Orange & Black Vol. 103 Issue 1 (Fall 2020) by Orange & Black

Orange & Black Newsmagazine Volume 103 Issue 1 November 2020

Table of Contents News While you were in quarantine...

Making it work

HS explaination: The Electoral College

Your guide to the future designed by sophie middlemas page 12-13

Students and Culture GJHS fashion

Tigers RAWR past â&#x20AC;&#x2122;rona!

Opinion Good grades, but at what cost? designed by alyssa w illiams page 6

Mock election poll: your votes are in

The mask controversy

@gjhsoandb

front and back cover graphics by mckenna bryant, izzy cornelison, and ashley guddat

Editorial

2020

2021

STAFF Editors in Chief

McKenna Bryant Sophie Middlemas Page Editors

Ashley Guddat Riley Pope Alyssa Williams

Reporters

To be a friend... Dear Students of GJHS, As the Editors in Chief of your school newspaper, we wanted to write to you about the division we all see and feel in these trying times. There seems to be a thick tension in the air that fogs our judgment and feelings of each other as people. Due to the recent events in our country and world, we have forgotten what it means to be a friend. As we near the election and a new year, we want to remind you to be kind and empathetic towards everyone despite our differences. It is important to remember to listen to other’s thoughts and feelings instead of outright dismissing them, even if you disagree with what your friend is saying. By listening and sharing we may become better people and friends despite our differences. We know that 2020 has been one for the history books, but it is important to remember that these difficult times will pass. It is important to have the conversations that may be uncomfortable to understand the “other side.” Oftentimes you may come to realize that you share more in common than you originally thought. Our job as journalists is to report the different viewpoints of the world and tell stories to the best of our ability, even if the stories we report on don’t reflect the entirety of the staff’s views. While it is your job, as the reader, to be open to learning about these stories and viewpoints. Even if you don’t agree with the story before, or after, keeping an open mind is an important skill to learn. Especially now, when more than ever, journalism matters. To accept and overcome our differences, we have to be open to learning new information despite our beliefs. Putting aside our differences will allow us to outgrow this tension.

Izzy Cornelison Claudia Eggers Eleanor Larson Athena Mitchell

mckenna bryant and sophie middlemas

Becca Nedohon

Emeri Nelson Abby Price Alondra Sanchez

Adviser

Megan Fromm

Policy

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The Orange & Black, a legally recognized public forum for student expression, is published four to six times a year by the digital publishing and news magazine class for students of Grand Junction High School. Expression made by students in the exercise of the freedom of speech or freedom of press is not an expression of District 51 school board policy. The views expressed in The Orange & Black do not necessarily represent the views of the entire staff, adviser, GJHS administration or the School District 51 administration. Board policy regarding student publications (JICE, JICE-R) is available in the journalism room (Rooms 140-141) or in the principal’s office. Letters to the Editor

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GJHS fashion photo by becca nedohon

On Keith McCloud, 10th: • Hoodie: Fullsend.com • Flannel: TJ Maxx • Jeans: American Eagle • Black Vans: Zumiez photo by eleanor larson

On Keeli Stephens, 12th: • Dress: Target • Sweater: American Eagle • Brunstone shoes: Benges photo by eleanor larson photo by becca nedohon

Students & Culture

Students showcase

their unique styles as they get ready for fall

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On Raine Foor, 11th: • Fish nets: DIY Amazon • Skirt: Goodwill • Shirt: was a gift • Platform shoes: Nasty Gal • Hat: Flee Market with safety pins • Chains: Romwe • Skull Necklace: Hard Jewelry

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Good grades, but at what cost? by alyssa w illiams sports editor A stack of assignments sit on the Not only do teens have pressure desk beside you. It’s three am, this from teachers, administrators and has happened for the past week.You peers, they can also get pressured by feel like you’ll never get any sleep. their parents. According to an article Drowning in school work takes a toll on Verywellfamily.com written by on you, and having your parents, or Katherin Lee, “What children think even teachers, always checking your their parents want for them can grades, or making sure that you take play a significant role in shaping the top classes can endanger your mental children’s chances of future success. health. Parental pressure to excel can increase With your parents constantly kids’ risk of stress, pushing you to get good grades and as well as have a do well in school, it feels like you’ll negative impact never get a break. The weight of stress on their wellon your shoulders goes much deeper being.” When kids than just doing homework, are pressured to excel and getting work done. Many in school, then their future students feel this way and are views can be altered, and well as being pressured to do their mental state. well in school. Some students at Grand From my own Junction experience, High having School your believe that parents always going online checking your even made their grades or making graphic by claudia eggers stress better. sure that you take Senior Aubree Berg recently honors or AP classes can be stressful. switched to online and said she felt Not only does it take away your pressured in school to do well. motivation, but it can also affect your “When you have a lot of material to sleep schedule. I know that my parents learn in a short period of time it can be only want the best, but sometimes I difficult. I feel like it’s overeducating need a break. yourself, and it’s too much,” Berg said. I noticed that when I didn’t take Berg feels that moving to online many honors classes, I had less work, actually helped her get back on track which in turn let me relax instead of and relieve stress. staying up all night trying to finish my “It helps your sleep schedule. It also homework. I felt much better, and feels like I have more help online then I I feel like I was even doing better in do if I was in person,” Berg said. school. Overall pressure to do well in According to a 2019 article in the school can have a negative impact on Washington Post written by Jennifer teens mental health and can cause Breheny Wallace, a 2018 Robert Wood more stress than is needed. Johnson Foundation report “named Teachers and parents need to the top environmental conditions understand that teens are still kids and harming adolescent wellness too much pressure on us can do more among them were poverty, trauma, harm than good. Kids should be able discrimination and ‘excessive pressure to freely decide which classes to take to excel.’” Being pushed to do well in without the pressure of teachers and school can put a damper on teens’ parents. Parents need to stop putting well being. This can eventually affect a so much pressure on grades and let teen’s social life and school life. teens learn from their mistakes.

The mask mask controversy

Opinion

by mckenna bryant & emeri nelson

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has introduced the notion that the virus that causes COVID-19 can spread from person to person “through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.” To limit spread, the CDC recommends a social distancing length of 6 feet, and for anyone that is over the age of two years, or unable to remove a mask without assistance, to wear a mask over nose and mouth. In turn of CDC guidence, many state health departments, including Mesa County, have suggested wearing a mask and social distancing in public spaces such as stores, offices, and schools. The Orange & Black decided to ask students their opinion reguarding the precautions taken against the spread of COVID-19.

What adjustments would you make to the current precautions? ‘‘Dividers in classrooms, so you can take off your mask.’’ - Anonymous

How do masks impact public health? ‘‘I think it impacts schools by making them actually make it a cleaner place for students and staff since they have to sanitize so often.’’ - Annastasia Morse, 11th ‘‘I think the masks are not entirely bad, but sitting in the class for an extended period of time sucks.’’ - Anonymous

How do COVID-19 precautions impact daily life? ‘‘I think it impacts them because in some classes you’re not allowed to do group work anymore, and you’re not allowed to hang out with a big group of people.’’ - Gianna Garcia, 11th

‘‘In stores I would like to see people actually enforcing their customers to wear the masks. In schools, teachers and staff should actually enforce actually putting it over their noses, too.’’ - Annastasia Morse, 11th

What do you think of people voluntarily wearing masks? ‘‘I think it’s important to wear your mask when you go to grocery stores and hospitals and things like that, but at the same time I feel like the citizens should have a say if they’re outside or in their cars. But I think it’s just good for going into public areas.’’ - Gianna Garcia, 11th

What can be a disadvantage of wearing masks? ‘‘I can’t talk clearly, I have to pull [the mask] out and talk loud. [When] I wear sunglasses and it fogs them up. - Anonymous

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More information reguarding precautions and requirements is available at health.mesacounty.us. and www.cdc.gov/ coronavirus

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While you were in quarantine...

September 11, 2020 The truth about recycling is revealed on NPR

A flashback to things you might have missed in the past six months You may have been taught that recycling is the best thing you can do for our planet. But what if you found out that everything you had previously been taught about recycling plastic, was no longer happening? But first, let’s backtrack a little, what happens to your plastic when you first recycle it? Well, as Merissa Snyder of Curbside Recycling Indefinitely says, your plastic is cleaned and then sorted. Once they have collected enough of a certain type of plastic, they ship it off to one of three mills. In a recent article by NPR writer Laura Sullivan, the truth about recycling came out. The article states that recycling companies had been sending plastic to China until China shut its doors two years ago. The cost of recycling plastic, coupled with the fact that plastic can only be recycled once, maybe twice more, became too great for the companies to handle (although they spend about 50 million on recycling adds a year) , so they started burying the plastic. The companies have not been recycling the plastic they receive from collection companies, for the last two years. Two years worth of plastic everyone thought was being recycled, is now buried or piled up like a landfill. In an Orange and Black poll, 61.7% of 162 students who responded, say that they recycle. While 64.2% didn’t know that plastic isn’t being recycled like we thought. After receiving this knowledge 55.6% said they would continue recycling, but only 1.2% said they would definitely stop recycling. “If the public thinks that recycling is working, then they are not going to be as concerned about the environment,” a quote from the article says. by izzy cornelison

June 2020 - present Black Lives Matter, Q&A with Meghan Roenicke, principal Q: As a leader in the school district how would you handle a racist or racially motivated situation between students? A: If it’s an issue between two students, we have to do the best job that we can to find the root cause of what it is. If it is a race issue… we try to educate kids. It’s not always to punish kids but to try to help them see things and have empathy. Q: Do you think that a teacher putting up a BLM or LGBTQ poster sticker etc. is unacceptable? A: I think it depends on what they’re doing with it. With BLM some people see it as a political situation. Some people don’t think it’s a discussion, and it has to do with the social movement that’s happening at the moment. We ask that if teachers are going to have those discussions that it has to do with the social movement that’s happening. We also ask [..] those conversations are empathetic and allow people to be heard and to have a safe environment where kids can’t be judged. Q: Do you believe that black students and other minorities are treated differently in the public school system? A: Yes, and the reason that I say that is because I’ve seen the data in our district that shows it. When you look at suspension rates, expulsion rates by ethnicity, students with IEPs vs. students without—it even goes to socio-economics, and a lot of that is because the behaviors that we expect kids to have are very much in line with upper middle class white Protestant ideals. You will notice that a lot of the stuff that gets people into trouble are things that violate those ideals. by athena mitchell

Bright spots during COVID-19: Among Us is a multiplayer deduction game made popular during the pandemic. In August the game reached 1 million downloads.

On March 29, 2020, John Krasinski starTed and hosted a news show called S.G.N. (Some Good News) dedicated to good news only.

The video game Animal Crossing made a comeback March 20, 2020. However, people revamped the game a month or two aft er the latest update.

Joji released his second album, Nectar, on September 25, 2020.

Are you a strong ally? October 6 Student view on BLM In light of recent events, many white people have wanted to help the Black Lives Matter movement, but have had no idea where to start. Jaden Phillips, sophomore, speaks out about what it means to be a white ally. “To be an ally is to be educated,” Phillips said. “Speak out but don’t put yourself above the black voices that have been directly affected.” Some key points Phillips made were to sign petitions, educate yourself, and speak out without overshadowing black voices. “Use the power that is the color of your skin,” Phillips says. As a white person, you have certain privileges black people don’t have, use those privileges to amplify their voices and help the cause. There are a few things to be aware of as a white ally. Never use slurs, ever. Be aware of cultural and protective hairstyles. “Those hairstyles are something that comes along with the culture a part of being proud” Phillips says. To be color blind is not helping. Instead, recognize the differences. “You thought you couldn’t help but you were wrong, buckaroo,” Phillips said, in reply to people thinking they are not needed in this movement. by izzy cornelison

Check all that apply. ❒ You feel personally attacked whenever someone talks about racism ❒ You speak for people of color instead of letting them speak about their experiences ❒ You have never signed a petition (for BLM specifically) ❒ You ignore the cultural significance of hairstyles and use them anyway ❒ You wait to be educated instead of educating yourself ❒ You talk down to people of color or act like you’re above them ❒ You feel uneasy when people of color are present ❒ You wait for others to point out racism instead of doing it yourself Ideally, to be a good ally you would check off no boxes. Use the guide below to evaluate your allyship. You feel personally attacked when someone talks about racism: If someone points out an issue and you feel attacked, that issue is probably about you. You speak for people of color instead of letting them speak about their experiences: If you checked this box, realize that you have not experienced racism first hand, take a step back and let others speak about their experiences. You have never signed a petition (for BLM specifically): If you checked this box, find out where to sign petitions and start signing. They really can help you make an impact. You ignore the cultural significance of hairstyles and use them anyway: This is a heavily debated topic. Maybe do some research before you attempt the hairstyles again. You wait to be educated instead of educating yourself: Educating yourself is the easiest way to help. A simple google search will clear many things up for you. You talk down to people of color or act like your above them: If you checked this box, you have become part of the problem. Step back and evaluate. You feel uneasy when people of color are present: If you checked this box, you have become part of the problem. Step back and evaluate. You wait for others to point out racism instead of doing it yourself: No one will educate you like you can. Take the time to do some research.

Source: https://www.powershift.org/resources/checklist-white-allies

photo illustrations by athena mitchell graphics by izzy cornelison

by sophie middlemas

Flying Cars are now available for pre-order in the U.S. PAL-V created the world’s first flying car and made it available to pre-order.

Playstation announced the PS5. It is set to release on November 12, 2020.

The Pentagon released official U.F.O. videos on April 27, 2020. They didn’t reveal anything new, just officially unclassified the videos released.

Bunny the “ talking” dog made her debut on TikTok during the pandemic. Bunny uses buttons to “ talk” to her owners, and people love it.

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Making it work

Students figure out how to balance a job and school since major changes to their schedules occured because of COVID-19

photo illustration by abby price

by ashley guddat and riley pope

large portion of GJHS students have to balance a job and school. Though some choose to get their jobs as a source of income for themselves, others rely on their jobs in order to support their families. Especially now that COVID has taken over the workplace, students have been forced to be more flexible, picking up shifts to supplement other’s schedules. Sailer Warinner, junior, works at Old Navy. She got her job over the summer as a way to make extra money for herself to save for her Africa trip she hopes to go on in the summer of 2022. “I don’t work on Sundays because that’s just like a religion/family thing that we don’t do work on Sundays-it’s a family day, but a couple times I’ve had to go in for people on Sundays because they were either affected by COVID or their schedules didn’t work out,” Warinner said. She doesn’t mind picking up a few extra shifts to help coworkers, but it can be frustrating when it takes time

out of her days off. Sophomore Cassidy Frasier who works at Taco Bell, has also had to fill in for coworkers due to COVID related situations. “There is a lot of issues about covering hours when people miss work because of COVID [since] they have to be out until they get their test back or the full ten days until they get better,” Frasier said. “But we have a lot of employees so it is not a huge deal.” Work affects Warriner’s schooling since she doesn’t usually get home until about 9:30 p.m. and then still has to complete homework assignments for the next day. Senior Wyatt Farnsworth who works at Wendy’s doesn’t get home until 1- 2 a.m and goes to bed around 3:30 a.m. “[There are] not necessarily grade issues, however some students are very tired in class and we do have [kids working] some of those really late night shifts that struggle a bit,” counselor Lori Plantiko said. With the large number of students

holding jobs at GJHS, Plantiko wishes more students knew about a work experience opportunity where students can allocate one period of their schedules to work. They can earn up to two elective credits for every sixty hours they work during that time. For most students work isn’t about the money for everyday necessities, but for others the consequences of not working due to COVID are more serious. Sophomore Corbin MacLeod currently works several different jobs to help his father who has health problems that make extensive amounts of work challenging. Between his jobs at Clutterbug, at the Elk Lodge and picking up odd construction jobs, MacLeod works around 40 hours a week. “Work, definitely, [is my priority]. It helps me with my family and with my father kind of building that bond between our family and keeping us together,” MacLeod said. “It also provides me money for my future.”

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HS explanation: The Electoral College by ashley guddat

Electors are chosen by parties to be put on the ballot at the state level. The # of electors per state = the # of senators + the # of representatives the state has in the Colorado: 2 senators + 7 representatives = 9 electors (per party)

On your ballot, you vote for the block of electors from the party of the candidate you would like to become president.

Most states have a winner takes all system which means the party with the most votes will send all their electors from their parties to vote in the presidential election in December.

Option one: if one party gets 270 votes or more, their candidate becomes president Option two: If neither party receives 270 votes ore more (because of a third party winning a state) the election is decided by the house where each state has one vote and the representatives from that state agree on their vote.

The candidate with the most votes wins! At 12 p.m. on January 20th, the new president is inaugurated into office.

Information from history teacher Christine Spillaine oandbnews.com

Your guide to the future

Some advice tips, and tricks to help you on your journey into the future

Q&A Q&A with with Mr. Mr. Bennett Bennett by sophie middlemas Q: What can people expect to see in the job market relating to COVID-19? A: Many of the jobs that are going to be available and in high-demand when high-schoolers are thirty or forty don’t even exist yet. We see a lot of tendency towards automation in the work force right now (automated cars, AI [artificial intelligence], factories, etc.). A lot of low level jobs are starting to disappear and what we’re seeing is that education is going to play an ever larger role in the success of employees. Q: What are some tips to get a job? A: Take it seriously. I think employers want something from all employees. They want somebody who shows up when they’re supposed to and do the things they’re asked to do. I think one of the key things you can demonstrate to an employer is that you care about the job and that you’re going to show up. Q: Do you think some jobs will remain remote aft er the pandemic is over? A: I really think they are and I think that the pandemic pushed remote learning ahead by probably a decade in my

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Got apps?

From staving off boredom to organizing school work, these apps can help by sophie middlemas photo by abby price

opinion. The demand of [remote work] is really going to increase and I think companies are going to stick with it a lot more than they have in the past. Q: Has the pandemic created jobs? A: Absolutely, symptom tracking is a big deal right now, every school district out there has hired a bunch of those and every city has hired a bunch of those symptom trackers. Mask manufacturing has taken off, the mask is now going to be a fashion accessory, you can’t just have one mask, and you have to have cool masks. Q: Can people increase their skills while stuck at home or unemployed? A: One hundred percent, you can get virtually any major on an online program and this is a great time to do that. Q: Does working in a remote environment benefit some professions? A: Yes, because it drives the cost down. When you have large office complexes whose primary reason is to get people computer and internet access so you can have meetings, but if I can do all those things in a remote setting, now I don’t need an office that has all that really expensive equipment and climate control and furniture and things like that. In addition, I can attend meetings with international offices so it’s provided this great ability and these skills.

Microsoft OneNote is a notetaking app that can be accessed from any OS, Apple or Android.

My Study Life is an app that helps people organize their class schedules, homework assignments, and scheduled exams.

Google Duo is a video chat app that is accessible across all OSs’ and is capable of multiple-people video chats.

allrecipes is a popular recipe app where people can find, upload, and review recipes.

Houseparty is video chat app where people can interact with multiple people at once in fun and creative ways.

Twitch is a multiplayer game and esports livestreaming app.

Discord is an app where people can connect with friends and communities while interacting in creative ways.

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College qualifications in quaran-time

by claudia eggers

Navigating our youth, balancing school and social lives, finding ourselves and our future. Deciding on jobs and on colleges, places to live, and what major we will choose. It’s a lot to worry about, and high schoolers do it, each and every year. Until this year--educators and universities are questioning if the SAT requirement should be used at all. Colleges have started to shift around the COVID-19 virus. Major colleges like Cornell University dropped the requirement, and Harvard University will not penalize high school juniors if submission of SAT score is unavailable. What does that mean for seniors here in GJHS? Will seniors be using their SAT scores in college applications? Emilie Angel, a senior at GJHS, plans on moving out of state for college. COVID-19 has not changed her goals, and she still plans to share her scores with the college of her choice. Her plans for the test haven’t changed,

but she says it’s a good decision from the colleges who chose to do so and she is happy to see it. “I think it’s a good thing. I feel like sometimes people aren’t in the right mindset to take that kind of test, and you only get so many chances to take it and if you do bad it affects your whole outcome,” Angel said.

“ Sometimes people aren’t in the right mindset to take that kind of test, and you only get so many chances...” Caeleb Barfoot is a senior. with no immediate plans for after graduation. With no current plans for college, the SAT still has significance for him. Barfoot plans on graduating early, and a high score is needed. Work is a focus for Barfoot, who is working two jobs and balancing school. He won’t let COVID-19 get in the way of plans and prefers working

on site for work. Though this year was discouraging for most, Barfoot still finds joy in connection with others. “[I] Definitely [prefer] on-site because then I can interact with customers, and it makes me happy when I make customers laugh somehow,” he said about one of his jobs at Sonic. “Whether it’s by falling on my skates or making a joke.” A senior with more stress than most is Kaytie Ellis who this year is not only taking the SAT but the ACT as well. Because she is planning to share scores with colleges, she is hoping to do well and achieve an advantage and a good scholarship. “It’s probably not super important right now because of coronavirus. Most people have scratched SAT’s, but I feel like if I have an SAT score it might look a little better to some colleges if someone looks exactly like I do,” she said. Ellis also says some of the pressure from the test has been lifted but not by a lot.

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Tigers RAWR past ’rona! designed by alyssa w illiams and abby price

Lisa Scott twirls her flag gracefully practicing for the big game. “Colorguard is hard but it’s fun and it’s worth it. I’m the section leader for colorgaurd this year. It’s defInitely worth trying it out,” Lisa Scott, Senior, said.

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photo by eleanor larson GJHS football players Kyden Simpson, 1, Braden Prettyman, 6, and Jens Tobiasson, 82, line up on the field and get ready for the next play during the first game on October 9, 2020 at Stocker Stadium. The team took a tough loss against Standley Lake High School with the final score at 13-19.

Students at GJHS proudly fly their flags off the back of their vehicles on “Flag Friday,” October 9, 2020. These students include back row from left to right Andrew Romero, David Hardinger, Noah Martinez, Wyatt Farnsworth, Kayden Gerber, Colton Fortney, and Josh Suplizio. The back row left to right shows Carson Scarbrough, Stephen Muniz Jr., Zach Bishop, Noah Menzies, Titus Scott, Jacob Oberding and Kaden Cherrington. These studens gather together every friday and fly flags.

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Sports Junior Takaiah Landes makes a pitch at a softball game on September 10, 2020 at the Kronkright Softball Complex. The GJHS Tigers lost against CHS .

photo by alyssa w illiams Students Mahala Hensley, Calladora Hensley, Cat Townsend, and James Trochil enjoy their lunch with the new normal. Students at GJHS are allowed to eat in the cafeteria, but must wear a mask when they are not actively eating or drinking.

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Corbin Kent and Rueben Galvin pratice playing the trombone to ready up for the upcoming football game. ‘‘This season of marching band is going really well, senior Corbin Kent, said. “It’s probably the most fun I have had.’’

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GJHS Cheerleaders from left to right Hannah Pantuso, Emily Santamaria, Jose Fuentes and Rain Raymer lead the crowd in school spirit at the first football game of the season. “First game of the season was a success. I am so proud of the cheer team they did a great job, and the football team worked very hard as well,” Santamaria said.