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Why we need to talk about eating disorders at CHS PAGE 26 ANUSHKA DASGUPTA

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From Agrabah to Carmel

The Decline of Trash Talking

HiLite’s guide to Valentine’s Day

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Contact information: Mailing Address: 520 E. Main St. Carmel IN 46032 Phone: (317) 846 7221 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 expresed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of CHS nor Carmel Clay system faculty staff or administration.

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Editor in Chief Carson TerBush

Managing Editors

Sports Uday Lomada Kelly Truax

Emily Dexter Heidi Peng Misha Rekhter Sam Shi Christina Yang

Perspectives

Jackie Hur Hari Patel

Apurva Marnas Richa Louis

Anushka Dasgupta Aditi Kumar

Jess Canaley Hannah Gretz Kris Otten Alina Yu Anna Klauz

Adhi Ramkumar Brian Zhang

15 Minutes Selena Liu

Litebox

Front Page

Social Media

News

Feature

Raphael Li Laasya Mamidipalli

Ads Team

Agrayan Gupta Michelle Yin

Student Section

Web

Armaan Goel Avery Thorpe James Yin

Riya Chinni

Adviser

Angela Li

Principal

Entertainment

Thomas Harmas

Da-Hyun Hong Karen Zhang

Superintendent Michael Beresford

Cover

Jim Streisel

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NEWS 6 6 NEWS BRIEFS 7 LEGISLATE TO END HATE Young Republicans Club, Young Democrats Club collaborate to push passage of hate crime bill

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8 FROM HERE TO THERE Construction near trail toward more defined crosswalk to happen in late spring, summer

10 PROGRAMMING PASSES

Code for Change develops new app to digitize SRT passes

11 INCOME FOR INTERNSHIPS New Senate bill introduces paid internships as part of graduation pathways

FEATURE 12 12 FIGHTING A LANGUAGE BATTLE

Students discuss the impacts of CHS’s foreign language department and its place in the United States

14 SCOUTING FOR THE FUTURE Check out this story on the motivations behind people who stay in, quit Girl Scouts

16 YOUTH ACTIVISM

Following midterm elections, students consider effectiveness of political activism movements

18 PAYING OUR EDUCATORS Teachers, student consider teacher salaries impact on respect, education quality

STUDENT SECTION 23 23 HUMANS OF CHS

18 32 SUPERBOWL SHOWDOWN With Superbowl on Feb. 3, students discuss fan loyalty, if celebrities should be involved in politics

34 GO WITH THE FLOW ComedySportz sponsor, members reflect on benefits, lessons learned from improv

36 A WHOLE NEW WORLD “Aladdin” play to feature original plot line, connecting a classic tale with children’s theater

38 HALF(TIME) NOTES

Students, staff around CHS share hopes for the new year

Ambassadors Half Notes to bring new experience to children tomorrow evening

24 SAVE THE DATE

39 ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

Here’s all you need to know about finding the perfect date spot this Valentine’s Day

25 DIY WAYS TO SAY ILY

Take a look at a few Valentine’s Day gifts you can make yourself

COVER 26 26 NO WEIGH TO LIVE As one of the leading causes of death for female adolescents, students, experts weigh in on the disease, awareness in society

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SPORTS 40 40 FLIPPING BETWEEN SPORTS Athletes participate in both winter cheerleading, diving due to similar skill sets

44 KEEPIN’ IT COOL

CHS men’s basketball team express a decrease in bad sportsmanship

46 PLAYER PROFILE 47 SPORTS BRIEFS

PERSPECTIVES 48 48 USEit WELL

With new updates to anonymous alert system at CHS, students should recognize importance of STOPit, school safety

@hilitenews

50 DELI DILEMMA

The deli meat in the cafeteria is not good to consume

51 STOP COPYING ME!

@hilitenews

52 ATHLETES AND PRECEDENTS

@HiLiteOnline

With course scheduling season in full swing, students should consider following their own paths, not necessarily follow paths of their older siblings Media, fans should put less pressure on athletes, recognize athletes make mistakes

53 MUSICAL GENIUS

Listening to music while studying is beneficial, should be considered by students at CHS

15 MINUTES 54 54 THE POWER OF PAGEANTRY Q&A with Catelyn “Catie” Combellick, Miss Indiana Teen USA , sophomore

@hilitenews

@HiLiteOnline

SHOW ME THE $$$ School funding in Indiana is changing with a new law as of Jan. 1; take a look at how funding works at CCS

CARSON TERBUSH GRAPHIC IDOE.ORG, USNEWS.COM SOURCES

OLD METHOD

NEW METHOD AS OF JAN. 1, 2019

Funding used to be allocated into six specific categories that the school board would then decide how to spend

Funding will now have two categories, allowing school boards more flexibility in spending

TYPE OF FUND:

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School Administration Fiscal/Purchasing Personnel Services

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Here is how each central Board of Education Indiana school district Library/Media spent their money during Instructional the 2017 calendar year

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$23,393,305 $821,458 $101,656,817

$$$ SPENT PER STUDENT IN 2017

FEDERAL FUNDING BY SCHOOL

Here is how much these schools spent on each student in the calendar year of 2017

The federal government provides each school with funds to subsidize and equalize their local and state revenue. Here’s how much the federal government provided each Indiana school in 2017

CCS: $6,166 Avon: $6,383 Westfield: $6,509 Zionsville: $ 5,667 Noblesville: $ 6,189 Hamilton Southeastern: $5,902

AVG FUNDING The average amount of subsidies for each school: $5,386 provided per student

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Hamilton Southeastern Schools: $4,529 provided per student

Zionsville Community Schools: $5,073 provided per student

MOST FUNDING Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School: $60,014 provided per student Avon Community Schools: $1,348 provided per student

Indianapolis Public Schools: $540 provided per student $1,000

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FUNDING OF EXPLOSION

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ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT ROGER MCMICHAEL CARSON TERBUSH Q&A, PHOTO

Amount of federal funding per student:

$5,000 Here is how the explosion will be paid for

How is the explosion at CHS being funded?

We don’t know the cost yet but it will be in the millions of dollars.

And our insurance has a $75,000 deductible. So the district will pay for the first $75,000. Now that $75,000 is in the context of $150 million of annual operating budget. So not to minimize it, but we can manage the $75,000. The balance of the cost will be paid by the insurance company.

If the deductible wasn’t used to pay for the explosion, what would it have been used for?

In the context of our annual operating budget is over $150 million. So again, I wouldn’t minimize $75,000, but that’s within our annual operating budget to where we could have for any number of things happen that we don’t know today.

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President’s Day — no school

QUICK QUIZ How much do you know about the symbolism of different flowers?

1. What flower symbolizes patience?

2. What do lilies symbolize?

a. Roses b. Asters c. Daisy d. Orchid

a. Purity b. Playfulness c. Admiration d. Pride 1. b 2. a

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People cook foods such as chicken and duck whole to signify completion

Groundhog Day

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People add peanuts to the filling of potstickers and dumplings, as they believe peanuts bring long life

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4-8 National School Counseling Week

JAN 24, 2019

People eat sugared lotus roots for dessert to bring luck and beauty during the new year

People eat more citrus fruits, as their names in Mandarin are similar to words for “prosperity”

LEGISLATE TO END HATE Young Democrats Club, Young Republicans Club

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work together to get hate crime bill passed in Indiana

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Democrats and Young Republicans Clubs hope to change the fact that Indiana does not have hate crime legislation. According to Chris Elmore, president of Young Republicans Club and sophomore, and James Ziegler, Young Democrats Club sponsor and history teacher, the clubs are planning to colloborate with each other and local lawmakers to pass a hate crime bill in the upcoming legislative session. The bill would set down punishments in order to protect individuals based on religion, race, gender identity and other characteristics.

Elmore said, “Our goal as a coalition of political clubs is we’re

INTENSE DISCUSSION: Members of the Young Democrats Club discuss antiwar and anarchist views at a meeting with a Vietnam War veteran. Zoe Koniaris, Young Democrats Club president and junior, said she believes political activism is important before you can vote.

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: YOUNG REPUBLICANS

hoping to stand behind one bill, push it forward and see how far we can get with it.”

Ziegler said he agreed and added, “We may have our ideological differences but that does not mean we can’t come together to pass reforms to make our society a better place.”

Both the Young Democrats Club and the Young Republicans Club said they hope to inspire students at the school to think about politics or the world in general.

Elmore said, “I think the purpose of Young Republicans Club is to get Republicans in CHS active in Republican politics and in politics in general, but another thing we do is we actually go out and do service projects to show that we are very politically biased towards Republi-

cans, but we care about the communities that we’re living in.”

Zoe Koniaris, president of Young Democrats and junior, said, “(The club’s mission is) to create a community of somewhat like-minded individuals, and we work together to make the change we want to see in the world.”

She also said involvement in politics early can have life-long impacts in terms of civic engagement.

“Getting involved in politics before you can vote is really good because you can figure out what your views are and what your values are so you can apply it later,” Koniaris said.

Ziegler said, “If we don’t remain actively engaged as citizens our politicians are going to be controlled by special interests. It’s important to get engaged at a young age so H that your voice can be heard.”

WHAT: A club where people discuss political topics and do service projects to help the community

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: YOUNG DEMOCRATS

OPEN TO: Grades 9-12 (Members do not need to be Republicans)

WHAT: A club where students have political discussions and debates about current and relevant topics

WHEN: Mondays STUDENT LEADERS: Joshua Brinkman, Chris Elmore UPCOMING EVENTS: The Young Republicans will be fundraising for the California wildfires in February

OPEN TO: Grades 9-12 (Members do not need to be Democrats)

Read a story about hate crime online at hilite.org/ hate-crime

WHEN: Wednesdays (Can change if there is a meeting with a politician) STUDENT LEADERS: Zoe Koniaris, Kian Robinson

*Disclaimer: This graphic is a symbolic representation of the crosswalk which has not yet been built

FROM HERE TO THERE

CHS to begin building new crosswalk near trail this spring* RHEA ACHARYA STORY

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there is a small concrete strip that will uring this spring and get made wider so that a person crosssummer there will be coning has a place to stop in the middle if struction at the trail end intersectraffic is such that they tion as well as along need a refuge place.

136th Street in order They are actually goto allow for safer peI think that the big ing to make the crossdestrian traffic here.

Ron Farrand, di- piece of it will be vis- walk so that you will rector of facilities and ibility for any incoming come across and then transportation for the cars to recognize that you will jog at the Carmel Clay Schools there is some sort of island so it will give students District, said, “(The construction will) pedestrian walk area. a wider spot provide a defined You’ll notice that in all to stop if they crosswalk that will the different pedes- need to and be have flashing lights trian areas around the more visible to that will be push-but- city there is a focus the car traffic.”

Additionally, ton-activated—similar to what you see on making it obvious.” Farrand said the widening of the meon Rangeline (Road). sergeant d.j. schoeff dian will result in Part of what (construcnarrower lanes at the tion crews) have to do intersection on that though, to meet safety stretch of 136th Street. standards for roads, is to have a wider According to Sergeant D.J. median in the middle. Right now Schoeff, the narrower streets there will complement the enhanced safety measures provided by the new pushbutton-activated crosswalk lights.

“I’ve been told by the engineers that when you decrease the lane width that they are going to do by increasing the center median, a natural response to that decrease in lane width is cars moving slower. When they change that lane

STOP AND GO: (LEFT) A crossing guard halts a car at the intersection at the end of the trail.

Sergeant D.J. Schoeff said pedestrian visibility is the school’s focus.

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Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacon STRAIGHT AHEAD: (RIGHT) Students walk over the crosswalk. Ron Farrand, director of facilities and transportation for the Carmel Clay Schools district, said they plan to construct a median island.

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Crosswalk button triggers light

CARS AND CONGESTION: Cars drive past the intersection where students are crossing. Sergeant D.J. Schoeff said the school plans to make car lanes narrower.

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width down, it is going to slow the speeds of the cars,” Schoeff said.

Farrand said there will be construction on 136th Street in the spring, but the construction closer to the school is scheduled to be completed during the summer when students will not use the trail as much as they usually do.

Sophomore Emma Domke, who said she has only recently started driving herself to school, said she did not feel intimidated or unsafe when crossing the street for her first few times using the trail. She said the new construction is not necessary, but is an added measure to make that intersection as safe as possible.

“(The crosswalk) will be beneficial because kids will be safer if there’s a crosswalk for them to walk across (and) that’s new that people will see more when they’re driving past.”

Freshman Lily Alvarez

Wider median island to accommodate more students safely and narrow street lanes

Domke said, “I feel pretty safe (crossing the street) because the crossing guards do a pretty good job keeping the cars away. I’ve never seen a car hit a student, so I think we’re okay.”

This project, according to Farrand, was inspired by other ongoing crosswalk projects around CarFlashing LED Warning Sign Systems

Flashing lights signal oncoming drivers of pedestrians

“I don’t really see how it couldn’t be (beneficial) cause most of the time all these kids are crammed up into this one intersection.”

Junior Thomas Ryan

mel. He said the city was initiating projects to make the crosswalks more defined and the pedestrians more visible, so likewise the administration here started to improve the trail’s crosswalk.

Similarly, Schoeff said, “I think that the big piece of it will be visibility for any incoming cars to recognize that there is some sort of a pedestrian walk area. I know some people would say that it is obvious there are people crossing the street, but you’ll notice that in all the different pedestrian areas around the city there is an engineering focus, on the idea of making it obvious by signage, by paint, whatever it is, making it very obvious that this is a pedestrian area that will be crossed.”

According to Farrand, the administration might decide to implement speed bumps at this intersection, but as of right now, administration is not sure on its effec-

“I think it’s a good idea that they’re expanding, but I think a more beneficial idea would be to build a bridge over the road.”

Sophomore Cole Hohne tiveness in such close proximity to the crosswalk and trail.

Ultimately, Farrand said the purpose of the crosswalk construction is to allow students to cross 136th Street safely as they walk to and from the trail.

He said, “That’s what they’re focused on­—doing as much as they can to make it very visible and safe H for the kids.”

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APP RUNDOWN

EVAN KENYON SOURCE

ANUSHKA DASGUPTA GRAPHIC

Take a look at how the new SRT pass app is expected to work Student Name

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Origin: Teacher Name

Brief Description.

Example: I need to make up a test that I was absent for.

When a student is ready to sign out, he/she will click 'Sign Out,' which will then track the time until the student reaches the destination.

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Request a pass for any teacher by filling out all the information to the left. The teacher will then get the request and can approve it.

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PROGRAMMING PASSES

Evan Kenyon, winner of Congressional App Challenge, Code for Change officer and senior, develops SRT pass app Why did Code for Change decide to develop the SRT pass app you did?

Back in junior year, our computer science teacher emailed us about making an app for SRT passes. At the time we were really busy with a different major project, so we decided to not pursue that one. (The) summer before this year, we emailed (Principal Tom) Harmas about meeting with him to talk about different projects we could create to help the school. At first, we didn’t even mention the SRT pass idea.

We had the idea in mind and some basic code we could show him but hadn’t actually talked about it. At the meeting, he asked what ideas we had and (the SRT pass app) was our big idea. He really liked it, and we just went running from there.

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CODING CRACKDOWN: Evan Kenyon (center) and Joseph Paavola (left), Code for Change officers and seniors, work together on code.

The club meets after school on Tuesdays.

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How do you hope this app will impact life at CHS? From my experience, the pass system with paper is stressful for (many) students because (people) are always scrambling to get an SRT pass the period before.

Additionally, we’re (adding) an administrator feature which allows for administrators to have more accountability for students.

They can see that the student signed out of this classroom at this time but never signed into their other classroom. (It'll be) easier to keep track of students' whereabouts and maintain safety.

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INCOME FOR INTERNSHIPS Proposed bill to create paid-internship programs, impact new graduation pathways requirement NATALIE KHAMIS STORY

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he indiana general assembly

convened for its first session on Jan. 3 to discuss the enactment of new Senate and House of Representatives legislature for this year. During one of these sessions, Jeff Raatz, Senator and Senate education and career development committee chairperson, said he has proposed Senate Bill 420, that creates paid internship programs with employers in the state for students.

According to Raatz, this bill will incentivize the optional workbased learning graduation pathways requirement for the Class of 2023 through paid internships. In return, Raatz said employers would receive a tax credit for creating space within their businesses for high school student internship opportunities.

“We have difficulty with employability skills today. The workforce today is very transient.

The skills of showing (up) to work on time and being dressed appropriately are missing from today’s society,” Raatz said. “My hope is that some of the issues seen after high school will be eradicated by students being able to participate in the workforce during high school at an elevated level and get paid for it.”

While CHS does not currently have an internship program in place, Melinda Stephan, college and career resource and programming coordinator, said Raatz’s proposal for a paid internship program would be a beneficial way for students to have hands-on real-world experiences as if they were employed in the workforce as well as instill motivation.

“In the real world, we get a job.

We get paid,” Stephan said. “Being able to make a connection between what you're learning and how you're

going to use that learning (through internships) is very powerful, and I think it's more ideal to get paid for those internships, just like it is in the real world.”

After taking on an internship at the Indiana Public Defenders Council this past summer, junior Vivian Zheng said the internship was beneficial because it gave her experience working beside an attorney before going to college to pursue a degree in law. She said she agreed with Stephan and said paying students for internships provides

DID YOU KNOW?

Students' internship experience is the number one factor in employer hiring decisions.

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students the chance to obtain realworld work experiences.

“A lot of (the) time students don't want to take on internships or would rather work just because they want to make money, which is completely understandable. It's hard to have a solid bank account when you're in high school,” Zheng said. “Getting paid while pursuing internships to get a feel for what you want to do after high school would be very beneficial to students. It’s the best of both worlds: money and experience.” H

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Internships are a great opportunity for high school students to gain working experience. Here are some tips for securing your own internship:

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1. Prepare a high school resume and cover letter that describe who you are and your skills to help present yourself as a strong applicant.

2. Check with local nonprofit organizations, libraries, museums and senior centers to ask if they have internship or volunteer opportunities for high school students.

3. Use online resources such as the ones to the right to find other internship opportunities.

ONLINE RESOURCES

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS

LinkedIn has specific Internshipprosearches for high grams.com is school internships another search tool for internships

Go Abroad.com

GoAbroad.com Idealist allows you shows opportunities to search for internin different countries ships at nonprofits

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FIGHTING A LANGUAGE BATTLE

Students, staff discuss Carmel’s foreign language learning opportunities throughout high school compared to internationally TARA KANDALLU STORY

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down the hall with purpose, but stops when she sees someone familiar, her French II teacher, Kim Manlick. Although she was planning to go class early to study, she still stops to say “Bonjour.” For Hutchison, although France has always been a passion of hers, she said she really only started to love the language when she had Manlick as a teacher her freshman year.

Now, Hutchison said she works ahead of her peers in class and also takes opportunities outside of school, like the Indiana University Program in Foreign Languages (IUHPFL) program, in order to achieve fluency.

Because of her passion, Hutchison said she feels she is close to fluency in her chosen foreign language, something she feels other students in Carmel or even in the United States never achieve.

She said, “I personally think that (achieving fluency) is dependent on the curriculum utilized by the school.

I think for the most part, it is subpar

feature

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SECONDARY LANGUAGES Take a look at how the popularities of Spanish, the most popular secondary language, vary across the United States

ROBBIE GE GRAPHIC STATISTICAL ATLAS.COM SOURCE FRENCH FOCUS: Junior Ava Hutchison (third from right) studies in French class.

Hutchison also studies French outside of school.

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(for most schools in the United States).

(Schools in the United States) don’t prepare you for fluency as well as they should or as well as other nations do.”

A recent study from Pew Research Center affirms what Hutchison said.

The study stated only 25 percent of U.S. adults said they speak a language other than English, and that of that 25 percent, only 7 percent said they acquired their ability at school.

Junior Ellie Dyas said because of her experiences studying abroad she agrees with both Hutchison and the Pew Research Center study.

She said, “My host sister, when I was in Austria this summer, studies foreign languages. She is basically fluent in French, German and English.

She is also studying Latin and Greek.

(Europeans) value (languages) more.

She has just worked on it since she

30-20% Spanish 15-10% Spanish 10-5% Spanish 5-3% Spanish 3-2% Spanish 2-0% Spanish was in kindergarten. Now, she is much better at it than I am.”

Andrea Yocum, world language department chairperson and French teacher, said she attributes much of the success of other nations in achieving fluency to the fact that languages are taught at an earlier age.

Yocum said, “The difference with American schools is in a lot of European schools you have kids that are going to start their language in, say, fourth grade. For instance, French schools start in sixth grade and language is mandatory. They take multiple languages. They also have what is called dual-language immersion programs where (...) for example, your math class is in Spanish or your science class is in Spanish. You might not go home and speak the language with your family, but you get

a lot more out of access to it at school and a lot more occasion to use it.”

In Hutchison’s case, she said she agreed age helps achieve fluency but also said it works in tandem with the proliferation of English media.

She said, “Frankly, the predominance of American and English language media in the world is incredible. It is very easy to obtain fluency in a country where the native tongue is not English.

The best TV shows, the best music and the best movies are all produced in English. (European) students have been introduced to the languages that they would be

taking far earlier than they would actually start the class.”

Despite the relatively low rate of fluency from high school foreign language classes, Yocum said she feels Carmel is set apart from the rest of the nation due to its multicultural society.

She said, “If there’s, say, 30 students in the room, usually at least five or six of them already speak another language than the language they’re studying. I think we’re very lucky to have that. It’s strength in diversity. People are also able to apply patterns because of their home language skills.”

Hutchison similarly said CHS has a higher rate of fluency because of its multicultural and multilingual society.

She said, “I do think that (Carmel) has a large multicultural, multilingual community. I think that is a very nice privilege that the students at CHS are able to take advantage of and experience. I do think that a lot of the bilingualism or often trilingualism are not offered by opportunities or the department, though it is great. They are often offered just by the pure multiculturalism of our community, that languages are taught at home

FRANCE TRIP: (TOP) Junior Ava Hutchison (left) visits the Academie Nationale de Musique with her IUHPFL exchange group in France over the summer of 2018.

Hutchinson said her summer program allowed her to learn more about France.

(LEFT) Junior Ava Hutchison is photographed with her IUHPFL class at the Eiffel Tower in France.

Hutchison spent six weeks in France studying through the IUPFL program.

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with families and kids come to school and learn English through the American community.”

Although most U.S. schools only offer the opportunity for students to take one foreign language, if any at all, according to a recent study from Pew Research Center, “Studying a second foreign language for at least one year is compulsory in more than 20 European countries.”

Dyas said, “I don’t know if (the United States) should change (the system to require more than one language), but I do know that it is a very useful program for (European students). I think that we should make it an achievable goal in this school system. I know that right now, here at a Carmel, there is no way that you can take three languages and graduate, so we could definitely offer it as an option.

But, I don’t know if we should require it or if it’s really necessary for us.” H

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SCOUTING FOR THE FUTURE Students, community members explore what drives some students to stay, some to quit Girl Scouts TARA KANDALLU STORY

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or sapna nakshatri, girl scouts and junior,

Girl Scouts has always been an integral part of her life.

She joined the program in second grade and started out her experience with Troop 1500. Even when the troop’s leader quit after her sophomore year, Nakshatri continued on with the program by joining Troop 88. Now she is working toward the most prestigious and time-consuming award the program offers—the Gold Award. Although Nakshatri has continued to involve herself in Girl Scouts, a recent Christian Science Monitor article reveals that national Girl Scout membership has fallen by nearly half since its peak in 2003.

Despite the perceived disinterest of others around her, Nakshatri said, “What I like most about Girl Scouts is that you get to do interesting activities you wouldn’t really get to do on a regular basis. For example, a couple of weeks ago we went to the CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, and we heard Eva Kor, who is a Holocaust survivor. I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to do that if I wasn’t in Girl Scouts.”

While many girls quit, it is not uncommon for girls to continue to participate in Girl Scouts. Nakshatri said although her original troop was huge during elementary school, only three of those girls, including Nakshatri, have continued with Girl Scouts into high school. Additionally, according to Troop 88’s leader Ruth Perkins, Nakshatri is one of only two girls completing the Gold Award in her 10-person troop.

Perkins said one of the reasons why girls don’t continue is because they have many other activities that take their time.

PAYING ATTENTION: (RIGHT) Sapna Nakshatri, Girl Scouts and junior listens to the guest speaker that the CHS Democrats Club invited to speak about politics.

Nakshatri attends most meetings inside this club and along with that, she holds an officer position in the club.

(BOTTOM) Nakshatri shakes the hand of a guest speaker who came to the CHS Democrats club. Sapna said the club will sometimes host speakers to talk about their specialities or their expertise.

“I think sports and other extracurricular activities are the main reasons (why girls quit Girl Scouts). Sports is probably the one thing (that conflicts the most) because of their practices are so demanding,” she said.

Along those lines, Grace Kubek, a former member of a different Carmel troop and freshman, said, “I just had many outside conflicts. I wasn’t enjoying it enough to give up other commitments such as theater and basketball, which I played at the time. While I really enjoyed Girl Scouts, I loved other activities more than it.

For me, the people and activities were really great, but I just didn’t have enough time for it.”

Still, the idea that girls do not have enough time for Girl Scouts is one Nakshatri doesn’t really feel rings true for her.

She said, “For me, the best part about Girl Scouts is that it is very fluid. You don’t have a set date of when you go where,

BY THE NUMBERS

1.8

MILLION members in Girl Scouts

800

thousand adult volunteers in Girl Scouts GIRLSCOUTS.ORG SOURCE

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FORM SIGNING: Sapna Nakshatri, Girl Scout and junior, fills out her cookie order form. Nakshatri said she hopes to sell more cookies so that she can put more money towards her service project.

GO FOR THE GOLD The Gold Award is the highest achievement awarded to Girl Scouts and recognizes girls who demonstrate leadership through impactful projects. Here’s a look at the Gold Award projects and notable Gold Award recipients ANGELA LI GRAPHIC

Only six percent of Girl Scouts annually are awarded the Gold Award 6%

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but here and there you just go places. A couple of days before an event, it’s like, ‘Hey, do you want to go here?’ and you go if you are free. I don’t think it is too big of a time commitment.”

Perkins said, as a troop leader, she tries to make the events the troop participates in as flexible as possible because of how busy they are on a day-to-day basis.

She said, “They participate when they can. I know I won’t see most of the girls often when they are really busy, but when there are quiet times I expect to see them more often. By the time they are in high school, they are the ones who are setting the pace. They are determining how often they meet and what they want to do.”

Independence, and the flexibility that comes with it, is one of the main values of any Girl Scout high school troop.

According to girlscouts.org, the program is trying to move away from the traditional image of the “three C’s,” which are cookies, campfires and crafts, to the acronym GIRL, which stands for Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker and Leader.

Nakshatri said, “You just don’t see a lot of service until later in Girl Scouts. I think if people wait a while (they will start to enjoy Girl Scouts more). Middle school is a weird time with Girl Scouts. You don’t know exactly what you are doing, especially if you don’t get your Silver Award. You are kind of in that in-between stage because you are a little too old for crafts, but a little too young for a lot of responsibility.”

Kubek, who quit Girl Scouts in middle school, said part of the reason why she quit was because she couldn’t spend as much time as she would like on activities she really enjoyed.

She said, “I really liked the forensics unit and the time when we made toys for dogs, but there were so many other units and things that weren’t really my style. I was just not H able to really do the things I liked all the time.”

GIRLSCOUTS.ORG, WIKIPEDIA.ORG SOURCES

To apply to earn a Gold Award, Girl Scouts must: 1. Be in high school 2. Be a registered Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador 3. Have completed two Senior or Ambassador Journeys Or have earned the Girl Scout Silver Award and completed one Journey

MELISSA BACHMAN Melissa Bachman, American huntress, producer and host of hunting television programs, earned her Girl Scout Gold Award in 2002 after 70 hours of work on her project, which organized younger Girl Scouts to interact with the elderly NINA VASAN Nina Vasan, American psychiatrist, author and Resident Physician in Psychiatry at the Stanford University Medical Center, was active in the Girl Scouts since age 7 and received her Girl Scout Gold Award in 2002 from Justice Sandra Day O’Connor BETSY BOZE Boze, former president of The College of The Bahamas, was a Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and is currently a board member of the Girl Scouts of Alaska

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YOUTH ACTIVISM

Following midterm elections, students from both sides of the aisle consider effectiveness of political activism movements JOSIE CRUZAN STORY

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or sophomore isabella fallahi, the months

leading up to the midterm elections this past November consisted of waking up, getting ready, going to school, then catching a ride to the Hamilton County Democratic Office, where she would pick up a shift manning phones or canvassing in neighborhoods around Hamilton County. Her everyday life was fairly routine, revolving around politics. At 15, she was already familiar with what it meant to be on the campaign trail, working tirelessly to connect with people whose votes would determine the success of months of effort.

“I put so much on the back burner for this Midterm election. I would go out and canvas no matter what, rain or shine. I actually got a cold because of it. I’d be at the campaign office until 5-7 (p.m.), and on some days I wouldn’t finish my homework until late at night.”

Fallahi said.

WORKING TOGETHER: Sophomore Isabella Fallahi discusses details regarding the Women’s March with organizer Larissa Jones on Dec. 8.

Fallahi ran a fundraiser at 9 Lives Cat Cafe in Indianapolis to support the march.

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Fallahi is one in the increasing number of young people who have been actively involved in the American political system. Movements have sprung up across the country, prompting many young people to become more engaged in politics both locally and nationally.

Voter turnout and registration remains one of the main focuses of these movements, especially in regards to young people, as people under the age of 29 have surpassed the baby boomers as the largest generation alive today, according to the Pew Research Center.

U.S. government teacher Mickey O’Toole said, “Young people tend to have lower voter turnouts for various reasons... as it’s the first election they’re voting in, so most people don’t start paying attention until about that point, so they don’t feel informed enough.”

For Fallahi, registering people to vote was, and continues to be, part of her everyday activities. Fallahi has a link to register online almost permanently copied on her phone, and she said she still keeps it in the notes of her phone. While canvassing, she said she always had voter registration forms tucked into the back of her clipboard, which was covered in campaign stickers for Democrat candidates.

Fallahi said, “I think voting is extremely important because, to

I think voting is extremely important because, to me, it’s your civic duty to elect the legislatures that you believe will best represent you, your ideas, in your state and even your country. sophomore isabella fallahi

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STUDENT ACTIVISM IN HISTORY

GRAY MARTENS GRAPHIC

NPR.ORG, NYTIMES.COM SOURCES

Learn how students in history became advocates for causes they were passionate about

1965

2018

March of the Mill Children

Tinker vs. Des Moines

March for Our Lives

Hundreds of child workers marched from Philadelphia to New York to protest child labor and demand education

Students wore black armbands protesting the Vietnam War, leading to a Supreme Court case that decided students’ first amendment rights still applied in school

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After the Parkland shooting, students across the country demonstrated in favor of stronger gun control laws

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1968

Little Rock Nine

East Los Angeles Walkouts

9 black students fought for and won the right to attend a formerly segregated high school in Little Rock, Ark.

me, it’s your civic duty to elect the legislators that you believe will best represent you, your ideas, in your state and even your country.”

Many like Fallahi said they believed there would be a “blue wave” during the midterm elections, because the majority of youth activism movements, while being nonpartisan, aligned more with Democrat values and supported Democrat candidates. However, some Republicans were not as certain about this, despite midterms historically having bad results for the party of the sitting president at the time.

Like Fallahi, Young Republicans Club president and sophomore Chris Elmore worked after school almost every day making calls and knocking on doors for the Republican party. Before the midterm elections, Elmore said, “I think you’re going to see a little bit of a spike, but I don’t think it’s going to be that much. I don’t think it’s going to be enough to push Democrats over the edge for the midterm elections... it’s great that young people are getting involved.”

Now, activist groups across the country are working to continue the energy that built up over the course of 2018.

Both Elmore and Fallahi still go to work after school, though now their jobs are mainly answering phone calls and manning the front desk.

As for whether or not the momentum built up around midterms will hold up, especially in the 2020 presidential race, both Elmore and Fallahi said they think so, and they plan to continue making their voices heard, and standing up for the causes they’re passionate about.

Hispanic students in Los Angeles walked out of schools to protest substandard education and demand more teacher diversity and classes on Hispanic culture

BY THE NUMBERS

78% of people under the age of 50 get their news from social media

65% of millenials voted in the last presidential election, showing increased involvement

PEW RESEARCH CENTER SOURCE

However, older people are especially concerned that young people will not continue to show up in the numbers that they did during the 2018 midterms.

According to O’Toole, to maintain current political energy levels, people have to keep participating in the political process. O’Toole said, “People tend to feel that voting is their only civic duty. There’s contacting legislators, there’s you yourself getting involved in a cause, staying active after all the passion. The voting should be the culmination of all of the things you’ve done up to that point.”

Fallahi said she plans to continue doing just that. She is the president of Women’s March Youth Empowerment Indiana and helped plan the Women’s March, which took place on Jan 19. She attended meetings, planned fundraisers, organized groups of people, and spoke while looking out at the tens of thousands of like minded people, both young and old, who are striving to make a change in their communities, their country, and their world.

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Americans are increasingly voicing opinions on social media about political or social beliefs and ideas. In the past year, 34% of Americans have joined an activism related group on social media.

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PAYING OUR EDUCATORS Teachers, students consider what goes into teacher salaries and how they reflect respect, education quality KASSANDRA DARNELL STORY

unior alison

“ali”

moss

loves working with children and has considered pursuing a job in teaching. However, Moss said that despite wanting to become a teacher, the lower salary that comes with that career is concerning.

“Wages are always a thing to think about in the future, but I’d rather do a job I love and get paid less than do a job I hate just to get more money,” Moss said. “But I do think it’s an issue that teachers get paid so little because they do so much for everyone in society and they deserve more than what they get.”

According to the National Education Association, the average Indiana teacher makes $54,308 per year, while the national average is $59,660. While in the state and in Carmel there’s a large range of salaries that help create that average, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) teachers still earn 18.7 percent less than other comparable jobs. Even if that number includes teacher benefits, the gap is still 11.1 percent, according to the EPI. Moss said teachers deserve higher pay because of their impact on society.

“I think we should find some solution to give teachers more because they do so much,” Moss said. “There’s such a big population of teachers, which I think makes it really hard to try and find a solution because you can’t just raise the pay for some. I definitely think it’s tricky.”

One concern is that Indiana ranks among the lowest states for teacher recruitment and retention, according to a 2016 report from the Learning Policy Institute. To combat that problem, earlier this

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BY THE NUMBERS

3% is the average teacher salary decrease over the past decade

20% of former teachers say they left their profession due to the low salary NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SOURCE

month, Gov. Eric Holcomb proposed a 2 percent increase in public school funding per year, but not all of that money would go toward teacher pay.

Social studies teacher James Ziegler said historically, it can be difficult to fund public schools.

“I think we can always find money to fund our schools; it’s just asking if the political will is there,” he said. “Part of that element of getting more funding for schools is cutting the influence of money in politics and special interest groups that oftentimes pool funds in other areas and other parts of the budget at a local, state, and federal level. I think you can find the money, not just through increasing taxes, but also reallocating our priorities as a government at a local, state and national level.”

Math teacher Peter Beck said he agrees and that there isn’t enough focus on schools within politics.

“I don’t see a current solution to (low wages). I wish I did. I know with the different politics there are different approaches on how to solve this,” Beck said. “I don’t feel like any approach being taken in politics is one-size-fits-all.

It really has to be done on an independent, individual basis.”

Ziegler said teacher salaries can also affect quality of education be-

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Around onefifth of the teachers at CHS have 20 or more years of experience.

TEACHING TIME: Math teacher Peter Beck teaches his multivariable calculus class at the end of the day. He explained a problem to a student at the end of class to help them better understand the concept.

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“Costs of living are definitely Despite lower wages for teachsomething that concerns me about ing, Moss said she doesn’t want the future because rent and prices to go into teaching because of the and general are inflatmoney, but being and not everyone’s cause she loves DID YOU KNOW? wages are inflating with working with kids.

Teachers, unlike that,” Moss said. “It Moss said, “I’ve would be difficult if I always loved kids students, usually had a family and didn’t and (I) love workdo not have have a significant other ing with kids. I summers off. They that would be making even have a high enough. I just want my school job worktypically work family to be able to live ing with kids. I second jobs over comfortably.” think teachers are the summer.

Beck, who has to supso important in port a family of 11 includsociety, and I NATIONAL EDUCATION ing himself, said the lower think it’d be cool ASSOCIATION SOURCE salary that comes with to be known for being a teacher can make it difficult giving knowledge to people. I feel to support his family’s needs. However, like it’s so much more important to H both Beck and Ziegler said the Carmel be happy than to be rich.”

Clay Schools District makes an effort to work with teachers to ensure they’re Check out our graphic properly paid. on school funding “(A teacher’s contract) definitely incorporates discussions over salary, pay increases, stuff like that, but they also look at healthcare premiums, whether or not they can negotiate, whether they can keep those level,” Ziegler said. “They’re also taking a look at the overall length of teacher work day. It’s a whole list of things that the school board does with our union to kind of negotiate a proper contract for teachers. It’s through that contract that we’re ultimately paid.”

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cause some teachers may need to pick up second jobs in order to cover their living costs, which could cut into their time to grade papers and create lesson plans. The issue of living costs continuing to inflate can also make it difficult for teachers to cover their common living costs because teacher wages are not inflating with those costs, something that concerns Moss as well.

The average teacher at CHS makes around $58, 166. That’s he same as the average teacher in Westfield and slightly more than teachers in Noblesville and Fishers, who make around $55,297 a year

$47,500-$51,658

$43,334-$45,000

$45,000-$47,500

$31,250-$43,334

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HUMANS OF CHS JUNIOR LYDIA YONG “My New Year’s resolution is to be more positive and to be more optimistic because I believe that positivity creates kindness, so everyone will be kind to each other. If I’m more nice, then everyone else will be more nice.”

CHS students, staff reveal 2019 New Year’s resolutions LIVVIE HURLEY, MARISSA RYAN SPEAK-UPS VICTORIA NOPPORN PHOTOS

CAFETERIA WORKER CATHERINE MARSHALL “My New Year’s resolutions are to save a little money, lose weight—that’s every year though­ and get my garage cleaned out eventually; I have been doing that for four years now. (The garage) needs it bad.”

SENIOR LANT JENKINS “My New Year’s resolution is to no longer cut my hair because I no longer care about bodily grooming.”

FRESHMAN ABHI ANKARAJU “(My New Year’s Resolutions) for this year are to stop procrastinating and to get straight A’s this semester.

I did really bad first semester, so I really want to try and do better this semester.”

SENIOR CATE HARDEN “My New Year’s Resolution is to get my rise ball (in softball) pretty good, get the spin going. Also, get my change up consistently down.”

Look at other Humans of CHS stories at hilite.org/humans-of-chs

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SAVE THE DATE Here’s your guide where to go for a perfect date this Valentine’s Day 1: A CASUAL DATE

HEIDI PENG, RIYA CHINNI GUIDE ANGELA QIAN, HEIDI PENG PHOTOS

CORNETTO CON GELATO: HiLite staff member Riya Chinni tries a “Cornetto con Gelato.” Featuring a scoop of gelato inside a croissant. this is one of the most popular dishes at Mammamia Gelato,

Mammamia Gelato

834 W. Main St, Carmel, IN 46032 This small Italian dessert and coffee shop is right off Main Street, just a few minutes away from CHS. Mammamia Gelato offers fresh gelato for an authentic and highquality dessert for about $2 to $5. The cozy atmosphere of the shop is perfect for conversation, with intimate tables for two as well as comfortable chairs and low tables, making it a great spot for a casual date.

2: A FUN DATE Laser Flash Arcade

617 3rd Ave. SW, Carmel, IN 46032 Whether you’re looking to take cute photos, have a lowkey date or crush your crush in a game of skeeball, the arcade at Laser Flash is the perfect fun and light-hearted date spot. It’s affordable with game cards starting at $10, and there’s nothing more satisfying than cashing in your ticket points. It may not be the fanciest place to take your date, but you’ll be sure to create lasting laughs and memories.

ARCADE ADVENTURES (ABOVE): HiLite staff members Riya Chinni and Heidi Peng score playing skee-ball.

PICTURE PERFECT (RIGHT): HiLite staff members Heidi Peng and Riya Chinni pose for pictures inside Laser Flash’s photo booth.

3: A DINNER DATE The Old Spaghetti Factory

918 S. Rangeline Rd, Carmel, IN 46032

This restaurant offers a variety of Italian dishes, including a three-course meal ($10 to $15 per meal).

Resembling a train station, it has a unique ambiance. Private booths along the walls and dim lighting help to create an atmosphere that is perfect for a date night or just a romantic evening.

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PASTA PLEASE: HiLite staff member Riya Chinni presents the “Angel Hair Pomodoro” entrée, one of multiple threecourse meal options.

Check out more DIY gift ideas at hilite.org/ diyvalentines

DIY WAYS TO SAY ILY

Take a look at some homemade gifts to make for your special someone

“OPEN WHEN” LETTERS (20 min.)

MATERIALS: • • •

TESSA COLLINSON, KRIS OTTEN, KASSANDRA DARNELL GUIDE TESSA COLLINSON, CAITLYN BURNS PHOTOS

Envelopes Markers and colored pencils Letter paper of your choice (letter paper, construction paper, patterned paper)

STEPS:

1. Choose different letter prompts (“Open when you’re sad, angry, happy, etc.”) and write corresponding letters and envelopes for each one 2. Place the letters in decorated envelopes and give your gift

“52 REASONS WHY I LOVE YOU” BOOK (30 min.)

MATERIALS: • • • • • • •

SPEAK UP!

Deck of playing cards Tape Yarn or ribbon A hole-puncher Scissors Markers Paper

STEPS:

1. Write out 52 reasons why you love your significant other 2. Tape each message to a playing card 3. Hole punch each card twice 4. Bind cards together using the yarn or ribbon and give your gift CALINA HE PHOTOS RHEA ACHARYA SPEAK-UPS

Are NHS carnations worth buying?

“I think it’s worth it if you have friends that you want to give them to. (Buying carnations is) just a nice thing to do for somebody.”

Senior Brendan Lewis

“I do think they are worth buying because it shows that you care about other people and it is a nice gesture on Valentine’s Day.”

Junior Kiara Gill

“Why would you buy flowers from the school when you can buy them yourself? I just don’t think it’s worth it.”

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unior sara stockholm knew

something was seriously wrong the second she stood up and felt like she was about to faint. It was the end of her freshman year, and she hadn’t exercised or worked out at all during the day. Instead, she knew she had another, much more serious and deep-rooted problem. For the past few months, she had limited her dietary intake to 800 or even 300 calories a day.

Her meals consisted of nothing at all, or at most, an apple and a cup of tea,

Anorexia has highest mortality rate of all psychiatric illnesses; CHS students struggle to combat its effects ANUSHKA DASGUPTA STORY

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while her days consisted of a fanatical obsession with calorie tracking.

“That feeling was draining and it’s still draining to think about today, especially when that feeling resurfaces.

It was draining, emotionally and physically and mentally and everything.

I got referred to a therapist after I was basically found in a pile of my own blood from my own self-harm,” Stockholm said.

Stockholm is one of the 1.5 million females in the United States suffering from anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder categorized by a compulsive obsession with weight, size and low self-esteem. She said that for her, the disease surfaced freshman year as a result of HILITE.ORG

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depression, but it can surface any time, most commonly during puberty. A January 2018 study by U.S. News and World Report found that eating disorders are the deadliest of all mental illnesses, specifically with adolescents at the greatest risk.

Furthermore, for females between 15 and 24 years of age, the death rate associated with anorexia is 12 times higher than all other causes of death.

Ashlee Edgerton, licensed therapist and certified eating disorder specialist at Indiana Health Group in Carmel, said while eating disorders

affect people of all ages, they are more common in adolescents.

“It’s definitely more common in adolescents and people that are college-age, but it can affect anyone.

In my practice, I’ve seen (anorexia affect someone) as young as 5 (years old), and eating disorders don’t tend to go away like some other issues can with age. If an eating disorder is not treated, it will continue throughout the person’s lifetime, even sometimes in pockets,” she said. “(There are) people in their 80s with an eating disorder at times, because if they

EATING ADVOCATES Here’s a look at celebrities with eating disorders ANGELA LI GRAPHIC

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DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES Princess Diana spoke publicly about her struggles with bulimia in 1994, which gave many the courage to start talking about their own eating disorders. She continued to fight to increase public awareness about eating disorders.

DEMI LOVATO Lovato has become an unofficial spokesperson for young women with eating disorders after being treated herself for anorexia and bulimia in 2010; she now uses her fitness routine to help manage her bipolar disorder.

LADY GAGA In 2012, Lady Gaga revealed that she has struggled with anorexia and bulimia since the age of 15. Her Born This Way Foundation connects young people with resources to help with issues such as body image, bullying, drug and alcohol use, and more.

RUSSELL BRAND Actor and comedian Russel Brand has spoken about his struggles with bulimia and substance abuse as a teenager. He once said in an interview, “(Having an eating disorder) was really unusual in boys, quite embarrassing. But I found it euphoric.”

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never sought treatment when they were younger; it’s not the kind of thing that will go away with time.”

Moreover, Edgerton said eating disorders are more common in Westernized cultures and affluent communities, meaning places like Carmel and Zionsville have higher rates of eating disorders.

Stockholm said she currently attends therapy and sees a psychiatrist.

She said those two resources have helped her tremendously, but her eating disorder still impacts her.

“It’s always an issue there because it’s always in the back of your mind. Even if it’s not a very prevalent issue in my life right now, it’s still definitely there.

Small things, like you eat three meals a day plus people eat snacks throughout the day, but constantly having that thought about ‘You don’t need food, you’re fine,’ in the back of your mind is just like a lot,” she said. “Honestly, what helped the most was probably just support from my friends: them shoving food in my face and being like, ‘You need to eat.’”

According to Edgerton, there are three types of professionals that someone with an eating disorder needs to see: a therapist, a dietitian and a doctor, all of whom must specialize in eating disorders. While there are many different levels of care, no matter the level, the patient must have those three professionals.

“If someone is not critically sick or they haven’t been struggling with eating disorders for very long, then they would go to an outpatient therapist, which is what I do. They do about an hour of therapy a week, maybe an hour of nutritional counseling a week and then maybe see their doctor once a month.

But if the eating disorder is more severe, there’s programs called IOP, intensive outpatient programs. That’s where they’ll do a combination of individual therapy and group therapy,” Edgerton said. “Sometimes they’ll even do some sort of activity therapy as a group, like yoga and body movement therapy, or an assistant meal group where someone is monitoring them and helping them finish a meal. Then,

SNACKING: Junior Sara Stockholm eats Sun Chips as a snack during SRT. Stockholm said that obsessive tracking of calories was characteristic of her anorexia nervosa, and during freshman year, her she limited her dietary intake to sometimes as few as 300 calories per day.

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BY THE NUMBERS

20%

of anorexia deaths are by suicide

50% of girls between the ages of 13 and 15 believe they are overweight EVERY

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COMMON EATING DISORDERS

GRAY MARTENS GRAPHIC

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Learn about the different symptoms characteristic of common eating disorders

Anorexia Nervosa Obsessive fear of weight gain, purposeful reduction of caloric intake

Bulimia Nervosa Episodes of overeating followed by “purging” or vomiting

Brittle hair and nails

Episodes of overeating marked by distress or lack of control

Symptoms

Symptoms Dry and yellowish skin

Binge Eating Disorder

Lethargy and fatigue, low energy

Extreme thinness

Decaying and/or stained teeth

Symptoms Chronically sore throat

Feeling ashamed about eating

Eating large amounts of food at a time

Unable to stop eating Severe dehydration

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ANOREXIC EFFECTS Take a look at the negative health effects of anorexia on the human body BRAIN AND NERVES: lack of ability to think correctly, often moody or sad, easily irritable, poor memory, risks of fainting HAIR: hair becomes thin and brittle as a result of a lack of the right nutrients needed to sustain growth or a lack of food in general HEART: poor circulation, low blood pressure, slow heart rate, heart palpitations (fluttering of the heart), risk of heart failure, cardiac arrest

HORMONES: periods stop, loss of bone, potential growing problems, trouble getting pregnant, higher risk for miscarriage, higher risk for postpartum depression and baby with low birth weight

MUSCLES AND JOINTS: muscles become weaker, joints become swollen, higher risk for fractures and osteoporosis

SKIN: bruises easily, skin dries, growth of fine hair all over body, yellow skin, brittle nails, gets cold easily

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finally, there are programs that are residential, and that’s the highest level of care where they would go and live in a unit specifically for eating disorders for a month or more.”

Therapy sessions for adolescents specifically are unique because they emphasize parent involvement, with over 25 percent of a session consisting of time with both the patient and his or her parents. Treatments for adolescents also differ from adults because sometimes, they need permission slips to eat snacks in school, have different FDA-approved medications and usually work on relationships with parents during the sessions.

To Edgerton, one of the most important factors is catching the disorder early. She said, “If I could think of one thing to share. It would be to seek help as early as possible because the farther an eating disorder gets or how much time goes on with the struggling with an eating disorder, the longer the treatment gets to me.

Sometimes, I have parents call in and ask about bringing their child in for self-esteem issues, and there aren’t any eating issues yet. I always recommend that they do, just because eating disorders are a lot (to deal with). The rates of them are a lot higher now just because of the media teenagers are exposed to.”

Stockholm said that now, as an advocate for eating disorder awareness, she agrees that seeking treatment is one of the most important steps. She said, “People need support for this thing. It’s not really something you can do by yourself; you definitely need someone to help you.

“I don’t want to sound cheesy, but (if you are struggling with an eating disorder) reach out to one of your friends or something because I know it’s scary to talk to an adult, and be like, ‘Hey, I’m doing this.’

Instead, talk to one of your friends and be like, ‘Hey, I don’t think this is a healthy habit that I had, can you help me with this?’”

Edgerton said. “For a lot of my One of the biggest complications clients, if they have to leave school among those that suffer from eating or early or leave for like a lunch disorders results from secrecy and period, we spend hiding. Edgerton said time talking about she believes it’s not what they’re going to always that the patient tell their friends and is lying or trying to I want people to they’re embarrassed hide from others, but if people are going is denying his or her acknowledge that to know, and I think disorder to themselves. (eating disorders) that’s really sad. No She said, “A lot are a thing and one gets embarrassed of times they go people aren’t just going to the dentist unnoticed, so if you attention-seeking. in the middle of the know your friend has school day, and an one, if you think your junior sara stockholm eating disorder is not sister has one, tell something you chose your parents, tell your to have, so no one guidance counselor, should be embarrassed about it.” because you don’t want that to go Stockholm said as someone on for them. Eating disorders are that has and is still suffering from the deadliest of the mental health anorexia, she has found a lot of issues. It really is a life-death issue, gaps in other people’s knowledge or so if someone finds out they have an perception of eating disorders. She eating disorder, they need help.”

VERONICA TEETER PHOTO said, “I want people to acknowledge Yasmine Pehlivan, vice president of THEATER that (eating disorders) are a thing and the Mental Health Awareness club and exercise to lose a little weight.’ It’s TIME: Junior people aren’t just attention-seeking. junior, said anorexia, like all mental obsessive, where you’re constantly Sara Stockholm I want people to acknowledge that illnesses, is not as recognized as it looking at calories and logging and her friends guys can have them too, and it’s should be. She said, “Most people don’t calories for things.” do theatre actually an issue; it’s not just a cute really know or pay attention to mental Stockholm said she wants to improvisation little mental health thing. Some illnesses, so we just try to reinforce a emphasize that healing is not linear. during SRT. people romanticize things like this positive attitude at school.”

She said, “I’m not cured. I’m not better.

Stockholm said and it’s not, it’s not cute. It’s a lot Last year, the club wrote positive This isn’t something that doesn’t affect support from more serious than you think. It’s not messages on notes and displayed them me anymore. This still affects me her friends has just a diet that people go on, like around the school. Pehlivan said this constantly, it’s still something I have to really helped her H ‘I’m just going to go on a diet and was in an effort to boost students’ selfdeal with every single day.” recovery process. confidence, and make them feel like someone cared about them EATING DISORDER STATISTICS On her part, Edgerton said she thinks awareness for eating disorders has improved, but there is still a long way to go.

“Karen Carpenter, a singer, she actually died from an eating disorder, people in the United States of people with anfrom a heart complication, which is battle an eating disorder orexia die from the actually one of the biggest risks for disorder anorexia. When that happened (in 1983), no one knew what an eating disorder was. I would say we’ve come Who is affected? a long way since then, but I would of people with MILLION definitely want it to improve even anorexia fully MEN more, just to where people wouldn’t is the average recover in the U.S. battle be embarrassed to talk about it,” age of anorex-

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he issue of celebrity politics

is still at the forefront the entertainment world as the calendar flips to 2019. In the midst of another politically-charged awards season, Super Bowl LIII and its halftime show performer, Maroon 5 will only support the National Football League (NFL) and the controversies surrounding it by agreeing to perform for it. It is worth noting that Maroon 5 was not the first choice for the NFL. The organization was first spurned by Rihanna, who declared solidarity with Colin Kaepernick more than two years after the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback first started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial discrimination.

Junior Connor Inskeep has covered celebrity politics on his radio show at WHJE. He cited Rihanna’s boycott as an example of the power of the celebrity protest. Inskeep also said he appreci-

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ates Rihanna more for her protest and will continue to be a fan of her.

“Personally, I’ve grown up listening to her; she’s been on the scene for over 10 years now. I really respect her for standing by Kaepernick; her refusal speaks volumes about her character.”

Junior Anush Motaganahalli, who said he frequently follows celebrities on social media, said Rihanna is justified in rejecting the halftime show. “(Not performing at the halftime show) is really sending a message towards the National Football League that ‘I don’t agree with what you are doing, and because of your actions, I won’t do anything for you,’” he said. “I think she is justified in what she is doing.”

Rihanna is far from the only celebrity to snub the NFL over race relations and proclaim support for Kaepernick.

Pink, Jay-Z and Cardi B are other famous stars who have declined to per-

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Would you listen to somebody’s music if you didn’t believe in their political opinions?

form at the Super Bowl over the Kaepernick issue.

World History teacher Katie Kelly said the current wave of activism has historical roots despite the rarity of protests even 50 years ago.

“I look at Muhammad Ali, who protested racial injustice and the Vietnam War, Jesse Owens, the Black Power stand at the Olympics; these are all great examples of where this has happened before,” Kelly said. “This is

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Kanye West said he was “used” to spread political messages.

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Kanye West showed his support for President Trump on his Twitter. He received backlash from other celebrities such as John Legend, whose texts were published by West

Yes, I would support such a singer. I think a singer’s (beliefs) should have nothing to do with their music. As long as their beliefs don’t bleed into their music, it’s fine.

Senior Parker Jou

“Probably not. Mainly because if they­—I mean I’ll listen to them for enjoyment—don’t have the same beliefs that I back, I wouldn’t want to talk to them. I just don’t think I could see eye to eye.”

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not the first time sports has been used for protest.”

Kelly cited technology as a key factor in the growth of celebrity protest over time.

“Today a celebrity doesn’t have to wait for a newspaper article or a photo, to wait for a newsreel to cover them, they can cover themselves. With the Internet, they can post things on social media to followers. They have an instant audience now, whereas before the Internet they didn’t have that,” she said.

Despite the disagreements and disputes around celebrities’ political expressions, Inskeep and Motaganahalli

said this trend is beneficial for society.

“Celebrities have a huge platform to speak out over issues. You see that people such as Childish Gambino can inspire a lot of people by making a statement,” Inskeep said.

“Celebrities are revered as above human; there are people that literally worship them,” Motaganahalli said. “With their large role in society, they should definitely be allowed to voice their opinion just like any other normal human. That opinion can sometimes be very important; it needs to be heard.”

Kelly said celebrities more becoming involved in politics can have positive effects too.

Kelly said, “I look at the Women’s March (two years ago) where there were some high-profile women (that were in) the entertainment industry

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that brought a lot of people together to support a cause.”

Both Inskeep and Motaganahalli said celebrity politics and news should be kept separate from their careers.

“My biggest thing on my show is to keep the news separate from their music or their careers. For me personally, I can’t stop supporting a career because of a celebrity’s politics or their personal views,” Inskeep said.

Motaganahalli said he agreed.

He said, “The reason I follow (a celebrity) is not because they align with my views. I follow people like (NFL star) Antonio Brown because he’s the best at what he does. He has worked so hard to get to where he is, even if he (says) some stuff that I don’t agree with.”

Motaganahalli also said if he were a celebrity, he would take a stand and use his platform to influence his followers.

Motaganahalli said, “If there is something that I see and I hear that really resonates with me, I would take that step to voice my opinion over it. If I lose fans, sure, but I don’t think that should be my concern. The issue is me being actually able to speak out. If societal pressure is going to restrict me from speaking out, then that’s an even bigger issue,” he added.

Inskeep also acknowledged the pressure celebrities face to remain silent.

“That’s why I respect celebrities who make a statement,” he said. “There’s so much pressure to stay in your own lane, so I respect people who speak out in H spite of that.”

TALK SHOW: (ABOVE) Connor Inskeep, WHJE host and junior, hosts his radio show. Inskeep said he often talks about celebrities and their involvement in politics on his show.

(LEFT) Inskeep talks with a caller on his radio show.

Inskeep said he tries to keep a distinction between an artist’s music and their personal actions and beliefs.

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With ComedySportz competition season beginning, members, sponsor reflect on lessons, benefits of comedy

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team captain of ComedySportz and senior, and other ComedySportz members can be found practicing improvisation in preparation for upcoming competitions.

In these competitions, the team members compete with other high schools using audience suggestions and improvisation techniques to see which team can generate the most laughs.

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But, according to Dafforn, who is this year’s team captain, laughs aren’t the only benefit to learning improvisation techniques.

Dafforn said, “(Improvisation has) made me better with not having to plan out things. I feel as if I’m more comfortable talking to people if I’m not prepared to. I’m just more comfortable doing things in the spur of the moment than I used to be.”

ComedySportz sponsor Jim Peterson said learning improvisation can help with public speaking as well as creative and quick thinking.

Peterson said, “I think (improv) helps with development speakingwise, thinking-wise and being confident in front of people.”

Over his 17 years as the ComedySportz sponsor, Peterson said he’s had some of his students go on to become salespeople, musicians, professional actors and improvisation performers.

Dafforn said she joined the ComedySportz team in her sophomore year. Through performances and practices, she said she’s made a lot of progress in her improvisation ability and has more confidence in her speaking ability and herself.

Austin Roberts, ComedySportz member and senior, said he has seen effects he didn’t expect to see in his everyday life.

Roberts said, “It’s been really helpful, and I’ve found myself being more confident in public speaking and other ways. Learning improv is learning how to adapt in different circumstances and (learning) to do stuff on the fly. I find myself in something that doesn’t

exactly go to plan, and so I know I just have to adapt to it.”

But ComedySportz isn’t exclusive to a certain type of student. Peterson said improvisation is something anybody can do.

Peterson said, “Personally, I believe anybody can learn improvisation; it just might take some people longer to feel comfortable with it and let themselves go and overcome what’s going on internally for them.”

Dafforn said believes ambition is all it takes to be good at improvisation.

“Some people are naturally inclined to do it, but I think everyone can if they really want to do it and they can work hard to gain some skills,” Dafforn said.

Roberts said he agreed and said anyone can learn to improvise.

“It takes a little learning how to do it and some of the basic rules, but I think that it’s something anyone can do because the whole thing is just making it up and I think that anyone can do that,” Roberts said.

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TALKING IT OUT (ABOVE): Austin Roberts, ComedySportz member and senior, and Piper Dafforn, Comedy Sportz team captain and senior, act out a scene in their game. Roberts said that Comedy Sportz has impacted not only his performance in school, but his personal life too.

According to Peterson, the short season each year makes the team much more selective and more inclined to accept participants with more natural talent.

Roberts also emphasized the importance of team training because it helps to build chemistry between team members. He said that chemistry can help the team members in the competitions.

When coaching, Peterson said he’s usually telling kids to just let go and always say yes.

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2. What is blocking? a. Pre-planned stage movement b. Making previous actions irrelevent c. Interrupting an action with another action to advance the scene d. Rejecting information or ideas offered by another person

“Students will often times go up and have a set mindset of how they want the scene to go so they want to control it, which never works in improvisation,” Peterson said. “It’s always just easier to let the scene develop and say yes to what the offers (from the other person) are that’s coming in as far as who the other character wants you to be.”

According to Roberts, learning improvisation in general can be beneficial in and outside of school.

Roberts said, “Obviously, there’s stuff in classes, (where) I’ve found that ComedySportz has led me to be able to formulate a coherent thought more solidly on the fly. Outside of school, I’d say it just goes a lot with confidence because a big part of ComedySportz is you have to be confident in the scenes you create, choices that you make, and the characters that you develop. As long as you’re confident then they’ll be good, so I’ve seen myself take that confidence H a lot into the world.”

SILLY FACES: (ABOVE): Piper Dafforn, Comedy Sportz team captain and senior, and Comedy Sportz member and senior Austin Roberts make silly faces during an improv game. Both Dafforn and Roberts said Comedy Sportz has benefitted them in many ways.

HIGH-FIVES (RIGHT): Piper Dafforn, ComedySportz team captain and senior, rejoices with her team after a scene last year. Dafforn said Comedy Sportz is about having fun and learning to always say yes.

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A WHOLE NEW WORLD

“Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” play on Feb. 7-9 will connect classic tale with children’s theater

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n feb. 7, 8 and 9, chs students will perform “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.” However, unlike the many Disney renditions CHS has done in the past— including “The Little Mermaid” last spring—this play is based off of its original tale One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

While original fairy tales are infamous for being much gorier and darker than their Disney counterparts, Aladdin’s story wasn’t all that scary to begin with. In fact, according to Jim Peterson, director of “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” as well as director of theater and film, the plot is actually relatively unchanged from the wellknown Disney movie.

“The main similarity is basically the plot, which is pretty much the same. There’s an evil magician who wants the lamp and control (of ) the genie, and so Aladdin is able to thwart the magician and win the love of the princess,” Peterson said.

“The major differences are there’s no

We’re trying to make it very kid-friendly; it’s definitely a show we want to appeal to kids so they’ll come with their families. We’ve been trying to make it fun, upbeat—just a lot of things so we can get that good vibe through the show. freshman sarah warf

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Raja, the tiger; there’s no monkey; there’s no flying carpet. All those characters Disney invented aren’t in the original tale.”

Freshman Sarah Warf was cast as Genie of the Ring in the play, which also happens to be a character unique to the original story. She said the play not only lacks a dark and gory vibe, but is actually targeted toward a generally younger audience.

“It’s definitely a different story than the Disney version, but I wouldn’t say it’s a whole lot darker,” Warf said. “We’re trying to make it very kid-friendly; it’s definitely a show we

FOR THE KIDS: Austin Audia, cast as Aladdin and sophomore, rehearses on stage.

He said he loves how the actors are supposed to appeal to a childfriendly audience, so they over animate all of their actions. He also said his favorite part of performing is putting on a new personality in front of an audience.

want to appeal to kids so they’ll come with their families. We’ve been trying to make it fun, upbeat—just a lot of things so we can get that good vibe through the show.”

As the Disney movie “Aladdin” is intended for a more family-friendly audience as well, it only adds to the similarities between the movie and the play. Sophomore Austin Audia, who plays Aladdin, said “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” is a play that connects a classic story with children’s theater.

“This play is being advertised as the ‘true story’ (of Aladdin), even though it’s sort of like a kids play. In some ways, Aladdin, the character, is kind of like the Disney adaptation, but the (play) is more of a kid’s take on the original story of Aladdin,” Audia said.

Audia also said that because the play is children’s theater, interpretation is very important.

“You have to have that child voice,” he said. “There’s a lot of projecting and over-exaggerating emotions and making sure the kids are picking up what you’re trying to perform.”

However, junior Luke Vreeman, who plays Genie of the Lamp, said the play still has a the feel of an old, classic story, despite having been adapted for a younger audience.

“There are portions (of the script) that are clearly like, ‘Oh, this was

written way back,’ and it’s just a very what it’s become and what it was, and classic, timeless story feel,” Vreeman I think it’s a really cool thing to see the said. “A lot of the dialogue is historical side of theater almost.” written in a sort of style that was not Peterson, Warf, Audia and Vreeman necessarily used as much in modern all said they hope the experience will be times. We say words as equally rewarding for multiple times just DID YOU KNOW? the audience members to add emphasis, and Disney is making a as it was for the cast. that’s mostly because “Just because it’s live-action version of children’s theater doesn’t it’s a children’s theater piece, but that is also a the 1990s “Aladdin.” mean you shouldn’t staple of old theater.” come see it,” Vreeman Mena Massoud was Warf agreed, saying said. “It’s still a very, cast as Aladdin. It is very entertaining show. she found working on a play of such a timeless set to hit theaters on When I say it’s children’s story to be a meaningful May 24, 2019. theater, it’s really like experience, and she was family-friendly for all EW.COM SOURCE able to learn a lot. ages, so it’s definitely “I think it’s really important to the enjoyable for a high school audience to theater teachers to connect us back to watch as well.” the original storyline because it’s nice According to Peterson, tickets for to get some of the ‘where it all came “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” are from,’” Warf said. “A lot of us have seen available online at eventbrite.com. H the Disney movies, but if you really THE VILLAIN: like theater, it’s really important for you Senior Lillia Nugent plays the role of the to really get to know a story and get to magician. She said slouching her posture is see its progression through history of the easiest way to get into character.

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Take a look at differences between the original and Disney version of “Aladdin” DISNEY After meeting for the first time, Aladdin is infatuated with the princess and dresses up as Prince Ali to win her over and hide the fact he is a peasant. The two don’t get married until the end of the movie for a more fairytale-style plot.

ORIGINAL The sultan agrees to let Aladdin marry Jasmine after a lavish show put on by Aladdin half-way through the story. Aladdin uses his Genie wishes to build a palace for himself and the princess.

DISNEY Before being crushed to death, Aladdin tricks Jafar into wishing he was a genie by saying it would make him more powerful.

This restricts him to living in the lamp and doesn’t allow him to use his powers without permission from his master.

ORIGINAL In the original plot, Jafar is called “the magician” and is stabbed to death

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the most prestigious choirs at CHS will host the first-ever Ambassadors’ Half Notes event, where students in grades four through six will come to CHS to learn a song and dance that they will perform during halftime at the Ben Davis basketball game that night.

Ambassadors’ director Kyle Barker said he decided to implement this event as a recruitment program for CHS performing arts. Additionally, when he was a student teacher at Washington Township, they conducted a similar event, and he said the success he saw influenced his decision to copy it at CHS.

and to the people around them and Barker said, “My hope is that the what they do to help encourage that, kids will gain experience singing and so this is a real-life chance for them to dancing, but the biggest thing is to get put that into practice,” he said. them to the high school, meet the choir Ghalayini said he agrees and is teachers and meet all the Ambassadors, looking forward to this opportunity. who are people they are looking to and “Individually, all the Ambassadors aspiring to be like.” will gain from this event,” he said.

Ambassador and junior Danny “Teaching younger kids is Ghalayini said he going to help us become understands the influence stronger as a group and let they have on the younger They will us impact the community children, and said positively.” he’s excited to see the get a really According to Barker impact he and his fellow eye-opening Ambassadors have. experience as to and Liu, since this event “I think it’ll be really what show choir occurs in the middle of the Ambassadors’ competition cool to see the enthusiasm is really about. preparation, it is also an and passion the kids have junior danny opportunity for them to for performing,” he said. relieve some stress.

“I think the kids will gain ghalyini “I think it will be a lot confidence in themselves of fun because (the Ambassadors) are and, additionally, they will get a really always really stressed, so it will be nice eye-opening experience as to what to be reminded of how simple the love show choir is really about.”

H for music can be,” she said.

Ambassador and junior Chendi Liu said she also hopes the children who come can feel what it is like to be a part of CHS choirs.

She said, “The kids will get to see how fun it is to sing and dance with each other and how much of a community it is and, hopefully, it feels very welcoming for them.”

Aside from the benefits for the registered students, Barker said this event will also serve as a mentorship opportunity for the Ambassadors.

“We talk a lot about leadership, setting an example, what image (the Ambassadors give) to the community SHARING THE MUSIC: Ambassador and junior Danny Ghalayini sings during an after school rehearsal. He said the Half Notes event will promote the choir department to younger children and show them what they can experience in a Carmel choir.

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MAKING CONNECTIONS: (BELOW) Choir director Kyle Barker oversees the Ambassadors during their rehearsal after school. According to Ambassador and junior Danny Ghalayini, the Half Notes event is a much more interactive experience for the kids than typical choir concerts and events.

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BREAKING IT DOWN: (TOP RIGHT) Parker Jou, viola player and senior, rehearses with his chamber group. He said the Symphony, Camerata and Philharmonic orchestras split up into chamber groups of three to five people, playing trios and quartets. According to Jou, the purpose is to develop their musicianship by working in smaller group settings.

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CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL A DIFFERENT SOUND: (RIGHT) Will Rice, bass player and junior, practices with his chamber group. He said he enjoys is the freedom to interpret the music however the group wants, which isn’t common in orchestra.

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PLAYER SUPPORT (RIGHT): Blair Wayman, gold winter cheerleader, diver and sophomore holds a banner during a game. The banner read “Heady� for Luke Heady, basketball player and senior. Wayman participates in both winter cheerleading and diving because of the similar skill set.

UDAY LOMADA PHOTO HANDS DOWN (LEFT): Jenna Springirth, competition cheerleader, diver and sophomore, performs a dive during practice after warming up. Springirth practiced different dives varying in skill and difficulty. Springirth became a cheerleader first, and was then encouraged to try diving after hearing the sports are similar.

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ophomore jenna springirth push off the ground or the board,” takes a deep breath and then Good said. “Additionally, there are flips through the air. The water folds plyometric and dynamic movearound her as she finishes her perfectly ments where either you have those executed dive. Springirth is a member big explosive movements, like of this year’s women’s jumps, or the more swimming and divstagnant stretches. ing team, but she is Both of these are found also a member of the I’ve had a long in cheer and diving, so varsity competition gymnastics a background in one cheerleading squad. background may help someone’s At first glance, diving beginning from success in another.” and cheerleading do For Springirth, her when I was very not seem like compaintroduction to these rable sports. However, young. There, I was skills came through the skills required able to work on my gymnastics. are similar, allowing flexibility and power.

“I’ve had a long many athletes, like That has really gymnastics backSpringirth, to be sucground beginning helped me in both cessful in both. from when I was Sports medicine cheer and diving. very young,” she said. teacher Emily Good sophomore jenna “There I was able to talked about the springirth work on my flexibility physiological capacand power. That has ity relating to an athlete’s success in really helped me in both cheer and both sports. diving. Gymnastics has also really “When you look at sport-specific helped me with keeping good techskills in both sports you’re definitely nique by staying tight throughout looking at core (strength), but also the movement and preparing for power since you need to be able to the landing impact.”

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42.5% of students who responded to the National Federation of State High School associations (NFHS) survey play sports

42.8% of athletes from the NFHS survey participate in multiple sports NFHS.ORG SOURCE

With a strong background in gymnastics, Springirth said she was able to transition into cheerleading. Later, she decided to try out a new sport: diving.

Springirth said, “When I decided to try diving, I was told by a couple of my friends who were involved in both cheer and diving that the skill sets were pretty similar. I wanted to try something new and decided that a sport with a similar skill set that I had already mastered would be good.”

After becoming a diver, Springirth said she found there really were numerous physical similarities between the two sports. “(The) first (similarity) is being powerful and energetic, especially when you are beginning the movement. If you do not have the right amount of energy, it can be really hard to execute the skill correctly since you may not FRIEND STRETCH: Elie Anania and Veronica Light, gold winter cheerleaders and juniors, help Blair Wayman, gold winter cheerleader and sophomore, stretch. Wayman stretched before stunting during practice.

NICK BECKMAN PHOTO

have enough time to do the correct number of flips or spins,” Springirth said. “Flipping is a big aspect in both cheer and diving. Coming from a background of cheer, the flips I have already mastered can be used in diving to help gain those harder and more elite skills that can gain you more points.”

According to Springirth, the point systems in diving and cheer are also similar.

“Keeping technique is also important because in cheer there is a separate scoring sheet specifically for good technique and in diving bad technique can result in injury as well as the loss of points.”

Winter cheerleader and diver Blair Wayman found that the mental aspects of the two sports were similar.

“A big component of both sports is mental awareness. You need to have body control throughout a flip or a dive to make sure that you are successfully completing each skill.”

Although the two sports have similarities, there are also some differences athletes have to work on before being able to smoothly transition from cheerleading to diving.

“Spotting where you are in a flip is a big deal, but it is a little different between the two sports,” Springirth said.

“As a cheerleader you would need to spot your landing with the ground.

For diving you would need to spot the water for the entry making sure you do not smack the water. Since diving does end in the water, there is another added aspect to think about.”

Cheerleading coach Jennifer Norlock also noted the difference.

“For cheer, typically with standing tumbling, your goal is to land in the same spot. This is also true in most pyramids where you flip through the air and are caught after the toss. In diving, your goal is to move forward or backward depending on which way you are flipping,” Norlock said.

Wayman is not only involved in competition cheerleading and diving, but also winter cheerleading.

According to Wayman, balancing

two sports while they are in season creates a conflicting schedule.

Wayman said, “Earlier in the season it was not that bad because the (basketball) games had not picked up. Now that the games have started, the diving schedule and the cheer schedule definitely do conflict a lot, so it is hard to do both.”

Norlock described the schedule for a student involved in both sports and said both sports could be accommodated.

“If they have a diving practice we encourage them to go and they are not deducted for that. For diving, the girls pick so many days out of the week that they have to go to practice and they choose those dates on days where the cheer team does not have practice or a game,” Norlock said.

Regardless of the differences, Springirth decided to remain participating in both sports.

Springirth said, “I participate in cheer and diving because both can fit into my schedule. I also like to be very active throughout the school year too. They are very similar sports in some ways, which makes them H very enjoyable to do.”

FLEXIBILITY TRAINING: Jenna Springirth, winter cheerleader, diver and sophomore stretches at the start of practice. After stretching, she performed several dives focusing on specific skills each time. Springirth practices specific movements on the mat before moving to the diving board.

OLIVIA CHILDRESS PHOTO

FLIPPING FORMAT Take a look at the different steps of a back flip in cheer

1

Start by swinging your arms down and back. At the same time bend your knees to 90 degrees and push off the ground

3 2

Swing your arms up and over your head for momentum and balance. Lean back and begin to tuck your knees in toward your chest

4

For the final step, maintain your balance and bend your knees. This will reduce the shock and impact of landing

Rotate your body in mid air and stretch your legs out in order to execute the landing

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KEEPIN’ IT COOL Athletes, coaches explain decline of bad sportsmanship, reasons behind it

JESS CANALEY STORY CALEB SHAFFER PHOTO

T

rash talking has long been

a part of sports culture. However now, trash talking, especially in the sports world, seems to be decreasing. Ryan Osborn, head coach of the men’s basketball team, has been around the sport for almost his whole life. In his experience of playing the game and through his 10 years of coaching, Osborn said trash talk— insulting or boastful speech intended to demoralize, is actually less frequent from players or opponents than one might think.

“I think it’s cleaned up a little bit,” Osborn said. “If you go back to the early ‘90s and watched some NBA games where it’s Michael Jordan and some of those guys, there were fist fights in games. It was really physical. Now I think there’s more attention brought to (trash talk) because of social media, maybe, and the ability to get stuff out so quickly and to a lot of people.”

Athletics Director Jim Inskeep said he agrees with Osborn in that he too has noticed a decrease in unsportsmanlike behavior throughout his 18 years of experience. Inskeep said he thinks social media plays a major role.

“In the last 20 years I’ve seen much more sportsmanlike behavior between kids than ever before because they have had a big push for sportsmanship from their coaches and all the different campaigns that have been out there,” Inskeep said. “If you think you’re going to misbehave at an event and someone’s not going to video that or capture that moment, then that’s a pretty bad plan.

Anything that’s out there any more that can be perceived as negative is put out there for all the world to see.”

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John Michael Mulloy, senior and varsity basketball player, said social media has not only curbed trash talk, but it also can speak for who the opponent and player is as a person.

“Social media definitely can show the type of person someone is. How they act, who they aspire to be is reflected in what they post,” Mulloy said.

Osborn said he tries to emphasize the importance of knowing how to deal with emotions appropriately during games to his players. While he notes the overall frequency of trash talk seems to be going down, Osborn said it’s still important to teach his players how to handle themselves well.

“If you train to react in the right way, it’s fine, but if you’re not familiar with (the situation), negativity can come out of it. I think you’ll see the teams that are most successful are the ones that don’t involve themselves in that kind of stuff. They’re more focused on accomplishing what their team needs them to do,” Osborn said. “At the end of the day, the trash talk and the emotional stuff is selfish and self-directed. It’s hard to have a good team environment if you allow or have anybody that feeds into trash talk or negative emotions or bad body language.”

Mulloy said he agrees and noted the importance of knowing how to handle these situations.

“There’s always a lot of talk. There’s different kids with different personalities in both good and bad ways; you have to know how to handle yourself in possible bad situations,” Mulloy said.

Still, according to Inskeep, while trash talking among students has seen improvement in past years, the crowd and parent interactions continue to deteriorate and is a conversation for the future.

“The stakes seem to be rising for adults as it relates to their attitude towards treating high school sports like it’s a professional venue, whether it be their criticism of teenagers playing high school athletics,” Inskeep said.

“During football season you can’t hear most of (the negative talk) because the players are so far removed from the crowd. When you move indoors it becomes different. If you go to a basketball game, you can hear individuals

FAMOUS TRASH TALKERS

LEADING THE TEAM: Karsten Windlan, point guard and senior, talks to his team during their game against Cathedral High School.

Head Coach Ryan Osborn said the team focuses on limiting bad interactions between opposing athletes during any games.

AYMAN BOLAD PHOTO

GRAY MARTENS GRAPHIC

yelling because you don’t have 4,000 individuals there where everything is drowned out by sound. It’s maybe 1,000 people or less and you can hear everything in the gym that’s above a normal conversation.”

Despite the shift in the culture of trash talking, Osborn said it’s still important for coaches to know how to handle player-to-player interactions and to properly prepare students to deal with them.

Osborn said, “You’re going to have some talk, it’s part of the game and the competition, but I’d like our players to have that edge to know how to handle it and use it in a positive way.”

H BLEACHERREPORT.COM SOURCE

Learn about players in sports history who were famous for their trash talking

Boxer Muhummad Ali Muhummad Ali was well both as a boxer and as a trashtalker. He is known to even read poems to the press about how he would beat his opponent.

Basketball player Michael Jordan Michael Jordan, most popular for playing on the Chicago Bulls was a proficient trash talker, and was always taking shots at both his opponents and his own teammates alike.

Basketball player Larry Bird Larry Bird became is known both for his basketball, but his skill at trash talking as well, most famously in 1985 against the Hawks where he called out every shot he took.

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PLAYER PROFILES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYING HARD: Seniors Sophie Bair and Reagan Hune chase down the ball during their game against Fishers. Carmel won 68-41.

UDAY LOMADA PHOTOS

SENIOR SOPHIE BAIR Height: 5’10” Jersey #11 Steals/game: 0.6

Points/game: 1.5 Assists/game: 2.2 Rebounds/game: 1.2

Starting her sophomore year on varsity, senior Sophie Bair is playing shooting and point guard for the women’s basketball team.

SENIOR REAGAN HUNE Height: 5’10” Jersey #32 Steals/game: 1.4

Points/game: 11.2 Assists/game: 1.8 Rebounds/game: 4.7

Coming into her final year, senior Reagan Hune is playing as a guard and small forward and plans on leading the team to a championship.

MAXPREP.COM SOURCE

(UPDATED AS OF PRINT DEADLINE)

MEN’S BASKETBALL PRACTICING TOGETHER: The varsity basketball team practices various positions and drills with the JV team. They play Anderson High School today.

JUNIOR ROBERT FRY Height: 6’2” Weight: 165 lbs Jersey #22

Overall: 11-0 Conference: 3-0

Coming into Carmel in eighth grade, junior Robert Fry played on JV for two years before becoming the youngest of three point guards.

SENIOR JOHN MICHAEL MULLOY Height: 6’9’” Weight: 195 lbs Jersey #33

Overall: 11-0 Conference: 3-0

At 6’ 9”, senior John Michael Mulloy is the tallest on his team, helping him lead the team on and off the court to a championship.

MAXPREP.COM SOURCE (UPDATED AS OF PRINT DEADLINE)

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UPCOMING EVENTS

SPORTS BRIEFS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

VS Ben Davis Date: Tomorrow Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: @ Ben Davis

Sectionals Round 1 Date: Tue, Jan 22 Time: 6 p.m.

Location: @ Hamilton SE

Sectionals Semifinals Date: Fri, Feb 1 Time: 6 p.m.

Location: @ Hamilton SE

UPCOMING EVENTS MEN’S BASKETBALL

VS Anderson Date: Today Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: @ Ben Davis

VS Ben Davis Date: Tomorrow Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: @ Home

VS New Castle Date: Saturday Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: @ Ben Davis

UDAY LOMADA BRIEFS, PROFILES

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: PING PONG CLUB Ping Pong Club is a club dedicated to casual ping-pong for any students at CHS. Meeting once a month, normally on Tuesdays, Claire Bruns, club president and senior, works with sponsor and counselor David Schleper to set up four ping pong tables and supply paddles and balls.

Most meetings are completely free-for-all, where anyone can play anyone, with the normal format being extended format with winner staying in. Occasionally however, the group will also do whole-group games or special games to mix it up, maintaining a casual environment.

To join, join their Remind app by texting “chspingp” to 81010.

SPEAK UP!

UDAY LOMADA SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

What do you enjoy the most about Ping Pong Club?

“I like being able to connect with others who also like to play ping pong. A lot of the times you get to see a side of someone that you would never see at school because it’s so laid back and relaxed.”

President, senior Claire Bruns “I like how laid back it is. The club is just a bunch of people coming together to play some ping pong. If I want to, I can competitively or for fun, and we can do what we want, as long as it is ping pong-related.”

Sophomore Matthew Selear “It’s fun to go with a group of friends and just go play ping pong and relax together.

There’s lots of new people to meet and there’s never any pressure to play hard, only to have fun.”

PLAYING TOGETHER: Ping Pong Club members engage in a group activity where they play using two tables instead of one. Claire Bruns, club president and senior, said that even though a lot of the time spent in the club is free-for-all 1v1 or 2v2, the club also will have special games to encourage the players to work together or change up the way they play to make the games interesting.

VICTORIA NOPPORN PHOTO

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USEit WELL

Students should utilize new STOPit app responsibly, recognize importance of school safety

BY THE NUMBERS

HILITE STAFF EDITORIAL

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tion. This feature, which was not present in the previous online version, solidifies the system’s effectiveness as staff in September, only 28 percent of students a whole. Before, students would file an alert and then said they would rate the school’s safety as a five on a never find out from the administration one-to-five scale with five being the safwhether something had been done about est. However, in December, when the adOUR STANCE ministrators played the promotional video The implementation it or not. Now, once a student sends an alert through the STOPit app, they will be and instructions on how to download the of STOPit as the able to have two-way communication with school’s new STOPit app, which is geared the administration, School Resource Offito help improve that very issue of safety, new anonymous cer or another person who is working on only a handful of students in each class alert system is a the situation. This feature allows for more could be seen scanning the QR code and beneficial move; efficient and effective use of the communilogging into the app. therefore, students cation tool, as the person who sent in the Neglecting the app is not helpful to students or administration. By not down- should take the app alert can provide the person acting on it with additional information if necessary to loading the app, students leave no way seriously and use help the situation. Before the implemenfor themselves to communicate with adit appropriately to tation of STOPit, if those who followed ministration about potential issues that up on the tip needed more information, could disrupt school safety, as the school report issues. there were no means for them to obtain discarded the old anonymous alert system it as they could not track down the person who submitalong with the myCCS browser. ted the alert. With STOPit, the convenient app format With the new update, the anonymous alert system’s allows a message to be sent back to the student’s account replacement, STOPit, boasts two-way communicaccording to a survey conducted by the hilite

GRAY MARTENS GRAPHIC

Take a look at how the new STOPit app works

HOME

1

Press home to immediately go back to the main page with the report feature

REPORT

Press the icon in the middle of the screen to report an incident

the incident 2 Describe in detail, and attach photos/videos, if any

Always remember: If there is a real emergency dial 911, instead of just using STOPit

3

Submit the report form by hitting the button at the bottom of the screen

MORE

ACTIVITY Displays incidents and broadcasts in your school related to bullying

GET HELP

Terms of use, feedback, activity secure code and logout

Link to CCS student help resources page, includes mental health resources, contact information for law enforcement etc.

STOPITSOLUTIONS.COM SOURCE

perspectives

JAN 24, 2019

QUICK QUIZ

of absenteeism at U.S. schools is directly related to either fear of being bullied or fear of attack

2.1 MILLION

is the approximate number of bullies harbored in American schools STOPITSOLUTIONS. COM SOURCE

ADHI RAMKUMAR QUIZ

Take a quick quiz about bullying.

1. What is part of the definition of bullying? a. unwanted aggressive behavior b. perceived power balance c. observed power balance d. non-repetitive behaviors 2. What is one type of bullying? a. reputational b. modal c. physical d. nonrelational 3. How many students have been bullied? a. 1 in 2 U.S. students b. 1 in 3 U.S. students c. 1 in 4 U.S. students d. Between 1 in 3 and 1 in 4 U.S. students STOPBULLYING.GOV SOURCE

Answers: 1. A 2. C 3. D

STOPit MAP

15%

SPEAK UP!

HANNAH GRETZ SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

What is your opinion on the STOPit anonymous alert app?

“I think people who need help but don’t know who to talk to have a place for it now with STOPit. But, the disadvantage is that some people use it as a joke.”

“People can make things up, and innocent students can get punished.

It’s unfortunate because something that is intended to be beneficial can hurt students.”

Freshman Sanjana Patharla requesting more information about the situation at hand without ever releasing the student’s name.

Like the app, school safety goes two ways. Students play as much of a role in the process as adults, but they need to fully participate for it to work effectively. One might say it is only necessary to have the app when there is an issue that calls for its use, but it is better to be proactive especially since the anonymous alerts sometimes deal with urgent, life-threatening circumstances. Students no longer need to log into myCCS when filing an anonymous alert, but by not downloading the app beforehand, students do not fully utilize the added efficiency and convenience of the new system.

As a precaution, however, even with the increased ease of use STOPit has compared to the anonymous alert system, students should refrain from using it to submit false alerts as a joke or in other irresponsible ways.

Now that administration has provided the student body with an appropriate and easily-accessible format for anonymous communication through the STOPit app and has fixed previous issues with the system, it is up to us as students to start taking school safety seriously and not only download the H app, but also then use it when necessary.

Junior Lauren Lindamood

STOPit SURVEY

GRAY MARTENS GRAPHIC

Learn how CHS students feel about the new STOPit app Have you downloaded STOPit? 71.9% No

28.1% Yes

Have you used STOPit? 86.5% No

13.5% Yes

Have you seen people taking the app seriously?

77.5% No

22.5% Yes

Do you think the previous anonymous alert system was effective?

34.5% No

37.7% Maybe

Is STOPit necessary?

25.1% Yes 34.8% Maybe

40.1% No

27.8% Yes

Do you think STOPit is beneficial?

Learn about the survey and how it was conducted at hilite.org/stopitsurvey

36.3% 40.4% No Maybe 23.4% Yes

ADHI RAMKUMAR Q & A, PHOTO

Q&A

school resource officer shane vannatter Do you see any changes in reports since the app was installed?

Where is the information sent once reported on STOPit?

In the beginning, the STOPit app company warned us that the first thing that happens is people get on the air and just send silly stuff... but those things fade away when people get bored with just sending annoying messages.

So, the false reports have tapered off, and now we’re starting to get mostly legitimate, genuine concerns from students.

(The information) goes to a group of administrative staff, including the superintendent, building principals, assistant principals and the police officers that work in the schools. Let’s say someone sends an alert that says, ‘My friend is in trouble; I think he’s going to hurt himself tonight.’ If it’s in the evening, an officer would contact the patrol division of the police department and send an officer home...if it’s something in the school day, an administrator might do that job.

What advantages have come from the app?

The advantage is the two-way communication, so people can anonymously report dangerous problems or people who need help and not feel like they have to do it face-to-face.

Read the full Q&A online at hilite.org/stopitqa

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DELI DILEMMA Students should be aware of deli meat’s negative effects ANUSHKA DASGUPTA COLUMN

J

anuary means new year’s and new year’s

resolutions, where the cliché resolution of eating healthier seems to be common. In our school, our cafeteria offers us a wide variety of lunch choices— some may be more healthy or more delicious than others, but all in all, there is a complete list of options where anyone can surely find something to eat on any given day. However, it’s worth noting that the menu also includes many processed meats, a food whose health impacts may not be widely considered by students.

Processed meats include sliced turkey, bologna deli meats, bacon, ham and hot dogs. They are defined by meats that have been smoked, salted, cured or have a preservative added. As a part of the World Health Organization (WHO), the MEAT International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classifies substances in relation to their cancer-causing pathogenicity as the following: Group 1 means the substance is carcinogenic to humans, Group 2A means the substance is probably carcinogenic to humans, and so on.

FAST HAM FACTS:

1,275

89,000

milligrams of sodium in pounds of ham recalled a three-ounce serving over bacterial fears

Nitrates

help preserve the ham and improve flavor

Stroke

risk increases from high sodium levels

ADHI RAMKUMAR GRAPHIC APURVA MANAS PHOTO CUREJOY.COM, BUSTLE.COM, LIVESTRONG.COM SOURCES

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In 2015, the IARC declared processed meats as a Group 1 carcinogen and red meats to be a Group 2 carcinogen. Group 1 includes tobacco and asbestos, but this does not mean that processed meats are as likely to cause cancer as tobacco and asbestos—only that processed meats along with tobacco and asbestos are “known to be human carcinogens.”

Leading studies, including a study by the Imperial College London led by researcher Doris Chan, find that “intake of red and processed meat is associated with significant increased risk of colorectal, colon and rectal cancers.” In fact, almost all studies unanimously link consumption of processed meats with namely, colorectal or bowel cancer.

Because of these health risks, CHS should consider limiting serving deli meats and sausages. More importantly, in their day-to-day OUTSIDE lives, students should also consider eating less red and processed meats. Obviously, indulge as need be, but in light of our resolutions, we should all take steps to better our health.

H The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Anushka Dasgupta at adasgupta@hilite.org.

FAST CHICKEN FACTS:

55%

97%

of chicken in U.S. of a sample of chickens markets contains had harmful bacteria arsenic

E. coli

from contaminated chickens could cause diarrhea, pneumonia, respiratory illness or urinary tract infection

STOP COPYING ME!

Students should follow their own passions instead of copying activities pursued by their older siblings, other family members AMY TIAN COLUMN

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s i was growing up, i always followed in

the footsteps of my brother who was four years older than me. When we were younger, if my brother did well in an activity, sport or class, my parents would sign me up for it as well later on. While this was not harmful before high school, I began to realize later on that it had prevented me from finding my own hobbies and interests.

As an inexperienced eighth-grade student, I did not know much about high-school courses and which to enroll in, leading me to model my schedule after my brother’s. I also chose to attend the same, or similar, clubs and activities that he had joined. However, it wasn’t until later that I realized my brother’s successes in the activities he participated in did not equate to my possible success.

During my freshman year, a friend that had also known my brother asked me after a club meeting, “Are you joining this club because your brother was in it?”

Her question caught me off guard, and it was the first instance when I began to wonder if the intent behind my actions were the most beneficial for me. Nevertheless, I continued following in my brother’s footsteps through freshman and sophomore year.

For many high school students, junior year is the most difficult academic year because of the increase in advanced classes, but for me, it was my sophomore year.

I had doubled up on science classes and taken a higher level math class, even though I had never been deeply interested in STEM. I always wanted to prove to others and my father, that I could do just as well as my brother. However, when I looked back at the end of sophomore year, I realized that half of high school had already ended and, other than joining DECA, I was not pursuing my own interests in the classes I was taking.

That day, I thought about my own interests and the clubs that I wanted to join, regardless of my brother’s involvement, and when I scheduled for junior year, I made sure I pursued THE those interests. I took an art class, business class and an easier math course because I knew that although it was not the most challenging schedule I could have chosen, it was one where I could personally achieve the most success. Now, as a senior,

SPEAK UP!

PRANAV JOTHIRAJAH SPEAK-UPS, PHOTOS

Did you follow in the footsteps of your older siblings?

“I didn’t follow in the footsteps of my sister because she went to Brebeuf, and they have different classes.

We also both have different interests and personalities.”

Sophomore Jack Snelling “ I followed my brother’s footsteps because my brother made it into his dream school, and if I follow his vigor and the classes he took, I think I will be able to make it into Purdue.”

Junior Michael McCollum

PATH NOT

I am thankful for being able to have my brother to look up to, but also that I was able to realize my own interests and choose to pursue them.

While scheduling as a freshman or sophomore is daunting, especially if you do not know enough about CHS courses, it’s always important to keep your own interests at heart. Even if your older sibling or a friend is successful in a certain course, club or sport, make sure that you are also interested in the activity intrinsically, and not just to reach a similar level of achievement. High school is a time to discover your own hobbies and the path that you wish to take in your career. As a large school, CHS offers such a wide range of courses, I encourage each of you to take a class you TAKEN and are sincerely interested in, regardless of whether or not it is weighted, advanced or your friends H and siblings have taken it.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Amy Tian at atian@hilite.org.

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ATHLETES AND PRECEDENTS Fans, media often put too much pressure on athletes, should recognize athletes can make mistakes SATVIK KANDRU COLUMN

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s an avid fan of profes-

sional sports, I have always observed how the media, or even the public as a whole, scrutinizes athletes when they make a certain wrongdoing. Today, professional athletes are met with extreme pressure and are essentially put under a lense by fans and media everywhere; these athletes are forced to act as impeccable role models for children and fans all across the world, but the reality is that athletes everywhere are expected to reach a precedent that is set by the public. People should be more forgiving of athletes’ mistakes because the truth is, they are people too.

Countless crimes are committed by normal citizens, but time and time again, we see players absolutely clobbered for simple mistakes or even rumors. We should remember that we’re the ones who pushed the cameras into their lives, and that

DON’T JUDGE

THE YEARLY CYCLE

their lives are flawed. For example, Josh Gordon, an NFL player that violated the substance abuse policy for having marijuana in his system, was swarmed by sports outlets such as ESPN, Bleacher Report, and Fox Sports. In Bleacher Report, Gordon was labeled as a “drug addict,” and someone who has been a recurring problem in the league for a while now; however, Gordon has sought continuous mental health and anxiety treatment from the NFL but has been denied time and time again. As expected, the media blew this act well out of proportion by demeaning Gordon for his occasional drug use but not mentioning the repeated instances in which Gordon sought help and was denied.

Perhaps the media is partially to blame for the repercussions of this latest episode. It seems the media can play a two-faced role. First, it

Every year...

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Didn’t I make some kind of resolution last month?

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Satvik Kandru at skandru@hilite.org.

GRAY MARTENS GRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE

Learn howJan. students Feb. 1 for causes they were passionate about 1 in history became advocates My resolution is to stop procrastinating as much

can build up celebrities and athletes into community-serving, role-model superheroes, but then—in an instant—it can change the perception of these “superheroes” to evil people with the click of a button.

But, professional athletes should be aware of the public’s tendency to idolize sports stars and thus be aware of the added responsibility on their shoulder. At the same time, we as spectators can’t expect God-like behavior from all players. Just like average citizens, some will be tempted to commit a wrongdoing. We are given the luxury of watching these athletes compete at the top of their field. As fans and people, we need to find the morality within us to give these athletes a break. When it comes to events such as Gordon’s, the precH edent is just simply too high.

The Next Year I’ve decided that THIS year I’m going to stop procrastinating

MUSICAL GENIUS

Students should consider benefits of listening to music while studying JESSICA KONRAD COLUMN

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listening to music stimulates areas nother boring day in alof the brain responsible for focus gebra. Staring at the clock, I and memory. Furthermore, a study wondered how much longer we by the University of Toronto concould possibly go on about pafirmed this finding and reported rabolas. Who would have thought that listening to music improves a curved line could be so compliconcentration and memorization. cated? Accustomed to the monotoMusic can makes studying more ny of class, a wave of relief washed fun and more efficient. over me when we finally finished In addition to the cognitive benthe day’s lesson. But instead of tranefits of listening to music, a Camsitioning to silent work time as we bridge University study found that usually did, our teacher let us listen music has a stress-reducing effect in to music of our choice as we worked. listeners, making studying easier and Pleased with this change in pace, I more enjoyable. got out my earbuds and shuffled Also, a study in the Chicago Joursongs by Fall Out Boy on Spotify. nals indicates music is a helpful tool I was surprised I could still focus in overcoming negative emotions with rock music blasting in my ears, associated with studying. The but in fact, the music transstudy found that studying formed my math homewith music increased liswork from a tedious teners’ ability to process chore to a challenge. I emotions and strengthwas no longer dragging ened their resolve to myself through each continue studying. problem but seekThese positive efing answers and fects make listenovercoming obstaing to music a cles, motivated by powerful tool in the rhythm’s drivovercoming lack ing force. I’m not of motivation and sure if it was the procrastination. song’s fast-paced DON’T STOP THE MUSIC So next time beat or the motiyou’re faced with vational lyrics of a heap of homework, “Centuries,” but for turn up some music and get started. the first time, I found myself liking Music can improve even the most math homework. boring and difficult assignments.

It seemed counterintuitive that Not only will studying become easloud music would improve my ier and more effective, but you also studying skills, rather than distract H might even enjoy yourself. me from my homework, but according to the Stanford University The views in this column do not necSchool of Medicine, my musical essarily reflect the views of the Himethods are supported by research.

Lite staff. Reach Jessica Konrad at Stanford researchers found that jkonrad@hilite.org.

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Q&A with 2019 Miss Indiana Teen USA, sophomore Catelyn “Catie” Combellick ANGELA QIAN Q & A CATIE COMBELLICK SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Why does this mean so much to you?

HELPING HAND: (BOTTOM)

Sophomore Catie Combellick takes a picture with Colts cheerleader Rose McClimans.

Combellick worked with McClimans, who mentored her throughout competitions.

I suffered from severe social anxiety, especially before pageantry and before modeling, and through preparing for the pageant and being Miss Indiana, it has made me a more confident person.

It has taught me how to speak in front of people that I don’t know and force myself to be better at it and get over that fear. I owe it to them to be a good Miss Indiana because they definitely helped me with that. (When I was younger), I would speak in front of a group of parents and start crying, so it’s definitely helped me a lot through that and it’s helped me give back to the community.

Do you feel people don’t appreciate pageantry as much as they should?

There’s definitely some people (who) look down on pageantry. They say, ‘Oh they’re just looking pretty.

They sit and wave with a crown and sash,’ and that is not it at all. I work my butt off every day. It is so tiring. It is so much work, and some people just don’t understand that I am giving back. I am doing things.

It’s not just because I’m wearing a crown or whatever, but I know a lot of people actually have started paying more attention to me because of it. I know modeling agencies that didn’t pay attention to me before have now contacted me and been like, “Hey, can you be the cover of this or do this?” It’s definitely given me many opportunities that I would’ve never gotten.

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How do you give back to the community?

My platform is mostly around children with special needs, (specifically) autism because my nephew who is a couple of months younger than me has autism and I’ve lived with him my whole life. I’ve worked with Anna’s Celebration of Life foundation, and they have been working on a movement that I’m starting called #EveryoneAlways, and it’s a way to support kids with special needs in public schools and include them and spread awareness. I’m (also) working with the Ronald McDonald house, and I’m working on giving princess dresses and crowns to the kids at Riley Hospital. I’ve also worked with other kids with special needs in their homes that maybe can’t speak English or need help with that.

I’ve gotten them wheelchairs and service dogs and vests that they need or something like that...

I’m also trying to broaden that with Habitat for Humanity and things like that.

Read the full Q&A online at hilite.org/pageantry

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Sophomore Catie Combellick receives her official Miss Indiana Teen USA sash. Combellick won the competition on Oct. 21.

“I’m going to try for Miss America, and then once I’m old enough, try for Miss USA,” Combellick said.

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Connor Lathrop, a member of the men’s swimming team and freshman, practices at CHS on Jan. 14, the first day swimmers were able to return to the pool following the explosion. The varsity men and women’s swimming and diving teams will attend the Greyhound JV Classic on Jan. 26 from noon to 2 p.m. at the CHS natatorium.

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