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VOLUME 83, DEC. 13, 2018 CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL NEWSMAGAZINE

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CONSPIRACY New courses next year

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Dancing towards diversity

CHS students question the legitimacy of conspiracy theories to better understand world around them PAGE 26 EMILY DEXTER

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 expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of CHS nor Carmel Clay system faculty staff or administration.

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

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

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

Front Page News

Feature

Raphael Li Laasya Mamidipalli

Ads Team

Agrayan Gupta Michelle Yin

Student Section

Adhi Ramkumar Brian Zhang

15 Minutes Selena Liu

Litebox

Social Media

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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Names will be published. (Letters sent via email will be taken to a student’s SRT for them to sign). Letters must not contain personal attacks against an individual and may be edited.

Corrections and clarifications: On page 44, wrestling head coach “Ed Pendaski” should have been identified as “Ed Pendoski.” On Page 48, it said “green represents states that passed the New Voices legislation” while it should have said “red.”

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PERSPECTIVES 48

NEWS 6

COVER 26

6 NEWS BRIEFS 7 CLUB SPOTLIGHTS 8 RENEWING THROUGH REELECTION

26 IS IT TRUE?

48 RECYCLING RENOVATIONS

Students use conspiracy theories to question the world around them, gain new perspective.

Administration should address current recycling issues, consider putting trash cans in classrooms, not just recycling bins.

With reelection of all school board members, School Board president Layla Spanenberg evaluates goals for upcoming term.

9 NEW LEADER, NEW POLICY

Election of new Senate Board of Education leader impacts policies at this school.

10 SETTING A NEW COURSE

These eight courses are new additions to next year’s course offerings at CHS.

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ENTERTAINMENT 32 32 ROCK BOTTOM?

With Neil Berg’s “50 Years of Rock & Roll” musical coming to Palladium, CHS students, head of WHJE examine recent overtaking of rap.

36 ACROSS THE SCREEN

CHS students, IB Film teacher, reflect on spread of culture through entertainment.

38 TURNING IT AROUND

12 HOLIDAY STRESS(TIVITIES)

With creation of pointe shoes in new skin tones, dancer, junior Kendyl Smith explores diversification of dance.

Holiday season coupled with ending semester creates stress for students, staff.

39 ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

14 EXTENDED CULTURE Students, teachers reflect on impacts of distanced extended family, cultural awareness.

16 A WAY TO STAY Students, administration explain the legality, practicality of strange living situations.

SPORTS 40 40 AN OUTSIDE LOOK

Athletes explore differences between school, non-school sports recruiting.

49 FAMILY FIRST

With the onset of holiday season, students need to cherish valuable time with family.

50 FROM THE HEART

23 HUMANS OF CHS

CHS students consider giving back to Carmel community during holiday season.

24 HOLIDAY BAKING CONTEST

Here are results of HiLite’s third annual baking contest.

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Athletes explore nuances between sports games, actual sports.

44 MENTOR MENTALITY

Coaches assess how the approach coaching others.

@hilitenews

Students should consider hand-made gifts for holidays this year.

51 BE ETHICAL

During holiday season, students should become aware of worker exploitation in various name brands.

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52 A TIMELESS CLASSIC

Classical christmas music embodies Christmas spirit.

53 POPPING INTO HOLIDAY MUSIC

@hilitenews

Students should consider pop-style holiday music.

15 MINUTES 54 54 RECYCLED ART

Senior, sculptor Julia Emerson incorporates recycled items in her art.

42 DIGITAL COMPETITION

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46 RAISING TOGETHERNESS Wrestling team volunteers during holiday season to bond.

47 SPORTS BRIEFS

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TY NG T ALL TOGETHER In celebration of National Tie Month in December, here’s everything you need to know about ties

JACKIE HUR GRAPHIC TIES.COM, TIEROOM.COM, FASHION2APPAREL.COM, THECOOLIST.COM SOURCES

Don’t know how to tie a tie? Don’t worry!

Here are two easy ways to tie a tie

HOW TO TIE A TIE FOUR-IN-HAND KNOT

The easiest knot to tie and untie, thanks to the fact that it is self-releasing.

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A perfectly symmetrical knot that looks great with a spread collar.

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When tying a tie, the tip of the tie should hit the middle of your waistband. Make sure to maintain a relaxed, natural posture when adjusting to get an accurate measurement.

(TIE)MELINE

DEC 13, 2018

Take a look at how ties have evolved over the years

1630s

1660s

Croatian mercenaries traveled to France wearing cravats to tie the top of their uniforms together

France adopted the Croatian’s style and created the French Steinkirk, which became a symbol of status

STUDENT POLL

TYPES OF TIES

In a poll of 162 CHS students...

Take a look at some more unconventional tie styles

Around 42% of guys did not know how to tie a tie

Ascot Tie Wide scarf looped under the chin and held by a pin

Around 76% of girls did not know how to tie a tie

Approximately 60% said they did not know how to tie a tie

WHEN TO WEAR A TIE

Bow Tie Square-cut or shaped tie tied in a bow

A quick guide for when you should and shouldn’t wear a tie

Dress code:

Event examples:

Tie or no tie:

Casual

Casual dining, going out with friends

No

Business casual

Office, award ceremony

Optional

Business formal

Job interviews, meetings

Yes

Semi formal

Graduation, funeral

Yes

Formal (Black Tie)

Wedding, prom

Yes

String Tie Thin necktie worn in a bow with the ends loose

WHERE TO BUY A TIE

Hunting Stock Tie Worn by equestrians during shows

Shopping for a holiday event or a gift for a loved one?

Check out some places around Carmel that sell ties Louie’s Tux Shop 1950 E Greyhound Pass Price: $

Men’s Wearhouse 14400 Clay Terrace Blvd. Suite 130 Price: $$ Jos. A. Bank 14390 Clay Terrace Blvd. Suite 100 Price: $$$

1800s

The Steinkirk spread to Britain, where the Ascot Tie was typically worn to an exclusive royal horse race

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Bolo Tie Heavy rounded braid with metaltipped ends

Carmel Tailoring & Fine Clothier 730 S Rangeline Rd. Price: $$$

1960s

British bands such as the Beatles popularized the Skinny Tie

1970s

The Skinny Tie then evolved into the wider and longer modern necktie

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NEWS BRIEFS JOSIE CRUZAN BRIEFS

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Kujichagulia

DEC. 16 22 &23 Wrapping for Riley from at various times in the Freshman Cafeteria

DEC. 20 The Carmel Clay Public Library will be showing a screening of Elf at 6:30 p.m. in the program room. No tickets required.

HEIDI PENG GRAPHIC

Umoja

Self­-determination

Unity

Ujamaa

Ujima

Cooperative economics

Work and responsibility

Kuumba

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Creativity

Purpose

DEC. 18-21

Imani Faith

Collegiate final exam schedule week

DEC. 22

DEC. 23

First day of winter break

Carmel Christkindlmarkt will close for the year at 9 p.m.

SEMESTER 1 FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE MONDAY

TUESDAY

G1 REVIEW

DEC. 17

DEC. 18

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

FRIDAY

DEC. 19

DEC. 20

B1 REVIEW

OFFICE HOURS

OFFICE HOURS

OFFICE HOURS

G2 SRT

B2 REVIEW

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

G3 REVIEW

B3 REVIEW

G4 REVIEW

B4 FINAL

7:50-11:00 a.m.

11:00-11:30 a.m.

G3 FINAL

11:40 a.m.-1:18 p.m.

G4 FINAL

1:33-3:05 p.m.

7:50-11:00 a.m.

11:00-11:30 a.m.

B3 FINAL

11:40 a.m.-1:18 p.m.

G1 FINAL

1:33-3:05 p.m.

DEC. 21

7:50-11:00 a.m.

11:00-11:30 a.m.

B1 FINAL

11:40 a.m.-1:18 p.m.

B2 FINAL

1:33-3:05 p.m.

DEC. 26 TO JAN. 1 Kwanzaa

JAN. 8 School starts back in session

JAN. 8-11 School board recognition week

JAN. 11 Stats Carnival in the commons beginning at 9:50 a.m.

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4 3 DECA DISCOVERIES: (1) Two DECA members study together during SRT. The District competition is coming up on Jan. 19.

SERVING UP SYRUP: (2) Carmel Cafe employee adds syrup to a drink. The Carmel Cafe gives DECA members business experience that helps with the DECA competition.

STRIKE A POSE: (3) Senior Grace Brown and junior Markus Ilo practice partner work. Ilo said he is a competitive ballroom dancer but enjoys getting to dance with people at school.

DANCING AWAY: (4) Evie Delong, Ballroom Dance club member and junior, demonstrates a move.

Ballroom Dance club is open to students of all levels.

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: DECA

SALSA AND SAMBA: Markus Ilo, Ballroom Dance Club president and junior, demonstrates dance move at meeting.

The club meets in the Freshman Cafeteria on Blue Fridays.

VICTORIA NOPPORN, VERONICA TEETER PHOTOS

PRANAV JOTHIRAJAH SPOTLIGHT

WHAT: A club where students will be able to compete and practice their business skills with real world scenarios

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: BALLROOM DANCE CLUB

OPEN TO: Grades 9-12 JOSIE CRUZAN SPOTLIGHT

STUDENT PRESIDENT: Thomas Dziwlik UPCOMING EVENTS: District Competitions: January 19 State: March 3 to 5 DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC): April 27 to 30

WHAT: Members learn and practice all types of ballroom dancing OPEN TO: Grades 9-12 STUDENT PRESIDENT: Markus Ilo WHEN: Blue Fridays after school until 4:30 p.m.

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BOARD DISCUSSIONS: School board members get ready to reconvene at a board meeting.

All board members were reelected during the November elections.

RENEWING THROUGH REELECTION School Board President Layla Spanenberg discusses plans for upcoming term following reelection APURVA MANAS PHOTOS

RHEA ACHARYA Q&A

As a group, what do you plan on changing from your last term?

in the last 25 years. And he brings to our school system this knowledge and we as the board work directly with him to continue this forward, upward projection.

It’s actually not that we’re changing anything but continuing to move in the right direction. We recognize that safety and security are of the utmost importance, so we as a team want to continue to add layers of security to our safety plan. It started with hiring a really strong superintendent, Dr. Beresford, (with) his breadth and depth of knowledge in the areas of safety and security, mental health, human resources, really every area of school management he has touched

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As a group, do you think you work well together?

Why do you think you all got reelected?

I think we work very well together. I think what is unique to our board is that we have five individuals from different backgrounds and different perspectives. And the fact that we can all bring to the board these different perspectives can help us in

Q&A these decisions that we are making as a team. We can bring in more global ideas which can benefit not only our teachers and students but the entire community.

Read the full interview online at hilite.org/reelectedboard

NEW LEADER, NEW POLICY Following appointment of new committee leader Jeff Raatz, officials consider effect of government on schools, anticipate future changes LILLIAN HE STORY

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Kruse stepped down from his role as the leader of the education committee in the Indiana Senate, a position he held for 10 years. His successor Sen. Jeff Raatz plans to continue the majority of the policies that Kruse pushed for but also has goals of his own.

Raatz said via email, “I believe my time will be spent focusing on the workforce, Career Technologi cal Education and certainly higher Education Department D preparations. Of course, there will be many hot-button issues such as school safety that will continually be a concern and more issues that require immediate attention.”

Both the state and national government have a profound impact on the policies and curriculum at CHS. “The legislature sets the laws which include laws regarding

education, policies regarding diploma requirements, what kinds of credits have to be earned, what kinds of credits have to be passed,” Assistant Principal Valerie Piehl said.

“It’s up to the Indiana Department of Education to determine how to implement that into schools.”

She said every year one or two new bills are passed that will affect CHS directly. According to Piehl, one example of such a bill was the new requirement passed last year that mandated a body safety presentation, which CHS implemented through a presentation by Chaucie’s Place.

Due to CHS’s status as a large public high school, the process of implementing new legislature may vary when compared to other schools.

“For example, with that safety presentation, it’s always a challenge at a large public school

DID YOU KNOW?

Jeff Raatz represents the 27th District of Indiana and was elected to state Senate in 2014.

He curently lives in Centerville, Ind. NWITIMES.COM SOURCE

like Carmel when you have to have a presentation to all of the students,” Piehl said. “There are a lot of benefits as well; we have more technology to use when implementing changes.”

However, Raatz said, “Generally speaking, legislation is designed to impact all schools equally by being student-centered. However, there are times in which certain districts could be impacted differently, but definitely not by design.”

Mia Bruder, member of the principal’s advisory council and sophomore, said she helps to make sure the voices of all the students are heard.

Bruder said new education legislature will be effective even for large schools like Carmel as long as the government continues to take the opinions of the schools into account on these issues.

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THE SENATE COMMITTEE Take a look at the composition of Indiana’s Senate Committee on Education and Career Development

The chair: is composed of one senator and they set the agenda for committee business

In this committee, there are two ranking members for each For Indiana, the party. They are the members of the most senior members Senate committee in their committee. consist of six Republicans and two Democrats

MARVIN FAN, CALINA HE GRAPHIC SENATE.GOV, IN.GOV SOURCES

Eddie Melton: Democratic ranking member of Indiana’s Senate Committee on Education and Career Development Phone: 317-232-9491 Email: s3@iga.in.gov Jeff Raatz: Republican chair of Indiana’s Senate Committee on Education and Career Development.

Phone: 317-232-9400 Email: senator.raatz@iga.in.gov HILITE.ORG

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SETTING A NEW COURSE CHS makes variety of changes to 2019-20 course offerings ADITI KUMAR GRAPHICS

CALINA HE, PRANAV JOTHIRAJAH, ADAM SPENSLEY Q&AS, PHOTOS

CAPSTONE RESEARCH 1-2, AP (0551)/ STATISTICS 1-2, AP (2570)

OPINIONS ON OFFERINGS * RHEA ACHARYA, SARAH KIM POLL

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Which of these courses would you like to take most?

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Which one would you want the school to develop more in the future?

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How will the block class be different than the separate courses?

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The last three years, I have worked with the (AP) Research kids outside of their class. Independently, they come in and ask questions on how to do things. math teacher The more that occurred, the more matthew wernke we saw how much overlap there was between the two. So it seemed like a natural fit that Mrs. Malloy approached me about (making a block class). There are so many things that the kids need from her class that I’m already doing.

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For (Statistics), it’s going to be presented more from the research aspect. So, it gives me the opportunity to do it from that perspective, as opposed to just telling kids the next things to know in the curriculum. Kids are going to see the purpose more—that will give a lot more value. Kids will take it seriously and see its relevance better.

Do you think students would be more interested in taking the block class?

I think there are kids who are more mathematicallyminded students: kids who enjoy learning statistics, math and science stuff just because they see the beauty in that by itself. For a lot of students, they don’t appreciate it that way. For a lot of students, when they see their need for it, then they care more. A lot of students are going to enjoy (the block class) more because of that part.

IB MATHEMATICS: APPLICATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS SL1-2(2592), ANALYSIS AND APPROACHES, SL 1-2 (2588) THE BASICS

applying math to real world situations CREDIT: 2 FW Credits OPEN TO: 9 10 11

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APPLICATION

Algebra II

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studying college math skills

How would you describe these new courses?

Algebra II

To what fields are these courses applicable?

The IB math programs are changing The Applications and Interpretations course worldwide, not just at CHS. What has would be geared toward kids who maybe happened is that the International are not planning on going into a math or Baccalaureate (IB) organization decided hard science major. The Analysis and that they wanted to change up their Approaches would be geared toward course offerings, so across the globe IB anybody that is going to be looking at ib coordinator students can take these math courses. kathleen overbeck engineering or lab science or math itself. o u

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understanding outdoor activities CREDIT: 1 RW Credit OPEN TO: 9 10 APPLICATION

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learning about the sports industry

CREDIT: 1 RW Credit OPEN TO: 9 10 11

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How would you describe these new courses?

What can students expect from these courses?

Outdoor Exploration is an advanced physical education class, and in that class kids are going to be learning about hiking, water activities, fishing, first aid and others.

Recreational Leadership is not a physical physical education education class; students are going to be chair kim tenbrink looking at all aspects of sports industry.

For Outdoor Exploration, most of what they’re going to be doing will be on campus, and we are hoping to take some field trips during the school day. For Recreational Leadership, we’re going to have a partnership with (Carmel) Dad’s Club and the IHSAA, and students can possibly get certified to officiate (games).

AVIATION MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACY work and management in an airport CREDIT: 17 dual credits LENGTH: 1 year, 3 hours every day CERTIFICATION: Private Pilot Exam

exploring a computer science pathway CREDIT: 15 dual credits LENGTH: 1 year, 3 hours every day CERTIFICATION: CCENT, CLA, CCNA CyberOps, CompTIA Security

What can students expect from these courses?

The foundation is the hands-on experiences, and the getting up and actually doing what people do in the field. Also, they will earn dual credits through Ivy Tech and they can also earn certifications, which are usually industry-recognized certifications.

exploring the healthcare field CREDIT: 9 dual credits LENGTH: 1 year, 3 hours every day CERTIFICATION: CPT, AHA BLS CPR Certification, AED

How would each of the classes be structured?

Many of our classes are between two or three hours of your day so we usually have an a.m. session or a p.m. session. Some of it will involve lecture. They go out into clinicals, we do field trips, we have guest speakers and we can bring other people from the field to share experiences. jel supervisor

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HOLIDAY STRESS(TIVITIES) Students, staff consider how holiday season can be more stressful than relaxing, discuss how to relieve stress WENDY ZHU STORY

NONSTOP: Sophomore Audra Marchese works in Greyhound Station before school on the morning of Nov 20. Marchese said that as finals approach she has seen an increase in schoolwork and stress.

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holiday season as cheerful time to unwind and spend with friends and family, the weeks leading up to it can be anything but relaxing for many, including students.

In fact, with the sheer number of tasks they must accomplish, from purchasing gifts to studying for final exams, it is easy for students to feel overwhelmed. Audra Marchese, New Edition member and sophomore, said she knows that feeling.

For choir members such as Marchese, the weeks before winter break are especially overwhelming due to the large amount of time they commit to preparing for the annual Holiday Spectacular. While the performance is only during the first full week of December, Marchese said the time spent rehearsing for it takes away from time that could be spent preparing for tests and exams as the end of the semester approaches.

According to Marchese, it has also become harder for her to balance her time this year because she has more difficult classes now than she did during her freshman year and is now also in a more advanced choir.

“Last year, I was in Counterpoints Women, which is our freshman female choir, so the rehearsal time commitment is the same, but the intensity isn’t,” Marchese said.

“Being in a competition show choir this year, it’s definitely that they expect more from us than last year.

And with classes freshman year, they’re definitely easier than classes any other year, so that also plays into having even better time management skills.”

According to director of choirs

Kathrine Kouns, time commitment varies depending on the specific choir, but all choirs participate in Holiday Spectacular each year, which Kouns said is the biggest time commitment of the year for choir students.

“Holiday Spectacular is a whole other thing because there are five shows to it, and it involves a different kind of stage setup,” Kouns said.

“We have the orchestra and costume changes and just a lot more moving parts to it, so we require a lot more rehearsals to get that prep. We also do a lot more combined numbers, so they have to have time to practice with the other choirs. It’s a lot, but (the choir students) know about it starting in August.”

However, even though students can feel especially busy during this time, Kouns said the choir directors help them stay on top of things. Because it is so easy to feel overwhelmed with a large workload, Kouns said time management is crucial.

“As far as helping the students goes, we do a lot of encouraging them to manage their time by saying, ‘You have to be communicating with

BY THE NUMBERS

5% of the American population faces seasonal depression

25 years old is the typical age for the onset of seasonal depression, but symptoms can be seen earlier.

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your teachers; you need to be taking some downtime and making sure that you’re catching up with your work,’” Kouns said. “We do hold the students accountable; if they’re not passing their academic classes, they are not going on these trips with us; they’re not going to get to go compete. They know that there is that expectation for them to keep their grades up. We try to make it possible for them to do everything, but it’s also hard for me to be aware of every student’s commitments.”

Marchese also said managing her time was key to finishing all her work.

“If I have an after-school activity that’s later in the evening, I try to get my work done before that,” Marchese said. “I feel like (time management) depends on the person. Personally, I feel like I’ve gotten good at it because I do do a lot of things, and so I’ve noticed what works best for me and how I need to space things out and when I need to get things done. I know what classes I’m good at, like ‘Do I need to spend a lot of time studying this or not?’”

Besides choir, there are also many

ADDRESS THE STRESS

other clubs and extracurricular activities that can add to students’ workloads during the holidays. Senator and sophomore Bradley Snyder said he has more obligations during the weeks leading up to winter break due to the Care-to-Share holiday gift drive. “(The holiday season) is definitely busier because we have Care-to-Share going on, which is a huge event where we get a lot of gifts for families in need, but it’s a lot of fun. I no longer have my SRT time to work on things, so that makes it a little bit harder to get things done, but I definitely think it’s worth it because it really makes the families happy,” Snyder said.

Both Snyder and Marchese also said they not only have several academic and extracurricular commitments during the holidays, but also many holiday-related activities in H their personal lives.

Read the full story online at hilite.org/festive-stress.

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If there is still a threat the hypothalamus tells the adrenal glands to produce cortisol, which keeps the body alert and on edge HILITE.ORG

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EXTENDED CULTURE

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“We’re going to be going (to Greece and Belgium), which I’m really excited about because we never do anything that interesting over winter break,” Stefanidou said.

As Stefanidou mentioned, being able to visit extended family can be a difficult process, as Marcia Spaid, coordinator of the Japanese Exchange Program, can attest to. She said that she won’t be able to visit her son and grandchildren living in Japan this winter break, as it can be difficult coordinating such a major trip over such a short time period, especially when she still has family in Indiana.

“Winter months are hard because you never know about the weather here or there. If I went to Japan over Christmas then I would be missing Christmas with my grandkids who live here.”

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How do you feel about not being able to visit your family as often due to the long distance?

“I miss them a lot, we don’t get to see them very often. When we go back to my dad’s family’s place in upstate New York, we go every two years during Easter. And as for my mom’s side we go during the summer, and it just varies because they live in Singapore.”

Junior Kristen Payack

“I have family that lives over in Alaska, and they don’t visit that often. Every once in a while they come over for Christmas... It’s nice seeing them whenever they come over and hearing all their stories about what they’ve been doing in Alaska.”

Senior Steven Kelly I don’t spend the holidays with my extended family, and I haven’t seen them that often, so it’s not that much of a problem for me during the holidays. But, I would like to spend time with them if they were closer to me, as in the same country.”

Sophomore Eve Zhang my cousins, for example, than most people who live near them have been. We’ve had less like growing up together experiences because, I’ve lived basically my whole life in the states, but they were over there… But we try to make the best of it and see them as often as we can.”

In addition, Chinese teacher Tungfen Lee added that living in a completely different environment from

extended family members has shaped the perspectives of her children to be more open to different views.

“Because of the time difference and distance, we can only communicate (with extended family) using a phone or FaceTime. But something is missing,” Lee said. “When I told my son, ‘I’m going to bring you back to Taiwan this summer,’ my son’s reaction is not happy at all… If they can see their grandparents every day they will be excited to go back to Taiwan, but since we only see in person only every two years or three years, they can only see each other on the screen, on the computer, on the cell phone—their I feel like I have relationship is not close been a lot less at all.”

However, Stefanidou close with my said she has found her cousins, for Greek heritage to take example, than a major part in shaping most people who her life—and while she may not be constantly live near them submerged in Greek have been. culture in contrast to junior mars stefanidou her extended relatives, she still feels the impacts.

“You feel a really different sense of community when you’re from a different culture because whenever I hear about another Greek person in the news or whenever I meet another person who’s Greek, you just feel this sudden sense of community because you’re able to relate to them in a way that not many other people are able to relate to them,” Stefanidou said.

Spaid agreed as well, saying that experiencing different cultures is a large reason as to why she has extended family living in Japan in the first place.

“If it wasn’t for the Japanese Exchange Program I don’t

ESCAPING TOXICITY As the holiday season approaches, consider some ways to deal with and perhaps avoid your “delightful” family members

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Do not lie about your feelings.

If someone asks you if you are excited for the holiday season, it is ok to not act like everything is okay

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Hometown friends willing to let you spend the night or finding a local attraction or event to keep yourself busy might help.

ACROSS THE WORLD: Junior Yasmine Pehlivan poses with her sister at home. She says seeing her sister during the holidays is a rare opportunity so she makes sure to use her time most efficiently.

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Think and come to accept that the next few days may be difficult. Thinking that your family might act better “this time”, may only result in more disappointment.

Call and talk to friends and ask if they can stay with you while your family visits you. Support helps.

PLAN AHEAD

Some questions to consider: Are there certain relatives I don’t get along with?

How much time do I need to spend with my family?

What past situations have made me feel uncomfortable?

If something goes wrong, do I have an escape plan?

Sometimes letting everyone have their own space is the best solution, giving you time to make new memories with people you actually enjoy being with.

think my son would be living in Japan. He first went there because of the program and fell in love with the country and culture. Having been there 10 times with the program, I have made many friends and have people there that are truly my family besides my son. I have a deep respect for Japan and the people there,” Spaid said. In the end, while having family members scattered across so many countries and cultures may make it difficult to visit often, Stefanidou said the combination of cultures simply creates a very unique experience that she enjoys.

“I feel like it’s a different experience,” Stefanidou said.

“It’s not a hugely different one… but in my personal life and especially when I was younger, I feel like it definitely impacts your development and not in a bad way or in a H good way. It’s just a different way.”

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STAY Students find unusual ways to stay in Carmel despite parents moving; administrators discuss how to properly facilitate this

EMANCIPATION STATISTICS Take a look at the different requirements some states have for the emancipation process through a court order In Illinois, a minor must prove his or her “maturity.”

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In Indiana, a minor must have a reasonable financial and living plan and want to become emancipated.

In California, minors can become emancipated at 14.

(Most other states require them to be 16.)

In Michigan, the petition for emancipation must be filed by the minor.

In Vermont and California, the minor must already be living apart from his or her parents.

In Alabama, one is a minor until they are 19, so 18 year olds have to go through the emancipation process.

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ast january, junior yueze “jimmy” liu came

home to a flooded basement. He had just returned from a vacation, only to find the pipes frozen and water everywhere. While most students his age would simply leave their parents to deal with it, Liu solved the problem on his own not because he wanted to but because he had no other option: He lives alone.

In fact, Liu has been living alone for two and a half years.

After his parents got divorced in middle school, Liu’s mom moved to Ohio for work while his dad moved back to China. Liu, on the other hand, convinced them he would be able to live independently in Carmel so he could continue to have the opportunities available to him at CHS. “The extracurricular clubs I stay in Carmel for are probably not going to be provided at my new school (where my mom lives) because the size is too different. My new school is 500 people while Carmel is 5,000,” Liu said.

It is illegal for minors to live alone in the United States.

However, Liu said he was unaware what he was doing was against the law—as someone who was used to staying home alone for shorter periods while his parents went on business trips as a child, he said his parents and he decided this arrangement would work over an extended time.

Liu also said in Chinese culture, unlike here, it is legal—though still frowned upon by society—for parents to leave their children alone. He said this situation mainly happens when parents think leaving their children in an area with superior schooling or other opportunities will provide them with a better life. “(Chinese society) sees it as it’s bad, because some of them leave their children as early as age 5. They’re in extreme poverty, so both of their parents are working and can’t afford the housing in the city, so in order for their children to suffer less than they have, they just left their children at home,” Liu said. “The little kid who is 5 has to learn to cook, or whatever, on their own.”

Though this was fine for Liu and his parents, he was still violating federal laws and school policy by living without a legal guardian. This year, after a situation in which Liu had to switch bus locations, the school became aware of his unconventional living situation and took action to address this violation.

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guardianship to an adult who can take him in or move in with his mother in Ohio next semester.

While Liu’s situation is unique, it is not unheard of for students to make arrangements to live without their parents to stay in Carmel.

Assistant Principal Karen McDaniel said at CHS, it is fairly atypical for students to live in living situations like this, but the school takes care of each individual student going through these circumstances on a case-by-case basis.

She said since most students are minors, they must live with a legal guardian that either has full or shared guardianship over them in order to continue attending CHS if they are living with someone other than their parents.

McDaniel said, “If (a student’s) family moves away, then guardianship—legal guardianship—needs to be obtained by the family that is going to remain in Carmel and take care of that student through the court system. It can be shared guardianship— the family doesn’t need to give up complete guardianship of their child—and that student can continue to go here, as long as the people that they are staying with reside in our district.”

Senior Maja Wrammerfors said she also lives in a situation atypical for most high school students. Her dad moved to Germany last year to pursue a job opportunity, followed by the rest of her family. Because she didn’t want to move to a new country with a completely different education system, she and her family decided the best option was for her was to finish her last year of high school at CHS; as a result, Wrammerfors had to find a new place to stay.

Luckily for her, Wrammerfors said she had people in her life willing to take her in. In June, Wrammerfors moved in with her friend, senior Sophia Hughes, in

assistant principal Q&A karen mcdaniel Are there any regulations in place for students not living with legal guardians?

A student and their family must live in our district to go to our school, and so if you’re not a senior and you don’t have the senior rights of being able to live outside of the district but continue to go to our school, then you have to go to the school in which your family is residing, and that’s just the law; that’s not necessarily anything specific to us.

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a shared guardianship situation between Hughes’s parents and her own.

“The school sees Catherine, who’s Sophia’s mom, as my guardian, so she can sign permission slips, she can write me checks for books and all that stuff. For health reasons, she’s also my guardian; she can come to my doctor’s appointments if she wants to,” Wrammerfors said. “She can access my medical records and stuff if she needs to, so even though there’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) and stuff, she can still get CALINA HE that, even though she’s technically not PHOTO my legal guardian (in the government).”

McDaniel said more often than not, situations involving students in unconventional living circumstances parallel that of Wrammerfors rather than of Liu: seniors who, for a variety of reasons, want to finish their last year at CHS. She said the process of allowing them to stay at CHS is easier to facilitate than for someone in Liu’s position.

“We do our very best to make sure that, if we can, that the student’s senior year—if their parents have moved and they want to finish up here—(is) the best experience they can have,” McDaniel said. “Of course you want to finish up FIXING THE LIGHTS: Junior Jimmy Liu fixes a replaces a burned out light bulb in his chandelier in his kitchen with a new one. Liu’s kitchen recently had a water leak, and he had to clean up the mess that the leak caused.

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ANGELA LI Q & A

How common is this situation?

Not very common at all considering we have 5,400 students. We have individual cases that come to myself or Mrs. Cole, our director of counseling, we both kind of work with families on what unique situations might be presented to us.

How about for kids under 18?

A student who is under the age of 18 has to have a legal guardian, in the school’s eyes, and so they have to be able to be staying with someone who is acting as their guardian.

your last year here, so we do our best to accommodate that, ple, it might be living alone, or living with their parents and we do work with families to make sure that we have all or their brother or friend. I just think the focus should of the contact information and we know how to reach parbe on the individual, the student who’s trying to thrive.” ents because they’re still their parents; we still have an obligaLiu said for him to comply with federal and school guidetion to make sure they know what’s going on, lines, he will likely move in with his mother but at the same time, work with the guardian in Ohio at the end of this semester. He said of the individual that’s here.” because he is so used to living without parents, In Liu’s case, the school informed him I think (not having this will be a difficult adjustment for him. he would have to leave CHS right after “I think (not having emotional support emotional support they found out about his situation; after from my parents) might be a small incontalking with administrators and moving from my parents) venience, but there was nothing I could do in with a host family, however, Liu did might be a small about it, so there’s no need to have grief extend his time at CHS to at least the end inconvenience, but over it if I can’t get it anyways,” Liu said. “I of the semester. Despite his violation of there was nothing do not really see a reason for why I should the law, Liu said he was dissatisfied with have parents around, because I can already I could do about it, the school’s response. do all these things (housework, paying the Liu said, “To me, (the school’s re- so there’s no need bills, etc.), so having a parent near me is sponse) was unfair. At least give me some to have grief over not that big of a deal.” warning to finish the semester, to finish it if I can’t get it Ultimately, Wrammerfors agreed with up my grades, so I can have a smooth anyways. ” McDaniel and said decisions should be transition (to a new school). However, I based on what is best for the individual junior jimmy liu didn’t have that chance, which is why I student and their needs. had to disobey the school’s decision.”

“I’ve been really lucky to have families Ultimately, Wrammerfors agreed with that have loved and cared for me (but) I McDaniel and said decisions should be based on what is don’t think it is for everyone,” Wrammerfors said. “I best for the individual student and their needs. think the focus needs to be on what’s best for the kid, “I’ve been really lucky to have families that have and yeah, for me, it’s being here, it’s being in the United loved and cared for me (but) I don’t think it is for evStates, finishing high school and living with my best eryone,” Wrammerfors said. “I think the focus needs to friend; but for some people, it might be living alone, or be on what’s best for the kid, and yeah, for me, it’s beliving with their parents or their brother or friend. I just ing here, it’s being in the United States, finishing high think the focus should be on the individual, the student H school and living with my best friend; but for some peowho’s trying to thrive.”

LIVING IN THE MOMENT: Senior Maja Wrammerfors (right) poses with senior Sophia Hughes (left), along with her mom for a prom photo.

Wrammerfors says the transition of guardianship was simple for her.

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HUMANS OF CHS CHS students give back during holiday season TESSA COLLINSON, KASSANDRA DARNELL, KRISTEN OTTEN SPEAK-UPS VICTORIA NOPPORN PHOTOS

SENIOR NATHAN ADITYA “I’m part of Select Sound, which is the audition only a capella group, and what we do during the holidays is go around to retirement homes, other schools, charities (and) fundraisers, and we carol. It’s really good because not only do we draw a lot of people in, (but it’s also) good for us to go out and do something that we enjoy as volunteer work. It’s a great opportunity for some people who don’t do volunteer work on their own. And it’s fun meeting some of the people we carol to as well. Especially at the retirement homes, you can see that they’re visually excited because they don’t really have many other forms of entertainment and afterwards we talk to them and ask them how they’re doing.”

CHARITY CAROLING: Nathan Aditya, Select Sound member and senior, rehearses one of the many popular Christmas songs that Select Sound has prepared for the holiday season.

They will sing these carols throughout December for their caroling and in Holiday Spectacular­—the annual festive concert that all of the choirs participate in.

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

JUNIOR NATALIE WALTERS “Christmas tree sales happen at Carmel United Methodist Church, my church, and we basically do the sales to make money for our mission trips that the youth goes on, and the rest of the money goes to the church. It’s a great experience to help other people get a tree and help yourself in the future to get the experience to go on a trip. Those sales go toward those trips to go help people.

We build houses; we sometimes run kids’ camps while on those trips... the sales from the trees would help in the long run.”

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RAISING FUNDS: Junior Natalie Walters displays a Christmas tree that her church is selling to raise money for their youth mission trips.

Walters said this is a good way to help out the church as well as the community.

SENIOR KATIE DIGIOVANNI “I normally go with my church, and we go to either a food pantry or a food kitchen. We provide meals and clothing for people that don’t have a lot of things. It feels really good to give back to people because we have so much and we don’t really realize it. There are so many people in the world who don’t really get to have as much during the holidays. So if I can just make people feel a little bit better, why not?”

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Check out the winners of HiLite’s third annual holiday traditions baking contest

HOLIDAY BAKING CONTEST Take a look at the winners of HiLite’s third annual holiday traditions baking contest VERONICA TEETER, RIYA CHINNI, EMILY DEXTER, TARA KANDALLU PHOTOS

FIRST PLACE WINNERS JUNIORS CLAIRE VAN METER AND GRETCHEN FEHN’S RECIPE: Ingredients: • 2 cups Semi-Sweet chocolate chips • 1/2 cup (or one stick) non-salted butter, cubed • 3 large eggs • 1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 cup granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

“We have been best friends for 12 years, and each holiday season, we try to get together to bake a different holiday treat....We decided on the brownies because they’re very easy to make and a tasty treat. After a few short hours and a bit of a mess, we finished the final product.”

Steps: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease 13 x 9 in. baking pan 2. Melt one cup chocolate chips and butter in saucepan over low heat and stir until smooth 3. Remove from heat, stir in eggs, flour, sugar, vanilla and baking soda 4. Add in remaining chocolate chips to mixture 5. Spread into baking pan and bake for 18-22 minutes 6. Cool on wire rack and cut into triangles 7. Decorate with icing, Red Hots, sprinkles and candy canes and enjoy!

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TRADITIONAL TREES: Juniors and best friends Claire Van Meter and Gretchen Fehn won first place in HiLite’s annual holiday traditions baking contest for their Christmas tree brownies. Van Meter and Fehn said they have an annual tradition of baking some kind of treat together sometime during the holiday season.

WHAT’S YOUR COOKIE?

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Take this quiz and we’ll guess what festive cookie you are!

1. Describe your sense of humor: a. Sarcastic b. Self-deprecating

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Everything’s funny 2. What word describes you best? a. Sociable b. Practical c. Patient 3. What would you do on a Saturday night?

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Go out with friends

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Study (for AP)

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Stay at home and chill 4. How do you deal with a conflict?

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Fight the other person

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Try to talk it out as best as you can

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Stay silent and/or move on Mostly A’s: Snickerdoodle You’re bold and don’t shy away Mostly B’s: Classic Gingerbread You provide stability and are down to earth Mostly C’s: Iced Sugar Cookie You’re modest and relaxed POP-TART POWER (RIGHT): Junior Thomas Gimeno said he bakes pop-tarts as a pre-hike snack.

PEANUT BUTTER KISSES (FAR RIGHT):: Senior Tori Moss said she used to bake these treats with her cousins at her grandma’s house.

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JUNIOR LINH NGUYEN

SOFT SOUR CREAM COOKIES: Junior Julianne Sendon said this is a newer recipe that her family was just introduced to, as it’s from the family of her sister’s boyfriend.

She said this symbolizes the adoption of new customs.

Check out recipes for the other entries at hilite.org/ holidaybaking2019

JUNIOR JULIANNE SENDON

SENIOR TORI MOSS

FRESHMAN CHRISTINA “CHRIS” CARMICHAEL

CHRISTMAS CAKE COOKIES (FAR LEFT): Junior Linh Nguyen said baking is a family tradition, and she loves trying new recipes.

VANILLA MERINGUES (LEFT): Freshman Christina “Chris” Carmichael said she workshopped this recipe herself.

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ROCK BOTTOM?

Rap recently overtook rock as most popular music genre; CHS students, head of WHJE explain why

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Little Richard, Ray Charles, and The Rolling Stones—these are the names of the people and bands who contributed to the birth of the rock genre. The electric guitar, the bass, the drums and the lead vocals all create the sound that can make people so excited that they break into air guitar solos and sing off-key. However, although still popular, according to the latest Nielsen Music Report, rock music is less prominent with younger age groups, and rhythm and blues

(R&B)/hip-hop has taken the throne.

The report shows that eight of the 10 most listened to artists in 2017 came from the genre of R&B/hip-hop.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar led the way with combined album equivalent units (album sales, song downloads and streams) of 8.5 million.

However, this development does not mean rock has completely disappeared, and many students here said they still hold on to their love for the aged genre. Ella Carlson, rock music enthusiast and sophomore, is

JAMMING OUT: Sophomore Ella Carlson plays the guitar in front of her vinyl collection and her record player. Carlson said she learned to play the guitar on her own last summer.

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one of these students and explained why she feels so invested in this music.

“I don’t like hip-hop or rap or anything like that. So I think for me, rock is an escape from the world,” she said. “(When I first started listening to rock music), I really loved the rhythms of it. It was amazing, and I just fell in love with it. I fell in love with the bands and the stories, and I really connected with the lyrics.”

While there is still a dedicated group of the student body who retain a love for rock, there is also a

KEEPING RECORDS: Sophomore Ella Carlson sorts through her expansive collection of records. She said she gets most of her vinyls from Crosley, a popular record manufacturer from the 1920s.

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substantial number of students who enjoy R&B/hip-hop. Sarim Hassan, SoundCloud rapper and senior, is one of these students. He said he is aware of the uprise in R&B/hip-hop, which includes rap music.

“I feel like rap music is the new punk music for our generation. Rock was an escape for people in the late 1900s, and I feel like rap has filled that space,” Hassan said. “I think it’s because so many rappers are young people that others can relate to. A lot of the younger rappers nowadays are around 17 and 18—my age—and I feel like people can relate to that a lot easier than some other musicians who have been established for years and are in their 40s and make music for older folks.”

WHJE adviser Dominic James said he personally likes rock music more than rap, but he said rap music tends to be the current way teenagers express themselves.

“I think, in the same way that rock used to be, it’s about young people finding new means of expression, and I think that’s really important.

I wouldn’t want to diss any form of art movement just because it was different from what I liked,” James said. “I think that it is really important

that young people challenge the status quo and find new ways of expressing themselves, and rap, at the moment, is how young people do that; they connect with rap artists. In five, 10 years time, there will be a different musical genre people connect with.

People who love rap at the moment, will hate whatever that’s going to be; the same way how most older people dislike rap at the moment.”

Hassan said he agreed with James when explaining his passion for rap.

Hassan said, “The thing I like most about rap is the different ways people are able to express themselves through the music, and I like the different variety you see within the genre. There are so many subgenres

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REWIND: (LEFT) Sophomore Ella Carlson plays a record from the album, “The Beatles.”

She said one of her favorite songs is “Julia” because the song is undeniably beautiful and it reminds her of one of her old friends.

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like new popular music and some of the older stuff that’s more lyrical.

Overall, I like the different styles and the different intricacies of the genre.”

Hassan also explained why he believes R&B/hip-hop is now more popular than rock music.

“Personally, the reason I don’t listen to rock is because it’s easier to listen to music that everyone around you is listening to. It’s easier to discuss, but if you’re listening to music nobody else listens to, you can’t really talk about it. In some situations, it’s easier to go along with the crowd in terms of music, and the fact that rock is more geared toward an older generation makes it difficult for younger listeners to get into,” Hassan said.

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Many of the songs that students’ parents grew up listening to are still relevant today. Here are the stories behind just a few of those songs Bohemian Rhapsody: This song was originally shot down because it was too long for the standard air play.

Eye of the Tiger: Survivor wrote this to be the theme to the movie “Rocky III,” pushing it into the spotlight.

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Walk This Way: This Aerosmith song was remade by Run-D.M.C. which brought Hip-Hop music into the mainstream.

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Don’t Stop Believing: Journey’s keyboardist got the idea for this song from his father’s advice.

1986 Livin’ on a Prayer: Bon Jovi used cliche themes that made the band a hit with fans who didn’t connect with other rock songs.

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This feeling of musical isolation from the mainstream, however, is an aspect Carlson said she enjoys about the rock genre.

“I like rock because I like going against the odds and what other kids like,” she said.

Carlson said the reason rock is becoming less popular is because it’s not what it was when at its peak.

“There are a lot of people who think Cardi B or some K-pop artists are going to be the next Beatles. They’re not,” she said. “Rock is rock because of the heavy guitars, drums and bass.

Every rock song is a love song, and we are losing the fact that these rock love songs are becoming about other subjects that veer away from the love.

True rock is becoming nonexistent.”

On the other hand, according to Hassan and James, much of the attention and success rap gets is from the relatability in the lyrics and its reflection of the current times.

Hassan said, “I feel like a lot of rappers rap about superficial things like money, cars, all that stuff, and a lot of high schoolers are superficial

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and into those basic things that they want to show off to everybody, so rap appeals to them in that sense.”

James highlighted how rap music’s lyrics seem to follow what problems are present in contemporary society.

“If you think about some rap music today, much of it seems to focus around urban issues, inner city issues, issues with drugs,” he said. “Whether or not they do actually affect a large number of people in society, I do not know, but there is always focus around those issues in the media, so maybe people do connect with those things in some ways.”

Hassan said rap is now opening the doors for conversation on these

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CREATING THE BEATS: Sarim Hassan, SoundCloud rapper and senior, works on his latest song.

He said he uses the computer software FL Studio 12. He also said he has released 20 songs and has been making them since May 2016.

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intense and prevalent topics, just as rock music was once able to do.

“Rappers go on for minutes in their songs talking about their life and things they do, which leads to open discussions. I feel like rappers can have some real conversations within their music,” Hassan said.

“While some make music more for the party-scene, there are rappers who are able to convey messages to people, and (rap) is a good medium for that. Instead of a pop song where it’s the same three themes every time, and they barely sing about anything, rap allows people to express themselves in different ways and helps people get a message across to a wide audience.”

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Carlson said she shares similar feelings toward the rock genre, saying how now most people Scan to hold nostalgia in regards to the music. check “You’re listening out Sarim to a random station Hassan’s and your favorite music. rock song just comes on. You go into this deep nostalgic state and these feelings for the song just come back up,” she said. “For me, I am me because of rock music.”

Similarly, Carlson said she believes that although R&B/hiphop is now statistically the most popular music genre, the deeprooted feelings and love associated with rock will not fade.

She said, “You could be in a super random place—like a restaurant—a song comes on, and you can just see all these people’s reactions. At that moment, you know that those people’s lives have changed because of that song. It’s just a little random and strange thing about rock music.

It changes people.”

James said although one is now more popular than the other, the two genres have more in common than it may at first appear.

“I think ultimately both types of artists are trying to do the same thing.

(Rock and rap artists) are trying to engage large numbers of people, having a good time, affect the way we feel and think about certain things,” he said. “Music just gets to you somehow. They are trying to do the same thing, but they are just doing it in different ways. Ultimately, their aims are the same.”

FANGIRL: (BOTTOM RIGHT) Sophomore Ella Carlson holds up a vinyl called “The John Lennon Collection.” She said one of her favorite albums is “The White Album” by The Beatles.

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To Carlson, no matter what genre comes next, music will always hold a place in the soul of society, with the ability to touch people in a way not much else can and to reach the minds and hearts of people everywhere.

“Music is for everyone and it impacts people in different ways,” Carlson said.

“I think that it is fine (that rap has surpassed rock) as long as it gives across the message of inspiration and passion for something just like rock did. Rock is not dying, it is just being reformed and is evolving into a new form of music, which is rap.”

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MAKING MUSIC: Sarim Hassan, SoundCloud rapper and senior, holds up a sweatshirt he bought in Cincinnati at Drake and Future’s Summer 2016 Tour. Hassan said he has released two mixtapes that are available on many streaming services.

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JAY-Z His album “4:44“ is at the forefront of 2018 Grammy nominations.

The album has been critically acclaimed for its personal and emotional content.

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ACROSS THE SCREEN

RICHA LOUIS STORY

CHS students, IB film teacher share thoughts about spreading culture by remaking TV shows from foreign countries

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remiering on jan. 2, fox

will air a celebrity-singingcompetition-guessing game called “The Masked Singer” based on Korea’s “King of Mask Singer,” which debuted in 2015. Many students at CHS, like junior Sarah Hao, have seen the Korean version of the upcoming show and the trailer for Fox’s and think the remake has the potential to be a well-known show. The show features famous singers who disguise their identities by wearing masks and costumes.

Hao said, “I think (the remade show) definitely does have the potential to be a really popular show. People might also like that concept and want to guess alongside the judges, so it’s also interactive in that way.”

When it comes to remaking TV shows, Hao said she usually likes watching both the original and remade versions of the TV show and doesn’t find anything wrong with remaking TV shows from other countries in America.

Hao said, “If other production companies see that (the original show) is doing really well in the box office (in its original country), then they should want to remake it because you can profit off of that. Production compa-

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nies pick up on this. I guess they get the rights to remake it with the same plot and stuff, and then they could do really well (with remaking the show).”

IB Film teacher Jim Peterson said he agrees production companies remake shows to make money.

“The main reason (for remaking TV shows) is that television companies are putting their money up, and they want to make sure it’s successful, so they’re going to (make the shows) with a really low risk,” Peterson said.

Although Peterson said he thinks TV shows are remade mainly for profit, he said he believes there are advantages to remaking TV shows.

Peterson said, “There can be (advantages) because it’s a proven formula that works, especially in terms of British comedy that comes over to America. (The British comedy) ‘The Office’ is probably the most successful example of that.”

Junior Hannah Liu also watches reproduced shows and said she believes there are advantages to remaking TV shows in America, for example, for the TV show to be more relatable to its audience.

“I think some benefits are that (the American version is) more relatable to

DID YOU KNOW? 99 American TV shows are actually reproduced versions.

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a group of people, and it introduces the group of the people (who watch the remade show) to (watch) the show in the original language that it was in,” Liu said. “People could be interested and decide that they want to learn more or they might be open to a new type of show or movie that they wouldn’t have known about otherwise.”

Additionally, Liu said she believes that remaking TV shows can help exhibit a specific country’s culture and give greater exposure.

SHOW DOCTORING Take a look at similarities and differences between an original and reproduced show

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GET CULTURED: (left) Junior Hannah Liu (far right, second row) performs a traditional dance. Liu said reproducing shows is a good way to give exposure to the original show. (top right) Junior Hannah Liu (right) holds up a poster that introduces the Indianapolis Chinese Community of Indiana (ICCCI) in the annual Thanksgiving parade in Chicago.

Liu said the best way to experience culture is to live in it. (bottom right) Paraders hold up a dragon in the traditional Chinese dragon dance. The ICCCI strives to give greater exposure to the Chinese community and culture.

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Liu said, “Now you can see much more diversity in the cast and also you are just more educated on different culing the original show because clearly tures especially in the same place.” it is based off of the same idea. Also, While there are some advantages of each show I feel should still have its remaking TV shows, Peterson believes own unique factor to it.” that there are limitations that come Junior Shivani Balachandar also with remaking TV shows. said she agreed that remaking TV “Sometimes it doesn’t work,” Peshows is a good way to spread culture, terson said. “Somebut there are ways other times the comedy than through television. doesn’t translate over.

“TV is probably They tried to do an People could be something that’s not Americanized version good to be glued to all interested and of (the British comthe time, and there’s edy) ‘Fawlty Towers,’ decide that they probably more healthier and it did not work. want to learn more ways to spread culture.

They could risk it and or they might be But it is a great unifying sometimes it won’t open to a new type source and a good topic pay off.” of conversation that of show or movie On the other brings people together hand, Hao and Liu that they wouldn’t and creates new friendboth said they don’t have known about ships,” Balachandar said. see any huge issues otherwise.

However, Hao and with remaking TV junior hannah liu Peterson both said ultishows other than mately the best way to copying the original. spread or learn about a Hao said, “I culture is by traveling guess if one company and visiting other counwould say ‘steal the idea’ or ‘steal the tries and experiencing culture firsthand. plot,’ and then there might be some “The best way to experience culture backlash and some legal troubles, but is to actually live the culture. But, teleother than that I personally don’t vision is good. Any kind of broadcast think that anything negative could media is a way to get that culture to come out of remaking good shows.” the masses,” Peterson said.

Liu said, “Some limitations are reHao said she agreed and said, “I making it in a way that isn’t plagiarizthink definitely being in person live in

two different countries and immersing yourself in that country’s culture is the number-one way to experience that culture, but obviously not everyone can do that around the clock, so TV is an easier way to do that.”

The road goes both ways. According to Balachandar, American shows are also remade in foreign countries and are very popular there, too.

Balachandar said, “In the language I speak, Tamil, they remade the show ‘Big Brother’ into a TV show called ‘Bigg Boss.’ For weeks, all I heard whenever were people talking about ‘Bigg Boss,’ and I think it just brought people together a lot, and it was something that India hadn’t really seen before. So to introduce that concept into Indian television was life-changing.”

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TURNING IT AROUND

Dancer, junior Kendyl Smith commends creation of pointe shoes in new skin tones KENDYL SMITH GUEST COLUMN

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shades of pointe shoes and tights that match diverse skin tones are being produced, especially since the art of ballet itself is expanding into other genres. I believe it is the perfect time to start infusing different skin tones of pointe shoes to match the diverse ways of dance.

When it comes to having only one main color of shoes or tights, it binds the dancer to the way other people think dance should be, just because it has always been that way. Another way of putting it, simply producing and allowing there to be different skin tones of shoes also pushes the boundaries and stereotypes that say other races can’t do ballet, or they are making ballet worse.

In fact, dancers of color are expanding ballet and other forms of dance into something better than before.

A NEW LEAP Take a look at some influential AfricanAmerican ballerinas and their shoes Raven Wilkinson was the first African-American woman to dance for a major ballet company.

Wilkinson signed a contract to dance full-time with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1955

Just because people can’t see the new possibilities of dancing doesn’t mean there aren’t any. No single human being is alike; everyone has something that makes them different, and I believe every human has a purpose to create something new.

When it comes to a choreographed dance, everyone might be doing the same movement, and no matter how coordinated they are, every person has a different feeling, facial expression and style when performing. That is why it is so beautiful to watch a performance because of the art and care that is put into it. That’s what makes new dances and genres of dance different and interesting; it’s the people who make WHAT’S them and who genuinely

Misty Copeland is an American ballet dancer who became the first AfricanAmerican woman to be the principal dancer in the American Ballet Theater’s (ABT) history.

ABT is one of the leading classical ballet companies in the U.S.

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enjoy them that make new dances different and enjoyable.

The people of this generation like to speak their minds and won’t settle or stand for anyone putting them down and shutting them out. Just making new skin tones for shoes or tights is another door being opened for more people of color and other races to show who they are, create something new and H break boundaries.

The views of this column do not necessarily reflect the view of the HiLite staff. Reach Kendyl Smith at kendylsmith@gmail.com.

Smith has been dancing for nine years. Although she does not dance at a formal studio, Smith dances at her POINTE? church and at CHS.

Misty Copeland’s publicist said Copeland wears Bloch Axiom ballet shoes, then uses pancake makeup to match them to her skin color Raven Wilkinson said she would often wear white makeup in order to blend in with her shoes and costume

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ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

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CONCERTS & COMPETITIONS 6 to 8 p.m.

Auditorium

CHS Orchestra Winter Concert

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ComedySportz Exhibition Match 1:30 p.m.

721 Mass. Ave Indianapolis

JAN. 12

SINGING STRINGS: (ABOVE) Dylan Zhou, Symphony member and junior, (left) and Josh Kim, Symphony member and senior, (right) rehearse in class. The orchestra will be playing all four movements of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9.

SILLY GOOSE: (RIGHT) Allie Crawford, ComedySportz member and senior, makes silly facial expressions to get the audience to laugh at a match. ComedySportz is a student-run group in which they improvise and compete.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS Ballet Theatre of Carmel’s Nutcracker

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY

7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 2:30 p.m. on Sunday Auditorium

‘Tis the Season

DEC. 20 TO 23

Hedback Theater

SPECTACULAR SINGING: (LEFT) Laney McNamar, Ambassadors member and senior (third from left), dances at a rehearsal.

McNamar is performing at a cabaret-style performance called “‘Tis the Season” where McNamar will be singing and dancing.

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AN OUTSIDE LOOK Athletes discuss difficulties for getting exposure in non-school sports LIVVIE HURLEY STORY

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or gymnast and senior hadyn

Crossen, gymnastics started being a big part of her life at age two, when she started the sport. Flash forward to middle school, and colleges are looking at her for potential admission. Crossen now sits with a scholarship to Eastern Michigan University, but she said since gymnastics is not a school sport, the process of recruiting is different.

She said, “It’s a little bit different from most sports. It starts pretty young. Almost in eighth grade I’ve had some friends commit to colleges on full rides. Generally, the coaches contact either our club coaches or when you get to your

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junior year in September, they can contact you personally. They usually just come and watch you practice or watch your competitions, and watch videos on YouTube to try to keep up with your practices and how you’re doing. If they’re interested in you, they’ll ask you to come out and visit their school, and depending on how they like you or how the visit goes, then they might offer you a spot or a scholarship.”

Gymnastics is not the only sport that has a different college recruitment process than school sports. According to James Yuska, hockey player and junior, hockey is

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not an IHSAA sport and the scouting process is different. Yuska said there is more to getting to the college level than there is for school sports.

“In other sports, you just go from high school sports to college sports usually, but in hockey you have to play high school and a travel team, and then college,” Yuska said.

Athletics Director Jim Inskeep explained the difference in college scouting between school and non-school sports as a matter opportunities. According to Inskeep, sports like soccer that have club teams and school teams have more opportunities to be seen.

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Inskeep said, “College coaches will reach out a lot of the time and say, ‘Who do you have that we might be interested in?’ or sometimes those college coaches go to a showcase, whether that be baseball, softball, soccer, just as examples, and they see a lot of different kids. They know what the top travel programs are, and that’s where they start making their list from there, and then they have that contact with the high school coach.

Sometimes the first point of contact is the high school coach, sometimes it’s the travel coach. You would hope that all those work together, though,

to help identify the best kids and give them an opportunity to play at the next level if they want.”

Crossen said one of the biggest differences from gymnastics scouting is the age it begins. She said in gymnastics, scouting starts earlier.

“I was getting scouted by bigger schools really when I was in eighth grade. I got invited out to a lot of schools, but I didn’t want to commit that early in my career just because you never know what could happen with injuries or schools or scholarship money or any of that. I really considered committing to a school sophomore year, which is still pretty

GYMNASTIC COMMITMENT: (ABOVE) Gymnast and senior Hadyn Crossen practices her routine on the bar with her group.

(LEFT) Crossen talks to one of her coaches about her form and what to improve during her practice.

Crossen said that her coaches helped her understand what each college and university had offered when they had started giving offers to her. She said she ended up committing later than most other gymnasts to keep her options open.

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early compared to most sports, but that was when I committed,” Crossen said.

According to Inskeep, this difference in when scouting starts is due to development. Inskeep said in sports like football, recruitment starts later to let the athletes develop.

Inskeep said, “I think the recruiting takes a lot of different paths these days, especially when you think about how early some of them start, or how late some of them start. (In football), recruiting starts later because of development. To think about some of the eighth grade and ninth grade kids that you see in other sports, where there are divisions definitely in talent and in divisions in how kids are performing, it starts earlier.”

Crossen considered committing to a school when she was a sophomore, and she said it came down to which one felt like the most comfortable fit.

She said, “I visited a few schools before I committed just to see what the right fit was between coaches, facilities and the money that they were going to give. My decision was definitely based on how homey it felt and how H comfortable I felt there.”

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Players reveal how sports video games simplify many parts of sport CALEB SHAFFER STORY

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merican

basketball

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worldwide for over a century, and while the video game version of the sport is relatively new, it has quickly gained a following from gamers and basketball players alike. At this school, students like Cole Brady, basketball player and senior, often play the latest installment of the “NBA 2K” series, “NBA 2K19”. But while he enjoys the video game version of many of these sports, Brady said there are still a few key differences between “NBA 2K” and real-life basketball beside the obvious differences in physicality between the two.

Brady said, “In ‘2K’, as you pass the ball around, shoot good shots and make good plays, your team chemistry automatically gets better. In real basketball, however, it requires skill and consistency to be able to make plays consistently. In ‘2K’, however, they are imitating the real-life attributes of NBA players.”

In the “NBA 2K” game, which was originally developed in 1999, the players’ ratings in the game are an indicator of how talented they are. For example Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors point guard, has a 96/100 overall rating in “NBA 2K19.”

That rating ranks him as the highestrated point guard in the game, which means according to the algorithms that are designed within the game, and an evaluation of Curry’s real performance in basketball games, Curry is the best point guard in the NBA currently.

Vonta Blackburn, competitive “NBA 2K” gamer and junior, is a member of the “2K” gaming group G1GB. He said the game brings out his competitive side, which is similar in nature to a player in an actual basketball game.

Blackburn said, “The game really gets intense between my teammates and I because of how competitive we can be; we do anything we can to win and try to constantly communicate during games so we can always put ourselves in the best position to win.”

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BALLING HARD: Cole Brady, varsity basketball player and senior, goes for a lay up during practice.

Brady said even though many of the skills gained through practice are automated in NBA 2K and reflect the team chemistry of professional teams, the game still gives the sense of playing basketball with friends.

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Blackburn and his group G1GB compete in NBA 2K Pro-Am, a competitive game mode within “NBA 2K” which debuted in the game “NBA 2K16”. In the Pro-Am game mode, players can join games with their friends and play competitively against other people around the world. If they play well enough, they can enter a tournament called “Road to the Finals”. In “NBA 2K17”, the team that won the tournament won a cash prize of $250,000 and a trip to the NBA Finals.

Blackburn said, “In Pro-Am, the goal is to always try our hardest to get the win every time. We play some really good competition, and just like you need to communicate well and play hard in real sports, you have to apply the same concepts to the video game, too.”

Still Brady said there are some differences between “NBA 2K” and real basketball that are pretty noticeable.

“In ‘NBA 2K’ it’s easier to do things like run the fast break and shoot the ball repetitively and not get tired, when in real life if you do those things on the court you can become exhausted. Due to things like that, the games in ‘2K’ can tend to be more high-scoring as

2K18 VS BASKETBALL See how 2K18 simplifies basketball maneuvers into an Xbox controller Dribbling In-game, it only requires moving the right control stick, with complex dribbles activated with button combinations.

In real basketball, passing requires ball handling skills and handeye coordination while also keeping other players away from you to clear a path.

Passing In-game, it requires pressing the A button for a simple pass, a bounce pass with B or a flashy pass by double tapping B, with the game helping to aim.

Shooting In-game, pressing the X button shoots the basketball.

You can also pump fake or hop by tapping X instead.

In real basketball, you have to be able to keep track of your teammates and opponents and maintain good communication without a top-down view.

opposed to the games in real life, which have more of a realistic aspect to it,” Brady said.

Schuyler Bradley, “NBA 2K” gamer and junior, is a casual video game player, but he said he loves to play “NBA 2K.” Bradley said, “I love dominating the competition at all costs because that’s just who I am as a person. I used to play basketball and my competitiveness in that just transferred over into the video game.”

Despite the game’s flaws, Bradley said he likes how the ratings system is tailored to real NBA players’ performances within that year.

Bradley said, “Stephen Curry is considered one of the best shooters of all time, and LeBron James is widely considered as one of the most dominant NBA players ever in real life, and I think that shows when you play with those players in the game.”

Xavon Breland, a former CHS basketball player, “2K” gamer and senior, said the difficulty of “NBA 2K”, especially on the game’s “Hall of Fame” mode, is not

BY THE NUMBERS

10

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copies of NBA 2K18 were sold overall

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million copies of NBA 2K series were sold in total GAMESINDUSTRY. BIZ SOURCE

In real basketball, shooting requires quick balance, good positioning to the basket and lots of practice.

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realistic compared to playing basketball in real life. He said the game’s relative consistency is much different from reality.

Breland said, “If you’re a really good player in ‘NBA 2K’, making shots and making plays comes pretty easy to you, but if you play basketball in real life you never know what you’re going to get when you’re out on the court.”

Breland said even though he struggles to win games at times in ‘NBA 2K’, he’s always trying to compete hard when he plays against his friends.

Breland said, “I feel like if you’re a really good player you can always find open shots. When you play against the computer in ‘2K’, they make a majority of their shots and it’s hard to get good shots against the computer, too. The teams in the game are designed to find the best way to beat you and that can be pretty tough sometimes.”

“NBA 2K19” released on Sept. 7, 2018 and is available H on the Xbox, PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch.

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MENTOR MENTALITY Women’s basketball team benefits from strong role model coach JESS CANALEY STORY CALEB SHAFFER PHOTOS

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s a current varsity basket-

ball player and senior, Reagan Hune played basketball for as long as she can remember. In elementary school, she played for the Carmel Pup’s team and continued her passion at Creekside Middle School. Her hard work in years past culminated to four successful seasons of high school basketball at CHS. Hune said her coaches have in many ways, shaped who she is as a player and also fuel her passion for the sport.

“Absolutely (coaches affect enjoyment and effort). If we have a supportive coach, they want to see you succeed no matter who they are, they just want what’s best for you,” Hune said.

“Even when they’re harping on you, they’re doing it because they

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care and they see potential that sometimes you don’t see, but I think it’s important for the coaches to have a good attitude and atmosphere so we can all enjoy the game.”

Hune has had a lot of coaches, too. From her early experiences as a young player to her time at the high school, Hune said she’s had multiple different coaches and coaching styles. She said overall, she has been lucky with the coaches in the Carmel basketball program since they care about their players on a number of levels. According to a 2017 study by National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a coach who is firm yet also positive and involved with the athletes on a personal level creates higher motivation within the athletes, as well as helps to reduce

COACHING ROLE MODEL Take a glance at famous coach John Wooden who was known for being a role model Athletic Career: He became an All-American guard at Purdue University He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame Coaching Career: He was the coach of UCLA and led them into a perfect season He was the first person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as both a coach and player.

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PREGAME SPIRIT: Erin Trimpe, women’s basketball head coach, encourages her team before their first game against the Homestead Spartans on Nov. 3. Trimpe said she always wants to see her team be aggressive.

competition anxiety. Acting Head Coach of the CHS women’s basketball team, Erin Trimpe, said she would agree with that assessment and said her coaching style is similar to that of the study. Trimpe, who is filling in for Head Coach Kevin Sweeney, has been with the basketball program here for three years.

“I feel like I’m a mix between being stern and being someone who is encouraging,” Trimpe said. “They’re kids; they’re all going to make mistakes, but there are of course things that are going to irritate me. You have to teach them. One of my favorite parts about coaching is teaching the game and teaching the fundamentals and how to get better and to improve.”

Trimpe said her job as a coach also entails being a role model for her players, which to her can sometimes carry more weight than other aspects of coaching.

“I think (building relationships is) a huge part of it. The comfort level (the players) feel with me and knowing that I care about them as more than just a basketball player. I want them to be successful in life, as a student and as a person,” Trimpe said.

Hune said the combination of characteristics that she sees in coaches like Trimpe and others at this school aren’t always as common as they seem. According to Hune, coaches for different types of teams tend to have other coaching styles. Along with her several years involved with Carmel basketball, Hune has also spent time on travel teams with Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

“I have noticed something different because there are a lot more teaching moments in school ball, rather than just lots of criticism and just barrelling over the task at hand.

We really try to break it down and make sure everyone is on the same page,” Hune said.

Former head athletic trainer Anna Foster has worked at three different high schools and has been involved with around 60 different athletic teams in her 15 years of work. Foster said her perspective as an athletic trainer gives her an outside look at the dynamic between players and coaches.

She said she notices when players do not always mesh with a certain coaching style and she sees the effects those styles have on the team.

“It’s hard for teenagers to step up and be a leader when the person they’re supposed to be looking up to doesn’t have their respect,” Foster said. “The cohesiveness of a team is just ruined when there is no respect for a coach.”

According to Foster, the frequency in which she notices these problems is less at this school compared to other schools.

“I think overall the coaches here do a really great job of calling out to their leaders. The athletes here are really good, because even if they don’t get along with a coach, they do a good job of knowing that they’re the authority,” Foster said. “They also have a good opportunity to talk to them and show them that even though they respect them that they don’t have to always agree.”

Trimpe said she agrees with Foster and thinks the combination of being stern yet also a positive

INTENSE CELEBRATION (ABOVE): Erin Trimpe, women’s basketball head coach, celebrates after one of her players draws a foul at home against the Homestead Spartans on Nov. 3. Trimpe is in her first season as the women’s basketball head coach. “Being a head coach is definitely different. It’s nice to have been a part of the program for the past two years and so the transition with the girls has been pretty good,” Trimpe said.

role model is something that many coaches at this school possess and, she hopes it’s a mentality coaches elsewhere also hold.

Trimpe said, “I would hope (other coaches build relationships).

It’s so important. Obviously winning is a huge part of coaching, but more than that it’s developing (student athletes) into adults who can handle adversity, people who have good character and are looking out for their teammates.”

According to Hune, at the end of the day, regardless of how well a coach conducts his or her team, he or she knows the importance of simply listening.

“Personally, I really don’t have a (preferred coaching style),” she said. “I know I need to focus on what they’re saying, not how they’re saying it.” H

HELPING HAND (LEFT): Kate Clarke, Greyhounds forward and freshman, receives coaching from head coach Erin Trimpe during a team practice. Clarke said she is already gaining Division 1 interest from college teams in her first season playing varsity.

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RAISING TOGETHERNESS Wrestling team participates in community service projects, claims it helps team members bond SATVIK KANDRU STORY

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hroughout this fall and winter, wrestlers

the less fortunate, this activity brings the team together in a non-wrestling setting. have learned to reflect on their role not only as wrestlers, “The most important aspect of the charity work is to obvibut as contributing members of the Carmel community. ously give back to the less fortunate, but this time outside of According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, voluntraining and the gym helps strengthen us as a team because teering rates among teens ages 14 to 19 was 19 percent in we learn how to work with each other outIndiana. A new federal study shows one in side of sports and school,” Bacon said. four Americans volunteer through an orDID YOU KNOW? As winter begins, the team is preparing ganization. The wrestling team has taken Volunteering can a similar event that is also going to benefit these statistics into consideration and have families in need across Central Indiana. urge to make a difference. benefit someone Bacon said the team will go to “The reason we decided to start doby making new OLMC again for gift wrapping during ing things around the community was friends, advancing the winter holidays. solely to give back to a community that “This time we are going to gift wrap dohas given us so much. We have learned their social skills, nated gifts for less fortunate families that not to take it for granted and really emand increasing their just want to have a good time during the brace the opportunity we are given to network. Volunteering holidays,” Bacon said. help within the community,” Cameron This continuous involvement in the Bacon, varsity wrestler and senior, said. also increases selfcommunity has given these wrestlers a difThe team has participated in many confidence. ferent perspective on the effects of commulocal efforts most recently the ThanksWCAU.EDU SOURCE nity service and their involvement. giving Food Drive at Our Lady of “I think after doing the first event durMount Carmel (OLMC). The team ing Thanksgiving, it opened my eyes up to is looking forward to partaking in similar events over the reality within some places outside of Carmel; I think I can winter break, including another food drive during the say now that I wasn’t truly aware of that,” Mitchell said. winter holidays.

As the players transition into the winter season, they said “We recently did Thanksgiving box donations for they believe that a constant involvement for every sport, or families in need of basic necessities. As a team, we boxed anyone in general, can make a difference. up food for almost 400 families in need. It was a great Bacon said“The contributions that we made seemed small, experience for the team and gave us all a good feeling but after realizing the benefits it has for hundreds of families knowing that we were helping around the community,” and people makes you think differently about contributing to Jackson Mitchell, varsity wrestler and junior, said. those around you.”

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BY THE NUMBERS

55% of USA youth ages 12 to 18 particpate in volunteer activities

29 hours an average youth dedicates to volunteering

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hours of community service youth contribute each year NATIONALSERVICE. GOV SOURCE

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How has volunteering brought you closer to your team?

“It’s good to have fun as a team outside of the wrestling room where we bond over just playing the sport; we got to know each other (by volunteering). It’s brought us closer to our community and the churches around the city, too.”

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“We got not only the varsity but also the JV and freshman teams to come too. We all came together and helped out as a team. We had some fun as a team. It wasn’t just us having to work super hard.”

Wrestler and senior Kyle Holman

SPORTS BRIEFS KELLY TRUAX BRIEFS

UPCOMING EVENTS TODAY Wrestling Time: 5:30 p.m.

Where: Lawrence Central Tournament: Triple Dual

TOMORROW Men’s Basketball

Men’s Basketball

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: North Central

Where: New Albany

Against: North Central

Against: New Albany

Women’s Basketball

Wrestling

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Where: CHS Blue and Gold gym Tournament: Carmel invitational

Where: CHS Varsity Gym Against: North Central

Q&A

AGRAYAN GUPTA Q & A

senior charlie hunter What is your record?

Right now, we’re three to one in the Circle City curling club fall league. We’re hoping to clench a four to one record (in the future). We’re going to move on to (the) winter league after that and hope to continue our winning streak.

How are you able to defeat collegelevel teams?

They are all relatively inexperienced, like we are, but we’ve fallen behind in most of our matches this year. Most of the (games) have had to be some big comebacks by us, and we stay mentally in the game because curling is a big mental game.

How do you work to motivate your team during matches?

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THROWING HACKS: Curler and senior Charlie Hunter throws a stone on Nov. 16 at Fuel Tank in Fishers. Hunter said although curling is just a sport, some of the values of curling can be used as a way of life.

“Sportsmanship, kindness and support are things that I think all curlers take away from the game and apply to their everyday lives,” Hunter said.

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I think we’re all pretty self-motivated because it’s just really fun to get out there. We’re all friends, and it’s all a good time. We kind of all went through this journey together of creating this club and making this team.

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RECYCLING RENOVATIONS New recycling policy is an improvement, but would benefit from clearer instructions HILITE STAFF EDITORIAL

WHAT TO RECYCLE Take a look at some things that can and cannot be recycled in the school recycling bins BRIAN ZHANG GRAPHIC ECOSCRAPS SOURCE

PAPER TOWELS

are often contaminated and dirty; likewise, paper napkins, tissues and paper plates should not be recycled

STYROFOAM CUPS

are not recyclable because they do not break down at all and are often contaminated

PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS

cannot be put into recycling bins because they require different processing

FAST FOOD PACKAGING

is not recyclable because it is often soiled with food

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“trash” can is still used for all items, n this day and age, with while the recycling bin is used solely the planet’s temperature consistently for recycle-only items. increasing and sea levels rising, it’s vital We encourage the administration to to make little changes to culminate clarify and refine the implementation to a greater overall effect. However, of these policies. The effort to recycle it’s not hard to accidentally throw more is essential to our future, so it away recyclable items like papers, is gratifying to know that the school magazines and bottles into a trash cares and actively works toward fixing can. A large school like CHS that these issues. However, we propose consumes a large supply of resources certain changes that would make the has a substantial carbon footprint, policy more effective. but throughout the years, CHS’s First, teachers and students both Environmental Action Club and need to be informed of exactly where administration have worked in they can put recyclable items and conjunction to lessen this effect. non-recyclable items. This needs to With this in mind, this school year be communicated the administration through some means implemented a policy OUR STANCE so that all students of converting all Although CHS’s are aware of the classroom trash cans policy. Additionally, to recycle-only bins, efforts in recycling traditional “trash cans” while trash cans in are commendable, and recycling bins the hallway would clearer instructions should be labeled serve as a place to in the same way, so collect non-recyclable or improvements are there is no confusion items. The policy needed in order to about the difference aims to ease problems maximize potential. between the two. associated with We also forgetting to recycle. encourage the school to look into the However, while most classrooms recycling programs in airports and have signs advising students not to other cafeterias for our own cafeterias. throw away food and drink in these In these places, there is a separate trash classroom bins, many students are can for compostable waste/food, for not actually aware of this and they recyclable items and for trash, with continue to utilize the trash can as an explanation of what items belong they have in past years. Furthermore, where on each can. Most of us will few teachers have explained the always try to recycle if we can, so policy to students, so those having the separated disposal sites in students may not be aware of the front of us while throwing away our change to begin with. Some of food is an easy and effective way to get this may partially be due to the students to recycle more. fact that teachers themselves do not We hope the administration completely understand the policy. continues its strides to make CHS In many classrooms, there are still greener. If we can continue these separate recycling bins and “trash” improvements, our impact will be cans, although they serve the same H even more significant. purpose. This gives the idea that the

FAMILY FIRST People should spend more quality time with their families ANGELA QIAN COLUMN

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ike many students, i trav-

eled over Thanksgiving break to visit family. But this family was my mom, and it was the first time I’d seen her in months. My sister came home from college, and we were all together as a family for the first time since school started.

Just for a little background, my mom’s job relocated her to Iowa in January, so I live here with my dad, but we’ll all move in with my mom after I graduate in a couple of years. In the months since my mom moved, I’ve grown to be so much more aware and more appreciative of her influence throughout my and my family’s life.

Despite not doing anything particularly special over break—we ate, talked and played cards—the holiday we were able to spend together just felt right. We recently moved houses here after living in the same one for 15 years, so it was the one in Iowa, filled with family, that felt like home.

BY THE NUMBERS

14 hours on average were spent each week by mothers with children

7 hours on average were spent each week by fathers with children JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY SOURCE

As winter break approaches, everyone should cherish this time they have with their families, but the quality of time together is more important than the quantity. A 2015 study published by the Journal of Marriage and Family found that an increased amount of time spent with family had no noticeable significance, while an increased quality of time, with quality time including having a meal or playing a board game together, resulted in inI LOVE creased academic performance and reduced stress.

During break, I noticed that I was happier, more productive and decidedly less stressed, a testament to the power of family.

UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS Time to work on the college apps!

So, focus on spending quality time with your parents, siblings and extended family this holiday season and afterward as well. This period of your life doesn’t last forever: you will graduate high school and leave to either go to college or join the workforce, both of which will probably be away from your parents and the rest of your family. Take the time to sit down with them now. Not only are your stress levels likely to decrease, but also you’ll have a guaranMY MOM teed support system for the rest H of your life.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Angela Qian at aqian@hilite.org.

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FROM THE HEART

In face of excessive consumerism, students should consider making handmade gifts during holiday season LILY MCANDREWS COLUMN

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S A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL, ONE might assume I spend countless hours on end shopping and going to the mall, as many of my peers do. To be fair, I was once in a similar place to those people, sleeping overnight outside waiting for the best deal on Black Friday and spending countless hours and money on gifts for family and friends. But after a few years of those activities, I had a revelation: these gifts that we spend so much time looking and shopping for will likely be forgotten within a month. Who can remember a single material gift they received last year for the holidays, or even your birthday, for that matter?

With that in mind, going into this holiday season I wanted to make a change and use my hobbies to do so.

I have been knitting for seven years, and I often knit a scarf or hat to give as a gift for friends and family; every

KNITTING A GNOME

year, I receive huge “thank yous” and grateful hugs from them.

Rather than a store-bought item, a homemade, thoughtful gift for a loved one is irreplaceable. Nothing can compare to ripping open gift wrap to find a present that represents your relationship with the receiver and shows how much you care about them; a handmade gift immediately says, “ I’m thinking about you.” After all, it is the season for giving, and I can’t think of anything better than a homemade gift.

According to a March 2015 study published by Cornell University researchers in the Journal of Marketing, more people prefer receiving a homemade gift because illustrates that you care about them in a touching way.

Take a look at reporter Lily McAndrews’ knitting pattern for making a gnome.

HAT: 1. Cast on 22 stitches.

2. Knit four rows in the stockinette stitch, knit one row, purl one row for four rows.

3. Knit two stitches together at the beginning and end of each knit row (every other row).

4. Continue until there is only one stitch left.

5. Cut yarn and pull through the loop.

6. Put yarn in yarn needle and sew up back of the hat.

7. Let the bottom of the hat roll up a bit for the brim.

ARMS: 1. Cast on 8 stitches.

2. Knit for 6 rows in the body color. Knit 2 more rows in the face color, cast off, sew up side, stuff arm.

3. Repeat for Arm 2.

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BE CREATIVE

Giving a homemade gift is also a chance to show off your special talents. Yes, this time of year we often hear, “It is better to give than receive,” but you can do both in one! While giving your present, you can also show off your special, hidden talent that you have been waiting to share.

Now that this holiday season is upon us, hopefully you’ll spend more time and thought instead of money on storebought gifts. Despite the ease of buying last-minute gifts this season, take your talents to create a homemade masterpiece that will be treasured for many years to come.

H The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Lily McAndrews at lmcandrews@hilite.org.

BODY: 1. Knit both legs together, all 20 stitches, forming the body.

2. Knit, garter stitch, for 16 rows. Change to the face color and knit for 10 rows. Cast off.

LEGS: 1. Cast on 10 stitches, knit 10 rows, garter stitch.

2. Second leg, push the first leg back on the needle cast on 10 stitches, knit 10 rows, similar to the first leg.

SEWING UP THE BODY: 1. Fold the leg in half to meet in the middle.

2. Start with a running stitch around the bottom of the leg and pull. Continue up the side of the leg.

4. Take the face color yarn to knit up the back of the body and make a running stitch between the body color and head color to form the neck.

5. Tie a knot.

6. Tuck all the loose strings into the head/body.

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Students should research brands to encourage fair labor practices, dissuade exploitative child labor RAIHA ZAINAB COLUMN

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HE HOLIDAY SEASON IS ALL about love, food, snow—and best of all: gifts. ‘Tis the season when Santa comes to town and we show our love for each other through a pile of presents underneath the Christmas tree. However, while this season of giving is an amazing time for most, there is an underlying cost.

Most people are unaware of the hidden costs associated with their excessive spending.

While many flock to stores such as Walmart, Forever 21 and H&M for their low prices, they often do not know of the unethical and exploitative DO techniques these businesses use to keep their prices so low.

According to CNN, in 2013, a sweatshop in Bangladesh that supplied clothing for those stores collapsed, killing over 1,000 garment workers. How-

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ever, according to the Asia Floor Wage Alliance, little has been done to improve conditions for workers since that time. These corporations are known for underpaying their workers and using exploitative child labor in the manufacturing of their products. In fact, according to UNICEF, 150 million children aged 5 to 14 were found to be employed in dangerous and unsafe conditions in sweatshops in countries all over the world including the United States.

Most of these children work in retail factories, making products that will later be RESEARCH shipped west. Some of them have to work up to 13 hours a day, only making 20 cents in income.

They often make barely-livable wages in order to support their families and are consequently unable to get an

education or build a life for themselves, contributing to an endless cycle of inhumane working conditions.

As you get gifts for your loved ones this holiday season, do a little more research on where the products you’re buying come from. As you shop in your daily life, be more conscious about your impact on the global exploitation of workers and human trafficking victims. I’ve found alternatives to many of the stores I previously shopped at, and instead of going to the mall, I’ll go to local stores, ethically-based online companies or thrift shops. As we spend our money, we are essentially voting for the companies we want to survive or fail, so H make these votes count.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Raiha Zainab at rzainab@hilite.org.

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A TIMELESS CLASSIC Classic Christmas carols offer listeners feelings of hope unparalleled by contemporary carols JESSICA KONRAD COLUMN ADHI RAMKUMAR GRAPHICS

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THRILL OF HOPE, THE WEARY WORLD rejoices for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.” “Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His gospel is peace.” “Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother; and in His name all oppression shall cease.”

When listening to this classic Christmas carol, “O Holy Night,” it’s easy to see why this carol has been around for so long. Through the lyrics alone, it evokes some of the most quintessential human desires: happiness, harmony and freedom. Combined with an enchanting melody and the voices of a choir, its message of peace and hope is unstoppable. This is a common theme among classic Christmas carols. For example, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” speaks of “peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled,” and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” details “peace on the earth, goodwill to men.” The uplifting nature of these lyrics communicates hope to listeners and conveys

BLAST FROM THE PAST Here are some of Jessica Konrad’s favorite classical Christmas songs for the holiday season.

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We Three Kings of Orient Are

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Hallelujah Chorus

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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

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that though our world is imperfect and deeply flawed, there is still a chance for peace and redemption.

While I love a modern Christmas jam just as much as the next person, the messages, or perhaps lack thereof, of these new renditions simply don’t measure up to those of their predecessors. For example, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is certainly a catchy tune, but “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away. This year, to save me from tears, I’ll give it to someone special” doesn’t exactly have the same staying power or resonance as “Mild he 1734 Johann lays his glory by, born Sebastian Bach composes that man no more “Christmas may die, born to Oratorio” raise the sons 1741 of earth, born George Friderick Handel to give them composes second birth” “Messiah” from “Hark! The 1829 Herald Angels Felix Sing.” Though Mendelssohn CLASSY composed “Last Christmas” oratorio is a fun song to “There Shall a Star Come belt out to in the Out of Jacob” car, it doesn’t bring the same CLASSICAL“comfort and joy” that so many MUSIC.COM classic carols do.

SOURCE Beyond the lyrics of these classic carols, the melodies and musical lines within these pieces are far more complex and interesting to the ear than those of contemporary carols. For example, “Santa Baby” is a cute ditty, but after a few minutes, listeners are ready for it to be over.

Meanwhile, older pieces like Handel’s “Messiah” attract crowds who are willing to sit and listen to the beautiful music for up to three hours.

Further, these classic carols bring back memories from childhood. Throughout our fast-paced, busy lives, classic carols remain constant, serving as a reminder of simpler times and the Christmas joy of our youth.

New issues emerge, conflicts arise and our lives change around us, yet no matter the situation at hand, these H classic carols are always there to provide hope.

The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Jessica Konrad at jkonrad@hilite.org.

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POPPING INTO HOLIDAY MUSIC Upbeat nature of pop-style holiday music is superior to classic holiday music HANNAH GRETZ COLUMN

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ROM NOVEMBER TO JANUARY, HOLIDAY music is and will be heard everywhere you go.

Department stores, car radios, grocery stores, you name it. But, while classic holiday songs are festive and enjoyable, I cannot help but feel pulled toward popstyle holiday music instead.

Don’t get me wrong, I do often find myself enjoying the classics with family members during the holiday time, but some of my favorites are the pop-versions. I find it difficult not to bop along to “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” by Mariah Carey, “Santa Tell Me,” by Ari1857 ana Grande or “Mistletoe,” Jingle Bells was composed

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Their holiday tracks are just that more appealing to me because I am already familiar with their award-winning pop music and have previously heard their voices before in the last couple of years.

According to a previous study conducted by Dr. Valorie Salimpoor, who is a researcher specializing in music enjoyment at McGill University, pop-style music has physical influences on those who listen to it. Salimpoor linked pop music with a surge in intense emotional arousal, including changes in heart rate, pulse, breathing rate and other measurements. When people listen to pop music, they have a pleasure trigger due to the faster and more upbeat rhythm. This further validates the idea that classical music is slower and less energetic compared to upbeat pop music.

I still very much enjoy sipping hot chocolate and listening to classic holiday music, but when I plug in my earbuds, I prefer my holiday playlist to consist of the pop-versions of popular holiday songs, rather than the classics.

H The views in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of the HiLite staff. Reach Hannah Gretz at hgretz@hilite.org.

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Let it Snow

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas

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RECYCLED ART

Q&A with sculptor, senior Julia Emerson who uses recycled materials for pieces

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Why do you think people should explore art?

How do you get your materials?

I think it’d be good for people to take the Intro to 3D arts or some of the more threedimensional arts to get some more exposure, because I wouldn’t have known I was good at art if I didn’t take jewelry class. If I (had) taken a drawing class, then I would’ve hated it and never put effort (into art). I think if people get more exposure to different mediums then they’ll have more of an understanding of (themselves). (For me, it was finding) that apparently I have good spatial understanding around me; that’s been pushing me to become a surgeon in the future. Learning from what I’m able to do and pushing it towards the future and potential careers is definitely helpful.

(Jen) Riley-Davis, the jewelry teacher, (is) a hoarder. She takes all the supplies and (thinks), ‘someone could use this in the future.’ My first project was with (an) old mannequin, and she had held onto it for 15 years (because) she figured someone would use it eventually. I get (the materials) mostly from the art department, sometimes I get (them) from antique stores or Goodwill.

If I have an idea (that needs particular materials), I need to go to Lowe’s or some other place.

BARRICADE: Sculptor and senior Julia Emerson’s sculpture stands in the construction area outside CHS. According to Emerson, the piece reminded her of the intruder procedure.

What inspired you to start sculpting?

Nothing really inspired me; I just didn’t want to do drawing because I suck at it. I decided to start taking a jewelry class, and I really preferred that to drawing or painting. I discovered I was actually good at (sculpting), which was a shock. I decided to stick with it and now I’m in the AP (art) class.

What is your favorite piece?

I did a project with keys last semester; that took a good seven, nine weeks to do. There’s one that I just finished that’s made out of matches; I lit it on fire. It’s difficult (to choose) because as you get better at your art and the more you evolve in your ability, the more you look back on what you did (and) the less you like it. I’ll probably not like my pieces in the future I currently enjoy, it’s just growing with the art. It depends on your ability at the time. Every artist I know is like, ‘I hate my art.’

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To you, what is the most interesting aspect of your art?

Some of my pieces are more conceptual and more focused on (an) idea. I’m about to start a piece focused on alcoholism. The one with the desk and the chairs: I called it ‘Barrier’ because it was reminding me, when I was building it, of when you barricade the door in case there’s an intruder in the building. The other piece ‘Marital Law’ was a commentary on 1950s housewives, and (the housewife’s) disgust with doing that, her being forced into a role she didn’t want to play. Now, it’s fun to do those more conceptual (pieces), but there’s also those abstract pieces that have no meaning to them. Trying to display (the conceptual ideas) and have the person understand what it’s supposed to be (is interesting), but if they don’t understand that’s also okay because it’s up to their interpretation.

DEFYING THE ROLE: Sculptor and senior Julia Emerson smiles down at her piece, titled “Marital Law.” Emerson created the piece to comment on the roles of housewives in the 1950s and how many resented the role they were put into.

CUTE CRAFTS Take a look at some easy crafts made with recyclable materials Hanging Planter Materials: Plastic bottle, string How to make: Cut out the bottom of the bottle and punch holes on the sides of the bottle. Place string through holes and hang in desired location

Cereal Box Piñata

Materials: Cereal Box, tissue paper, tape, glue How to make: Cut out and tape the cereal box together to make desired shape and coat with layers of glue and tissue paper SELENA LIU, APURVA MANAS GRAPHIC BUZZFEED SOURCE

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Carmel Christkindlmarkt features ice skating, gift shops and German food and beverage vendors. A new addition to Christkindlmarkt this year is the “Kinderecke,” a kids corner. Christkindlmarkt is located on 5 Center Green; the shops will be open until Dec. 23, but the ice rink will be open until March 10.

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