lack of breaks between each season doesn’t affect him.

“I usually receive no breaks at all,” VanDeventer said. “It doesn’t matter to me though since I am doing something I love.”

From a lack of breaks, to constantly switching into to different uniforms, VanDeventer still manages to accomplish what he has done in each sport and striving to his best.

“I’ve played varsity all three years in all three sports,” VanDeventer said, “and won sectionals in baseball and tennis and all state in tennis.”

Out of all the accomplishments combined with all the stress that comes with it, VanDeventer strives to reach his full potential combined with all of the sports he enjoys doing.

“In each sport, I just want to do my absolute best and always put the team first,” VanDeventer said. “I want to win at everything I do but I’m blessed and thankful to be given any opportunity.”

VanDeventer does not plan to stop his rush of athleticism in high school, and plans to continue to do what he loves throughout his college career as well.

“I plan on playing both basketball and baseball in college,” VanDeventer said.

Although this situation has taught VanDeventer to handle multiple things at a time, it has also taught him many personal things that he takes to heart to this day and throughout his sport career.

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“It’s a great way to be active and hang with your friends and enjoy the sports you like, VanDeventer said, “but I’ve mostly learned just to be truly blessed in the athletic ability I’ve been given and just always be thankful for the opportunities I have.”

VanDeventer takes an extra step forward to show his blue pride in three different uniforms, two seasons, and one heart.

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THE TRIANGLE / ISSUE 8 / APRIL 29, 2016 / SPORTS

sports review

completing the triple play

JUNIOR NATHAN VANDEVENTER SHARES WHAT HE HAS LEARNED FROM BEING A MEMBER OF THREE DIFFERENT VARSITY SPORTS

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power and grace GOLD MEDALISTS AND SOLOISTS HOPE MANLEY AND LILY THOMPSON ARE TWO OF THE MORE THAN 200 SKATERS PERFORMING IN THIS WEEKEND’S ICE SHOW

Hope Manley: “My favorite thing about ice skating is competing and performing and being able to show people what I can do.”

Lily Thompson: “My favorite things about ice skating is it allows me to express myself in a different way, instead of just using just my mind, I can use my whole body.

QUESTION: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO PREPARE FOR THE ICE SHOW?

Hope Manley: “To prepare for the show we have large group practices every Monday for the large group high power number. As for my solo, I run through it every day. I am currently preparing for a different competition right now as well so I’m running through multiple different programs a day.”

Lily Thompson: “To prepare for the show, I skate in the mornings with my coach. We go over the program multiple

times until we get the kinks out. During the ice show practice my coach and I have a lot of fun because this is the time of year that we can play around with new moves and try different maneuvers that we have never done before.”

QUESTION: WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES YOU HAVE FACED PREPARING FOR THE SHOW?

Hope Manley: “The biggest challenge I have had so far is my primary coach moving. She choreographed the program for my solo before she moved in November so i have pretty much been on my own since then. Another challenge we almost always have for the large group number is not finishing it in time, this year though we’ve gone very fast with choreography and it should easily be done in time.”

Lily Thompson: “Some challenges that I have faced during the show is remembering my program and my

leading the

dog pack SENIOR JARED IMLAY Rain tears across the soccer field as the dedicated fans stare at the ongoing North vs. East soccer game. Senior Jared Imlay leads the soaked dog pack in spirited chants from the sideline. He took on the role of student section leader coming into his senior year.

“Since freshman year I’ve been to all the soccer games except for a couple I had to miss. This year I was the student section leader,” Imlay said.

Over the summer, a group of seniors got together to divided up the positions at

pain in my feet.”

QUESTION: DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICES AND HOW THEY HELP YOU TO PREPARE FOR THE SHOW.

Hope Manley: “I practice 2-4 hours a day, 6 days a week, plus off ice 3 days a week, and i run some to help with stamina. By practicing this much i am able to run through my elements multiple times a day which prepares me for the show and any competition I have coming up.”

Lily Thompson: “During my practice I have a routine. I start with a warm up, then spins, then go to jumps. After all of that I do my four minute program with all of those elements. This helps build my stamina, even though the actual show program is 2 minutes. It’s the going over it repeatedly that I need the stamina for.”

SHOW TIMES Friday, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Sunday, 2 p.m.

Doors Open 30 minutes before each show Admission: $8

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SENIOR JARED IMLAY SHARES HIS EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES FROM ATTENDING MANY SOCCER GAMES THROUGH OUT HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND HIS ROLE AS THE LEADER AS THE STUDENT SECTION

each of the sporting events and that’s how he got assigned to soccer.

“Some of the seniors got together to work out who could go to the most of which games and since I could go to the most soccer games I got put as the leader of the soccer cheer section. There’s someone for football, someone for soccer, someone for basketball. Alex Davidson and Tyler Wang lead the football cheer section.”

His main job as the student leader was to begin and navigate the students through the chants and to fired up the audience.

“I led some cheers, got the people going,” he said.

He explains how he began to get involved with attending north soccer games.

“I go to so many soccer games because I have a lot of friends who play. Craig and I started going and enjoyed them because it’s different. I played soccer when I was younger too,” he said.

Through out his high school career of at-

tending such soccer games one memory stands out above others in his mind.

“My favorite memory was watching the state championship freshman year. One of the clearest memories is when Mason trucked someone and it was a really aggressive hit and they got into a little fight afterwards, that was exciting in the student section,” Imlay said.

The loss to East in sectionals marked the end of the north soccer season and the end of Imlay’s attendance at north soccer games as well. He explains his reaction to this, “I was sad when the season ended this year, but in college I’d like to continue going to games to watch.”

brokenhearted for becker’s WITH THE RECENT NEWS OF BECKER’S DRIVE-IN ON 25TH STREET CLOSES AFTER 67 YEARS IN BUSINESS, STUDENTS SHARE THEIR REACTIONS TO THE CLOSING A POPULAR LUNCH SPOT. homemade coney sauce with our own patented spices. ” FOR MANY YEARS, Becker’s has been an iconic restaurant.

Not only was Becker’s a favorite for lunch and dinner, From their hotdogs, to homemade root beer, it has it was also a place where some teenagers were first always been a historic part of this community. After employed. Bingham’s father and brother both employed finishing their 67th year in business, Becker’s will no thousands of first time workers. longer be open for another season. English The closing of Becker’s was a family teacher Margaret Bingham has been a “The community decision, according to Bingham. While the part of the franchise since her family took loved the drive-in Columbus community is mourning the loss ownership of it in 1949. of a town favorite, this closing has not been “My father and mother came here from and loved all of the easy on the family.

La Crosse, Wisconsin- not knowing a soul,” characteristics of it,” “We decided to close because of family Bingham said. “They saw property for sale members having health problems. My at the present location and borrowed MARGARET BINGHAM brother wanted to be able to be there to take money from the bank to purchase it.” care of them. He is a very special person.”

The drive-in started as an A&W Rootbeer Although the former owners have a life of their own, Drive-In. The same year, root beer started being sold in they will never forget about their beloved Becker’s Root bottles and cans, which hurt the business. Eventually, Beer Stand.

Bingham’s father decided to disenfranchise which “I will miss my diet coke, my hotdog mustard, my helped the business regain what it had lost. coney dog, my popcorn...everything!” by emily waskom / design by tessa “The community loved the drive-in and loved all of mckenney the characteristics of it,” Mrs. Bingham said. “Like having the root beer made there on location and having

“My favorite part about eating at Becker’s was being able to eat outside in the sun.”

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“I will miss eating the chili cheese fries and drinking the orange soda.”

JUNIOR SARAH TOWSLEY

“I liked Becker’s because it was nice and affordable. I will miss the hamburgers the most.”

SOPHOMORE MARGARET DIEHN

“I always got the root beer and I’m gonna miss that the most.”

SOPHOMORE NATHAN PATTON

THE TRIANGLE / ISSUE 8 / APRIL 29, 2016 / STUDENT LIFE

QUESTION: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT ICE SKATING?

be an adult

DID YOU BUY YOUR OWN CAR? THE TRIANGLE SURVEYED 49 STUDENTS ABOUT BEING AN ADULT. HERE ARE THE RESULTS REGARDING PURCHASING A CAR 9 students bought their own car

30 students did not buy their own car

Q&A with

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TEACHER BRIAN CAMPBELL

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FROM FILING TAXES TO WRITING TAXES BEING AN ADULT MEANS TAKING ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES. HERE’S SOME HELPFUL TIPS ON HOW TO SURVIVE ADULTHOOD.

MR. CAMPBELL TEACHES HOW TO BUDGET FOR REAL-LIFE NEEDS

Q: What skills do students learn in your financial responsibility class?

A: Students learn a variety of financial skills in the

personal finance class. It ranges from learning how to budget and keeping track of their money, what it means to plan for retirement, and how to use credit wisely (among other topics).

Q: How will these skills help students in the future such as when they go off to college or get a job?

A: It will prepare the students to make good

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“GREAT, CONFUSING, DIFFERENT.” These are

the words he used to describe senior Norman Henderson first day he was officially emancipated.

Emancipation is the process in which a minor is set free from legal, social, and political restrictions.

Many teenageers are reliant on their parents or guardians to pay for life’s necessities, such as food, gas, and even the water bill. Henderson undergoes this selfreliant lifestyle every day.

“If I had the option to have an adult-like figure that I trusted and knew could take care of me, then I would take that option, but as I see it I am pretty happy where I am now.” Henderson was emancipated after an

unfortunate accident.

“My father passed away and I felt I had the skills to take care of myself,” Henderson said.

“CPS showed up one day and told my case worker that I wanted to be emancipated.”

Henderson does not overestimate the value of his independence.

“There are no real advantages other than you get to see the how the real world real is and you have to take care of your own problems,” he said. Henderson is currently living in an apartment complex near Northside Middle School.

Along with freedom, emancipation comes with certain hardships.

Emancipation is a big responsibility. Among other challenges, emancipated

teenagers must pay their own bills on time, and they must finance their own expenses, unlike students who live with their parents. Money isn’t the only issue with being emancipated.

Being on your own all the time can be very isolating. According to sciencemag.org people with less human contact are more likely to die earlier on.

However, the social aspects are not Henderson’s primary concern. He has more concrete daily challenges.

The hardest part about being emancipated?

“Keeping up with all your due dates and deadlines.”

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WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF BEING AN ADULT? “Being independent “ “An adult is someone who can pay bills and budget money while not going over” “To be on time for everything” “When you can pay for yourself and not rely on anyone” “Living independently from parents’ support “ “You are mature enough to understand and perceive the truth of reality and care for yourself and others” “When nap time is your most favorite time” “Paying your own bills” “Having freedom” “Having the money to buy what you want, but the wisdom to buy what you need instead”

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STEP 1 WRITE DATE IN UPPER RIGHT-HAND BLANK STEP 2 WRITE NAME OF COMPANY OR PERSON THAT WILL BE CASHING CHECK STEP 3 WRITE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY (IN WORDS) THAT IS BEING PAID STEP 4 WRITE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY (IN WORDS) THAT IS BEING PAID STEP 5 FILL OUT THE MEMO SPACE (OPTIONAL) STEP 6 SIGN YOUR NAME

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STEP 1 SEPARATE DARK AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHES STEP 2 PUT CLOTHES IN THE WASHING MACHINE STEP 3 INSERT DETERGENT AND FABRIC SOFTENER IN WITH CLOTHES STEP 4 TURN ON WASHER TO THE CORRECT SETTING FOR TEMPERATURE AND SIZE OF LOAD STEP 5 WAIT FOR WASHER TO SHUT OFF STEP 6 TRANSFER CLOTHES INTO THE DRYER STEP 7 INSERT DRYER SHEET WITH CLOTHING STEP 8 SET DRYER TO LOW OR HIGH DEPENDING ON SIZE OF LOAD

financial decisions later in life. The number one target of credit card companies are high school and college students. The information students learn in Personal Finance will help them make smart decisions and help them to avoid the traps and pitfalls of bad credit. Plus, student will learn skills (specifically retirement and investing concepts) that will benefit them at any age, as everyone has to manage their money, no matter what the job they have. We also talk to the students about what goes into buying a car, and finding the best mortgage when you buy a house.

Q: Why do you think this is a good class to take?

A: This is great class for all students because most

kids work and have money. They need to learn how to manage and get the most out of it. Plus, the skills they learn in personal finance will benefit them all of their life.

Q: How many students on average are in your class?

A: We have good numbers for our classes, which

tend to average 25 students or more per class.

Q: Why did you choose to teach financial responsibility?

A: Before becoming a teacher, I worked in the

financial industry, first as a stock broker and then in insurance. I saw first hand the importance of having a good understanding about managing money and getting the from it. I truly like teaching students and it was a great fit of a area I enjoy (personal finance and economics) combined with working with young people.

Q: Do you require students to do any special projects that demonstrate financial responsibility?

A: We do a variety of activities in class. From

buying a car to buying a house, learning about retirement and what advice the student would give if they are financial planner. We also require the students to work with their spouse (in a pretend marriage) to create a budget. The students also have to plan a vacation (using their budgeting skills).

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blood for blood

BLOOD DRIVE Blood is needed every 2 seconds Type O blood is the most needed

x3 A blood donation can save up to three lives

blood donors a year: 6.8 million 21 million blood components are transfused yearly Average red blood cell transfusion: 3 pints

PROCESS takes 10- 15 minutes 1.Registration 2. Medical History/ Physical 3.Donation 4.Refreshments Red blood cells collected yearly: 3.6 million

26 / 27 “I gave blood because I believe if there is a way to help then you should do it. [Blood Drive] is a good cause and isn’t as bad as people put it.

I was a little [nervous]at first but who isn’t. “ SENIOR RACHEL LOVINS

“[I gave blood because] I wanted to learn more about what it’s like in health care and help people. I want to be apart of helping save peoples lives. Yes [I do fear blood and needles] and I’m a little anxious already.”

SOPHOMORE SHAYLEAH DEAN

“I’ve wanted to give blood and it was my first opportunity.

I couldn’t last year because of football. I think [people] should [give blood] if they know what it’s like and are good with needles.”

JUNIOR TANNER PAYNE

MUST HAVES 17 years old (16 with parent’s permission)

DOUBLE RED BLOOD CELLS MUST HAVES good health/ feeling well

Weight is at least 17 years old 110 pounds be at least 5’1” be at least 5’ 4” Be good in health weigh 130 weigh 150 pounds pounds and feel well A donor may give red blood cells every 156 days

and give double red blood cells every112 days

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high school donors. The number one reason why people say they want to give is because they “want to help people.” Two most common reasons why people don’t donate are: “Never thought about it” or “I don’t really like needles.”

Among genders, the donation is half males and half females. Most of the blood must be within 42 days to use.

About the donation and process, it’s completely sterile and safe. Each needle is used only on one person then discarded in a sharps bin for safety. After 3/4 steps in the blood donation process, everyone gets refreshments.

The typical blood donation only takes 10-12 minutes. The entire SITTING IN FRONT of the nurse, senior Jesse Thompson prepares to donate blood for the North’s annual blood drive. process, from the time someone arrives to the time they leave, takes about an hour and 15 minutes. A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every You can start as young as 16 to give your blood for others help. At schools nearby, 56 days, or double red the blood drives visit to see who would be kind enough to give blood. Giving blood cells every 112 days.

They can also donate can go to good causes and help save lives platelets as few as 7 days apart but only 24 times a year. Before any blood can be sent to hospitals or EVERY TWO SECONDS someone needs blood. anywhere, it must be tested for hepatitis There is no substitute for human blood, so B and C, HIV, syphilis, and other infectious all transfusions to heal cancer patients, diseases. Any information that is given accident victims, surgeries, etc all rely on is confidential. It cannot be released the goodness in others to donate blood. to public without permission except Even one donation can help multiple directed by law. patients.

It’s estimated that 90,000-100,000 people The Indiana Blood Drive only accepts the are diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. blood of a volunteer. Many blood donors About 1,000 babies are born with it yearly. have their first time in high school, but Sickle cell patients require frequent blood only about 5% of the population in the US transfusions throughout their lives. donates blood.

“Well normal blood cells are like circles, “Donating early in life allows for good but sickle cells are banana shaped,” experience that will hopefully carry over sophomore Shayleah Dean said. “And it for life,” said Danny Brown of Indiana is bad because it can build up and block Blood Drive, who ran the blood drive on the blood from going through. There is no April 8. cure for this.”

In Indiana, roughly 25% of all donors are

culinary arts THE C4 CULINARY arts program is traveling to Grapevine, Texas where they will compete in a national competition in which students have the chance to win thousands of dollars in scholarship money.

Senior Tina Nguyen and Junior Bobby George have been preparing for the competition in class for the past several weeks. “(Winning the competition) is highly unlikely because we are competing against schools that have won many times like Ohio and Kansas. They have won a lot, but I feel confident enough to place at least in the top twenty,” Nguyen said.

“I’m a little bit (worried and excited), but at the same time it’s going to be a little nerve-racking”, said George.

JUNIOR BOBBY GEORGE AND SENIOR TINA NGUYEN TELL OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE C4 CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM

Meanwhile, Nguyen has no worries about the competition.

“I’m more excited. I’m not really worried about anything. I don’t get nervous that much”, Nguyen said.

George and Nguyen both have previous experience in the field of cooking.

Nguyen discovered her passion for cooking through the C4 program.

“At first I tried many other C4 classes because C4 opens a big opportunity for kids who don’t really know what route to start on for careers. So, I started in health and I didn’t like health and then I started in childhood development and I do like kids but the kids were so sticky so I’d rather not. So, I ended up in intro to culinary arts class and ever since I’ve had Ms. Eagleman as my teacher, but shes retired now and then that same year I got into the culinary competition”, Nguyen said.

George became involved in cooking purely for his love of food.

“I really like food, I just love eating”, George said.

Throughout the competition, students are mainly preparing one consecutive dish.

“I make apple bacon noki which is really good, like I love it”, George said.

Nguyen will be preparing deconstruct-

ed s’mores at the competition.

“I don’t make the appetizer and I don’t make the entree I’m more of the dessert person so what I’m making is deconstructed s’mores. This is all handmade and the routine is we have two portable burners that we have to share among four people and we can’t use any electronics. So what I make is an ice cream that I have to hand churn with a thin, chocolate cookie and I drizzle some dark chocolate on it with some graham crackers and then I make a raspberry-orange sauce and then I make a meringue which is an egg-white marshmallow, so it’s a deconstructed s’more”, Nguyen said.

After high school, Nguyen and George are both planning to continue studying culinary arts.

“I think I might want to stay in Indiana but if I don’t I think I want to go to Johnson and Wells”, George said.

Nguyen is also considering attending Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina.

“I do (see a future in culinary arts). I plan on going to Johnson and Wales University, and I just put in my application. I plan on majoring in culinary arts and business management,” Nguyen said. by rylie day

hosa state conferences

TOOK PLACE APRIL 11-13 IN INDIANAPOLIS. IT IS A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE WHERE STUDENTS COMPETE AND USE DIFFERENT SKILLS THEY HAVE WORKED ON TO BETTER THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THEIR EVENT. CHECK OUT MORE BELOW compiled by sarah tran // design by karen torres

go to state, preparing them and teaching them and helping them perfect their skills in their events.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT STATE? Seeing how students the students are and how well they do after C4 TEACHER STACEY HORN they worked so hard. The AS A TEACHER, WHAT DO awards cereYOU DO DURING STATE? mony on WednesDuring State conday, just seeing the ference, we do a lot excitement and of different things. how proud they We are taking are and how proud these 41 students we are as teachers this year and we that they have bewill help manage come so successful. them while they CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE are there. We will BASICS OF STATE? also be judging the It is a three day events this year. We leadership conalso attend all the ference where general sessions students compete with the students in different events and help them and use different with preparing. skills that they Most of our work is have worked on. done before they

SENIOR VEDANT KAR WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST? I like how we all come together as a family. Even though we have the meetings and we

know who’s in HOSA, when you go to state, you see those people outside of the school life.

You are more like friends than classmates.

WHAT ARE YOU PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR? This year I’m doing medical spelling and forensic medicine.

and I’m kind of interested on how I’ll place.

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED? I got involved in HOSA over SOPHOMORE MAURA VANDEVENTER the last year because I’ve just always WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING been interested FORWARD TO THE MOST? in medicine and I’m kind of looking stuff, so I took those forward to overall classes. I did HOSA the whole competilast year but I tion thing because didn’t go to State, I’ve never been but then this year to something like my teacher really that, and I think encouraged me that there will be a to go to State, so I lot of people there, signed up.

HOSA state participants in 2015 poses for a picture after the awards ceremony. photo courtesy

of HOSA

Last year’s participants of the annual HOSA state conference shows excitement for the event. photo courtesy of HOSA