03.23 Issue

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Administrators discuss changing start times

Check out some of the best ice cream shops around Carmel

Dr. Harmas’s reaction to recent events faces criticism

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RUMOR RUMOR HAS HASITIT

Following recent chaotic events at CHS, students reflect on potentially dangerous impact of virtual rumors PAGE 26 | DA-HYUN HONG, KAREN ZHANG

HIL TE

CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL NEWSMAGAZINE

Vol. 82, No. 8 | March 23, 2018

CONTACT INFORMATION

TA B L E O F C O N T E N TS | M A R C H 2 3 , 2 0 1 8

Mailing Address: 520 E. Main St. Carmel IN 46032 Phone: (317) 846-7721, Ext. 7143 Website: www.hilite.org Email: Staff members may be contacted by using their first initial and their last name appending @hilite.org,

The HiLite is a student publication distributed to students, faculty and staff of Carmel High School, with a press run of 4,500. Copies are distributed to every school in the Carmel Clay district as well as the Chamber of Commerce, City Hall and the Carmel Clay Public Library.

The paper serves as a public forum and two-way communication for both the school and the community. Opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of CHS nor Carmel Clay system faculty, staff or administration.

CREDENTIALS The HiLite belongs to the Indiana High School Press Association, Quill & Scroll and the National Scholastic Press Association.

ADVERTISING

Editor in Chief

Ads Team

15 Minutes

Manahil Nadeem

Bethlehem Daniel Rachael Tan

Social Media

Managing Editors

Front Page

Student Section

Jordyn Blakey

Cover

Hannah Glazier Julianna Kessilyas Jai Sanghani Carolyn Zhang

Carson TerBush

Web

Raiha Zainab

Entertainment

Pranav Sriram Allen Zheng

Alina Yu Amy Zhou

Armaan Goel Allison Li Adhi Ramkumar

News

Sports

Advisers

Emily Dexter James Yin

Jess Canaley Agrayan Gupta

Feature

Perspectives

Heidi Peng Christina Yang

NEWS | 6 NEWS BRIEFS | 6 TREETING THE ENVIRONMENT | 7 The removal of trees at West Park brings awareness, teaching opportunities to environmentalists at CHS.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION | 8

Businesses may advertise in the HiLite if their ads adhere to guidelines. The advertising policy is available in Room C147 or at www.hilite.org/ads-info.

Aditya Belamkar Kalea Miao Jessica Mo Nyssa Qiao Allen Zhang

CONTENTS

Misha Rekhter Emily Worrell

Jim Streisel Rachel Wathen

Principal Thomas Harmas

Superintendents Amy Dudley Roger McMichael

RESPONDING TO THE HILITE Letters to the editor will be accepted for the April 20 issue no later than April 8. Letters may be submitted to Room C147, placed in the mailbox of Jim Streisel, emailed to management@hilite.org or mailed to the school. All letters must be signed. Names will be published (Letters sent via email will be taken to a student’s SRT for him to sign). Letters must not contain personal attacks against an individual and may be edited.

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS In the News story “Students of the Year,” the American Leukemia Society (ALS) should have been referred to as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

The HiLite strives to correct its errors. If you notice any inaccuracies in this or past issues, please contact management@hilite.org.

MAY ZHANG | PHOTO

CHS students work with Carmel city officials to create videos about aspects for the city.

THE SWITCH | 9 Assistant Superintendent Dr. Amy Dudley explains possible changes to high school start times for the day.

MENT(OR) TO BE | 10 Students work with professionals in field of interest.

FEATURE | 12 ‘REP URSELF’ | 12 CHS staff, students evaluate evolution of modern slang as Boston Morning Times first published the word “O.K.” today 79 years ago.

BUILD OF RIGHTS | 14 With recent Florida shooting, CHS reflects on its own student activism seen through involvement with advocating for a new mosque in Carmel.

IN CLOSE QUARTERS | 16 CHS students, administration reflect on past events, how they can better prepare for future.

TRANSPARENCY | 18 As Transgender Day of Visibility on Mar. 31 approaches, CHS student shares his insight about the environment for transgender students at Carmel

STUDENT SECTION | 21 SPEAK-UPS: APRIL FOOLS STORIES | 21 With April Fools Day coming up, students share their memories.

HUMANS OF CHS | 22 Students, faculty share their stories.

THE LATEST SCOOP | 24 With warmer weather on the horizon, the HiLite reviewed ice cream shops in the area.

COVER | 26 THE RUMOR MILL | 26 CHS students, staff discuss the dangers of internet rumors.

ENTERTAINMENT | 32 DRONE ZONE | 32 CHS students build, race their own drones.

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FEATURED

SKY HIGH FUN A drone rests on a table before a race.

Sophomore Abraham Levine built this drone to compete in weekend drone races against those of his friends.

32 FORTE IN FLORIDA | 34 This year, Philharmonic and Symphony orchestras will travel to Florida to perform at Disney World.

SWEET MELODY | 36 Details on how Select Sound has taken the stage as an official, single choir this year.

ASMRTISTS | 38 HiLite Staff member shares opinions on the sleep inducer.

ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS | 39

SPORTS | 40

PERSPECTIVES | 48

15 MINUTES | 54

NO HARM, NO FOUL | 48

PARKOUR PLAYGROUND | 54

HiLite staff argues the student body should be more tolerant of Dr. Harmas’s response to events at CHS.

VIRTUALLY ANNOYED | 49 Perspectives editor Emily Worrell discusses the advantages, pitfalls of VR gaming.

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR | 50 Reporter Raphael Li argues being Christian shouldn’t cause people to disregard atheists.

YOUR OWN CHOICE | 51 RAPID REBUILD | 40 CHS baseball players, coaches prepare to have a dominant season as they build a young team.

TAPPING INTO TECHNOLOGY | 44 Athletes use technology outside CHS.

POTENTIAL PLAYERS | 46 Carmel Dad’s Club acts as feeder for CHS.

SPORTS BRIEFS | 47

Feature editor Heidi Peng argues being an atheist shouldn’t mean disregarding religious people.

FORGOTTEN VEGETARIAN | 52 Online Editor Adhi Ramkumar urges CHS to offer more vegetarian options.

EDUCATION NEVER SLEEPS | 53 HiLite Staff members discuss stress preceding the end of the school year.

Junior Isaac Manlick trains for American Ninja Warrior competition.

ONLINE PERCUSSION CONCERT Band percussionists, director discuss musical challenges of a percussiononly concert.

CODE FOR CHANGE Code For Change club to launch volunteer management website for local charity.

@HiLiteOnline @hilitenews @hilitenews @hilitenews @HiLiteOnline Use this QR code to view all of HiLite’s social media.

JUST A MINUTE

BASICS ABOUT BEES

WHAT'S THE BUZZ?

Duties

We are currently in the midst of "peak" bee season, but the population of bees is diminishing rapidly. Let's take a look at what they are all about and what they do for us.

HARI PATEL, JAMES YIN, BRIAN ZHANG | GRAPHIC WUKY.EDU, LIVESCIENCE.COM, PERFECTBEE.COM | SOURCES

Construction, storage, caretaking, scouting and foraging

Life Span

Fun Fact

20-30 days

Workers begin pollen collection only halfway through their lives.

Dies after mating

Before mating, drone bees can live up to two months longer than worker bees can.

3-7 years

Queen bees can actually control the sex of the eggs they lay by controlling the width of cells.

Worker Mates with a virgin queen in midair; approximately 10-20 will compete for this privilege

Drone

Lays at least 1,500 eggs a day and secretes pheromones to control workers

Queen

THE Through the number of turns and the duration of the dance, BEE the worker bee can communicate the distance to food and the DANCE angle of the food to the sun to other bees.

FOOD

60°

SUN

HIVE Transfer of nectar from a field bee to a house bee at the proboscis.

HOW HONEY IS MADE

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Nectar Collection Bees travel to the flower. They extract nectar from it through their proboscis.

Some nectar goes to consumption while the rest is stored.

The nectar is stored in a "honey stomach" which is used to hold the extra nectar for later processing at the hive.

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Transfer of Nectar

Honey stomach

3

Conversion of Nectar to Honey When the forager bees return to the hive, other worker bees will suck the nectar out and reduce the sugar content. This is called "honey bee vomit."

BEE DISASTER

SPEAK-UP! What can the CHS community do to help stop CCD and protect bees?

What is CCD?

"One thing I think is important is that a lot of honey we eat is actually manufactured in different places, like China (or) Southeast Asia, and a lot of it’s fairly sketchy. So eating local honey, supporting local honey, supporting those people who are trying to manage bees locally is a great thing CHS students can do."

CCD, or Colony Collapse Disorder, is the phenomenon of hives being abandoned by bees or bees suddenly dying. In 2017, total losses were greater than 30 percent.

Spencer Fields, Bee Aware club sponsor and science teacher

POSSIBLE CAUSES Insecticides and Pesticides Mites

What we could do is maybe help by planting more plants, flowering plants, in your yards that give the bees a source of pollen and will draw them in to the area and maybe give them more of a food source and help to grow the population of the bees, the natural populations.

GMOs

Viruses

Fran Rushing, AP Environmental Science teacher JAMES YIN | SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

PRODUCTS OF BEES

Honey

One of the main food sources for bees because its low sugar content ensures it will never spoil.

Propolis

Derived from the sap of evergreen trees, propolis is used in building beehives and for medicinal purposes.

Bee Bread

Made from bee pollen, it is a food source for bees that will not become workers.

Almonds and Apples

Beeswax

A substance produced from the bees' abdomens to create the bee hive. It is used as a coating for cheese and was also very popular as candlewax before being replaced by paraffin.

Popular crops that are the most reliant on bee pollination. Almonds are 100 percent dependent on honey bees, while apples are 97 percent dependent

Before

After

The modified nectar is regurgitated into a honeycomb. The honeycomb is a beeswax by-product combined with a bit of honey.

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Depositing the Honey Bees regurgitate nectar droplets mixed with enzymes into beeswax cells.

Nectar

The nectar becomes more ripened and less moist.

It is now called honey.

More beeswax is created from the bees to cover the tops of the honeycombs. This helps with storage as it prevents the entry of water back into the honey.

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Honey Evaporation The unsealed nectar is fanned by the bees to reduce the moisture in the honey and to raise the sugar concentration.

A hexagon uses the least material to create a lattice of cells within a given volume.

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Beeswax cap

Capping Honey

NEWS

BRIEFS | MARCH 23, 2018

NEWS BRIEFS JULIANNA KESSILYAS | BRIEFS

TEDxCHS

SELIN OH | SUBMITTED PHOTO TARA KANDALLU | SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

TED TALKING: Members of the community share their skills with others during TEDxCHS’s last conference. TEDxCHS is a chapter of international group TEDx and focuses on hosting a TEDx conference every 18 months.

WHEN AND WHERE: Every first and third Tuesday after school in Room E238 until 4 p.m.

WHAT’S HAPPENING: While waiting for its larger conference this fall, TEDxCHS is hosting a small conference tomorrow. The theme is In a New Light, and multiple students will speak.

SPEAK UP! What is your favorite part of TEDx? “We create a theme for each TEDx conference and try to have the speakers talk about that theme, but they have different interpretations of that.”

Allison Hargrove, club sponsor and U.S. History teacher “My favorite part of (TEDxCHS) is having all these awesome people in our community be able to talk and share their ideas.”

Ally Eaton, Committee Head for Event Planning and junior

JAZZ IT UP: Junior Reece Tofaute plays with Jazz Ensemble I as they practice “Black Hole Sun,” “Doodle” and “Doodle Oodle” before school. Directors said they were unsure what they would play at the convocation because it may be cancelled, but they continue to practice for Jazz a la Mode.

TARA KANDALLU | PHOTO

TUESDAY

APRIL 1

Performing arts convocation will take place during SRT in the varsity gymnasium. Accents and Ambassadors, Wind Symphony I, Jazz Ensemble I. color guard, Symphony Orchestra and Drum Line will perform during the convocation.

April Fool’s Day will be observed.

MONDAY Spring Break Awareness Week will begin. The week warns against making bad decisions over spring break.

To read the Student Section story about April Fool’s Day experiences and pranks, see page 21

APRIL 8 TO 14

MARCH 30 TO APRIL 8

National Library Week will be observed to honor all libraries and the contributions they have made for local citizens including CHS students and staff.

Spring Break will be observed by all students in the Carmel Clay School District.

APRIL 12

MARCH 30 Passover will begin at sundown.

Frosh Rock will take place in Freshman Cafeteria from 7 to 9 p.m. The event welcomes incoming freshman to CHS.

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treeting the environment

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Impact: EABs damage the nutritional transport pathways of ash trees, leading to the trees’ death.

Students, teachers reflect as West Park plans to remove 500 trees JAMES YIN | STORY

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clay parks and Recreation began a project this February to remove ash trees in West Park due to complications created by an insect species known as the Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive species that has devastated parts of Hamilton County and other parts of Indiana.

According to yourwestpark. com, “through an inventory of the 40-acre parcel located immediately west of the existing park along 116th Street, 500 at-risk trees were identified in the woods,” and will be removed by March 30.

Ben Ring, Environmental Action Club leader and sophomore, said although the news of removing so many trees is saddening, it is ultimately necessary for the local ecosystem.

“With invasive species, it’s very easy to get them into an ecosystem but almost impossible to get them out,” Ring said. “So I think it’s a lot

of work, and I’m very sad to hear they have to remove a lot of trees, but I think it’s a necessary evil.”

Science teacher Jacob Fitzgerald said he agrees with Ring. He said although at first sight the news may seem counterproductive, the ultimate goal of the project will prove useful long-term.

“I think on the surface, someone who cares about the environment might be hesitant to hear that so many trees are being removed, because we know about the benefits of trees,” Fitzgerald said. “However, if you look more into it, they’re specifically only removing the ash trees because there’s an invasive species that’s just targeting those trees that can spread to other trees.

“So, I think it’s good to get in there and remove them as a preventative measure instead of

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waiting to respond and then having to keep going back and cutting down (trees) little by little.”

Ring said having this invasive species here in “our backyard” can be an eye-opening experience for many.

“It’s kind of one of those things you hear about on the news,” Ring said. “I know there are a lot of problems in the Great Lakes with invasive species, but we have a lot of problems just here at home.”

Ring and Fitzgerald both said this awareness and localization of the issue regarding invasive species in the Carmel area is important to remember.

“People don’t know when they go to other state parks that what they could be bringing back could affect the local wildlife and stuff (in Carmel),” Fitzgerald said. “I think awareness and education about (damage caused by invasive species), and how to prevent it before it hapH pens, is the best solution.”

emerald ash horrors With the infestation of ash trees around Carmel with Emerald Ash Borers (EABs), take a look at specific characteristics of EABs. Native Range of EAB

Invasive Range of EAB

Identification: Metallic-looking beetles whose colors vary from dark green to yellow-green.

serrated antennae

covering of thorax goes “backwards”

HARI PATEL, JESSICA MO, MICHELLE YIN | GRAPHIC EMERALDASHBORER.INFO, NRS.FS.FED.US, INVASIVESPECIESINFO.GOV, NYIS.INFO | SOURCE

Central Indiana is one of the regions with the highest degree of EAB concentration, putting local ash trees at great risk.

six legs (EABs are insects)

linear, cylindrical body

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VIDEO-MAKING | MARCH 23, 2018

for your information

BRIAN ZHANG | GRAPHIC TODAYIFOUNDOUT.COM | SOURCE

CHS students create informational videos for Carmel residents

WASTE WATER TREATMENT PROCESS Take a look at how dirty water is treated after going down the drain.

THE

carmel mayor’s youth Council (CMYC) is working with city officials to make informational videos for Carmel residents.

Jack Joliet, member of the videomaking committee and senior, said, “The CMYC got a request from the engineering department at the mayor’s office that they wanted us to help make some promotional and informational videos that they could post on their social media and their website, just informing the community about various topics. Some of them are supposed to be fun and promotional for the mayor and different aspects of the community, and some of them, like the one we worked on this fall about wastewater and what’s safe to put down your drain, are informational.”

According to Joshua Kirsh, planning commissioner, park board officer and engineering administrator for the city of Carmel, he oversees the project, which began last summer. He said he also provides ideas about content for the videos, but the students of the committee did all the filming and editing for the finished video.

“In the world we live in today, so much of the information we get is through content created on social media, whether it’s informational or for pure fun. I wanted to get some ideas out there in the public mindset and it seemed like a real natural fit to lean on the skillset of your generation that’s currently in CHS to make really clever, fun, interesting content, and like I said, they’ve totally done it,” Kirsh said. “I can’t wait until this video comes out

ANGELA LI | STORY

Blackwater is the mixture of urine, feces and flushwater.

Greywater comes from domestic equipment other than toilets.

FILTRATE TANK This tank collects filtrate, which has its sludge levels reduced through centrifugation and precipitation through gravity. It stores the water for slow release recirculation back into the facility.

Grit sediments to the bottom of the chamber as the water flows through.

Grit sediment

DID YOU KNOW? About 95 percent of the water entering homes in the United States ends up going down the drain.

HUFFINGTONPOST. COM | SOURCE

and people start to see it because I think that these videos are going to be really cool and well-received.”

Joliet said the video-making process has been a great learning experience.

“We first went to the wastewater facility and got some transitional shots to tie information together and get a better visual, and we also interviewed the head of the plant. We strung those together into a video that’s coherent and that the community can understand and ultimately hopefully act on. The video was about two minutes long, and I believe it is set to be published in the next few months,” Joliet said.

Joliet also said they are planning ahead for future videos.

“We are about to start, hopefully, two videos. One is just a promotional

THE GRIT CHAMBER Grit chambers are long and narrow tanks designed to slow down the flow of water so that solids such as sand, coffee grounds and eggshells will settle out of the water. video for the CMYC and telling the community what we do, and the other one we’re hoping to do is about the overall vision for roundabouts in the community and just helping citizens understand where their money is going to in creating those roundabouts and the whole process behind it.”

Looking forward, Kirsh said he hopes this project will continue and become an ongoing series of informational videos for the community.

“There is no end. I’m hoping that as long as there is interest in making these videos, we’ll always find fresh, new content to add to the library,” Kirsh said.

“I hope residents or community members learn something that they wouldn’t have otherwise, and that it maybe puts H a smile on their face as well.”

MARCH 23, 2018 | SCHOOL START TIMES

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THE SWITCH

Assistant Superintendent Amy Dudley discusses potential changes in start time, extended elementary school day MICHELLE YIN | Q&A, PHOTO

Tell me some of the recommendations you heard at the Feb. 12 workshop.

We have a committee of teachers, administrators and parents that look at all of our elementary programming and look at every part of the elementary school day. In those recommendations that came out of there, in order to start putting those recommendations in place, we are looking at possibly extending the elementary school day.

How will the school board move forward with the discussions regarding start times?

We are going to continue the conversation of recommendations for elementary (start and end times), and then we are going to move on to talking about the actual length of the day, what the length of the day is and then what that means for the start time for elementary (schools), what that means for the start time of secondary (schools) and the end times for both (elementary and secondary schools).

POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHEDULE

Is there a possibility that middle and high school start times will switch with elementary start times?

Looking at not only the elementary program recommendation, but also recommendations we’ve had from over the years and looking at the research on adolescents, their sleep patterns and what they need, the recommendations and the research shows that teenagers do better because of their clock; they stay up later and they get up later. They do better if their school time is later.

We are looking at that and trying to incorporate that, that we would bump back the high school day, that they’d start later and (buses would) take elementary (school) first and (then) pick up high school (and middle school after).

ANGELA LI | GRAPHIC AMY DUDLEY | SOURCE

Take a look at one of the school board’s recommended elementary school schedules that will extend the overall length of the school day.

With this schedule, school buses would pick up elementary schoolers first, drop them off at school and then pick up high schoolers.

In the afternoon, elementary school students would still be taken home first, followed by high school students.

In addition to an extended recess, classroom instructional time will also be extended by 15 minutes, which will overall lengthen the elementary school day from six and a half hours to seven hours.

Recess will be extended from 15 minutes to 30 minutes to allow students more time for unstructured play.

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CLC MENTORING | MARCH 23, 2018

Ment(or) to be

CLC implements new mentoring program for students ANUSHKA DASGUPTA | STORY APURVA MANAS | PHOTOS

This

year, the carmel Learning Center (CLC), an alternative education service, has created a new mentoring program for its students according to Kelly Douglas, an alternative education teacher at the CLC. Douglas said, “We’re using funds we received from a Carmel Education Foundation grant to develop a mentoring program for some of our students to give them some information and guidance on careers they might have interest in. We’re starting the year with five mentors and they come from several different areas.”

Douglas said the mentors include a nurse from a local hospital, an accountant from VMS BioMarketing, two employees of Adesa Incorporated and an entrepreneur from Franklin Window and Door.

Conor Riley, CLC student and junior, said he has started to work with his mentor from Franklin Window and Door. He said, “I want to figure out what I want to

do and being able to work with someone and hear all their experiences as someone that’s older and not my parents—it will give me insight on what I want to do and how to achieve it. I also think it’ll give me a little bit of experience.”

Riley said the students are building and creating a resume. Douglas said this is the second of stage of the mentoring process, and the last phase will happen later this the year.

“Our next contact will be happening shortly; each mentor will be paired with anywhere from one to two students, and our students will send the mentor a resume and get some feedback on their resume and some advice for job interviewing and things to be sure to do, things not to do, and just a little bit more advice on how to land a job,” she said. “Our last contact will be later in the year, and our mentors will, outside of just trying to encourage the students, will also be telling them about what they can do over

the summer if they’re interested in looking into those fields.”

Douglas said the program arose after the CLC mentoring went through a program evaluation with the district and later applied for a state grant. The program was given not only an award but also feedback that students needed more community connections and specific assistance on careers in which they showed interest.

She said, “We took that feedback and tried to think of what we could do. We’ve always brought in speakers but we thought ‘what if our speakers could give some kids some more coaching than just a one time presentation.’”

For Riley, being a part of the program helped give him an idea of what working in a professional environment is like. He said, “It’s a lot smaller than a lot of other programs I’ve seen, and it feels more personal because they can look you in the eye and look the person next to you in the eye very

Steps to an Internship APPLICATION Many students hear of internship opportunities, but what exactly is the process of landing in one? Here are some key parts of the process.

Think about REASONS FOR APPLYING Before even applying, students should consider what they want to take from the experience.

Resume and Cover Letters

EXPANDING HORIZONS: (TOP RIGHT) CLC teachers Kelly Douglas discusses with senior Joseline Parra about recent news concerning tariffs. Douglas and Parra were discussing the current events as part of Parra’s research.

(BOTTOM RIGHT) Douglas announces to students what to do after they finish an exam.

Douglas said the mentoring process includes activities outside of just tests.

BY THE NUMBERS

90 A record of not only academic achievements, but also extracurricular that are relevant.

Transcripts

These are short documents are meant to highlight key aspects of a student and can cover interest to communication to a referral.

Letter of recommendation are used to point out specific strengths in character and personality.

Letter of Recommendation

JAMES YIN | GRAPHIC ALLABOUTCAREERS.COM, EDUCATIONS.COM | SOURCE

percent of employers said that high school internship lead to better jobs

50 percent of employers are looking for high school applicants INTERNSHIPS.COM | SOURCE

MARCH 23, 2018 | CLC MENTORING

easily. It gives you, not just an idea of what you might want to do, but some general tips for achieving what you want to do and figuring out what you want to do, which I’ve never seen or heard before.”

Douglas said CLC plans on growing the program to serve more students in the coming years, as well as starting the program earlier in the school year to allow more students the opportunity to participate in the program.

“I’m excited for our students to learn about careers and how to operate in the real world when

Check out how future students will require job experience: hilite.org/new-requirements.

(they’re) not just turning in a paper to a teacher, (but) when (they’re) communicating with professionals,” she said about the future. “I hope to develop the students’ communication skills in a professional area and (am) excited to see them work in a real world setting.

I’d be very excited if some of our students had an ongoing partnership with their mentors beyond the year. If they weren’t just an academic mentor, but also a mentor H outside of school.”

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FEATURE

MODERN SLANG | MARCH 23, 2018

‘REP URSELF’

CHS staff, students reflect on utilization, progression of modern slang ANUSHKA DASGUPTA | STORY

WITH

the advent of the Internet, social media and a wider range of mass media, teenagers today are far different from their predecessors. They use new slang words daily, each passing in and out of trends, made up by anyone and everyone who has access to the Internet.

In the past few years, many have criticized teenagers’ utilization of slang words, particularly “text slang.” Some linguists claim it simplifies the rich history of the English language. This claim raises the concern as to whether slang is a natural progression of human language, or just an oversimplified means of communication for teens.

A 2016 study by Kansas State University found that teenagers’ role in language development is overstated as language changes occur throughout a lifetime. The study

BY THE NUMBERS

said teenagers’ current use of slang reflects English as dynamic, alive and manipulated for practicality for the generation that uses it.

Kelly Xiang, Linguistics Club president and junior, said she agrees.

“A lot of people assume slang is watering down English, that it’s not formal. I don’t necessarily think that because we’ve been using slang for thousands of years. A lot of slang in the past has evolved to become part of language today,” she said.

Similarly, etymology teacher Kristin Beeson said, “Language is always evolving, and slang has been a part of language for as far back as I’ve seen.

Most of it is fleeting and the slang that you’ll see in one period of time, or within one region, or with one group of people will be different than others.

But the fact that humans will want to have a unique, less formal language

2013 was the year Oxford Dictionary named “selfie“ the word of the year

2011 was when “LOL” made it into the Oxford English Dictionary BBC.COM, CNN.COM | SOURCE

themselves, that is something that seems to be constant.”

For students like rapper and sophomore Babacar Diatta, slang is a crucial part of daily life used to represent who he is and what he wants to convey. Diatta said the slang he uses and the words he chooses to create himself help build his sense of identity as an artist. “(Slang) represents the culture rappers come from because a lot of people didn’t come from as fortunate places.

Where they’re from, they might not have the best education— there might be ebonics and obviously slang. So they’ll use slang to let people know ‘this is where I’m from and I’m proud of it,’” he said.

Xiang said the use of slang as a unifying device for a sense of identity and development has always been consistent. She said nowadays, with

SAM SHi | GRaphic merriamwebster.com, mentalfloss.com, google internet trends | Sources

slang: Then and now

Hundreds of years ago, the English language was far different than is today. Learn about how slang has changed throughout the years.

Shakespearean Slang Internet Slang Throughout his plays, Shakespeare introduced words he made up, many of which are commonly used today.

Popular phrases on the internet tend to be extremely pervasive but short-lived.

Swagger- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III

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“What hempen home-spuns have we swaggering here, so near the cradle of the fairy queen?”– Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

SLANG WORDS OF THE TIME: BET: a challenge

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SWAGGER: to act cool or confident

Internet Interest in “Yeet”

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Mar. 5, 2017

Mar. 3, 2018

*interest ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest number of searches for a given period

YEET: Word to express excitement

2018

ESKETIT: “Let’s get it”; let us have fun; celebrate

Pop idols such as the rapper Lil Pump are prone to starting popular phrases used over the internet, such as “Esketit”

MARCH 23, 2018 | MODERN SLANG

the wider exposure to popular culture, more people will try to reflect what pop idols say.

“A lot more people are aware of (slang) because of pop culture. Right now, a place where we get a lot of our slang from is hip-hop music,” Xiang said. “Whatever they say, we use it in our language. There’s a rhythmic aspect to it, so it sounds cool, but it’s also because we’re so surrounded by it.”

On the other hand, Beeson said counterculture—culture opposite of mainstream society—is also an important aspect of slang nowadays.

“It’s all about that sense of belonging or identity,” she said. “For some people, that’s speaking in a way that’s rebelling from the status quo, while for others it’s about being part of the status.”

Xiang said she believes the biggest shift many have come to criticize is the change in power of local culture to popular culture. She said in the past, local culture would have a greater influence on society, but now, pop culture has a greater influence because of the interconnectedness of the Internet.

“Pop culture is changing where it’s less directed and less controlled. If you have something you’re passionate for and go out for it, you can make it.

(Pop culture) used to be where it was (a) very stereotypical kind of celebrity that you’d see because the media would control it,” Diatta said. “But as we’ve progressed, we now see that, if people at their house, on Twitter, on Youtube, listen to your stuff, listen to your music, you can go all the way.

There’s less control, there’s no ‘gatekeeper’ so to say, it’s a lot more free (for) anybody.”

For students who use slang regularly like Diatta, slang represents creativity, practicality and identity.

He said, “Everyone’s just making their own slang— it’s you, it’s your identity, it’s be whoever you want to be, there’s no really streamed stereotyped that there used to be. If you’re making up your own words, if you’re saying what you want to say, using the slang you want to use, people will, a lot of times, feel the vibe and it’s a lot more H likable and reflective of you.”

RECORDING RAP: Sophomore Babacar Diatta records a track at the Digital Media Lab. He said the slang he chooses to use in his rap helps build his identity as an artist.

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STUDENT ACTIVISM | MARCH 23, 2018

BUILD of Rights

Students, experts reflect on youth engagement in local government LIN-LIN MO | STORY

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before the start of the second Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) public meeting for Al Salam Foundation’s mosque proposal for Carmel on Feb. 26 at 5:04 p.m., CHS students handed out blue ribbons and rehearsed their oneminute tailored speeches they planned to give that evening. Senior Talha Ahmad said he, too, prepared ahead, spending weeks coordinating with his club, Amnesty International, as well as CHS Democrats and Action Together to contact City Council. The meeting ended close to midnight, and the BZA granted its final decision: it approved the project.

What surprised Ahmad about the process—and is out of the ordinary for Carmel, he said—was a noticeably

heightened level of activism from students the past two months.

“I wanted this to be a fun way for people to get civically engaged because youth are notorious for being apathetic and disengaged, even though we are the strongest force for change,” he said.

Other youth may have that same idea. In recent months, students around the country have gained attention as they work to affect change. For example, tomorrow marks the first ever March for Our Lives, where, as its website states, “Kids and families will take to the streets (across the country) to demand that their lives and safety become a priority.” It’s the manifestation of national student activism, inspired

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STANDING UP FOR RIGHTS: (TOP): Seniors Talha Ahmad and Catherine Yuan hold up a sign at the March 14 school walkout.

Both spoke at the BZA meeting supporting the mosque.

(LEFT): Carmel residents attend BZA meeting on Feb. 26. BZA member Leo Dierckman said they heard students’ view on the mosque issue.

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STUDENTS SPEAK UP

Take a look at major student-led demonstrations throughout history:

1960 Greensboro Sit-Ins Four students started a movement of sit-ins in support of civil rights

Apartheid Divestment Students led a peaceful march to keep their right to education from the ‘70s to ‘80s

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School students, who, since the mass shooting on Feb. 14, spurred youth to actively participate in the democratic process.

In terms of the mosque’s process, BZA member Leo Dierckman said he enthusiastically supported the students’ proactive attitude.

“One of the things we have some leeway, some understanding ability to make interpretation on, is the impact on the community that these various projects (have). So, it was beneficial to hear the students talk about the importance of the mosque not only for themselves in some instances, but also for their friends or the school,” Dierckman said.

Government teacher Joshua Miller said the country carries an apathetic attitude towards voting. But, he said, youth engagement has proved effective and foreshadows a positive future.

Tianamen Square During the weeks prior to the event, students organized prodemocracy demonstrations

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1989

Velvet Revolution 500,000 students flooded Prague, Czech Republic to topple their own communist government

1999 Iran Students took to the streets to condemn a police raid

WALKING OUT: Students gather in the fieldhouse to respect those who passed away in the Stoneman Douglas school shooting.

Government teacher Joshua Miller said people will eventually have to listen to the youth.

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“This is the ultimate thing: you see the detractors from some of the youth are saying ‘well they’re just children’ but eventually, those are our leaders.”

Government teacher Joshua Miller “It’s remarkable; if you vote in that first election (you’re eligible for), the likelihood of you being a lifelong voter increases incredibly,” Miller said. “Right now, you have a group of youngsters that are ready to engage in this process.”

Movements led by youth are not uncommon in U.S. history and

Black Lives Matter Was in the national spotlight after student protesters filled the streets of Ferguson, Mo.

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world history. For example, the Children’s Crusade of 1963 started in Birmingham, Ala., was a landmark in the Civil Rights movement, according to the Daily Beast. Miller said in the Middle East, as evidenced by social media usage in the Iranian Green Revolution, youth participation also defines modern history.

“Eventually people have to listen to youth,” Miller said. “This is the ultimate thing: you see the detractors from some of the youth are saying, ‘Well, they’re just children,’ but eventually, those are our leaders.

They’re the future, and we always hear that cliché, but they’re the future, and when they care deeply about something people better listen because they are likely voters (in the future). When you can get that engagement at that age, you’re building a pretty good civil society.”

Agreeing with Miller, Dierckman and the other four BZA members, said they were encouraged by Carmel’s display of youth articulating their views, emphasizing the power young voices have.

According to Ahmad, he said this whole process was a positive one.

Ahmad said, “Just learning about how the Carmel local government

operates was eye-opening to how much potential there is for positive change. Getting the youth involved is important to me because it’s the group I’m a part of and most familiar with. 2017’s word of the year was ‘youthquake,’ which really emphasizes how essential we are to evoking change in the system.” H

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SCHOOL SAFETY | MARCH 23, 2018

IN CLOSE QUARTERS CHS students, administration reflect on recent events, future safety regulations RAPHAEL LI, MANAHIL NADEEM | STORY

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knife. multiple fights.

Threats. Rumors. These are words that could be used to describe the month of February at CHS, which was plagued with an unfortunate series of events, leading to two arrests and two public video announcements, and several press releases to the community.

These events, along with the terror created from the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14, led to Feb. 16, a day where almost a quarter of the students at this school reported in as absent.

Assistant Principal Amy SkeensBenton, who works closely with school safety issues, said administrator plan to evaluate their response to those events.

“We’re going to sit down with the (administration) team and once again, go over how we can use this as a springboard off of our social media education curriculum in trying to teach, but you know we had adults that misused it as well,” she said. “So it’s not just kids, but (social media education curriculum) may be for the whole community to learn how to use social media appropriately.”

Skeens-Benton said while these recent events were horrible, they brought to light many key aspects of this school’s safety system.

“The only thing I can say that was good about (the events of February are) that it brought out and let everyone know how much we work with the Carmel Police Department,” Skeens-

POLICING THE HALLS: Sergeant Phil Hobson and Assistant Principal Amy Skeens-Benton observe the freshman cafeteria during lunch.

According to Skeens-Benton, it is important for students to understand administration is always looking out for the students.

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Benton said. “(The events let) everyone know how awesome our cooperation and collaboration is with them. I think that it’s important that everybody knows this and knows that’s how it’s always been. Something happens and they’re here for us.”

Despite the concerns, senior Alexis O’Brien said she believes the series of events (in February were) unusual for CHS. “I typically feel safe here. The resource officers are a nice feature and I know there are administrators all over the place so if something were to happen it wouldn’t last very long,” O’Brien said.

Sergeant Phil Hobson, a school resource officer (SRO) at CHS, said the police department and SROs, specifically, are looking at improvements they can make for the next school year due to these events.

“On Friday, (Feb. 16) we worked with our police department to have an increased police department (presence at this school). The

MARCH 23, 2018 | SCHOOL SAFETY sole purpose of that was to make people (to) feel more comfortable,” Hobson said. “The environment we feel here on a daily basis is very safe, but we wanted people feel safer.

Now we always, every year, evaluate our safety plans. We look at current events, things that are happening, and try to predict the climate in society to adjust accordingly. We try and adjust our training every year to mitigate the concerns.”

Despite all the events that have happened, Skeens-Benton said people should stay calm and understand the school is not in danger before, during or after school.

“Not only do we do things during the school the school day but we have been recognized for all (the safety protocols) that we do beforehand. There are a lot of things that people don’t know we do,” Skeens-Benton said.

Skeens-Benton said the school’s safety plans are available to the public.

“Our safety plans aren’t secret because we want people to know [about them] and we want people to know the consequences,” Skeens-Benton said.

“So when there’s a threat we actually use something that was developed by the Secret Service and it’s the P.E.N.T. threat assessment. Depending on the threat, if it’s a threat against another individual and it’s reported to us, then we do a series of interviews and go through a threat assessment guide.”

Hobson added students can also help keep the school safe.

“Everyone has access to the anonymous alert program through their

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for me being nervous here, was when the knife situation happened. I think because (administrators) didn’t give us a lot information, initially, it let our minds kind of wander, and I know my teacher thought there was a shooter in the building,” O’Brien said. “I think the fact that we didn’t have a lot of information at first made it so that a lot of us thought of the worst and (it) made us nervous for the rest of the week.”

According to O’Brien, the Florida shooting added onto the stress.

“For sure, I was worried there will be copycats,” O’Brien said. “There have been a lot of school shootings, but there hasn’t been a mass one since Sandy Hook and we didn’t have as much access to social media. Especially since that (shooter) was a grown man that did it at Sandy Hook but knowing that a high school could turn on other student. What if there were copycats? It H makes me kind of nervous.”

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myCCS account, (but) we always have asked that if the concern is an immediate emergency that the student or parent contact 911,” Hobson said. “When someone types in an anonymous alert and they hit send, it sends an immediate email at the district and the building level to the building that is affected...We then review the alert, and if it is an immediate concern like self-harm, we pull the student’s information up and we send a dispatch officer to their house. If it is not a non life threatening concern, we follow up with the student the next school day.”

Hobson and Skeens-Benton said while the school may seem vulnerable, it is one of the most proactive and safe school’s in the nation.

O’Brien said he believes there’s still room for improvement.

“I know there’s not a lot more they could’ve done because of legality issues, but I think where it all started, at least

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: Expelled student opened fire, killing 17 students and injuring around 14 others. heidi peng | graphic Time.com | source

TO SERVE AND PROTECT: Lieutenant Jim Semester (left) and Major Strong (right) observe the commons during passing period. Assistant Principal Amy SkeensBenton said the Carmel Police Department works with CHS in order to ensure students’ safety.

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Transparency

CHS students, staff review LGBTQ+ awareness with Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 RIYA CHINNI | STORY

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31 marks international transgender Day of Visibility— a day established in 2009 as a way to celebrate transgender people and to raise awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide.

According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), transgender youth across the nation face a myriad of struggles on a day-to-day basis, most of which involve the harsh nature of their surrounding environment, but transgender senior Eli Lucas said CHS has a generally positive and understanding environment in terms of overall acceptance.

“I think that Carmel is just a very accepting community because we have so many kids. I feel like there’s everybody from a different walk of life (here),” Lucas said.

Jeremy Horner, Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) sponsor and chemistry teacher, said while the environment of this school is mostly accepting, he said this is not true for all circumstances. Horner said the social climate depends on which student someone talks to.

National statistics, however, paint a different picture.

According to a 2011 study conducted by the National Center of Transgender Equality, 82 percent of transgender youth reported having felt unsafe at school at some point. While Lucas said he has never felt unsafe or threatened at school, he said he has other transgender friends here who can attest to the statistic. He said he thinks the it is reflective of realities of some social climates for transgender students, even at Carmel.

Lucas said, “Other people wouldn’t probably agree with me that it’s as positive as I would say it is.”

SPREAD YOUR WINGS: (RIGHT) Senior Eli Lucas stands in front of a colorful angel wing mural in the freshman center. He said being accepted as transgender was very uplifting.

A YouTuber himself, Lucas said watching other transgender YouTubers gives him an “If he can do it, so can I” atitude.

(BELOW) Lucas finishes a fist bump with freshman counselor Dave Schlepper. Lucas watched the video he made for Culture of Care week as i️t aired on the morning announcements.

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Horner said, “I think (the social climate) probably depends on who you ask and what their perspective is. I think (CHS is) generally a school where when issues are brought up, people do care.”

Maya Birhiray, GSA co-president and senior, said conditions for transgender students can still be difficult.

Birhiray said while CHS has supportive communities and safe spaces like GSA, there are still transgender students who face difficulties in terms of acceptance. She said although most people are accepting, there are always some people who don’t accept or understand transgender individuals, prompting negative comments and actions.

Birhiray said, “Carmel is like any other place; it’s got those people who aren’t as accepting, so (acceptance is) really difficult for a lot of Carmel as a community. They haven’t gotten to a point where they can accept transgender students.”

On that note, Lucas said, “When I first came out, I was nervous. I was afraid I wasn’t going to get accepted by my friends and even people I didn’t know.”

Horner said he believes the environment for transgender students at Carmel mirrors society in general, as transgender students must navigate their problems in an unstable environment.

“I would say generally those students are navigating a lot of issues (that) other students are not, and they’re doing so in an environment that either is, or is perceived to be, hostile,” Horner said.

According to the American Psychological Association, supporting and aiding transgender students is a major responsibility of school administration.

Lucas said, for him, a simple conversation with his counselor allowed for his name and gender marker to change.

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#whatliftsyou Take a look at the viral hashtag and its origins

94,665 Posts kelseymontagueart started the What Lifts You campaign, most recognizable by its wing murals, in 2015 to encourage people to talk about what inspires them. She wanted to create art that people could stand in front of and be a part of. She paints wings because of her grandfather, who would hide a bird in every painting he did, representing spirituality.

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On that note, Birhiray said the presence of clubs like GSA allows for education and awareness about transgender youth. Birhiray said the GSA encourages transgender members to educate other members on their experiences when they discuss transgender topics.

Lucas said surrounding himself with people who are educated about transgender issues and are supportive creates a positive and welcoming environment for him.

“Who you surround yourself with also affects the conversations you have,” Lucas said. “I always feel like I H have someone on my side.”

“I truly believe that the administration’s policy on transgender students makes (the transition) very easy.

They really do want what’s best for me and other transgender kids,” Lucas said.

Birhiray agreed and said, “I think (the) administration really tries to do what they can for transgender students, gay students, that kind of idea. As far as I know, they don’t really tolerate bullying.”

Factors such as a lack of education and awareness about transgender issues can also lead to a negative environment, but Horner said this is because it’s a newer issue for schools.

GIVE ME LIBERTY

1952 Christina Jorgenson becomes the first American to undergo a sex change operation and hormone treatments

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Take a look at some milestones in the Transgender community

Renée Richards, a transgender professional tennis player, is permitted to play in the U.S. open as a women by the Supreme Court 1977

1993

Gwendolyn Ann Smith dedicates The Gazebo as a chat room for transgender people as well as a resource center and gathering

Brandon Teena, a transgender male, is “beaten, raped and murdered” in Nebraska. His story was retold in the film “Boys Don’t Cry”

1994

2009 Amanda Simpson becomes a senior technical adviser and the second openly transgender female federal appointee under Obama

Kye Allums, a basketball player at George Washington University, becomes the first Division I college player to come out as transgender 2010

2015 Caitlyn Jenner introduces herself proclaims in an acceptance speech for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award she plans to increase acceptance of transgender people around the world

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What are some of your funny experiences from April Fools’ Day? “My brother thought it would be funny to rubber band down the handle on the sprayer for a sink, and he pointed (it) straight ahead, so when my mom turned on the sink that morning, it sprayed her right in the face.”

Senior Lillian Fiore “My oldest sister had thought of pranking my other sister. Since she ate yogurt every day, she needed to get a spoon, so early in the morning she went to the silverware drawer and stole all of the spoons, forks and straws and hid them somewhere else in the kitchen. She couldn’t eat her yogurt, so she got really mad.”

Sophomore Alana Tragesser “When my dad was in high school, he and his senior class got three pigs and put the numbers ‘one,’ ‘two’ and ‘four’ on the pigs and then let the pigs loose in the high school. The whole school had to get shut down because they couldn’t find pig number three, but there was no pig number three.”

Freshman Drew Sanchez

“One time for April Fools’, I lined up Dixie cups full of water on top of a door.

So, when somebody tried to walk into my room, the Dixie cups would just fall right on top of them.”

Senior Sam Burns “I was with my cousins in the mountains at a cabin. I woke up in the morning, and I forgot it was April Fools’, so I go to the living room and there was a plate of Oreos on the table. I was like, ‘Oh! Oreos, why not?’ so I ate one, but my cousins had replaced the white stuff inside with toothpaste. So I ate toothpaste, which was so gross, and then we did it to every family member that woke up after.”

Sophomore Sakshi Gopalani

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HUMANS OF CHS | MARCH 23, 2018

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“A moment that would change who I was is probably losing (basketball) regionals all three years because the pain is still with me. We play with so much heart and it really makes us realize that you can’t just talk the talk. You need to actually do something in order to strive for your goal and sometimes you work so hard and still trip at the finish line, but it just always teaches us to stay competitive in everything that we do, not just in sports.”

“A lot of high schoolers have jobs, especially as waiters or waitresses. This is more special for me though, because my family actually owns the restaurant I work at: Cafe Korea. Of course, a main priority for me is to give a helping hand in running my family’s business, but I also do value that it helps me save money for college and provides me with valuable work experience.

We serve mainly traditional Korean dishes.”

“There’s a lot of stereotypes (about autism).

It’s just like if you really have autism, then you’re just really shy and you don’t talk that much and obviously, I’m the exact opposite…

I can see (autism) is really hard for anyone to understand. I mean, it’s even hard for me—even having it. It’s even hard for me to explain what exactly I’m struggling with. People say the only people that understand autism is the ones who have it, and I do understand it, but it’s hard to explain.”

Junior Reagan Hune

Senior Joshua Jun

Junior Ethan Wakeman

“There are probably two events that really changed my life. My youngest daughter was premature, so it was a tough road for her, but through all of that, it taught me a lot of patience (and) a lot of kindness. She still teaches me a lot. She’s quite the fighter. She’s a student here actually at Carmel High School; she’s a junior. So that was probably one of the most difficult. And then just two summers ago, I had open heart surgery. That was a bit of a life-changing moment for me too... I had an aneurysm on my heart that they found in a heart scan... It made me think about life very differently.”

“The last time I can specifically pinpoint a time where I was really alive or really happy was when I went back to China over the summer. I went back to my dad’s side of the family, and I haven’t been back in a really long time. My dad has a lot of siblings, so I have a lot of cousins back in China (and) I hadn’t seen them in so long. We were eating outside of our farm, and it was super late at night, but all my family members were there, and I just felt like I was radiating off the love my family members were giving me and I hadn’t seen them in so long. I just felt really happy and at peace.”

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“So my tongue—it’s 3/16 of an inch off of the world record for the widest tongue. That is, unless (the record has) been broken.”

Senior Andrew Couchon

“My mother’s grandmother and grandfather met in a work concentration camp in Siberia during World War II. They were drafted to build railroads. My mom is from Sweden and she came to America as an exchange student. My dad was born in Colombia and his dad is from Iran. If you look up my last name ‘Fallahi’ on Google, one of my family members shows up. He’s a famous musician in Iran, but I’ve never met him. He’s a distant cousin. So, how did I end up in Carmel? Good question.”

Freshman Isabella Fallahi

“I’ve always been very curious about how things work. When I was little, my sister and I would always break things to see how they work. We would throw a dollhouse down the stairs and break it so we could see how it worked. Now that I’m older, I’m more interested in how psychological relationships work.”

Sophomore Chelsea Tinsley

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ICE CREAM REVIEWS | MARCH 23, 2018

the latest scoop With warm weather on the horizon, HiLite reviewed local ice cream shops CAITLYN BURNS, KRIS OTTEN | REVIEWS, PHOTOS

GRAETER’S Graeter’s Ice Cream is a parlor chain located on Rangeline Road. Graeter’s offers a variety of different flavors that can be purchased as different sizes of served scoops or as separate pints to take home. The restaurant is clean and well-kept, although customer service is limited. Deciding to order a single scoop of the Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip ice cream was simple because it’s Graeter’s signature flavor and best selling ice cream. Although spending $4.08 for a single scoop sounds fairly pricey at first, Graeter’s proved

it was worth the price for the large portion sizes and the flavor of this ice cream. At first bite the tangy taste of raspberry followed by the bittersweet chocolate takes over the taste buds of those who try this beautifully purple-colored treat.

All these flavors work together and balance each other out to make an ice cream that is just the right amount of sweet and tangy. The ice cream has a smooth, creamy consistency with the chocolate chips perfectly fitting in because of their finely shredded texture.

SUB ZERO Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream is a parlor located in downtown Carmel where employees make customers their ice cream or frozen yogurt using liquid nitrogen right in front of them. While, this is a unique and intriguing experience, at $6.11 for one small ice cream, patrons pay more for the experience than the ice cream itself. Although Sub Zero had attentive customer service,

the sitting area is constricted and not very clean. The Birthday Cake Capacitor flavor, which is a traditional cake batter ice cream that comes in a waffle cone is a little too sweet and the consistency is too thick and chunky. The ice cream has too many added ingredients, and despite the cool and interesting creation and presentation of this ice cream, it is not worth the price.

(RIGHT) FLAVOR FORMATION: This shop makes the ice cream with the customers as an audience. After choosing the Birthday Cake Capacitor, the staff members added a cream, flavoring and mix-ins to a large metal bowl.

(LEFT) FLASH FROZEN: Ice cream and a show is always available at Sub Zero. Once the sensation was in the bowl, liquid nitrogen was added and mixed together to make the final product.

MARCH 23, 2018 | ICE CREAM REVIEWS

COLD STONE CREAMERY

CHOCOLATE DEVOTION: Coldstone’s Chocolate Devotion should come with a warning sign: major chocolate lovers only. Filled to the brim with chocolate ice cream mixed with bits of chocolate, brownies and fudge didn’t fail to complete our sweet tooth.

Cold Stone Creamery is a popular ice cream parlor chain located in Clay Terrace. Upon walking in, the lobby was a bit dirty and there were few tables.

However, the staff is friendly and talkative. Cold Stone offers its sizes in “Like It,” which is a small, “Love It,” which is a regular size, and “Gotta Have It,” which is a large. Ordering the “Like It” size of the Chocolate Devotion flavor for $5.11 implies to the purchaser it’ll be worth it.

However, first receiving this ice cream, it isn’t very visually appealing and there isn’t much ice cream for the price. The ice cream gets loaded with chocolate to the point where it is almost a little too powerful, but the different chocolates have different levels of sweetness, which offered good flavor variety.

SIGNATURE SCOOP: Graeter’s is most famous for their signature flavor, Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip. The shop had this delight ready for consumption or in pints to save for later.

COUNTLESS CHOICES: Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream shop is located in Cool Creek Commons on 146th street.

The shop had over 100 flavors on the menu and outdoor seating for their customers.

(LEFT) MIXING MAGIC: Friendly staff hand-mix all of their signature creations right in front of the customers. Ours had many chocolatefilled flavors mixed in, making the combo very powerful.

HANDEL’S Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt is a popular ice cream parlor located on 146th Street. This ice cream parlor is unique in comparison to the others as it is not an actual restaurant; the ice cream is served through a window. However, there are picnic tables located on the side of the building and there is reserved parking in front of the building for customers to enjoy their ice cream parked

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in their cars. The customer service here is friendly. The Graham Central Station flavor, priced at $3.43 for a small, is visually appealing with neat scoops of tan-colored ice cream. The ice cream itself is creamy with small chunks of graham cracker and chocolate throughout to create a delicious flavor and texture. The flavor isn’t too sweet and is overall enjoyable with a well-sized portion for the price.

GRAHAM GALORE: The Graham Central Station is the shop’s most popular flavor. The scoop contained pieces of graham crackers and chocolate.

Check out a review of Bub’s Ice Cream online: hilite. org/the-latest-scoop.

The rumor mill CHS students, staff discuss danger of rumors spreading over social media DA-HYUN HONG, KAREN ZHANG| STORY MAY ZHANG | PHOTO

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However, being able to distinguish between truths and rumors may not be as easy as it seems. According to the American Psychology Association, people tend to spread rumors that they believe to a certain degree, regardless of how ridiculous the stories are. The research shows when anxieties are intense, those who spread rumors are less likely to actually analyze the credibility of what they pass on to others.

BRIAN ZHANG | GRAPHIC Take a look at the Daley-Kendall model of random rumors, a Principal Thomas Harmas said that method of interpreting how rumors spread in social networks PLUS.MATHS.ORG | SOURCE the school faculty and Carmel police department were able to react quickly There are three types of people in this model: thanks to the students’ quick reports.

Stiflers have heard “There are 5,000 students in this Ignorants have the rumor but are Spreaders actively building, so at some point they will not been exposed no longer interested spread the rumor. know more than us. Their eyes and to the rumor. in spreading it. ears know more than anything else,” he said. “That’s why it's so important to report things and talk to the right people at the right time.

The rumor is There’s not much students can do most active except just tell the right people the when there right things at the right time.” are the most Additionally, according to a reSpreaders. cent study conducted by the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of Americans said they get at least some of their news through social media.

AP Statistics teacher Matthew Wernke, who actively stopped one of the At the start, physical altercations, said platforms The rumor is dead there are only such as Snapchat and Instagram prowhen there are only Ignorants and vide a built-in audience to spread ruStiflers and Ignorants.

Spreaders. mors, which creates a problem with credibility and trust.

“When I was at school, if you told someone (information), the only way to communicate was facebeginning of rumor peak of rumor end of rumor to-face or over the phone, so you

cording to a Carmel Clay Schools press release made on Feb. 15, administrators acknowledged many of these incidents were due in part to the accumulation of rumors.

According to BethAnne Betzold, the subject of a previous rumor and senior, the rumors were dangerous and ridiculous.

“If you do fear someone or if you want to bring fear onto people, having an anonymous rumor will bring that fear in as we’ve had in the past,” she said. “All those (school shooting) threats were just rumors, but those rumors incited

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P i sto ng e eop e rum to tag r u o get ed a lot re did ies. p fa le w f th ors o a a A ke er em tte fter f (b l were less likely nti “Pr Fre mo eliev ot of figh e on e t to make something rs) e th peo tty shm .” mu of beca e ru ple up, (you were) less likean i p ng ch u e Sa ly to exaggerate,” Wernke ab ev vid ople se a va l o e n h he out d eryb os. ad t said. “Today it’s not a big deal to na ar ” iff od hV post something then turn your phone fig ing a eren y wa ale h b s t nce off; it’s like you didn’t do anything wrong. an ts pla out ( peo talk d m nn ad ple I think things are so instantaneous today. You spe y e di think of something and you just do it.” cifi frie d). M tiona n t l he cal d, e Fre Betzold said she agreed with Wernke that technology ly w C shm in omm talk e has made the spread of rumors more prevalent. ca an o ed “With the use of social media and having so many peoha se an ns ju in R Isa p u s y bel ple (at CHS), (rumors) can kind of spread like wildfire,” wa pene thin t Ho mor A g w d r n Betzold said. “(A rumor) could start out as just this little yo roy ted ; w d 3: o to e ru u re id spark, but with as many people as we have, (the number of m see f a students) fuels (the rumor) to grow even bigger.” .” igh ors ct t o C t a s H An example of this is the Instagram account @carmelhellS C in bou t o week, created primarily to post jokes about the events that mm he t To read the on occurred during that week. The account has been up for less The tims? staff editothan a month but has amassed almost 2,500 followers. ing of the Florida Wernke said the rumors that were spread during that particularly anxious week in February affected the environment surrounding CHS. “There was a bell that went off around first period towards the end of the class (last month). Somebody pressed the intercom or something, but if that happened anytime before three weeks ago, I wouldn’t have thought anything about it,” he said. “But as soon as it went off today, I immediately thought ‘Something bad has happened.’”

rial about the administration's handling of events at CHS, see page 48

school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14 caused the tension throughout CHS to rise even higher, leading to rumors of a shooting at CHS Harmas said he has since reflected on administration's reaction to the events of that week.

“One of the big mistakes was in the video that I made. I wanted to make sure that we dispelled the

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rumors because they were rampant, but I should have taken time to acknowledge how people were feeling, especially after Parkland. I choose just to focus on the rumors and really did not think that through enough. If I look at it in my point of view, than that would be something I would have definitely like to change.”

Wernke said, “(The threats) put all of us on edge even though most of us know they were all rumors.

I think (the threats) make everybody put a little extra thought into thinking, ‘Okay, something bad is about to happen,’ which is not what school should be,” Wernke said. “You shouldn’t always go to school

thinking that when you hear the intercom noise, something bad just happened.”

Another reason rumors spread besides fear, as stated

by Rumor Psychology, is to improve one’s social status.

Both Wernke and Betzold said although the spread of rumors can instill false fear in many minds, they can also be damaging to individuals.

“I don’t like rumors,” Betzold said. “I don’t like hearing them, I don’t like spreading them because—and this is REBECCA QIN | just me—it kind of hurts me. Talking about ‘this person’ PHOTO in the way that you are just damages either your psyche or their psyche or their opinions of you. It breaks my heart when I hear rumors because Paul is Dead I don’t want to hear them.”

The rumor said Wernke said he agreed rumors Beatles member can be hurtful to people who are Paul McCartney died the subjects of them.

1966 and had been He said, “It never feels good for secretly replaced someone to say something that isn’t by a doppelganger. true about you. I think people work Fans found hundreds their whole lives to have a certain of clues “hidden” in image, to do things a certain way, multiple Beatles albums and when someone says something that’s not true, it becomes an attack King Tut’s Curse upon your person.”

After the death of Betzold said people should stop Lord Carnarvon, spreading rumors because of the who sponsored the negative effects they may have to expedition to find King both surrounding environments Tut’s tomb, a rumor and the individuals. spread that he had fallen “If you don’t think it’s credible, victim to “King Tut’s don’t believe it,” she said. “There Curse” which promised are others ways to make yourself death to anyone who feel better about yourself, so please entered his tomb don’t spread rumors. It’s not a good thing and it won’t help you because The Great Duck if (the people who heard the rumor) Egg Fake find out you were the cause of this The collection of rumor that actually damaged the eggs in Alaska said person, it’s just gonna bring was threatening your credibility down instead of the population bringing it up.” of ducks and Wernke said he agreed one way to geese. However, stop the spread of rumors is to factit was refuted as a check the credibility of the rumor. corporate plot “I think you should always quesand dismissed tion (a rumor when you hear it),” Here are some famous rumors from history Wernke said. “My first thought when someone tells me something is al853 CE ways, ‘Does this seem plausible with After circumnavigating the Pope Joan the information I know about the globe, the crew of the English situation? Is the person who is telling Pope Joan allegedly served two ship the Dolphin claimed to have me this reliable?’ We all have those years as the Pope in Rome while discovered a race of giants in friends who say things that we aren’t disguised as a man, only revealed Patagonia, South America sure if what they’re saying is true. It’d as a woman when she gave birth be nice if people just—unless they The Patagonian Giants on the side of the road knew it was factually true—would not share the information, but we CARSON TERBUSH | TIMELINE 1766 H HOAXES.ORG | SOURCE know that won’t happen.”

RADIO RUMORS: Senior BethAnne Betzold gives an interview to WHJE about her experiences using Taekwondo to defend herself.

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How rumors start and how we can prevent false ones from spreading

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How do rumors start?

How to spot a fake rumor

What counts as a rumor?

Where’d you hear it from?

Rumors are unverified statements that are intended to be informative and are relevant during that specific time period

1. Misinformation People sometimes deliberately spread false information out of humor or maliciousness.

2. Misinterpretation Other times, people may just have misinterpreted the facts: hearing things out of context or just not understanding it.

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Is it from a reputable source?

Are they trustworthy?

Yep!

It’s from They The Onion gossip...

Have other people heard about it?

When was it published?

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It’s most likely true

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a step-by-step guide: how to stop rumors 1. Don’t join in Joining in will just make it worse— stop spreading it.

2. Address it head on Tell others what you know for sure to be facts, but also alert them of lies.

3. Disprove it (if you can) Try to find evidence against the rumor, or just use common sense to disprove it.

How do rumors spread?

Either by word of mouth, or more often, social media. People usually begin talking as a way to confirm their suspicions in uncertain situations.

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q&A with police officer wendy bodenhorn Q: How do you think the spread of rumors affected the environment at CHS in the past couple of weeks?

It caused a lot of fear and anxiety.

For two days straight, I talked to kids who were crying and who were truly scared. You could feel it in the hallway and in the atmosphere that things just weren’t normal. It’s a horrible feeling to me as a police officer, knowing that there are kids in the building who are fearful to be at school. The rumor created an environment of panic and fear, which is why (1,500) kids didn’t go to school that Friday.

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Q: How has technology increased the impact of rumors?

It causes a whole lot of panic a lot quicker. (In) the situation like we had at CHS with the rumored threat, a lot of people found out about it in a short amount of time and it created a lot of panic. If we didn’t have the technology and social media apps, it wouldn’t have gotten to the point it got to.

Q: How should people respond when they hear rumors?

Unless you know it to be true or factual, you can’t believe what other people say. So many times you get friendships ruined because of something they thought somebody said that they didn’t actually hear them say. It happens all the time in middle school and I’m sure it happens here too. But I’d like to think that by high school, you’re growing up and becoming a young adult and that you’ll be able to handle these things better.

ENTERTAINMENT

DRONE RACING | MARCH 23, 2018

drone zone

CHS students build drones from scratch for competitive launches UDAY LOMADA | STORY

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a sunny day, a group of students walk to a park with sets of high-powered drones. Sophomore Abraham Levine, nervously puts his drone down and starts to perform the usual checks before his first competitive drone race. As he sets his drone down on the pad, he puts on goggles connected directly to a camera attached to his drone.

After a short countdown, a gust of wind and the sound of motors rotating at extreme speeds mark the beginning of the race as Levine flies his drone in a scramble for the finish line. Even though Levine finished in 7th place out of 15, with his fastest lap time being 16.61 seconds, he said the experience he gained made him better.

For the past couple of years, there has been a rise in the popularity of the use of personal drones and drone racing. From small local tournaments to the National Drone Racing League, both drone racing and freestyle flying are making a name for themselves. However, while the technology behind drones and drone racing competitions for personal use are relatively new, some students see drone racing and freestyling as viable hobbies for almost anybody to pick up quickly.

Nolan Featherstun, freestyle drone enthusiast and junior, said getting into building a drone is not as hard as it may seem.

“There are a couple ways to get into drone building,” Featherstun said. “One way is that people will buy a drone from Amazon, crash it and repair it enough times that they’ll

know how it works and build their own. Another is just jumping right in, buying some parts and trying to build and fly one until it works.”

Featherstun also said the community is willing to help newer people in their drone endeavours.

“I got into drone building four years ago when I had met a guy who worked at Hobby Shop,” Featherstun said. “He told me about drones and from there on out, he turned out to be a mentor for me for a long time. He still mentors me to this day. There are a lot of people willing to help you out in the community.”

Levine said he agrees with Featherstun, and added he believes many students see building a drone as either difficult or dangerous, both of which are not true when handled properly.

“Drones are not as complex as some of the people I talk to make it out to be. There are lots of guides to making drones and other ways to learn how a drone works” Levine said. “I started learning how to build a drone after I kept breaking and repairing a pre-built one. Eventually, I knew what did what and started buying my own parts.”

Levine said flying a drone was similarly not as complicated as many make it out to be.

“Flying a drone does require a little practice,” Levine said. “However, for complete beginners, many of the pre-built ones that come in stores come with an accelerometer.

(Accelerometers) help someone who is learning to fly move the drone around with more stability because the moment you let go of the joystick, the accelerometer automatically stops the drone from moving. ” Nathan Willman, a drone owner and sophomore, said if a little fun is

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what someone’s looking for, drones are not hard to learn.

“Many people come to drones thinking that they will only have fun doing flips and stalls and all kinds of tricks,” Willman said. “I should know because I was one of those people. But just being able to control something up so high and have complete freedom of something like that is what is so fun about it. You don’t need to spend 30 hours just training to have fun.”

However, both Levine and Featherstun said building and flying for fun compared to competition or freestyle is completely different.

“The hardest part for me when I was trying to build my own drone was having to constantly solder and repair parts,” Featherstun said. “It’s like riding a bike. The first few times you try it on your own, you are going to fail and break your drone, but eventually you

Check out Levine’s drone video from this flight: https://hilite.org/drone-zone

get enough experience to know what to buy and what not to buy to build as close to a perfect drone as you can.”

“Flying is also hard to pick up when it comes to freestyle flying,” Featherstun said. “Many people spend lots of time in drone simulations practicing flying a drone because switching from an accelerometer to none takes some practice.”

Levine said the lack of experience when transitioning from just flying outside to competitive races is a timeconsuming obstacle to overcome.

“The hardest part for me was my complete lack of experience when

it came to personalizing my drone,” Levine said. “Where to buy the cheapest products, when it doesn’t matter what you buy, figuring out which brand names are the best, there are so many things that you have to figure out on your own because when you are racing your drone, you want to know and control exactly what it does. The money can add up if you aren’t careful.”

Willman said, “Many people see drone building as this oddball hobby that few do, but someone holds that controller in their hand and starts flying a drone for the first time, it’s an H experience few can match.”

DRONE ANATOMY Take a look at the basic components of a drone.

FLIGHT CONTROLLER Interprets input from onboard sensors and regulates speed, steering and cameras GPS MODULE PUSHER PROP Contra-rotating propellers that eliminate motor torques ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROLLER STANDARD PROP Propellers that pull the drone through the air MOTOR Usually a brushless electric type, which is more efficient, reliable and quiet

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JACKIE HUR | GRAPHIC MAKEZINE.COM | SOURCE BOOM Short booms are easier to maneuver, while long booms are more stable

SKY HIGH FUN: Sophomore Abraham Levine flies a drone he built from scratch. Levine said, “There are

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lots of guides to making drones and other ways to learn how a drone works. I started learning how to build a drone after I kept breaking and repairing a pre-built one.

Eventually, I knew what did what and started buying my own parts.”

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MAIN BODY Houses battery, avionics, cameras and sensors RADIO RECEIVER BATTERY Usually a lithium polymer battery GIMBAL Rotating mount that provides stabilization and points cameras or sensors

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ORCHESTRA TRIP | MARCH 23, 2018

forte in florida

This year, CHS Orchestras travel to Florida for their triennial out-of-state school trip AMY ZHOU | STORY

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many in her class, min hua li, senior and orchestra member, decided not to join the 130 orchestra students going on the Disney World trip this spring. The orchestra performing arts trips are optional, and Li said she came to the decision not to go due to several factors.

“Even though it’d be really fun to go with my friends, there are a couple of downsides,”Li said. “This year, we’re staying in (the United States) so it’s just not as fun as going abroad, so location was a big part of it.”

Li also mentioned the cost of the trip was a factor, and she said she did not feel it would be worth it to travel within the states.

Regarding cost, according to Michael Gray, director of sales for Music Travel Consultants, the price for orchestra trips can vary greatly depending on the location number of students attending and the activities planned. Although students and parents are presented with the trip itinerary already planned out, the process

IN TIME: Tom Chen, assistant director of orchestras, conducts the string section of Symphony orchestra during an after school rehearsal. With a little less than a month left to go, the orchestra has been practicing nonstop to prepare for performing in Florida.

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behind organizing it requires collaboration from both teachers and the travel agency. “(The itinerary planning process) starts with the directors and then it works through several revisions of the proposal and that means we’re contacting each and every vendor for the trip (to see options). We’re dealing with getting airfare for groups,” Gray said, “(when) we’re talking about groups this large... the airlines aren’t very friendly.” Details such as how active students will be and food allergies must be taken into consideration as well.

Although students such as Li may feel disappointed about not traveling abroad for the trip and decide not to go, director of orchestras Elisabeth Ohly-Davis said the orchestra program has a formula of sorts for determining when and where the next trip takes place. She said this formula includes the orchestra trips taking place every three years, alternating between the states and internationally.

“The tradition has been that the orchestra goes (on a trip) every three years and then another tradition that has

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has tour directors with the group at all times to ensure the trips go smoothly. However, he said, just because this year’s trip will take place within the United States does not mean there are looser precautions and procedures for traveling.

Southern St. Petersburg, Gray also said many tricky issues California Russia while traveling with a group the participated in toured attractions size of the CHS orchestras include a high school and performed finding a hotel with enough room to exchange multiple times fit everyone, dealing with every single program with meal and handling instruments.

Santa Monica Ohly-Davis also expressed High School her concern when traveling with Vienna, Austria instruments and especially larger Hungary ones such as cellos and basses. performed and “We’re going to be flying so New York City, visited many tourist our instruments are going to have New York attractions such to be our carry on,” Ohly-Davis competed Orlando, Florida as Saint Stephen’s said.

According to Ohly-Davis, in National will perform at Boone Cathedral traveling with instruments is a huge Orchestra Cup High School and the Give consideration because it means Competition Kids the World Resort ELISABETH OHLY-DAVIS | SOURCES students have less luggage they can take with them and will need to be especially careful on keeping instruments safe. been implemented is like one (trip is) out of country trip However, as a travel agency specifically tailored and (the next) in country trip,” Ohly-Davis said. “(When for performing arts trips, Music Travels deals with planning the trip) we just kind of looked at things like everything from transporting instruments to renting safety and things to do and where is a location that we stands for performances, and that includes anticipating would have a good time- and just a lot of different things. situations unforeseeable and fixing problems along the First of all, (we look at) musical opportunities, and so way, which helps.

Disney is great at that. And then safety (again) and then students Despite the complicated process behind performing arts making sure that it’s gonna be fun.” attending trips, Ohly-Davis and Li both said the main goal for them In previous trips, the orchestra program traveled to the orchestra is to give students unique musical and cultural experiences. places such as New York, California, Vienna and Russia. performing arts “Other performing arts groups, you’ll find, like, the Although many students said they believed this year’s trip to Florida marching band goes or one of the choirs goes, so we trip would take place abroad, Ohly-Davis said safety pride ourselves in that we give everyone the opportunity was the main concern for the orchestra directors. to go,” Ohly-Davis said.

“We always take a look at what’s happening in the Li did express some regret at not attending the world, too,” Ohly-Davis said. “There was a chance that is the current trip, but said ultimately, for her, the location and cost we would have done another international trip, but things minimum outweighed the experience. Despite not going on the got a little weird after the (presidential) inauguration with cost for the trip this year, Li said she still hopes students who are the travel bans, and so we were like, ‘No we’re definitely orchestra trip— traveling have a good time. going to stay in country,’ just so that we don’t have to up to $1800 Li said, “Take advantage of the trip because you’ll worry about anybody and(pre- planning) just in case definitely make lots of memories and friends and it’ll there is a somebody that we would have to worry about.”

ELISABETH OHLYH definitely be a trip worth remembering.”

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Attends University of Central Florida workshop and performs at Give Kids the World Resort

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Visits Epcot and attends “You’re Instrumental” Workshop

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Attends University of Central Florida workshop and visits Universal Studios

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April 7 Visits Hollywood Studios and departs for Indiana

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CHOIR | MARCH 23, 2018

Sweet melody

CHS a capella group Select Sound finds voice as new choir in time for concert HANNAH GRETZ | STORY

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a school with 10 choirs, Select Sound prepares to take the stage as a single choir for the second year in a row. The concert, “Ear Candy,” will entail a multitude of pieces, sung a capella, by the choir.

“Last year was the first year we had ever done an ‘Ear Candy’ concert,” choir director Katherine Kouns said. “It is a great concert where (Select Sound) showcase a bunch of music that they have done throughout the year plus some new stuff.”

Since it is only the second year, Kouns said the 2018 concert will differentiate from the show last year.

“The big difference is that, last year, people didn’t know what (‘Ear Candy’) was. It was the first year we had ever done it and people didn’t know what it was or what it was going to be,” Kouns said. “Now that it’s been done once, I think there is more buzz and excitement about it and I think people are really going to enjoy what they see and hear.”

As the choir department’s only a capella choir, the group of 20 focuses on several different types of pieces throughout the school year.

“We have a huge repertoire of songs, we like to hit all of the genres. We have classical, pop, jazz and more,” Brooke Sullivan, Select Sound member and senior, said.

A few songs the group will sing at ‘Ear Candy are’ “Home,” by Phillip Phillips, “Let It Be” by The Beatles, and “Man in the Mirror,”

by Michael Jackson. The concert is expected to be 90 minutes long.

“A capella is so pure and it is easy to connect with people because you don’t rely on background music to help push the music forward,” Evelyn “Evie” Harrison, Select Sound mem-

SING IT: Director Katherin Kouns gives instructions to the class. A capella groups rely solely on the sounds that are produced from their voices and other instrumental sounds from beatboxing, snapping or clapping.

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ber and sophomore, said. “You connect with the song and the audience.”

According to Harrison, to be a part of Select Sound there are music techniques and skills to acquire.

“To be a part of Select Sound, you have to be good at style- jazz music, pop, classical- it’s cool because you use the same voices in different styles,” Harrison said.

Because there is no accompaniment (commonly thought of as background music) the choir has to overcome different aspects of music that the other nine choirs may not have to face while rehearsing or performing. According to Sullivan, the group works hard to achieve new levels of a capella singing and they said they consider the group to be “one big family.” “(Select Sound) is a very small group of students who are very

DID YOU KNOW? A capella first became popular through barbershop quartets, emerging in the early twentieth century. Four-part harmonies were most common and groups such as The Persuasions and The Manhattan Transfer further popularized the music style.

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high-level musicians who sing so well and who really are great at creating tight-knit harmonies within their own voices,” Kouns said.

However, Select Sound was not considered a “real choir” at CHS until a few years ago.

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IN TUNE: (TOP): Select Sound members sing together in harmony.

Unlike the other choirs, Select Sound does not have choreographed dances. (BOTTOM): Brooke Sullivan, Select Sound member and senior, sings her part. Select Sound was only recently considered a “real choir.”

CAROLYN ZHANG | Photos “When I came to this school, there was a choir called Select Sound, but it was a women’s ensemble. We were looking for a way to morph a choir into an a capella choir, so we used the name Select Sound because it fit so well,” Kouns said. “We shifted it and it’s been an a capella ensemble for almost three years.”

As each choir at this school is different and portrays a different style of music and performance, Select Sound uses its a capella specialties to create performances that incorporate many genres of music, as other choirs may not.

“This time around we have a lot of pop songs and a lot of Pentatonix songs,” Harrison said. “We don’t always have songs to fill up the entire hour and a half, so we create small groups and meet with them on our own time to learn the music by ourselves. Sometimes it will be all guys, sometimes all girls, you really hear different contrasts of groups.

We really have every style type.

Each choir also dances a little bit, but (Select Sound) doesn’t do much dancing.” Because ‘Ear Candy’ is Select Sound’s own concert, it gets to have its own “choir personality.”

“We are so different from Accents,” Sullivan said. “We are vocally advanced and intimate with our 20 person choir because as a smaller

group we get to know people and know their voices. We have different people each year so we get a new sound each year, too.”

Ear Candy is scheduled to take place on April 18 at 7 p.m. in the CHS auditorium. Those interested in attending can purchase tickets in advance from the directors in choir office or at the gate.

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All together Select Sound will be performing songs from Pentatonix.

Take a look at the different parts of this popular group Soprano (Kirstin Maldonado): Main vocalists can consist of soprano and tenors.

Soloist (Scott Hoying): Soloists are an important for adding layer and depth.

Tenor (Mitch Grassi) Tenors are often a popular vocal range for male a capella members

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Bass (Former member Beatboxer (Kevin Avi Kaplan, Matt Olusola): Although Sallee): Often the not essential in an second loudest voice, a a capella group, a low and powerful bass is one of the most beatboxer helps important factors in an keep tempo for a capella group. the group

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ASMR | MARCH 23, 2018

asmrtists

Social media editor Jai Sanghani shares his views on ASMR

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my

recommendation page on YouTube is a sight to see. There is a mixture of skincare, beauty, car, technology and talk show videos. Most of the time, I come across a video on my recommended page and I tend to enjoy it. However, during last summer, the recommendation page was extremely wrong.

That infamous day was when I clicked on a video by Trisha Paytas titled, “ASMR Apple Watch Unboxing.” I had never heard of ASMR: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. In my mind, I thought the video was going to be about some special edition Apple Watch I had never heard of, but little did I know I was about to be scarred for the rest of my life. It was a video of Paytas whispering in a seemingly sexual way while emphasizing every single little noise from the crinkling of shrink wrap to the clearing of her throat.

After watching the video I was so confused. Trisha Paytas is a controversial YouTuber, so I was not

NO, JUST NO shocked that she did it. I assumed that she started some new trend. However, I was wrong. Upon watching that video, I was recommended at least 10 ASMR videos every day for the next week.

ASMR videos were a trend, and something that people clearly enjoyed.

The number of ASMR videos uploaded to YouTube nearly doubled in 2017, and according to SmartAsset.com, there are 11 ASMR videos posted every hour. This increasing trend of ASMR videos shocked me.

Upon further research, I found the purpose of ASMR videos is for stress relief and relaxation. However, after watching that Apple Watch Unbox-

ing, I can assure you that I felt neither one of those feelings.

In addition, I don’t see the purpose to ASMR videos because they seem less efficient. They are essentially the ideas from normal videos, but much more slowed down. Thus, when watching a tutorial it takes a lot longer to do each step. Each ASMR video heightens every sound, and each word is softly spoken, which is unnecessary. You don’t need to know what it sounds like to crinkle shrink-wrap to know how to remove it from a box.

I understand there are a lot of people who enjoy these videos.

However, I would personally like to tell YouTube not to recommend these videos to people unless they go searching for them. I know I would have been saved a lot of time and energy had this video not been H recommended to me.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Jai Sanghani jsanghani@ hilite.org.

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4.35 million videos on Youtube tagged as ASMR in 2017

98 percent of people in a study conducted in 2015 said they used ASMR for relaxation SMARTASSET.COM | SOURCE

Inside the brain of asmr Take a look at how ASMR is theorized to work.

ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, is characterized by a variety of soothing sensations due to gentle stimuli.

Serotonin is released from the pituitary gland, elevating mood and inducing sleep Oxytocin is released from the pituitary gland, causing relaxation and increased endorphin receptor sensitivity

JACKIE HUR | GRAPHIC SMITHSONIANMAG.COM, ASMRUNIVERSITY.COM | SOURCES

Different networks of the brain such as vision, touch, hearing and concentration activate atypically, resulting in a blend of senses similar to synesthesia.

Endorphins are released from the pineal gland, causing feelings of euphoria and a tingling sensation

*Disclaimer: ASMR is still relatively unknown, and not all of the included information has been clinically proven.

Reported Benefits: -Relaxation -Relieves stress and anxiety -Decreases chronic pain -Relieves insomnia -Elevates mood -Increased focus

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entertainment briefs AMY ZHOU | BRIEFS

COMING UP...

WEIRD Al YANKOVIC

8th Annual Carmel Marathon WHERE: Palladium WHEN: March 31

WHEN: Next Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Center for Performing Arts

Details: Tickets starting at $69. Contact (317) 843-

3800 or visit thecenterforperformingarts.org for more information Four-time Grammy winner Weird Al Yankovic will perform in smaller, more intimate theaters with limited production and featuring Emo Philips. The setlist will comprise almost entirely of his original songs.

8 A.M. to 2 P.M. Packet Pickup Day March 30 DETAILS: Find more information on carmelmarathon.com.

Participants can decide to run either a half marathon or full marathon.

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Race Course

comedysportz match today, at 7:30 p.m. in studio theaters

W Main St. Gray Rd.

Gray Rd.

E 126th St.

ComedySportz members Eric Bembenek and Sarah Lein act out a scene during a match. ComedySportz has practices after school every Friday in order to prepare for matches against other schools in games that compete to see who can make the audience laugh more.

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E 116th St.

Half Marathon Course Marathon Course

Start Finish

Evening with the ambassadors Ambassador members sing during their concert. The concert will be tomorrow. Tickets will be available at the door.

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SPORTS

BASEBALL | MARCH 23, 2018

rapid rebuild CHS baseball players, coaches discuss game plan for the 2018 season ADAM SPENSLEY | STORY

After

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earning a 23-3 record and being named the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) champions during the 2017 season, the CHS baseball team has a new focus for the 2018 season. Fifteen seniors from last year’s team have graduated and left the program. After losing 15 players, the team now sees finding new leaders and gaining experience as their top priority.

Both players and coaches realize the importance on emphasizing this newfound goal.

Head Coach Matthew Buczkowski said he thinks it will be hard to replace last year’s talented senior class.

“We graduated 15 guys. Thirteen of them went on to play college

baseball, and six of them were Division I guys,” he said. “You don’t get a chance to get those classes very often, let alone turn that over into something similar the following year.”

Jack Van Remortel, returning starter and senior, said the baseball team will have to find a new identity for this year’s team.

“We’re going to be a young team—there’s not a ton of experience. I think it’s going to make us a really hungry team that’s going to have a lot of excitement from the younger guys. As they come along, I think we’ll be a tough team at the end of the season,” Van Remortel said.

With a generally young team, the Greyhounds will have to find new players who are willing to step

up and lead this year’s young group.

Garrett Drake, junior varsity player and sophomore, said he is expecting a few guys to take the lead.

“Jack Van Remortel is going to play a big role for us this year. He’s a great leader and you can really see why he is going to play in the Big Ten—the way he carries himself, during practices he never takes reps off and he is always going 100 percent,” he said. “We’re expecting big things from our two catchers, Tanner Simmons and Ethan Pryor, at the varsity level, so hopefully those guys can help out the team,” Drake said.

According to Buczkowski, the team will find out who the leaders are starting with offseason training and workouts.

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“In the fall, I think a lot of leadership is going to establish itself in the weight room and during our strength and conditioning program where guys are going to start to step into those roles. We’re going to have vocal leaders; we’ll have leaders that don’t necessarily talk that much but lead by example, so those guys will start to establish themselves throughout the offseason,” Buczkowski said.

Van Remortel said there are some things he needs to work on in order for that to happen.

“I think the big thing for me is being more vocal. In the past, I’ve been able to lead by example, but I’m kind of one of the more quiet kids, so I think this year as a senior it’s my job to be one of the vocal leaders. I want to put it on my shoulders to try to make everybody better around me,” Van Remortel said.

Aside from personal growth, Drake and Van Remortel will have to work on overcoming other chal-

lenges as a team. Buczkowski said he agrees that there will be some big challenges for the team this season.

“I think the biggest challenge will be experience and just playing together, just like a lot of teams, how quickly they’re able to gel and come together. Last year’s team was just so talented that a lot of times we won 12-0 and it was kind of a yawner, so these guys are going to have to show grit and come back and win some games,” Buczkowski said.

“I think the biggest challenge will be (lack of) experience and just playing together, just like a lot of teams, how quickly they’re able to gel and come together.... these guys are going to have to show grit.”

Head Baseball Coach Matt Buczkowski

Van Remortel said he also agrees with Buczkowski and his view on the team.

“I think you have to go back to the inexperience; it’s kind of tough to lose so many guys and having to replace so many great players from last year, but I think all the younger guys are ready to step up to the task,” Van Remortel said.

Drake said he feels the same way.

“I think the team’s biggest challenge is going to be building chemistry, for one, and using each other to really have a good season,” Drake said.

Despite the lack of experience going into the season, Buczkowski said he thinks the returning players will do just fine.

“The guys that we have returning are talented guys, they just don’t necessarily have that varsity experience. They have experience with their travel ball clubs and things like that. We just haven’t necessarily seen them at the varsity level,” H Buczkowski said.

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games scheduled for the 2018 season.

7

MIC conference titles since 1997.

12

sectional championships since 1967.

5

regional championships since 1976.

2 State final four appearances since 1997.

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State runner-up title in 1997.

MYCCS.K12.IN.US | SOURCE

PERFECT PRACTICE:: The varsity baseball team practices together in the fieldhouse in preparation for their upcoming game. The team was in action for the first time this season on March 21.

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Name: Zach Vogt Grade: 11

player profiles

Name: Tanner Simmons

Game schedule:

Grade: 12

Hartman Field= home game March 26 vs. Brebeuf at Hartman field 5:30 p.m.

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Height: 6’1

Height: 5’9

Position: Pitcher

Position: Catcher

College Plans: Undecided

College Plans: Wabash

March 27 vs. Westfield at Westfield 5:30 p.m.

How do you plan on contributing to the team this year?

“Being one of the top pitchers this year I’ll have a responsibility to pitch well consistently and get

How do you plan on contributing to the team this year?

April 6 vs. Roncalli at Roncalli 5:30 p.m.

What are your personal goals for your position?

“I want to give our team the best chance to win every day and be one of the top pitchers in the state and to lead us to a State championship.”

What are your personal goals for your position?

“I want to give our team a better chance of getting outs by catching the ball and getting more strike calls and to be a leader on the field.”

April 7 vs. Penn at Penn 2 p.m.

“We (the seniors) have to fill in the giant gap from last year. We have to pick up what they left behind last year.

April 9 vs. HSE at Hartman Field 5:30 p.m.

April 10 vs. Center Grove at Center Grove 6 p.m.

April 11 vs. Center grove at Hartman Field 6 p.m.

April 12 vs. Zionsville at Hartman Field 6 p.m.

April 17 vs. Pike at Hartman field 5:30 p.m.

April 18 vs. Pike at Pike at 5:30 p.m.

April 20 vs. Columbus North at Hartman Field 6 p.m.

Take a look at key players heading into the 2018 season

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JESS CANALEY | PHOTO, QUOTES

SPEAK UP!

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How does the coaching staff plan to handle the rebuilding of the baseball team and program?

Where to see 2018 seniors

MATTHEW BUCZKOWSKI | SOURCE

As the 2018 baseball season begins, check out where to look for the class of 2018 on the field.

Jack Van Remortel: Will Richter:

Tavic Simmons: Luke Barnes: Evan Petruzzi:

Robbie Levine: Tanner Simmons:

“I think the key is patience.

There’s going to be some bumps in the road early on in the season. They’re a talented group and if we keep on improving every day, then we’ll be fine.”

Head Baseball Coach Matthew Buczkowski

“Last year, on JV, we really had a plan to get more playing time for the guys who we anticipated would be major contributors on Varsity this year. It became a confidence builder for those guys.”

Ethan Pryor:

Right Field

Left Field Second Base

Third Base

Pitcher

Assistant Coach Eric Lentz Catcher

First Base

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TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 23, 2018

Tapping Into Technology Athletes look outside of CHS to access special types of technology

KELLY TRUAX | STORY

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athletics programs have implemented various forms of new technology throughout the past few years.

While CHS doesn’t own many of these technologies, some athletes said they use this technology in their club seasons.

For example, Olivia Roop, softball player and sophomore, uses different forms of sensor technology at her softball club, Indiana Mustangs.

Roop said the club uses Sparta Technology, HitTrax and Smart Kage, which are all different forms of sensors that detect different skills and abilities needed for softball.

Athletes such as Roop have to adjust to not having technology when participating in their school season.

She said although they practice mostly outside, the days they have to practice inside make it tougher for her to not have the sensory technology. However, she said this isn’t the case for all players.

“Especially since there are a lot of people who don’t have that type of technology, they’re not used to working with technology so they are good at making do with what they have,” Roop said.

Roop said she thinks the technology improves the athlete’s skills

Technological Training Take a look at some of the different training machines used by athletes SPARTA TECH

HITTRAX

WHAT IS IT? A jumping pad with sensors.

WHAT IS IT? A simulator that provides swing measurements.

HOW IT WORKS: Athletes perform a specific exercise and the pad sends data to a computer.

HOW IT WORKS: Athletes will go and take a swing. Then, the trainer can see how to adjust the form.

BENEFITS: It can detect the likelihood an athlete gets an injury. It also can show if an injury is forming.

BENEFITS: Athletes can easily adjust and optimize swings through immediate feedback.

DID YOU KNOW? The apple watch can track tennis motions with the app Swing Tennis

MANGOLYTICS.COM | SOURCE

Hit Trax

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and doesn’t take away from the sport by using it.

I think (the sensor technology) is most useful in the winter when we can’t get out on the actual field. This way it’s easy for us to see how we all are actually doing when we’re in the cage,” Roop said. “I don’t think (the technology takes away from softball) because to me the whole point of doing the sport and using the technology is wanting to get better, so why TENNIS TECH: Garrett Lloyd, tennis player and junior, uses a racquet sensor to track his performance.

Lloyd said the sensor helps improve his skills because it allows for him to analyze statistics.

SELENA LIU | PHOTO

not use all of the stuff that you can in order to try to get better.”

While different types of technology can help athletes improve their skills, the cost of such technology can become fairly expensive. According to Athletics Director Jim Inskeep, one reason CHS hasn’t implemented different forms of this modern equipment is due to their high prices.

“There are a lot of different technologies out there, many of which (athletes) may have at their own home or they may have working with a private coach, a traveling coach or more,” Inskeep said. “Some of those technologies we’ve taken advantage of in our programs, but a

Check out an recovery technology online: hilite.org/ cryotherapy

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SMART SENSOR: The HitTrax stimulation shows what happens after Sophomore Olivia Roop hits a softball. Roop said she has to go to her club facility to access the technology.

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lot of them though have a large expense associated with them.”

Inskeep said it is a possibility CHS may implement technology into its athletic system in the future.

“Well, you never say never to anything,” Inskeep said. “We certainly have a lot of sports and their techniques evolve. I mean there are things we’re doing now I wouldn’t have thought we were doing 20 years ago.”

Men’s tennis Head Coach Spencer Fields said he has personally used different types of modern tennis technology and said he thinks it is something the school should implement.

Currently, the school athletics program has access to a video technology program called Hudl, which can take a closer look at video recordings of an athlete and break down different parts of the athlete’s movements. Fields uses the technology with his athletes to help them better understand what they are doing versus what they should be doing. “(Hudl is) a huge benefit because seeing is believing. A lot of times I just have to show them a video and they can adapt to what I’m saying or

BY THE NUMBERS

7.8

percent increase in max hit distance with HitTrax

0.6 percent increase in batting average with HitTrax

23.8 percent increase in average hitting distance with HitTrax HITTRAXBASEBALL. COM CASE STUDY | SOURCE

trying to coach them about, much (more easily),” Fields said.

Since the program Hudl has worked so well for the tennis team, Fields said he would support the decision if CHS ever wanted to add different forms of technology to the athletic program.

Fields said, “The (United States Tennis Association) has built smart courts now which is an actual machine in the middle of a court which both calls lines in and out, and it tells you everything that happens in a match. I mean, it’s the most detailed reports that we have ever seen, so yeah, I would love to have those at Carmel High School. It would very easily take us to the next level of understanding about what we are doing.”

Garrett Lloyd, tennis player and junior, said he uses a kind of sensor during his practices outside of school, so he said he supports the idea of CHS implementing the technology.

Lloyd said, “I feel like (we) would benefit from having (technology) because it would just help narrow down on what somebody is doing wrong, and then the tennis team could help H them improve overall.”

Hittrax Technology Take a look at the different statistics the HitTrax sensor provides

1 OVERVIEW Tells the athlete the location in which the ball would have traveled and how many bases could have been run.

2 PITCH The sensor is able to detect what pitch the batter is currently on, so they can compare his or her statistics to the number of balls that have been pitched.

3 AVG This stands for the athlete’s batting average and is calculated as the athlete uses the equipment.

4 MAXDIST This stands for “maximum distance” and informs the athlete how far the ball traveled on the field.

KELLY TRUAX | GRAPHIC HITTRAXBASEBALL.COM | SOURCE

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CARMEL DADS CLUB | MARCH 23, 2018

Potential players

Students reflect on how participating in Carmel Dads Club at a younger age affected their performance in sports SAMEEN SIDDIQUI | STORY

carmel

dads club was formed in 1959 in order to provide early skill development for athletes according to carmeldadsclub.org. The first sport offered was football, but over the years, the organization has grown and provides 11 sports a year.

Ally Hull, varsity lacrosse player and senior, said she started playing soccer for the Dads Club in first grade for soccer. She said she also played volleyball in second grade, softball in third grade and lacrosse in sixth grade. “(The Dads Club) has just been such a big part of my life. If I had just hopped into (lacrosse) during high school I wouldn’t be as experienced working with others. I wouldn’t have the team setting I’ve had all throughout my life,” Hull said. “A lot of people did play a sport starting at a very young age, since there are so many options at (the Dads Club) bridging from football to lacrosse. There’s just so many options people can choose from. Like me, (people) hopped around a few (sports) to see what their specialty was or what they loved the most.”

Jordan Walker, varsity lacrosse player and junior, said he played football starting in sixth

grade and started playing lacrosse in seventh grade for the Dads club. He said playing lacrosse for the Dads Club helped introduce him to the game and teach him the basics of the sport such as passing, shooting and catching.

“They teach you all the basics, so when you get to the upper level like high school, you’re ready for more advanced competition. It really just helps you focus in on your fundamentals and build your understanding of the game at a young age so when you get to the more competitive areas, you can fit right in and you don’t need to go through all the basics again,” Walker said.

Bethany Burchill, Dads Club athletic director, said via email that CHS coaches are actively involved with the Dads Club’s travel programs to help their athletes see opportunities to continue to play at the high school level or, as an alternative, in the Dads Club high school recreation programs.

“We are fortunate to live in a community that provides young people the opportunity to be exposed to many sports offerings at a young age.

We often hear from high schoolers that their first experience with teamwork was participating with the Dads Club,” Burchill said. “For our young athletes, learning to take direction from coaches and gaining new skills,

Feeder club Frenzy Many of the CHS swimmers come from the Carmel Swim Club Name: Carmel Swim Club (CSC) Founded: Early 1970s What is it? Elite swimming program which competes on a national level.

Achievements: Eight athletes represented CSC in U.S. Olympic team trials

Percent of the CHS swimming team from CSC:

Highest ranked Indiana club in the country for 2016-17 Ranked third place in national swim club rankings

CLUB CHAMPION: Senior Ally Hull displays her state champion lacrosse shirt for Carmel Dads Club. Hull has many Dads Club trophies of other sports, such as soccer.

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meet friends and work together as well as be active, have fun and encouraging a healthy lifestyle are all benefits of participation.”

Hull said playing a sport with others starting from elementary school and continuing the sport in high school is great since players can watch each other grow as athletes. She said a benefit she saw from her experience at the Dads Club was meeting new people. Hull said some of the players end up becoming best friends, since a lot of time is spent with each other, forming a ‘little family.’

Hull said, “Starting at such a young age definitely taught me how to play more in a team setting, especially because I’ve never played an individual sport. All my life I’ve been working around people and just growing as a whole and I think that definitely taught me how to work with others H and adjust to others’ levels too.”

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Sports Briefs

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AGRAYAN GUPTA | BRIEFS AND PHOTO

Upcoming Games Men’s lacrosse

Men’s Track and Field

Baseball

Softball

Tomorrow, 1 p.m.

Tomorrow, 8 a.m.

Monday, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, 5:30 p.m.

vs. Rockford

at Indiana University

vs. Brebeuf Jesuit

vs. Westfield

Men’s Lacrosse “I just feel like the sport is much more respected now that it’s a school sport, something we’ve been deserving of for a while. As every season we’re going to come in confident and I think our team is very strong with a lot of good senior leadership.”

Andy He, varsity men’s lacrosse player and senior

Women’s Tennis “In the past four years the tennis team has become like a family to me on and off the court. I’m really excited to see what this season has in store and hopefully we can bring home another state title!”

Kiersten Carlson, varsity women’s player and senior

Winter Teams 2017-18 Results review Men’s Basketball *Season not over at time of publication Key Graduates: Eddie Gill, Cole Jenkins

Semi-State Champions Record: 20-7

Women’s Basketball *Season not over at time of publication Key Graduates: Amy Dilk, Tomi Taiwo Key Graduates: Drew Kibler, Stefano Batista Key Graduates: Alyssa Conley, Trude Rothrock

Semi-State Champions Record: 24-3

Men’s SWimming and Diving Record: 8-0

State Champions

Women’s SWimming and Diving Record: 7-0

State Champions

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Which incident scared you the most?

Student with knife

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Snapchat Threats

A poll about CHS and safety*

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string of several troubling events during the week of Feb. 12 caused students at this school to question the administration’s response. For example, Principal Tom Harmas released several different announcements throughout the week, which were often met with harsh criticism, either verbally or online, from students and parents.

That being said, students and community members should temper their criticisms, as February presented a number of unique circumstances. However, we also urge administrators to evaluate their response and continue to find ways to appropriately revise their policies to prepare for future events in order to keep students both safe and well-informed.

Many students said Harmas undermined their concern for safety with some aspects of his recorded speech, including his emphasis on the short duration of fights on Feb. 13—only “3.5 seconds,” before administrative interference. However, students should consider Harmas was not only addressing the student body at CHS, but also parents, administrators and outside groups. Harmas was not diminishing students’ concerns, but rather attempting to reassure them of their safety.

To be fair, administration was dealing with many pressing issues at the time—the fights, as well as earlier issues regarding a student accosting a girl with a knife and rumors of possible school shootings. Administrators had to mitigate many concerns from students, parents and hundreds of anonymous alerts. Keeping the week’s events in mind, the decision to dis-

READY RESPONSES

What: A male student approached a female student in the bathroom.

Response: Student was taken into custody minutes after.

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CCS.K12.IN.US | SOURCE Take a look at the safety issues of the last month and administration’s reaction

BY THE ratings

A+ is CHS’s rating for health and safety

1 is CHS’s safety rating out of 292 districts in Indiana.

a is CHS’s rating for its administration NICHE.COM | SOURCE

cuss the length of the altercations, while not the ideal method, should be given the benefit of the doubt.

Throughout the week, many students also compared Harmas with his predecessor, former principal John Williams, claiming Williams could have done a better job in this situation. However, it’s unfair to compare a principal who had worked closely with CHS students for more than a decade to one who is in his first year on the job here. Instead of focusing on the past, we should applaud Harmas for his hard work.

Students should also remember administrators were remarkably transparent about the events that occurred, providing more specific details than were provided in past similar situations. This transparency was designed not to undermine student concerns, but to prevent further rumors from spreading.

Though people overreacted to the administration’s handling of the situation, we agree administrators could work to improve their message, especially the ones directed to the students. It is difficult to address such a large issue for such a large audience, but administration should have been more mindful of the heightened fear and emotional strain students experienced during that time. We hope administration will use this as a learning experience and will continue to assess their performance and to amend their policies moving forward. Overall, however, we are appreciative of the entire administration’s H efforts throughout a stressful time.

What: Rumors spread about a shooting on Friday.

Response: Dr. Harmas announced that there was no truth to the rumor.

Feb 13

Feb 14

What: Two fights happened in the commons.

Response: Teachers broke up the fight in a few minutes.

What: Two students made Snapchat threats.

Response: More student resource officers were posted and the Carmel police investigated and arrested two male juveniles.

Feb 19 What: A video of a student with ammo magazines emerged.

Response: Adminstration investigated and deemed it no threat.

MARCH 23, 2018 | VIRTUAL REALITY

Check out a column in favor of virtual reality from last year’s March issue online at: https://hilite.org/50383/

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virtually annoyed Although virtual reality gaming has advantages, its drawbacks should not be forgotten EMILY WORRELL | COLUMN

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march 29th, steven spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel “Ready Player One” will hit movie theaters around the nation. The film demonstrates the diverse uses and abilities of virtual reality (VR) technology. The VR fad has managed to capture the imaginations of many and is now used not only as a plot device in futuristic films and television shows, but also in classrooms and, most notably, video gaming.

As a fan of video games (particularly horror games), I was ecstatic when I heard Supermassive was developing “The Inpatient,” a prequel to its terrifying 2015 game “Until Dawn.” I appreciated what I thought was an option to play the game in VR mode. However, on a recent visit to GameStop, I discovered VR was not just an option for gameplay; it was the only option for gameplay.

I was pretty annoyed. I was looking forward to playing this game and now discovered I couldn’t do so unless I was willing to drop $300 on a PlayStation 4, VR headset and another $90 to purchase PlayStation Move controllers. The advantages of developing a game in VR are clear, but the disadvantages of developing it in VRonly far outweigh the benefits.

First, many casual gamers like myself are unwilling to spend the money for a VR headset they would probably only use for one or two games (which are also expensive). If I were to purchase the VR headset, the Move controllers and the

JOSH DESERVED BETTER DID YOU KNOW? The cost of a high-quality virtual reality experience is at least $1600.

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game, I would be spending $450 in total for a game which has an average playthrough time of two hours. As much as I love Supermassive, I know that I (along with other fans) am not willing to spend $225 an hour. By developing games for VR-only, companies block out fans who would be otherwise loyal and more than willing to pay for new games if it didn’t come with hundreds of dollars in device costs.

There’s also the matter of playing with friends. With games like “Until Dawn” and “Life is Strange,” I found that half of the fun was sitting around the TV with friends screaming about which way to go or which choice to make. With VR headsets, only one person can experience the game at a time. While many people use video games as a social activity, VR-only games make this impossible. Those of us who prefer to play with others (or are too scared to go through a horror game alone) are also left out when manufacturers develop video games exclusively for VR. While students and gamers should realize VR is certainly a step forward in technology not only for gaming but as a whole, we must also recognize that just because a new technology is available does not mean it should be exclusively used. While the progression to VR gaming has its advantages, it’s important to carefully consider its drawbacks before spending hundreds on the latest gadget just H to play one or two specific games.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Emily Worrell at eworrell@hilite.org.

the vr experience Take a look at how the VR experience is created and the technology involved in it

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4) A system called 6DoF, tracks your movements on your x, y and z axis. Using the information, new pictures are generated every 50 milliseconds or less.

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1b) Phones can also be used to transfer these two images by sliding it into the slot in front of the lenses. 2) The lenses refocus the image, angling each differently to reflect how each eye would see separately. Around 60 frames per second are sent to the lenses to avoid ADITI KUMAR | GRAPHIC users having motion sickness.

3) The brain’s occipital lobe (colored above) then combines these images into one to produce the image that is normailly experienced by VR users.

5) Speakers in the VR glasses add to the feel of the experience, helping increase the sense of immersion.

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RELIGION | MARCH 23, 2018

religious populations CHRISTIANITY IN VIEW, DAILY MAIL | SOURCES EMILY WORRELL | GRAPHIC

Take a look at the Christian, atheist populations throughout the world

more than 50% Christian less than 50% Christian

more than 5% atheist less than 5% atheist

love thy neighbor

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As Easter approaches, CHS students should not allow religion to prevent friendships, create stereotypes RAPHAEL LI | COLUMN

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live today in a society dominated by a meritbased work philosophy. I’m surrounded daily by people who seem to believe that only through their power and their will can they succeed in life; however, for me, when surrounded by this philosophy, I feel the exact opposite. In the past, whenever I have used my power to succeed in life, I just ended up feeling broken. It seemed the more I tried to rely on myself, the more helpless I realized I was. The more I tried to put faith in myself, the more I lost faith in myself.

Many people think that Christians believe they are good people.

The thing is we don’t think we are good enough. We believe we cannot reach heaven through merit alone.

We may preach rules that we should

follow, but we realize we can never fully follow all the rules that have been set. We know we can’t uphold everything we believe. That’s why we need God. We believe the standard for “good” is perfection, and it’s a standard we can never reach by ourselves no matter how hard we try. Because of this, we need to put our faith in someone. We need God to be able to reach that standard through his power.

When discrediting the church, many people argue that the church can seem hypocritical. We consistently fail to do what we preach. While advocating to love everyone, for example, it seems many Christians actively hate people of conflicting beliefs such as Muslims or homosexuals. The truth is the church has its share of hypocrites. Everyone, at least

covering christianity

Jesus is born

6 B.C.E. Take a look at the historical events surrounding Christianity

Christianity is the world’s largest religion, making up 31.2 percent of the world’s population, or 2.3 billion people. In 2015, there was a natural increase in the Christian population of 116 million.

once, has fallen away from and broken the rules that we so vehemently believe; however, this hypocrisy is the very reason why we need God. We have done so much wrong that we can never fix it by ourselves.

PEW RESEARCH CENTER But being a Christian does | SOURCE not stop us from talking to those who are not. While I may have conflicting beliefs with someone, that does not automatically make me dislike the person. As a Christian, we are called to love everyone, not just other Christians.

H The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff.

Reach Raphael Li at rli@ DON’T MAKE FUN OF MY PICTURE hilite.org.

Christians first persecuted in Rome

30 C.E. Jesus is crucified

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graphic perspective: differing deities

CHS students should overcome religious boundaries

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my peers and my family have always told me to have faith, but as an atheist, that means something entirely different for me. Faith is a powerful tool; it can lead to success just as quickly as it can tear your dreams apart.

Let’s start off with the facts: atheists do not believe in God, they do not believe in heaven or hell and they often champion logic and scientific thought.

To many people, I have been labeled as faithless or nihilistic. To some of my peers, I appear to be in need of saving. In middle school, my eighth grade social studies teacher told me I was going to hell for not believing in God. Of course, he did it under the guise that he was not trying to convert me.

I am not saying this at the expense of Christians. I am not saying this in order to criticize their beliefs or actions. I am merely recounting this memory to highlight the prevailing stereotypes atheists have been marked with time and again.

Atheism is not about being faithless or nihilistic. We have our doubts; we question our decisions and sometimes even look to the skies, but ultimately being an atheist is not about denying someone’s or something’s existence. Being an atheist is about putting all your faith into yourself. It’s about introspection. I don’t think nothing is important or that life isn’t worth living. I am not entirely pessimistic and

BY THE NUMBERS

65 percent of atheists do not discuss religion with religious people

32 percent of atheists look to science for right and wrong

53 percent of Americans believe one does not have to believe in God to be moral PEW RESEARCH CENTER | SOURCE

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Catholicism becomes state religion of Roman Empire

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cynical. I merely do not believe in God or a god. I just believe in myself; I just talk to myself.

I may not have the same belief system as those who believe in a higher power, but that does not mean I do not respect them. That does not mean I do not admire the passion or faith these people have.

However, that is not who I am.

And that is who I may never be.

Even so, one’s religious inclinations do not determine how one chooses to move on with one’s life.

They do not make your choices for you; even if you believe there’s a voice telling you to do something, the choice is still ultimately yours.

Furthermore, being an atheist or Christian or Muslim or Buddhist does not define your character, your friendships or your place in life. I may be an atheist, but I still have Christian friends. Take my friend Raphael Li; he’s one of the most Christian friends I have. He goes to church every Sunday and youth group every weekend. But my “lack of faith” has never prevented us from being friends. Sometimes, I will even go with him to bible study or youth group, not for the religious reasons or to be converted, but for the experience. Put value and faith into your friendships; they’ll shape you more than anything else ever could.

H The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Heidi Peng at hpeng@hilite.org.

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1095 C.E. Crusades begin

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VEGETARIAN OPTIONS | MARCH 23, 2018

Forgotten Vegetarians

With March being National Nutrition Month, CHS should consider offering more vegetarian food options for students ADHI RAMKUMAR | COLUMN

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is an integral part of our school day — we need to eat properly to function well and perform at our best. However, with a student body of over 5,000 students, we each have specific dietary needs that must be met, ranging from lactose intolerance to nut allergies to soy allergies. While the cafeteria food services address most of these dietary constraints, I believe we still don’t have enough vegetarian options.

I have been vegetarian all of my life-not just because of my Hindu faith, but also due to moral ethics as well. I am not alone. According to a study conducted by Acosta, a leading agency within the consumer goods industry, Millennials are increasingly taking a stance in the sustainable food system. More specifically, 26 percent of Millennials in the aforementioned study identified themselves as either vegetarian or vegan. Although this statistic may seem rather small, it illustrates the growing popularity of vegetarianism among youth.

Each day, I must bring lunch from home because of the lack of variety for vegetarian options. When taking a look at the Greyhound Station and Freshman Center cafeteria menus on the CHS website, I noticed the only option I am limited to daily is peanut butter and jelly uncrustables, with pizza and vegetarian salads offered on certain days. Although it must be acknowledged that the Ala Carte menu does provide vegetar-

nutrition facts The health benefits, detriments of a typical meat diet and vegetarian diet

Check out the International Food and Culture Club (IFCC). Meetings are the first and third Thursday of each month to learn about cultures’ foods.

Pros: provides necessary nutrients, protein and vitamins; source of zinc and iron Cons: higher risk of cancer, heart disease and earlier death *Overconsumption is the cause of cons. If portion control is utilized, cons are much less severe* Pros: lower levels of obesity, reduced risk of heart disease and lower blood pressure; lower proportion of calories from fat and fewer overall calories; more fiber, potassium and vitamins Cons: possibility for nutrient and protein deficiencies

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37 Scan the above QR codes to read different articles regarding vegetarian and organic food options.

(LEFT) A HiLite article about the challenges of organic eating. (RIGHT) A article about the Brooklyn school that switched to all-vegetarian food options.

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percent of Americans sometimes eat vegetarian meals when eating out

3 percent of Americans are vegetarian all the time VRG.ORG | SOURCE

ian options, they are primarily side dishes; therefore, the problem is that food services does not offer many vegetarian main dishes. Consequently, many vegetarian students at CHS are forced to habitually bring in lunches, thereby imposing a burden on our daily schedules because we have to take extra time in the morning to prepare meals.

Just this year, a school in Brooklyn, New York, transitioned to an all vegetarian school, according to the Coalition for Healthy School Food, a nonprofit organization that works heavily with the Department of Education. In fact, the process was largely student-driven, with students taking the initiative to transition to a cafeteria providing many vegetarian and vegan entrées. The options provided at that school range from Mexicali chili to teriyaki crunchy tofu to lentil sloppy joes. Students at that school are able to have other vegetarian options besides peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

The purpose of including this anecdotal evidence is not to encourage a push towards a completely plantbased diet, but rather to encourage food services at this school to provide a wide range of vegetarian options for students. This school must appeal to the needs of vegetarian and vegan students. This might be difficult H to adjust to, but it certainly is possible.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach at Adhi Ramkumar aramkumar@hilite.org.

MARCH 23, 2018 | GRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES

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education never sleeps

As the school year nears its end, CHS students must continue to work hard

the weekly struggle WEEK 1 STRESS HOMEWORK

CARSON TERBUSH, EMILY DEXTER | GRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE

SLEEP DEPRIVATION

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I just need to get through this week and everything will be FINE

Phew, I’m glad that’s over DOOR TO COMPLETE PEACE AND HAPPINESS

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TESTS

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PARKOUR | MARCH 23, 2018

parkour playground JORDYN BLAKEY | Q&A, GRAPHIC VERONICA TEETER | PHOTOS

Junior Isaac Manlick trains for American Ninja Warrior Why did you become interested in parkour?

I really started doing a lot of pull-ups. I’m a cross country and track runner. Sophomore year, I had a pretty bad injury, and I wasn’t able to run for six weeks, I had it again and I wasn’t able to run for three months. So in that time, I went to the gym and that led on to starting to learn how to do backflips, and stuff on the trampoline. I got a membership at Hoosier Heights, (and) then I just started climbing, Why did you want to try out for American Ninja Warrior?

I’ve seen the show almost every single year since I’ve been able to watch it.

What are the hardest parts about parkour?

Getting over the fact that failure is always an option. If you go to an obstacle, there’s always a chance that you could fall and hurt yourself; but mentally if there’s an obstacle in front of you, you have to get over it.

What is the most fun part about parkour?

Achieving new goals, (like) an obstacle that you weren’t able to do a week ago, but now you can do a lot better. I think setting yourself smaller goals and achieving them is really awesome to see.

BOUNCIN’ AROUND: Junior Isaac Manlick stands in front of the rockwall. Manlick said ever since he was younger, he ‘s wanted to be on American Ninja Warrior.

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TRAINING DAY: (TOP) Manlick prepares to climb the rockwall. His interest in parkour stemmed from a cross country injury. (TOP RIGHT) Manlick scales the rockwall. He said the hardest part of parkour is facing failure.

(BOTTOM RIGHT) Manlick climbs across the pegged wall. His ultimate goal is to become stronger everyday.

FREERUNNER’S HIGH Manlick participates in parkour, here are a few basic moves associated with it: breakingmuscle.com, riders.co | sources

Step Vault: Push off your feet and lift opposite leg, while you’re on the obstacle step your inner leg through your body and reach toward the ground.

Speed Vault: Place your hand on the obstacle and shift your weight off your feet to your shoulder. Launch your body off the ground and kick sideways.

Cat Leap: bend your knees forward slightly and extend your legs. Land on your feet, and grip the edge of the wall.

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CHOKED UP | MARCH 23, 2018

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CHOKED UP Laney McNamar and Shawn Horrocks, Comedy Sportz members and juniors, improvise in a skit during a Comedy Sportz competition on Feb. 22.

Audiences can come cheer on the Comedy Sportz team tonight at 7 p.m. in the Studio Theater.

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